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Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 Opinions 10 · Focus 13 · Entertainment 21 · Comics 28 · Sports 36 Tuition increase likely Regents expected to okay midyear tuition hike “If I were a Why tuition will probably go up next semester By Haining Yu betting per- Assistant News Editor son, I would The state legislature changed a payroll probably say policy that effectively cut $180 million Due to Gov. Sonny Perdue’s from state agencies. there will decision to recall a “payroll shift,” Tech, along with the 33 other be [a mid- The University System now faces a $68 year tuition million shortfall. institutions in the University increase].” System of Georgia, is now poised To offset the shortfall by laying off to see an unprecedented midyear —Institute personnel, the University System would increase in tuition this spring. President have to fire roughly 1,700 people. At the Oct. 12 and 13 meet- Wayne Clough ing of the Board of Regents that A tuition hike is the remaining option. will take place on Tech Campus, Chancellor Thomas Meredith State funding levels per Tech student over the last five years will most likely recommend a possible 10 percent increase in tuition for next semester. The increase, if approved by $14,000 the Board, will be the first time that the state of Georgia has seen a midyear tuition hike in its schools. $13,500 The “payroll shift” originally planned for this fiscal year would have deferred the final June $13,000 2005 paycheck for all Georgia illy Rabbit, Jobs employees until the beginning SAre for Kids: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 of July. The annual Career Fair came See Tuition, page 9 to campus this past Monday and Tuesday, draw- ing well-dressed Senate campaign begins students armed By Michael Handelman Graduate students vote for can- day at the picnic, we have had a with resumes. The Contributing Writer didates within their respective moderate response so far, and Trix Rabbit was on schools. that is consistent with what we hand to represent The campaign period for Graduate students who sought see,” Norville said. General Mills on Graduate Senate elections is a seat in the Senate had to fill out Although this year’s trends the floor, while a now underway. Online voting an application verifying their in application turn-ins are Michelin employee begins Mon., Sept. 20 and runs eligibility. While a publicity consistent with previous years, demonstrated until midnight Wed., Sept. 22. campaign composed of banners, there may be an extension to a Segway at his Response to the call for Senate newspaper advertisements and e- the deadline to submit applica- company’s booth. candidates has been “moderate,” mails was conducted to advertise tions. According to Norville, a according to Internal Develop- candidate sign-ups for the elec- determination is made “[if] we’re ment and Elections chair Pelham tion, the graduate student picnic going to fill a significant portion Norville. garnered the most enthusiastic of our senate seats…and if we A fixed number of Senate response. didn’t, we’d consider extending By Stephen Marek / STUDENT positions are available to full- “Since the majority of people PUBLICATIONS time students in good standing. have picked up a packet on Fri- See Senate, page 7 New lab researches early cancer detection Alumnus killed in Iraq fighting By Alexandra Pajak me.” Contributing Writer The OCI lab is located in the Tyler H. Brown, a 26-year-old Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioen- Tech alumnus, was killed this week The Ovarian Cancer Institute gineering and Bioscience. in fighting in central Iraq. According (OCI) Lab opened Sept. 8 at Tech. Benigno, a gynecological oncolo- to the Defense Department quoted Drs. John McDonald, Ph.D. gist, has worked in Atlanta for over in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Benedict B. Benigno, M.D., 25 years. Brown was a first lieutenant in the supervise the research goal of the The development of a reliable diag- Army. institute: developing diagnostic tests nostic test for ovarian cancer stands as Brown served as student body and treatments to better detect and a primary goal for the new lab. “One president in 1999-2000. He earned fight ovarian cancer. of our primary objectives is to de- a dual degree in Management and The opening of the OCI lab velop a single, easy-to-use blood test History, Technology and Society. followed the appointment of Mc- that could be part of every woman’s gy- He was a member of Kappa Alpha Donald as Tech’s new chairman of nocological check-up in the doctor’s fraternity and he was also enrolled the biology department. McDonald office to detect early stage ovarian in ROTC. Upon graduation, Brown formerly served as a geneticist at the cancer,” said Anne Morgan. Morgan was commissioned and served in University of Georgia. Already the works as the director of administra- South Korea before going to Iraq. head of the OCI based in Atlanta, tive and fundraising developments Information regarding the time and McDonald is also a member of of the OCI. place of a memorial service was not Georgia Research Alliance’s Bioin- McDonald said the new lab available at press time. formatics Committee. reflects continuing growth of Next week, the Technique will of- By Stephen Marek / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS McDonald said, “The OCI was Tech’s biology department. “It’s fer an in-depth look at Brown as well Researcher Lilya Matyunina trains new graduate student Masahin already established while I was as other students and alumni who are Kajita in the Ovarian Cancer Institute Lab located in the IBB. at UGA. The institute came with See Cancer, page 7 serving in the armed forces. 2 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique NEWS From the files of the GTPD... Technique Online Voice your opinion! Last issue’s question received 107 responses. What do you think of Tech’s NCAA violation? Crime Reports Theft (continued) Controlled substances The NCAA is too picky. 9/8/2004 13:27:00 hrs. 9/10/2004 2:12:00 hrs. Who cares? - 4% Location: Woodruff Dining Hall Location: Towers residence hall It was only 17 out 894. What Incident: Offender arrested for Incident: Students in possession of shoplifting. drug-related objects. Not bad! - 14% violation? - 12% 9/9/2004 10:54:00 hrs. 9/10/2004 0:45:00 hrs. Forgery-fraudulent Location: Student Center Location: Freeman residence hall 9/8/2004 15:53:00 hrs. Incident: Report of a stolen bicycle. Incident: Report of alcohol posses- Location: 48 Fifth Street 9/9/2004 21:25:00 hrs. sion. Incident: Report of printing and executing counterfeit checks. Location: 781 Marietta Street Battery Incident: Report that a 1996 Honda Accord was entered and items were 9/10/2004 18:38:00 hrs. Tech was right in Theft taken. Location: Student Center loading 9/8/2004 7:51:00 hrs. dock self-reporting - 70% 9/10/2004 11:47:00 hrs. Location: O’Keefe main building Incident: Offender arrested for ob- Location: Skiles Incident: Report of stolen comput- struction of officer, simple battery Incident: Burglary: report of stolen ers and cameras. and giving a false name . checks. By Lauren Griffin / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS This week’s question: 9/8/2004 7:52:00 hrs. 9/10/2004 13:20:00 hrs. 9/11/2004 2:39:00 hrs. What did you do to survive your first week of tests? Location: Curran parking deck Location: Woodruff South Location: 1030 McMillan Street Tell us at www.nique.net Incident: Report that a 2004 Suzuki Incident: Report of stolen building Incident: Report of a physical GSX R1000 motorcycle was stolen. floor plans. altercation. Corrections • Last week, the Technique incor- rectly reported the major of a student who commited suicide. The student was a Chemistry major, not a Chemi- cal Engineering major.

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Council Clippings Senate and House Representatives find account total smaller than reported By Stephen Baehl is, however, more in line with last News Editor year’s starting Prior Year account total, which was around $140,000. The undergraduate SGA meet- So, the SGA was left with about the ing began with what at first seemed same amount of money for Prior like a sobering report as Treasurer Year, which funds most bills, as last Ambika Bumb said the account total year. However, Bumb did caution for Prior Year needed to be adjusted. representatives about their spend- Instead of the roughly $260,000 ing. She said SGA has already spent listed as available in the account, about 13 percent of its money from the number was half that, along the the account for this year. lines of $130,000. The Capital Outlay account, The situation was not as grim as which is used to fund requests for it first appeared. The problem arose things like equipment that is meant from a miscommunication between to last a long time, is of the reported the budgeting office and SGA, said size, according to Bumb. “We’ve JFC chair David Andersen. The origi- spent 2.4 percent of our Capital nal $260,000 figure given to SGA Outlay, which is still reasonable,” was the amount left over from last she said. year before it was split between the Some representatives asked about SGA’s Prior Year and Capital Outlay the possibility of transferring money accounts, as is always done. The new figure of $130,000 See UHR, page 4 Grads allocate money for Kayak Club boats, paddles By Stephen Baehl ing, the graduates considered a By Stephen Marek / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS News Editor joint allocation to the Kayak Club. Aaron Bolduc, Aakash Juviwala and Daniel Brooks look over the plans for the new Fifth St. bridge The bill requested $7,090 for the expansion at the Undergraduate House of Representatives meeting Tuesday night. The Graduate Student Senate purchase of two new boats for a total meeting began late Tuesday morn- of $6,090 and four paddles at a cost ing, but the delay did not prove to of $250 each. Bills considered by both houses of the Student Government Association be a problem, as only two bills were The senators questioned the considered. One did not even involve organization representative, club Undergraduate House of Representatives any money. president David Goodman, about Title Author Status Before getting to business, the team’s need for the boats. He said Allocation to FreShGA Patrick Cook Passed though, Vice President Lisa Brown that between having 31 members Joint allocation to Kayak Club Stephanie Bent Passed reminded senators of the upcoming with only 17 boats between them, elections. “You have to run again and having different boats required Resolution expressing condolences Amy Phuong Passed for election if you’re a senator now,” for different races, the team needed Appointments to Institute committees Amy Phuong Passed she said. “We’re going to be voting more boats to remain competitve. next week.” “If there are people wanting to Graduate Student Senate Senator Pelham Norville echoed participate in the club, but they the advice, and added, “Please en- don’t have a kayak to sit in, that is a Joint allocation to Kayak Club Pelham Norville Passed courage people in your departments problem,” Norville said. Appointment of Joint Finance Committee Member Kasi David Passed to run.” The graduates passed the bill During the rest of short meet- unamended after some discussion.

www.nique.net/sliverSLIVER what do you expect to happen? Oui c’est moi un autre fois Way to go caribbean people representing 3 techniques, 3 pictures. Let’s see if we did it a fourth time. Your Sliver Here. i hate slivers Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete. What ever happened to the War of 1812? Something there is that doesn’t love a wall Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Who the hell is submitting all this poetry? Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, / As the swift seasons roll! / Leave thy low-vaulted past! / Let each new temple, nobler than the last, / Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, / Ti Ok seriously, is this some sick promotion for a poetry reading or something? How do you like to go up in a swing, / Up in the air so blue? / Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing / Ever a child can do! Ok, I’ve officially created some code that stops that damn poetry from being submitted in the Sliver box. Amazing what a little Python can do. kane: are you single? poor daniel. we really do appreciate all of your hard work and dedica- tion. um who’s your spiritual daddy? did he make u see the the light? Woody’s PB and banana rocks my world I don’t know if that worked... “He picked up a flamethrower, and barbequed Blitzen, took a big bite and said, it tastes just like chicken.” Does it look like I just want to be friends? ALL girls play games What am I doing here.. I’m an INTA major. See page 5 for more Slivers! 4 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique NEWS

The undergraduates considered new members attending the retreat T-shirts and the trip’s expenses. $7,090. The bill requested two new from page 3 two budget allocation bills Tuesday. would not have their own sleeping Andersen said JFC’s recommen- boats for the club, a Nelo for $3,750 UHR The first dealt with an allocation to bags. However, the organization dation was to cut the T-shirt request. and an SRS K-2 boat for $2,340, from one account to the other. “We FreShGA for its new member retreat representative said the allocation was “Every organization wants T-shirts as well as four new paddles, worth will run out of Prior Year in Febru- this weekend. Students in charge of asked for as money to be set aside, for some sentimental reason. It’s not $250 each. ary or January,” said representative the planning were concerned that not a guaranteed expenditure. fair for us to set precedent here.” “These things are not cheap. I’m Chris Rankine. there would not be enough lodg- “Just because you allocate that SGA typically does not fund aware of that,” said David Goodman, Andersen said, “You can transfer ing to accommodate all students money to us does not mean you hand T-shirts. president of the Kayak Club. “They money from one account to another, in attendance, forcing some to use us a blank check,” he said, adding that “I’m in SGA,” Rankine said. are difficult to produce; there are only but it’s one of those things where sleeping bags. the FreShGA would have to prove its “Been here three years. I had to buy four manufacturers in the world,” he you have to change the policy. It’s As such, they requested $45 to purchases. As few as three or as many my shirt.” said referring to the paddles. not really encouraged.” fund the rental of up to 15 sleeping as 15 of the sleeping bags might be In the end the bill passed, sans Goodman said the club was run- But he added, “There’s nothing bags from ORGT. needed; what was left would not be T-shirts, for a total of $315. ning double and triple practices in restricting us from doing it besides Some representatives questioned used by the organization. UHR also considered a bill order to accommodate its 31 mem- the fact we don’t do it very often.” the validity of assuming half of the The bill also requested funding for request from the Kayak Club for bers. The Kayak Club owns 17 boats, but due to having different types of racing boats (including those that hold different numbers of racers), the practices have to go in shifts. He said the team had to borrow boats in California for the national championship races last year. If the bill were not passed, he said, “We would probably get killed in the national championships.” Earth and Atmospheric Sci- ences representative Hunter Oates expressed his support of the bill. “These are actually very good deals for this equipment,” he said. He noted that equipment is important for the club’s races, and these items are not what the club would want to get at the local Wal-Mart. “Ask any runner what a hun- dredth of a second does to a race,” he said. Some representatives expressed concern over high levels of SGA funding typically requested by the organization, however. “We’ve funded these people heavily over the last few years,” one representa- tive said. According to the GSS coordinat- ing officer’s report, SGA gave the club $6,480. Also, the club received $600 in budget allocations for new paddles. Goodman said the $600 could only buy two paddles, however. Other representatives questioned whether the Kayak Club had ex- hausted all means of funding before coming to SGA. Andersen said of the JFC, “We do feel they have a lot of opportu- nities to bring in a lot of corporate sponsorships.” Goodman said the club has an agreement with Red Bull, and is currently working toward several others, but he is afraid none will pan out in a reasonable time for the club to get its boats. Members need time to practice in the boats well before competition, he said. Goodman also said this was the first time the club had managed to get such discounted rates, such as the reduced price it had obtained on the Nelo boat. “In SGA we have a standard,” said Public Policy representative Saira Amir. “And that standard is that unless we aren’t the last source of funding, we don’t fund it. And I don’t think a deal is worth breaking that standard.” Representatives also pointed out that the club’s four alumni members were charged the normal semester dues, $35, while many organiza- tions typically charge non-student members extra. Further, one repre- sentative said that the dues were low to start with. In the end, the house cut fund- ing for the SRS K-2 boat and two of the paddles, bringing the bill total to $4,250. It passed by a wide margin. The house also passed a bill ex- pressing condolences and appointed new committee members. Both bills were passed by unanimous acclamation. NEWS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 5

