Friday, November 5, 2010 • Volume 96, Issue 14 • nique.net Crowd pleasers Weezer, Interpol and MGMT rock the house at various locations in Atlanta.413 TechniqueThe South’s Liveliest College Newspaper BOR bans undocumented students from schools By Maddie Cook stitutions. reviewed student records, there Contributing Writer The BOR has directed these were only four we could identify THE FACTS Georgia schools to no longer allow that were undocumented. How- • There are 501 undocumented students attending mem- The Board of Regents (BOR) of undocumented students to enroll ever, none were receiving state ber schools of the University System of Georgia. the University System of Georgia in their universities, starting in benefits in tuition, which initially (USG) recently passed the propos- Fall 2011. was what the BOR wanted to nail • All undocumented students currently pay out-of-state al to ban entry of undocumented Under the new policy, there down,” said Richard Clark, Direc- students into several of Georgia’s will be new options added to tor of Undergraduate Admissions. tuition. public universities. These five these school applications that ask Opinions among students and universities include Tech, UGA, the potential student to define his faculty over the new policy vary. • The new policy affects five out of 35 insitutions in the GCSU, GSU and the Medical or her legal terms of residency and “It’s hard for me to understand university sytem — Tech, UGA, GCSU, GSU and the College of Georgia. Georgia is the citizenship. why anyone would want to pre- Medical College of Georgia. second state to implement a policy Tech plans to put these policies vent undocumented students to of this kind, following South Car- into effect starting Summer 2011, get an education, especially if they • Currently, 29 undocumented students attend these in- olina, which bans undocumented ahead of the BOR schedule. students from all public state in- “This summer [2010] when we See BOR, page 5 stitutions. Deal wins gubernatorial election Sustainability receives A-

ratingBy Andrew Nelson Staff Writer

Tech is among the highest-rated universi- ties in the Sustainable Endowment Institute’s latest annual College Sustainability Report Card, one of the most-participated-in sustain- ability rankings in the U.S. Each year, the report card grades partici- pating universities on sustainability-related features of administration, energy use, food, recycling, buildings, student involvement, transportation and finances. This year’s report card grades Tech at an A-, its highest grade since it joined five years ago. Tech’s results are attributed to a combi- Photo by Will Folsom / Student Publications nation of ongoing sustainability projects and Left: Republican candidate Nathan Deal at the student led gubernatorial held last month. Right: Democratic candidate a change in the report card’s data collection for governor Roy Barnes delivers his concession speech at the Tech Hotel Conference and Conference Center on-campus. and reporting. “The benefit of these grades is that we go By Vijai Narayanan earned four percent of the the best as the new governor,” paign. back each year and check on how we’re do- News Editor votes. Barnes said. “I have fought Across the state, voters ing. This year we spent more time doing that “We’re going to be show- the good fight. I have run the chose to elect mainly Repub- and digging deeper into those answers than At around 11:50 p.m. on ing the rest of the nation what good race. I have finished the lican, fueling the nationwide we have in the past,” said Marcia Kinstler, sus- Tuesday night, the Republi- Georgia can do. Georgia has course. I have kept the faith, resurgence of the Republican tainability director of environmental steward- can candidate for governor, placed its faith in the Republi- and so have you.” Party. Senator Johnny Isakson ship at Tech. Nathan Deal declared victory can Party, and we’re not going Governor-elect Deal will was re-elected with a 19 per- The cascade of sustainability initiatives and at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in to let them down,” Deal said succeed incumbent Repub- cent victory over Democrat projects stem from both Institute-wide and Buckhead. The Gainesville in a speech to supporters. lican Sonny Perdue, who has Michael Thurmond. GT Dining updates. Recently, buses and trol- congressman garnered 53 per- Barnes conceded defeat to been in office since 2002. His A total of seven of Geor- leys’ engines have been upgraded to greener cent of the vote, defeating his Deal at the Tech Hotel and proposals include cutting tax- gia’s 13 Congressional Dis- models, printing services now use 100 percent primary opponent Roy Barnes Conference Center, where he es to reduce unemployment, tricts elected Republican recycled products and massive lighting and by 10 points. and his wife took the stage just which currently stands at candidates. Nationwide, Re- automation projects on campus will save thou- Libertarian candidate John moments before Deal began 10.3 percent. Deal also faces publicans took control of the sands of MW-hours of energy per year. Monds, who was also the first his speech. lingering questions related to House of Representatives and GT Dining’s two 98 percent waste neu- African-American candidate “I just talked to Congress- ethics investigations that were also gained a significant num- for governor on the ballot, man Deal, and I wished him brought up during his cam- ber of seats in the U.S. Senate. See Rating, page 5 Safety walk identifies danger zones across campus By Matt Schrichte from across campus took part in the the list as they are addressed through- Assistant News Editor walk while speaking about safety and out the year. listening to students as they voiced Crocker, who has been conduct- Students and administrators gath- their own safety concerns. ing safety walks on college campuses ered outside of GTPD on Tuesday “One of the things that we did dif- since the 80’s, noted that early on at evening to take part in SGA’s Campus ferently this year was to bring in a lot Tech, the largest concern was placed Safety Walk. The walk followed a path of different students from different on campus lighting. She referenced a through the center of campus that stu- areas and have them comment so that part of the Pi Mile near the student dents commonly make from West to we had a broad range of people from center parking deck that was poorly lit East Campus. There were several stops different backgrounds,” said Nicholas until a few years ago when the issue along the walk to highlight the safety Robson, the SGA Planning and De- was raised on a similar walk. concerns in particular areas. Speakers velopment Chair and a second-year “That’s part of the Pi Mile, so there highlighted special safety issues such AE major. are a lot of people that run that course as bike theft, criminal trespassing, lar- According to Chief Crocker, any early in the morning and late at night, ceny and assault. concerns raised during the safety walks and it was just an area that wasn’t very Photo courtesy of Student Government Association Institute President G.P. “Bud” Pe- are put on a list that is shared between well lit,” Crocker said. Students and administrators walked across campus terson, GTPD Chief of Police Teresa facilities, GTPD, parking and hous- Crocker and other top administrators ing. The concerns are checked off of See Walk, page 3 in order to identify safety concerns in different areas. 2 • November 5, 2010 • Technique NEWS

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While leading the walk along Council Clippings Atlantic Drive, Robson pointed This week in Student Government out the potential safety hazard Bill Summary presented by the ongoing open By Mike Donohue, SGA Editor construction area on the Bunger- Bill Amount GSS UHR Henry Building that spilled into ach week, this section includes coverage of different aspects of Student the street. As of 4 p.m. Wednes- Government, including the Undergraduate House of Representatives, Representative Appointment ------47-1-0 day, that section of Atlantic Drive EGraduate Student Senate and the Executive Branch of both governments. ORGT $18653 24-3-2 47-1-3 had been closed and roped off AISEC Gala $500 25-3-2 38-11-1 with caution tape. JFC chair Undergraduate Executive Vice Middle East Bazaar $1319.50 26-1-2 48-0-2 “It’s enormously helpful for Joint Finance Committee President Brenda Morales echoed IIE Casino Night $942 24-2-2 36-13-3 us to hear from students about Chair and Undergraduate Vice Bauerkemper’s remarks, saying Tau Beta Pi Research Fair $141.90 26-2-0 45-1-1 what they think the problems are. President of Finance Brad Bau- that representatives should only ACM GT GameFest $1110.98 23-2-0 48-0-0 We have our perceptions of what erkemper admonished the Gradu- author bills they are “proud to Women’s Volleyball Club $933.32 18-4-2 43-2-3 the problems are, but sometimes ate Student Senate and the Under- support.” She advised representa- India Club Diwali Dinner $2250 12-9-3 45-3-1 they’re not completely on track,” graduate House of Representatives tives to work with organizations Peterson said. during their meetings on Tuesday to find other sources of funding. Prior Year: $178,863 Capital Outlay: $511,600 At the end of the walk, two for not taking enough responsibil- However, Morales placed re- RAs from North Ave. Apartments ity when authoring bills. sponsibility on the organizations, spoke about problems they fre- Citing a three-hour JFC meet- too. “I believe that many problems quently saw there. The number ing that week, Bauerkemper said arise because organizations tend You can follow Mike at the Nique’s blog, The Pulse. Check in at 7:30 one issue they reported was the that JFC had to spend an inordi- to submit their bills just before the p.m. on Tuesday for updates from UHR sessions at nique.net/pulse. general unawareness of students nate amount of time scrutinzing deadline without first reading the with their surroundings within bills. He asked that Representa- instructions carefully, familiar- the complex. Administrators fo- tives and Senators work with or- izing themselves with our policy little debate, 47-1-3. Dorm pets cused their North Ave. concerns ganizations to ensure that their or seeking advice from their au- However, the bill generated a During an Open Forum dis- on the heavy traffic across the bills met JFC policy. “There’s got thors...In my view, it is completely some discussion in the Senate. JFC cussion in the UHR meeting, state highway. to be a little more work on Sena- reasonable to expect organiza- Chair Bauerkemper noted that At-Large Rep. Victoria Lee sug- “There’s so much traffic and tors’ and Represenatives’ part,” tions to put time and effort into the training courses may not meet gested that SGA look into allow- there are so many pedestrians that Bauerkemper said. the process. The authors are re- policy, although JFC could not ing dorms to keep communal pets it’s a challenge for us,” Peterson When speaking to the Under- ally there to answer organizations’ come to consensus on this issue. to improve the mental health of said. graduate House, he said that he questions, ensure that bills are The question at hand was whether residents. This idea elicited sup- This year, two students have was surprised that organizational submitted correctly and on time the courses constituted “Profes- port from representatives, al- been struck by vehicles while representatives did not know and remind the organizations of sional Development,” which is though they acknowledged sev- crossing North Avenue within more about JFC policy in light of meeting times,” Morales said in a banned under JFC policy. eral potential obstacles. CS Rep. signed crosswalks. Tech is work- last week’s resolution reaffirming written statement. AE Sen. Will Runge intro- and Vice President of the Resi- ing with state officials as well as UHR’s commitment to the stu- duced an amendment to remove dence Hall Association said that the CEO of Coca-Cola to im- dent body. The resolution stated ORGT the training courses from the bill. a resolution supporting a similar prove the entire North Avenue that each representative acknowl- Outdoor Recreation Georgia Senators discussed the purpose of idea was working its way through streetscape to make it safer for stu- edge that authoring a bill makes Tech submitted a bill discussed the courses, eventually conclud- Legislative Council, the legislative dent pedestrians. Campus crime him or her an “advocate” for the this week asking for funds to pur- ing that they should not be clas- branch of RHA. He offered to as a whole is down approximately group, and that he or she takes on chase new equipment and finance sified as “Professional Develop- coordinate putting UHR reps in 20 percent from the same time the duty of teaching the organiza- first aid training for instructors. ment” and failed the amendment. touch with RHA to work on this last year. tion about JFC policy. The bill passed the House with The bill passed the Senate 24-3-2. issue.

