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Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 Opinions 8 · Focus 11 · Entertainment 17 · Comics 24 · Sports 32 Damage threatens tennis court access By Amanda Dugan CRC about the damage as the or- News Editor ganizations share responsibility for managing the center on a daily basis. Substantial damage to the ten- “The monitors that were employed nis courts at the Bill Moore Tennis by SGA and the CRC so that proper Center (BMTC) one week after re- dress code was enforced...were not surfacing led to changes in policies at monitoring shoes,” Mayfield said. the center. The Athletic Association “Students were playing on (AA), the Cam- the court with pus Recreation black sole shoes Center (CRC) or shoes that and the Student “If [the courts] wear ma rked t he Government As- too much then our court. When sociation (SGA) you do damage worked out a athletes don’t get to a court like c o m p r o m i s e to practice on fast that…it doesn’t for students to look good and if continue using courts.” they wear too the BMTC with much then our more monitor- Michael Edwards athletes don’t ing. Director of CRC get to practice The center’s on fast courts,” courts, which said Michael are used by the varsity tennis teams Edwards, director of the CRC. and students, were resurfaced two Mayfield said that increased weeks ago. “After a week we had a monitoring of students and en- lot of black marks from track shoes forcement of the dress code could on them. It causes an abrasion that maintain the courts at their current slows down the surface, so our var- condition, but that students jumping sity team is not playing on as fast of over the center’s fence after hours courts as they may encounter,” said and using the courts unsupervised By Ariel Bravy / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Mollie Mayfield, senior associate would be harder to control. eady, set, scream! Ramblin’ Nights’ first event, GT Night at Six Flags, brought students, athletic director. faculty and friends together to relax and enjoy a night at the amusement park. The AA contacted SGA and the See Courts page 7 R Stingerette cancels off-campus services Tech celebrates Constitution Day Nikhil Joshi allows students to park during these Assistant News Editor times at a reduced cost. Tech will celebrate Constitu- “The only fair way to determine tion Day over the next few days Parking and Transportation has where we’ll go is to say we are a service through several events held on limited the use of the Stingerette on campus. The Stingerette is not a campus. Today, the Office of the service to campus boundaries begin- taxi service. This is what students Dean of Students will host an ning this semester. The change was have to recognize,” Meyers said. event called “Free-Speech-a-Thon” only announced on the department’s “It’s a trade-off because you can’t at the Campanile. The event will website. really please everybody,” said Adam be moderated by members of the The Stingerette, once considered Azaibi, second-year Chemical En- Pre-Law Society and Mock Trial to be a means of transportation to gineering major. “The people who Team. areas near campus after midnight, live in Home Park would want [the At tomorrow’s football game, will now operate within a well-de- Stingerette] to go campus, but the the public address system will fined area. It will take students to ones who live on campus would want announce Constitution day. Tech the opposite.” areas on campus, including graduate By Ben Keyserling / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS will also host “Constitution Al- apartments, but will no longer take Jenny Rainwater, a second-year ley” Monday on Skiles Walkway. Stingerettes sit parked on campus. Transportation changed the Stin- Aerospace Engineering major, said students to Home Park, the Midtown gerette service this fall to only take students to areas on campus. The administration will collect MARTA Station or any other loca- that the decision was unfair to Home written opinions and inquiries tion outside of Tech. population [by doing this],” Furniss campus,” Furniss said. “The bound- Park residents who depended on the constitutional issues to compile and Rosalind Meyers, associate vice said. “This past year, we realized aries were never changed, but the service to get home late at night. distribute for use in classrooms. president of Auxiliary Services, said that [the Stingerette service] was service was responding to student “It’s not really fair considering that Parking and Transportation not working. You can’t run a transit requests. Now the Stingerette is that [Home Park] is so far from the GTRI develops lacks the resources to provide an off- service, and have someone who wants being treated as a taxi service—this campus and its not exactly the safest campus transportation service. to use your service wait that long. was never the intent.” area to be walking around in late at military vehicle “Everybody has limited resources, Usually, the tolerance level [among Furniss acknowledged that night,” she said. and we want to provide good service. riders] is five to eight minutes.” many students from Home Park The decision had nothing to do The Georgia Tech Research The farther we go off campus, the “In the last three weeks, the are accustomed to using the service. with rising gas prices, Furniss said. “If Institute (GTRI) conducted the longer it takes to get on campus,” majority of students waited about However, he said students need to I find that gas prices are significantly research and development for a she said. “We don’t have the vehicles 10 minutes or less [for a Stingerette consider the costs of transportation higher I would ask for funding. This concept military vehicle, which or drivers to go [to] all those places to arrive], although there were about when deciding to live off-campus, decision was made entirely because it had planned to present to the [off campus].” 140 [riders] per night versus 350,” since the service is only meant for of the timing issue.” public for the first time at a military “We can only run what we can he said. on-campus use. Furniss also dispelled rumors technology meeting in Virginia run with funds. This year, money According to Furniss, the original “There are legitimate safety that the service changed because lasting from Wednesday through went to the new bus [on the Red vision of the Stingerette service was concerns. However, if you choose to users were abusing it. The rumors today. Route],” said Bob Furniss, director to provide safe transportation to live outside the [campus] boundary, said that the Stingerette was receiv- The vehicle, called ULTRA of Parking and Transportation. students on campus. The boundar- you have to take that [consideration] ing too many calls from intoxicated AP (Armored Patrol), is diesel- Furniss also said that wait times ies had always been the edges of into your decision. There are other students. powered and contains advanced of over 45 minutes were recorded for campus. options, such as a weekend/evening “We wouldn’t take intoxicated armor and a modern chassis. The almost half of all riders. “Because of expansion outside [parking] permit,” Furniss said. A project was sponsored the Office “We can better serve the campus of campus, students are moving off weekend/evening parking permit See Changes, page 4 of Naval Research. 2 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique NEWS

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Global Learning Center -2% Fulton County Jail. The car’s owner straw. could not be contacted. It doesn’t matter to me Upon arrival, the Housing staff - 11% Student Center was already trying to put out the fire. Calculator crisis Commons- 7% Unidentified pledge? Fire extinguishers were used to put out the fire. The complainant who At 3:20 a.m. Aug. 23, two offi- At 9:18 p.m. Aug. 23, an un- made the call said she did not see cers responded to a call concerning who dumped the coals there. a person breaking into a red Jeep known white male entered the Pi Cherokee in the Perry-Matheson Kappa Phi house. When approached, parking lot. The officers stopped and the man threw a glass containing an Damaged gate detained a male while questioning alcoholic beverage against the wall, a female witness. breaking it, and ran away. An employee advised the police She stated that she saw the suspect No one was injured by the broken department that the Wardlaw Park- Right where they were glass and the subject could not be ing Deck gate was off track at 6:45 before- 80% throw objects at the vehicle, enter and emerge with several objects. identified. a.m. Aug. 25. The vehicle had a broken rear vent GTPD could not determine if By Lauren Griffin / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS window and was determined to Hot! Hot! Hot! the gate was off track or damaged This week’s question: belong to a student. by being hit. An incident report was At the time of arrest, the suspect An officer was dispatched to the filed for the gate. What do you think about the Stingerette changes? was found with several CDs, a CD Housing Office for a fire report at Tell us at www.nique.net player and a portfolio containing a 5:35 p.m. Aug. 23. Someone had This week’s campus crime informa- calculator. He was transported to the dumped hot coals into the pine tion written by Kenneth Baskett Corrections Last week’s ”Jackets break Auburn winning streak”, on page 36, was incor- rectly attributed to William Bretherton. Neil Paine wrote the article

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Undergraduate House of Representatives Council UHR ignores JFC recommendation By John Maddux Contributing Writer Clippings In its second meeting of the year, the Undergraduate House of ach week, elected members of the houses of the Student Government Representatives passed three bills, EAssociation (SGA) meet to consider allocation bills and talk about campus including one that led to discussions issues. Here are summaries of those meetings. of controversy and improper proce- dure among representatives. Graduate Student Senate Th e bill, last on the day’s agenda, allocated $200 to Dean Karen Boyd’s farewell event, of which $150 covered food and drinks for the event. In Senate passes bill the past, UHR has had a policy of not funding food or drinks for any campus organization. for sitar concert “We don’t fund food and drinks at any organization’s event because we By Nikhil Joshi Bills passed would go broke,” said Micah Lucas, Assistant News Editor • Joint Allocation to Aarohi for sitar vice president of Finance. concert Th e Joint Finance Committee Th e Graduate Student Senate recommended that the UHR not passed one bill in a short meeting also requested the senators send him fund the event based on available this Tuesday. Th e senate passed suggestions for next year’s picnic. resources and precedent. “[Th e bill] a joint allocation bill that would Keller said that the picnic was a will set a precedent… other organi- By Scott Medway / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS give Aarohi, an organization that success thanks to the support from zations will want the same funding A representative from the Aarohi club addresses representatives. promotes Indian classical music, various groups, including Maureen for their event,” Lucas said. UHR passed a joint allocation to Aarohi for a sitar concert. $1,400. Kilroy, assistant dean of Graduate Representatives said that UHR Th e meeting began with the Studies and Research, the CRC staff has been criticized for similar dollars drew concerns and discussion Bills passed executive report of Mitch Keller, and Auxiliary Services. behavior before. “Th e same [situa- from representatives, but eventually • Joint Allocation to Aarohi for sitar graduate student body vice president. Kasi David, graduate student tion] happened last year and we got failed on a technicality. concert Keller spoke about the Graduate body president, was not present to blasted in the Technique and called Another representative also noted Student Picnic, which took place give his report. In his committee hypocritical” said Representative the previous trouble and suggested • Joint Allocation to SGA last Th ursday. report, Senator Pelham Norville said Rafael Corrales. During a meeting that the UHR take up a collection • Resolution Special Rule of Order “It was universally agreed that that revisions to the constitution and last year on Oct. 31, UHR passed instead. However, the idea was [the picnic] was a huge success. 1,055 bylaws were completed, and would a bill allocating $2,785 to pay for a rejected by the House. people got tickets and ate food, and sign outside of the SGA offi ce. Th e event will be open to all Tech T-shirts were sold,” Keller said. He See GSS, page 4 Th e allocation of nearly $3,000 students, a point that was brought up See UHR, page 4 4 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique NEWS

from page 3 The only bill that was considered, GSS a joint allocation to Aarohi, was be available for the senators to see passed. The organization requested next week. “I would feel much more $1,500 for a program in which they comfortable about elections if [the invited a Sugato Nag, a sitar player revisions] were done before elections from India. were held,” Norville said. The organization did not request In the next order of business, the money to cover his plane ticket the open forum, Senator Ed Greco from India to the United States; pointed out that senators should the organizational representative promote the graduate elections. explained that Nag was already in “Most people are not aware that the country on tour, and SGA would [the election] happens,” Greco said, only have to cover his travel expenses “and promoting them would raise from Boston. The representative said awareness.” the program would be free for all Also in the open forum, Pelham Tech students to attract students to Norville brought up the issue of the new organization. timeliness of Tech Trolleys. “Many The bill generated some discus- times I will be at Tech Square and sion, during which senators discov- see three trolleys 100 yards apart ered that the organization expected [from one another],” he said. about 100 people and planned to host In addition, Norville said, the the event in the Student Center. Sena- newly installed tracking technol- tors also found that the organization ogy in the trolleys should be used was waiting to be chartered and for monitoring as well as to provide had not already met with the Joint

By Scott Medway / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS information about their location Finance Committee (JFC). online. JFC, however, approved of all of emembering tragedy. Student Affairs, Diversity Programs, SGA, Air Force ROTC and “Clearly they are having sched- the organization’s request except for the Residence Hall Association helped sponsor this memorial of September 11. uling issues,” Norville said. “They artist accommodation, for which R aren’t using the GPS system to Aarohi had requested $100. In re- schedule, and this is a problem.” sponse, the senators struck this line Next, the senate moved on to con- and amended the total to $1,400 and from page 3 UHR discussed a bill from travel expenses, citing the Joint sideration of the bills on the agenda. passed the bill. UHR Aarohi, a club with the goal of Finance Committee’s policy of not by Representative Daniel Hegeman. promoting classical Indian dance paying for artist travel or accom- “I absolutely support the bill; Karen and music, asking for $1,500 for a modations. from page 1 may change in the future. “Where Boyd has helped all the students and sitar concert. The organization has Following the Aarohi bill, UHR Changes will it evolve in the next couple of with 12,000 students and $200 that thirty members and is expecting for passed a resolution special rule people, we would just call the police. years? I don’t know. I don’t know if is 1.7 cents per student,” he said. one hundred people to attend the of order authored by Saira Amir, [Taking intoxicated people] puts we will stick to our borders forever,” “[This bill] is not quite the slip- concert which will be held in the undergraduate student body vice people at risk; we wouldn’t respond he said. pery slope as some are making it out student center theater. president. to a call like that.” Furniss said. “The “My only problem with the ex- to be,” said Representative Stephen Aarohi had raised $300 of their This special rule allows council issue is not so much abuse, what’s pansion of the service is where does Webb. own money through club dues but members no more than three ab- happened is that the Stingerette has it end? Home Park is an obvious “It is a dangerous precedent,” said said that it did not want to spend this sences for the rest of the semester evolved into a taxi service.” [destination], but there are more Representative Rafael Corrales. given that it was all of their revenue and three total absences for the As for the future, Furniss said that places that the Stingerette could go. The bill was passed after debate. from the previous year. spring semester. The bill required a although the Stingerette will prob- We have to draw the line somewhere, The house also passed the two other UHR passed the bill at $1,400 two-thirds majority and was passed ably remain an on campus service and the service is really intended to bills on its agenda. after striking one line asking for without discussion. for the remainder of the year, this be on campus,” he said. NEWS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 5

