GTCN Gets Taste of Own Talk Show with Tyler
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pageFOCUS 11 Technique • Friday, February 27, 2004 • 11 Am I glowing? There’s no Leo DiCaprio... The Sam Nunn Security Program took a field trip to ...but there is beautiful choreography, music and FOCUS the Savannah River Site, a prominent nuclear facility, costumes. Check out our review of the Atlanta and the ‘Nique got to tag along for the ride. Page 12 Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Page 19 Technique • Friday, February 27, 2004 GTCN gets taste of own talk show with Tyler A program featuring Aisha Tyler—actress, author and former host of E!’s Talk Soup—will air on GTCN next month By Joshua Cuneo A Conversation (And Laughs) With Senior Staff Writer Aisha Tyler. The final product, complete with The hit television show Friends music and graphics, will air on wound up in the Georgia Tech Ca- GTCN21 at an undetermined date ble Network’s studio three weeks and time next month. ago—or, at least, a small piece of it “[The show is] designed to pro- did. vide insight into her perspective on Unbeknownst to many students, relevant topics such as career choic- the nationally-acclaimed actress, es, sex in the media and the chal- comedian and author Aisha Tyler lenges faced by minorities,” explained visited Tech’s Mark Adelman, campus earlier the general this month to manager of promote her new- “Women relate to her GTCN. est book, Swerve: without feeling “Interviewing A Guide to the Ms. Tyler is a Sweet Life for Post- intimidated, [and] unique oppor- modern Girls, a men find her tunity to frank- commentary on ly discuss those pop culture, sex intelligent and sexy.” topics in a way and dating. Mark Adelman that is entertain- The African- GTCN General Manager ing,” as previ- American celeb- ously rity with her demonstrated trademark razor on her other wit is popularly known from several shows, like the Comedy Central hit TV shows, including her recurring Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, a role as Ross’s love interest, paleon- talk show famous for its merciless Photo Courtesy Institute Communications and Public Affairs tologist Charlie Wheeler, on Friends roasts of the people and situations Aisha Tyler, best known for her role as Ross’s ex-girlfriend Charlie Wheeler on Friends, came to Tech to promote and as a host of E!’s Talk Soup. in recent headlines, Adelman said. her book. GTCN was able to get a special interview with the actress, which they are producing as a program. The crew at GTCN had the priv- “Her comedic voice is raw, edgy, ilege of sitting down with Tyler for honest and wonderfully refreshing, formance style recalls Chris Rock or popped up at Tech’s Barnes and with the actress, and Tyler was in- an hour-long interview earlier this yet a look at the audiences at her live Richard Pryor with the physicality Noble Bookstore promoting Swerve, vited to the studio, where she sat month. That interview, where Tyler performances reveals her broad ap- of a young Eddie Murphy,” Adel- GTCN seized the opportunity to opposite LaToya West, a fourth- shared her life story and her views peal: women, men, mainstream, man said. “That attention translates produce a show that would attract year Science, Technology and Cul- on topics ranging from female em- urban, young, old,” Adelman add- to access…Women relate to her with- Tech’s own diverse student body. ture major and a student producer powerment to body image, is cur- ed. out feeling intimidated, [and] men Adelman coordinated with the who also hosts the GTCN show rently being edited into a GTCN “Aisha can attract attention due find her intelligent and sexy.” bookstore and Tyler’s publicist to special presentation called GTCN: to her celebrity...Her aggressive per- That was why, when Tyler arrange the short-notice interview See Tyler, page 15 Inspector Gadget would be proud Think textbooks are too expensive? By Marcela Musgrove picking up on technology trends as who’s had an iPod since last sum- Contributing Writer consumers. This week we focus on mer. Recent report blames publishers students who are using their tech- “I downloaded my entire CD Tech definitely no-toys in interesting ways. collection so I can carry it around By Jennifer Lee concepts change little, even with prides itself on its with me, and depending on my Focus Editor new developments in technolo- cutting-edge I love my iPod mood, I can listen to whatever I gy. “We’re teaching basic cours- technological One of the most visible gadgets want,” he said. To poor college students, ex- es [in] mechanics, dynamics, research, but on campus, with Jurenko also enhanced his iPod pensive textbooks will always be control, heat transfer, fluids. many of its its little by buying a car adaptor, which