Friday, April 10, 2009 • Volume 94, Issue 29 • nique.net First Lady of Tech When President G.P. “Bud” Peterson came to Tech he brought his one- of-a-kind wife, Val. 415 TechniqueThe South’s Liveliest College Newspaper SGA passes 11th hour budget changes

StudentBy Corbin Pon stipendsorganizations slashed include DramaT- acrossternity Council Tier (IFC) president.2 orgs. but SGA spares its own News Editor ech, graduate and undergraduate At the bottom, Tier 6 positions MAJOR FUNDING REVISIONS SGA, IFC, Intramurals, MOVE, include assistant editors, staff A stipend committee formed Musician’s Network, ORGT, writers and photographers for the Increases Cuts last week by the Student Gov- President’s Council Governing Technique and Blueprint. ernment Association’s (SGA) Board, Student Center Programs The impact of these new rules Joint Finance Committee (JFC) Council, Student Publications was that both the UHR and GSS introduced to Tuesday’s legisla- and WREK radio. Unlike Tier recommended that most positions tive sessions a last-minute student 3 organizations, Tier 2 organiza- in Tier 2 would receive less than +10% -93% stipend policy affecting many tions may fund student positions the amount their student organi- Tier 2 organizations. The policy, and are not required to collect zations requested. GSS recommendation GSS recommended which included significant cuts to membership fees. All SGA stipend positions saw for raise in SGA presi- reduction of IFC budget paid student positions in Student The JFC’s Student Stipend no reduction in payment, and dent stipend. compared to UHR. Publications and Interfraternity Committee outlined six different in the GSS, the senators recom- Council (IFC), made its way into spending tiers for student stipend mended that the SGA president the 2009-10 fiscal year budgets funding. The maximum pay for and executive vice president po- approved in the Tuesday meet- each tier is calculated from in- sitions receive raises of $621 and ings of the Undergraduate House state student tuition and fees. For $1,804, respectively. +61% -30% of Representatives (UHR) and next year, this amount has been This is the second week that GSS recommendation UHR, GSS approved Graduate Student Senate (GSS). set at $6,480. Positions in the first SGA discussed next year’s budget. for raise in grad. exec. reductions in Student Since each branch passed differ- stipend tier will receive a stipend Last week the budget for Tier 3 vice president stipend. ent versions of the budget, they equaling 100 percent of tuition organizations was up for debate, Publications stipends. will be reconciled by a conference and fees, second-tier positions will and this week, Tier 2 and Tier 1 committee today. receive 75 percent, all the way to organizations were debated. The temporary stipend com- sixth-tier positions at five percent. In a move that prompted an mittee, formed last week after the The SGA student body presi- appearance by former, current +$40k -$224k initial release in March of the JFC dents are the only two Tier 1 posi- and newly-selected future editor- budget recommendations, estab- tions. Some of the Tier 2 positions in-chief of the Blueprint, the UHR approved restora- UHR recommendation lished new payment levels for Tier include the SGA executive vice Blueprint’s printing budget had tion to Blueprint printing. for reduction in Student 2 student organization stipends presidents, the Editor-in-Chief of GSS held it at $0. Center and CRC budget. being funded by SGA. Tier 2 the Technique and the Interfra- See Budget, page 4

SGA ELECTION RESULTS OIT moves to WPA Undergrad presidents to run off; forBy wireless Sijia Cai of LAWN security every time the device Senior Staff Writer is shut off. This means that dur- Harley wins graduate presidency ing the course of a normal day, a Over 15,000 people on Tech’s typical student or faculty mem- campus use the Local Area ber will have to log into the net- Walkup and Wireless Network work several times. (LAWN) to access the Internet “There were many complaints every day. Now, the Office of about this aspect of the network. Information Technology (OIT) [That is] why the GTLogin ap- is planning to transfer this wire- plication for iPhone was creat-

Student Publications less network from the Wired ed,” said Ron Hutchins, associ- Student Publications Student Publications Equivalent Privacy (WEP) sys- ate vice provost for Research and tem to the Wi-Fi Protected Ac- Technology and chief technol- cess (WPA) system. ogy officer at OIT. “The problem Wired Equivalent Privacy with this application and [oth- (WEP) is an algorithm de- ers like it] is that it necessarily signed in 1997 to provide the makes your private information Photo by Anne Campeau /

Photo by Anne Campeau / confidentiality and privacy of less secure.” Photo by Michael Schneider / a traditional wired network. According to Hutchins, an- Undergrad president runoff candidates New grad president However, cryptologists quickly other purpose of the LAWN found numerous weaknesses in captive portal is to ensure that Kristie Champlin Alina Staskevicius Linda Harley the system that could easily lead the state of Georgia’s resources to security breaches. for the wireless network are not By Craig Tabita cast (42.0%), while Champlin Chapman won the graduate ex- In 2003, WPA officially su- being used by persons not affili- Editor-in-Chief received 1,016 votes (29.9%). ecutive vice presidential race un- perseded WEP as the wireless ated with Tech. Robert McEntyre, undergradu- opposed. security protocol standard. De- Since its first introduction For the third straight year the ate vice president of Campus Af- “I’ve been working really hard spite this action, many systems in 1999, LAWN has been con- race for the undergraduate stu- fairs, finished third with 953 votes this past year learning the ins and still utilize the WEP protocol for stantly updated and improved, dent body president position is (28.1%). outs of student government and wireless communication. but even though it has worked so going to a runoff. On the other “The race definitely isn’t over,” getting to know all of the admin- Currently, in order to use the far and is continuing to work for hand, election results released Staskevicius said. “[The campaign istrators on campus,” Harley said. wireless network at Tech, a per- the campus community, OIT is Wednesday produced a new un- has been] exhausting, but [the “It’s an amazing feeling to be able son has to first connect their lap- planning on turning over to the dergraduate executive vice presi- runoff] is something we were to know that students have confi- top, PDA or phone to GTWire- WPA system because it is both dent as well as a new graduate stu- anticipating this year with three dence in me and I can really stand less with a web key. Then the more convenient and more se- dent body president and executive really qualified candidates run- up for what is right for graduate person is redirected to a captive cure. vice president. ning.” students.” portal for LAWN, where they In the new WPA system, the The undergraduate presidency The graduate student body In the race for undergraduate have to login to the network username and password of the runoff will pit Alina Staskevicius, presidential race was narrowly executive vice president, Parker with their GT account username student or faculty member is undergraduate vice president of won by Linda Harley, gradu- Hancock, chair of the Internal and password. stored in the device itself, and Administrative Affairs, against ate executive vice president, who Development Committee, came The main issue with this each time he or she accesses the Public Policy Representative edged out Public Policy Senator out as the winner with 1,878 system is inconvenience experi- wireless network, the WPA- Kristy Champlin. Staskevicius Rick McKeon by a tally of 277- enced by the user. For security collected 1,428 of the 3,397 votes 274. City Planning Senator Justin See Elections, page 7 reasons, the user is logged out See WPA, page 4 2 • April 10, 2009 • Technique NEWS

From the files of the GTPD... 420 throw away TheTechnique congratulates Emily Chambers, who On the morning of April 4, was selected last Friday by the Georgia Tech Board of a police officer responded to the Campus Crime intersection of Tenth Street and Student Publications as the Technique Editor-in-Chief Hemphill Avenue regarding a for the 2009-10 academic year. By William Brawley suspect who was seen wearing a Assistant News Editor white shirt and blue jeans, wav- ing around a handgun. The police That’s my oil! take the student’s vitals, but was officer observed and subsequently On April 5, at around 2:40 unable to do so because of the approached a black male suspect. Technique a.m., police responded to the Perry student’s rage toward her. The stu- He saw the suspect throw a small The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper and Matheson residence halls and dent, of Arabic descent, called the clear plastic bag into the bushes. observed a male student threaten- EMT worker a “white bitch” and The suspect was ordered to stop, Founded in 1911, the Technique is the student newspaper of the ing other students by attempting kicked his feet at her. The student who then cooperated and laid Georgia Institute of Technology, and is an official publication of the to start a fight. The student ap- was then put into restraints. down on the ground. Georgia Tech Board of Student Publications. The Technique publishes peared to be intoxicated. The student continued to spout The police identified the sus- on Fridays weekly during the fall and spring and biweekly during the When the police approached, other statements, including com- pect, who stated that he was just summer. the male student called back to ments like “the whites in America trying to get back to a party, and the police officer that he didn’t de- just wanted to steal my country’s said that the drugs in the bushes Advertising: Information and rate cards can be found online at serve to live and wanted to be shot. oil” and “Bush was a bitch.” He were not his and that he did not nique.net/ads. The deadline for reserving ad space is Friday at 5 p.m. The student also pleaded with the also called his mother a whore. throw them. Upon further inves- one week before publication. To place a reservation, for billing infor- police to take him to jail. The po- “[My] mother was a terrorist that tigation, the bag was found to mation, or for any other questions please e-mail us at [email protected]. lice quickly notified dispatch and helped blow up 9/11,” said the stu- contain marijuana. The suspect You may reach us by telephone at (404) 894-2830, Monday through called for an ambulance. dent. was placed under arrest and was Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once the female EMT re- He was transported to Grady transported to Fulton Country Coverage Requests: Requests for coverage and tips should be sponder arrived, she attempted to Hospital. Jail without incident. submitted to the Editor-in-Chief and/or the relevant section editor. Office: Editor-in-Chief: POLL OF THE WEEK 353 Ferst Dr., Room 137 Craig Tabita [email protected] Do you feel safe on campus after Atlanta, GA 30332-0290 Next issue’s Telephone: (404) 894-2830 Telephone: (404) 894-2831 the recent robberies? Fax: (404) 894-1650 question: Follow us online: 70.1% 22.4% How do you feel http://nique.net No. The I have not heard of any robberies. about GTwireless Twitter: @the_nique robberies make moving to WPA? Copyright © 2009, Craig Tabita, Editor-in-Chief, and by the Georgia campus 3.0% Tech Board of Student Publications. No part of this paper may be reproduced seem more I have no opinion. in any manner without written permission from the Editor-in-Chief or from dangerous. the Board of Student Publications. The ideas expressed herein are those of the Tell us at individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Board of nique.net Student Publications, the students, staff, or faculty of the Georgia Institute of 17.9% Technology or the University System of Georgia. Yes. I don’t feel like the First copy free—for additional copies call (404) 894-2830 Based on 67 responses robberies are a big deal. NEWS Technique • April 10, 2009 • 3