Clough addresses faculty senate BreakingBreaking By Arcadiy Kantor thethe Senior Staff Writer Th e Academic Senate and General Bubble Faculty Assembly held a combined meeting on Tuesday. Th e faculty saw lot of things went on outside Athe bubble of Tech in the past several presentations and approved week. Here are a few important minutes of standing committee events taking place throughout meetings from both bodies. the nation and the world. they suspect that notorious ter- Th e meeting commenced with a rorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led speech by Institute President Wayne the attacks. On the same day, a Clough. Clough introduced the Delta, Northwest fi le broadcast aired by the al Arabiya new registrar, Reta Pikowsky, to the for bankruptcy network in which a man the net- work claims to be Zarqawi declared members of the faculty. Northwest Airlines and Delta war on all Iraqi Shiites. The man on He then spoke about aid eff orts Airlines both fi led under Chapter the video also claimed that Ibrahim for Tulane University students that 11 for bankruptcy within minutes al-Jaafari, declared a war on the evacuated from New Orleans, saying of each other Wed. evening. The Sunnis in Tal Afar. he was proud of the job students, airlines attributed their losses to The attacks came on the same rapidly increasing jet fuel costs, faculty and staff have done over day that the fi nal draft of the Iraqi according to CNN, which have risen the past weeks. “[Student Center constitution to be put before vot- about 20% from June 1. Director] Rich Steele took that on as ers in October was submitted to After Delta and Northwest, the a cause along with our student aff airs the United Nations. U.S. troops By Ethan Trewhitt / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS nation’s third and fourth-highest groups. We invited them here, and expected an increase in violence carriers, announced bankruptcy, they came,” he said. Institute President Wayne Clough speaks at the Faculty Senate meet- among the mixed Sunni and Shiite nearly half of American carriers are “Everyone worked very hard with ing. Clough spoke about Tech’s response to Hurricane Katrina. population in Baghdad. [the Tulane students]…each one was currently under Chapter 11 protec- said. Other students who were Memorial Coliseum. He said the tion from creditors. United Airlines treated as an individual, they were originally Georgia residents were Red Cross determined the Coliseum and U.S. Airways also declared Judge declares pledge taken care of,” Clough said. admitted as permanent students for could hold up to 500 people, but only bankruptcy recently. unconstitutional Te c h h a s HOPE scholar- 290 cots were built and the shelter Industry consultant Mike Boyd also worked to ship eligibility. never held more than 106 people on told CNN, “This is another 9/11. Most U.S. District Judge Lawrence open its doors “Everyone worked In addition to any given night. carriers adjusted to that, but now Karlton declared recitation of the to students from the undergrad- “What the Coliseum actually we have another 9/11 that’s called Pledge of Allegiance in public universities in very hard with [the uates, Clough became was…a service distribution fuel. And we have another half of schools unconstitutional. Medi- aff ected areas, said 14 gradu- facility,” Clough said. Most people a 9/11 called pensions.” Analysts cal doctor and attorney Michael Tulane students]... Newdow brought the case to the such as Tulane ate students who came to the stadium did not stay predict losses of about $10 billion in 2005. Both airlines announced that court. University and each one was have enrolled in longer than for one night, as they Newdow lost his case on pro- the University of fl ights would continue as usual. treated as an classes. were helped and shifted to a diff er- cedural grounds in the Supreme New Orleans. Tech is also ent location. According to Clough, Court last year after the Circuit According individual, they were assisting au- approximately 1,000 people were Suicide bombers kill Court of U.S. Appeals ruled in his to Clough, 62 taken care of.” thorities in other helped in the week that the Coliseum favor in 2002.Newdow, an atheist, undergraduate ways, working to was open as a shelter. 151 Iraqis in Baghdad fi led the case on behalf of three students who apply its areas of Clough also briefl y spoke about Insurgent forces killed a re- children. were impacted Wayne Clough expertise to the the state of the Institute, mentioning ported 151 Iraqis and injured more “Imagine every morning if the by the hurricane Institute President recovery eff orts. the recent U.S. News & World Report than 300 on Wednesday through a teachers had the children stand up, have been ad- “We’ve had con- rankings and current enrollment number of suicide bombings and place their hands over their hearts, mitted to Tech, versations with Corps of Engineers numbers. He said he was extremely other types of attacks in the capital and say, ‘We are one nation that and approximately 45 remain people, National Academy people,” pleased with the continuing increases city of Baghdad. According to CNN, denies God exists,”’ Newdow said enrolled. Clough said. “We’re continuing to in the number of Hispanic and an al Qaeda source said the attacks in an interview with AP Radio. “We admitted most of the were a response to American eff orts The words “under God,” ruled think about these things and work African-American graduates. He to remove insurgents from Tal Afar, students under temporary student Karlton, goes against the rights of through them.” also discussed the career fair, say- a city in northern Iraq. students to be “free from a coercive status. Th ose students were given Clough also spoke about the Red U.S. military offi cials said that requirement to affi rm God.” non-esident tuition waivers,” Clough Cross’s utilization of the Alexander See Clough, page 7 Pick up a copy of the Technique every Friday NEWS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 7

from page 1 agreement with the AA where they from page 5 Courts are still going to pay for maintenance, Clough “That is not something we can but the CRC is in charge of operat- ing approximately 2,000 students hold anyone reliable for except to ing the facility. They check people’s attended each day. make an appeal to students that BuzzCard, maintain the facility, and After his speech, Clough ad- you use your student government to check for non-marking shoes,” said dressed a question from a faculty facilitate access to the facilities in a David Andersen, undergraduate member who felt it was unfair that structured way other than damage student body president. professors were expected to pay a the facilities by forcibly entering,” “We pay for it from the student fee to use the Campus Recreation Mayfield said. activity fee and the regular CRC Center. An AA employee previously su- budget process,” Andersen said. Clough defended the current pervised the courts 60 hours a week, “We hope that everyone has a policy, saying the current payment until the center stopped operating pride among them that this is a top scheme is equitable and logical. as a retail facility last spring. “It still institution. We want our tennis team “Faculty payments are scaled to be is an athletic to stay in the top below market rate,” he said. association facil- 10 nationally He also pointed out that giving ity, [but] they and to do that we faculty complimentary access would couldn’t fund “It is a privilege have to maintain be unfair to students. it. They decided the courts in “Students certainly went the they were going for us to use these top condition,” extra mile to be able to build this to close it to the courts.” Mayfield said. By Robert Combier / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS facility,” Clough said. “[They] started general public The compro- Students wearing improper footwear badly damaged the Bill Moore paying for this facility before it was and the student David Anderson mise the organi- Tennis Center’s courts’ surfaces, which were just resurfaced. ever built.” zations reached body,” Edwards SGA President Clough said professors already said. include better you see where the loopholes are.” Mayfield said. have an advantage because pay- SGA worked monitoring, fix- Students are going to be permit- Andersen said that students must ing CRC fees is mandatory for with the AA to keep the facility open ing holes in the fence, timers on the ted on the courts through the end follow court use guidelines when they students and optional for faculty. to students. “This is when we came lights so they can not be turned on of the semester, after which the AA use the court so that future students “We decided as a group to build a up with the current plan. The plan after 9 p.m., only using the lower will determine what the next plan can use the facilities. facility everybody could use,” he was to put up monitors, use the courts and new, larger signs so stu- of action is and if abuse has subsided “The compromise we made with said. “Everybody has a role to help outside courts and let students use dents can read use guidelines. Mayfield said. the AA this time was a fair one. It is support the facility.” it. Everyone agreed and we’ve been “We have agreed to monitor the “Our coaches and out student a privilege for us to use these courts The assembled faculty also saw going along and doing this since the use of the facilities before rules are athletes feel like it needs to be and in order to continue using them presentations on the honors program spring,” Edwards said. changed,” Mayfield said. “We believe resurfaced now. Our administra- we need to work together so that and export controls before accepting “It is only open to students now we have excellent cooperation. You tion has decided to wait for spring the courts stay in good condition,” the minutes for a number of standing and we basically worked out an always have to alter your plans once season to see if we can maintain it,” Andersen said. committee meetings. Annual graduate student picnic boasts turnout of 1,055 By Jenny Zhang 500 students, coupons and door Several families also came to the Contributing Writer prizes were added incentives to at- picnic. “It’s nice that this can be a tend the event. “We partnered with family event as well. It’s fun, and Tech’s twelfth annual graduate the Alumni Association for the first it makes Tech feel more homey, as student picnic was held on Sept. 8 time and Auxiliary Services for the if we’re really being welcomed into at the Campus Recreation Center second time to make this picnic the community,” said Lynn Perkins, (CRC). The picnic exceeded the better than the ones before,” said wife of Andy Perkins, a fifth-year Graduate Student Senate’s (GSS) Kasi David, graduate student body Electrical Engineering graduate attendance expectations with ap- president. “These organizations have student. proximately 1055 graduate students provided us with...support.” The Perkinses have attended the attending the event. This year also marked the second picnic previously, but said they found “This picnic is a good way to time the picnic has been held at the this year’s event to be especially introduce students to different ac- CRC. “We like having the picnic here good. “They ran out of food early tivities on campus, like the [student because we want people to find out last year, but now there seems to government], and encourage them about it. The CRC is a great place be plenty to go around. The cotton to get involved,” said Senator Maria to gather and offers a variety of fun, candy and popcorn have been good Carnasciali. “Most importantly, healthy activities. It’s important that additions, as well as the free T-shirts,” though, it’s a great way for them graduate students know there’s more Perkins said. to interact with other graduate to do at Tech than stay in a lab all “Approximately 1055 graduate students.” day,” said Michael Edwards, direc- students attended the event, and we Students said they used the picnic tor the CRC. only expected 1000 to come,” said as an opportunity to meet people. “The food was good, and it’s been Mitch Keller, graduate student body “I’m here to meet new people. I’d wonderful meeting new people,” said vice president. like to see more people outside of Artrease Spann, a first-year Chem- “The most important thing we my department,” said Behnood istry major. “It’s good to know I’m hoped to accomplish at this picnic Gholami, a first-year Aerospace not alone. There are other graduate was to increase the sense of com- By Jon Drews / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Engineering graduate student. students here, and there’s more of a munity among graduate students,” Salvador Valencia moves through the buffet line at the picnic.Free Free food, T-shirts for the first community feeling now.” David said. food and free t-shirts were incentives to attend the GSS event. Check us out online: www.nique.net 8 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique OPINIONSpage 8