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tral dining halls have replaced a Heineman shares startup experience significant number of machinery By Siddharth Gurnani the business value was unknown. and appliances with more energy- Contributing Writer The technology was unproven as it efficient ones. They are also- in was in an immature stage. We tar- creasing local food sources, and Kevin Heineman, the VP of geted people who would be able to the dining halls have signed on to Engineering and Chief Techni- take the risk on a new technology the Atlanta Local Food Initiative. cal Officer of Damballa, a startup and understood the complexities Two categories of major im- company in Atlanta spoke to Tech of internet security,” Heineman provement from last year were students as part of the IMPACT said. endowment transparency and Speaker series at the LeCraw Au- SPI Dynamics started making shareholder engagement. The en- ditorium in the College of Man- positive cash flows soon and was dowment transparency category agement on Nov. 3. The IMPACT bought out by Hewlett Packard in relied heavily on how universities series brings highly successful en- 2007. From starting out as a small reported their proxy voting on in- trepreneurs from a variety of fields company with a small staff of em- vestments. Tech, however, avoids to share their experiences with ployees, SPI was suddenly part of that by investing in mutual funds. Tech students. Heineman was a corporate giant. Another reporting issue that also instrumental in the success of Heineman then found himself Kinstler found inaccuracies with another startup, SPI Dynamics, as part of another startup named is how buildings are rated in the which was sold to Hewlett Pack- Damballa, which was founded scorecard. Whereas criteria like ard in 2007. by a team of Tech researchers. As the popular Leadership in En- “I felt honored to introduce a new company in the security ergy and Environmental Design someone who boasts such an im- space, Heineman plans to bring (LEED) measures how the build- pressive resume. I got the opportu- what he learned from his experi- ing itself is constructed, it does not nity to do so because I volunteered Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications ence at SPI to Damballa and take measure how the building is used. for an Impact class that is offered Heineman addressed an audience at the LeCraw Auditorium it to success as well. Kinstler pointed out that many in the Management school,” said about his work with various startups including Damballa and SPI. Billy Kihei, a Masters student buildings on campus, LEED-cer- Margaret McFarland, a fourth- in EE said, “We are starting to see tified or not, incorporate sustain- year MGT major who introduced first startup venture was SPI Dy- prevent any damage. One of the companies in the technical side at able practices and design. the speaker. namics, a company which pro- interesting aspects of the talk was the IMPACT series which is a nice Though the most sweeping Heineman introduced himself duced an assessment tool that when Heineman went on to talk change from the retail and phi- changes to sustainability measures and began talking about how he would scan web applications about the early challenges faced lanthropy startups that have come on campus are the product of ad- got involved with startups after for security vulnerabilities. The by SPI during its startup phase. earlier. Anytime I go to something ministrative and construction de- having worked with consulting tool essentially acts like a hacker “Customers didn’t understand like this, I like to apply it to my cisions, student organizations like firms and corporations like Ernst and tells the user about the holes the need, as they might not have own music startup I have with a SGA’s Sustainability Committee and Young and Worldspan. His within a website and what to do to faced any loss of data. A third of few of my buddies.” and Students Organizing for Sus- tainability (SOS) incorporate stu- BOR from page 1 dent-led and operated initiatives to serve the public within the Uni- Oct., it was suggested to the BOR Those institutions are Tech, UGA into campus sustainability. are paying lots of money for it,” versity System of Georgia. that they strengthen the citizen- and GSU. There are currently two “We are starting work on a said Celia Montes-Alcalá, an as- This proposal was not politi- ship identification process. undocumented students at Tech. Green Fee campaign that would sociate professor in the School of cally motivated, according to John One of the main public percep- “Step back and think about a create a fund for instituting more Modern Languages. Millsaps, Assistant Vice Chancel- tions that motivated the regents to documented individual who is de- sustainability initiatives on cam- Montes-Alcalá is from Spain, lor of Media and Publications for pass this proposal in early Oct. clined admission to UGA. It’s not pus,” said Molly McLaughlin, where education is free to every- the USG. was that the USG is filled with the end of the world. That person president of SOS and a fifth-year one, including immigrants. “The USG must be responsive many undocumented students. has other options for college open CHBE major. “Last year we held a “Many other immigrants come to the public will [and] it is the job “The truth of the situation is within the University System. The sustainable concert series that was to the US to study and gain their of the regents to respond,” Mill- that we are not being overrun by same options are available to un- zero-waste and solar-powered and citizenship. They earn their rights saps said. these students,” Millsaps said. documented students,” Millsaps raised over $1000.” legally,” said Shivani Bhatnagar, a The topic of undocumented USG has 310,000 students, said. SOS also provides an on- naturalized citizen and third-year students resurfaced in an incident 501 of whom are undocumented. There are 30 other higher edu- campus community garden and MSE major said. at KSU in May 2010 when an There is a total of 29 undocu- cation institutions in the Georgia, StarterBikes, which teach students The BOR is a collection of state enrolled student was incorrectly mented students attending three none of which are affected by the how to fix their bikes and offers citizens appointed by the governor categorized for in-state tuition. In of the five affected institutions. new policy. inexpensive bikes for students.

