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Friday, August 26, 2011 • Volume 97, Issue 6 • nique.net Vivá la Revolución Square Enix's Deus Ex: Human Revolution transcends the FPS genre.414 TechniqueThe South’s Liveliest College Newspaper Freshmen change campus dynamic Ga. college students Incoming class includes more women, out-of-staters protest state immigration policy By Emily Cardin Staff Writer Georgia was dealt with many new developments in the ongoing immigrations debate on Tuesday, as high school students gathered at the University of Georgia (UGA) to protest immigration policies while authorities began releasing several undocu- mented immigrants from federal custody farther south. High school students from around the state met at the Arch on UGA’s campus to protest the newly implemented immigration policies regarding the documentation of students’ immigration status. Over 200 students, mainly from the Athens area, identifying themselves as the Georgia Un- documented Youth Alliance (GUYA), staged a mock graduation at the Arch. Many of the pro- testers then traveled around the northern part of the campus, yelling chants against deportation and ending outside the admission offices. Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications “This is a heated and hotly contested political The incoming freshman class for the Fall 2011 semester is comprised of approximately 38 percent women. Despite issue,” says Vicki Birchfield, Associate Professor of this marked increase in women, the overall male-to-female ratio on campus is relatively unaffected at about 7:3. INTA. According to GUYA’s website, the protest was By Henry Duong deposits. The average high school GPA of Georgia, 30 percent are out-of-state in response to the decision by the Board of Regents Staff Writer of the entering class is 3.88, and the av- domestic students, while nine percent (BoR) in Oct. to effectively ban students without erage combined SAT score is 2030. are international students. correct legal documentation from attending five One word used to describe broad Regarding the increasingly competi- “In Georgia, we are getting about the universities in Georgia, starting Fall 2011. groups of college students that evokes tive admission for undergraduate stud- same number [of applications]. The real Students who cannot prove that they are legal the most vivid images and memories is ies at Tech, the acceptance rate this year growth is from outside of Georgia. The residents or U.S. citizens cannot be admitted to the word “freshman.” This week, Tech was 51.5 percent versus 63 percent just biggest notables regions are the North- UGA, Georgia State University, Georgia College welcomed its newest freshman class, the four years ago. east, California and China,” Clark said. and State University, Tech and the Georgia Health class of 2015, onto campus. “More students are graduating from According to Clark, Tech’s under- Sciences University as in-state students, according The Office of Undergraduate Admis- high schools, and students are applying graduate class size is expected to be kept to the new BoR policy. Undocumented students sion released a statistical profile of the to more schools these days, but we have relatively constant in the foreseeable can still attend these universities, but they must class of 2015 based on the information seen a bigger growth at Tech than some future, with the same relative ratio be- pay the more expensive out-of-state tuition. of accepted students who have mailed of our competitors. The bottom line is, tween residents, out of state domestics “I think this is a very complex issue,” said Jor- in their deposit. The total number of [that] it’s a lot harder to get in now,” said and international students. Thus, this dan Lockwood, a second-year BA major. “Educa- applicants this year was 14,226, a five Rick Clark, the Director of Undergrad- trend of increasing selectivity is expect- tion is key to fostering social equity, although tax percent increase from last year and a uate Admissions. ed to continue as the number of applica- payers may be unfairly denied the services they de- new record, with Tech accepting 7207 Approximately 60 percent of the students and receiving 2749 acceptance class of 2015 are residents of the state See Freshmen, page 4 See Protest, page 4 Sorority recruitment experiences record participation By Kamna Bohra not all girls who go through rights to be single-sex organi- Managing Editor the recruitment process ulti- zations, so a mix of genders at mately accept a bid, due to re- Greek rush and recruitment Due to an overall increase alizations that Greek life is not forfeits those rights to stay sin- in the percentage of women in an appropriate fit or financial gle-sex organizations, accord- the incoming freshman class, stresses. ing to Khwaja. a record number of 400 girls One difference in the re- “I think it helped put the went through sorority recruit- cruitment process for this year focus of recruitment on the so- ment this past week, and with was to reduce the decorations rorities themselves and allowed each girl who filled out a pref- in each house “to make it more girls to make decisions based erence card receiving a bid, about the conversation, the on what each sorority repre- 315 girls ultimately accepted bonding and the sisterhood,” sents, and not so much on who bids from sororities, according Khwaja said. they associate with,” said Judy to Armina Khwaja, the Col- Due to the unexpected in- Bau, Vice President of Mem- legiate Panhellenic Council crease in girls interested in ber Recruitment at Alpha Phi (CPC) President and a fifth- recruitment, CPC made re- and a fifth-year ISyE major. year BA major. cruitment days longer to ac- While this was a culture Tech hosts nine chapters of commodate all potential new change and adjustment for sororities, seven of which are members. Tech students, members of national and undergo formal In addition to these chang- Greek life at Auburn, Clem- recruitment and two of which es in sorority recruitment pro- son, UGA and Emory did not are associate members who go cesses, members of sororities experience much change, as through informal recruitment. are no longer allowed to attend it is not part of their campus With chapter totals now at fraternity rush, due to a unani- cultures for students to attend an average of 130 members per mous vote by 26 delegates to rush or recruitment for groups sorority at Tech, Khwaja does the National Panhellenic Con- of the opposite gender. not expect a new chapter to ference. CPC asked chapter presi- appear on campus for another The reasoning behind this dents to hold their respective five to ten years, despite the in- change to the Greek rush and members accountable for this crease in women. recruitment process is that policy change, but if multiple The establishment of new Title IX of the Education offenses occur, CPC would Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications chapters requires more houses Amendments of 1972 reserves take over with its own judicial Of 400 girls who participated in Greek recruitment, 315 accepted bids. Run and land space. Furthermore, fraternities’ and sororities’ processes. for the Roses then allows girls to meet each other and fraternity members. 2 • August 26, 2011 • Technique NEWS From the files of the GTPD... her ex-boyfriend for physically harming her. 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