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OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION Safety First Tech administrators have once again made a crucial change without soliciting student opinion or making news of the change public. This time the culprit is Parking and Transportation, which has limited the use of the Stingerette service to within the boundaries of campus. The Stingerette has long operated under the rule of thumb of traveling to areas within one mile from campus. Under this policy, many Homepark residents came to depend on the service to get home after late nights on campus. Students us- ing MARTA late at night also depended on the Stingerette to transport them safely past the questionable areas that separate the transit stations from campus. Now, with no warning or notice, that service has been cut off from those very people who need it most. According to the description of the Stingerette on the Parking and Transportation website, “[The] Stingerette is for safe, after hours travel from academic buildings and living accommoda- tions within the service area.” By cutting service to off-campus locations, Parking and Transportation staff have affected the By Mark Parsons / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS areas with the greatest safety concerns. The annual Campus Safety Walks and the police presence have kept the confines of the Institute relatively crime-free, but the surrounding areas still reflect the reality of Tech’s location Tests should promote learning in a major metropolis. Tests here are hard. Open book “We can mix and match Understandably, Parking and Transportation needs to oper- tests here are harder. They make you ate the service within certain funding and staffing restrictions, falsely complacent and then have a to find a balance between however cutting off Stingerette service to Tech’s immediate way of turning out more complex traditional timed tests questions than an ordinary test. environs negates its stated purpose of ensuring student safety, as Right? and newer, more inviting students have come to rely on the service for safe transport. Well, I just took an open book alternatives.” Bob Furniss, director of Parking and Transportation, said test this week. It was probably the easiest test I ever took in my career Swathy Prithivi that students living in Homepark need to consider the costs of at Tech. It had only 25 multiple- transportation when deciding to move off-campus, but many choice questions that tested simple, Focus Editor students do not have the option of living in school housing due core concepts. The test was easy, and, for the to limited space. first time, I came out smiling from evaded her, she could not forget, in Open book tests and focusing on Parking and Transportation should strive to find alterna- an exam hall. Best of all, I remem- painstaking, excruciating detail, the main principles of the material, tives that do not put students at risk, while still maintaining a bered the material days after the test the number of hours she spent not would achieve this goal by reducing and actually understood the logic sleeping, every day, in an attempt to student stress of having to learn balanced budget and efficient service. It is not too late for the behind it. master the extraneous descriptions dry facts and figures and shift the department to consider options such as soliciting student driv- So do easier testing strategies of first and second order differential focus towards having the student ers, establishing set routes or designating limited off-campus actually make you learn and retain equations. actually understand the concepts more information? While quantitative testing strate- being presented. locations for pick-up and drop-off. The department can look All I remember from classes gies like multiple-choice exam ques- Difficult concepts, ideas and towards the many universities around the nation that offer with hard, grueling tests, even an tions are an easy way to rate students’ theories that need a longer time to similar programs for more ideas on how to deal with high hour after I’ve taken them, are the ability and work, what about other digest can be presented to students marathon cram sessions involved in factors like testing methodology and through homework assignments, demand, long wait times and a limited budget. studying and my enormous caffeine information retention? projects and papers. No matter what happens though, the student body should intake for each one of them. Shouldn’t there be a qualitative This would make learning more be informed of any changes that affect our safety. Thanks to the wonderful concept approach to our education too? achievable and also encourage in- of relative curving I have gotten “A’s” Why make tests so hard in the formation retention through actual in some of those classes. But I don’t first place? Studies show that there is application of concepts. Consensus editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Edito- feel I have come away with anything a higher probability of remembering Papers would be good for liberal substantial. general principles than details and arts courses and projects fit well with rial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions I did great, but years from now, highly specific facts. So why not test practical engineering classes. of individual editors. will I remember the technical intrica- just the core concepts that professors This does not mean that open- cies of the Bernoulli-Laplace chain want us to come away with? book tests, projects and papers should ,or will I remember that the test “The purpose of education is to be the only evaluation strategies in EDITORIAL BOARD average in that class was consistently change the thoughts, feelings and courses. a 45 out of 100? actions of students,” said Benja- Maybe we can mix and match to Kyle Thomason, Editor-in-Chief Getting an “A” in a class does not min Bloom, a famous educational find a balance between traditional Stephen Baehl, Development Editor Jamie Howell, Photography Editor guarantee that you will remember theorist of the past century. Bloom timed tests and newer, more inviting Joshua Cuneo, Online Editor Patrick Odneal, Sports Editor all the material when you discover also believed that education should alternatives. Amanda Dugan, News Editor Swathy Prithivi, Focus Editor you need it. not solely focus on utilitarian, lower In the long run, I would like to Halley Espy, Executive Editor Haining Yu, Opinions Editor A brilliant Physics senior recently levels of training such as transfer of see more testing styles where the Lauren Griffin, Advertising Manager Evan Zasoski, Entertainment Editor discovered that after all these years facts and information recall, but emphasis is not on cramming the of straight “As” in advanced classes rather on core principles and big material and being able to regurgitate Copyright Notice involving complex mathematical picture concepts. it in an hour long torture session, but Copyright © 2005, Kyle Thomason, Editor-in-Chief, and by the Board of Student Publications. equations, she was unable to con- I believe in order for that to hap- rather on understanding the material The Technique is an official publication of the Georgia Tech Board of Student Publications. No part jure up a simple solution to an even pen, we need more practical and and retaining the information long of this paper may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from the Editor or from simpler math problem. valid testing strategies in our courses after we have our diplomas framed the Board of Student Publications. The ideas expressed herein are those of the Editor or the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Student Publications, the students, staff The issue, she told me, was that that have student understanding in our office. or faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology or the University System of Georgia. while essential techniques for solv- and long-term learning as their Then, we might actually remem- First copy free. Subsequent copies $1 each. ing problems from those classes ultimate goal. ber something we learnt. OPINIONS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 9 Redundant organizations cause redundancy It seems there are a few things Clubs with similar purposes students hear over and over when “I believe...that quite a and with the same target audi- they are just starting college. few clubs at Tech could ence as each other hurt not only Everyone is eager to give advice themselves but other groups and, BUZZ to the incoming freshmen, largely stand to re-evaluate their most importantly, students. The Around the Campus based on the aspects of his or her raisons d’être.” students who are currently split own college experience which up into a multitude of minor Who would you like to seem, in retrospect, somehow groups could be meeting more inadequate. Indeed, the Tech- Arcadiy Kantor people with common interests, be employed by? nique tends to be guilty of this Assistant Development Editor organizing bigger undertakings as well, often spreading the same and generally having a better old “college is what you make of That’s one club, fraternity, service their raisons d’être. experience by being involved in it” message. organization or sports group for Take, for example, the many larger organizations. Which is, of course, absolutely every six and a half freshmen, Christian organizations on Now I’m sure my detractors true: college is exactly what you assuming 2,400 incoming stu- campus. In a cursory perusal of will argue that a student who make of it, no more and no less. dents in an average year. And Cyberbuzz’s “religious” category, is interested in both India and In fact, the statement applies to that doesn’t include the many I counted 22—and no, that isn’t Indian music can simply join nearly all facets of life. other opportunities open to a typo. both India Club and Aarohi. This The problem, however, lies students—valuable activities Now, certainly, a number of is, of course, completely possible not with the statement itself but like undergraduate research or different denominations make up in theory. But what about in with some of the additional sug- the co-op program. the greater whole of Christianity. practice? Joining two clubs may gestions it is used to justify. The With such a multitude of op- But many of these organizations not necessarily mean double the biggest offender? “Get involved!” tions, is it really surprising that proclaim themselves as non-de- time commitment, but there is many students are overwhelmed nominational, making the need Not that there’s anything wrong certainly an increase in the time Evan Wimpey with that, mind you. The prob- and end up not pursuing any even more tenuous. that needs to be invested. Joining Second-year BME lem, rather, is with the fact that extracurricular activities? The Another example is among multiple clubs also means hav- many of Tech’s student organiza- constant cries of “get involved” the Indian-focused organizations ing to juggle additional meeting tions are somewhat flawed. do nothing but exacerbate the on campus. What functions times around a student’s already- “I want to work for myself.” Beginning with freshmen already-high stress levels facing do Aarohi (a club “to promote busy schedule. And besides, why orientation, students are pushed freshmen. Indian classical music & dance should someone join two or three in a thousand different direc- Interestingly (but not sur- by organizing events on the GT clubs that are so similar when tions, overwhelmed by a variety prisingly), the biggest impact campus,” according to their they have 367 other organizations of clubs, volunteer opportunities of students sticking to their Cyberbuzz description), Asha in which to pursue one of their and other ways to occupy their rooms their freshman year is for Education (“A secular or- other interests? time. Many of these freshmen on organizations themselves. ganization dedicated to change The solution to the problem come from smaller high schools I believe—and I don’t intend in India by focusing on basic seems obvious: consolidation. where the number of clubs they to single out the groups I will education and supporting it”), Certainly, a consolidation could join did not exceed 10. proceed to use for examples, and the Association for India’s of campus organizations would Compare that with Tech, so I apologize to those clubs in Development serve that could have drawbacks. Any major where Cyberbuzz claims 370 advance—that quite a few clubs not just as well be handled by organizations in its database. at Tech could stand to re-evaluate the India Club? See Clubs, page 10

OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT YOUR VIEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Alberto Sanchez ‒ or ‒ SGA violates JFC policies Third-year MGT HOT NOT It’s hard to believe, but SGA from the activity fee, but this idea “I would like to work for the has made another clumsy and was quickly struck down. hypocritical error. As a rep- It strikes me as absurd, how- CIA.” resentative in SGA last year I ever, to witness the cash strapped witnessed SGA’s sign debacle SGA go against JFC policy that and was glad to see the allocated has been in place since 2002 to $3,000 returned to the students. cover a special event. If this bill This, of course, occurred when isn’t reversed, organizations SGA decided to follow its own will have the right, because of Joint Finance Committee’s (JFC) the precedent we’ve carelessly policy and ended up finding out- set, to argue that their events Career Fair freebies More info needed side sources of funding to cover are one-time special events that This week’s career fair was a After all the fuss made last se- the expense of the sign. deserve the same sort of funding boon to cash strapped students mester, one would think that the Now it’s a new year and we’re for food and drinks that SGA has in need of jobs and paychecks. final unveiling of two new degree experiencing the same kind of just allocated. Oh yeah, and it was nice for designations would come with a problems: the representatives This means our tight budget those people looking for actual certain degree of fanfare. But the recently passed a bill that allo- will be more strained or that SGA careers too. Over 200 companies only efforts made to advertise this cated $150 from SGA’s Student will be hypocritical and deny this Activity Fee to SGA itself to pay same type of funding to all other Anna Pavlova showed up to tap into the talent event was an email send out the Fourth-year PHYS pool of Tech genius. There were day before. Interested in know- for an event’s food and drinks. organizations. Actually, SGA is freebies galore, from alien pens ing more about the international The problem isn’t that we’ve spent acting hypocritically because “I want to work for to free software. Even for those plan and undergraduate research $150, but that we’ve opened up we denied funding for food and not seriously looking for jobs, the opportunities? We are, but due the door for all organizations drinks to various organizations Los Alamos National Labs” giveaways made dressing up all to the lack of information, we to request money for food and last year and now we are allowing the more worthwhile. can’t say much more. drinks and to not seek outside ourselves that very luxury. sources of funding. SGA didn’t work hard enough A fellow representative offered to secure other sources of funding to collect funds to pay for the food and drinks, instead of drawing See Letter, page 10

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Clubs from page 9 Early gaming experiences shape inner nerd change does. But I don’t think the A non-Georgia Tech friend re- is a main character, but it all involves costs outweigh the gains in this cently asked me about the “boring” “The plight of Pac Man...the clothes and falling in love. particular case. The leadership op- notion of playing video games. My dinosaur journeying of Mario— Au contraire! What more is there portunities lost in a merger could be friend exclaimed that in addition to life than love, wit and fashion? I made up for through greater execu- to being mind-numbingly boring, these all become part of our say little more. I hadn’t heard of the tive structure in the existing club. video games are hazardous to your personal histories.” West Indies until that game. A ge- Would writing “Chair of India health. You don’t go outside. You ography lesson, for sure. What little Club’s Committee for Promotion just move your thumbs in the same girl doesn’t want to discover a milky of Indian Music” on your resume repetitive motions until they rot and Alexandra Pajak white silk dress to don for a fantastic really be that much worse than eventually fall off. (That’s only true Columnist ball? A Cinderella story, only on a “President of Aarohi Club?” Qual- sometimes.) screen instead of a book. ity leadership would also preserve He’s clearly not one of “us.” We brought it home and kept it hour in the kind of delight only four- It was in that game I received my the close-knit feeling many clubs Indeed, for most Tech students, in our living room. My dad was an year olds seem to discover. first kiss. I remember it well—I stood generate among the members, as gaming is a part of our childhoods. education professor and wanted the We eventually got a better inside a gazebo facing the strong sub-groups would still be able to The plight of Pac Man, the existential ability to type and edit and print computer a few years later, a new and handsome Captain Jameson. organize under the auspices of the ponderings posed by Pong, the di- efficiently for his first book. He’d brand called an IBM. The Apple He plucked a white jasmine from larger organization. nosaur journeying of Mario—these type late at night and once the lights IIC migrated to my bedroom. By the terrace and placed it inside my But let’s get back to the fresh- all become part of our personal were switched off, the moonlight this time I had purchased a text-only hair. He pulled me in close for a firm men and the pressure they feel to histories. cast a shadow of the monitor on the computer game entitled Plundered and determined kiss . . . get involved in something. Would While I am not a gaming con- wall that looked exactly like E.T.’s Hearts with birthday money. Made At the recollection of my com- a reduction in the number of orga- noisseur myself, I can sympathize silhouette. by the now defunct company Info- puter kiss my friend began laugh- nizations really encourage more of with the gaming culture that is This frightened me terribly, but com, the premise involved a female ing, saying the pirate game sounds them to get involved? I certainly Tech’s campus. In response to his my father soon remedied this by captive aboard a pirate ship sailing hilarious. think so—as long as what is lost in criticisms, I told my friend about introducing me to Alex the Rabbit, among the West Indies. Maybe I convinced him video consolidation is redundancy, not a particular computer that holds a a cartoon game that came with the As the captive, you navigated games are as valid a pastime as variety, in any case. special place in my heart. It was a computer. Alex the Rabbit proved aboard the ship with only a red dress, cooking or reading or trout fishing. good old Apple IIC, complete with to be a fun friend. You helped him a white petticoat, a wrist-purse and Perhaps I didn’t, and it’ll take more a green monitor and a three-square- through a maze using the four ar- your sharp problem-solving skills. strategy for me to fully convince from page 9 foot floppy disk. row keys so he could eat a carrot and To survive, you had to steal pirate him of the importance that little Letter I was four years old, and my father once you led him there, he jumped clothes, dress as a man, float in a computer had in my life. for the food and drinks even though took me to a local computer store up and down for joy. barrel to shore, prevent the ship from So, my Techie friends, this col- we’ve previously forced other orga- (the only one in my hometown) to The white pixels on the green exploding into flames and attend a umn is for you. Stand proud by your nizations to seek other sources of purchase a “personal computer” for background were more alive than splendid ball in a stolen dress. By gaming units with a hand on your funding for their equally important the family. The shop was dark and any coloring book I’d ever seen. the end of the game, you found your heart and your eye on the evil boss events. Next time, let’s do our jobs small with about five computers on My father eventually printed the true love with Captain Jameson, the that taunts you with cruel words and properly and have a fundraiser like pedestals growing from the carpet final copy of his book. The paper handsomest pirate on the sea. occasional fireballs. almost every other organization on like pine trees. was the kind with perforated edges. As a college student, I read a re- I haven’t played Plundered Hearts campus. The skinny pale sales guy pointed It took him awhile to peel off the view of the game that said while it was for a long time, and yes, I’ve kissed to the computer at the front of the strips on both sides of every page. the one of the first female-oriented real guys since then. From dad- Rafael Corrales store, an Apple IIC. “This is the most The streams made a pile about a foot games of its time, “Plundered Hearts daughter bonding to rabbit friends INTA Rep, Student Government advanced model we have,” he said. deep and two feet wide on our floor. is a giant step for feminism—side- to traveling the world to lessons in [email protected] And Apple IIC it was. I rolled inside the pile for about an ways.” In other words, yeah a woman romance—let’s keep on gaming. pageFOCUS 11 Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 11