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Immigration ignorance underBy Austi Raynor digital attack Cavalier Daily Write to us: Recent Board policy signals regressive practices Charlottesville, Va.—Since [email protected] The recent Board of Regents policy that xenophobia stemming from the ban. Tech 9/11, the war on terror has been bars undocumented people from attending has no choice but to enforce this policy invoked by the federal govern- We welcome your letters in ment to justify a vast program of response to Technique content as schools at their enrollment capacity lacks regardless of how the faculty and students expanded executive authority and well as topics relevant to campus. We will print letters on a timely purpose, damages universities’ reputations feel about it. Out of state students who a comprehensive erosion of civil and space-available basis. and undermines the fundamental purpose are academically qualified to attend Tech liberties. Important statutory and Letters should not exceed 400 constitutional safeguards have fre- words and should be submitted by for the Board: to be politically unbiased. might look elsewhere if they believe it quently been either entirely disre- Tuesday at 7 p.m. in order to be Between the five universities that will be to be a campus not welcoming to all, garded or significantly weakened. printed in the following Friday’s One of the most significant issue. Include your full name, year affected by this policy, Tech included, whether true of not. Tech prides itself on casualties in the endless war (1st, 2nd, etc.) and major. We re- only 29 students currently enrolled would educating the future leaders of the world, against terrorism is the Fourth serve the right to edit for style and have been affected by this policy had it but now it might have to turn away such Amendment, which reads: “The length. Only one submission per right of the people to be secure person will be printed per term. been in place previously. The enactment leaders who are academically qualified. in their persons, houses, papers, of this policy seems futile considering the The strong political nature of this policy and effects, against unreasonable lance necessarily abrogates Fourth marginal impact it will have during the is disturbing. The Board is supposed to searches and seizures, shall not be Amendment protections, since it violated, and no Warrants shall is impossible to acquire warrants admissions process. The Board’s action be nonpolitical and should not attempt issue, but upon probable cause, on such an enormous scale. can simply be characterized as political to use Regents’ policy to enforce federal supported by Oath or affirmation, Second, the collection of enor- and particularly describing the mous quantities of data is rarely grandstanding and trying to quell a loud law; this is the responsibility of the federal place to be searched, and the per- justified with anything other than but ill-informed minority of the populous government. This could also set a bad sons or things to be seized.” a vague reference to the threat of that believe undocumented students are precedent for the Regents if they start to The National Security Agen- terrorism. An important benefit cy’s warrantless wiretapping pro- of requiring law enforcement au- sucking away a significant number of use the power to force their political ideals gram has thus far been the most thorities to acquire a warrant is seats from the documented ones. upon the universities. Such decisions prominent infringement on the that it forces those who would This policy also puts the universities’ with these types of undertones should Fourth Amendment. Two new eavesdrop on the affairs of others proposed measures—one target- to provide a compelling justifica- names in the national media. be avoided in the future. The Board, and ing the Internet, the other focused tion for doing so. By justifying Unfortunately, it is not for their the universities they lead, should not be on the financial industry—threat- data collection on a macro level, en to dramatically expand the the government entirely sidesteps achievements, but for the perceived subject to political whims. federal government’s surveillance the requirement of justifying sur- capabilities in direct disregard of veillance on an individual level. The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the the amendment’s limitations. Legislative schemes such as Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors. The first measure, a bill that these pose a grave threat to the the Obama administration in- value of privacy that the Fourth Technique Editorial Board tends to submit to Congress next Amendment enshrines. The pres- Hahnming Lee, Editor-in-Chief year, would require all communi- ervation of privacy is essential to Vivian Fan, Managing Editor cation services to include techni- a society that values liberty; indi- Kate Comstock, Business Manager cal features permitting the service viduals in a democratic republic to comply with a federal wiretap have the right to be free from con- Jennifer Aldoretta, Layout Editor Alex Mitchell, Sports Editor order. The bill primarily targets stant government intrusion into Kamna Bohra, Focus Editor Vijai Narayanan, News Editor services such as Blackberry, Face- their personal lives. In America, Advertising Manager Steven Cappetta, Nishant Prasadh, Online Sports Editor book and Skype, which either in- the citizens are the masters of the Mike Donohue, SGA Editor Chris Russell, Online Editor volve peer-to-peer messaging or government, not vice-versa. Gov- Matt Hoffman, Opinions Editor Jarrett Skov, Photo Editor encrypted communications. ernment simply has no authority Reem Mansoura, Outreach Editor Zheng Zheng, Entertainment Editor The legislation would require to access unlimited private data, all communication channels to at will, without justification. EDITORIAL CARTOON By Vivian Fan include a built-in “backdoor” Apart from its value as a com- through which the government ponent of liberty, privacy is also could intercept any transmis- desirable to the extent, for in- sion. Government already has the stance, that it encourages political means to spy on encrypted com- discourse unhampered by fear of munications through end-user government reprisal. Unlimited surveillance methods such as key- surveillance powers could easily loggers installed secretly on sus- be used by the government to tar- pects’ computers. The net effect of get political opponents. Even in the “backdoor” would be to allow the absence of such direct abuse, the government to collect and sift however, knowledge that every through communications in bulk. communication is laid bare to the The second measure, also pro- prying eyes of the government posed by the Obama administra- inevitably quells free expression, tion, would require U.S. banks to thus discouraging citizens from report to the government all elec- engaging in legitimate political tronic money transfers into and speech for fear of political retribu- out of the country. The size of the tion. transfer would not affect reporting The Fourth Amendment pro- requirements. The transfer data vides a reasonable balance be- (about 750 million such transfers tween the competing interests of occur each year), accompanied liberty and security, preserving by the social security numbers of the majority of citizens’ privacy the sender and recipient, would but allowing government surveil- be stored in a centralized federal lance when compelling justifi- database. cations are present. There is no Both of these proposals are reason that the traditional, court- indicative of several disturbing approved warrant system could characteristics of the federal gov- not be applied to internet data. ernment’s approach, since the in- By eschewing such constitutional ception of the war on terror, to limitations, broad and unchecked collecting and analyzing private surveillance programs cede too data. First, data collection that much authority to government to allows for high-volume surveil- delve into citizens’ personal lives. OPINIONS Technique • November 5, 2010 • 7 Media bias degrades legitimate content Barack Hussein Obama. “Admittedly, sometimes of bias may be introduced by B Z “I can see Russia from my sensationalizing stories is the a lack of “interesting” events. U Z house!” Photoshopped im- Admittedly, sometimes sen- Around Campus ages of incidents abroad that only way to grab viewers’ and sationalizing stories is the no one in America could ever only way to grab viewers’ and confirm. These are just a few of readers’ attention.” readers’ attentions. Today’s many examples of media’s in- perpetually plugged-in world jection of political opinion and Kamna Bohra is bored to tears by facts and What should be the new mindless banter into its repre- Focus Editor numbers, but is drawn to a sentation of a wide variety of state of hyperactivity in re- name of AMC? topics. The media tends to tweeting Britney Spears’ latest latch onto small and otherwise dential election. Additionally, name to his “real” religion and updates. useless facts, blow them out of as a previously little-known connections with terrorists On the same train of proportion and effectively ex- figure to the masses, Palin is a long stretch with no fac- thought about attention- ert left or right forces on the drew large amounts of atten- tual foundation other than just grabbing stories, journalists public’s opinions. tion to the McCain campaign, that—his middle name. While in other parts of the world While it is good that jour- but the media completely tore this type of middle school girl may present in a fashion that nalists recognize they have her apart, taking advantage gossip did not deter Obama makes their locations and that power, they should not of her personal characteristics in his bid for the presidency, stories more relevant or time- abuse it as terribly as they have that were easy to mock, such as “Hussein” continues to appear worthy than they may actually in recent years, and should in- her accent and her striking re- in places other than Obama’s be. stead use it to inform their fol- semblance to actress/comedian biographies. What’s more is that there lowers to the greatest degree. Tina Fey. On a smaller scale, a re- are fewer easily accessible plac- Anything from word choice Even worse, journalists cent voicemail caught of CBS es to confirm events across the Megan Sumner to the exaggeration of an oth- turned Palin’s daughter into reporters’ attempt to find a world, making it harder for Third-year MGT erwise small incident to a de- the subject of hundreds of gos- registered sexual predator the viewers to question what is cision to not report a major sip columns. Her children’s among a sea of supporters for being reported. “Jarrett Jack Stadium.” incident can shift the public’s lives should never be brought a particular politician reflects Additionally, the newly perspective on a single person into political discussion. That the blatant disregard for un- found dependence on tweets or an entire demographic. is a cheap way of attacking a biased journalism. Still, even and iReports takes an interest- Additionally, well-informed politician, and any dip or rise my knowledge of that incident ing spin on media bias. Since viewers of different media in any politician’s approval rat- may itself be the result of bi- the generators of this type of sources can recognize and sift ings should be solely based on ased media. content neither train in jour- through the editorializing, but the politician’s political con- Based on these examples, nalism nor invest themselves the apathetic masses are sus- victions. the answer to the question “To in unbiased reporting, they ceptible to flipping channels The liberal media is not the report or not to report?” often have no reason to present fac- through a biased report and only institution to blame ei- and unfortunately indicates tual stories. ultimately submitting to un- ther; the right-wing press’s con- a news source’s political in- While journalists have informed opinions and voting tinuous question of Obama’s terests. In this sense, journal- every right to have political patterns. From a factual per- true religion and emphasis on ists should fully and factually beliefs and ideological invest- spective, former Alaska gov- his middle name brings irrel- report on every story deemed ments in the topics they dis- ernor Sarah Palin’s approval evant discussions to political relevant to the viewers (and by cuss, these stances must be ratings were consistently above circles. While a large number the viewers). completely removed from re- 90 percent prior to her selec- of voters are religiously driven These descriptions reflect porting and should not adver- tion as John McCain’s run- in stances on social issues, a bias in fairness and politi- tently or inadvertently exert Mark Boyd ning mate in the 2008 presi- equating Obama’s middle cal opinion, but other types forces on public opinion. Fourth-year PHYS Athletes over-scrutinized by media, public “Paul Johnson Coliseum.” It seems like every time you “Because of the ‘big’ mishaps disliked. He loved to complain turn on ESPN, you hear about about his quarterbacks and how an athlete has made a stu- other athletes have, we as an even openly discussing con- pid mistake or how they are audience show little mercy to tract disputes with the public. being punished with tremen- When an athlete complains dous fines for indecent con- all the other athletes.” about not receiving additional duct on-or-off the field. hundreds of thousand dollars, Again and again, we side Steven Cappetta the average person will not feel with these reporters as they Advertising Manager very sympathetic. Emotional describe the mishaps all these athletes can paint themselves “celebrities” get themselves in a bad light when they talk into. The high frequency of Because of the mishaps other fined the most ($75,000) to newscasters and not sit back these reports challenges me to athletes have, we as an audi- for his hit that was not even and think about the conse- wonder if all these athletes are ence show little mercy to all flagged for a penalty. The -an quences. treated unfairly in the media the other athletes when they gry Harrison, defensive player An important thing to take and their individual leagues. mess up, no matter how big a of the year in 2008, was being away from all this is that not I do not wish to defend an deal it really is. bashed for his “dirty” play. No all athletes are complete screw- Brad Estes athlete about their “big” mis- We do not forgive all of newspaper or television broad- ups. There have been several Fourth-year MGT haps, such as use of steroids these high-paid, dumb athletes cast would have commented on athletes that do make bad or murders. Such actions like for their mistakes. They get his style of gameplay had the mistakes and are talked about “It should be named Alexan- this, in addition to ones sur- torn apart for the same things league not decided on stricter continuously. The public wants rounding Tiger Woods and his we do every day. We do not rules regarding tackling that to know about all the slip-ups der Memorial Coliseum to mistresses, are hard to over- care or focus on our own mis- individual week. Big hits hap- each individual athlete has preserve tradition.” look. Reporters have a field day givings, though, because we pened very frequently before had, so the media works hard when these type of events hap- do not have cameras around to this, but due to the league’s de- to make sure they find as much pen and investigate every little judge us at all times like these cision, all three of those players as it can. aspect about it. That is some athletes do. were looked down upon. The athletes that generally prime news that instantly ob- Media is also aided by Some athletes love the spot- keep good composure have scures away all of an athlete’s leagues actions themselves. A light and interviews while oth- messed up at least one instance previous accomplishments, few weeks ago the NFL want- ers get frustrated and make a in their lives. If you think and then the news portrays ed to look out for the safety of mockery. Conservative inter- about it, you would come up them a bad person. its players as several big hits on views flow under the media with very few that have not But what happens if an gameday took place. Brandon radar and keep athletes safe openly made a mistake. Mi- athlete slips up once by get- Meriweather, Dunta Robin- from any dirt. Other antics, chael Phelps has smoked mari- ting angry in an interview son and James Harrison were such as Chad Ochocinco and juana, Pete Rose bet on base- or attempts to joke around? each fined for the violent hits Terrell Owens, seem fun to the ball, John Daly had a drinking What if a small action is over- they threw that day. Media viewers. Some love and some problem, Andre Agassi took analyzed and ignores any other outlets went to town on the hate these two characters for crystal meth and even Peyton Sydney Bebee side to the story? Athletes get issue the following week. The their personalities. Sometimes Manning has gotten into alter- bashed daily in order to fill up football league, which used they have gone too far in the cations with players and orga- Second-year MGT content for the day. to be praised for solid, power- league’s eyes and have had to nization over what he thinks “45 Mil Arena.” he paparazzi looks into all ful tackling, was now looking play penalty fees for the fun is the best way to win. When celebrities’ lives to find any down on “going too far”. they have had. In his younger cameras and eyes are constant- kind of news. The same can The most upset of the three years in football, Owens had ly on you, it is hard to main- Photos by Joey Cerone be said in world of sports. was James Harrison who was another side that a lot of people tain a perfect image. 8 • November 5, 2010 • Technique OPINIONS