Council Clippings Breaking This week in Student Government the ach Tuesday, elected members of the two houses of the Student Government Association, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) and the Graduate Student Senate (GSS), convene to Econsider allocation bills and discuss issues facing campus. Here is a summary of those two meetings. Bubble By Ben Keyserling, Assistant Photo Editor lot of things went on Aoutside the bubble of Tech This edition of Council Clip- will be replaced by two positions, The club used insurance money, in the past week. Here are a few manage critical infrastructure, pings covers the UHR and GSS a webmaster and a graphic design- fundraised and negotiated to re- important events taking place called SCADA, has not kept pace meetings from April 7, 2009. er. The amendment also removed place the majority of the damaged throughout the nation and the with the rest of the industry. the position of the vice president equipment. world. This breach is very influential New UHR Positions of Administrative Affairs. Under current financial policy, from a geo-political standpoint. The house bill passed UHR SGA finances two-thirds of all U.S. admits power grid TheWall Street Journal reported UHR discussed a bylaws 43-2-0 and did not require a GSS capital expenditures, unless the was infiltrated by spies that the intruders had not sought to amendment to restructure the vote. expenditure qualifies as an emer- damage anything. However, this organization. The bylaws change gency. According to the BBC, the could change in the event of war. created a new position, director Emergency Funding After reviewing the situation, U.S. government has admitted of communications, to enhance SGA officers determined the Row- that the nation’s power grid is “Sims” creator leaves EA transparency and communica- Rowing Club approached SGA ing Club request to be reasonable vulnerable to possible attacks The USA Today reported that tion with students at Tech. The this week seeking emergency under an emergency and com- after being infiltrated by foreign game developer Will Wright, who newly created position will preside funding for one rowing shell. In mended the club for its efforts to spies. The Wall Street Journal first worked with Electronic Arts (EA) over Public Relations and Student October, the club’s boat trailer raise replacement funds from ex- reported on this story, stating that to create such games as The Sims Lobby committees. In addition, was involved in an accident after ternal sources. Russian and Chinese spies were and Spore, has left the company the information technology chair the trailer brake failed, destroying In GSS, the bill passed 22-1-1. behind this breach of security. to form a new start-up company. position has been eliminated and nine boats as well as the trailer. In UHR, the bill passed 44-1-0. The report said that software had The company, called Stupid Fun been implanted that could shut Club, a start-up think tank, aims down the power grid. to develop intellectual property The U.S. Homeland Security for a variety of different games and Secretary, Janet Napolitano, entertainment including movies, SGABy William shoring Brawley According up Dead to Corey Boone, Week states, “No tests policy or quizzes may be admitted that they had been TV and Internet programming. EA Assistant News Editor committee chair for Academic Af- given during the week proceeding aware of this vulnerability for is making an equity investment in fairs in SGA, the idea behind the final exams week.” While this has years. However, she refused to the company. Ever since Tech switched over formation of a Dead Week policy been beneficial to students, with comment on the Wall Street Wright stated that the idea to the semester system, there was to give adequate time to stu- many professors adhering to the Journal story. behind the Stupid Fun Club is to has been a Dead Week policy dents to prepare for their final rule, the policy is not encompass- Dan Kaminsky, a cyber explore the new possibilities that that stipulates professors should exams the following week. Dead ing enough to ensure students’ security analyst and director of are emerging from the changes not assign work or give tests the Week was meant to be a time in rights as stated in the Student Bill penetration testing for IOActive, happening in the entertainment week before finals. However, es- which there were no meetings, of Rights if violations occur. stated that there is a pretty industry. The new start-up will pecially since last semester, there no sports activities and no official The Student Bill of Rights strong consensus in the security focus on creating new forms of have been a large number of com- business in classes, such as tests states that students are granted community that the class of the entertainment for a variety of plaints about professors ignoring and quizzes. technology used to monitor and platforms. the Dead Week policy. The current policy in place See Dead Week, page 7 4 • April 10, 2009 • Technique NEWS

Budget from page 1 WPA from page 1 course we can’t expect it to be per- fect on day one.” been cut in the original JFC rec- enabled device will send a “signa- WPA at Tech is still in the test- ommendations to $0, down from ture” to an access point. The ac- ing stage and is available only in $60,000 requested. According to cess point checks the “signature” certain spots on campus. There is a member of the JFC at the UHR and confirms the identity against also the issue of some devices not meeting, the $0 recommendation the Georgia Tech Active Direc- yet supporting the WPA security was meant to prompt the organi- tory. protocol. zation to develop a plan to reduce This system is more secure, be- A group of “friendly users” is their printing costs. The organiza- cause unlike WEP, the username providing feedback to OIT, which tion was encouraged to submit a and password of the person does is in the process of maturing the finance bill in the fall. There was not leave the device and thus can- product for future mass imple- some debate in the UHR on re- not be intercepted by someone mentation. These “friendly us- storing some of the funding for watching the communication be- ers” are working with the WPA printing. In the end, UHR grant- tween wireless devices. to ensure that all safety measures ed the Blueprint reduced printing It also means that the device are being handled in the correct costs while GSS maintained that itself will automatically connect fashion. the Blueprint would receive no to the wireless network whenever “Oftentimes, when a new sys- money in the budget and should the user accesses the Internet. This tem with tangible benefits comes submit a funding request in the makes the act of entering in user- out, everyone immediately wants fall. names and passwords no longer to use it and become angry when In another high-dollar move, necessary. they run into problems. What the GSS cut most of the recom- “It has been very successful so we’re going to ask from students mended funding for IFC. UHR far in a controlled environment,” with WPA is that they be patient Photo by Ben Keyserling / Student Publications recommended that IFC get Hutchins said. “We’re working and allow us time to improve the $29,078, but the graduates cut the hard to be able to roll out the system for them first,” Hutchins Students work on laptops in the Flag Building. Tech will soon amount to $1,974. system as soon as we can, but of said. use WPA on GTWireless so these networks will be more secure. NEWS Technique • April 10, 2009 • 5 Budget cuts reduce Tech workforce by dozens By William Brawley vost. The majority of the people For other positions, this meth- Donbaugh further explained viewed by the appropriate office,” Assistant News Editor laid off were under the age of 49, od could not work. This would be that all of the positions that were Donbaugh said. “It may be on the and about evenly split between the case if, for instance, there was eliminated were due to the budget academic or the administrative Given the current economic male and female. a particularly unique position. cuts, and not due to other person- side, but someone in the office of crisis, many state agencies are “Administration and Finance In these cases, there was analysis nel issues. the President [needs to review it].” decreasing their workforce, and have the most [eliminated posi- done of the individual depart- “These positions were the re- There is also the issue of stu- the University System of Georgia tions] because most of the posi- ments’ budget requirements to sult of the budget issues,” Don- dent positions at Tech. Donbaugh (USG) is no exception. While the tions were staff,” said Chuck Don- find if there was a duplicate posi- baugh said. “The consequence of explained that the Office of Hu- USG has cut 55 more positions baugh, associate vice president of tion or people that might be doing having a budget shortfall … forces man Resources (OHR) deals with across the university system, Tech the Office of Human Resources. the same work. An effort was then units to look at their broader or- student positions from an em- is taking the brunt of the layoffs Donbaugh described that there made to try to consolidate the job ganizations. When they realized ployment perspective, since these with 51 positions in a variety of was a selective method used to responsibilities. they were facing these challenges, positions are not handled by the offices and colleges being elimi- consolidate the workforce in the All the employees that are be- [they] looked at their work struc- OHR, especially those that are nated. various departments. ing laid off from Tech are eligible ture, tried to consolidate … and hired by academic departments. The majority of the positions “If, for example, they needed for a federal benefits package pro- the consequence was that some “To my knowledge, [the lay- eliminated at Tech were from the to eliminate one administrative gram, called COBRA, which pro- positions were then eliminated.” offs] had very little effect on stu- administration or finance depart- support position, and there were vides laid-off workers with nine Despite the large number of dent positions,” Donbaugh said. ments, but employees were laid off five [positions], they would first months of coverage. Also, there job vacancies in the USG, there is “…[Departments] have tried not from other areas of Tech as well. look at seniority,” Donbaugh said. were some employees who were in fact a moratorium on hiring, at to [impact] their student employ- These other areas included some “[The process for eliminations is eligible for retirement and chose least at Tech. ment base. They realize it’s a form of the academic colleges and the following] a last-in, first-out ap- to retire and take their standard “Any position for which there of aid, so they try to keep their offices of the president and pro- proach.” retirement benefits package. is a request to fill needs to be re- student workforce intact.”