WILL YOU GET SPANX? THEATRE PRODUCES BIG BANG Tech helped a footless pantyhose founder Wannabe producers schmooze and FOCUS turn personal savings into multi-million- bamboozle their way into staging the most Page 14 Page 17 Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 dollar business. expensive Broadway musical ever. VentureLab bridges gap between research and commercialization Technology business incubator celebrates fourth successful year of helping Tech faculty and students By Zen Mehra things . One is a management team ‘product’ from a ‘company’, which If you’re a brilliant researcher, that’s faculty don’t understand the business Contributing Writer consisting of experienced entrepre- is what investors like to see.” not a very good use of your time.” side of things.” neurs, and the other the initial fund- Technological skills do not nec- VentureLab helps hire manage- “VentureLab helps bridge that The pathway from laboratory in- ing needed to start the company,” ment or trained professionals to gap. You can now talk to investors in novation to the commercial market Fleming said. run day-to-day operations at these a language they understand.” at Tech has been paved smoother Over the years, VentureLab “We at VentureLab companies. On the route to his second start- by an ambitious venture called has developed a wide network of Dr. Madhavan Swaminathan, up, Swaminathan continues to be as- VentureLab, which celebrates its investors and entrepreneurs who get look to marry the a Professor in the Department of sociated closely with VentureLab. fourth birthday this week. involved in the start-up companies innovation and Electrical and Computer Engineer- Orthonics, Inc., an Atlanta It offers a variety of services to they help. ing (ECE), worked with VentureLab start-up company developing new faculty and students that help them “The experienced entrepreneurs knowledge inside while floating his company, Jacket biomaterials for spinal disc repair commercialize their research. come from our network. Almost a professor’s head Micro Devices (JMD). and regeneration is yet another “We at VentureLab look to marry everybody here has done something JMD specializes in radio-fre- VentureLab graduate. the innovation and knowledge that like this before, so they know a lot of with an experienced quency passive components. lives inside a professor’s head with entrepreneurs. Those in turn know entrepreneur and “The nice thing about Tech is others, and the Six Degrees of Kevin some money.” that you have access to something “[VentureLab] made Bacon takes over,” Fleming said. like VentureLab. As faculty mem- “You can now talk Upcoming ventures are funded bers, we are very good at developing it possible for us either through the Georgia Research Stephen Fleming technologies, and have some idea to set up without to investors in Alliance (GRA) which grants money Chief Commercialization about the business side,” Swami- a language they to small companies in their formative Officer, VentureLab nathan said. having to raise stages or through market institutions “But ultimately we need help money first just to understand.” that provide seed funding. to figure out how to present this “We are the channel through essarily translate into managerial technology to potential investors, pay the CEO.” Madhavan which a company can apply for that expertise. and how to develop a business plan Swaminathan money,” Fleming said. “While there are exceptions, in- around it. That’s where VentureLab Barbara Boyan ECE Professor “We know a lot of investors like novators often find that being a Chief comes in.” Professor, BME venture capital investors, angel in- Scientist or Chief Technology Officer “Ultimately, one of the Ven- vestors, high net-worth individuals is a better role as compared to being tureLab Fellows became our CEO. an experienced entrepreneur and and other private firms.” the CEO,” Fleming said. It has been very useful to us.” Its technology is based on re- some money,” said Stephen Fleming, “Rather than going in cold, we “The CEO often has to deal with “If you are in a university en- search from the laboratory of Dr. Chief Commercialization Officer of prepare these companies and intro- issues like negotiating the lease of a vironment, most investors are not Barbara Boyan, the Price Gilbert, Jr. VentureLab. duce them to such people.” building, ensure taxes are filed on interested in talking to you since Chair in Tissue Engineering at the “Nine times out of ten, the Profes- “We help them put together a time and that the company complies they either don’t know much about sor is missing one or two important business plan that differentiates a with equal opportunity guidelines. your technology, or feel that most See Venture, page 14 Recruiters arrive in droves to be impressed by students “[Tech] has great students and I ity of the students that I’m seeing, come here very year to take students. especially the underclassmen that I hire mostly electrical engineers but are looking for internships,” said Kimeth Williams, the director of Recruitment and Career Develop- ment at L’oreal. “[The students] “I thought I would wait and were too well come and recruit interns in the spring but I’ve seeing so many great dressed. Come on, students that I plan on trying to get we’re here in hats a schedule for October to recruit for internships,” Williams said. and shorts. They There were lighter moments to the [need to] relax a serious, job-focused atmosphere. “We get a lot of people who are little more!” interested in financial analyst posi- tions and [when] they find out we’re Kiran Achyutuni more of a sales, relational company, Manager, Amazon conversation quickly turns and they run away,” said Dallas Nevins, a campus recruiter from Northwestern I also hire for the other engineering organizations. We’ve had good expe- riences here,” said Dr. John H. Day, “Some of these Chief of the Electrical Engineering Division at NASA. students are so Some recruiters seem to be well qualified filling more positions than they By James Holder / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS anticipated. [that] they amaze Thidarat Tosukhowong, a Ph.D. student (right) is interviewed by a BOC representative (left) at the Fall Ca- “It’s been very interesting as me. Some of the reer Fair held at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, which was attended by a wide variety of companies. we’ve had some very good students,” By Swathy Prithivi with some of in line with that aid Joanne Berman, the Human experiences they’ve Focus Editor the resumes, and sentiment. Resources Manager for JDSU, a had have just been [am hoping] that “It was fun talking “ S o m e o f company providing systems and Career fair recently rolled into the folks that are these students services in the fiber optic and tele- outstanding.” town and captured more than just in the company to the students here are so well quali- communications field. student interest. who are actually and trying to inspire fied [that] they “The funny thing is that we may Claire Boland The recruiters, who attended this hiring will be amaze me. Some found a few people for our European HR Lead, Monsanto year’s fair, held on September 13 and able to interview the next generation of the experiences sites and we have some very good 14, 2005 at the Alexander Memorial them,” said Ja- of explorers.” they’ve had have multicultural [applicants]. We’ve Coliseum, were all eyes and ears on ved Siddiqi, a been just out- got an office in France that I may Mutual Financial Network. Tech students and their innumerous senior software standing,” said actually send some resumes to,” “A lot of people kept losing their achievements and accolades. engineer at Lex- Dr. John Day Claire Boland, Berman said. name tags and it wouldn’t stick well “About the people that I’m inter- mark. Electrical Engineering Hu m a n R e - “This is my first time recruiting to fabric but it would stick to other viewing here, I’m finding some real Most recruit- Division, NASA sources Lead at at a career fair at Georgia Tech. good talent. I’m pretty impressed ers seemed to be Monsanto. I am so impressed with the qual- See Careers, page 12 12 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique FOCUS

and didn’t stop for a couple of min- ing for students, which is really kind The work put in by staff to here at Tech to keep coming back from page 11 utes about what he’s done and what of neat. I haven’t seen so many blue make this event a success was well year after year. Careers he wants to do. It would [be ok] if it suits in a long time.” received. “I have two [Tech] students work- things,” said Mark Saxon a Research was an interview, but he came on aw- “There’s been a lot more activity “There’s a lot better food [this ing for me and my experience with Associate at Battelle. fully strong. So maybe some people than spring and foot traffic here. year],” Nevins said. them has been so wonderful that “So for one guy, it fell off and hit are over zealous,” he said. We’ve gotten a lot more qualified “I really love working with Career I’ve been an advocate of hiring more one of our [promotional] buttons and The recruiters were also surprised leads,” said Mary Stuart Iverson, a Services here and the committee did [Tech] students because they bring in he was trying to peel it off while he by the vast student turnout. campus Recruiter at Northwestern a fantastic job,” Williams said. a lot of fresh ideas and talent to the was trying to talk to me.” “I was amazed at the number of Mutual Financial Network. They were very accommodating, actual business,” said Siddiqi. “You could tell he needed to students that were here especially “[The students] were too well they looked out for all of our needs “We’ve had [a] good experi- focus on one thing or another,” in two days. The companies are dressed. Come on, we’re here in hats and so I’m very happy.” ence here. It was fun talking to the Saxon said. here one day and half the other,” and shorts. They [need to] relax a “The staff has been phenomenal,” students here and trying to inspire “The worst was when a guy came Boland said. little more!” said Kiran Achyutuni, Berman said. the next generation of explorers,” up to me and he just started talking “There are so many people look- a Manager at Amazon. Overall recruiters found much Day said. FOCUS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 13 Tech aids founder in shaping of new generation of pantyhose By Melissa Cataldo One of the unique things about up with Spanx. been sent by Candid Camera.” In the question and answer session Senior Staff Writer Spanx is that a woman can, unlike She was wearing white pants and The law firms all quoted $3000- following her speech, Blakeley gave with normal pantyhose, wear them needed an undergarment to wear $5000 to write the patent, but some insightful tips. Sara Blakely was on BBC pro- with any shoes, even sandals. underneath that wouldn’t show, that was nearly all of Blakeley’s “If you have an idea, don’t tell moting her company and hosiery It’s no secret lots of women will and a G-String just wasn’t going savings. anyone [until you develop it]…the product, Spanx. to make it. Instead she ended up writing most minute you put your idea out there, She was telling the news anchor, So she cut off the feet of some of the patent herself using a book your ego is involved…People might “It smoothes your fanny, lifts your pantyhose and decided to turn the she bought at Barnes and Noble, say something and stop you before fanny, tightens your fanny.” “[Spanx] gets rid of idea into a new product. and she did in-depth research of you start.” Well marketing can be funny all panty lines and When she needed undergarments other pantyhose patents using the She pointed out that Ted Turner sometimes, because in England, to go underneath white pants, she Tech library. attributed his success to guts. fanny means vagina, and the news- makes a woman look cut off the feet of some pantyhose She came to the Georgia Tech “I’m not the smartest person I caster looked uncomfortable and about five pounds and decided to turn the idea into a Library after work ten nights in a know…I have no business back- said, “I think you mean bum.” new product. row to do research. This and other anecdotes kept lighter.” She went on the internet to look “Tech was instrumental in me Blakely’s lecture at the College of up hosiery mills and cold- getting started...that’s why “If you have an idea, Management last Wednesday sur- Sara Blakely called them. I’m always willing to speak prisingly entertaining. Founder and Owner, When the hosiery mill here,” she said. don’t tell anyone Blakely is the founder and owner Spanx owners laughed and dis- “I developed the packag- [until you develop of Spanx, a women’s undergarment missed her, she got in her ing with my friend on her company. car and drove around computer,” Blakely said. it]...the minute you Spanx’s signature product is foot- pay lots of money to instantly have North Carolina to speak She said she had a very put your idea out less pantyhose worn as underwear. the appearance of slimmer, smoother with them in person. clear idea of the design and thighs and, as the Spanx name “All these men were wanted it to stand out. there, your ego is implies, butts. making our undergar- “I had no focus involved...” So despite the fact that some ments, and that’s probably groups…check in with “Tech was male executives laughed at Blakeley’s why they’ve been so uncom- yourself and don’t Sara Blakely instrumental in me invention, it flew off the shelves of fortable.” doubt yourself…It’s major high-end department stores Blakely finally met Ted a sea of beige and Founder and Owner, getting started... such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Hayes, a mill owner with gray, so I wanted Spanx that’s why I’m Fifth Avenue. daughters who loved the idea red…very artsy and Due to creative marketing and and so he agreed to help her different.” ground…but I had guts.” always willing to humorous names and slogans, take the project on. There was no A student asked about concerns speak here.” Spanx has been featured on The It took a year to make money for advertising, over intellectual property, since a Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Forbes, the prototype with the right so the packaging had to major drugstore brand could du- Vogue, and The New York Times, mix of stretch and support, make the product stand plicate her idea. Sara Blakely among others. no dig-in comfort waist, out on the shelf. Her reply was not to worry too Founder and Owner, Blakeley was a contestant on a cotton crotch, and an Confident in her fin- much about idea stealing and focus Spanx Richard Branson’s show The Rebel adjustable ankle band. ished product, Blakeley on innovation. Billionaire: The Quest for the To patent her idea, Blake- called Neiman Marcus, “My biggest asset is the name Blakely was able to turn $5,000 Best, winning first runner up and ly called three law firms in who put her in touch with Spanx, instead of fighting com- in savings into a $20 million busi- $750,000 to start an international Atlanta. “They thought I their buyer in Texas. petitors, try to come up with the ness. women’s charity. was joking.” She flew out and within next big thing…People don’t want “It gets rid of all panty lines and Blakely was working as a fax She said one lawyer even five minutes the buyer to steal your idea until it’s in the makes a woman look about five and copier salesperson by day and a told her, “I thought your idea ordered the product for market doing well…try to be first pounds lighter,” Blakeley said. comedian by night when she came was so bad I thought you had seven stores. to market.” 14 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique FOCUS

Engineering and an innovator in worth a lot more than it originally would not have emerged without who would be using our devices,” from page 11 the making. was,” Fleming said. VentureLab, I would like to think Swaminathan said. Venture Start-ups give you something Benefits are split between the they are moving in the right direction “There’s nothing as satisfying Coluter Department of Biomedical “beyond money,” he said and added professors, the Institute and others faster and stronger because of us.” as building a company from the Engineering. that he would approach such an involved, but ultimately Tech as an “Our vision for the future is that groundand I’d like to see other “VentureLab has been a partner ecosystem makes money,” he said. graduates become entrepreneurs. in the development of Orthonics Recent economic trends have That being said, there is a lot to be from the outset,” said Boyan. hit many companies hard but Ven- learnt by working in a big company,” “The CEO of Orthonics, Dr. “VentureLab is a tureLab continues to flourish. “There’s nothing as Fleming said. Steve Kennedy, was a VentureLab great way of gaining “The bust in the dot-com and satisfying as building “While there’s no one right Fellow. This made it possible for us to telecom sectors served as a good answer for everybody, one should set up without having to raise money a foothold in the wake-up call to many investors that a company from consider spending some time in a first just to pay the CEO. It also freed venture capital not all companies are successful and the ground up, and start-up for the experience.” me up to do the science.” not all investments make money.” There are lots of different ways to “I’ve done it without a formal market and a good “While we output into that eco- I’d like to see other make money but very few ways to VentureLab and ATDC (Advanced exposure to how system, our input is the innovation graduates become be happy, and one of the ways to be Technology Development Center) at Tech. If you look at the number happy is to have a job you love.” and now I’ve done it with. It’s a things are done.” of grants, their dollar value or the entrepreneurs.” “Being involved in a start-up is whole lot better with.” corporate partners we have had, that something that is very exciting. You According to Boyan, attracting Amit Bavisi has been steadily rising upward,” Stephen Fleming influence a lot of decisions on a day to funding without such support is Ph.D. student, ECE he said. Chief Commercialization day basis,” Swaminathan said. almost impossible and companies “We have done pretty well in Officer, VentureLab “Commercialization is the ulti- are best run and managed by profes- the last four years. We have about mate test for any technology I would sionals and not necessarily innova- organization should he ever decide ten graduates that have raised about encourage all students to come up tors. “VentureLab is a great way of to float a company. $38 million between them. These every cell phone would have a JMD with new ideas that would lead to gaining a foothold in the venture “Tech owns a bit of equity in each companies are coming along. They device in it. Things are looking good commercialization.” capital market and a good exposure of these companies. As they continue are selling their products and hiring —the economy is improving, and “There’s nothing like transfer- to how things are done,” said Amit to grow, some may decide to go public new people.” JMD is trying to work with some ring everything you learn into a Bavisi, a Ph.D. student in Electrial or get acquired. That equity is then “While I wouldn’t say that they very large companies in our area, product.”