Breaking the Bubble A lot of things went on outside the bubble of Tech in the past week. Below are summaries of a few of the important events taking place throughout the nation and the world. Kerry and Bush focus on domestic issues Domestic issues are the hot topic this week, as Kerry and Bush moved on from criticizing each other’s war records to attacking each other’s policies on the economy, jobs and healthcare. In an address to the Detroit Economy Club, Kerry called Bush’s presidency the “excuse presidency.” Kerry said, “He’s blamed just about everyone but himself and his administration for America’s economic prob- lems.” The Bush campaign responded by calling Kerry’s remarks “pessimistic” and by bringing up Kerry’s “flip-flop” tendencies on issues such as taxes and social security. Martha Stewart wants to go to jail Martha Stewart announced Wednesday that she wants to begin her jail term as soon as possible. Sentenced in July to five months in By Julia Bunch / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS prison and five months of home confinement, Stewart said that she elling it Like it is: Institute President Wayne Clough speaks to a meeting of the general faculty Tues- wanted to get the sentence over with in order to be able to “reclaim T day. The meeting featured a presentation on recent state budget cuts and also included an overview of her life.” In the meantime, Stewart’s lawyers are still appealing her revisions to the Conflict of Interest Policy and a look at regulations on research carried out on vertebrates. conviction of lying to federal officials about her ImClone Systems stock. In her statement Stewart said she is looking forward to getting on with her “life and living as soon as possible.” Two majors dropped from ACM Survey says women work more than men By Langley Perry Board (SREB) allows students in offered to out-of-state students at in- The U.S. Labor Department released a study showing that the Contributing Writer southeastern states increased edu- state costs: Nuclear and Radiological average working woman spends nearly twice as much time doing cational mobility with the option Engineering, Aerospace Engineer- housework and taking care of the children than the average work- Due to dropping tuition pay- to attend out-of-state schools at the ing, Building Construction and ing man. The study, which tracked the daily activities of 21,000 ments and unbridled growth in cost of in-state tuition, provided Polymer and Fiber Engineering. Americans around the country, also revealed that the average adult, affected departments, the Institute that the student’s selected major is Recent adjustments to the working and non-working, has about five hours of leisure time a day, recently revised its role in the Aca- not offered at any schools in his or Institute’s participation in the ACM and that about half of that time is spent in front of the television. demic Common Market. her home state. have caused both Aerospace Engi- On average, only about 20 minutes are spent on sports activities, The program, operated by the Prior to spring 2003, four Insti- and only another 20 on “thinking and relaxing.” Southern Regional Educational tute undergraduate programs were See Market, page 7

www.nique.net/sliverSLIVER why would you kill yourself? yay for sunshine! I was at the Grass Party last week and it ROCKED! Thursday, 23:00, Atlantic Drive. Georgia Tech might even have the biggest CoC in the world. GT already has a huge SAC. Last week’s Grass Party theme: “Let’s just be friends” Next week’s Grass Party theme: TBA Jenny R. is my favorite neightbor EVER! Every day I’d like to wake up and die to myself. Way to make an in-stater mad: Put something stupid in the sliver- do you mean one year’s paycheck maybe? And who is paying for your education???? Obviously not you. What’s wrong with management majors? Someone has to tell the engineers what to do. Lalalalalalalalalalala! Ladies, it may be getting cold out, but keep the fringe miniskirts the average athletic GPA is about 2 points higher than mine... You bet your ass the King of no Pants is back webcam, swim trunks, blank cds, Calvin and Hobbes, Tornado Rex I delclare this the Sliver Box of Dave. Eat that, Jay! Why does Matlab suck so much? And why does every class I am taking use it? The Innocent shall Suffer...BIG TIME Smooth and mentholy Prepare to be spanked with moon rocks We’re full of religion now Fry man What do you get when you square the quad lazer? the quad glazer thats glacier man right, I said glacier Saiyaman got his bike stolen!!! give him money now!!! Will Thick Brows live through the surgery? Will Tsunade be a good hokage? Will the filler episodes ever end? Inuyasha, we hardly knew you, by the time you read this, he will have passed Way to go Technique, NCAA violations trump the girl who died, way to go Well I will be damned, sliver box online! See page 14 for more Slivers! NEWS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 7

“I would say that the engineering by voting, it lets the candidate that seats…. That is the only thing I am While incoming senators begin from page 1 majors are not contested, and a few wins know there are people that are taking a closer look at.” their duties after the inauguration Senate of the small science and non-science expecting them to do their job.” The undergraduates elect both of incoming UHR members last the deadlines.” majors are generally the ones that are Graduate students that do not win their legislative and executive mem- spring, David is confident that the Senate seats not filled through not contested,” Norville said. in contested elections have the option bers towards the end of the spring new senators will be integrated into the traditional election may not Voter turnout differs among of expressing interest in member- semester. Graduate students elect student government. remain cold for too long. “There is graduate schools. “Those schools that at-large seats. “We have at-large only their executive members at the “We begin our new year with an an option to appoint people…come may have one or two seats, where it seats…so if someone doesn’t win, same time as the undergraduates. orientation in the beginning… held next week…we can definitely look is really important, they will have a and there are at-large seats available, However, Norville defended the before their first senate meeting,” into finding people who have not run lot of voter turnout…because those the president has the discretion to timing of the graduate as necessary, David said. “It is this time that we for some reason,” said Kasi David, candidates get out and get people to appoint someone who wasn’t able to saying “the reason for that is that try to go over all the procedures, graduate student body president. vote for them,” David said. win a seat,” David said. remember that undergraduates are the rules regulations with them,” Some senate positions, however, However, voter participation in Overall, the procedures and here for four years, and there are a he added. are expected to be hotly contested. some races may be irrelevant. “In the response to this year’s election are lot of graduate programs where a David shared his own experiences “The [seats] that go quickly are Public other schools where you might have characterized as similar to those of graduate student would be here for as a senator prior to his election as Policy, because they are people inter- four or five running for 10 seats, [the previous years. According to Nor- just one year, but those students still graduate student body president. “I ested in government,” David said. candidates] can vote for themselves ville, “I would say that procedures have a right to be represented.” think that the best part of the senator Conversely, among the engineering and win,” David said. are the standard ones that have been “If we were to have those elec- is that you are representing the true graduate students that comprised While some senators may win used in the past...We are trying to tions for spring, any eligible students interest as your constituents,” he said. 61 percent of the graduate student office through their own personal look very closely at the enrollment coming back in the fall would “I tried as much as possible to put body in Fall 2004, Electrical and vote, Norville said that “the senators figures that they are accurate, that be ineligible…so those students myself in the shoes of my fellow MSE Computer Engineering holds the that do win will see the numbers of they are appropriate figures to be wouldn’t have a chance to vote or grad students and try to make the largest number of contested seats. people that voted for them…. Just using for apportionment of the run for office,” he said. decisions they would make.”

portance of such education among A major research approach to Construction altered the amount from page 1 from page 5 Cancer all people. “Every woman needs developing diagnostic antibodies Market of participation in the Academic a sign of the growing strength of to know and every man that cares involves studying the gene expres- neering and Building Construction Common Market. biology at Georgia Tech and the about a woman needs to know that sion of ovarian cancerous tumors. to be dropped from in-state tuition The number of students enrolled emphasis on cancer research.” a pap smear does not tell you about Researchers at OCI use technology status. under the Academic Common OCI’s relocation to Tech will like- ovarian cancer,” she said. that allows the rapid study of the This change, according to Debo- Market this fall semester totals 166, wise provide expansion opportunities Morgan also said, “While expression of over 30,000 genes. rah Smith, director of undergraduate compared to 178 students in the fall for the Institute. Specifically, the new ovarian cancer is more preva- Diagnostic tests developed from admission, was primarily made due of 2003. lab is advantageous for expansion in lent in women over 50, it can such methods tend to prove relatively to increasing numbers of out-of-state Additionally, the number of the Institute’s department of biology. strike a 20-year-old or a 16-year-old inexpensive and widely available. students coming to Tech using in- freshmen entering Tech under the The department will hire over 20 new just as easily as it can strike a 60- Another research approach in- state tuition. ACM waiver totals 31 students researchers as full-time employees. year-old. Dr. Benenigno has seen volves taking serum of women with The elimination of the Aerospace this semester, a noticeable decrease Most of these new researchers will ovarian cancer in 20-year olds.” She ovarian cancer and isolating proteins Engineering program can also be from the total of 53 students in the perform studies in the OCI lab. said ovarian cancer awareness is a from these samples. The researchers explained by the growth the program fall of 2003. Formed in 1999, the OCI is an “particular issue for lesbians because then study these proteins using mass experienced due to interested out- Alissa Nicole Feucht is a second- Atlanta-based non-profit organiza- they don’t need birth control and spectrometry and electrophoresis of-state students. year Aerospace Engineering major tion dedicated to researching ovarian are therefore less likely to go to a techniques. Although the changes were made from Greenwood, S.C., whose Aca- cancer preventive techniques. gynecologist.” Other research areas include lo- in the spring of 2003, incoming demic Common Market status will The institute receives much of its OCI implements wide-ranging cating the molecular factors that can students in the fall of 2003 were not be affected by the changes. funding “by and large from grate- goals in its medical research. OCI’s result in resistance to chemotherapy still permitted to enter into the Since she has been able to attend ful patients and individuals,” said lab at Tech will serve as a home base and the physical composition of program, causing the new policies Tech paying only in-state tuition, Morgan. Local foundations like for a range of interdisciplinary studies tumors in early stages. to actually become effective as of she is disappointed in the change the Georgia Cancer Coalition and of the disease. Numerous fields will No test can currently detect spring semester 2004. in policy for both schools. the Georgia Research Alliance also be incorporated, including genet- ovarian cancer in its early stages. Smith said, “We allowed new “I think that because Geor- contribute funding to the OCI. In ics, molecular biology, medicine, Each year, over 27,000 women are students in the fall of 2003 into the gia Tech is dropping the Ac- addition to medical research, the statistics, food and nutrition, bio- diagnosed with ovarian cancer. program to be fair, since some may ademic Common Market for institute also offers educational and medical chemistry, computer Only about one-third of women have decided to attend based on both [Aerospace Engineering] programs for women, civic groups science, mathematics, and veterinary survive more than five years after financial reasons.” and [Building Construction], and individuals working in the medicine. Experts in these fields diagnosis. If detected early, however, As the overloading of the Aero- it is going to discourage many medical profession. come from a diverse range of Georgia the survival rate climbs to nearly 85 space Engineering program sug- people from majoring in these Morgan emphasized the im- institutions of higher education. percent. gests, eliminating it and Building areas,” Feucht said.

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rate last year at a record-setting 92 recommend some combination of students will want to come here,” institutions, Tech was ranked 12th Budget cuts may percent. This, however, means more personnel reductions and a midyear Schafer said. “At some point you are for in-state tuition and had below- students that must be covered by tuition increase. going to decide for how many you average out-of-state tuition as well result in future school funding. can actually provide that quality of for both undergrad and graduate “We believed a few months ago To cap, or not to cap? education.” schools. enrollment caps at that we knew exactly where we stood Clough said According to in our budget,” Clough said in an Tech and the Georgia University at Tuesday’s pre- Meredith, tu- Tech address to the Faculty Senate this System are working hard to maintain sentation that he ition has been Tuesday. “Coming at the time that the quality of education despite the was “not going “If I were a betting kept low so that [the recall] is coming…we are left, budget cuts. to dwell” on the person, I would more Georgians Tuition basically, with a situation.” “We’re going to try to maintain subject of mid- can get a college Continued from page 1 Initial concerns about the payroll quality at all costs,” Clough said. term tuition in- probably say there degree. shift came out of the Governor’s In his report to the Board, creases, and that will be [a midyear This may office late this summer. According Meredith also stressed the need to “the dialogue soon not be the to Clough, Gov. Perdue had good maintain standards. so far has not tuition increase.]” case, however. Those payments would then have reasons to be concerned about the “Our current challenge,” Mer- been very well Meredith wants counted towards the 2006 fiscal year, dubious accounting method. edith said in his remarks to the informed.” Wayne Clough to work on a and the cost of those paychecks would “They did something we might Board, “is to protect the system’s He added, Institute president plan to “raise consequently have been included in call Enron accounting,” Clough legacy of academic excellence for however, “If I tuition to the next year’s budget, as well. said. By moving back the pay date the next generation.” were a betting median,” among According to Meredith’s report from June to July, “it just made it a To meet that challenge, said Mer- person I would probably say there will our peer institutions, “over a specific to the Board of Regents last Wednes- problem for the next year.” edith, required focus and the making be [a midyear tuition increase].” timetable.” day, the University System is among According the Meredith, two of some difficult decisions. Schafer said he hopes that stu- “We’re still a real good bargain, the hardest hit amongst all Georgia of the choices open to the Board in According to Clough’s presenta- dents will be understanding about believe me,” Clough said in his ad- agencies by this recall because of its order to balance the budget are to tion Tuesday, layoffs are expected for the increases, once they know the dress to the faculty. “We’d like to be people-intensive nature. Bearing 38 make reductions in personnel and Tech, as are possible caps on Institute reasoning behind them. able to say to parents, ‘we’re going to percent of the nearly $180 million in to increase tuition. enrollment. “[If] we want to keep Georgia increase tuition, but your children’s cuts, the University System now faces “We can take the entire…cut “Taking the step of layoffs right Tech as a top 10 public university, class sizes will be smaller...they’re a budget deficit of $68 million. through personnel reductions,” now is a difficult thing,” Clough and provide the quality of educa- going to get a better education.” With roughly 66 percent of Meredith said, said. tion that we want and you deserve,” Even if Tech raises tuition, its budget going towards funding describing an Layoffs now Schafer said, “then something’s got said Clough, “we would still have personnel costs, Tech will face a extreme hypo- “Our current also would not to give.” lower rates than lots of other [peer] deficit of about $7.3 million in this thetical situa- save the Insti- Undergraduate Student Body schools.” year’s budget. tion, “but that challenge is to tute as much President Amy Phuong is also work- The plans to raise tuition are be- would lead to an protect the system’s money as other ing on raising student awareness on ing made in response to a perceived Bad timing, bad planning elimination of options since campus about the reasons behind shift in state policy. Less and less more than 1,700 legacy of academic the fiscal year is the tuition increases. of Tech’s funding actually comes The recall came at an inopportune positions” across excellence for the already in full “The misconception is that from the state. Budget expenditure time for Tech and other Georgia the University swing. somebody’s to blame from our rates increase faster than state fund- institutions. An increased student System. next generation.” As for en- school,” Phuong said. ing. Currently, only 25 percent of population had already started its At the other rollments caps, “Our Institute has done a lot to Tech’s total funding comes from school year and all employee con- end of the spec- Thomas Meredith Clough said, prevent a midyear tuition increase,” the state, compared to 34 percent tracts had already been signed. trum, an increase Regents’ chancellor “We don’t want she added. 10 years ago. The increased enrollment this in tuition of 27 to do that.” Phuong is currently working Due to recent changes in the year already had Tech stretching percent would be But the pos- with UGA’s SGA president to plan economy, Meredith said, “the state is its funds, since the budget recom- required to cover the budget gap. sibility is very real, especially if Tech an event to help spread “awareness clearly shifting a greater share of the mendation sent out last year did not According to Vice President of cannot adequately maintain elements on both sides” of the law-making cost for providing higher education account for this year’s unexpected Student Affairs William Schafer, such as class size and the number of body. A petition drive or rally might to its students.” increase. even if a 10 percent midyear tuition classes offered. be in the works. Fiscal year ‘06 marks the first “[By increasing enrollment] We’re increase is approved by the Board According to Schafer, the possible time that the Board has not been creating a problem, but it’s a good of Regents, “we are still a little less enrollment caps might extend not Reduced state funding allowed to ask for full formula problem,” Institute President Wayne than halfway to meeting the deficit only into this spring, but to next funding, since formula funding was Clough said. for this fiscal year.” fall, as well. Historically, Georgia has always introduced in the 1980s. Not only is enrollment up, but Meredith announced that, at “All those qualified new freshmen maintained low tuition in its state Tech alone has seen $45 million retention is up too, with the retention the October meeting, he would will want to come here, and transfer schools. When compared to 14 peer in budget cuts to date. 10 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique OPINIONSpage 10