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from page 3 Elections from page 1 Dead Week 2009-2010 Undergraduate Representatives “the right to have reasonable time votes. His opponent Brian-Paul to learn course material prior to Gude, sophomore class president, These individuals have been elected to serve as representatives in the Undergraduate House of Representatives. the administration of an examina- garnered 1,356 votes. Sophomore Representative (4) Biomedical Engineering (2) LCC (1) tion.” The election ended Wednesday Laurel L. Derby Ted Chen Lindsey Hollenbeck Given the large number of at 4 p.m. An hour and a half later, Dee Dee Kim Phillip Trusty complaints that SGA received after the SGA Elections Commit- Melissa Parham Management (3) last semester, they are trying to tee certified the results, the win- Alex Walker ChBE (2) Nancy Bota restructure the Dead Week policy ners were announced in the Stu- Jonathan Denis Meredith Roth to make it more comprehensive dent Center Commons by Carlos Junior Representative (4) Christopher Martin LeGaren Toomer and more fitting with the eighth D’Almeida, SGA elections chair, Daniel Nussenbaum Chemistry (1) amendment in the Student Bill of and Drew Weigl, graduate elec- John Rosenweig Brenda Morales-Pico Mathematics (1) Rights. tions director, who also published Benjamin Smith David Lowry In defense of the faculty, these results. Jimmy Williams Civil Engineering (2) Boone mentioned that once fac- Turnout was up from last year De’Von Dixon Mechanical Engineering (4) ulty members are made aware of in both races. For those voting for Senior Representative (4) Ian Frame Pranav Gandhi the policy, they tend to apologize. undergraduate positions, 3,662 Kaitlyn Frazier Tyler Jackson However, Boone added, by the students voted out of the 12,069 Andy Jones College of Computing (2) Charles Shoemaker time that happens, it’s too late. possible undergraduates (30.3%). La-Trice Lambert Victoria Lee Parker Hewitt “I think it’s an important poli- This figure is up from the 2,606 Priya Taparia Michael Slaughter cy that is often ignored by profes- votes cast last year but down from MSE (1) sors,” said Scott Sherman, fourth- 4,105 votes in 2007. In the gradu- Athletic Association, Fall (1) EAS (1) Shawn Zhang year ME. “Having a test or quiz, ate presidential race, 551 votes Dalton Hedberg James Hite in some cases less than a week were cast out of the 5,937 possible Modern Languages (1) before a final exam, is distracting graduate students (9.2%). This fig- Athletic Association, Spring (1) Economics (1) T.J. Kaplan and only adds to the stress I’m al- ure was up just one from last year’s Will Woodworth Nupur Patel ready under during exam week.” total of 550. Physics (1) “If we are mired in papers, lab SGA election bylaws require Co-Op, Spring (1) Electrical Engineering (3) (none) reports and other laborious assign- a winning candidate in any stu- Russell Ralston Malini Jagannadhan ments, we have no time to review dent government race to receive a Anurag R. Kadasne Psychology (1) the course material,” Boone said. majority of the votes cast. When Co-Op, Fall (1) Marcus Walker Brooke McDaniel “Nevertheless, if all of our faculty three or more candidates split the Margaret S. Anderson followed the current policy, that vote so that none receives more HTS (1) PTFE (1) would be a step in the right direc- than half of the votes, a runoff is Aerospace Engineering (2) Kaitlyn Whiteside (none) tion.” held during the following week Elliot Mork SGA is working with upper between the two leading vote- International Affairs (1) Public Policy (1) level administration to better getters. Architecture (2) Maria Cleveland Travis Horsley communicate the importance of The runoff between Staskevi- Colleen Jordan this policy. “We’ve been doing cius and Champlin will open to- Joseph Razavian ISyE (3) this for two semesters,” Boone day at 1 p.m. at www.elections. Yash Ghogre said. “Violations are down but not gatech.edu and will remain open Biology (1) Raphael Rose eliminated.” until Wednesday at 4 p.m. Paige Cruver Jakeisha Smith

Save a tree! Read us online! nique.net Opinions Editor: Naihobe Gonzalez Technique It’s hard to argue against cynics—they always sound smarter than optimists be- 8 cause they have so much evidence on their Friday, “ side. Opinions ” —Molly Ivins April 10, 2009 OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion SGA budget behavior a Power plays disgrace to themselves, student body SGA’s treatment of budget, stipends lacks sensibility By Craig Tabita tier, while my position falls on the As the difficulties of crafting next year’s If these decisions—and the murky Editor-in-Chief second. While SGA has tradition- budget weigh on the Student Government manner in which they were undertaken— ally budgeted each of these the Normally I have admired the same, next year the presidents will Association, this week’s unexpected news were necessary due to budget constraints, individuals in SGA for the often outpace the editor at least $1,000. that SGA has cut many Tier 2 student then SGA officials would have applied thankless hard work they put in Although this doesn’t affect any around their busy school sched- paychecks I’ll ever receive, I’m still stipends, while maintaining its own pay the same type of unsupported scrutiny ules. Recent activity, however, has biased so I’ll let you decide wheth- rates and even, in the case of the gradu- to their own salaries. Using budget con- made me embarrassed that these er this is something that deserved ates, approving raises, is inexplicable. straints as an excuse seems like the easy people carry the flag of student even one second of public discus- leadership and control millions sion before SGA convened to vote. Following last week’s budget recom- way out when the global economy is hurt- of dollars of Student Activity Much more egregious to me is mendations by the Joint Finance Com- ing, but the number of students (and thus Fees. I can’t ignore their deficien- the slashing in half of most of the mittee, which the Undergraduate House SGA revenue) continues to increase. cies when they result in massive rest of our editorial board posi- cuts to crucial positions in Tier tions and the 75 percent cut in as- of Representatives and Graduate Student Not only are JFC guidelines being ig- 2 organizations such as my staff, sistant editor positions. I can sin- Senate were to vote on this week, a Stu- nored without any explanation, but there our sister publications’ staffs and cerely state that next year’s News dent Stipend Committee was formed at is no body to provide oversight and en- Interfraternity Council officers. Editor will put in over 15 hours Meanwhile, SGA chooses to keep of work per week keeping tabs the last minute to review student positions sure that SGA does not abuse students’ its own myriad of vice presidents on what’s going on around cam- paid for by the Student Activity Fee. This trust by refusing transparency, effective and other executives at the same pus with administration, campus high pay rates, even leaving the crime, student groups and aca- committee met with Tier 2 organization and timely communication, and fair and door open for raises for some. demics; managing his or her staff leaders on Sunday, and in the case of the informed decision making to speed and SGA’s Joint Finance Commit- of writers and developing new Technique, there was no indication that secrecy. Having already passed these bud- tee (JFC) has diverged from any writers; editing their work; inves- semblance of proper organization tigating leads and reporting on the JFC’s recommendations (which set al- get cuts, there are no avenues left for or- and transparency in the recom- typically one or more stories per most all staff salaries at the same rate as ganizations who feel wronged to air their mendations they return to the week; and designing layouts that last year) would be changed before voting. grievances. Undergraduate House of Repre- will require them to stay awake sentatives (UHR) and Graduate Wednesday nights often until the Instead, and without any notification SGA has exercised its will with little Student Senate (GSS). These leg- sun rises on Thursday. The JFC, or insight into the deliberation process, thought as to whether the Student Sti- islative bodies have foolishly con- and by accord the members of tinued to assume that the JFC is UHR and GSS, think this service this ad hoc committee decided to arbi- pend Committee’s 11th-hour delibera- reviewing funding requests with is worth less than $4 per hour to trarily classify student positions into six tions made sense, were necessary or actu- a consistent and well thought out the students of our Institute. categories that cap the maximum salary ally worked to the benefit of the students set of criteria, when in fact they The Stipend Committee’s are making up policy as they go. knowledge of how to pay our po- students can receive from SGA funds. that these representatives were elected to The JFC released their recom- sitions is presumably based on a Come Tuesday, student leaders had re- serve. Rather than taking the time to look mendations for the fiscal year hastily organized, superficial in- ceived no warning that their budgets further into the unexpected recommen- 2010 budget in March, leading terview they performed with me organizations in the budget to on Sunday. Never once did they could be drastically cut or any recourse. dations, the UHR and GSS seem to have believe those would be the exact ask me about the responsibilities Although the existence of this Stipend passed budgets in haste so they could recommendations presented to of assistant editors, who are cru- SGA. JFC members proceeded to cial to our paper and put in 5-10 Committee has been characterized by the leave their marathon budget meetings. make two new sets of last-minute hours per issue every week. Yet rushed, opaque way in which it has operat- The way in which SGA has crafted this recommendations that remained somehow, SGA decided this work ed, the reason for forming the committee year’s budget is filled with instances of internal until they were put up for merits less than $2 per hour. vote this Tuesday. Not only did the tone of our is certainly fair. Comparable work across abuse of power. Using threats of zero fund- The latter of these recommen- interview indicate that we would disparate student organizations should re- ing that apparently they didn’t intend to dations, which the UHR and GSS receive the full amount of fund- ceive comparable pay, and we know this carry out (as in the case of the Blueprint) approved with little deviation, ing requested (which JFC had came from a temporary Stipend already recommended), Stipend is not currently the case. But to form this as a means to exert influence and make a Committee formed last week for Committee Chair Kimberly LeB- committee only days before a final vote, statement based on personal viewpoints is the purpose of readjusting all lanc specifically told me that the the paid student positions listed Editor-in-Chief would receive a for the committee to interview leaders but a poor governance tactic that has no place in the Tier 2 budget. JFC Chair recommended raise which I did fail to obtain enough specific information in SGA, as is GSS cutting IFC funding to Austin Rahn later told me that not request. Furthermore, another on the responsibilities of student workers make a political statement to UHR. the purpose of the Stipend Com- committee member acknowl- mittee was not to reduce overall edged that given the fluid nature in order to make an educated classifica- The actions of student government student stipends but to enforce of our staffing, we (like some tion, and for the committee to remain during this process leave much to be de- fairness in pay across organiza- other larger groups on campus) silent and fail to provide any documenta- sired and suggest a dire need for increased tions. This is a noble pursuit but can distribute payroll more effi- a demanding one as well. Even a ciently from a lump sum than is tion that would shed some much-needed communication, accountability and well-managed committee could possible through an evaluation of light on its role in the last-minute budget transparency. Student organizations, and not possibly have arrived at accu- individual positions (which ended amendments is a blatant abuse of power. the students they serve, deserve better. rate outcomes in less than a week, up being beyond their capability). let alone sufficiently in advance of Evidently they either radically Tuesday’s votes to allow a response changed their minds within two from affected organizations. For days or lied to me. The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the an example of the importance of If we were given even a simple Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors. advance notice, the Blueprint was explanation of why SGA thought able to convince UHR to pro- we were overpaid and our stipends vide a $40,000 printing budget should be so cut, I might under- Technique Editorial Board after the JFC recommended zero stand. However, neither Rahn nor Craig Tabita, Editor-in-Chief dollars because they had several anyone else in SGA will provide Jenny Zhang Morgan, Managing Editor weeks to make a case. useful answers, nor is any docu- The product of this Stipend mentation of their process public. Emily Chambers, Outreach Editor Siwan Liu, Design Editor Committee is a list of six catego- It certainly would be much Vivian Fan, Layout Editor Reem Mansoura, Focus Editor ries with maximum pay amounts easier to accept these cuts if SGA Naihobe Gonzalez, Opinions Editor Corbin Pon, News Editor into which each Tier 2 paid stu- had exhibited leadership and Matt Hoffman, Sports Editor Jonathan Saethang, Development Editor dent position was inserted. The started with themselves. Unfor- Blake Israel, Online Editor Michael Schneider, Photography Editor first thing I noticed in the table is tunately such a show of character Hahnming Lee, Advertising Manager Daniel Spiller, Entertainment Editor that the two SGA presidents are might be too much to ask of the the sole occupants of the highest current crop. OPINIONS Technique • April 10, 2009 • 9 Complaints are means for change at Tech Tomorrow (April 11) is my “...Stop and appreciate the your day of non-complaining B Z birthday. For my birthday, this good things at Tech, then that you be forced to think U Z is what I want: for just one day Tech is awesome. But stop Around the Campus out of the week next week, I write down the bad things and appreciate the good things want everyone at Tech to stop at Tech, then write down the complaining aloud about Ma and do something about it.” bad things and do something Tech, “The Shaft,” professors about it. Complacency will not Did you benefit from making random changes to Blake Israel make things any better. their syllabi, Stinger and Trol- Online Editor The heads of every de- the expanded summer ley drivers, not stopping or partment—Transportation, walking off the buses random- Dining, Housing, Auxiliary schedule? ly, seemingly reasonless SGA Services—can all be found Joint Finance Committee de- a Tech doormat at my house dents push both the adminis- on their websites. You might cision or any of the hundreds and more yellow and gold T- tration and our fellow students be surprised when they actu- of things Tech students whine shirts than I can handle, to achieve better results in ev- ally respond to you. I person- about (sometimes rightfully I have helped friends at ery aspect of life at Tech, not ally have had some good dis- so) on a daily basis. other schools register, work only will our own experiences cussions with some of these Instead I would like for ev- through financial aid processes be enhanced, but so will those people and they seem to truly eryone to take that complaint, and done a multitude of other of future generations of RATs value student input (a recur- write it down on a list and at seemingly mundane activities. and alumni, not even counting ring theme in the ‘Nique’s con- the end of the day send emails My experience has been that the value it will add to your di- sensus pieces). to the relevant parties for each no other college or university ploma post-graduation. The same goes for your issue you had. If we as students in the southeast provides as There are many things to SGA representatives. I recently simply sit back and take these much assistance and support still gripe about: Transporta- called up several representa- perceived maladministrations to their student body as Tech. tion, Dining, Housing and tives, some within my depart- Fenging Yu lying down, then posterity will Our financial aid depart- Student Government are just ment and some without, to forever have the same griev- ment is beyond equal, they a few. Several of these have express my discontent with the Second-year INTA ances against Tech as we. have provided timely and ac- come a long way, but most JFC’s recommendations on “I’m taking MGT and INTA This is the reasoning I sup- curate aid every time I have could still use some work. The certain publications’ budgets ply my fellow Tech students been there (which is a lot). Stingers are improving, but and was delighted to receive classes, but my options are with when confronted with The advisors in every college I still have drivers leaving me positive responses that were the question: why do all your at Tech I have visited provided stranded, seemingly randomly, actually fulfilled during vot- still very limited.” editorials just whine and com- me with the answers to my for five minutes or more at a ing. All of the SGA representa- plain about things at Tech? questions with unparalleled time while they exit the bus. tives’ emails can be found with Can’t you ever just be happy speed and efficiency. Overall, I haven’t been to a dining hall one or two clicks at www.sga. about something that Tech the critical infrastructure of in about three years, and while gatech.edu/people does? Anyone who knows me Tech (Registrar, Bursar, Advis- Woodie’s was overhauled So please, if for nothing knows that I love Tech. I’m a ing and Financial aid) is truly while I was still eating there, I else than as a birthday present second generation-Tech alum- leaps and bounds ahead of the hear the food still oozes grease to me, write, call, email, fax or nus (following my father, EE rest of Georgia and beyond. quite frequently. Lord knows do something to express your ’74 and ‘77). I haven’t missed a The point of all this is not we’ve all heard a ton about opinions, good, bad or neutral home football game since I was for you to think Tech is per- SGA’s JFC cutting everyone’s to those who can listen. If all a freshman. I have Tech stick- fect. Far from it; nothing is budgets this past fortnight. else fails, the Technique is al- ers on my car, Tech floor mats, perfect. The more we as stu- I do not suggest that during ways looking for good writers.