sliver www.nique.net/sliver Oh! You have monkeys and bananas in your under- pants! I’ve corrupted lots of girls. Lots of people have tried hun- what makes you think you are special? You have a pope club? How the hell do you have a pope club? Especially for a dead pope! Who discusses policy on facebook? So, my story about the pope. Does it include the vagine or penis game? Uh, oh. I’m going to hell. Better start that facebook group. It’s the urban version. Who the fuck is Terrance? That’s my new catchphrase. I remember my first time getting mad at Kyle. Everyone remembers their first time with Kyle. We were wathing the Pope thing. The moments we’re talking just creep me out! They were playing the penis game last night while we were waiting. You can’t say vagine without smiling. vagina not vagine you idiot! and for that matter. vagina. without smiling Directions: bite,tear, and chew Don’t choke Creepy Andrew sucks. He sucks balls. I’m pretty sure tha t there is a website out there about me telling me I’m gay. I like shaved men. Who the fuck is Terrance? GTPD-I WILL enter until you get finished putting up the do not enter sign. Screw you. At least the UNC fans are nice Run The Ball!!! i want to have Calvin’s babies. you can’t show up 10 minutes into the game and tell people to get out of “your” seats. Foosk Man Lad is my hero! FOCUS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 15

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sliver www.nique.net/sliver even security agrees you wanna sit in “your” block, show up the same time every- one else does and quit being drunk jackasses about it we’re all here for the same team coke and prunes taste like dr. pepper! Hurricane refugees need us! Plz donate! I wish I am MGT major. My life would be so easy! Why the hell isn’t there a side- walk on Tech Parkway!! F*** the GTPD for shutting down all the parties on cam- pus this weekend!!!! Maximum Gigundatude! GENERICMAN STRIKES AGAIN! MWAH HA HA HA HA! I’m in love...with PSpice. Why couldn’t they recommend this in ECE 2040? Th ose sunglasses were totally not a gun. Th ey were...sun- glasses. Get glasses ASAP. Advertising your organization on skiles walkway doesn’t make me want to join but rather see just how much of it I can wash away with my urine. As long as you wear the rat caps, people like myself will steal them from you. I can’t believe they let me on the fi eld at half time. Where does one sliver end and the next begin? Hey Sliver Girl, do guys hit on you in their slivers? Interactive newspaper... al- most! Now I have something to do at work! Chess is boring in comparison to Go. Mind envisions polar, Th oughts raging from left to right, Without solutions Have you every really thought about what meat is? Next time you take a big bloody bite look at your own body. It’s just another piece of meat. Hungry? What if the Sliver Girl IS the only person I want to read my submission?

See page 20 for more Slivers 16 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique FOCUS ESM Building dedicates room to deceased squirrels By Trevor Stittleburg fan. Contributing Writer Unfortunately, it was not until after another squirrel suffered the A sign on one of the doors on same fate in the same fan that a grat- the first floor of the Engineering ing was placed over the opening at Science and Mechanics (ESM) the top of the building. building proclaims it to be “The The first floor of the ESM build- Squirrel Room.” ing is also home to the offices of the Is this a homage to the squirrel Success Programs which includes room of Willy Wonka and his infa- FASET, GT 1000, and one-to-one mous chocolate factory? tutoring. “Whenever we interview some- “I don’t think they open the big one here, we have to tell the story windows on the end of the building of the squirrel,” said Meredith Ray, anymore. Whether that’s more for

“We think [the squirrel] came “Whenever we through an open interview someone vent on the roof, here, we have to and then got stuck tell the story of the in the fan in the squirrel.” bathroom inside the Meredith Ray room.” By Trevor Stittleburg / FASET director Paddy Kenington, Assistant Director of Success Programs poses in front of “The Squirrel Room.” The room commemorates the unfortunate demise of several squirrels due to a lethal ventilator fan incident. Paddy Kenington security or squirrels I don’t know,” Assistant Director, Success hallways. They kept the big windows coming from the remains of an un- the vents above the room and then Kennington said. Program at the end of the hallway open back lucky squirrel in the ventilator fan. fallen into the shaft with the fan. Kennington decided to com- then, and I think that’s where he “We couldn’t figure out what the “We turned the light on, which memorate the room where the squir- came in,” Kennington said. smell was. We think [the squirrel] of course turns the fan on automati- rels met their unfortunate demise by FASET director whose office is “I propped the door open and came through an open vent on the cally, and, well,…end of squirrel,” placing a sign designating the room as housed in the ESM building. hoped he would take the hint.” roof, and then got stuck in the fan Kennington said. “The Squirrel Room” on the door. The incident occurred in the This was not the end of the squirrel in the bathroom inside the room,” “We didn’t realize those little The squirrels, despite having spring of 2001, when Paddy Ken- episodes as the staff soon noticed a Kwnnington said. bits [in the fan] were fur. When the a room named in their honor, do nington, assistant director of Success terrible stench emanating from one “Of course, when you turn the vent was taken out, we found the not seem to find the grating very Programs, noticed one of the critters of the storage rooms. ventilator fan on and there’s a squirrel squirrel’s remains.” palatable, as the Success Programs scampering down the hall. At first, the staff didn’t realize that in there….” Georgia Tech Facilities was staff has not experienced any more “I saw a squirrel run through the the source of the smell was actually The squirrel had wandered into called in to clean up the vent and squirrel problems. ENTERTAINMENTpage 17 Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 17

NEED PROOF? CLOUGH TALKS TULANE Anthony Hopkins plays a man of in- President Clough addresses the ENTERTAINMENT credible genius slowly being eaten away Faculty Senate about Tulane students Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 by his flagging mind. Page 18 enrolling in Tech. Page 5

Journey into past, Bang tackles all of history in single night future By Siddhartha Parmar are rather poor at the time of their Contributing Writer show, they are forced to use their Pander to that deep dark part of imagination and make use of house- you that loves ‘80s hair bands. You What does a conversation be- hold objects on their set. Anyone can know that it calls to you. Failing tween The Virgin Mary and Mrs. use a bed sheet to make a toga, but that, just take your mom to relive Gandhi have in common with how about using two umbrellas to her high school days, terrifying and Cleopatra or even the Antebellum make a Scarlett O’Hara-style dress? horrible though the sight of it may South? The Big Bang. No, not the Or getting the Colonel Sanders look be. Chastain Park Amphitheatre is by using white shaving cream? Or, hosting “An Evening with Journey: best of all, using a lamp shade to Back…and Into the Future” tonight “How did history’s make a crown? at 7:30 p.m. greatest stars really The Big Bang is definitely worth Tickets cost $34-59. Your acid checking out. Tickets are reasonable wash jeans are just itching to get feel about their at around $20 and the play runs till worn. lives? Did The Virgin Nov. 19. The theater’s atmosphere fits Mary have the same perfectly with this play. Everyone Heal the Hood maternal problems gets a great seat, and it allows the audience to fully participate. Relief Concert as Mrs. Gandhi? As is usual for Little Five Points, Would Cleopatra the staff was well-informed and Join Nelly, David Banner, 8 Ball, friendly. During intermission, they MJG and others tomorrow night at spend most of her even serve cookies and wine and ask Philips Arena for the Heal the Hood for feedback about how their show Hurricane Relief Concert. The music time governing starts at 7 p.m. and the whole event Egypt or gosiping is hosted by Lil’ John. “Anyone can use a with her fellow Ticket prices are $25, $40 and bed sheet to make $100 with proceeds going to the divas?” relief effort in southern Missis- a toga, but how sippi, southern Alabama and New about using two Orleans as well as to the thousands Big Bang that created the universe of evacuees in Atlanta, Arkansas, but The Big Bang that is playing at umbrellas to make a St. Louis and Texas. the Horizon Theater in Little Five Scarlett O’Hara-style Points. PHOTO COURTESY HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY It has been called “Mel Brooks’ Two wannabe producers give an impromptu reenactment of the story dress? Or getting Shake your groove History of the World Part 1 meets The of Adam and Eve in an attempt to secure funding for their show. the Colonel Sanders Producers,” which is a very fitting must present the entire play in a Park comedic portrayal of history. thing, yeah yeah description. Avenue apartment to the financiers, How did history’s greatest stars look by using white The setting involves two produc- played by the audience. really feel about their lives? Did The shaving cream....” Get your soul music fix tomorrow ers who are trying to get financial After wrapping your head around Virgin Mary have the same maternal night at Chastain Park Amphitheatre backing for their musical comedy, the premise of the play, everything problems as Mrs. Gandhi? Would with the ‘70s Soul Fest. This retro the Big Bang. As “the most expensive else falls into place. It starts out with Cleopatra spend most of her time is going. festival will feature the Manhat- Broadway musical ever written” it original sin and ends prematurely at governing Egypt or gossiping with If that isn’t enough to entice tans, Dells, Chi-Lites, Dramatics calls for $83.5 million with a cast of the beginning of the 20th century. her fellow divas? one to head down to the Horizon and Stylistics. The music starts at 7 hundreds of people. Normally, a play about the his- The entire play is a fast-paced Theatre, a portion of the proceeds p.m. and tickets cost from $33.75 In order to get the necessary tory of the world would not be a big musical with hilarious lyrics and are going to aid the victims of Hur- to $53.75. financial backing, the two producers deal, but The Big Bang is unique in its great music. Because the producers ricane Katrina. Come by and get a Serene Republic turns out great album tree or two Kenneth Baskett talented lyricists and experimental You might not be too worried Contributing Writer arrangers. Not what one would about it now, but in a few months expect from a group of recent high Tech is going to turn brown and There are few times when a band school drop outs. dreary. To combat the winter blues, debuts with an album which renews However, listening to this CD it always helps to have a plant or two my faith in new artists. New bands is akin to having a child run up around and the Fernbank Science all too often fall into the trap of not and kick you in the butt, and then Center has just the thing. Tomorrow innovating. smiling innocently as if he’s done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., they’re holding They pick the popular sound nothing. their Fall Garden and Plant Sale. It of the time and Seemingly, doesn’t cost a thing to go take a look forget that music that is the at- and they’re offering native plants, should be excit- titude they took trees, shrubs and perennials to good ing and differ- “Perhaps the best making this re- homes. All they need is a little water ent. And you song on the album cord. The play- and some love. can forget about fulness of each them actually is ‘Proposition 61.’ track allows it to being good mu- Rather than dwelling fly in under the Walk like an sicians. radar. And then That is why on the themes of it hits you, did I Egyptian I couldn’t be- love and happines just hear what I lieve my ears think I heard? lPHOTO COURTESY ARTS & CRAFTS PRODUCTIONS The Michael C. Carlos Museum when I heard spresent on the Thankfully, the The Most Serene Republic’s debut album, Underwater Cinematog- at Emory University is hosting “Ex- The Most Se- rest of the album, answer is yes rapher makes for a surprisingly good musical experience. cavating Egypt: Great Discoveries rene Republic’s every time. From the Petrie Museum of Egyptian (TMSR) debut this song recounts a Many words Herein lies one of the album’s painful experience at a party. Archaeology, University College album Under- painful experience can describe problems. All of the songs are so For this track, Jewett trades in London,” until Nov. 27. water Cinema- TMSR’s sound, rich musically that they sometimes his normally soft choral sound for The exhibit features antiqui- tographer. at a party.” but the one that cover up other important parts, like a spoken word approach. ties from the collection that was T M S R , serves best is the lyrics. Instead of using elaborate per- established by Egyptologist Wil- whose members “full”. Almost Perhaps the best song on the cussion and huge layered arrange- liam Matthew Flinders Petrie. The are Adrian Jewett, Ryan Lenssen, every song is brimming with guitars, album is “Proposition 61”. Rather ments of guitars and synthesizers, exhibits hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nick Greaves, Andrew McArthur, drums, electronic effects, piano, than dwelling on the themes of love they use one synthesizer and an Tuesday through Saturday and 12 Adam Nimmo and Emma Ditch- and Adrian Jewett’s unnaturally and happiness present on the rest p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admis- burn, are at once skilled musicians, high lyrics. of the album, this song recounts a See Republic, page 19 sion is $7. 18 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Proof paints bittersweet portrait of math genius a way of thinking that is hundreds However; the cutting irony of the to the mental illness of their father, of years old. whole matter is that there isn’t any and that Hal wants “proof” that it Such are the sentiments conjured proof that she wrote this ingenious is her work—a total breach of trust up in one’s mind after seeing Proof. mathematical piece of material. and faith. Set in the a chilly autumn in the Windy City, it stars Gwyneth Pal- “Proof is a fast-paced emotional roller trow as the angst-ridden mathemati- cal genius Catherine so much like coaster that makes the audience genuinely her brilliant but mentally disturbed feel for the problems and frustrations of its father (Anthony Hopkins) and Jake Gyllenhaal, sporting an unshaven characters.” look unseen in his Donnie Darko Catherine must deal with the Proof is a fast-paced emotional days, playing Howard, an eager and inner turmoil of knowing she did roller coaster that makes the audience kind grad student who labors over her best work when her father was genuinely feel for the problems and his mathematics looking for his big slowly fading away, that her sister is “break” into the published world. convinced that she is succumbing See Proof, page 23 Hope Davis plays Paltrow’s es- tranged, perky, “to do list” obsessed sister whose interference is not only a day late and a dollar short, but ill-founded and a major source of contention. After her father’s death, Catherine must endure the frequent visits of Hal, as he prepares to go through all of her father’s notebooks in hopes that during the last years of his mental demise Catherine’s father perhaps continued to develop elegant proofs of pure mathematical genius, as he once had produced in his earlier days. PHOTO COURTESY MIRAMAX FILMS Catherine’s sister arrives home Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal find love in the wake of the to Chicago to attend to the funeral death of Paltrow’s character’s father, a mentally disturbed genius. and her sister. By Priscilla Revis of calculations that have taken several As tension mounts between the Contributing Writer hours to complete, that we will have characters, it soon becomes evident that one earth-shattering moment that maybe the father was not the As intellectuals perpetually burn- in which our tireless endeavors will only mathematical genius in the ing the “midnight oil” here at Tech, generate the epiphany of a lifetime: family: Catherine had developed an PHOTO COURTESY MIRAMAX FILMS many of us fantasize, as a puddle of a contribution so huge and utterly exquisite proof while caring for her Anthony Hopkins, who could probably turn taking an afternoon nap nap time drool forms on several pages remarkable that we will revolutionize father in his disturbed later years. into a filmworthy endeavor, plays an aging mathematical genius. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 19 Republic from page 17 01001011010T0WO101 B01ITS00110101001110010 acoustic guitar, along with plenty of hand clapping and even a human Two Bits Man marvels at the spectacle of women trying to decide what the hell to wear beatbox. Last week, my girlfriend had a bit women of the world: what the hell Not that guys are that much dreadful fate with a little Best Week “King of No One” is a sparsely of a vacation—owing to the fact that is wrong with you? How do you better. I personally consider it to be Ever or a rousing game of Halo 2. arranged song, which essentially her school was more or less blown even get out of the house in the a supreme accomplishment if I get Such an act would surely leave my puts the listener into a huge group away by the hurricane*—and she morning? to any sort of formal function and judgment impaired, despite the fact of people, like a park or a mall food decided to spend her time off with Have you ever heard of those that it will have no effect whatsoever court, through the excellent use of none other than yours truly. This people who have had a specific sort on anything. background effects. occurrence allowed me the hardly of brain damage where their left “As a person who Apparently, even though my The last song before the epilogue unique opportunity to observe a and right hemispheres don’t con- has never in his opinion is wholly ignored, it is highly curious female ritual, one full of nect anymore? Yeah, the ones who valued. It’s like being the significant great woe and of me repeatedly say- will deliberate endlessly on the most life spent more other to the automated message that “‘King of No one’ is ing things like, “No, you don’t look trivially inane crap because they no than 10 minutes companies play periodically when- fat in that dress.” longer have the capacity to discern ever they put you on hold. a sparsely arranged I speak, of course, of watching (I what matters are actually important getting dressed for “Your call is very important to us, song, which would have said “helping,” but let’s enough to worry about for hours anything, I’d just now just sit there and nod politely face it, she may have said she was on end. while we try on our thirtieth outfit essentially puts the asking for my opinion, but really That’s what you look like to guys like to say to you, of the evening.” listener into a huge, she just wanted to make sure that I when you spend hour after horrific the women of the As I close this piece, I’d just like hadn’t escaped) my girlfriend pick hour trying out every possible per- to say—and this is not at all moti- like a park or a mall out an outfit for a wedding that we mutation on three skirts, two tops, world: what the hell vated by anything I might have said food court, through had to attend. a necklace, a jacket and two sets of is wrong with you?” which could interrupt my getting As a person who has never in earrings. any lovin’—that my girlfriend is the excellent use of his life spent more than 10 minutes totally awesome and pretty and background effects.” getting dressed for anything, I’d don’t discover that I’m wearing one smart (much smarter, in fact, than just like to say to you, the black sock and one blue sock. On top some goon writing meaningless of that, it has recently come to my editorial pieces in his stupid, old, attention that the colors black and school newspaper)...Don’t leave me on the record, “You’re A Loose Can- brown ought not be worn together. baby! I love you! non McArthur…But You Get The I’ve also been told that this is such Job Done” sounds completely differ- common knowledge that the very ent from the rest of the album. idea of somebody not being familiar “I personally After hearing a man call to a with it should be hilarious. Still, at consider it to woman, “Wait, there’s this one least I’m not hurting anybody with more thing,” the song explodes my fashion faux pas, unless, of be a supreme into a musical tour de force, bring- course, you count being seen accomplishment if ing the listener to a state of sadness with me. when it ends three minutes and 41 The same cannot be said I get to any sort of seconds later. for my girlfriend’s endless formal function and Overall, this is a commendable parade of slight variations debut album. It is by no means of a clothing theme to which don’t discover that perfect. The skill displayed by the I am chained like a coyote I’m wearing one band, however, definitely makes caught in a bear trap. This them one to watch. simile is particularly apropos black sock and one Is this album worth buying? For because, like the coyote, I have blue sock.” most no, it is not. If you’re not into considered chewing my own limbs Indie rock or you’re left shaking your off in order to escape head at some of the excerpts, TMSR is I mean, it’s not like my presence *Don’t worry, the article isn’t going probably not for you. However, if you is actually needed, but God forbid to devolve into me plying you to give know what I’m talking about or you that I should presume to walk the money to the Red Cross or anything… just like new music, buy this album. 10 whole feet over to the television primarily because you should have You won’t be disappointed. so that I could at least multitask my already done so, you greedy bastards.