OUR VIEWS Hot or Not Renegade Tea Party could spell – or – trouble for GOP, if not controlled The national reaction to the “The [GOP] leadership must find HOT NOT Tea Party Movement can at best a way to keep the Tea Party be described as mixed. The grass- roots movement that has been members from hijacking the party developed from the more conser- platform.” vative parts of Republican party made its midterm election debut Matt Hoffman on Tuesday with moderate suc- cess. While many are spinning Opinions Editor Registration tools Registration woes the Tea Party’s success as sign of After what seems like a life- As the semester begins to the movements growing appeal, time, SGA Course Critique wind down, students are once in reality, it shows the limited and non-Tea-Republicans. The old Republican guard is finally operational and has again faced the daunting task divisive nature of the movement. Christine O’Donnell’s cam- knows the destructive nature of years of course information for of trying to take three classes The Tea Party had success paign is a prime example of the the Tea Party and has known this students to try and figure out that are all offered at the same unseating incumbent and high destructive effects the Tea Party is for some time. Senate Minority which professor is less likely to time. While students hopeless- profile Republicans in the pri- wrecking on the GOP. O’Donnell Leader Mitch McConnell ada- fail them next semester. GT ly wish for the registration pro- maries, in particular Florida lost bids in 2006 and 2008 for the mantly opposed Rand Paul in the Schedule Creator is also very cess to improve and for their Governor Charlie Crist, who was Senate; she has a proven track re- primary because he understood helpful for students, allowing departments to stop offering seeking his party’s nomination cord of failure. But with endorse- that increased momentum for the students to easily, far more labs on Friday afternoon, the for the Senate, and Alaska Sena- ments from Sarah Palin and other movement will hurt the Republi- easily than OSCAR, build a problems still remain unre- tor Lisa Murkowski. While Crist Tea Party die-hards, she defeated can brand in the long term. For- schedule and figure out which solved. One day, registration ultimately lost as an independent former Governor Mike Castle in mer Speaker of the House Newt classes are still available. will be less painful. candidate for the seat, Murkowski the primary, and, shockingly, re- Gingrich ruled the Delaware seat apparently has led one of the most inforced her losing track record in out of play once O’Donnell re- successful write-in campaigns in the general election on Tuesday. ceived the nomination. Former U.S. history and appears to be Many believed the Delaware seat Secretary of State Colin Powell positioned to keep her seat. So would have been in play and may has expressed concerns of the ra- from a Republican’s perspective, have potentially turned red had cial undertones that many Tea does the Tea Party help the larger Castle received the nomination. Party leaders invoke. Party? No, it hurts the party tre- Rand Paul’s election to the With midterm elections now mendously. Senate can easily be explained be- in the rearview mirror, the Re- The Tea Party candidates ap- cause the electorate in the state of publicans must now shift its fo- peal to the more conservative, Kentucky is so right heavy, that cus to 2012 and the race for the very loyal base of the party. The many people in the state, appar- Presidency. The party leadership Safe walking Naturally Gassy people who turned to vote for Tea ently a very large majority, agree must find a way to keep the Tea The annual campus safety The gas leak caused by the Party would have turned out to with him and will vote for him. Party members from hijacking the walk to take place again this construction of the new Skiles vote Republican regardless of the This situation is true and many party platform and ruining viable Wednesday to help make the Alleyway within the Weber movement. So the movement does other states such as Georgia, candidates in the primary season campus friendlier for pedestri- Building last Thursday was an little to broaden the base, it just South Carolina and have similar that will kick off in the next cou- ans across campus. This focus unexpected interruption to a reinforces it. The Tea Party, how- circumstances. On a national level ple months as Republicans begin on making North Ave. safer is calm afternoon. While anyone ever, has had a huge impact on the the movement will simply drive to announce their candidacy. A much appreciated. For years, who has had an 8 a.m. class in party. In many cases, the move- people away from the party. Tea Party candidate will only lead Tech has neglected the corri- Weber has daydreamed about ment put Republican candidates Tea Party success in House fol- the Republican Party to a loss in dor, and it is time to incorpo- situations that would get them on the ballot with little appeal to lows similar patterns. Generally, 2012. The movement will not win rate it into the rest of campus. out of class and back into bed, the centrist voters, and in some they are winning districts that on a national scale. There is a large The residents at NAA know all this is likely not a scenario that cases, the candidates simply alien- bleed red and would rarely, almost power vacuum in the Republican too well that safety conditions had played out in their minds ated the center, giving the elec- never, elect a Democrat. They are Party right now, and if the likes of are subpar. in the middle of lecture. tion to the Democrats, a lose-lose not broadening or expanding the Rand Paul fill that vacuum, then situation for Tea-Republicans and party, they are limiting it. it will lights out for the GOP.

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En2Em social enterpriseBy Jessica Swafford high.”conference Contributing Writer Failure was talked about in more depth. “Making profit and helping so- “If you haven’t failed at any- ciety are not and should not be mu- thing, you’re living a life of medioc- tually exclusive,” said Paul Sasone, rity,” said Chris Hanks, a professor CFO of Better World Books on at the UGA Terry School of Busi- Oct. 30, 2010, at the first annual ness. Enterprise 2 Empower (En2Em) The speakers focused on the fact conference. that people should try things, such Two Tech students, Melissa as getting a dream internship or McCoy, a third-year ChBE major, starting a business, rather than be- and Ryan Westafer, an ECE Ph.D. ing afraid because fear stunts suc- Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications student conceptualized En2Em in cessfulness. Failure, according to Students can receive discounts on their Spring 2010. Its purpose? To em- the speakers, can create a stronger, most frequented stores and restaurants. power and to connect Atlantans more well-rounded person. Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications who are interested in social entre- For those unsure of where to By Chris Russell preneurship. start with social entrepreneurship, Online Editor En2Em hosted over 20 speakers, Hanks suggested the Corridor 15 of whom were CEOs or Presi- Principle, which is the idea of sim- Despite the typically loud atmosphere, dents of their businesses. Located at ply starting something and adapt visitors to the Student Center recently the Georgia Tech Research Institute as different opportunities present might have noticed more subdued colors (GTRI) Conference Center, guests themselves. than usual. Black balloons, posters and T- spoke to medium-sized crowds at “Once you start walking down shirts speckled the Student Center this past the all-day event. With two panels the pathway, new doors of oppor- week, though not for the reason that might running during each of the four ses- tunity open. If you would’ve never be expected. Though the Student Center just sions, attendees had many topics to walked down the corridor, you celebrated its 40th birthday, the decorations choose from. would have never seen the opportu- were instead celebrating a new outreach pro- Social enterprise was covered in nity,” Hanks said. “Many of you say gram—Burdell’s Black Book (BBB). a panel, “Social Ventures Serving you don’t know where to start to be BBB is the result of a partnership with International Markets,” composed successful. Just start.” Sparkfly, a company that gives its members of MedShare and GlobalSoapPro- Nearly 250 people registered for deals and discounts to various stores, restau- ject CEOs. “How to Finance Your the event. rants and businesses across the country. The Social Enterprise,” with represen- “The speakers are phenomenal. Book will provide Tech’s students, faculty tatives from Gray Ghost Ventures I was impressed that it was free or and staff with discounts to hundreds of busi- and Ashoka, was another largely at- only $10,” said Chris Quintero, a nesses in Atlanta and across the country. tended panel. fourth-year ME major. “We’re partnering with Tech to provide “While most businesses answer En2Em was free to register for discounts for students, faculty and staff. The only to their shareholders, [they] until Oct. 1, 2010, including the discount program provides rental cars, tick- Photo by Sharad Gopal / Student Publications answer equally to all of our key costs of food, free T-shirts, parking, ets to sports, movies, sports, Cirque du So- stakeholders,” Sansone said. “By ac- informational packets and quality Entrepreneurs from all sectors spoke to leil and lots of local businesses,” said Elena counting for and supporting their speakers. After that date, registra- Naydenova of Sparkfly’s customer care. students about their business philosophies. long-term viability, profit takes on a tion was 10 dollars. Despite the name, the Book is actually an much broader and richer meaning.” Co-creator McCoy, who was ini- online collection of deals and discounts. Students and working profes- tially inspired by Muhammad Yu- The idea for the Book first came up in sionals alike questions concerned nus and the idea of microfinance, Jan., according to Tasha Myers, Associate with a vast array of topics from wanted people students to realize Program Director of the Student Center securing an internship to dealing that social entrepreneurship offers Programs Council (SCPC). Shortly after its with failures. a more efficient way to solve social creation, the Atlanta Life committee started Speaking on how to secure an problems than charities or interna- looking at ways of reaching out to businesses internship, the entrepreneurs tional need. outside of the typical Tech community. recommended that people de- “I wanted the conference to “The [committee] wanted to figure out velop networks relating to show attendees what the potential how they could make businesses more acces- personal interests. of social entrepreneurship and be sible, to encourage students to get out of the “Keep a strong rela- educated on what they need to do campus bubble,” Myers said. tionship with profes- to pursue an venture of their own. “Whether it is a lack of transportation, sors. Make sure you Working with our free market sys- not enough money, a busy college schedule keep it after gradu- tem can most effectively help oth- or simply no interest, students are experienc- ation,” said Jeff ers,” McCoy said. Woodward, a Due to this, the conference had See Burdell, page 10 business part- two different tracks—one inspi- ner at Sites & rational and the other a practical Ha rbi son. teaching on how to successfully Tech races to “ S h o o t See En2Em, page 11

firstBy TJ Kaplan place Contributing Writer

Tech’s Wreck Racing team took first place in the Grassroots Motorsports $2010 Challenge this year, which is hosted annu- ally by Grassroots Motorsports Magazine (GRM) in Gainesville, FL. The competition took place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, and was attended by more than 50 teams from across the nation, including cars from professional tuning shops and racecar builders. The competition required participants to buy, build and drive a fully functional race- car for a cost less than or equal to the corre- sponding dollar amount to the calendar year, which was a $2010 budget for this year. Cars