Rahul Bhatia Fourth-year ME “I’m taking Heat Transfer AffirmativeI was at a minority recruit- action can lead toWhat’s catch-22 more is that some of and Systems Lab, [but] ing event the other day for “...the last thing I want is for these distinctions are fairly ar- graduate school, when a stu- someone to look at me and bitrary. Two otherwise identi- no. dent (a “diversity applicant,” cal Hispanic students could be as she was likely labeled by the think, ‘She must have been a treated completely differently admissions committee) asked minority admit.’” depending on whether one is what I thought was an unnec- a U.S. permanent resident or essary question: “What efforts Naihobe Gonzalez citizen. By the same token, are there at the university to an affluent African-American recruit African-American and Opinions Editor born to college-educated par- Latino professors?” ents could receive advantages In response to the question, that a low-income, white stu- a dean tried to reassure the au- edged or not) is that it is far my ability. The easiest thing dent born in a rural area would dience that the university at- from simple. I would not re- to do is to shrug it off—who not have access to. tracted top minority scholars alistically denounce efforts cares why I got in somewhere When I recently learned of who almost always received to even out the playing field or why I was given funding? a program for graduate stu- tenure. He was quick to add or make certain professions Now that I’m in, I can prove dents in under-represented that this was due to the quality more diverse. After all, these myself, minority or not. groups, I was torn as to wheth- Brian-Paul Gude of their work and not their race are legitimate ends that serve Still, would I feel the same er I would want to participate. Third-year IE or ethnicity. While I appreci- a greater social purpose. But I way if I was of a different race Instinctively, I want to milk ated the clarification, I was can’t always make up my mind or nationality? In addition to any “advantage” I can get. But, “Yes, it encourages me to stay beginning to tire of the event. as to when this obsession with labeling U.S. students who are perhaps out of personal pride, Session after session, it began diversity can become counter- “diversity applicants,” I have I don’t want to take any short- and offers more for me to take to reek of an affirmative action productive. also learned that schools make cuts that may undermine my during the summer.” love fest. Take the field of academia. the distinction between Asians achievements. I hope the qual- I tried to think ahead to the The National Science Founda- and non-Asians. Again, this ity of my work one day speaks time when, if all goes well, I’ll tion gives millions of dollars strategy makes sense in order for itself, and the last thing I be a professor. Would I want each year for various minor- to increase diversity, not just want is for someone to look at to be known as a “top female ity research and support pro- out of what conservative pun- me and think, “She must have Hispanic economist” or just a grams. I have taken advantage dits may call “liberal guilt,” been a minority admit.” “top economist?” I think the of some of these opportunities, but also to create a more bal- The process of undoing cen- answer is clear. What’s unclear and feel I have them to thank anced learning environment. turies of injustice is obviously a is to what extent these factors for my graduate school out- I’ve heard more than once daunting one, and I do believe come into play in academia comes. As a minority, I do not that if admissions in econom- that the government should and other fields. Based on bits always have access to the same ics were solely based on proven continue to play a major role and pieces I’ve gathered from opportunities as, say, a white technical ability, some enter- in increasing equality across students and professors at vari- male at an Ivy, and I am glad ing classes would be shock- groups (call me crazy, but I ous universities, I have come that these programs exist. ingly homogenous. But if I don’t think the incentive exists to believe that belonging to an But as someone who wants was a qualified Chinese appli- for any private firm or indi- Daniel Wang under-represented group does to think of herself as “capable” cant who had to jump through vidual to provide public goods serve as an advantage. It’s just before “minority,” I have begun more hoops than an American like equality and justice). Third-year CE hard to tell how big and how to engage in some self-doubt as one to gain admission or fund- However, I’m really look- unfair of one. to whether my admission into ing into a program, I may be ing forward to the distant day “They added more classes?”

The problem with affirma- competitive schools had more a bit more upset. In this case, when race and ethnicity are ir- Photos by Sarah Chang and Weili Huang tive action (whether acknowl- to do with my ethnicity than justice trumps fairness. relevant factors. 10 • April 10, 2009 • Technique OPINIONS

YOUR VIEWS Letters to the Editor OUR VIEWS Hot or Not SGA executives explain budget – or – Over the past few weeks, the our maximum allocation can only HOT NOT Student Government Associa- be $4.3 million. Why make these Write to us: tion has been diligently finishing organizations come back before next year’s budget. As the bud- SGA and request funds? [email protected] geting process can be somewhat We are required to balance next complex, there have been several year’s budget with our projected We welcome your letters questions and concerns raised by revenues for next year, but because in response to Technique organizations concerning their we often have funds that are rolled content as well as topics rel- funding. over at the end of each year, ad- evant to campus. We will We hope to clear up some of ditional funding is available for print letters on a timely and Election outcomes Drought drags on the common misunderstandings these organizations through the and offer some history and back- bill process. It is important for space-available basis. SGA elections are one The good news is that the Letters should not exceed step closer to wrapping up, drought is technically over ground to this year’s budgeting organizations to realize that the process. funding process is a multifaceted 400 words and should be with two candidates—Kristie in Georgia thanks to a really submitted by Tuesday at 7 Champlin and Alina Staskevi- wet month of March. The bad Every year the Mandatory process and yearly budget alloca- cius—moving on to the runoff news is that the Lake Lanier Student Fee Advisory Commit- tions are not the only means of p.m. in order to be printed in next week. While total turnout Basin, on which most of metro tee, a group of appointed student funding. the following Friday’s issue. remained low, about 700 more Atlanta depends for water, leaders and administrators, meet If your organization has any Include your full name, year students performed their civic is not. Climatologists say we in the fall to decide upon the fol- questions about SGA or the bud- (1st, 2nd, etc.) and major. duty this year as compared to should all continue to practice lowing year’s Activity Fee request. geting process, please don’t hesi- We reserve the right to edit Because of the Board of Regents’ tate to contact us. last. Greater certainty about water conservation into the for style and length. Only next year’s leadership—and hot summer months coming forced Tuition Fee this semester and the increasing cost of educa- Aaron Fowler one submission per person not being bombarded with fli- up. So long green lawns and will be printed per term. ers—is always good. sparkling pools? tion that we foresaw for Fall 2010, Graduate Student Body we opted not to raise the Student President Activity Fee. With that said, because we held Nick Wellkamp reading suffers as well. the Activity Fee at its current lev- Undergraduate Student Body When reading a newspaper, el, we have had to tighten our belts President I am able to glance through the and truly evaluate every line item pages to find new and interesting in the budget. Unfortunately, in Austin Rahn articles about topics I had previ- prior years a true evaluation of the SGA Vice President ously known nothing about. budget has not always taken place of Finance Online, I read only those and we applaud this year’s House, things that I’m already interested Senate and Joint Finance Com- in or knowledgeable about or Tennis love Never-ending story mittee for taking up that task. Internet news obscures those whose titles are so intrigu- Women’s tennis has carried Construction at the North Because we are currently still reading priorities ing that I am inclined to click an impressive winning streak, Avenue Apartments has per- in deliberations over the budget, it through to the article. with seven straight wins to cel- sisted months past the pro- is premature to address individual Though quicker and more ef- ebrate this season. The streak jected end date at the end of organizations’ budgets and their I greatly enjoyed Ben Keyser- ficient in terms of information began March 21 with a win 2008. Offering residents ear budget cuts. Albeit, there will al- ling’s opinion article [Real news transfer, conversion to electronic over number 20 ranked Vir- plugs is, unfortunately, not ways be some organizations that doesn’t belong on the internet,” media leaves the consumer with ginia and continued through enough to help the loud, early- will see a budget reduction below April 3] on the disadvantages of more choices but diminished abil- Sunday’s Senior Day against morning hammering that con- what they believe they needed or moving the news to primarily on- ity to discriminate between them. Maryland. The team is now tinues to wake sleepy students. deserved. line formatting. That said, how anyone did re- ranked sixth in the nation and We know construction will These organizations may come His point about the competi- search before keyword searches tied for second place in the never end at Tech, but at least back next year and submit a bill tion between what’s important came along is beyond me. ACC. Just one more reason to this one project should have requesting further funding. In to- and what’s recent in online news be proud to be a Yellow Jacket. reached its end by now. tal, SGA received requests for over reporting is excellent. I find that Joel Boerckel $5.3 million in spending, whereas as a result, the diversity of my ME graduate student