Come to our weekly staff meeting- 7:00 on Tuesdays in the Student Services Building. No experience necessary. Free pizza and cokes! 20 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Bridgetown delights with great Jamaican fare By Darshini Nanavati about the menu. The wait time is restaurant produces a burrito of Contributing Writer decent although one would expect such quality is surprising. It costs faster service at slower times in a lot less than the burritos available Located less than a mile away the day. at Mexican restaurants and tastes from Barnes and Nobles, at the Prices are not too expensive. A much better. corner of West Peachtree St. and plentiful meal S e a rc h i n g 3rd St., Bridgetown Tropical Grill for two includ- the menu may ing tip, but with “A plentiful meal for reveal good deals no appetizers like the Jamai- “Ambient lighting can come out to two including tip but can Burrito. At and wooden around $20 if with no appetizers lunchtime it chosen wisely. costs $8 for the decorations However, failing can come out to first burrito and provide a casual to order appetiz- around $20 if chosen you can get a ers may keep one second one for environment with a waiting a while wisely.” $2 to $3 more. tropical touch.” for the food to Bridgeport By Darshini Nanavati / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS come out. The also does cater- Bridgetown Tropical Grill and Bar serves up excellent Jamaican food, meals come with two side dishes ing and has a second floor with a huge and Bar offers a delicious Jamaican and on top of that, they make mean veggie burrito. of choice and there is enough food room and full bar for parties. cuisine for those that are tired of in a dish to satisfy the largest of Overall, Bridgetown Tropical the usual burritos and Asian bowls lighting and wooden decorations which offers a great view of the city appetites. Grill and Bar has good food that is offered at Tech Square. provide a casual environment with streets for fans of people watching. Plenty of meals for vegetarians not too expensive at great a location In the just before noon, the a tropical touch. More people seem The servers at Bridgetown Grill are available as well here, such as the and is definitely worth one visit if restaurant is not too busy. Ambient to prefer eating outside on the patio, are very friendly and knowledgeable Vegetarian Burrito. That a Jamaican not many more.

sliver www.nique.net/sliver I was responsible for at least 50% of the published slivers. seriously guys, if you know the urinal doesn’t work, and it’s full to the brim, stop pee- ing in it! “Throw a little woo at her and see what sticks” -Boom- hower Hey smokers... The world isn’t your f’n ashtray... If you junkies can’t give up your filthy habit, at least stop the littering... What’s up with the colon cleansing infomercial con- stantly running on PAX? Gross.... And a big F-U goes out to the Stinger driver that made eye-contact with me as she drove on by the stop where me and 2 other people were standing Rugby is for girls. ahh, sheer the shire wind blows ere not congratulations to the new Fall 2005 pledge class of Omega Phi Alpha! :) New school year and STAC major is still a joke. Seriously, get your flag foot- ball practice off my rugby field. Who practices flag football anyways? Can’t you find a more constructive competi- tive outlet? Play club sports, screw in- tramurals. Oh, and people who practice whiffleball are worse than Flag Football practicers my LCC teacher is hot in a librarian sort of way. I wonder if she puts out? who cares about dave barry? I sure hope this week’s tech- nique has lots of articles about stuff nobody cares about. We should start an exchange student program. Where we exchange our exchange stu- dents to UGA for girls. Can we bus our bums to New Orleans with the rest of the ‘fugees once the clean up is done?

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Rome sets about its bloody business Proof from page 18 frustrations of its characters. With quick cuts and up-close Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd, modern viewers can relate. in Italy with the rest of the series, are shots between characters in con- By Kristen Noell Kingdom of Heaven) and Titus Pullo Rome is a fresh new take on an absolutely breathtaking. Copy Editor (Ray Stevenson, King Arthur) of the oft-told tale. Though Caesar, Antony However, the acid test of the famed 13th Legion. The two men and the rest play a part in this epic production values, a properly epic “Proof deals with When in Rome, do as the must retrieve the Legion’s stolen drama, the primary focus is on the ancient battle, has yet to appear on Romans do; when on HBO, have standard, and from this point on, experiences of Pullo and Vorenus. the show. The best they have done so the complexities of an excess of sex and violence to Rome becomes Other charac- far is a brief glimpse of the fighting human relationships, attract viewers. t he persona l ters that are of- during the Battle of Alesia where On any other channel, HBO’s story of two very ten pushed aside Caesar finally conquered Gaul. the fact that being new series Rome (Sundays, 9:00 different men: “Another selling in the history Although the cast is not made up misunderstood p.m.) would be somewhat interest- honorable and point for the series books, such as ing, maybe a bit more educational austere Vorenus Caesar’s niece is a lonely, dark is the sheer scale and wild lover of Atia, mother “Rome is fresh new place and that life, Pullo. of the production, of Octavian, “Rome brings In Caesar’s his heir, receive take on an oft- watching a loved a joint venture ancient history to a absence, a great more atten- told tale. Though one’s once brilliant gulf has formed between the BBC tion. more personal level between the rul- For those Caesar, Antony and mind deteriorate and HBO....” with these two men. ing class and the who watched the rest play a part sometimes must be lower classes. ABC’s Empire The history beomes Pompey Magnus this summer in this epic drama, suffered in silence.” tangible enough for is serving as Consul with Caesar, and found six episodes to be entirely the primary focus is from Gaul, serving as his Co-Con- too little to cover something as com- flict, as well as frequent flash-backs average viewers to sul. However, Cato and his faction plex as ancient Roman history, take on the experiences which serve as a means of character understand and even convince him to renounce Caesar, heart. Rome promises to take things of Pullo and introspection, the director grasps fearing that Caesar’s popularity will much more slowly and with greater the audience’s attention in order to enjoy.” challenge their authority and wealth attention to detail. Best of all, if you Vorenus.” break their hearts into a thousand when he returns. don’t understand something or get pieces. When the army crosses the character relationships confused, Proof deals with the complexi- and much less epic. As it is, this Rubicon, Pullo stands with Caesar you can always refer to www.hbo. of the best-known actors, the acting ties of human relationships, the show is one big festival of nudity and Vorenus harbors deep fears com/rome, an excellent resource leaves little to be desired. There are fact that being misunderstood is a and blood. Not that I’m knocking of committing treason against his that includes a glossary of terms some particularly nice casting sur- lonely, dark place and that watching it; quite the opposite—all that beloved homeland. and characters. prises, such as young Octavian, who a loved one’s once brilliant mind sex and violence just adds to the Rome brings ancient history to Another selling point for the series is played impressively by 16-year-old deteriorate sometimes must be suf- overall realism. a more personal level with these is the sheer scale of the production, Max Pirkis. One might remember fered in silence. Fortunately, there’s a lot more two men. The history becomes a joint venture between the BBC him as the brave kid who loses his Bittersweet, though it may be, to Rome than that. The year is 52 tangible enough for average viewers and HBO, who last produced the arm in Master and Commander. Proof leaves a sense of hope within B.C., and Caesar (Ciáran Hines, to understand and even enjoy. Plot 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers History, intrigue, civil war, sex, us, a sense that despite all of life’s dif- The Phantom of the Opera) and his elements from a fight with a wife together. The sets and costuming violence, romance and all kinds of ficulties, reaching out and embracing army, including Mark Antony or mother to visits to a whorehouse are particularly amazing; in addi- drama—what more could you want? the tragedies and joys of this existence (James Purefoy, Vanity Fair), are make the past less distant from the tion to the authenticity, there’s just Rome offers something for everyone, are what life is all about returning to Rome from a war present. The people are more than something commanding about white assuming the history-lovers can The proof of this is all around in Gaul. names in a textbook—they are real columns and red soldiers’ capes. appreciate the graphic content of us, if only we are willing to search It is at this point that we meet people with problems to which even Stunning countryside vistas, filmed the series. for it. SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 27