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from page 9 Burdell from page 9 While the Book will start with the Wreck default options offered by Spark- that were entered into the compe- ing barriers between themselves fly, additions of new businesses tition competed in three different and the opportunities that a ma- will be largely decided by the Tech sections: concourse, autocross and jor city can offer. The SCPC took community. drag. on the challenge of creating BBB “One of the coolest aspects of In order to be eligible to par- in the hopes that we could help to BBB is that it’s meant to be inter- ticipate in the competition, each make Atlanta more accessible and active, meaning we don’t choose team was required to raise its own affordable in order enhance that the businesses, the Georgia Tech funds or to acquire sponsorships desire to explore and embrace city community does...Sparkfly has that would afford it the necessary life,” said Paul Brideau, chair of provided a foundation of over 500 $2010. Wreck Racing was able to the Atlanta Life committee and a local and national discounts, and acquire sponsorships from major third-year ME major. we want that list to become more companies such as Pirelli, General When looking for similar and more unique to the interests Motors and Caterpillar, allowing programs, SCPC found Emory’s of the Georgia Tech community them to participate in the com- Dooley Saves program, a discount over time,” Brideau said. petition. They also hold annual program that also uses Sparkfly. On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the fundraisers, car clinics and pro- SCPC decided it would be a Student Center held a launch motional activities involving their good way of both reaching out to event for the Book. A Sparkfly machinery and vehicles to raise Atlanta businesses and providing representative was on campus to funds. students with benefits across the explain to students how the deals The first part of the competi- country, according to Brideau. worked, posters listing the partner tion was a concourse, which con- Myers said one of the benefits businesses were scattered around sisted of judging that was based of working with Sparkfly is that the student center and tickets were on engineering quality, budget Image courtesy of Wreck Racing it is a nationwide organization. sold for the upcoming Harry Pot- planning, build process and im- Tech’s Wreck Racing team brought home a top victory for the first While students will obviously get ter movie. The latter was accom- provements over the past year’s time in a competition against 50 other collegiate racecar teams. local discounts, they can also get panied by homemade butterbeer. entry. Next, the cars were entered deals at national organizations. Plans are in place to increase in an Auto Cross competition, Motorsports competition up until platform, engine and chassis. Special offers are also available BBB’s interactivity. A reviewing which tested the speed, accelera- this point was 12th place. “Next year, we want to super- at places like Universal Studios. system and a blog are in the works. tion and handling of the car over “We are a very new club, charge the Miata if we have time; a long and windy track. Finally, around five years old, and this it’s essentially going to be a com- the car was entered in a drag race, was our biggest competition, and petition against ourselves [next which tested the aerodynamics our biggest opportunity to prove year] to see how much we can and top acceleration of the car. ourselves as a valuable organiza- improve upon our car from this Wreck Racing was awarded tion on campus,” said Andrea year,” Kuklenyik said. first place in the Auto Cross, first Kuklenyik, the Vice President of After winning the competi- place in the Concourse and ninth Wreck Racing and a second-year tion, Wreck Racing will receive place in the Drag Race competi- ME major. recognition in the April 2011 edi- tions. At the end of the contest, Wreck Racing took home the tion of Grassroots Motorsports Tech’s team was awarded first gold with No. 81, a Lexus-V8- Magazine. place as an average of their scores powered 1994 Mazda Miata. Wreck Racing is a completely from all three competitions. Next year, the group plans on re- volunteer organization made up Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications This year’s first place win was turning with the same car in su- of over 35 students hailing from During the launch for Burdell’s Black Book, students were able a first for Wreck racing, whose per-charged form. Plans for 2012 different departments across best placement in the Grassroots include a completely re-vamped Tech’s campus. to get tickets for an advance screening of the new Harry Potter. FOCUS Technique • November 5, 2010 • 11

En2Em from page 9 start ventures. Student voters respond to midterm elections En2Em was made possible by By Andrew Nelson the help of several campus and Staff Writer professional organizations who served as sponsors, including With the 2010 midterm elec- Tech’s Institute for Leadership tions drawing to a close, the po- and Entrepreneurship and the litical landscape has experienced a business fraternity, Alpha Kappa significant shift in party control, Psi. The founders also sought out with a Republicans gaining ma- much advising contribution from jority of governors and represen- experienced entrepreneurs. tatives and a nearly even split in The event was developed and the Senate with Democrats still run by a team of 10 Tech stu- in control. Data shows that pro- dents, each chosen by McCoy and jected total voter turnout was 42 Westafer for their high skills in percent of the electorate, which is respective areas. The student team an increase of 1.2 percent, or 6.2 covered a wide range in school lev- million people, from the previous el from freshmen to grad students. midterm election. Overall, En2Em focused on Students have different views connecting people and informing on major issues, including educa- students about social entrepre- tion. neurship. “My huge deal was education...I’m supporting Deal because he was in favor of getting rid of more [at] the federal and state level and putting [money] into the hands of the local elec- tions. The people in office right Photo by Will Folsom / Student Publications now [are] not teachers or in school, With an increase in turnout to this year’s midterm elections, voters share passionate views about a and they don’t know what’s going on. So I think, especially at the broad range of issues, including education, healthcare, transportation and the economic downturn. secondary level, that needs to be reformed,” said Spenser Burch, a we get jobs [so] we can stabilize to graduate, so if there’s not a job Other issues students consider first-year BCHM major. businesses and help businesses out there available for me, I’m not to be major include healthcare, Beyond education, many stu- grow,” said Abhishek Thumaty, a going to be happy with it,” said transportation, immigration, dents consider the government’s first-year ISyE major. Zach Gardner, a third-year MGT abortion, trauma care and ethics. decisions about the economy and “I think the most important major. “Getting people back to work, small businesses important, espe- issue is jobs. Job creation, up- “One of the two provisions immigration, forcing the govern- cially as Tech graduates move into holding certain current jobs [and] that was on [the ballot is supposed ment to have a balanced budget the workforce. making sure that certain money to increase business, but it looked and providing more resources to “I think that the biggest issue given to us for jobs is used the more like [it was] decreasing com- foster and grow education” are Photo by Sharad Gopal / Student Publications going on right now is the econo- right way. That’s all I’m really con- petition,” said Tobias Smith, a important to Zac Churney, a sec- Professionals advised students my; it’s going to [be] major that cerned about because I’m about first-year BME major. ond-year ME major. in their future business careers.

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Photo by Bola Adedire / Student Publications CONCERT CONNECTIONS ONE WEEK, ONE CITY, THREE SHOWS

CONCERT group. that Interpol are the paragons Interpol The crowd’s response to of the NYC 90’s indie rock re- their energetic performance vival and they proved it with PERFORMER: Interpol and catchy lyrics silenced any the show. LOCATION: The Tabernacle doubters in attendance. The Tabernacle was full of DATE: Nov. 1 Interpol took the stage af- Interpol fans that knew the ter a short intermission that lyrics to their hits, but were OUR TAKE: ««««« provided time to clear the also equally comfortable sing- stage of the White Rabbits’ ing along to b-sides. Interpol By Bola Adedire equipment. finished their set with “Ob- Contributing Writer The members coolly saun- stale 1” with the crowd sing- tered on and took their in- ing the chorus, “She plucks Interpol and the White struments. Paul Banks, the away.” Rabbits performed at the Tab- band’s front man, addressed The audience chanted for ernacle to a passionate crowd the crowd with a nonchalant, an encore. The band obliged that wanted to show off Atlan- “Hello, we are Interpol.” by returning to the stage and ta as the sixth New York City The Tabernacle became performing “The Heinrich borough. noticeably more crowded as Maneuver.” The show opened with the attendees pushed towards The chorus, “Today my White Rabbits, an indie rock- the stage to get closer to the heart swings,” provided an ap- ing Brooklyn sextet with all 13-year indie rock veterans. propriate ending to their At- the traits of a hipster power Many critics and fans argue lanta show. WEEZER INTERPOL

CONCERT By Andrew Ho Contributing Writer Weezer Memories Tour PERFORMER: Weezer Last Saturday night, LOCATION: Chastain Park throngs of fans packed into Amphitheatre the Chastain Park Amphithe- ater to witness Weezer playing DATE: Oct. 30 their last show of the touring OUR TAKE: ««««« season. Roughly a month af- ter the release of their latest on first to catch the crowd’s album titled Hurley, Weezer attention with a spirited per- has been touring the country formance of “Don’t Break to put their new sounds on the Needle,” mixing a style display as well as treat their of forceful singing and lively fans to some classic songs. piano playing reminiscent of The gates at Chastain Park classic rock and roll. Amphitheater opened an hour A half hour of this high- later than the advertised hour, spirited performance kept and the crowds filled the seats the crowd visibly excited, but slowly at first. Like many con- then Weezer took the stage certs tend to be, there was and the energy level in the a great deal of waiting and amphitheater hit its peak. The standing around involved be- band made its big appearance fore the show finally started, with the appropriately titled signaled by the appearance of “Epic Intro,” which was basi- the opening band taking the cally a display of each band Photo by Basheer Tome / Student Publications stage. member’s role that started J. Roddy Walston and with a low-key guitar riff MGMT the Business, an alternative and followed into a suitably members looked at each other “Southern rock” band with CONCERT Tabernacle on Tuesday. and then launched into their most roots in south Tenn. went See Weezer, Page 14 MGMT The band started off slow with well known song “Kids.” Midway a lesser-known selection from their through the song, as excitement PERFORMER: MGMT newly released album Congratula- neared it’s highest point that night, LOCATION: The Tabernacle tions. all hell broke loose. Everyone let DATE: Nov. 2 But things instantly picked up the groove take them to new space- to a high broil as MGMT jumped invading heights. OUR TAKE: ««««« into “Time to Pretend” relatively By the time the band was ready early into the night. Even the plen- to leave, Andrew VanWyngarden, By Basheer Tome tiful awkward high schoolers man- the lead vocalist, yipped “Night!” Contributing Writer aged to begin head-bobbing by the ran off stage, and the crowd time the band swung into another cheered them back on for their final Bright colored lighting and ex- of their best hits, “Electric Feel.” two songs, “The Handshake” and cited fans of many ages welcomed A few songs went by to gen- “Congratulations.” They served as a American indie rock psychedelic erous response. Then, they put decent capstone to the concert and band MGMT onto stage at the down their instruments. The band a good night. Photo by Donovan Henneberg-Verity / Student Publications 14 • November 5, 2010 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