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sliver www.nique.net the guy in chbe who plays hockey is super hot and the bald guy whos his friend just not as much how ‘bout it, big trendy? It really sucks that I keep getting all these bruises from Emily kicking and hitting me. I don’t mean to make her mad. Emily probably officially hates me now! :-) It can be a whale or an airfoil....definitely whale!!! Want a date?? Then maybe you should have come to the date auction. I think Zhang is hot guggenheim is fun to say I bought a girl at the date auction, and she was hot. =P My roommate is weird. i sat next to you on the couch and you said we “cuddled” wtf?!? you wish. to the dude who is super pissed about girl’s sunglasses: guess sometimes girls wear clothing that WE like... not to attract boys and esp not to attract boys who get mad over sunglasses.. who cares.. i have a cat in my dorm room for the weekend... shhh dont tell anyone [email protected] Organization Spotlight: Cycling Club Technique Tech’s cycling club is a student-run club that Focus Editor: Reem Mansoura rides socially and also travels to races together 11 to compete against other colleges. Friday, Focus Contact: [email protected] April 10, 2009 S ting Break MEET THE First lady planning Val Peterson, wife oF Tech president G.P. “Bud” Peterson unveiledBy Tamara Johnson Contributing Writer

For many years the Student Center Programs Council has worked to boost the morale of the student population during the school year, help- ing coordinate big events such as Homecoming and Fall Festival. One of the Council’s most notable events is the annual Sting Break concert held at the end of the spring semester. Artists that have headlined this huge Tech occasion within the past few years include big names Lu- dacris, T.I. and OK GO. On Friday, April 17, the Council will be showcasing the talents of rock band Of A Revo- lution (O.A.R) with opening acts by Augustana and Parachute. How well known are these bands around campus? To take a couple of random students for an example, Jane Hua, third-year MGT, said Photo by Weili Huang/ Student Publications she had no idea who O.A.R. was but that she was “pretty excited” about Augustana; Chris By Aaron Parkman Cantrell, third-year BCHM, said he knows Staff Writer O.A.R. and was excited about having them on campus. According to Courtney Telfare, second-year n energetic Val Peterson welcomed me into the dren, Dr. and Mrs. Peterson took the children in with IE and the concerts chair for this year’s Sting presidential residence this Monday, smiling ex- welcoming arms. Mrs. Peterson treated all her chil- Break, with the cost of the bands this year, uberantly as we both enjoyed the well-decorat- dren the same, whether they were biological or foster. funds would come up short without ticket sales. Aed walls of the foyer. New to Tech, but an experienced Dr. and Mrs. Peterson’s experience with foster care “If we want a big name artist we need the funds hostess, the first lady quickly made me feel at home by led to a partnership between the Boulder County De- for that,” Telfare said. offering me the most comfortable chair in her living partment of Social Services and the Boulder campus. “This is not the first time that we have ticket- room. Soon after we sat down, she was ready to answer While at CU, she helped to establish a scholar- ed Sting Break, and some of our most successful my questions. ship called the Guardian Program, which is for foster shows have been those that were ticketed. We I learned that a typical week for Mrs. Peterson in- children who have aged out of the foster care system. are still getting a good deal. O.A.R. will be per- cludes being out of the house five nights a week, usu- “They are like a family to one another,” Mrs. Peterson forming at Clemson the day after our concert ally at a campus event or somewhere else promoting said. without Augustana, and the ticket cost there the interests of Tech. “I adore fundraising,” said Mrs. Mrs. Peterson is also a skilled seamstress, and she will be $25,” Telfare said. Peterson, who has not only served as first lady at Tech makes a lot of what she wears, including the quilted Telfare stated that the band selection process but also at the University of Colorado at Boulder. jacket that she wore for our interview. Sewing is just all begins with the student survey. “We send Along with the president, she is responsible for rep- one of her many hobbies, which include hiking, yoga out a survey of several popular artists to all stu- resenting Tech at numerous events, including advisory and taking walks around the city. dents. We do this … so that we receive a wide board meetings, fundraisers and banquets. For their She is an expert at forming relationships with peo- variety of opinions. All of our actions are based anniversary, they will be attending three Tech events. ple, and it is also something she loves. “I’ve found that on the initial votes of the students,” Telfare said. “The most challenging thing has been learning every- my strength is being Bud’s eyes and ears around cam- Telfare went on to explain that they rank art- one’s names,” Mrs. Peterson said. pus. I love making connections! If people will educate ists based on the number of votes they get as Dr. and Mrs. Peterson were married 35 years ago, me about what they’re doing at Tech, I can get the well as based on the number of first-choice votes May 19th, after meeting at Kansas State University. word out about it,” Mrs. Peterson said. that they receive. For this year the top picks by Mrs. Peterson was pursuing a degree in Spanish and Looking toward the future, she has high hopes for students included Weezer, the Goo Goo Dolls home economics, and Dr. Peterson was pursuing a de- Tech but is approaching the job humbly. “For the first and Third Eye Blind, and it was in this order gree in mechanical engineering. few months, we’re going to have to learn and listen to that the concert committee contacted the art- In addition to being first lady, Mrs. Peterson has what truly is Tech …. [In the future] I see Tech being ists. taught 12 years of Spanish and 24 years of aerobics. broadened, but without losing our focus on what we The task to choose a band is never as simple “I like sports that I can participate in,” Mrs. Peterson are,” Mrs. Peterson said. as a number of votes, and from reasons such as said. Mrs. Peterson would like to see Tech grow in a va- lack of money or scheduling conflicts the com- Dr. and Mrs. Peterson lived in College Station, riety of ways. She pointed out that Tech was formerly Texas for 19 years, during which time they attended a member of the Association of American Universities See Unveiled, page 15 graduate school and worked at Texas A&M, had their (AAU) but does not currently hold that membership. fourth child, and were foster parents to nine. The AAU is a 62-member association of research uni- According to a profile of Mrs. Peterson from the versities, which accounts for 58 percent of American Boulder Daily Camera, most of their foster children universities’ research grants and 74 percent of Ameri- came to them from abuse or neglect. Despite these cir- can Nobel Prize winners, according to the AAU web cumstances, and despite having four biological chil- site.