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OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION Cents-less After weeks of speculation, Governor Sonny Perdue has announced that the University System of Georgia will face a $68 million budget cut in the upcoming year. The budget cut represents 38 percent of the total cut of $179 million overall, despite the fact that the University System only receives 10.9 percent of the state’s annual budget. As a direct result, Tech will lose $7.3 million in state funding, in addition to the $45 million it had already lost in recent years. Unfortunately, the Institute will almost certainly have to handle the budget crunch by increasing tuition next semester by as much as 10 percent. While we understand that increasing revenue is the only way to maintain the quality of our educa- tion, it is unfair to expect students to pay 10 percent more than anticipated with only a few months notice. Most students plan their budgets for the entire academic year. This increase will leave many students cash-strapped because federal financial aid and most scholarships are doled out on a yearly basis without adjustments for unexpected midyear increases.

The tired, old arguments that Tech’s tuition level is a bargain By Brian Lewis / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS and much lower than our peer institutions are losing their cred- ibility with each additional increase. The higher tuition rates climb, the more difficult it will be to attract top students. Students should take an active interest in state politics. If we Budget cuts leave students scrambling do not make our voices heard, the state legislature will continue Tuition’s going up. Again. “Why is it, then, that there to shift more and more of the burden of higher education costs With a 32.9 percent in-state rise to students and parents. Write letters to the Technique and the in tuition over the last five years are no qualms about throwing Atlanta-Journal Constitution. We urge student leaders to orga- (not to mention the whopping 56.7 more financial burdens onto percent rise in out-of-state tuition in nize a campus-wide petition stating the adverse effects that a the same time period), this probably college students..?” midyear increase would have. The petition should be submitted comes as no surprise to anyone by to the Board of Regents before their Oct.12 meeting. now. Stephen Baehl What is surprising, however, is News Editor that this hike will likely hit us in the middle of the year. As such, students There is a way out who have carefully budgeted for the instead is turn to the source of the make a difference. school year, based on current tuition matter. What tore this gaping hole Politicians always seem loathe to If you or anyone you know ever have suicidal thoughts, we levels, may find themselves in a bit in the budget in the middle of the openly reduce any number of huge of a bind. year? entitlement expenditures. I don’t see urge you to seek help at the Counseling Center or the Dean While it is tempting to pass this off The problem goes beyond Tech, Social Security taking any cuts from of Students Office. Both are located on the second floor of the as the typical shaft, throwing blame beyond the University System…and the federal level of government. Student Services Building. The center has walk-in hours at 8 at the feet of the Tech administration right to the state capital. Virtually unanimous political is, in this case, unfair. Statewide budgeting policy and support of recent policies like the a.m. and 12 p.m., during which students can be seen for free The tuition increase, as well as its the scrambling done to balance the prescription drug plan further without waiting for an appointment. The 24-hour hotline amount, will be determined by the budget have left Tech and other shows the directives politicians take number for the center is (404)894-2575. Board of Regents when it meets in schools in the University System of to heart. October; the increase will be effective Georgia taking a $68 million share Why is it, then, that there are no Don’t be afraid or embarrassed to talk about the issues sur- statewide. of a $179 million hole in the state qualms about throwing more finan- rounding suicide. The social taboo associated with this tragic I should note here that no tuition budget. cial burdens onto college students, increase is finalized until the Board While I am not debating the one of the poorest demographics out reality only serves to prevent those in need from seeking help. actually makes the decision. How- change in budget policy (which there? Keep your eyes and ears open—you never know when someone ever, the majority of official opinion amounted to a recall of the “payroll Perhaps the answer becomes may need you the most. seems to indicate this as the most shift”—basically shifting some of clearer when one considers who votes. likely course of action. this year’s costs to next year), the Voter turnout in the 65+ age bracket Consensus editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Edito- This does not change the fact timing of this change could not have rose from roughly 63.5 percent in that the state’s schools are yet again come at a worse time. 1972 to 67 percent in 1996; during rial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions thrown into budget trouble despite Tech has already endured $45 the same time period, the 18-24 age of individual editors. the improving economy. To make million in cuts in recent years due group fell from a once-decent 49.6 matters worse, the problems come to state budget problems. The fat has percent to a dismal 32.4 percent. after Tech has signed contracts and been trimmed out, and problems If you were a politician aiming EDITORIAL BOARD finalized the fiscal year’s expendi- have still arisen lately due to skimpier for votes, which group would you tures. and skimpier budgets. We are now in care about more? Daniel Amick, Editor-in-Chief In short, cutting jobs is not only the midst of a school year as well. If students take lessons like this Jennifer Schur, Executive Editor Kimberly Rieck, Opinions Editor an unattractive option due to impli- Changing this policy now seems to heart and show they actually Stephen Baehl, News Editor Jamie Howell, Photography Editor cations on the quality of education like altering the rules mid-game, and care, perhaps we won’t have high Jennifer Lee, Focus Editor Karl Guertin, Online Editor at Tech, it also won’t save enough it leaves Tech and other schools little costs heaped on us again and again. Hillary Lipko, Entertainment Editor Lauren Griffin, Advertising Manager money at this point. If cutting costs option but to scramble for ways to Maybe, just maybe, voting and even Edward Tamsberg, Sports Editor Art Seavey, Development Editor is not considered a viable alternative, compensate for even further cuts. expressing one’s feelings to his or her Tech must turn to raising revenue Students, however, end up being representative in the state legislature Copyright Notice to offset the $7.3 million hole left in the real losers here. Either tuition will prove that student welfare should Copyright © 2004, Daniel Amick, Editor-in-Chief, and by the Board of Student Publications. its budget. shoots up more, quality of education also be considered when it comes The Technique is an official publication of the Georgia Tech Board of Student Publications. No part Does this mean students should decreases or (most likely) both. time to cut the budget. of this paper may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from the Editor or from accept another tuition hike? Espe- Students need to realize, then, With its current apathy, however, 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 cially the first ever midyear tuition how the political process has affected the typical college student may soon or faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology or the University System of Georgia. First copy free. increase in the state of Georgia? them in this case. Upon realizing pay the price of indifference, and we Subsequent copies $1 each. I think not. What we should do this, they should consider trying to will see just how high that price is. OPINIONS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 11 Creative policies needed to curb alcohol abuse Recently a sophomore from should be taken with extreme Colorado State University was “Would banning alcohol caution. found in a Sigma Pi frat house on campus really fix the In the case of banning alcohol BUZZ after dying from alcohol poi- in Greek houses, I believe it is a Around the Campus soning. problem of alcohol abuse step in the wrong direction. It Samantha Spady, 19, had a among college students?” would be much better for the What’s one thing that blood alcohol level of .43 percent administrators to enact policies when she died. This is over five that promote responsible drink- could improve Tech? times the legal limit for driving Jamie Howell ing than to take away the option in the state of Colorado and is the Photography Editor entirely. equivalent of a 120lb person hav- T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f ing 13-15 drinks in one hour. Maryland(www.studentorg. As a result of this tragedy, the was justified. its critics and alcohol abuse or- umd.edu/pha/social_event_ CSU chapter of Sigma Pi has been That said, I believe that the ganizations, but will it actually monitoring.htm)already does suspended and Colorado State is proposal to ban alcohol in all help? Such a ban is never going to something like this. They have considering a bill that would ban on-campus Greek houses is just stop anyone who is determined to what they call “Social Event alcohol in all of its Greek houses an oversimplified, knee-jerk drink. Most students who want Monitoring” and it includes on campus. reaction to a more complicated alcohol will find a way to get it, the following at all social events This raises a few questions. problem. legally or illegally. This was true where alcohol is present: two Would banning alcohol on The real problem here is some in high school and it is even more sober officers per chapter; hands campus really fix the problem college students’ irresponsible true in college. of legal drinkers and counting of alcohol abuse among college social drinking habits. If students who want to drink for maximum capacity; one students? A couple of factors could pos- cannot drink on campus, they bartender per host chapter at each How much should colleges sibly contribute to this. Two of will go off campus to drink. serving area; no glass containers; Ernest Yaeng be doing to protect grown adults the most significant that come to The problem is not being food and non-alcoholic beverages EE Second-year from their own self-destruc- mind are the newfound freedom fixed; it is only being displaced located at each bar . tive behavior? Are there better that comes with college life and to another location. Anyone who Such monitoring would still “Improve the pick up times alternatives? the ability to legally attain alcohol thinks this is going to stop alcohol allow students to drink and have for the bus system.” Let me first say that I think for the first time. abuse is just being naïve. fun, while keeping a much closer that a 19-year-old dying with a Combine these factors with Additionally, there is only eye on any abuses that might take blood alcohol level of .43 in a the reckless social atmosphere so much that should be done to place at these events. fraternity on a college campus of a lot of typical (read: unsu- grown adults who have the legal While I’m sure such a program is extremely irresponsible—both pervised) college gatherings and right to drink. would be met with a bit of tepid- on the part of the young lady you have alcohol abuse waiting Citizens 21 years and older ity at first, I believe that it would and on the part of the fraternity to happen. have the legal right to consume work well for any organization brothers at the house who should On the surface, this proposal alcohol whether they are a stu- that had an honest desire to pro- have known when to say “enough by CSU seems like a logical step dent or not. tect its members and visitors. That is enough.” in fixing the problem with alcohol Controlling the legal habits of is ultimately more important For that, I believe the suspen- abuse on campus. It will surely adults in their own living space and more effective than banning sion of that chapter of Sigma Pi win Colorado State points with (on-campus or off) is a step that alcohol all together.

OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT Congress should face NCAA Chris Jacobs ME Freshman ‒ or ‒ By Jake Moore cost him support and donations HOT NOT Daily News (Ball State U.) from the NRA. “Have the stinger and trolley But I have an idea I think (U-WIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. could seriously dent this problem. run on weekends.” —It’s truly a shame that a senior Let’s rein in one bureaucracy citizen wanting to sit with their with another: The NCAA. The congressman and discuss pre- governing body of college sports scription drug costs will have to is known for its strict enforcement make countless phone calls and of rules regarding recruiting and endure a seemingly endless wait the amateur status of athletes. I to get an appointment, while that think politicians could use a bit same representative hobnobs with of the same medicine. FANTAS-TECH! We’re not lovin’ it wealthy donors on an almost Under NCAA rules, schools Just when we were about to Only a stone’s throw away daily basis. can’t entice recruits with money call it a night, the football team from campus, McDonald’s has In politics, money equals or any other sort of gift. If a player thrilled us with an “un-bee-liev- chosen to throw its support to access, and access (along with accepts so much as a free jacket able” win against Clemson. The our rival, the Bulldogs, with more money) leads to influence from a school, the NCAA swiftly Jackets’ rally past the Tigers, huge billboards around town on politicians. Every day, lobby- issues sanctions. punctuated by two touchdowns proclaiming the fast-food chain ists exploit this to further their In fact, sometimes they go in the final 90 seconds, gave us is “A Dawg’s best friend.” What causes. overboard. While coaching at Jessica Catlo reason to look forward to the gives, Ronald McDonald? You Lobbying isn’t inherently Utah, former Ball State basket- ME Fourth-year upcoming Miami game. Now if come into our backyard and bad, but the problem arises ball coach Rick Majerus was only Buzz were able to give the mark your territory? Keep in when lobbyists curry favor with once reprimanded for buying “More interaction between Clemson Tiger the stinging he mind, Buzz can kick UGA VI’s politicians through gifts and and sharing a meal with a player professors and students in deserved, it would have been a super-sized butt any day of the campaign donations. For ex- who’d called him grieving over perfect night. week. ample, a Republican who’d like the death of a family member. engineering schools. ” to see tighter gun control laws But while the NCAA may may well vote against any such sometimes be inflexible, I think legislation fearing a “Yea” would See NCAA, page 12

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Photos by Shelley Robinson 12 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique OPINIONS Leave cell phones at home THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS By Dallas Hammer that the little gizmos are turned off Weigh your work-life balance wisely Daily O’Collegian (Oklahoma State U.) during class or other times when hearing Linkin Park’s new song in (U-WIRE) STILLWATER, Okla. electronic format might be deemed This week I was going to write “A fellow 11th-year suggests —It never fails. Not once have I been inappropriate. about how being a graduate student there is a certain amount surprised this semester. I will be sit- I am hard pressed to believe that is a lot like being an indentured ting in class listening intently to an the vast majority of these calls are so servant. But alas, the events of last of pain and suffering in the instructor’s lecture. Suddenly loud, dire in consequence that they cannot week have persuaded me that perhaps studying process.” cheerful chirps erupt in a cacophony wait an hour to be checked. that particular column can wait a that only vaguely resembles anything I am sure that these are just honest week or two. Karen Feigh fit to be called noise. mistakes by people forgetting to turn As a student in her eighth year Still, the consistency of the experi- the phones off, but disregard is what at university, I’d like to think that Columnist ence has yet to curb how irritating a it communicates. All I am saying is if I’ve learned a thing or two about cell phone ringing in class is. Those remembering to turn the cell phones how to handle the stresses that life, little electronic crooners have quite off before class is that difficult simply and professors at Tech in particular, I’m serious about this. with questions. a repertoire too. leave them at home. throw at you. A fellow eleventh year suggests Yes, I do believe that I was not My personal favorite is the “silent” I have yet to see a professor stop So this week I’d like to discuss there is a certain amount of pain and the most popular student with either vibrating ring that sounds as though class to admonish those offenders. something far more important suffering in the studying process. my professors or TAs and am not students have concealed hives of That is as it should be. Such gracious- than the academic fiefdom: how Only when you’ve studied the mate- doubtful that many an alcoholic killer bees trying to escape from ness from superiors, however, is not a to survive your college career, and rial long enough to understand what drinking session was caused by me. their backpack prisons. luxury that we will enjoy for long. maybe even life. you don’t get, will seeking help actual But I actually learned the material I own a cell phone myself. Who Imagine yourself in the profes- It is a couple of rather simple tricks improve your understanding. and made it through with the grades doesn’t have one these days? They sional world in which we are going that almost every upper classman at But once you are at this point, I wanted. are handy devices, and in this age of to enter. We are not children, and we Tech knows about, and successfully continuing to stare at equations or to And one last thing: work-life bal- instant communication I can see how should be treated accordingly. employs to some degree. re-read math books is not necessarily ance. Roughly translated this means it is vitally important to find out what Leaving a phone on in any audible First, take each day as it comes. the best way to spend your time. that for your own health and well Bobby and Jane are doing tonight as form is simply rude and a sign of Don’t worry too much about tomor- I remember winter quarter my being, you need to have a life outside soon as humanly possible. immaturity. So let us please take row, or next week, or next month. freshman year (yes we were still of studying and homework. On a more serious note, I real- it upon ourselves to make sure our Just do what you need to do today, on quarters then). After Find a hobby. Go out ize cell phones are useful tools that cell phones are silent during classes, and with proper planning, extreme midterms I had a B, with friends. Sleep. aid us in our daily lives in myriad and keep those oh-so-intriguing diligence and some luck things will C, and two Ds. Tech has some capacities. conversations, and the endearing work out in the end. I panicked. great opportuni- I don’t understand, however, rings that announce them, where Of course some students take this I can re- ties for you if you why it is so difficult to make sure they belong. method to extremes: they either plan member are bored, lonely out every minute of every day (me, blubber- or in a procrastina- my freshman year) or they are the ing on the tory mood. campaign donations so long as an people that can be found rushing in phone to So get out NCAA from page 11 audit could account for every penny just before the end of class to turn my p a r- from behind the donated. in an assignment. ents about computer or book this is the exact sort of philosophy and Some may argue that congress- Secondly, for all of the first and how I didn’t and try to enjoy your scrutiny that Congress could use. men should be allowed the perks of second year students out there, seek know what was remaining time If it were discovered a Congress- lobbying since most could be mak- help if you need it. Tech is of course wrong. here. For those of man accepted a gift from a lobby, ing more money in private life. My inherently difficult. I have not met I didn’t know if I you who are not then he or she would be tried and, answer to that is that while a Senate a person yet at Tech that made it could make it. I remem- Ph.D. students, if convicted, impeached. The lob- salary may be trivial to John Kerry or through alone or who required help ber the rather uncaring way that my the time will byists in question could then be George W. Bush, there are firemen from no one to pass every class. father told me to get my act together pass all too charged with bribery, much like and nurses all over the country who No, that is not how things work and stop feeling sorry for myself (okay quickly. schools are accused of trying to would jump at that money. at Tech. During Freshman Convoca- so his words were tinged with a good “buy” recruits. Is there a chance any of it will tion they used to say, “Look to your helping of tough love). Now some of you may be saying, happen? Of course not. The only left. Look to your right. One of these And so I sought help. I found the “Yeah, but you can’t forbid someone ones who would benefit are the students won’t make it.” Now they physics tutoring sessions and went to donate money to a candidate, that’s American people, and sadly, even really ought to say, “Look to your left. every week. I went to my profs’ office unconstitutional!” in an election year, that alone just Look to your right. Without these hours and asked them questions. I Indeed, but the law could allow isn’t enough. students you won’t make it through.” shadowed my TAs, peppering them pageFOCUS 13 Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 13

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WHEN THERE’S Suicide is the third leading cause of death among college-age NO WAY people, but help is available to those who need it Rome Lester, Marriage and Family Therapist at the Counseling Center, read- in front of them would choose to take [it].” ily admits to something that every Tech The issue is not limited to the student body. Tech student already knows. has also lost faculty and staff members to suicide. Suicides have grown into a national concern over “Georgia Tech is a very, very stressful envi- the past few decades. Over 30,000 people commit ronment,” she said. But she then added, “And suicide each year, with an average of one attempt every 45 seconds and one success per 10 attempts. By Joshua Cuneo sometimes, I guess, the stress can be so severe This concern has extended to college campuses, for that someone might choose to think that their while the groups most susceptible to suicide are still only way out is to contemplate suicide.” divorced, unemployed, middle-aged, white men and OUNOW THE ARNING TIGNS K W S Stress is not the only cause of suicide on campus, the elderly, rates of student suicides have been rising. but it does contribute. Ten to 24 suicides are attempted Students with suicidal desires use guns, alcohol, drugs, A suicidal person may: every year at Tech, with two or fewer successes per year jumping from heights, asphyxiation and a variety of on average, depending on the source of the statistics. · Talk about suicide, death, and/or no reason to live. While more women than men attempt suicide, more See Suicide, page 15 men usually succeed because they use more violent · Be preoccupied with death and dying. means. Tech is predominantly male. · Withdraw from friends and/or social activities. “We’ve had...straight-A students who have chosen · Have a recent severe loss (especially relationship) or to take their lives,” Lester said. “It’s an interesting threat of a significant loss. phenomenon that somebody who has their whole life · Experience drastic changes in behavior. · Lose interest in hobbies, work, school, etc. · Prepare for death by making out a will (unexpectedly) and final arrangements. · Give away prized possessions. · Have attempted suicide before. · Take unnecessary risks; be reckless, and/or impul- sive. · Lose interest in their personal appearance. · Increase their use of alcohol or drugs. · Express a sense of hopelessness. · Be faced with a situation of humiliation or failure. · Have a history of violence or hostility. · Have been unwilling to “connect” with potential helpers. By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS —from the American Association of Suicidology

Student band members balance music, school By Katherine Colmer is my passion. Because it’s the only “I got a job when I was 15, bought Contributing Writer thing I connect with on all levels,” my drum set when I was 16, and then Wooten said. I just kind of played by myself till I Being in a rock band means Wooten’s band—whose name is was 18,” Hobson explained. “Then something different at Tech. At a currently pending—has two mem- the band [my best friend was in] decidedly non-artsy school, a band bers from Tech, one from Kennesaw was having lots of drama and lineup can provide what is hard to find State University and one from Geor- changes, so he begged me to help him at Tech. These student musicians gia State University. The four band out until school started...and now it’s do something special together, in- members, who are friends as well three and a half years later.” cluding writing and playing music, as musicians, meet up to practice, Hobson works on many projects, sleeping, eating and driving cross- “jam,” and hang out in the basement including the bands I Would Set country together. of Wooten’s house. Myself on Fire for You and The Lasch, Being in a band is an important All members agreed that being both of which play at UTC. “I love decision, for it takes up much time in the band was worth their time, [playing the drums]. It’s ridiculously in an already hectic schedule that even though it can sometimes add fun,” Hobson said. most college students have. more work to their daily schedule. Hobson’s main band, I Would Set “We practice three days a week “We make time [to practice]. We love Myself on Fire for You, has toured as a band, and individually I try to doing it. It relieves stress,” they said. three times and has a CD out with practice more,” said Cal Wooten, However, they also acknowledged Stickfigure Records. Last spring the bassist in his band and a junior that grades were still a priority. break, the four-member band toured double-majoring in Nuclear Engi- Paul Hobson, a Civil Engineer- the East Coast in their van, playing By Michael Kraus / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS neering and Computer Science. ing senior, is the general manager nine shows in nine days. James Ho and his bandmate play an acoustic set at Open Mic Night at “Why do I do it? Because I feel of Under the Couch. A drummer, “[My parents] think I’m crazy, Under the Couch. Though Musician’s Network is an umbrella for many like my comrades and I can change Hobson has been a part of numer- student bands, others perform and practice on their own time. the music industry. Because music ous bands. See Bands, page 19 14 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique FOCUS In digital age, email etiquette often overlooked Joshua Cuneo McNair, Coordinator of the Email facilitates communication, to communicate because you Senior Staff Writer Technical Communications pro- but sometimes people tend to don’t have as many cues at your gram in the School of Literature, overuse it.” disposal,” McNair said. The Technique conducted an informal How many times have you Communication and Culture. The lack of face-to-face com- So why don’t people just make survey of one of LCC Professor Michael accidently deleted an email from McNair partnered with Judith munication can lead to other more face-to-face contact, then? Laughter’s Technical Communication a friend, thinking it was spam, Norback, Director of Workplace problems. “It is so easy to zap out an email,” courses. Students listed a number of because it didn’t have a subject and Academic Communication Sometimes, she said, it can be McNair said. “It’s just tempting common complaints about the emails line? How many times have you in the School of Industrial and too casual. Many users often treat while you’re working to just have they receive, including: had to wade through an email full Systems Engineering, in survey- email as everyday conversation, a thought, type it in, and send it of forwarded text before getting ing the workforce to find some of so proper spelling and punctua- off to somebody.” · No subject line, so the receiver does to the real message? the most common email vices. tion—the bane of some students’ This can often result in not know what the message is about Everything has rules—and “Email is one of those things existence—can go right out the stream-of-consciousness emails · No alias, so the receiver does not know that goes for email, too. There’s a that people assume they know window, even in a professional where the receiver isn’t sure how who sent the email whole list of guidelines out there how to do but that they don’t context. It also means that us- to respond. For that reason, · Misspelling the receiver’s name that users of email are expected always do right,” McNair said. ers will try to duplicate facial McNair encourages brevity and · Receiving a forwarded email that has to follow, especially in the pro- “It really aggravated [one senior expressions and tone of voice preciseness. been forwarded multiple times already, fessional community, to avoid executive] when someone was in with emoticons, which doesn’t “That’s not only considerate and has excess body text confusion, irritation or text that an office down the corner or in a present as clear a message as of your readers, but you’re more looks downright ugly. cubicle, and they’d send an email verbal communication. likely to get your main point Lisa McNair of the School of Literature, As email has grown into instead of popping “Everything that you’re in- across if…the body of your email Communication and Culture listed the a widespread method of their head in. tending to come across is harder [fits into] a window that they can following as practical guidelines for communication, teaching see,” she said. sending clean, effective e-mails: proper etiquette in writing Students at Tech tend to be and sending emails has more technically aware and thus · Have a clear subject line with action From: [email protected] items become a standard part Subject: [No Subject] have a greater tendency to send of Tech’s Technical Com- properly formatted emails than · If sending a message to a group, put them in the blind copy box (Bcc) instead munications courses. It hey man...waz up i many professionals. However, is also the subject they are guilty of two infamous of the copy box (Cc) think ur website · Avoid sending e-mails if the receiver is of research r0x0rs LOL mistakes: failing to include an by Lisa alias and using an unclear or close by or verbal communication would nonexistent subject line. be more effective At a school where students’ · Use proper grammar and punctuation, GT numbers are virtually especially in professional correspon- indistinguishable, and spam dence is common, an alias is espe- · Keep emails concise and to the point cially important. According to · Create an alias, especially if your e-mail McNair, this can decrease the address is obscure chance of the receiver opening · Don’t use HTML tags in the body text your email. · Be careful in your use of common “The way to get your email online abbreviations (LOL, IMHO, etc.) opened is to have your name in- and emoticons stead of your GT ID and a precise · Use a signature—information at the subject line,” McNair said. bottom of the e-mail with the sender’s personal information