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heavy rock section to showcase Hornet’s Nest offers weak franchise finale the whole team. They then moved FILM let to the brain which she incurred right along into the set list, start- The Girl Who Kicked the while trying to murder her evil ing with the bouncy “Hash Pipe” father with an axe. that made good use of lead singer/ Hornet’s Nest The story’s centerpiece is the guitarist Rivers Cuomo’s near- GENRE: Crime Drama courtroom drama where Salander manic energy. is tried for the attempted murder There was no denying that he STARRING: Noomi Rapace of her father, and the two forces and the rest of the band were ut- and Michael Nyqvist trying to influence the trial’s terly psyched to be performing. DIRECTOR: Daniel Alfredson outcome. On one side, you have Whether it was dumping a bottle Blomkvist, the staff of Millen- of water on his head or running RATING: R nium magazine and Salander’s through the aisles to give high- RELEASE DATE: Oct. 29 hacker friend struggling to gain fives to the crowd, Rivers Cuomo evidence to clear her name and re- made the best of his presence to OUR TAKE: ««««« store her legal rights. Meanwhile, keep the crowd stirred up during the Cold War spooks try to get her and between the songs, riling up By Hank Whitson re-committed to a mental institu- even more nerd power when he Contributing Writer tion to cover their own embarrass- took someone’s wizard hat and ing involvement with her criminal Image courtesy of Music Box Films jumped onto the scaffolds. The final film based on Stieg father, who was a soviet defector. Mikael Blomkvist. short-changed by the transition Many of the band’s classic hits Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, I cannot imagine trying to In addition to looking like she to film. Indeed, if Rapace was a such as “My Name is Jonas,” “Say more casually known as The Girl make sense of the film’s opening was born for the part, Rapace has weaker actress, the movie would It Ain’t So” and “Undone – The with the Dragon Tattoo series, goes without seeing the first two films a wonderful fierceness that allows completely fall apart. Sweater Song” were performed, out with a whimper instead of a or having read the books. With- her to speak volumes through Sa- That said the movie does man- just as familiar to the long-time bang. The Girl Who Kicked the out understanding why Salander lander’s hostile silences. Nyqvist age to improve on the book in fans of the band as they are to Hornet’s Nest picks up immediate- was trying to kill her father or comes off as a subdued Daniel certain areas. Larsson’s great- younger generations. ly where The Girl Who Played with how Blomkvist got access to the Craig, which is fitting since Blom- est short-coming as an author is Though they stayed with a ma- Fire left off, transforming the taut, classified information about her kvist’s character is something unquestionably his tendency to jority of classics, “Hang On” was action-packed murder mystery criminal father, the beginning of akin to a humble, amateur James indulge in meticulous exposition a highlight from Weezer’s new- into a conspiratorial courtroom the movie is nearly incoherent. Bond. Annika Hallin returns as about the intricacies of economics est album Hurley, which stayed drama that feels far less urgent However, as the plot progress- Blomkvist’s sister, Annika Gi- and Swedish law and politics. The in style but felt more matured in and compelling than it ought to. es, it almost exclusively focuses on annini, and does admirably with movie completely skips the tortur- its development. At one point the The movie is not plodding by events that occurred in the first her larger role as Salander’s de- ously detailed backstory about the entire crowd felt confusion fol- any means. On the contrary, it two movies. The trial scene sum- fense attorney. Cold War spooks that drags out lowed by elation when “Teenage moves with the speed of some- marizes the injustices Salander Strong as the casting is how- the beginning of the novel. Sa- Dirtbag” by Wheatus was played, thing that has been highly com- has suffered throughout her life, ever, so much of Larsson’s char- lander’s jaunt to Gibraltar follow- though it seemed somewhat im- pressed and streamlined, jumping which readers and movie-goers acters are lost without access to ing her trial is also thankfully ab- pulsive. from one scene to another. The will already be familiar with. their thoughts. Their carefully sent from the film, resulting in a By the end of the concert ev- places it goes, however, generally There is a satisfying, if predictable strategized plans are rendered in- stronger, more focused conclusion eryone was unable to stay in their are not as intriguing as the situ- finale as well where Salander faces visible or simplified for the sake of to the narrative than in the book. seats in an effort to follow along ation in the first film, or as excit- off against her Frankensteinian narrative clarity. The movie has some fun mo- side to Cuomo and dance to “Pork ing and dangerous as those from half-brother. The other journalists at Mil- ments, and a couple of gripping and Beans.” A minor disappoint- the second. The subplots have Larsson’s books have always lennium Magazine and all of the scenes but ultimately lacks the ment was that with all the frenetic been admirably pared down and been triumphs of brilliant char- government agents, both good sort of dramatic momentum one activity throughout the concert, repurposed to serve the main plot acterization over plotting or prose and bad, are under-developed. expects from a thriller. Weezer did not have the staying thread, creating a much more fo- and that has never more evident The main villain of the film, Dr. If you have read or watched power for an encore performance cused narrative than the book of- than it is in the unevenly paced Peter Teleborian, loses much of both The Girl with the Dragon Tat- after the climactic rock ending. fers at the expense of some subtle- final installment of the series. For- the condescension that made him too and The Girl Who Played with Ultimately, the mass of cheer- ty and complexity. tunately, the film’s casting is near- so loathsome in the book, and he Fire, you owe it to yourself to see ing fans had an undeniable blast The film opens with Lisbeth ly perfect. Noomi Rapace reprises comes across as a much more ge- Lisebth Salander’s saga through and remained applauding for well Salander, computer hacker ex- her role as the acerbic but brilliant neric creep as a result. to the end. If not, you would be over a minute before dispersing. I traordinaire and the titular hor- Salander and Michael Nyqvist Even Salander, despite Ra- better served by watching either of eagerly await the next time that net-kicker, recovering from a bul- returns as investigative journalist pace’s nuanced performance, feels the earlier chapters first. Weezer returns to Atlanta.

www.nique.net ENTERTAINMENT Technique • November 5, 2010 • 15 Dead excels as zombie horror TELEVISION Saw 3D exhibits The Walking Dead NETWORK: AMC lackluster effects WHEN: Sunday 10 p.m. FILM interesting and hinders the actual Saw 3D content of the plot at some criti- STARRING: Andrew Lincoln, cal points. Being the last of the Sarah Wayne Callies GENRE: Horror series, one would expect that any discrepancies from previous mov- OUR TAKE: ««««« STARRING: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Betsy Russell ies would be dealt with. Although Saw 3D manages to tie up most of By Daniel Fuller DIRECTOR: Kevin Greutert the loose ends, it seems to have in- Contributing Writer RATING: R advertently created new ones. This shouldn’t bother many viewers as Even within the first few min- RELEASE DATE: Oct. 29 these inconsistencies don’t play a utes, it is clear that nothing is key role in the overall plot. sacred in AMC’s latest show The OUR TAKE: ««««« The 3D in Saw 3D does not Walking Dead. The tone and ex- seems to have been implemented pectations are set. There will be By Mehfouz Jalal as well as it could have. Looking at zombies, there will be blood, and Contributing Writer all the hype created regarding 3D this show will not hold back when effects from the trailers, Saw 3D it comes to showing any of it. Fur- Saw 3D is the seventh and final didn’t quite live up to the expecta- thermore, the show is set in Atlan- installment of the Saw franchise tion it had set for itself. ta and the eerie ruined backdrop and is a fairly apt way to finish the Overall Saw 3D boasts a of an all-too-familiar city makes series. Although it is not quite on good storyline, interesting trap the overall effect especially creepy par with other movies of the fran- sequences and an amazing back- for any Georgia native. chise, it’s still worth the watch. ground score by Charlie Clouser. There are two general ap- Saw 3D follows off roughly If you’re a diehard Saw fan and proaches to zombie stories. There is from where the previous movie, need to complete the series, go serious, dramatic survival-horror Saw VI, concludes. Mark Hoff- ahead and catch Saw 3D. How- and there is ridiculous and funny man, played by Costas Mandylor, ever, waiting for the DVD release bordering on self-parody. Since is now the last surviving appren- seems like a better option. zombies are inherently ridiculous, tice of the Jigsaw killer, played by pulling off the former successfully Tobin Bell, and continues in the is far less common. Standing out legacy of Jigsaw. from the melodramatic failures of Image courtesy of AMC The Saw series is primarily the past, The Walking Dead deliv- zombie apocalypse through his the common pattern of killing off known for and propelled by its ers genuine zombie drama. eyes is far more compelling than an initial group of survivors one intense plot, dramatic and unpre- Many zombie stories forget any opening sequence of a ram- by one. Without the typical two- dictable endings but most of all, to actually tell stories, preferring paging horde of zombies. hour time limitation, there is po- its gory and intriguing trap setups. broad strokes: there are zombies The weekly television format tential to tell a type of story that Saw 3D is no different in any everywhere, try not to let them provides exciting possibilities for has never been done before. of these respects. It follows a pat- eat you, everybody bring shot- the zombie apocalypse genre, The Walking Dead takes its tern of tracking the progress of guns, etc. bringing the promise of more zombies very seriously, but this a single person going through a The Walking Dead, on the complex character development attitude does not feel forced or setup of rooms which are inter- other hand, does not focus on and plotlines. The main character unnatural. The creepiness of the twined with traps set up for other zombies right away. Instead, it has certain goals and motivations, situation is very clear from the people. When first introduced to begins by developing the central but these might evolve and change blood-smeared messages on the this method of storytelling in pre- character of the show, policeman over time. walls to the half-eaten corpses of vious Saw movies, it seemed like a Rick Grimes, played by Andrew There is the opportunity to the fallen. The humanity of the good way to go about it. However, Lincoln. introduce new characters as the for close followers of the series, The slow introduction of the show moves on, circumventing See Walking, page 16 this technique becomes very un- Image courtesy of Lionsgate