I see Tech being broadened, but without losing our focus on what we are. “ Publications Student Schneider/ Michael by Photo Fun Facts about Val Peterson ” Dr. and Mrs. Peterson Prior to coming to Tech As an avid seamstress were married 35 years ago, May Mrs. Peterson, a fluent Spanish Mrs. Peterson makes some of her 19th, after meeting at Kansas State speaker, was a teacher and taught own clothes, including the dress she University. The two have four chil- Spanish for 12 years and aerobics for wore to campus after Dr. Peterson dren and nine foster children. 24 years. was confirmed as Tech’s president. 12 • April 10, 2009 • Technique FOCUS L ecture Crashers legacy continues with mayhem By Sarah Boling Clearly, the OSI has the right Contributing Writer to put current students who “crash” a faculty member’s class If you go to class during the through the Student Code of Campus MovieFest filming pe- Conduct procedures. riod, there’s a good chance that “We hold them responsible for you’ve seen the Lecture Crashers. the violation of the Code of Con- They “crash” lectures by running duct, and then we appropriately into classrooms and performing offer a sanction for it. It may be various silly acts to surprise and a warning for some students, or it entertain the professors and stu- may be probation. It really would dents. The Lecture Crashers are depend on if there’s any previous indeed becoming a tradition on history that the student has been Tech’s campus. involved in,” Stein said. The crashes began with Evan Luna, Taylor and Nash were Wimpey ME ‘08 and Ed Bolian surprised when they found out PUBP ‘08 three years ago. They what kind of disciplinary action created “Lecture Crashers” as OSI chose to take against them. a short film for Tech’s Campus “The punishment that OSI MovieFest and enjoyed it so much gave us was to write an apol- that they used the idea again for ogy letter [to one of the professors the next two years. whose lecture was crashed], 35 When Wimpey and Bolian hours of community service to do graduated last year, they didn’t before the end of school, and one want the lecture crashes to leave year of disciplinary probation,” with them. That’s where Zach Luna said. Luna, second-year PHYS, Zack “All of us have clean records. Taylor, first-year PHYS, and Bert It’s something that’s very out of Nash, first-year MGT, come in. Photo by Jarrett Skov/ Student Publications character for us. We were all told “Evan Wimpey and Ed Bo- From left to right: Lecture crashers Bert Nash, Zach Luna and Zack Taylor pose for a picture in a that more than likely it would be lian went to North Gwinett High Howey classroom. They recieved disciplinary action for going against Tech’s Code of Conduct. a disciplinary warning, and then School with Bert and I. I ran cross we found out that we were given country with Evan and swam with tunately for the crashers, though, alized that interrupting classes on tially do this. In advance, ask per- disciplinary probation for an en- Ed. I was actually in the “Lecture the ordeal was far from over. tape could mean trouble. mission of the faculty member. tire year,” Luna said. Crashers 3” video as an extra, so “About two weeks after we “Obviously there was the po- Those who don’t agree, you have “It felt very ‘guilty until proven when they graduated, they knew made the video, we each got tential for us to get in trouble. We to abide by that. Otherwise you’re innocent’ rather than ‘innocent that I was here and that I had the emails about it. We all had to go had read the Code of Conduct, in violation, but some may [agree]. until proven guilty’,” Nash said. same type of spirit in me, so they in and start the OSI [Office of and it just didn’t seem likely that The interesting thing about this is All three students were upset asked if I would like to continue Student Integrity] process, meet- this would result in disciplinary that the reaction of faculty varies with being given probation rath- the legacy,” Luna said. ing with Sarah Graham [Tech’s probation. After our first meet- with this,” Stein said. er than just a warning, but they Luna teamed up with co-crash- Judicial Coordinator] individu- ing with Sarah Graham, we were Lecture crashers, by their very chose not to appeal because OSI er Taylor and cameraman/video ally. A month after that, she con- under the impression that we were definition, go against Tech’s Code reserves the right to increase the editor Nash to create the new lec- tacted us and gave us our punish- going to get a slap on the wrist,” of Conduct. The Code holds any punishment in such a case, and ture crashers. Wimpey and Bolian ments,” Luna said. Taylor said. student accused of committing none of them wanted to risk sus- contributed to the video as well, Although they said that they Dean of Students John Stein “disorderly conduct including, pension. even participating in some of the had been assured by Wimpey emphasized that in taking disci- but not limited to … obstruc- “It’s pretty rough because I’m crashes. and Bolian that there would be plinary action against the lecture tion or disruption of teaching, hoping to be applying to grad All of the filming took place no disciplinary repercussions, crashers, the school is in no way research, administration or other school during the beginning of on Thursday, Jan. 15th, and after Luna, Taylor and Nash had been condemning Campus MovieFest Institute activities, including its the spring semester next year, and a late night of editing for Nash, prepared to deal with a minor or even trying to eliminate lecture public service functions or other so the year of disciplinary proba- the entire movie was completed reprimand. They had all read the crashing for good. authorized activities” subject to in a 24-hour time period. Unfor- Student Code of Conduct and re- “There is a way to still poten- conduct procedures. See Crashers, page 15

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Photo by Blake Israel/ Student Publications Members of the Tech community participate in the annual Festi- val of Colors by throwing colored powder and water at each other.

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Crashers from page 12 Colors from page 13 Unveiled from page 11 tion will not yet be up,” Luna said. community is invited, as well as mittee had to move down the He is afraid that being under everyone else in Atlanta who hears list to find both the top-ranked disciplinary probation will reflect about it,” Aurora said. and most available artists for this poorly on him and cast him in an Holi activities are not, how- year’s concert. unfair light. ever, the only events the India “We got in contact with In fact, the probation will stay Club hosts during the year. Ac- O.A.R… and as they were under on each student’s record for five cording to Palvia, India Club also the same label as O.A.R. we were years after they graduate from hosts a mixer for Indian students able to get both Parachute and Tech. That means that Taylor at the start of every year, in ad- Augustana in the deal,” Telfare and Nash, both freshmen, will be dition to several other religious said. dealing with this for another eight festivals and non-religious events The time between receiving years (assuming they graduate on held throughout the year. Recent the survey and the beginning of time). examples include the annual fall advertisements for the bands is The students hope that, in festival of Navratri, which the upwards of one month, which can spite of their negative experience India Club celebrates with a tradi- Photo by Blake Israel/ Student Publications seem like a long time for students. in dealing with the consequenc- tional Gurba dance in the Student A Tech student smears colored powder across another student’s Telfare explained that the long es, the lecture crashers will find Center ballroom, and a seminar cheeck. The festival is known as Holi and is open to all students. selection process of the bands is an appropriate way to establish for students interested in doing primarily because “you can’t an- themselves as a long-standing part consulting after college given by a we try to do is cater to every need we have so many Indian interna- nounce a band without forming a of Tech’s traditions. handful of consulting firms. of theirs and make it as close to tional students coming here, we contract with them, and even with “It’s something that’s starting The India Club also acts as a, home as we can,” Aurora said. had this transportation service the contract there are contract ne- to be associated with Tech, and I’d in Aurora’s words, “home away In addition to helping inter- called ICAT—India Club Airport gotiations. [After the choosing of love to see it continue throughout from home” for Tech’s Indian national students get by on cam- Transportation. This summer, we the band] the contract process can the years,” Nash said. population. “Because the ma- pus, the India Club also helps picked up over 250 international be from one week to one month, “I think that lecture crashers jority of them are international get students to campus. “[The students from the airport and and only when that is done can we do well to embody the spirit of students, they don’t go home but India Club’s] year starts at the dropped them off at Tech loca- make fliers with the bands’ name Tech,” Luna said. maybe once or twice a year. What beginning of the summer. Since tions,” Aurora said. on them.”

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Jekyll concocts catchy tunes Audiences observe: THEATRE Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical Report full of laughs VENUE: DramaTech Theater FILM to the big leagues with a badge Observe and Report and a gun. The opportunity fi- TRACK PICKS: “Facade” and nally presents itself the day that “Murder, Murder” GENRE: Comedy the peaceful establishment is DATES: April 10-11, 15-18 at STARRING: Seth Rogen, Ray struck by a flasher, and Barn- 8 p.m. Liotta, Michael Peña and hardt’s skills are put to the test. Anna Faris The chain of events that follows OUR TAKE: ««««« DIRECTOR: Jody Hill leads to profound revelations in Barnhardt’s life, including RATING: R work, family, romance and By Richard Otis RELEASED: April 10, 2009 friendships. However, Barn- Senior Staff Writer hardt eventually overcomes all OUR TAKE: ««««« odds with the hot trigger of jus- The house was packed with an tice and the blood-pumped fists all-ages crowd of about 100 anx- By Zheng Zheng of persistency. ious and excited theatre patrons. Contributing Writer The movie was, just as ex- The small, cozy campus theater pected, superbly hilarious. The venue known as the “black box” The end of the semester is story is very predictable and was filled near capacity with peo- near, and once again it is time straightforward, though not ple experiencing the good kind of for all of your professors to un- meaningless. The linear plot stress—the tension of waiting for leash upon you the thousand will be very unnoticeable, as the beginning of an extravagant stings of projects and tests (all you will be too busy laughing DramaTech stage show almost a at the same time). You probably the entire time. year in the making. have not caught a break ever If you enjoy complicated Of course, this was opening since coming back from spring story progressions that turn at night at DramaTech Theater, and break. And on top of it all, you every corner and throw you off the tension might have partially have to walk around Skiles. the rollercoaster of plot twists, been due to the fact that many in You want to just sit back, relax this would not be the movie or the crowd were friends and fam- and kick some butt, but where the genre for you. ily of the actors and actresses that are you going to go to get this Part of what made the movie would soon be littering the stage. fantasy of satisfaction? Hannah a huge success is the amazing Nevertheless, this sense was Montana: The Movie? I don’t cast and the vast range of char- palpable while in wait for the be- think so. acters. Rogen’s character, Barn- ginning of the performance, the Enter Jody Hill’s Observe and hardt, suffers bipolar disorder musical epic Jekyll & Hyde. The Report, the perfect choice for the and overdramatizes every situ- two-act musical tragedy is an season. With this gun-slinging, ation through his delusion of adaptation of the 1886 novel The blood-spewing, genital-flap- grandeur. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ping, unconventional comedic This provides the basis for Hyde, a story depicting Victorian marvel, all of your stress will the majority of the jokes in the Era ideas of the internal struggle surely be washed away. film. Barnhardt, while laugh- between good and evil. Head of security Ronnie able, is a modern-day hero and Dr. Henry Jekyll (Bryan Lew- Barnhardt (Seth Rogen) pro- gains the audience’s respect. is) is a talented and respected sci- tects the Forest Ridge Mall with He is a man who is not afraid entist of his day, yet he remains Photo by Anne Campeau/Student Publications stern jurisdiction, all the while highly controversial due to his fantasizing one day of making it See Observe, page 18 experiments on the human mind. Jekyll seeks to understand the na- Frustrated with the establishment behind by his hideous alter ego. ture of good and evil in the hope and unable to secure a test subject Besides the excellent marathon of separating out the “evil” that for his latest concoction, Jekyll performance put on by lead actor, imprisons his mentally ill father’s chooses instead to test it on him- Lewis, the supporting cast was mind. self. Once he makes the soon-un- spot on. Brian Hughes as Jekyll’s Unfortunately, in one of the controllable transformation into confidant and lawyer John Utter- perennial cultural archetypes of the horrific Edward Hyde (also son was particularly charismatic zealous human audacity lead- played by Lewis) by night, Jekyll and compelling in his role (and ing to unintended consequences, is tasked each morning with pick- something goes horribly wrong. ing up the broken pieces of his own and others’ shattered lives left See Jekyll, page 18 Tiny new Shuffle speaks up TECHNOLOGY most advanced version. With a at the second generation player. iPod Shuffle tiny form and a stunning 4 GB The third generation Shuffle is memory space, as well as its new half the size of the previous ver- PRICE: $79 VoiceOver feature, it is sure to sion. With such little surface area, CAPACITY: 4 GB catch the attention of many music Apple needed to change the new aficionados. Shuffle’s control scheme to stick COLORS: Silver, black The most obvious difference with the compact, intuitive de- SIZE: 1.8 x 0.3 inches is the form. The new shuffle is al- sign. most completely aluminum, save The new Shuffle’s controls are OUR TAKE: ««««« the clip that is made of stainless used via the new headphones. steel. The silver and black options Though the power buttons are are simple yet beautiful, much like still located on the Shuffle, the By Hamza Hasan Apple’s design dogma. The new volume, play, pause and other Staff Writer Shuffle feels like more of a fashion buttons are integrated on the accessory than a piece of technol- headphone cord. The new earbuds The new iPod Shuffle is Ap- ogy. are the same as previous iPod and ple’s third iteration of the ultra- Much like the jump from the iPhone editions, except that they compact music player. Though first to the second generation, the have a small attachment above the the player still does not include a Shuffle has gotten even smaller, screen, the newest Shuffle is the which is impressive when looking Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures See Shuffle, page 19 18 • April 10, 2009 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