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‘wanting to die’ with wanting to get online at www.thelink.org. or reason. Email from page 14 Depression often, away from the awful pain from hav- In addition, depressed students Encourage them to get help, she ing lost a loved one,” Lester said. can contact their mental health asso- said, which can prevent suicides in She advises using clear action not always, major Determining why students ciation, or even, if they are religious, most cases, as suicide attempts are items, points that the sender wishes choose suicide instead of finding their clergy. often an indication that the person to stress to indicate the email’s rela- contributing some means of assistance is more Lester and Boyd also encourage is reaching out for help. Students tive importance. This is especially challenging. student involvement and networking who commit suicide are generally important if the receiver often has factor of suicide “That’s the age-old question,” to recover from or fend off suicidal not in counseling. a crowded inbox, for in the interest said Karen Boyd, the Senior Asso- feelings. Insti- But, Lester of time, such users will often attend ciate Dean of Students for Student tutions such as said, don’t be to the most urgent items and set Suicide Life. “If you could answer that, we Tech’s religious “We could speculate sworn to confi- aside the rest, leading to a delayed Continued from page 13 wouldn’t have suicides.” organizations dentiality. response time. “With suicide, there are always or the Wellness about causes or “If they tell Students explore email etiquette a whole lot more questions than Center can help you they plan to in their Technical Communications other means to end their lives. answers,” said Mack Bowers, di- students broaden reasons, but the fact kill themselves, courses, which makes extensive “Sometimes one of the masked rector of the Counseling Center. their support is, we really don’t get help from use of several forms of electronic suicides, or I call ‘autocides’, is [the] “We could speculate about causes network and the Dean’s Of- communication. Among other one-person single car accident,” Les- or reasons, but the fact, is we really seek comfort in know.” fice or a Hous- things, students learn the value ter said. “People don’t really know don’t know.” others. ing official or of proper email etiquette in group because it appears to be an accident, Students with suicidal tenden- “A lot of peo- Mack Bowers somebody,” she collaboration. but sometimes it could actually be cies may not realize that Tech has ple who come Director, Counseling said. “If you try “When a lot of people are working a suicide.” assistance in abundance. to college have Center to handle that together…you end up with a lot of Suicide now ranks as the third The Counseling Center is the a really difficult yourself, it’s too email chains, where someone will leading cause of death for college most popular option, with many time separating big for you.” start an email and maybe copy a few students, behind car accidents and professional counselors available from family, so they feel pretty The Dean’s Office in particular people, and then you start replying death by violent means (although it throughout the day. lonely or depressed,” Lester said. has the power to intervene on the to all, and then at a certain point you has dropped from second place in For those who cannot or do “So getting involved, I think, can student’s behalf. While a counselor might forward the whole thing to recent years). College students are not wish to make an appointment, really be helpful.” will not visit a suicidal student with- someone else,” McNair said. more likely than their non-college emergency walk-in hours are at 8 Furthermore, Boyd added, “If out the student’s personal request, That can lead to political ramifi- peers to commit a.m. and noon you have people at your back, [you] a dean has the power to perform a cations, especially if a user forwards suicide. every day. feel like a community...Take care of security check to see how the student the chain without realizing that Depression is “Don’t be afraid to After hours, each other.” is doing. confidential information is enclosed the most com- students may To that end, students should be “I think that nothing is more somewhere within the body text. This mon cause of sui- ask about suicide. call the Center’s aware of suicidal warning signs in painful than a student dying,” can be especially dangerous because cide. Not every Asking them will hotline (404- their peers. Boyd said. emails are considered by law to be suicidal person 894-2204) to “Here are a few helpful hints: Students can learn to help them- public documents and have been is depressed, but not cause them to get in touch with people who start giving away their selves by leading a healthy lifestyle, used as evidence in court. most are, and decide to do it.” the counselor on things, people who have had great which reduces the risk of depression Further guidelines can also this is a condi- call that week. stress, and you’ve been worried about and suicidal desires. A nutritious be found on the web or in most tion which may Rome Lester A psychiatrist them...[people who are] suddenly diet, exercise and adequate sleep are modern technical communications be exacerbated who works in finding great peace,” Boyd said. necessary for good mental health, textbooks. The key to adhering to by Tech’s stress- Marriage and family concert with the Students suffering from de- as is maintaining a strong network these rules is practice, and McNair ful environ- therapist other counselors pression may also exhibit lifestyle of support. assures that following them can have ment. is also available changes. They may not eat, sleep, Students should also avoid al- a profound impact in the professional The depression itself may be at the Health Center. bathe or socialize. cohol or drug abuse. According to market. rooted in that stress or may stem Students can also contact the “Are they going to class? Are they Lester, nearly half of suicidal youths “A lot of what we…say about e- from personal trauma, such as the Link Counseling Center, which isolating themselves?” Lester said. use alcohol or drugs shortly before mail etiquette isn’t something that death of a family member, the end of helps people whose lives have been “Don’t be afraid to ask about suicide. their deaths. Even some people who a bunch of teachers just sat around an intimate relationship or a sexual impacted by suicide. They offer in- Asking them will not cause them to normally avoid alcohol, she said, use and thought was a good thing to assault or similar violation. A family dividual or group counseling and a decide to do it.” it just prior to their attempts. do,” she said, “but is actual feedback history of suicide, mental or physical support group, Survivors of Suicide Lester emphasized the impor- from people in industry…Choose illness or drug or alcohol abuse are (S.O.S.), at Sandy Springs (404-256- tance of listening with a sympathetic Editor’s Note: This article is re- your mode of communication also linked to suicides. 9797) and Cobb County (770-541- ear and acknowledging their feel- printed, with modifications, from carefully.” “Sometimes the person confuses 1114). The Center can also be found ings without analysis, argument the June 25 issue of the Technique.

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Making Friday classes more interesting! more classes Friday Making FOCUS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 17 Research, teaching both factors in tenure process By Amanda Dugan Make Themselves Scarce,” it seems last year in the Chemistry depart- Contributing Writer as if Schreer is not alone. ment when they focused a whole lot “Anytime I go to a professor, they more on research than helping the NUMBER OF TENURED FACULTY MEMBERS Undecided Engineering major direct me somewhere else,” said Biol- students,” said Chemistry major Zachary Schreer expressed an ogy major Amelia Randall. “Then I Anna Griffith. “They’d actually opinion that may sound familiar to end up going in a circle, and nothing keep their door closed during of- Non-tenure track faculty (32) many students. “Faculty seem a lot really happens.” fice hours.” more concerned with research than Schreer added, “A lot of times However, according to Robert teaching,” Schreer said. you’ll ask for help and they’ll say McMath, Vice Provost for Under- With Tech ranked fourth by the go ask a TA, but...that doesn’t help graduate Studies and Academic Princeton Review in “Professors Get much anyway.” Affairs, the stereotype of research- Low Marks” and 10th in “Professors “I had problems with professors obsessed professors who only care about achieving tenure is flawed. “There are three general cat- egories used for evaluating tenure: Faculty who are on teaching, research and service,” tenure track (296) McMath said. Tenured faculty (591) “Both teaching and research are taken quite seriously” in the tenure process, McMath said. “If someone Graph by Lauren Griffin/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS is a monstrous teacher, they are not There are 919 total faculty members, a figure which includes adminis- going to get tenure.” trators such as deans, associate deans and provosts. Non-tenuretrack Students may also be surprised to faculty include lecturers, Brittain fellows and the president. learn that course surveys and class observations factor into the decision According to the Tech’s Faculty higher level in the professional to award a faculty member tenure. Handbook, promotion and tenure hierarchy.” “Teaching is measured based on decisions are made separately. The A promotion is awarded based student evaluations and peer evalu- decision is based on a variety of on an evaluation of the individual’s ations,” said Patricia Sobecky, an factors and guidelines, and though scholarly activity including instruc- associate professor in the School of tion, creativity and service. Biology. “Senior faculty will sit in on Tenure, on the other hand, is lectures and evaluate the tenure-track “If someone is a concerned with the faculty member’s faculty,” McMath said. value to the Institute. “In contrast McMath does not entirely dismiss monstrous teacher, to promotion which is based on an students’ perceptions, however. “I they are not going to individual’s merit, tenure represents certainly can understand students the Institution’s selection of a faculty who feel ignored, but those particular get tenure...” for a long-term commitment,” the faculty are the exception, not the Handbook reads. rule. Most of our folks care about Robert McMath “Individuals are selected whose both the students and the research,” Vice Provost for performance is outstanding and McMath said. Undergraduate Studies whose capabilities and interests... In addition, there is an important and Academic Affairs most closely support the objectives distinction between promotion and of the Institute.” tenure. The promotion process goes For example, the performance from instructor, to assistant profes- the criteria used as a basis for each of a faculty member may justify sor, to associate professor, then finally decision are similar, the underlying promotion but not the awarding to professor. philosophy differs. of tenure. Faculty may be awarded However, a faculty member does According to the Handbook, tenure without a promotion, though By Charles Frey / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS not have to be a full professor to “Promotion is based on the intrin- that is a less likely scenario. Dr. Paul Steffes, an associate chair in the School of Electrical and receive tenure—full-time assistant sic merit of the individual’s work. The tenure process, however, does Computer Engineering, works on a student-built satellite. Steffes has and associate professors are also It recognizes the faculty member been a professor at Tech for 22 years, tenured for 15 of them. eligible. for meeting the criteria of the next See Tenure, page 19

www.nique.net/sliverSLIVER stolen: blue motorcycle dump dump dump dump dio dio dio dio greer greer greer philipino joe I am Ripley, the Alien-Killer!!! Huzzah! Power is back on in my apartment. I should have cleaned out the fridge after day 3 of no power. Now my fridge smells of ass and vag. But not College of Computing. That would be wrong. But all the food is out of the fridge. And my apartment is slowly starting to smell OK again. Maybe when I return from the cruise, all will smell OK. But Dawn’s making me buy a straw cowboy hat. Because Luke has one. But Dawn’s frumping Luke and not me. So why should I wear a Possibly hat on head would lead to frumpage with Dawn. Or maybe Luke. Of course, there’s reason to believe that Comer and I were frumping. Since we were neigbors at Jax Beach and all. Ahhh, Jax Beach. But now I’m in West Palm. And Comer’s in Gainesville. Getiing his Abercrombie self on. But we’re to go to Vegas if Ivan hits. Hooray! Dead hookers in the trunk! it doesn’t make sense to have so many guys at our school with all of single girls out there. don’t try to figure out the logarithm to striking up a conversation. just do it already. there are so many is it really necessary to have Chaunte Howard’s groin for everyone to see? what kind of newspaper is this? sweet touchdown, talk about wow same dren..... different planet. My God, but UGA fans are retarded. Sliver me Timbers? It isn’t pirate day yet... My God but UGA fans are stupid. Listening to the games all the way from Sweden kinda sucks. Chocolate/Vanilla snack packs are the coolest! Swedish people apparently love hotdogs. See page 19 for more Slivers! FOCUS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 19

political bands say ‘screw work, do from page 17 what you love,’ but...if everyone Tenure Whether dream said that, where would we buy our demand a lot from faculty. instruments?” “The pressure is on for a junior or hobby, students Hobson added, “[We realize] that faculty member. You have to start play in bands for someday we’re going to graduate and a lab, mentor students, teach and move to different places. I think we establish yourself in the scientific love of music make better music because we aren’t community. You have to find a bal- trying to sustain it, we’re trying to ance,” Sobecky said. do everything now.” In addition, there are time con- Wooten and his band have a straints. A faculty member must Bands different opinion about their music. complete at least five years of full- Continued from page 13 Though they see their band as a hobby time service at the assistant professor as well, they’re excited to see where level before he or she is eligible for the music will take them. tenure. that I go live in a van for nine days,” Eric Guenther, a Science, Tech- However, the maximum time that Hobson said. “They just want to nology and Culture major and a may be served at the rank of assistant make sure that I do well in school, guitar player in his band From Exile, professor or above without the award which I have been able to do,” expressed similar feelings. of tenure is seven years. However, it’s not always easy. “I would love to make a career “The reality is, a young assistant “On the same tour, I was doing fluid out of music in any form, band or professor has no more than seven mechanics homework in the back of otherwise, but realistically it’s very years to establish themselves in the van.” hard to get into a research and teaching,” McMath Being in a career situation said. band can help with music,” The seven-year tenure process your self-confi- “On the...[nine-day] Guenther said. Photo courtesy Cal Wooten only tells part of the story, and dence as a per- tour, I was doing “I’m going to do Tech student and bassist Cal Wooten, left, practices with bandmate, faculty continue teaching once it son, but it does my best and try, guitarist Travis Digges, in Wooten’s basement. Though the group is achieved. not help your fluid mechanics but at the same practices three times a week, school always remains a priority. “With tenure I can take more academic confi- homework in the time, I’m going risks, but there is still pressure on dence, Wooten’s to college just However, many bands must extremely different influences, which my time,” Sobecky said. band agreed. But back of the van.” in case.” From practice more—especially when come together to create something With constant pressure put on none of the band Exile is com- there is a show coming up. greater than the sum of its parts,” faculty to perform across the board, members seemed Paul Hobson posed of three One of the toughest parts of Guenther said. even after achieving tenure, Tech to be perturbed Civil Engineering senior Tech students being in a band is booking shows. “It creates stress at times in terms students encounter a variety of by this; in fact, and one GSU But because bands are expensive of trying to get shows, recordings, teaching styles and qualities. most of the mu- student. to start up, booking shows is often website, etc together,” Guenther The diversity of classes at Tech, sicians seem to be inspired by the However, with school, work and necessary as a means of making that said, “But in the end, it’s my favorite such as lectures, labs and recita- challenge of balancing the two. just having fun, it can be hard to meet money back. thing in the world, so none of that tions, also present a different level Though dreams of being a rock up even once a week to practice. “There’s a lot of networking in- matters. I just want to rock.” of interaction with faculty who are star have surely gone through Guenther, who has a job in ad- volved, especially when you’re start- working towards tenure as well as every band member’s head, differ- dition to school, practices with his ing a band and don’t know anyone, For more info about the bands teaching. ent students view their own bands band once or twice a week if they and most of your ‘growth’ is by word interviewed in this story, visit www. McMath said, “It’s hard to gen- differently. are lucky. Having a job is often of mouth,” Guenther said. iwouldetc.com (I Would Set Myself eralize about faculty, but most of us For Hobson, making music is necessary to earn money for musical However, all students agreed that on Fire for You) and www.fromex- in this field enjoy teaching and also not his true calling. equipment. the work was worth it. ile.com (From Exile). In addition, have a passion for research. Ideally, “This is definitely a hobby,” Hob- “Everyone is in school and work- “I’m in a band because I love music visit cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/mn for son said. “But [my band] is unique ing jobs as well, so it can be hard to more information about Musician’s the professor brings their passion for and I love creating music. Bands are Network and Under the Couch. research into the classroom.” because we don’t hate work. Other get together,” Guenther said. special because everyone has such

www.nique.net/sliverSLIVER We’re ready to play when you are - except for the following days and times... 28-24. Nuff said. To Clemson: Hasta la pasta 6pm Sunday and physics 1 assn still not out People need to pull the fire alarms more often...it would get these fanatic Halo players out into the sunlight!! Increase the freakin print quota! I’m payin for this ish!!! Increase the print quota!! We’re all paying for this ish!! Damn A/C blasting. Can’t we just set thermostats to a cumfy 75? damn A/C, why so cold indoors when its so nice outside??!! You got to love the career fair... hahaha, people, you will NEVER get a job! Not ever if you wear a tie. Take that Clemson, sucks to be you. Nothing worst than having a pussy-cat for a mascot Believe in the Power of Rammen. More tuition increases? GIVE US A BREAK Mr Perdue!!! Go Jackets! Go squadron, do good! Beat the opponents! Soundly! In the skirmish! huh Zipper is surly! He is uncaring! I’d like to give a shout out to all my Dogfood Gangstas. Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. uff ajay devgan Grass Party theme this week: Satan can eat my dung. Tentative Grass Party theme for next week: school sucks but at least you have both your nuts. The career fair is one of the only things that puts my tuition to good use. May you forever be stuck in a ‘While’ loop By the Numbers: 91 The amount of points scored in two games by the #1 ranked “Slow Children Playing” in B League intramural football ( gave up 0 points ) pi kap hos have trucker ass! A hot chick actually talked to me at the career fair ... musta been the suit. HPS 1040 professors need to be clued in that they teach HEALTH and that compared to our other classes, their class doesn’t matter!! Get over yourselves! sometimes it seems like there is no way out See page 25 for more Slivers! ENTERTAINMENTpage 21 Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 21