the Jackets went to Daniels and get off the field when it counts, you from page 32 gained nine yards on three rushes. can’t complain too much,” Wilkin- UNC For the fourth time in the game’s son said. Tech’s defense opened the game final ten minutes, Arndt was forced Once again the Tech defense by forcing the Tar Heels to punt on to punt. stepped up when the opposing team each of their first three possessions. A solid punt put the Tar Heels got into scoring position. But the game turned in North on their own 19-yard line with 23 “Big plays are the key. If you can Carolina’s favor on their fourth pos- seconds remaining in the game. keep teams from making the big session, as Baker connected with a On the first play of the drive, plays, then you have a chance to keep variety of receivers before taking the Gerris Wilkinson sacked Baker for a them from scoring. They have a hard ball himself on a 10-yard touchdown loss of 16 yards to move the Tar Heels time going the length of the field on run, cutting the lead to 14-7. back to the three-yard line. our defense,” Gailey said. After a three-and-out by Tech on On offense the Jackets once again the following possession, Baker was put up a balanced attack. at it again, this time finding Derrele “We have about six “With the athletes and the type Mitchell for a mammoth 88-yard of quarterback we have, we can go touchdown, one made possible in or seven receivers from the passing game to the running part by missed tackles by Hall and that can come in game, to the quarterback running cornerback Dennis Davis. the ball,” Bilbo said. Travis Bell kicked two field and play right now. P.J. Daniels again eclipsed 100 goals to close the third quarter That depth, in case yards again as he was responsible for with a score of 20-14, but neither 113 of Tech’s 151 rushing yards. offense was clicking going into the somebody goes Ball completed 24 of 47 passes final frame. down, is going to for 320 yards with two touchdowns When Carolina stalled at their and one interception. own 21 early in the fourth quarter, help us out a lot Bilbo caught eight passes for the Jackets gained good field position down the road.” 131 yards and switched roles as he and started their drive on their own threw a 33-yard completion to Ball 45-yard line. on a trick play in the third quarter. Ball quickly capitalized on the Calvin Johnson Johnson pulled in six passes for short field. After a 28-yard con- Sophomore Wide Receiver 114 yards. nection with Johnson and then an For the second week in a row, the 11-yard completion to Chris Woods, “When it came down to the wire, Jackets spread the passing game over Ball rushed for a touchdown to give just like Cox last week, we were many receivers. Tech a 27-14 lead. able to force [Baker] to make some “We have about six or seven The Tar Heels found life with just mistakes,” Wilkinson said. receivers that can come in and over five minutes left in the game, Baker’s final mistake came on play right now. That depth, in case as Baker led his team 52 yards in the next play when Dawan Landry somebody goes down, is going to just six plays. When he hooked up effectively ended the game by pull- help us out a lot down the road,” with Jarwarski Pollock on a 17-yard ing in his second interception in as Johnson said. touchdown pass, North Carolina many games. “We can substitute in and out pulled within a touchdown with Despite the never having a lead, during the game, and we can remain 4:16 on the clock. the Tar Heels were never out of fresh the whole game. That’s a big

The Jackets gained just two yards contention. advantage for us, having a solid By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS and went three-and-out on the fol- “As long as we [get the victory], receiving corps this year.” lowing possession. The Tar Heels I really can’t complain. We would The Jackets play a home game pening success at Mercer Meet: The women’s cross country took over on their 41-yard line after like to put them away and not have tomorrow at 6:45 p.m. against Big O team finished first at the Mercer Atlanta Meet last Saturday. the Ben Arndt punt. to come down to the wire like that. East foe Connecticut. The Huskies Senior Jenny Sims finished fourth overall with a time of 13:29.56 After the Davis interception, But as long as we make plays and are 2-0. to help Tech finish four points ahead of Kennesaw State.

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from their pockets. While it’s always Dodd’s 1964 squad. Curry built the braska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl. from page 30 exciting when Tech is in the lead, the from page 29 foundation needed for the future Ross left after the 1991 season to Fans game is never over until the end. History title run. In 1985 Tech entered the coach the San Diego Chargers. All you have to do is look to the national scene after a 9-2-1 season. Up-and-coming assistant Bill cadence. last two years to see that, as Yogi Berra in color. After the following season Curry Lewis was hired to replace Ross as It is especially important to make said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” The Jackets left the Southeastern left Tech for Alabama. head coach, and it appeared to be a noise on third down before the op- Tech gave up 25 points to Virginia Conference in January of 1964. Homer Rice was hired in 1980 as good fit through the first five games posing team enters the huddle to try Tech in the fourth quarter last year According to Dodd in his book Director of Athletics and was charged of the 1992 season when Lewis went and reek as much havoc as possible. and also had a 13-point lead erased in Dodd’s Luck, with undertak- 4-1. But in his next two and a half Loud cheering leads to penalties five minutes against Florida State in the SEC insti- ing the complete years, Lewis had a record of 7-18 against the opposition and premature 2003. Never forget last year against tuted a limit of rebuilding of before being replaced by George timeouts being called. Clemson when Tech scored 21 points 140 scholarships “Under [Head Coach the Tech ath- O’Leary after eight games of the When coming to a game, make in the final eight minutes to win. to be used be- Bobby] Ross, Tech letic depart- 1994 season. sure to know the fight songs, at a bare Every school’s fans pull out their tween football ment. Ranked After four years of being around minimum. These are “Up with the keys these days. Our fans should be and basketball. entered the 1990 at the time as .500 Tech again gained national White and Gold” and “The Ram- more classy and consider keeping the The schools were season unranked in one of the worst esteem in 1998 when the team went blin’ Wreck.” In addition, consider keys in their pockets to show respect also allowed to programs in the 10-2 and claimed Tech’s second learning “To Hell with Georgia” for the opposition. sign 45 recruits the national polls ACC, Rice built ACC title. Tech’s parody on UGA’s rendition Being classy at games also means a year. Dodd but then went the foundation Tech also finished second in the of “Glory, Glory Hallelujah.” to watch your language and the believed that for Tech to be ACC in each of the following two The most important part of fan obnoxious chants. a scholarship undefeated that competitive in seasons, and in 2001 George God- etiquette is to treat the opposition My final recommendation is to was a four-year season.” many sports. sey broke Hamilton’s single season and their fans with class. Always stay for the entire game. It’s depress- commitment Rice retired in passing mark by 25 yards for a total take the high road and embrace the ing to see an empty stadium midway to a player and 1997 after re- of 3,085 yards. lessons of Bobby Dodd. through the fourth quarter as fans wouldn’t run a player off if he were vitalizing the athletic program and During his career, Hamilton set With about 6:30 left in the fourth file for the exits. Support Tech hurt or unable to contribute on leaving behind much improved virtually every Tech passing record. quarter this past game against UNC, through thick and thin, no matter the field. facilities. He finished second in the Heisman several students pulled out their keys what extremes that may be. Unfortunately, the other SEC Rice developed the “Total Person” voting to Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne schools didn’t feel this way. Before the concept plan that has since been emu- in 1999. January athletic director’s meeting, lated by nearly 200 schools and is the After the 2001 season George from page 32 straight matches. All of those games Dodd convinced five other ADs in model for the NCAA “CHAMPS” O’Leary departed for the vacant V-ball were home matches played against the conference to follow suit. Before program. Notre Dame Akron, Cleveland State, Illinois State the meeting Bear Bryant said that he Bobby Ross position after A seven-member all-tournament and Eastern Michigan. would have the Alabama AD vote was hired away “After the 2001 six seasons at team was chosen, and it featured On Sunday Tech will play against with Dodd to change the rule, but from Maryland Tech. That’s three players from Western Ken- Georgia. The Bulldogs are coming when the votes came the Alabama to become the season George when Cha n tucky, two players from Tech and off of a three-game losing streak AD didn’t vote with Tech. eight h head O’Leary departed Gailey took over one player each from Long Island from their tournament in Lubbock, Following the meeting, Tech’s coach for the the reigns of the and George Washington. Texas where they lost to Boise State, president Dr. Edwin Harrison an- Jackets. After for the vacant Notre program. Laband and Kaminskas repre- Texas Tech and San Diego State. The nounced that Tech would regretfully winning just Dame position after Gailey is the sented the Jackets on the all-tourna- Jackets have not lost to the Bulldogs leave the SEC. five games in first coach on ment team. since 1998. The retirement of Dodd marked his first two sea- six seasons at Tech. the Flats to get Senior Caron Blotch of Western “I want us to gain confidence and the end of continuity in the leader- sons, Ross man- That’s when Chan to a bowl game Kentucky was picked as the tourna- continue to develop as a team. We ship of Tech’s football program. In aged to turn the in each of his ment MVP. want to win 3-0 against Georgia,” the 14 years between Dodd’s retire- program around Gailey too over...” first three sea- The Jackets are now 3-3 going Randall said. ment and Bill Curry’s hiring, Tech in his third year sons. Tech has into this weekend’s Georgia Invi- Tech’s next home game will be at went through three coaches in Bud finishing 7-4. played in bowl tational Tournament in Athens. 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23 against Carson, Bill Fulcher and Pepper Under Ross Tech entered the 1990 games for the last eight consecutive Tomorrow the Jackets will face off Wake Forest. Rodgers. During that time span, season unranked in the national seasons. against Michigan, who has a season Fan support this past weekend the Jackets only had one season with polls but then went undefeated that This season is the first without record of 4-3. was lower than normal, probably be- more than seven wins. season. The only blemish on the long-time radio announcer Kim The Wolverines are a tough Big cause of the home football game. Tech joined the ACC in 1978 11-0-1 season was a 13-13 tie with King around the Tech program 10 opponent who have some good “Come and experience volleyball and became a full member for the North Carolina. since the young left hander arrived big hitters in the middle and will because there is nothing like it. One 1983 season. Tech was awarded the co-national on campus in 1963. King finished require a good defensive effort from more body or set of hands is so much Curry returned to the flats in 1980 champions by a one-vote margin in his career at Tech as the all-time the Jackets. Michigan has won four more helpful to us,” Randall said. as coach after being a co-captain on the coaches’ poll after beating Ne- leading passer. SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 29 Football program builds on strong history

By Michael Clarke game being only 45 minutes long, Senior Staff Writer Tech defeated Cumberland 222-0 in what is the most lopsided victory With four national champion- in college football history. ships, nine undefeated seasons, 15 The following season, Tech went conference championships and the 9-0 and Heisman was awarded best all-time bowl winning per- the first national championship centage, the tradition that is Tech after three undefeated seasons. The football becomes all the more clear. Golden Tornado defeated their op- While Tech has received accolades ponents that season with a combined in basketball as of late, football has mark of 491-20, including a 41-0 been the tradition-laden program victory over Pennsylvania. Heisman’s for more than a century. squad opened the season by defeat- Tech first played football in the ing Furman and Wake Forest in the fall of 1892 and lost all three games. A same day. year later, Army Lieutenant Leonard William “Aleck” Alexander was a Wood came to Tech to help shape backup on Heisman’s 1906 and 1907 the program. Wood led Tech to squads. He later joined the staff as an a 28-6 victory assistant coach over Georgia, and was ulti- the first victory “Even with all the mately selected in school history. to follow in his Wood was also at accolades on the former coach’s the helm for the field, Bobby Dodd footsteps. Alex- worst drubbing ander compiled in school history has been revered as a 134-95-15 re- when Auburn an even better man cord from 1920- won 94-0 in off the field. The 1944. Athletic Park in A lexander By Derrick Ma / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 1894. street and stadium was the first Cheerleaders ride on the outside of the Ramblin’ Wreck to lead the team onto the field before home John Heis- coach to take a football games. This tradition has been a part of Tech football for more than two generations. man was hired named after him are team to each of in 1903 and be- only small tributes to the original four was tied 13-13 at the end of the third phy voting. compiled a 165-64-8 record along came Tech’s first major bowls: quarter before Tech broke away to After the 1942 season, Castle- with winning the 1952 National paid coach. “The such a great man.” the Sugar, Cot- win 33-13. A Thanksgiving-day berry joined the Army Air Corps. On Championship. The 12-0 season was Wizard,” as he ton, Orange and rout of Auburn and a win against Election Day 1944, Castleberry flew culminated by a 24-7 victory over was nicknamed, had an annual salary Rose. Alexander won only three of Georgia precluded heading to the on a B-26 Marauder from Nigeria Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. of $2,250 and received 30 percent of four, but Bobby Dodd would later 1929 Rose Bowl, where Tech defeated into Senegal, but the plane was never In the 1951 through 1956 seasons, the gate receipts. During his 16 years follow to make Tech the first school California 8-7 to claim their second seen again. Tech won six bowls in a row under at Tech from 1904-1919, Heisman to win each of the four bowls at national championship and the first After an extensive search, 16 days the helm of Dodd. compiled a 102-29-7 record. least once. bowl win in school history. later on Nov. 23, 1944 the army Even with all the accolades on Heisman was not only a great After retiring in 1944, Alexander Tech football has only one retired officially changed the classification the field, Dodd has been revered coach, but also an innovator of the stayed on as athletic director until jersey number, the No. 19 of Clint from “Missing In Action” to “Killed, as an even better man off the field. game itself. He championed the his death in 1950. Castleberry. Despite only playing No Body.” The street and stadium named after legalization of the forward pass as In the 1928 undefeated season, one season as a freshman in 1942, Robert Lee Dodd was selected to him are only small tributes to such well as having his players call plays Tech defeated Knute Rockne’s Notre the legend of Clint Castleberry replace Alexander after serving for a great man. at the line instead of huddling. Dame squad 13-0 in Atlanta. The remains strong. Even though he 13 years as an assistant on his staff. On Sept. 17, 1955, Tech defeated In a game that did not see a single win was the first for Tech in six games saw limited action against Georgia The hiring of Bobby Dodd led to Miami 14-6 in the first college foot- first down, the Golden Tornado against the Irish. and then Texas in the Cotton Bowl what would later be referred to as the ball game to be nationally broadcast scored 32 touchdowns and amassed Later than season Tech suffered because of a knee injury, Castleberry glory years for Tech football. 978 yards rushing. Despite the a scare against Alabama. The score finished third in the Heisman Tro- Between 1945 and 1966, Dodd See History, page 28