Observe from page 17 similar to Pineapple Express, a comedy hit also starring Rogen. to pursue his dreams despite the Fans of Pineapple Express will defi- limitations presented to him. nitely enjoy Observe and Report as Barnhardt’s sidekicks, Den- it includes many familiar faces. nis (Michael Peña) and the Yuen Both movies include a gratuitous twins (the Yuan twins), provide amount of unnecessary explo- a lot of laughs despite the blunt sions, cursing and fist fights, but racial stereotypes that they repre- it is exactly this over-exaggeration sent. The twins are an especially that makes both films so enter- hilarious addition to the team taining. with their constant grins and wise However, Observe and Report nods. is not a stoner flick in any sense Anna Faris (Brandi) is the per- and achieves more character and fect comedy version of the self- general meaning. absorbed hot girl, no doubt due to Like mentioned above on sev- her experience playing that type of eral occasions, Observe and Report role. She is the stereotypical shal- is not for the faint of heart or those low but attractive girl that we all who are sensitive to social stereo- hate ourselves deeply for loving. types or strong language. Many On the other hand, Collete Wolfe of the jokes in the film revolve (Nell) portrayed the sweet loving around these controversial topics. girl that is the foil to Faris’s char- Open-minded audiences who take acter. these situations lightly will find a However, neither could beat gold mine, while others might not Celia Weston’s performance as enjoy them as much. Barnhardt’s alcoholic and inap- So whether it is to see Rogen propriate, but still honest and lov- breaking skateboards on teenage ing mother. The female cast brings skaters’ backs or single-handedly a strong comedic presence not far taking on a dozen policemen with behind their male counterparts. a flashlight in Neo-Matrix style, The music choices for the film this movie cannot be missed. The were quite enjoyable as well. A 90 minutes of adventure takes you collection of The Animals, Pixies on a journey of ecstasy away from and other classic oldies brings the school and all thoughts related. movie to another level of enjoy- If you’ve been down, this mov- ment while carrying the story’s ie is the perfect way for you to re- progression and mood. gain that kick-butt feeling. If not, Overall, the film’s style is very it’s still an amazing experience.

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Photo by Anne Campeau/Student Publications Bryan Lewis puts on a marathon of a performance as both the respected scientist, Jekyll, and his horrific alter ego, Hyde.

Jekyll from page 17 January. The polish that director and choreographer Jeff McKerley also wins the award for the least put into the show was definitely grating imitation of a British ac- noticeable. cent). On the technical side, special The first act contained what effects were used with occasional was probably the most memorable mixed results. Those sensitive song, “Façade.” It is a catchy an- to strobe lights should probably them reflecting a key thematic el- skip this show. The “confronta- ement of the musical: appearance tion” scene in the second act was a versus reality. There was also the particularly impressive–if perhaps hilarious “Bring On The Men,” strobe-excessive–use of special ef- led by boisterous lady of the eve- fects. There were also some small ning and love interest Lucy Har- issues with the sound, but all of ris (Katie Mashni). The second act this was pretty minor in compari- started off strong with another en- son to everything that DramaT- semble musical number, “Murder, ech was able to get right, both Murder,” and though the second technically and theatrically, with act was overall a bit weaker musi- this performance. cally, it was more than made up Overall, Jekyll & Hyde was es- for in the energy and intensity of sentially perfect, apart from some the plot, as Jekyll’s world collapses small technical issues with the au- around him while Hyde’s body dio that were left unresolved dur- count increases. ing the show. It comes highly rec- The ensemble was incredibly ommended to anyone that loves well-organized, and timing was musical theatre or anyone new to impeccable on the part of every the genre. cast member. This is not surpris- DramaTech will be performing ing, considering that the cast has Jekyll & Hyde tonight, tomorrow, been rehearsing and breaking and Wednesday through Saturday the show down into “moment- of next week, at 8 p.m. at Dra- to-moment” segments since late maTech Theater. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • April 10, 2009 • 19

Shuffle from page 17 standard Text-to-Speech utility, the technology reads words and cable zip on the right earbud cord. projects them into normal speech. When wearing the headphones, It knows Coldplay and Kanye Mottola’s latest lacks adventure this control capsule falls to about West as much local artists like Image courtesy of Miramax Films awkward yet lovable Cera deliver- shoulder height, which is both in- Autovine and This Piano Plays ing the lines, many scenes com- tuitive and convenient. It includes Itself. Though the technology is municated a more serious tone three buttons: volume up, volume not perfect, and the voice sounds than was probably intended. down and the center button. slightly muffled when the button The other star of Adventure- Clicking the center button is pressed, the technology is repre- land, Stewart, never really stands once pauses play or plays while sentative of Apple as simply cool. out, but delivers a respectable per- paused, while clicking it twice The Shuffle also has a new formance as Lewin. As a charac- changes to the next song. Click- device connected, which uses a ter, Em is the rebellious daughter ing three times goes back to the standard 3.5 mm headphone jack. spending her summer home from previous song. Apple advertises Of course, this input for the com- college and the one who James that this new control scheme can puter is also the output for the quickly finds himself falling for. be used “without taking your eyes headphones, which increases the Despite the feel-good nature of off whatever you’re doing.” minimalist value of this device. this movie, their relationship is The Shuffle has a unique on/ The new Shuffle’s only issue is not without its challenges. off switch. Aside from the off how small it is. Though it is dif- The biggest disappointment position, there is a standard play ficult to notice and is not cheesy in this movie was Ryan Reyn- switch that will go through all and “bling” like other players, olds’ part as Mike Connel, the the songs of a playlist in order, especially because of its color op- FILM working at a local theme park, Ad- womanizing maintenance man and a shuffle switch, which will of tions, it is extremely easy to lose. ventureland, and the laughs begin of Adventureland. Anyone who course shuffle all the songs in the The fact that there is a specific set Adventureland to trickle in… slowly. has seen Reynolds’ previous roles playlist. Overall, the new Shuffle of headphones also means that us- GENRE: Comedy The film’s main downfall lies will immediately see similarities only includes six buttons, but one ers do not have the option of pur- in its misleading marketing. Any- in Adventureland, but the glaring STARRING: Jessie Eisenberg feature makes it stand out from chasing other unlicensed head- one anticipating a true comedy difference here is that he is given and Kristen Stewart the rest. phones because of a proprietary will have to accept more serious almost no dialogue, making it dif- Apple has created a new feature circuit in the control capsule. The DIRECTOR: Greg Motolla plot elements, most of which were ficult for him to develop his signa- for all Shuffles called VoiceOver. earbuds are also slightly large for RATING: R not even alluded to in any trailers. ture witty sarcasm. With a simple free download many users, which forces them to However, one thing that was It is possible that this was Mot- from iTunes, the Shuffle can now purchase third-party headphones. RELEASED: April 3, 2009 made quite clear in the trailer tola’s intention for Reynolds, but I “speak” to the user. By holding Regardless of these shortcom- was the fact that Greg Mottola think he missed a few opportuni- down the center button on the ings, the new Shuffle is a wonder- OUR TAKE: «« ««« previously directed Superbad. ties for laughs. Despite Reynolds’ headphone attachment, the player ful device. Some might be skep- Adventureland is nothing like Su- lack of performance, there were will tell the listener the title and tical due to the fact that it does By Patrick Hodges perbad. Despite the solid come- a few lesser-known actors who the artist of the track they are lis- not have a screen, but this only Contributing Writer dic performance from the likes made up for it. tening to. Holding it down even increases its simple intuitiveness. of Bill Hader, anyone expecting Matt Bush’s performance as longer, the player will tell the user It is a wonderful flash player Adventureland, starring Jessie non-stop laughs will quickly be Tommy Frigo, for instance, was the name of the playlist. Holding for those who already have a large Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart disappointed. Even after firmly one of the few genuinely funny it down for that long will cycle hard-disk based mp3 player, like (better known as that girl from establishing Brennan’s character, performances, and Martin Starr’s through the playlists and the user the iPod Classic or a Zune 120, Twilight), strays away from the the romance that develops lacks performance as Joel was endear- can then click again to select that but it is slightly difficult to rec- pure comedy represented in its substantial humor. ing and enhanced the film’s ro- specific playlist. ommend to those who have a new trailer and takes on a more ro- Overall, romance wins out and mantic elements. The controls may sound a little Nano. It is perfect for running, mantic tone than expected. leaves you wishing that a cast with As a whole, Adventureland is a strange in print, but in person studying, cooking or whatever the The film opens with the slow- such comedic potential had done decent romantic comedy that just they are magnificent. The buttons listener might be doing because of moving development of James more. It is comparable to Nick & missed the mark on the comedy yearn for exploration because of how unobtrusive it is. Brennan’s character, a college Norah’s Infinite Playlist in terms side. VoiceOver, and much of the time a For only $79, it is a great high- graduate who is forced to live at of its careful balance of love and Despite Eisenberg’s shortcom- person might cycle through songs er-caliber gift option for a friend home for the summer because his laughs. The similarities between ings, he was still able to pull off just to hear the name and artist of or family member. It’s easy to fall parents can no longer afford to these two films even extend to the the romantic parts quite well. His every new song. VoiceOver un- in love with the new iPod shuffle, send him abroad or to graduate acting styles of the main charac- interactions with Stewart seemed derstands 14 different languages, and even easier to listen to music school the next year. ters. Eisenberg’s part as Brennan genuine, taking the film from a as well. VoiceOver’s technology is in an intuitive, fun and compact After realizing his degree qual- definitely seemed tailored to Mi- lackluster comedy to a solid date impressive. Much like Microsoft’s way. ifies him for nothing, he begins chael Cera’s style, but, without the movie. 20 • April 10, 2009 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Lin’s Fast & Furious drives plot into the ground FILM ous reasons that it may have been This is not a terrible thing. Fea- important question: Is Diesel the motion, the inevitable street race made, but this is all completely tured in the theatrical advertising Patrick Swayze of his generation? through downtown LA traffic Fast & Furious moot: Fast & Furious was engi- was a Bourne-like chase sequence Sadly, the answer to this is no. and the chases through an un- GENRE: Action neered to make money, which it between Brian O’Connor (Paul For what promises to be such an derground tunnel underneath the gleefully did in its opening week- Walker) and a tattooed criminal aggressive film, there is a veritable Mexico/U.S. border. All of this is STARRING: Vin Diesel, Paul end to the tune of $71 million. which was a minor miracle, suc- gold mine of sadness and despair. good and nearly great. Unfortu- Walker, Jordana Brewster and The pundits who believed that the ceeding in doing something that I Dominic Toretto (Diesel) starts nately, there is way too much plot Michelle Rodriguez public’s appetite for fast cars and had never believed possible in this off with that familiar authority, getting in the way, and not nearly DIRECTOR: Justin Lin Vin Diesel had been satiated by or any lifetime: It turned Walker but is quickly worn down by a enough action. the original were sadly mistaken. into a credible action hero. tragedy that I shall omit for those In a movie series propelled by RATING: PG-13 It would be much better to Unfortunately, this action who hold the F&F canon in high car porn, there is remarkably little. RELEASED: April 3, 2009 simply allow the movie to unfold hero lasts only for the briefest of regard. The short sequences of modified as the fast-cars-and-fast-women moments, and it is quickly shat- One can imagine the hilarious cars and modified women in short OUR TAKE: ««««« fantasy as the first one did, only it tered as soon as Walker opens his depths to which Swayze would skirts are hardly integrated into seemed that Justin Lin, the direc- mouth to speak. have milked this dialogue. Diesel the whole of the movie at all. By Robert Solomon tor of Tokyo Drift (the third Fast The flat delivery of Walker’s has no such instinct, preferring to If the main characters aren’t Contributing Writer and the Furious movie, if you are dialogue again reminds us all that remain stoic through monosyl- enjoying this stuff, how is the au- keeping track) and the excellent Walker is the Keanu Reeves of his labic utterances. dience supposed to? Rather than It is probably best not to enter high school drama Better Luck generation, who even at his best is Of course, none of this should being fun, Fast & Furious seems an existential crisis when watch- Tomorrow, had other plans on never believable. This comparison matter as long as the action se- more intent on being relentless in ing the “true sequel” to 2001’s The his mind. Much of Fast & Furi- is easy to make. Just look at the quences are good, and they are: pouring on the drama about fam- Fast and the Furious. One could ous seems more inspired by The original The Fast and the Furious, The opening sequence where ily, friendship and loyalties. John ponder the internal motivations Bourne Identity rather than the which is itself a complete rip-off Toretto and the gang hold up a Woo can do this stuff, but Fast & for the actors involved or the vari- original film. of Point Break. This calls for an gasoline truck while it is still in Furious can’t. 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Baseball from page 28 to seven, pushing the score to 11-4. Tech started the bottom of to load the bases for Haniger. The the fifth with singles from - Mur senior sealed Tech’s victory with ton and freshman third baseman a walk-off grand slam to right- Matt Skole, followed by an RBI center, tying the series at 1-1 in single by junior second baseman dramatic fashion. Jason Garofalo. A sacrifice fly “We found a way to win in and a double gave Tech two more the end,” said Tech head coach runs, cutting the lead to 11-7. Danny Hall in an interview with Each team added a run in the ramblinwreck.com. “You have sixth, with the Heels’ run coming to give our guys a lot of credit for on Dustin Ackley’s second homer hanging in there.” of the game and the Jackets an- For the final game of the series swering with an RBI double by on Sunday, the pitching matchup Murton. UNC drove in one more pitted sophomore right-hander in the top of the eighth to put the Kevin Jacob against UNC’s Matt score at 13-8 in their favor. That Harvey in what would ultimately was the score as the bottom of end in the Jackets’ first series loss the ninth began; Tech closed to of the season. Tech took an early within three on a Haniger two- lead, driving in two runs and add- run homer, but pitcher Bryant ing a third on a walk with the bas- Gaines closed out the inning with es loaded. This lead disappeared two groundouts, sealing UNC’s in the top of the second, though, victory and giving them the series. as the Tar Heels rallied to score “I feel like today was oppor- eight runs (six earned) on six hits tunity wasted,” Hall said. “Our against Jacob. The Jackets com- bullpen gave us a chance to stay mitted three errors, prolonging in the game. It’s just a case where the inning and allowing Carolina we gave up a big inning, and those to increase their lead. Nichols re- will usually haunt you.” placed Jacob and got the final out The Jackets take the field again of the inning. today at 7 p.m. to open a three- The third and fourth innings game home series against Vir- saw the Heels increase their lead ginia.