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survivors also shines through, Speak establishes Swift as talented songwriter making the people and their situ- MUSIC lyrical booklet by capitalizing cer- ations feel very real. Taylor Swift tain letters of lyrics. Survivors take photo albums Her first single from this CD instead of survival gear, hoping Speak Now “Mine” is already a huge hit on to remember the family they will LABEL: Big Machine Records the radio, and tells of her ten- never see again. A man struggles dency to shy away from love. with destroying the zombie husk GENRE: Country Pop “Sparks Fly” is a great up-tempo of his wife, unable to let go of the TRACK PICKS: “Sparks Fly,” song that will definitely be a big past. “Enchanted” and “Better hit if she chooses to release it as a Another man pauses to re- Than Revenge” single. Speculators are convinced flect with sympathy for a fallen that “Back to December” is about zombie, saddened by what its OUR TAKE: ««««« her brief relationship with Taylor body had become. While these Lautner. In this moving song she moments easily could have been By Patricia Uceda reminisces on happier times with melodramatic, the solid acting Assistant Entertainment Editor the Twilight actor and delivers a and writing hold them together heartfelt apology for breaking his and serve to strengthen the emo- Taylor Swift’s third studio al- heart. tion of each scene. bum Speak Now is a refreshing The title track “Speak Now” is Another advantage of The collection of songs that showcases a funny and cheerful song about Walking Dead is its fantastic pro- her signature lyrical poise, youth- breaking up someone’s wedding, duction value. The cinematogra- ful exuberance and confessional fitting in nicely with the over- phy is skillfully executed and the songwriting. It is the perfect fol- all album. This is followed by visual effects are impressive. Much low up to 2009’s multiplatinum the ballad “Dear John,” which is of the story is told just through the hit Fearless. probably about her brief fling with camera, no dialogue necessary. Speak Now is bursting with John Mayer; it even contains his One particular shot pans through songs that touch on Swift’s stan- signature guitar twangs. a door, letting the audience in on dard themes of romance, heart- This song has her most biting Image courtesy of Big Machine Records a small, self-contained narrative break and regret, all delivered in remarks, with lyrics calling him One of my personal favorites is over and over again because I tried that the main character will never her signature style of soft coun- out on his reputation with wom- the track “Better than Revenge,” a listening to it the first time and it even know. try rock infused with traces of en. While lyrically strong, the missile aimed at “the other wom- is way too slow for my taste. Of Furthermore, the effects, while twangy electric guitar, mandolin song itself is a bit slow and gets a an.” Fans insist it is about actress the three slow ballads on this al- not as spectacular as modern tech- accents and fiddle. It is a formula little boring. Camilla Belle, who Joe Jonas re- bum, it is the slowest and most nology might possibly allow, are that has worked wonderfully for “Mean” is another fun and portedly dumped Swift for. Swift boring. compelling enough that the un- her, why change it now? witty song sharply aimed at all of certainly had plenty of anger to The ending song “Long Live” is reality of the premise is brushed Swift drew inspiration for all the critics that have criticized her let out, and she does so without a great finish to the album, full of aside, drawing attention instead 14 songs from her own life, and live singing voice and questioned apologies. The song itself is rock- rousing lyrics and great up-tempo to the story and the characters. she says so in the opening of her her 2009 Grammy for best album powered and addictive; it will al- music. It is almost certainly a ded- Hopefully as the show con- lyric booklet. “These songs are of the year. most certainly become an anthem ication to the team behind her, tinues it will maintain the stan- made up of words I didn’t say She unleashes on them in this for scorned women everywhere. and with the lyrics, she thanks dard of quality that it has already when the moment was right in song and the results are fantastic. “Innocent” is a beautiful slow them for all their support. established. The Walking Dead front of me,” Swift writes. “The Story of Us” is a great up- ballad dedicated to Kanye West This album was written en- has proven already that it cares The album touches on many beat song similar to “Mine” and for his famous interruption of tirely by Swift, unlike her first about character development and of the public events in her life for “Sparks Fly,” full of her poignant her VMAs acceptance speech in two albums, and proves that she well-constructed narratives. If it the past two years, from the MTV lyrics and youthful yearning. 2009. She has certainly forgiven has real talent as a songwriter. maintains that focus without de- Music Video Award controversy “Never Grow Up” is another him and is ready to move on. This The puppy-love themes from her grading into a generic gorefest, it with Kanye West to scathing criti- slow-tempo ballad that is regret- song is followed by “Haunted,” first album are still here, but they has the potential to be a new and cisms of her live singing voice to a tably a bit forgettable. Fortunately a bruised rock song that is a bit are mixed with more grown-up better zombie story than anything string of failed relationships with it is followed by one of the high- haunting itself with its powerful themes, reflecting Swift’s evolu- that has come before it. Some peo- other celebrities. It addresses all lights of this CD, “Enchanted.” hook. tion from boy-crazy teenager to ple will watch this show simply for these issues tactfully and without With this fun song Swift channels To be honest I repeatedly mature young lady. If you are a the zombies, but anyone who loves naming any names, although she her inner princess and delivers a skipped the next track “Last Kiss” fan of Swift, go and get this CD, good storytelling should give it a does provide some hints in the heartwarming result. while I was listening to her album you will not be disappointed. chance as well.

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Week of NOVEMBER 6th, 2010 Ramblin’ With Staff Picks by Tucker Moore Lee Hoffman Cappetta Mitchell Prasadh Staff Mario Butler Contributing Writer (56-37) (52-41) (51-42) (54-39) (55-38) (57-36) vorite place to go off campus? Mario Butler: #1 Oregon (-28.5) v. Washington Ore. Ore. Wash. Ore. Ore. Ore. Atlantic Sta- tion. Technique: Has anyone ever #3 TCU (-4.5) @ #5 Utah TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU Utah stopped you on campus for an au- tograph? #4 Boise (-27) v. Hawaii Hi. Boise Boise Boise Boise Hi. Mario Butler: No, not really. Technique: Would you sign #6 Alabama (-6) @ #10 LSU Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama Bama one if they did? Mario Butler: Sure, but they’re probably busy in their books. #7 Nebraska (-17) @ Iowa State Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. Technique: Who’s your favor- ite athlete? #8 Oklahoma (-6) @ Texas A&M OK OK OK OK OK OK Mario Butler: My favorite athlete, well, it was Michael Jor- dan, and I still admire him. #9 Wisconsin (-20) @ Purdue Wisc. Purdue Purdue Wisc. Wisc. Wisc. Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Athletic Department Technique: Who are you root- Technique: How long did it ing for to win the World Series? #12 Missouri (-7) @ Texas Tech Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou take to grow out your dreads? Mario Butler: Umm, I don’t Mario Butler: Um, let me really know who’s in it right now. Technique: #13 Stanford (-7.5) v. #15 Arizona think. This is my fifth year. Giants and Rang- Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan. Technique: Have you ever ers. thought about cutting them off? Mario Butler: Oh, Giants, I’m #14 Michigan State (-23) v. Minnesota MSU MSU MSU MSU MSU Minn. Mario Butler: I thought about going to go with Giants. it, but I don’t know. If that time Technique: Do you have a comes, I might. Hollywood crush? Hawaii washington minnesota Technique: Did you play any Mario Butler: Halle Berry. other sports in high school? Technique: What’s your favor- Boise wants to leave as Outside of last week when Michigan State has proven Mario Butler: I ran track and ite movie? WAC conference champions Auburn beat Ole Miss, No. 1 itself as a good team this year, played basketball. I played AAU Mario Butler: I got a couple, before departing to the Moun- teams tend to struggle once but the squad is not a team basketball. but I’ll probably say The Best Man. tain West next year. The squad they get to the top. built to blow anyone out. If Technique: Who’s the funni- Technique: Can you cook? likely will with few teams with No one is giving Wash- anything, they will win with est guy in the locker room? Mario Butler: Yeah, I do a the talent to beat them. Still, ington a chance. They got de- defensive stops and hard-nosed Mario Butler: Anthony Allen. little cooking. Hawaii has done a lot to prove stroyed by Stanford last week running. Technique: Do you have any Technique: What’s your go-to themselves as contenders in ,and they lost their best player Minnesota has shown some pregame rituals? meal? the conference: they have dealt in quarterback Jake Locker. signs of life in its games, and Mario Butler: Nothing be- Mario Butler: I’m a breakfast Nevada its only defeat and Oregon, on the other hand, have yet to play a complete sides reading my Bible. Before we person, so pancakes, eggs, sausag- have averaged nearly 40 points is rolling and playing great game even by its low stan- leave the hotel, I’ll read my Bible. es, all that stuff. a game. football. However, they might dards. With their new interim Technique: What’s your favor- Technique: What’s your ideal Even against an elite de- overlook the Huskies as the head coach, the Gophers will ite class this semester if you have first date? fense like Boise’s, the Warriors Ducks still have Arizona and be more motivated to prove one? Mario Butler: Hmm…can- will still be able to put the Oregon State left on the sched- a point and get pumped up Mario Butler: My econ class, dlelight, stuff like that. points on the scoreboard. Ha- ule. against a ranked team. ECON 4813, it’s about terrorism. Technique: If you could have waii’s defense is suspect, but Oregon probably has the Minnesota is a bad team, Yeah, it’s pretty neat. a super power, what would it be? Boise will not win by 27 points players to win this game by but the Big Ten is a pretty Technique: What’s your favor- Mario Butler: Stop all the vio- in a likely shootout. 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Junior Metra Walthour and sophomore Sharena Taylor both return to give Tech two solid options at point guard, and the Jackets boast depth both at the point and wing positions. Montgomery returned from a torn ACL suffered at the end of the 2008-09 campaign to play in 28 of Tech’s 33 games last sea- son. Though her numbers were down somewhat from the previous year, when she was a healthy starter all season long, she remained a top option for the Jackets and was the team’s primary option from beyond the arc. She was second on the team with 11.9 points per game and had a team-high 59 three-pointers. Foster, meanwhile, emerged as a key weapon for the Jackets in Montgomery’s absence, shooting 48.0 percent from the field and averaging 9.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Her assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.0 was among the best in the conference. Neither Taylor nor Walthour was extremely effective on the offensive end, but Walthour proved to be an effective distributor and a strong defender, recording a 1.34 assist-to-turnover ratio and 61 steals. Along with a handful of experienced backups, including junior Mo Bennett and sophomore Jasmine Blain, at least one highly touted fresh- man will contribute to the Jackets’ backcourt this year. Point guard Dawnn Maye will battle Walthour and Taylor for playing time in her first year with the Jackets. The loss of Ardossi will no doubt hurt the Jackets’ frontcourt play. The Jackets will have several options available as they look to replace her production up front and continue to receive strong play on the post. One definite starter will be junior center Sasha Goodlett, who at 6-foot-5 is the tallest player on Tech’s roster. Goodlett has been Tech’s start- ing center for each of the past two seasons and has shown steady improvement over that span. As a sophomore, she posted 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, both up from her numbers the previous year. Aside from Goodlett, the Jackets will have to rely on a handful of newcomers and former reserves to shore up the frontcourt. Junior forward Chelsea Regins and junior center LaQuananisha Adams saw time off the bench throughout last season, and both will continue to be factors in the upcoming season. Regins was productive off the bench in the 2009-10 campaign, recording 3.7 points per game (on 46.4 percent shooting) and 2.6 rebounds as she averaged 12.8 minutes per contest. The 6-foot-4 Adams played 8.6 minutes per game and was a reliable reserve who should continue to produce off the bench this season. The Jackets have added plenty of depth up front, with three forward recruits from Sweden joining the squad for the 2010-11 campaign. The most prominent of these is sophomore Danielle Hamilton-Carter, who missed last season after being ruled ineligible but will see the court for Tech this year. 23 4 11.9 5