Come to the Student Pubs Photography meeting- 7:00 on Thursday Student Services Building. Room 137 Free pizza and cokes! 30 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique SPORTS Opinions: From the sidelines Tech fans should endeavor to have class, commitment In my four years on campus, “When you are at a game, expect to stand up for stand up for the duration of the game. to this. I’ve been impressed with the per- While sitting down at your computer The biggest pet peeve of an avid formances of the dedicated Tech the duration of the game...It is not acceptable is acceptable, it is not acceptable to sports fan is seeing those around sports fans, but I’ve come to realize to be sitting down on a crucial third-down play be sitting down on a crucial third- you cheering at inappropriate times. that some Tech students, alumni down play in the waning moments These times include any time that and fans could use a little refresher in the waning moments of the game.” of the game. Tech is on offense and is either at the course in how to become some of The only widely accepted times line of scrimmage or in the huddle. the best fans in the area. Michael Clarke to sit down are between quarters and It is acceptable to cheer during and It all starts with the pre-game Senior Staff Writer at halftime. Occasionally, sitting after a play, but not before it. festivities. While tailgating is fun, down during a TV timeout is okay, However it is highly encouraged make it to the game early enough but try to maintain a high-intensity for fans to cheer any time that the to cheer the team on during the When going to a game, dress in if at all. atmosphere from start to finish. opposing team has the ball. This pre-game warm-ups. Nothing can school colors. These colors are not On the way to the gate to enter Go to a game expecting to make is especially true while the team be more depressing than staring black, pink, brown, red or purple. the stadium, make some noise. I noise rather than to socialize with is in the huddle and at the line of at an empty stadium 30 minutes They are gold and white and navy understand that being extroverted friends. While it is fun to socialize, scrimmage. before kickoff. blue on rare occasions. Just because is not the forte of the stereotypical it also has its place, and that’s prob- Having fans in the stands creates Consider attending the pre-game you bought your “cute” brown Tech student, but it’s amazing when ably not during the game itself. Try an advantage for the home team player walk that starts two and a half sweater with purple lettering from people are pumped up just walking to avoid chatting with your friends because fans can drown out the hours before the start of every home Barnes and Noble doesn’t mean into the games. It can all start with on third down, late in the fourth signals coming from the sidelines. game. It’s something that all students that you should be wearing that at just a simple “Hi” or “To Hell With quarter or any time the opposing Fans also can make life difficult on should try to attend. This is held a football game. Georgia.” team has the ball. a quarterback by drowning out both at Yellow Jacket Alley on Brittain On a side note, navy blue is not This next piece of advice is di- It would be nice if alumni would the quarterback’s audibles and his Drive, which is on the north side of a primary color for Tech. It is a trim rected specifically to the students: follow suit, but it’s understandable the stadium. color and should be worn sparingly, When you are at a game, expect to that they’re not always able to adhere See Fans, page 28

sliver www.nique.net/sliver If someone wants to bring a beer to the 5th year in the skiles building, I’d appreci- ate it. Camoflauge pants... who are you kidding? we can still see you and you don’t look any more tough. Can we please replace these god awful desks in Skiles? if you’re over 5’8, you don’t fit. Dear Parking office, thank you for the 50$ ticket for washing my car. I’ve decided a prerequisite for working for parking is being devoid of any common sense or reason. Tongue rings are overrated, I’ve decided. Play rugby, utilize that Y chromosome you’ve been neglecting. LEEROY JENKINS! If anyone found my flask at the game last weekend, please return it. It’s 16oz and plastic. Seen it? I’m probably cooler than you are. Unless you’re a pirate, pierc- ings don’t make you tough. how am I the only MGT major in this LCC class?

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Submit Slivers! SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 31 CONNECTICUT (2-0) VS. GEORGIA TECH (2-0) By Michael Clarke Senior Staff Writer UConn has beaten its last two opponents, Tech is 2-0 against Connecticut since the Buffalo and Liberty, by a combined score of Four Key Questions Huskies made the leap to Division 1-A. Last year 97-0, an impressive performance regardless Tech won 30-10 in Atlanta. Eric Henderson is of the competition. The Huskies will have to highly doubtful for the game with a sprained show improvement on the offensive line over • Will Tech overlook UConn in anticipation of next week’s game ankle and Rashaun Grant and Xavier McGuire the team that came into Atlanta last year or it against Virginia Tech? are both going to be unavailable tomorrow. If will be a long day for Connecticut quarterback The up-and-coming Huskies are the perfect trap game for Tech, who Tech wins this game, it will be only the sixth Matt Bonislawski. Bonislawski is a moderately has a major ACC showdown looming in Blacksburg next weekend. Tech time in the 39 years since Bobby Dodd was mobile quarterback and is very accurate in the has to overcome the temptation of overlooking teams and needs to play coach that the team starts the season 3-0. Tech’s short to mid range passes. However, he lacks the the disciplined football that has led to a great start to the 2005 season. +7 turnover ratio is a major improvement from arm strength to be a major threat to stretch out the –13 ratio last season. Tech’s offense looks the defensive backs on a consistent basis. • If Eric Henderson doesn’t play, will the UConn running game be to break a UConn team that hasn’t been scored able to dominate the game? on this season. Connecticut is averaging 333 rushing yards per game, but Tech’s run defense has limited opponents to just 50.5 yards per game on the ground. With Eric Henderson likely out for the game, the Tech defense will be tested. Last season, the Huskies only rushed the ball for just over 20 yards. What bodes well for Connecticut is that Tech’s defense gave up nearly 170 yards per game without Henderson. • Which side will have the advantage on special teams? After the first two games, special teams play remains a major question mark for both teams. The Jackets have struggled in kick coverage, and the Connecticut punt protection has been a weak point on the Huskie special teams. In last year’s game Tech managed to block two punts. The first of those was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown and the other resulted in a field goal. • Will the UConn defense have a third shutout performance? UConn hasn’t allowed a score since the third quarter of the Motor City Bowl last year. They have defeated their first two opponents by a combined score of 97-0. The Huskies are the first team since Auburn in 1996 to shut out their first two opponents of the season. Granted that UConn’s first two opponents were Buffalo and Liberty, two complete-game shutouts is impressive even on the practice squad. Meanwhile, Tech has scored on their first drive in each of the first two games this year. Photo courtesy of UConn Athletic Communications By Ayan Kishore / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Junior quarterback Matt Bonislawski has a 67.4 Reggie Ball has thrown for 494 yards and three passing percentage and has thrown for 338 touchdowns in the first two games of the sea- yards and four touchdowns this season. Spread: Tech by 10 sons. He has a 49.4 passing percentage. 32 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique pageSPORTS 32

WHEN IN ROME... THIS ONE’S FOR THE SQUIRRELS The ewn HBO series details the lives of Read about the newly renowned “Squirrel SPORTS two very different soldiers in the Roman Room” of the ESM Building and how it got Page 23 Page 16 Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 army at the time of Caesar. such a unique moniker. Jackets muscle past Heels for win sports By Neil Paine shorts Contributing Writer Tennis teams start In 2004 North Carolina blind- season today sided a Tech team coming off a huge upset win on the road the week The men’s and women’s tennis before. This past Saturday they teams start their fall tournament threatened to do the same, throwing season today. The women open at the a mighty scare into the No. 17 ranked Thomasville Collegiate Invitational Jackets’ plan before bowing out in played in Thomasville, Ga., while the game’s final minutes. the men open at the Alabama Fall Although the Jackets never trailed Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala. in the game, the Tar Heels were The doubles pairing of sophomore moving into scoring territory when David North and senior Marko senior cornerback Dennis Davis Rajevac is ranked No. 9 nationally intercepted a Matt Baker pass on in the pre-season ITA poll. the Tech two-yard line. North and Rajevac earned All- Defense and special teams again American honors last year and also led Tech to victory. “We’re all out advanced to the quarterfinals of the there together and we don’t want NCAA tournament before falling them to score,” linebacker KaMi- to eventual national champions chael Hall said after the game. “You John Isner and Antonio Ruiz of do everything in your power to keep Georgia . them from scoring. Like I said, we’re all out there together and you rely on your teammates and you have Alumnus Forrester confidence in them that they are By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS going to do their job.” Senior receiver Damarius Bilbo stiff arms junior defensive back Kareen Taylor. Bilbo had a career game reaches golf final Tech did its job on both sides against the Tar Heels. He racked up 131 yards on eight receptions, including one touchdown. of the ball early. After the defense Former Tech All-American golfer stopped the Tar Heels on the first We did some things that we have with Damarius Bilbo for a 48-yard process,” Bilbo said of his breakout Carlton Forrester advanced to the drive, the Jackets scored off a six- not done in a while, and I give Reg- touchdown pass, one that saw Bilbo’s performance. “I have to keep the final match of the 25th U.S. Mid- yard Reggie Ball screen pass to P.J. gie a great deal of credit for making helmet fly off and roll through the defense off Calvin [Johnson.] I have Amateur Championship. Daniels in the first quarter. those reads and getting the ball to end zone. to give him an outlet, give Reggie an He won five consecutive match- “We hit some balls outside deep, the right guys,” Head Coach Chan With eight catches for 131 yards outlet to open up our running game play rounds before taking on Kevin we hit some balls inside over the Gailey said. and a touchdown, Bilbo had a career and soften up their defense.” Marsh in the 36-hole championship middle, we hit some short passes, Tech extended its lead to 14 in the game. of the competition on Thursday, we hit backs out of the backfield. second quarter when Ball hooked up “It’s a team effort. It’s a building See UNC, page 27 Sept. 15. by Volleyball falls short in championship the By William Bretherton DiMichelis led the Jackets with Contributing Writer her 14 kills, while senior libero Jen- numbers nifer Randall had 14 digs. Last weekend the Jacket vol- At the net sophomore Nikki leyball team hosted a gour-team Kaminskas had a career-high five 50 tournament, which featured George blocks in the match, while Stege- The number of years since the Washington, Long Island University mann posted four block assists and first national television broadcast in and Western Kentucky. Showers and Laband each had two color of a college football game. On The Jackets entered the the friend- block assists. Sept. 17, 1955 Tech played Miami ly confines of O’Keefe Gymnasium Freshman Talisa Kellogg re- and won 14-6 in a game broadcast with a 1-2 record, after suffering corded 13 kills and gained a .333 in color by NBC. early road losses to Arizona and hitting percentage. Several players from the 1955 Northwestern, two top-20 teams, In the third match of the week- team will be present at the UConn before beating Winthrop. end, the Jackets faced Western game tomorrow to commemorate “We’ve never shied away from Kentucky and lost in three games the game, 50 years to the day after playing good volleyball teams. We 30-12, 30-24, 30-27. the broadcast. want to come out after [difficult The Lady Toppers improved to Tomorrow’s game with the Hus- competition] right away,” head coach 8-1 on the season as they ended Tech’s kies will be broadcast nationally (in Bond Shymansky said. 14-match home winning streak in color) on ESPNU. In the three-match home series, O’Keefe Gymnasium. That streak the Jackets beat George Washington dated back to Sept. 24 of last year and Long Island University in four when Tech beat North Carolina in games before losing to Western three games. 16 Kentucky Saturday night in three Tech’s offense never seemed in The football team’s national games. synch in a game where the Jackets ranking in the AP poll, up from The young Jacket team now has had only a .106 hitting average. No. 17 last week. But the Jackets a record of 3-3. Western Kentucky on the other only rank No. 18 according to the Tech started out with George hand hit .402. USA Today poll. Washington last Friday night. The DeMichelis and Kaminskas were Jackets defeated the Colonials 28-30, the only Jackets with double-digit 30-27, 30-22, 30-28. kills. Both of them had 10 apiece. In the first game the Jacket of- “We learned the valuable lesson of fense had only a .125 attack average consistent effort. Some of it comes in their two-point loss, but then hit 2 By Matt Emerick / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS from youth and intimidation. It The number of goals the women’s .244, .241 and .255 in the follow- Freshman Laura DeMichelis and sophomore Ulrike Stegemann block was a tough setback for our team,” soccer club team scored against Au- ing games. the George Washington attack as the Jackets won the match 3-1. Shymansky said. burn last Sunday. Tech won 2-0. Tech Junior Abby Showers led the team “The key for us is building team also faced Vanderbilt earlier that day with her .312 attack average and also Stegemann followed with 11 kills lonials. chemistry. Our team motto is, and tied with a score of 1-1. recorded seven kills with only two each. On Saturday the Jackets played a ‘Together we will.’ We want to try The women play this Sunday at hitting errors. For George Washington Lindsey doubleheader. In the midday game and teach them to trust each other,” 3:45 p.m. against Middle Tennessee Callie Miller and Talisa Kellogg Vernand had 12 kills and a .524 Tech defeated the Long Island Shymansky said. State University in a game that will led the Jackets with 12 kills each, hitting percentage. Janine Brown Blackbirds 30-23, 16-30, 30-24, be played in Smyrna, Ga. and Laura DeMichelis and Ulrike followed with 11 kills for the Co- 33-31. See V-ball, page 28