BANDS ON CAMPUS BENEATH THE SURFACE Meet some of the bands of Tech as they Preview Tech’s upcoming swimming ENTERTAINMENT talk about how they balance rehearsals, season and learn more about this gigs and schoolwork. Page 13 exciting sport. Page 35 Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 Upstart showcases more than bands By Hillary Lipko GameRiot is a traveling video games It was not too hard to get wrapped Entertainment Editor event and competition that boasts up in the excitement of GameRiot over 70 PC and Xbox gaming stations and forget entirely about the concert 99X’s Upstart Fest began a year showcasing some of the newest and festival going on outside. I admit- ago as a concert festival to showcase most popular games of the year. tedly missed the Whigs’ entire set alternative music’s up-and-comers. Stepping into the GameRiot because I got a little wrapped up in What was intended to be an an- setup was a near-sensory overload. playing Halo, though I was told by nual event became, in only a year, a With DJ music blaring over the an audience member that I “didn’t multi-part event due to its immense sound system and the glow of nearly miss anything.” popularity. 100 LCD and plasma screens lighting Frankly, I probably should have This past Sunday six Upstart up an otherwise darkened room, it kept playing Halo, because the bands performed at the Masquer- interlude that followed was down- ade Music Park to a sold-out crowd right irritating. Apparently, this guy for part two of this year’s Upstart nicknamed,“Parade Kid, the Italian Fest. “I admittedly missed Elf” is supposed to be funny. The music began at 2:30 p.m. the Whigs’ entire Of course, like a lot of people with British band the Futureheads, who are supposed to be funny, he followed by another band hailing set because I got a succeeded only in being mind numb- from the British Isles, the Delays. The little wrapped up in ing and annoying. I could have done festival closed that evening with an without it. incendiary performance by Scottish playing Halo...” Fortunately, the bands that fol- rock quartet Franz Ferdinand. lowed more than made up for the In between, festival-goers got to faux pas that 99X made in their sample the musical stylings of bands was a beautiful sight to behold for lineup. The Scissor Sisters, a band ranging from the Athens-rock of the any gaming enthusiast. composed of a female lead singer Whigs to the description-defying A closer examination of the floor and four burlesque drag queens, dance-rock fusion of the Scissor revealed dozens of games, many of delivered quite possibly the most Sisters. All of the bands at Upstart which are still unreleased such as unique performance of the day. had something unique to offer. Star Wars: Battlefront (release date Their music can best be described In between sets, or even during September 20th) and Red Ninja: as dance pop-infused rock, with the sets of bands they didn’t care for, End of Honor (release date January obvious influences by the B-52s and audience members could beat the 3rd). the BeeGees. The Sisters’ set was high heat and spend a little time indoors All of the PC games ran on energy and solicited a very favorable By Hillary Lipko/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS in the Masquerade’s Heaven. what appeared to be top-of-the- reaction from the crowd. The Futureheads kicked off part two of the 99X Upstart Fest last Here, the “world’s largest video line Alienware computers, which is Following the Scissor Sisters came Sunday. The concert festival featured six up-and-coming bands who game party,” GameRiot, had set enough to turn many gamers green played throughout the afternoon and evening to a sold-out crowd. up shop. with envy. See Upstart, page 27 Folk singers who Silver City could use some polishing have funny names

By Evan Zasoski This Sunday, September 19th Ani Senior Staff Writer DiFranco will be appearing at the Tabernacle. The show starts at 8 p.m. John Sayles’s Silver City is one of and tickets cost $27.50. the most infuriating sort of movies to review. It’s almost a good movie. This film can see the top of the mountain Not starring from where it is, and it’s a shame that it just doesn’t get there. Oprah Winfrey When all is said and done, Silver City will have you walking out of the Through September 30th, the Alli- theater feeling very ‘blah.’ ance Theatre in Midtown is staging a production of Alice Walker’s classic, A Color Purple. Show times vary, “While shooting but most are at 8 p.m. Tickets will cost $25-$50 unless it’s a preview a campaign performance, which end the 16th commercial...the and cost $15-$25. Pillager campaign inadvertantly Van Halen plays stumbles upon a Phillips Arena dead body floating in the water...” That’s right, it’s the one and only Photo courtesy Newmarket Films Van Halen. The show is this Candidate Dickie Pillager (Chris Cooper) delivers a campaign speech in the political satire Silver City. The Friday at Phillips Arena, and it The ads for this film would have film also features Richard Dreyfuss as Chuck Raven, Pillager’s senior advisor and politcal strategist, and starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost you believe that it’s a feature-length Danny Huston as the private investigator hired to investigate an alleged plot against the campaign. $90, so be prepared for a very lampoon of President Bush’s early expensive rocking of your socks. days as a gubernatorial candidate, The plot goes like this. While ance by Cooper or Dreyfuss, you half as interesting. with Chris Cooper playing the nail- shooting a campaign commercial at can pretty much write off the next I didn’t care about the incompe- on-the-head-edly named Dickie a remote but scenic lake in Colorado, hour and a half. The movie meanders tent detective. I didn’t care about Have you got a Pillager with Richard Dreyfuss as the Pillager campaign inadvertently through a needlessly complex web of Pillager’s emotionally scarred his handler, Chuck Raven (read: stumbles upon a dead body floating lies and deceit before O’Brien finally sister. And I couldn’t have possibly little indie in ya? Karl Rove). in the water. makes his way to the startling truth cared less about the Latino chef’s Frankly, this would have been a Concerned that it is a dastardly which will shake the very core of misadventures playing at O’Brien’s Next Tuesday starting at 8 p.m., the much better movie than what Silver plot to discredit them, Richard your being. lackey. Echo Lounge is hosting “An Evening City really is: a par-at-best detective Dreyfuss’ character hires a down-on- One of the big problems I have Also, somewhere along the way, of Independent Film and Music.” So story starring Danny Huston in a his-luck private investigator named with this movie is that the only plot John Sayles apparently began to con- lace up your old Converse sneakers performance that’s about one step Danny O’Brien (Huston) to get to line I really cared about consistently fuse the Republican party with the and throw on your finest Ben Sher- evolved from just sitting there and the bottom of it. plays second or even third fiddle to man button-down shirt because this reading the script. Aside from the occasional appear- other story lines which aren’t even See Silver, page 22 show is free. 22 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

Wimbledon cast serves winning film Silver from page 21 Illuminati or some other obscenely By Katherine Colmer bring the audience directly into the Paul Bettany’s portrayal of Peter So many actresses today rely vast Orwellian organization intent Contributing Writer story, creatively playing on tennis and Colt is his first attempt at comedy, on their glamour to intoxicate an on defrauding the public out of life as a match game. Immediately having only done drama before, and audience, but Dunst is natural in their right to self-governance and Game, set and match—Wimble- you wonder where this particular this movie shows his ability to not her role. Lizzie is athletic, brazen free thought. don is an ace. story will take you, even when you only be believable, but a very funny and highly determined with Dunst’s Most of the time I am rather left Director Richard Loncraine’s thought it would character. acting seeming effortless. of center and find myself fairly easily latest effort provides audiences with be so predictable. K i r s t e n The chemistry between these swayed by any piece of media that a fresh take on an often-told tale. Even the ef- “Their first D u n s t h a s two young actors is a breath of fresh portrays the right as being buffoon- Tennis pro Paul Bettany (A Beautiful fects of the camera encounter, a never brought air. Nothing feels forced, and their ish, evil or both. Mind, Dogville), who once ranked during the tennis the sexuality individual charm combines to bring Still, I found the story about evil 11th in the world but has never won shots bring the hilarious scene with and ambition a sense of warmth and charm to a Republicans ruling the world and a championship, is now the wildcard audience closer to a befuddled Colt and to a role that pair who could have been very hard- beating all men of good will until in his last pro tournament, the elusive the players than she has with edged, unlikable characters. they just can’t fight anymore hard to Wimbledon. ever before. The a very undressed Lizzie Brad- Their first encounter, a hilarious swallow. They’re a political party, not Enter Kirsten Dunst (Spiderman, movie takes you Bradbury, is both bury, a fiery scene with a befuddled Colt and a the Empire from Star Wars. Bring It On), an American hotshot into the mind of young woman very undressed Bradbury, is both Silver City isn’t a bad movie per rookie with the passion to win both Peter Colt, giving entertaining and who can have entertaining and appealing. The leads se. However, things like bad pacing, the tournament and his heart. insight and humor appealing.” anything at her alone elevate Wimbledon beyond ill-advised casting and the underuse While the previews make the during the stress- fingertips. mediocre. of its strongest story lines in favor movie out to be another chick-flick ful times of any D u n s t ’ s ThoughWimbledon may seem of a hackneyed detective story get sports movie, Wimbledon adds hu- sports player and beyond. comedy, different from that in her to be “just another sports comedy,” in the way. mor and depth to what could have Family lives are brought into the bouncy character in Bring it On, the combination of slick direction, Sadly, this movie is strictly for been another dramatic win-or-lose story, giving insight into the reasons is equal to her ability to bring her appealing characters and sparkling die-hard Bush haters who will force story. why and how someone gets so far emotions to the surface and convey chemistry between the two leads themselves to enjoy the thing just on The opening credits of the movie in a sport. them so well to the audience. makes this film an all-out winner. general principle. p.m. in Room 137 of the Flag Building Flag the of 137 Room in p.m. Come to the Photo staff meetings ... Thursday at 6 6 at Thursday ... meetings staff Photo the to Come ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 23 Local stylists make over one of ‘Nique’s own By Amanda Dugan spiritual alternative at the Alta West sage performed by two therapists,” Contributing Writer Lofts on 10th Street. Last Wednesday Gomez said. afternoon, I visited Neem for the The four-hand massage is $160;. Settling into life at Tech can be Neem Tree Facial. However, for a more budget-friendly hectic. It is easy to get so caught up Owner Asha Gomez greeted me choice, Neem also offers a tea peel with classes and meetings that your and served me hot tea and almonds as and a Misra specialty mask for $25 personal style and care are relegated I waited. Neem offers a refuge from each. to being Christmas break duties. the hectic life with calm music and Indeed, the $85 Neem Tree Facial In search of relaxation before I soft light that makes the loft space was a wonderful treat, though not reached my limit, I visited Eclipse feel like an East Indian village. one I could easily afford again. Hair Studio and the Neem Tree Spa After a short wait, Gomez brought “This treatment utilizes pure es- to change my look and enjoy some me upstairs and gave me a tour of sential oils, botanical extracts and pampering. the four rooms. herbal preparations to rejuvenate Atlanta offers many spa options “Along with the Neem Tree Fa- skin,” Gomez said. near campus, but two-month-old cial, we offer the four-hand massage, Neem Tree Spa offers a personal and which is a traditional Indian mas- “...I got my Psychology degree and went straight to India to learn skin care. It is my passion.” By Kenneth Baskett/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Dugan was impressed by the service and the atmosphere of both Asha Gomez Neem and Eclipse. She also is very happy with the subtle new look she now has. Owner, Neem Tree Spa ready to continue treating my skin quick tour. like porcelain. “In front we have our products After 45 minutes of heaven my Although my skin care discipline and fountain. Our salon carries face was moisturized to a new level may be lacking, I am constantly Bumble & Bumble, Kėrastase, and the knots in my neck and shoul- working on my hair. This past May, Bodyography Cosmetics, and Bar- ders were finally relieved. an overzealous stylist left me with barabars,” Celeste said. It is clear that Gomez loves her few options other than hot rolling Celeste showed me the stylist sta- job and clients. “Education was my hair for style. tions, which owners Jon Devlin and important in my family, but I got my In search of a new stylist, I visited Scott Ryden had specially designed Psychology degree and went straight Eclipse Hair Studio which is just a so that the mirrors appear to float to India to learn skin care. It is my few minutes from campus at 916 from the high ceilings. passion,” Gomez said. Joseph Lowery Boulevard. “We were one of the first ones By Jamie Howell/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Gomez’s passion is the primary Eclipse is a multicultural salon in this area when we moved. But ‘Nique writer Amanda Dugan before treating herself to a makeover reason that after a bowl of fresh fruit located in an old soap mill. Guest it has been such a great space,” Jon and an afternoon of pampering courtesy of Eclipse Hair Studio and (“We serve fruit after every service,” Relations Manager Celeste greeted Neem Tree Spa. Gomez said), I left refreshed and me at the door and took me on a See Salon, page 26