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2010 - 2011 MEN’S & WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

MEN’S: team hopes to continue success By Chad Christopher / Contributing Writer After netting 23 wins and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Tech will be looking to repeat last season’s success and remain a contender in the ACC. But with the early departures of Derrick Favors and Gani Lawal, the top scorers from last year’s team, Tech has many questions to answer. Last season, the 6-foot-10 Favors and 6-foot-9 Lawal combined to give Tech one of the biggest lineups in the entire ACC. Tech used its size to its advantage by giving the ball to Favors and Lawal in the post as much as possible, allowing them to physically wear down opponents over the course of a game. This season, Tech will not have that option as no player taller than 6-foot-6 on Tech’s roster has played in a college game. To make up for the loss of Favors and Lawal, Head Coach Paul Hewitt has created a new offensive system for his 11th season as head coach. Similar to the offense that Jay Wright runs at Villanova, Tech will essentially play with four guards out on the floor. Hewitt made this decision in order to utilize the valuable experience in his backcourt and also compensate for the overall lack of size. In this offense, the four guards will be positioned out on the perimeter and the lone post player will be located near the paint. In preparation for the new offensive scheme, the team has had a rigorous workout regimen during the preseason. A few days each week, the players ran a series of timed sprints at the campus track. In Tech’s fast break offense, the guards will be constantly making cuts to the basket and rotating the ball around the floor as they try to outrun opponents. In addition, many picks will be set on opposing players that should create mismatches due to Tech’s smaller players. These mismatches should make it easier to get long-range shots off since bigger defenders will not want to come out to the perimeter. Spacing near the perimeter will be key since Tech has a plethora of talented shooters that can make 3-pointers. Tech will rely on the performance of the backcourt because the guards play a central role in the offense. Among the ex- pected starters are senior point guard Maurice Miller, junior shooting guard Iman Shumpert, sophomore small forward Brian Oliver and sophomore shooting guard Glen Rice Jr. The 6-foot-5 Shumpert will be expected to lead the guards and thrive in this up-tempo offense with his athleticism and defensive instincts. Shumpert averaged 10 points and four assists last season but will be asked to increase his scoring with the departure of key players. The 6-foot-6 Oliver will also be a very significant player in this offense since he is considered to be the team’s biggest three-point threat as he shot 38 percent from three-point range last season. Oliver, who averaged 7.1 points last year, will most likely play the number four position and will therefore be expected to capitalize on mismatches. Rice will be expected to utilize his athletic 6-foot-5 frame and slash to the basket to create room for the offense, while the 6-foot-2 Miller will be used as a facilitator and reliable ball handler. Rounding out the backcourt is sophomore point guard Mfon Udofia, senior shooting guard Lance Storrs, freshman small forward Jason Morris and junior shooting guard Nick Foreman. As previously mentioned, the frontcourt is the biggest question mark heading into this season. None of the three play- ers making up the frontcourt, which includes redshirt freshman Daniel Miller, redshirt freshman Kammeon Holsey and freshman Nate Hicks, have played in a single college game. To help ease the learning curve of these three players, Hewitt will only play one of them at a time at the post position. The 6-foot-11 Miller is the likely starter after he spent a year learning from Favors and Lawal during his redshirt year. The 6-foot-8 Holsey, who was injured all last year, and the 6-foot-10 Hicks will most likely be asked to come off the bench when players get into foul trouble. One major concern is how long it will take the players to adjust to the new offense. Unfortunately, some front- court players have already missed practice time recovering from injuries that could put them at a disadvantage.

Luckily the team will have a group of talented and experienced backcourt players to lean on early in the season. Photo by Doug Kim / Student Publications 38 25.5 8 120 Percentage of three-pointers Combined points by Lawal Teams picked ahead of Total assists by Iman Shump- made by Brian Oliver and Favors last season Tech in the ACC ert last season

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By Alex Sohani Contributing Writer

After a trip to the NCAA tournament in 2009, the Jackets are looking for another strong season in the ACC. Redshirt fresh- man Kammeon Holsey is coming off an in- jury to his knee last season and looking to make a big impact on the court. At 6-foot-8, he’s got both size and speed, and his versa- tility should impact the way the team plays both offense and defense. The team is looking to play with a new look on offense. The perimeter should be the highlight of the season as both Head Coach Paul Hewitt and the players believe that the guards are knocking down a lot of shots while handling the ball off the dribble well. “We’re looking to pass the ball at least three or four times. We’re looking for open shots. Coach wants us to screen really hard. We can get easier shots and easier points by screening and going straight for the basket,” Holsey said. In further discussion with Holsey, he re- iterated that the team has some big goals in mind that start with the team getting more focused than last season. The other goals are to win the ACC championship this year, and Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications to get to the NCAA tournament and win Mary Ashley Tippins dives to dig the ball in a recent home game. Tippins led the Jackets in assists against Wake Forest and it. It’s going to be a tough task, especially replacing the talent lost after former Tech Duke with 77 in both games. Tippins had six digs and three blocks in the Jackets’ game versus the Blue Devils on the road. players Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors left for the NBA. By Wayne Bishop Repeating the opening “We’ve got to come in every day and Contributing Writer from the previous set, Tech work as hard as we can. I just have to try to opened the third set with a 4-0 give as much as I can for my team. I have to On Friday, Oct. 29 the lead. Duke answered this by be a team player and play my role. I’m ver- team made its way to Win- taking a 16-11 lead. Tech came satile, I can keep my size on the inside and ston-Salem, N.C. to face Wake back up to tie the score at 17. defend, or move out on the wing to defend Forest. Tech avenged its loss Duke then made a four-point the guards,” Holsey said. to the Demon Deacons from streak before fighting off Tech Holsey was a highly touted recruit com- late September by sweeping to win 25-23. ing into Tech, who redshirted the 2009 sea- the match 3-0. On Saturday, Tech came just shy of their son. In the preseason Holsey was coming off the Jackets then headed east to hitting percentage of the night a nagging knee injury, but the team seems Durham where they lost 3-0 to before, hitting only .252. encouraged by the progress he has made, the Blue Devils. The loss ended Hunter was able to match along with several of the other younger play- Tech’s five game road winning her numbers from the night ers on the roster. streak. before by leading the team The Demon Deacons with 13 kills on top of three opened up Friday night’s game digs. Sophomore outside hitter with a 6-2 lead in the first set. Alexis Woodson made eight The set would then switch kills while hitting an impres- leads continuously, being tied sive .615. only at 8-8 and 15-15. Tech Junior middle blocker Asia soon pulled away at 23-17. The Stawicka had five total blocks, Jackets called a time out before four kills and three digs, and returning to the set and win- sophomore outside hitter Su- ning 25-20. Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications san Carlson supplied nine digs “We’ve been talking about Jennifer Percy bumps the ball to a teammate. In her of Tech’s total of 51 for the coming out and setting the freshman season, Percy has 137 total kills and is hitting .224. match tone and putting the pressure Career milestones were also on them early,” said Head the set 26-24, forcing a sweep during the set, though never made on the night. McCullers Coach Tonya Johnson, cour- of the Demon Deacons. falling below seven points be- had 11 digs, which moved her tesy of ramblinwreck.com. Tech as a team hit .268 on hind. Tech lost the set 25-19 into eighth place on the all- In the second set, both the night, a key factor in the only hitting .235 compared to time Tech charts with 1336 in teams had long point streaks game compared to Wake For- Duke’s .333. her career. Sophomore libero at 10-3 each. Wake Forest was est’s .149. The Jackets came into the Nicki Meyer had a career-high only able to come as close as Junior outside hitter Bailey second and opened up with an eight digs as well. 19-18 to taking the lead. The Hunter led the team in kills 11-5 lead. Duke did not take Senior setter Mary Ash- Jackets were able to make the with a total of 13 along with this punishment long as they ley Tippins led the offense on match 2-0 by ending the set four digs and three blocks. Se- came back to tie the game at both nights with 77 assists in 25-21. nior libero Jordan McCullers 13. The teams then tied up on all. Junior middle blocker Asia The third set showed strong led the team on digs however the next several points before Stawicka had 10 kills for the fight from both teams. Tech with a total of 13. Duke took the lead at 22-19. weekend as well. began by leading the set 10-7, The Blue Devils began Sat- Tech fought back, however, Both games were the last in but Wake Forest fought back, urday’s game with a 4-0 lead and took a lead at 24-23. Un- Duke and Wake Forest’s sea-

Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Athletic Department making the set 13-11. A quick in the first set. This forced the able to capitalize on the set son series against Tech. Kammeon Holsey will be one of Tech’s exchange of points led to Wake Jackets to attempt the come- point, Tech lost the set 26-24. Tech will be hosting Flori- Forest leading at 23-20. Tech back. Tech could only come The Blue Devils now led the da State and Miami on Nov. 5 post players after sitting out last season. was able to fight back and win within five points of the lead match at 2-0. and Nov. 6, respectively.