plugs a damper at the beginning of a Nothing changes,” said John students also into the iPod’s headphone jack. Once new semester. However, a re- Papastavridis, a Mechanical En- pride them- he specifies the radio signal, he cent study by the California Pub- gineering professor who read selves on can then listen to all of his tracks in lic Interest Research Group about CALPIRG’s report in the his car. (CALPIRG) points the finger at Atlanta Journal-Constitution. textbook pub- “They keep A new way of listening to the radio lishers for in- sending us Instead of carrying around a flating prices, new edi- Walkman, Pablo Macouzet, a fifth- through prac- “Publishers continue tions; there’s year Industrial Engineering student, tices such as no reason listens to his music using XM satel- issuing fre- to put out new for that, it’s lite radio instead. quent new editions...in order to wasteful.” Typically, most satellite radios editions and In addi- white head- are used in cars so that while some- bundling the combat our ability to tion, “all the phones, is the iPod. one is traveling, they can listen to textbook with sell used books.” six majors Typically, the user the same station the whole time or extra materi- publishers Joe Earle “rips” the tracks of one of 120 channels of commercial- al. now bundle Textbook Manager, GT B&N their favorite CD, free music, talk and news program- According their prod- changes them into ming transmitted via satellite. to Joe Earle, uct with mp3s using the iTunes However, Macouzet’s radio, the book- some type of program, then uploads called the “Roady,” is smaller and store’s text- CD or access them to the iPod. more portable, so he wanted to find book manager, this is indeed the code,” Earle said. Songs can also be a way to use it around Tech. case. “Publishers continue to put Chemistry professor David downloaded direct- “I soon found out that another out new editions...in order to Collard said, “Most introducto- ly from Apple’s iM- XM radio fan had developed a belt combat our ability to sell used ry science textbooks now come usic site. accessory called the X-Man with a books,” he said, adding, “there’s with a CD, and most students “I think it’s built-in antenna and a couple of continually new editions of books do not find them particularly great,” said Rob- battery packs that allow you to sim- coming out that clearly haven’t useful.” ert Jurenko, a ply attach the Roady to your belt changed over the past few years.” Many students agree readily third year Aero- and use it as a walkman,” he said. This is especially true for ba- space Engineer- sic undergraduate courses, whose See Rip-off?, page 16 ing major, See Gadgets, page 13 12 • Friday, February 27, 2004 • Technique FOCUS Trip to nuclear facility not exactly like Homer’s job By Art Seavey ing the Cold War. group was deluged with technical Fellows boarded tour buses provid- Plant. Since then, five nuclear reac- Entertainment Editor Leaving early Tuesday, Feb. 17th, information concerning the future ed by the Savannah River Site. tors have been built, utilized and the Fellows and the program’s fac- communications systems that will decommissioned. The basic outputs Where can you attend lectures transform military combat. of the site have included tritium on topics of international security, Jacob Sauer, a Ph.D. candidate and plutonium-239, essential ma- chat with agents at CIA headquar- for Physics, commented on the first “I definitely didn’t terials in the fabrication of nuclear ters, tour highly-secured nuclear fa- “The Savannah River leg of the trip. “In my opinion, we’ve understand everything weapons. cilities, receive a substantial stipend Site…was the most been exposed to some pretty high- In addition, the site also houses and still obtain an engineering Ph.D.? level stuff, which I don’t think ev- that was told to us at the largest Defense Waste Process- Look no further than Tech. interesting and erybody [understood]. I definitely Fort Gordon, ing Facility in the nation. Before The Sam Nunn Security Fellows, interactive part of the didn’t understand everything that the waste is processed, however, it is part of an International Affairs grad- was told to us at Fort Gordon, be- because...these guys stored in underground sludge tanks, uate program, receive the aforemen- trip that we’ve had.” cause it was a Battle Lab, and these use more acronyms some of which have leaked. This, tioned benefits and a myriad of others. Jacob Sauer guys use more acronyms then the then the CIA does.” among other activities that have gone The Technique accompanied the Physics Ph.D. candidate CIA does,” he said. “[But] the stuff awry, meld the site into a valuable group on their most recent trip to that I did understand was very in- Jacob Sauer environmental case study.