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Upstart from page 21 the first of the night’s two headliners, 01001011010T0WO10 1B0ITS100110101001 the Killers. By this time, the park had filled to near capacity, and it was nearly impossible to navigate through the crowd within 50 feet Quit whining, don’t be a know-it-all, bathe for once of the stage. Alright, here’s the thing. There What? You can’t take a derivative Oh, and on a related note, if that place reeks. It’s hard to say whether the Killers are some things that have really been now? Do all those deltas and sigmas you’re in a class whose course number Seriously, it’s like Satan’s gym are a better band live than they are getting under my skin lately, and I’ve hurt your widdle head? Here’s a tip, begins with the letters M, G and T shorts in there. I know that we Com- on their record, though their per- decided to use my weekly soapbox kiddies. and you so much as complain about puter Science majors aren’t exactly formance on Sunday at least broke for the purposes of pointing them If you can’t do basic calculus, you how much homework you have known for our social, interpersonal even on the comparison. out and mocking them. probably ought not be enrolled in one tonight, I’ll kill or hygiene skills, The excitement and energy of So without further ado, I, the Two of the hardest engineering schools you with my own but come on, both the band and the audience hit Bits Man, do not approve of the fol- on the face of the planet. two hands. “Do us all a favor guys. its peak when the Killers played their lowing persons, entities or instances Do the rest of us a favor and take 2) People who and take that If your bodily single “Somebody Told Me.” The of nonsense to the respective degrees that weak-ass crap on down the just kind of as- funk is so strong set ended after one more song and enumerated below. road to UGA, where your incessant sume that they’re weak-ass crap on that it permeates the crowd was left hyped for Franz 1) People who think Calculus I whining can’t give us all blinding geniuses: down the road to the very fabric of Ferdinand’s set. was “Oh my God, like, the hardest migraines. You know the space around There seemed to be a considerable thing EVER!” who you are, UGA where your you to such a amount of time between the end of Who are you people and how did you insufferable incessant whining degree that all the Killers’ set and the start of Franz you get into this school? Calcu- twits. You’re the the Febreeze in Ferdinand’s, but it was worth the lus I? Are you freaking ones who are can’t give us all all the stoners’ wait. Franz Ferdinand performed kidding me? always walking blinding migraines” bedrooms in all a much better set than I could have around like you the world could ever expected. own the place. never, ever to- When many bands play, the You talk down to everyone you tally mask the unholy effluvium, audience reaction is the strongest see (this is, of course, assuming that then I don’t think I’m entirely out during the band’s most popular you have deigned to talk to them of line in suggesting that it’s bath songs. This was the case throughout at all), and show up to class just so time, dammit. the day and was no exception for you can make a big show about how Wow, it feels pretty good to Franz Ferdinand. simplistic and blasé you find the finally get that stuff off my chest. However, the audience energy whole exercise to be. In closing, I would like to take this reached comparable levels dur- Hey, Dr. Hawking, if opportunity to apologize to anyone ing several other songs in Franz this school is so beneath that I may have offended in the last Ferdinand’s set, including a few you, then why aren’t four hundred words or so. new tunes. you at MIT or Princ- If you’re an idiot, a narcissist or When they left the stage after eton? Better yet, if your you smell bad, I’m sorry. It was cruel playing a nearly 60-minute set, the brain is so ridiculously of me to point out your obvious but audience called for an encore. The huge, why can’t you hilarious failings to the entire student band obliged and treated the crowd devote just a little bit of body like that. You have my apolo- to yet another new song. its power and ability to not gies. But still, if any of this hit a little Taking into account the quality looking like you were dressed too close to home, you might want of performances at this year’s Upstart by a blind beggar woman? to take my advice to heart. Fest and its continually increasing Yeah, that’s what I thought. In closing, I feel it neccessary to popularity, 99X might even have to Shut up and take off those damned state thatif you fall into one of my add a third part next year in order sunglasses. above categories, I don’t hate you. I to keep fans satiated. 3) That B.O. smell in the CoC: just wish you’d bathe. Or shut up. Provided that the lineups and the For those of you who have never In fact, I think just staying out quality of the performances in future had reason to spend an extended of my way might work best for us years remain up to the standard of amount of time in the States Cluster both. That way, you don’t have to those so far, there are no complaints in the College of Computing Build- change yourhabits and I don’t have here. Bring on the Upstart bands. ing, count yourselves lucky, because to smell you. 30 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique SPORTS

The senior Kuhn sees the need last season is much more a question Home from page 36 for growth as well. While the of when the team will gel than if it football home opener was helpful, she said, will. Shymansky said that while the the weekend. Gergen hit .467 on in getting team chemistry where it road trip will be good for the team, Friday and followed that up by hit- needs to be. “We need to get back home and keep forecast ting an even more impressive .524 “Even though we have five seniors, playing in our building because our Each week during the football on Saturday. there is a lot of chemistry we still crowd is such a significant support • Ohio State vs. NC State season, the Technique will pick a list At times, the Tech team has need. Just to click and to believe that structure for us.” of college matchups to be played that • Tech vs. Carolina struggled to find its rhythm this everything is going to work; taking The team returns to try and start weekend. The person who submits • UAB vs. Florida State season, fighting through most games, swings at the ball, being confident a new home win streak the 24th the list with the most correctly win or lose, with scores closer than with it, but its getting there, its really and 25th of September, with games • North Carolina A&T vs. Wake the final outcome would suggest. coming along now”, she said. against ACC foes North Carolina projected winners receives a prize. Forest In the event of a tie, the winner is The success of the team over Both she and Shymansky are and NC State. determined by the person who most • Clemson vs. Texas A&M the past several seasons means that looking forward to the upcoming “people bring their best game against games against Miami, Middle Georgia Tech Invitational accurately predicts the score of Tech’s • Florida vs. Tennessee Friday us”, Coach Bond Shymansky said. Tennessee State and IPFW as op- game. To submit your picks, go to • Marshall vs. Georgia Georgia Tech def. Xavier 30-23 , 30-12 www.nique.net/footballforecast. “Our team is still trying to find the portunities to bounce back from , 30-20 • Oregon vs. Oklahoma Xavier def. Tennessee Tech 30-16 , This week’s games are: killer instinct.” the loss and get momentum for the 30-24 , 30-13 • LSU vs. Auburn “Instead of making them a learn- rest of the season. Saturday ing tool, we have to make them a The team has the veteran leader- Georgia Tech def. Tennessee Tech • Maryland vs. West Virginia • UConn vs. Boston College 30-23 , 30-21 , 30-22 success story and that’s really where ship and new faces it needs to go a Ohio State def. Xavier 30-22 , 30-18 , • Duke vs. Virginia Tech Sports Editor’s record: 9-1 we are as a team right now. We have long way this season. This squad is 30-22 • Louisiana Tech vs. Miami got to work harder than we have ever certainly much more determined Sunday Last week’s winner: Ohio State def. Georgia Tech 30-26 , • Akron vs. Virginia worked before to get these victories,” than discouraged by the losses, and Ben Hobson Shymansky said. consistent play at the lofty levels of 30-28 , 30-28 SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 31 NORTH CAROLINA (1-1) VS. GEORGIA TECH (2-0) By Edward Tamsberg

Th e Tar Heels began their season with an Last Saturday’s win against Clemson in 11-point victory against William & Mary, but Four Key Questions Death Valley has many critics revaluating their after last Saturday’s 24-56 loss to UVA, their earlier comments on this year’s team. Despite progress in the ACC is questionable. UNC is the their youth and inexperience the Jackets

led by senior quarterback Darian Durant who is • What kind of a threat is Darian Durant to Tech? held on for what was certainly one of the better known not only for his great passing abilities but Durant is one of the most versatile athletes to ever play at UNC. He games in recent memory. However, Tech has a his running prowess. On the defensive side of has already broken every record for career passing and total off ense for history of playing to their opponent’s level with the ball the team is held together by sophomore the Tar Heels and is ranked 13th on the ACC’s all-time passing effi ciency most recently a loss to Duke last year. Th is linebacker Larry Edwards. Th e Tar Heels will chart and 16th in career passing yards. However, the Jacket’s defense year’s team has proven that they are better than be looking to redeem themselves from their has exceeded expectations this year. First-year linebacker Chris Reis has expected, but can they wipe away the stigma embarrassing loss to UVA last weekend. been ranked No. 1 in the ACC in tackles, and even with the absence of the last few seasons have earned them? Eric Henderson the defense held its own against Clemson’s top ranked off ense. Th is has been made possible through the eff orts of new players “He is tough and like freshman Adamm Oliver. “You have to avoid letdowns. For physical and their • Does the Tar Heel’s defense have any weight after Bunting’s state- quarterback was ment on Tuesday? whatever reason, Th is past Tuesday Tar Heel’s head coach John Bunting made the com- whether you lose or somewhat of a ment at a Press conference that Gerald Sensabaugh is the only defensive runner... He can back whose starting job is safe at his weekly press conference as reported whether you win, by Carolinablue.com. Th e Tar Heel’s defense is missing four starters you have to avoid throw it about as from their last year’s defense including All-American Free Safety Daxter far as anyone I have Reid and cornerback Micheal Waddell. It seems that the Tar Heels will letdowns.” be hard pressed to make an impact at Saturday’s game if all goes well for seen...” the Jackets. Chan Gailey Tech head coach on the John Bunting • Is UNC’s “explosive” offense something to be concerned about? stigma of up and downs UNC head coach on P.J. Th e Tar Heels utilize an eff ective running attack to keep teams off -bal- that have plagued Tech for Daniels and Reggie Ball ance on defense. Sophomore tailback Ronnie McGill is rushing for 95.0 the last few seasons yards per game heading into this weekend and ranks third in the ACC. By Staff / THE DAILY TAR HEEL McGill tallied 133 yards and three touchdowns on the ground in UNC’s By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS opener versus William & Mary. Sophomore wide receiver Adarius Bow- man leads the Tar Heels in receptions this year with nine for 128 yards. Bowman has one touchdown catch already this year and stands seventh in the ACC in both yards and receptions per game. • Will Tech play down to the level of the Tar Heels as in times past? Tech has earned a reputation for playing an up and down season over the last few years, and it has been precisely that image which Head Coach Chan Gailey has been trying to wipe-out. Th is year Gailey has told all the football players that they must view every game as a “play-off ” game and that the Jackets must always play to the level they are capable of playing. Th is game will be a test of that idea. After an almost lack-luster opener against Samford, fans will be watching to see if Tech can “take it to the little guy.” Spread: Tech by 13

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“I think our run game was good Every time Daniels touched the second touchdown of the night, the snap and execute his first career Rally from page 36 tonight, I think we ran the ball real ball, he was in position to make bringing the Jackets to within three punt. Perhaps Whitehurst was wish- well. I think [the offensive line] the tackle, and it seemed as if he once again. ing he had been receiving the snap 4:37 remaining in the first quarter. really came together, tonight,” was making a second home in the A failed attempt at an onside kick, instead of Chason. This was not the last time these two said senior offensive lineman Andy backfield, pressuring Reggie Ball on coupled with only a single timeout But at the end of the night Georgia would hook up; Johnson caught eight Tidwell-Neal. nearly every pass play. for the Jackets meant that a Clemson native Whitehurst had one more passes for 127 yards in his second Tech continued to march down Time appeared to be on Clemson’s first down would result in a loss. On chance to put his Tigers back on top career contest. the field, meeting little resistance side as the clock ticked away. The first down for the Tigers, Whitehurst with three seconds remaining. “[Johnson]’s shown a lot of until they neared the goal line. After Jackets finally began to shows signs of scrambled, sliding inches away from Eleven seconds remained on the potential in practice and he’s made a short pass from Ball to Johnson, life after the defense came up with a a first down. clock, and the Jackets were forced a lot of plays like that in practice, the Jackets had second-and-goal big stop, getting the ball back to the The chances of stopping the to kick off from their own 20 after and it was just a matter of time,” from the one. A run for no gain offense with just under six minutes Tigers looked bleak, but the Tech an excessive celebration penalty of Gailey said. up the middle and an incomplete remaining. defense stepped up. On second their own. Clemson speedster Airese Clemson answered on their first pass later, fourth and one stared at Ball completed a crucial third down, Whitehurst tried to sneak Currie returned the kick 48 yards possession of the second quarter. the Jackets. down pass to Johnson for a gain of up the middle. The referees brought to the Tech 31, giving Whitehurst Whitehurst’s 22-yard completion to It was decision time, and Gailey nine. After a 15-yard run by Daniels, out the chains, and he was slightly one more play. Curtis Baham capped a nine-play, decided to take a gamble, calling for Ball threw a perfect pass to Thomas short of the first down. He launched the ball skyward 80-yard drive for the Tigers, tying a pitch to Daniels. The running back who caught it in the end zone, On the next play, the Tigers tried toward the left corner of the end the score at seven. was stopped for no gain, and Tech narrowing the Clemson margin to to pound the ball up the middle, but zone, but the pass was broken up, Neither team turned the ball three with 4:36 running back ending the wild affair, and cementing was able to sus- over on downs remaining. Yusef Kelly was one of the greatest comebacks in the tain a drive over “[Johnson]’s shown to the Tigers. The tension “I wish I had that met by a wall of Institute’s history. the rest of the a lot of potential “I wish I had in Death Val- over, if I knew we Jacket defenders. “This one will rank right up opening half, that over; if I ley mounted. A The ball popped there at the top of all the wins I’ve with Clemson’s in practice and knew we weren’t Tech comeback weren’t going to loose; Clemson been involved in. It really will,” Tramaine Bil- he’s made a lot of going to make looked like it was make it, I would recovered, but Gailey said. lie intercept- it, I would have in the making, they were once have kicked a field Georgia Tech - Clemson, stats ing a pass to plays like that in kicked a field but a 54-yard again inches Georgia Tech 7 0 0 21̶28 halt Tech’s best practice...” goal,” Gailey touchdown dash goal.” short of sealing Clemson 0 7 3 _7̶24 said. by Kyle Brown- the game. First Quarter scoring chance Tech- Johnson 37 pass from Ball (Bell of the quarter. Chan Gailey The Tech of- ing put Clemson Chan Gailey “That was Kick), 4:37 Reuben Hous- fense appeared back up by 10. tremendous. Second Quarter Tech head coach to have stalled This seemed to Tech head coach We put our goal Clem- Baham 22 pass from Whitehurst ton returned the (Furr Kick), 12:49 favor, picking off during the third end the threat line defense in Third Quarter a Whitehurst pass to end the half. quarter, having to fight for positive of a Tiger loss, but the game was there and tried to see if they wanted Clem- FG Furr 37, 00:20 yardage on the past few posses- not over yet. to run it outside. I thought we got the Fourth Quarter Tech looked ready to break the Clem- Merriweather 62 run (Furr Kick), deadlock on their first possession of sions. Tiger defenders were coming Ball rallied the team on the fumble, but evidently they recovered 8:19 the second half. through unscathed on blitzes repeat- sideline. He had little doubt that the it back,” Gailey said. Tech- Thomas 19 pass from Ball (Bell edly, barely giving Ball a chance to Jackets were about to storm back. The Clemson punt unit took Kick), 4:36 On the first play Ball made a Clem- Browning 54 run (Furr Kick), 20-yard completion to Senior Levon look for an open receiver. “I told them we were going to the field, setting up in their usual 3:18 Thomas. Thomas, starting in place The momentum started to swing win, but I didn’t know how,” he said unconventional formation with Tech- Johnson 8 pass from Ball (Bell in the Tigers’ favor. Late in the third after the game. the offensive line spread wide with Kick), 1:50 on the injured Nate Curry, registered Tech- Johnson 11 pass from Ball (Bell eight catches on the night, resulting quarter, Tigers’ kicker Stephen Furr Tech received great field position large gaps in between. The clock Kick), 00:11 in an impressive 100-yard receiving nailed a 37-yard field goal, putting after a celebration penalty on the continued to run, ticking under 20 Individual Statistics performance. Clemson ahead 10-7. Tigers forced them to kick off from seconds, but fate would steal the RUSHING̶ Georgia Tech, Daniels “We’ve got a lot of depth at the Later in the quarter a 62-yard the 20, and Thomas ran the kick game from the Tigers before all was 24-103, Woods 3-9, Ball 20-0, Grant 1-0. receiver position, and that showed touchdown run by Reggie Mer- back a yard shy of midfield. said and done. Clemson- Merriweather 8-90, Browning 5-80, Kelly 9-28, Whitehurst 5-25, Stuckey tonight,” Ball said. riweather, the longest run of the Two completions to Thomas, a The end of Clemson’s first pos- 2-2. On the next play, P.J. Daniels Tommy Bowden era, would put Ball scramble resulting in a third- session had set the tone for the crazy PASSING̶ Georgia Tech- Ball 20-36- burst up the middle for 19 yards. Clemson ahead by 10 with 8:19 down conversion, and a 15-yard night. When the Tigers had stalled 1-251. Clemson- Whitehurst 20-43-2-275, Stuckey 0-1-0-0. Daniels quietly racked up 103 remaining on the clock. pass interference penalty later, at the Tech 37, quarterback Charlie RECEIVING̶ Georgia Tech- Johnson yards on 24 carries in the contest, The Jackets continued to struggle, and the line of scrimmage was the Whitehurst remained on the field, 8-127, Thomas 8-100, Bilbo 1-13, Grant 1-6, running behind an offensive line that failing to move the ball down the Clemson eight. producing the illusion that the Ti- Woods 1-3, Daniels 1-2. Clemson- Grant 6-80, Currie 6-80, Baham 3-41, Hall 1-26, seemed to do a nice job of opening field. It seemed as if Tigers’ linebacker Ball calmly lofted a pass to the gers were going for it on 4th and 6. Stuckey 1-23, Kelly 1-20, Merriweather 1-4, up holes. Leroy Hill knew the plays before . freshman sensation Johnson for his Whitehurst had proceeded to take Browning 1-1. 34 • Friday, September 17, 2004 • Technique SPORTS

BEYOND THE WHITE AND GOLD College football’s ups and downs make game great

Edward Tamsberg in Death Valley or saw a freshman but it also makes the game very dif- “In the Pros you have got them games so far; Georgia nearly lost its Sports Editor quarterback pull his underdog team ficult for teams to achieve consistent there, kind of locked in and you are cool and gave one up to Lou Holtz to a victory over a ranked team. success. There has never been a Dallas reminding them of the importance and the Gamecocks; even Duke, a This weekend a silent, annual I don’t think that there has ever Cowboys in the ACC or a Green Bay of the next one and that is the only favorite to win, dropped its game event took place. It is one that comes been a team that has kept its rank- in the Big-10. thing they are hearing,” Gailey said. to UConn. with many celebrations and incred- ing all the way through the football “Consistency means that you are “Where as there a lot of outside influ- However, the biggest game of ible embarrassment: The College season, and who would want to? trying to play as good as you can ences for the college-age guy.” the past weekend had to be the Tech Football Upset extravaganza. Volatility is part of what makes play no matter what the situation,” Of course, one of the major –Clemson game. Each year the BCS and other college football popular. Chan Gailey said in a press confer- reasons for stability in the NFL is “Everything is based on where major methods of prediction come Every time I go to Blockbuster ence. “I think you have to educate the fact that they don’t give up their you stand, and rankings and rat- out with their national rankings of with my brother we debate about the college player in that respect a most seasoned players every year, but ings and stuff like that, so you have college football teams, and every what football game to rent. In the little bit more than you do the NFL if anything, the NFL proves that it is to make sure that you stress the year it changes dramatically within end he demands that we rent NCAA player. But the emotion of the game skill and not necessarily experience importance of every game, every about three weeks of the beginning Football. and the ups and downs are not that that makes a player great. week,” Gailey said. of the season. “Because I just like college foot- much different between college and The differences between college The third week of college football Tech has been lucky enough ball more,” he said. the NFL.” and pro football are the differences has always proven to be the mainstay to participate in this yearly event I, of course, give in and we end Professional football always between rookie and veteran. With of the season, the point where all the last two years, and with Chan up playing rivalry games until receives major media coverage, but no bearing and little focus, it is teams establish themselves as either Gailey at head coach it is not likely midnight. there are rarely times when an upset easy for any team to get displaced a never, a maybe or a sure thing. Last to be the last. It is clear to me that he loves the occurs. Teams are a band of broth- by one game. year, Tech’s close game to FSU after There certainly are none who can possibility in every game we play. ers, dependent only on each other. This past weekend had a host of a huge upset of Auburn put them remember the last time they saw Who is to say that Duke can’t beat Without the outside world to distract examples: underdog Notre Dame squarely in the “maybe” category, but 82,000 people silenced so quickly Miami? Volatility is part of the fun, them, they are always on target. upset Michigan in one of the better this year means to be different. SPORTS Technique • Friday, September 17, 2004 • 35 Swimming team looks forward to new season people watching. of the ACC here on campus. “Two hundred people spread “I’m looking forward to it so out throughout the whole stadium much. I want to show the other doesn’t look like a lot,” Wilson schools who we are,” Kettunen said. said. He also noted that last year during Tech will show a lot more than the renovation of the CRC it was less just athletic talent when it hosts convenient to attend their meets. the ACC Championships. It will With the end of construction and show the ACC the quality facilities with the numerous in the Aquatic home meets this Center. The season, there’s no “It is exciting in its pool itself will excuse for a Tech obviously be a student not to at- own right just to focal point. tend at least one swim here and be “This pool meet. Fans will be is phenomenal. treated to a display able to practice here We have one of of the talents of and train here every the best pools some high-quality in the coun- swimmers in one day.” try now. It’s of the world’s best exciting in its facilities. Meghan DeVinney own right just Two athletes Junior swimmer to swim here on this year’s and be able to swim team bring practice here Olympic experience to campus. and train here every day,” DeVin- By Christopher Gooley / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Sophomore Vesna Stojanovska rep- ney said. This year the swimming team moved into its new facilites at the CRC. The swim team hopes to bring more resented Macedonia in three events Senior Ann Battle and current fans to their meets this year with the added exposure from their location at the Aquatic Center. at Athens and will again help lead woman’s school record holder for the the women’s team. Freshman Onur mile freestyle said, “There were world By Patrick Odneal through the water and divers doing Junior swimmer and women’s Uras also competed in the Olympics. records broken in this pool. In the Contributing Writer triple-flips, not horsing around. 100-yd butterfly school record holder He represented Turkey, swimming coming years it’s going to be hosting Those people form the Tech Meghan DeVinney said, “It gets you the 100-meter butterfly. some big national meets.” In the past the pools at the CRC swim team, and they will soon begin so pumped when there’s a big crowd. Also, six returning starters for Possible future events include have been used by many wayward what could be their most exciting You can definitely hear it when the the men’s team and nine returning the NCAA Championships, Junior students, jumping off the high year ever. crowd is supporting you.” starters for the women’s team cur- and Senior Nationals and the U.S. dive and playing in the Olympic Tech hosts seven of its nine dual Fellow junior Jacob Wilson said, rently hold school records in their Open, along with future ACC pool for just some kicks on a lazy meets this season along with the “The more fans we hear cheering respective events. Championships. Saturday afternoon, but this year Men’s and Women’s ACC Cham- for Tech, the better. I get pumped The highlight for most of these The first men’s meet is Thursday, is different. pionships. This means that fans on up by that.” swimmers is the ACC Champion- Oct. 21 against Tennessee. After As students got their first glimpse campus have many opportunities There’s certainly plenty of room ships. This year the conference a trip to Athens for a meet against of the new facilities, they may have to see amazing athletes compete in for large crowds in the Aquatic Cen- championships will be even more UGA, both the men’s and women’s looked through the windows on the Tech’s world-renowned facilities, and ter. The former Olympic complex meaningful since Tech is the host. teams compete in a quad meet on north side of the building and seen an increased attendance is what the holds 1,900 comfortably. At best Junior swimmer Teemu Kettunen Oct. 29 and 30 with Virginia Tech, swimmers in the distance cutting team is hoping to get. last year there were a couple hundred is excited to compete with the rest Maryland and Florida State.

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Volleyball wins two at home, but loses heartbreaker to Ohio State By Andy Holt here,” she said. Contributing Writer In the Xavier match, Lauren Sauer hit a season high .375 as the The volleyball team tasted Jackets swept the Musketeers in victory for the first time this year three games. The Jackets’ defense over the weekend. The No. 21 was impressive, holding Xavier to Jackets earned wins over Xavier a .172 hitting percentage. and Tennessee Tech in their first On Saturday, the Jackets two home matches of the season posted another dominating before falling to Ohio State in the performance, beating Tennessee final game of the Renaissance/ Tech in three straight games. Georgia Tech Invitational. Gray stepped into the lineup and For some of the veterans of the did an excellent job filling in for squad, returning home was just the injured Abby Showers. what they needed. Senior Laura The Jackets lost the finale of Kuhn said, “It is so great to play their homestand, bowing to Ohio at home; in front of the band and State in three sets. The loss broke all the fans, everyone gets so into the Jackets’ 26-match home win- it, it is so much fun. It was really ning streak. Tournament MVP good to be home.” Stacey Gordon finished the match For freshman Lindsey Gray, it with 33 kills, affirming her status was her first time seeing the crowd as a top player nationally. from the court. “I have always Seniors Jayme Gergen and By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS been on visits and watched, but Kuhn were named to the All- “That was crazy, wasn’t it?”—Reggie Ball to be here and be the player and Tournament team for their be here out on the court. I mean, impressive performances over it must be a tough to be the other team when it is a packed house See Home, page 30 RaDeathlly in Valley

Tech ends losing streak, stunning

By Stephen Marek / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Clemson before crowd of 82,000 Freshman Nikki Kaminskas goes up to the net for the Jackets in their match against the Ohio State Buckeyes. By Kyle Thomason Ball calmly approached the line Assistant Sports Editor of scrimmage and took the snap. The crowd held its collective breath as the Fans clothed in bright orange football floated toward the end zone. garb poured out of Clemson’s Me- Johnson leapt, his full concentration morial Stadium, Death Valley, in a on the approaching pass. sports state of shock. The white and gold He came down with the ball in by minority in the stadium ecstatically his possession and the Jackets led by rushed onto the field, celebrating three. After tacking on kicker Travis shorts the Tech’s stunning 28-24 upset of the Bell’s extra point, the lead was four, Hewitt to attend numbers host Tigers. and a night not soon to be forgotten “Folks, you may watch a lot of was nearing its end. coaches forum football in your life, and you might “That was crazy, wasn’t it?” said 17-10 not see anything like that again quarterback Reggie Ball. “You’ll Tech head basketball coach Paul The score of Tech’s victory over in your life. I hope you enjoyed never see another game like it Hewitt is among four of the nation’s By Charles Frey / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS the Clemson Tigers. The win came it. I did,” said Head Coach Chan again.” top young coaches who will appear in 1905, well before Clemson’s Gailey. Through most of the second at the inaugural Basketball Coaches Chris Woods makes a flying leap Memorial Stadium had even been Punter Cole Chason never had a half, the Tigers had dominated the Forum Luncheon on Oct. 6 at built. over P.J. Daniels as he makes chance. The snap bounced toward Jackets. The orange congregation the University of South Alabama a run for the Jackets at Death Chason like a shortstop’s worst night- could feel a win firmly in its grasp Mitchell Center. Valley (top). mare as it unpredictably hopped as the clock showed just over three around the backfield. He fell on the minutes before certain victory, but 60 As the tension mounted between pigskin at his own 11, putting the ball the Jackets had other ideas. Softball wins opener The number of male swimmers rival fans at Saturday’s game, back in Tech’s hands, down by three The Jackets had gotten on the that tried out for the first swim team Buzz was attacked by the Clem- with 16 seconds remaining. scoreboard first when Ball hit The Tech softball team, led by All- at Tech. The team’s first competitive son mascot. A brawl ensued, after Tech rushed onto the field with freshman Calvin Johnson on a American Jessica Sallinger, opened season was 1918, nearly 20 years which the Tiger was restrained Johnson lined up wide on the left. 37-yard pass for a touchdown with up the fall season with a 7-1 victory before drownproofing, a course and lead away by a group of police Opposite of Johnson was a single over Georgia Perimeter College on developed by swimming coach Fred officers (series). cornerback with no help in sight. See Rally, page 33 Saturday at Glenn Field. Lounae in 1937.