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Photo by Michael James/ Student Publications Chris House watches a game from the Tech dugout at Russ Chan- dler Stadium. House scored two runs in Saturday’s win over UNC.

W-Tennis from page 28 ey pushed Tech’s lead to 3-0 be- fore Striplin sealed the win with Maryland in its final regular sea- a straight set, 6-3, 6-0 victory son home match 7-0. As the only over Karin Lundmark. Ngo and senior on the team, Striplin was Krupina then finished off singles recognized in a small ceremony with wins which brought Tech to prior to the match for her ac- a score of 6-0. complishments. Going into the The two teams then moved in- match, Striplin was second all- doors because of rain and finished time for singles wins at Tech with with doubles. Tech swept all three 111. She also recorded 66 career matches and easily clinched the doubles wins, which places her at doubles point. The doubles teams eighth all-time. of McDowell/Blau and Falconi/ Due to the forecast of rain, it Krupina were each able to win was agreed that the women play their respective matches with a the singles matches before dou- score of 8-1 that resulted in the bles. All six singles matches were final match score of 7-0. able to finish outdoors before The women’s tennis team will rain began to fall. Blau opened close out the regular season as it the day with a 6-3, 6-1 win over plays North Carolina today and Jordan Hansbrough on court six. Duke tomorrow in an effort to Wins from McDowell and Hick- win the ACC regular-season title. SPORTS Technique • April 10, 2009 • 25

Pitching from page 28 The midweek starters were Baseball splits two with Ga. Southern more in flux early in the season, By John Anderson ball carried over the right fielder’s to three hits and one run over the eighth, and eleven in the ninth, but Hall seems to have settled on Contributing Writer head, and Dietrich made it all the rest of the game. and the Jackets fell 23-3 to split sophomore right-hander Bran- way to third base. Senior Jason Tech’s relievers struggled the season series with the Eagles. don Cumpton and freshman left- The cold temperatures on Haniger then hit a sharp single to mightily toward the end of the The Jackets look to rebound hander Jed Bradley. Cumpton has Tuesday night could not keep se- left field that brought in Dietrich. game. With the score 4-2 in the when they return to action to- had a rough season after a strong nior Luke Murton and the base- The next batter, senior first Eagles’ favor after six innings, night, hosting the No. 14 Virginia performance on opening week- ball team from getting red hot, as baseman Tony Plagman, drew a grand slam by Southern’s Ty Commodores in the first game of end, surrendering 12 runs in 12 Murton knocked two home runs a walk to put Haniger in scor- Wright powered a massive rally a three-game weekend series. On innings in his past three starts and the No. 8 Jackets (20-7) beat ing position. Murton then came for the visitors over the final three Tuesday, Tech will travel to Ath- while allowing opposing batters the Georgia Southern Eagles 8-4 to the plate and connected on innings. Tech gave up seven runs ens to battle Georgia in the teams’ to hit .356 against him. Bradley at Russ Chandler Stadium. Tech his second home run; unlike Di- in the seventh inning, one in the first meeting of the season. pitched five no-hit innings in re- was unable to continue the good etrich’s hit earlier, though, this lief against Kennesaw State on hitting the following day, though, one was against the wind but still March 17; with only three starts giving up 19 runs over the final carried over the left field fence to under his belt, he is still adjusting three innings and losing to Geor- bring Murton’s RBI total to four to starting duties, but he provides gia Southern 23-3. on the night. Tech with a left-handed arm in Georgia Southern (22-8) was “[Murton’s] been on fire of the rotation. able to strike quickly on Tues- late. [He’s] been hitting a lot of Until Wednesday’s game, the day night. RBI singles by Griffin home runs. I hope he continues bullpen had been consistently ef- Benedict and Eric Phillips gave for the rest of the year. But he’s fective, with each of Tech’s four the Eagles a 2-0 lead after two given us a big lift,” Hall said of main relievers maintaining an innings. Meanwhile, Tech’s bats Murton, who has seven homers ERA below four. Freshman Jake were cold through the first three over the past seven games. Davies and sophomore Zach innings. Southern’s starting pitch- Tech sophomore starter Bran- Brewster have been reliable south- er, Michael Hester, consistently don Cumpton had a solid outing, paw options, junior right-hander mixed in good off-speed pitches limiting Southern to two runs on Andrew Robinson has been solid to keep the Jackets off balance and eight hits over five and one third after converting from midweek cause many ground balls. innings while striking out six. starter to the bullpen, and fresh- “[Hester] wasn’t throwing that The bullpen also looked sharp, as man Mark Pope has thrived in the hard, and he kind of had us all junior Andrew Robinson relieved closer role. In addition to those out in front .… We had to see the Cumpton in the sixth and pitched four, infielders Patrick Long and guy maybe one time through the 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing Thomas Nichols occasionally ap- order just to see how he was go- just two hits. pear in relief, and Hall has also ing to pitch us. But I felt like we “Cumpton gave up a couple worked sophomore Taylor Wood did make better adjustments as runs early, but I thought he really and freshman Jacob Esch into the the game went on,” Head Coach settled down and pitched [well], mix. Danny Hall said. and then I thought Robinson was Tech has one of the most pro- Hall’s impression was right: outstanding,” Hall said. ductive offenses in the nation, but after one time through the order, Georgia Southern was able to in order to maintain its level of things did begin to get a little eas- rebound on Wednesday afternoon success this season, the team will ier for Tech. Murton hit the first as the Jackets never found their need its pitching staff to rebound of his two home runs, a deep solo offensive groove. Southern got an from a difficult four-day stretch in shot that cut Southern’s lead in early 2-0 lead after Tech starter which the Jackets surrendered 13 half and got the Tech bats rolling. Jed Bradley’s wild pitch in the top runs to UNC on Sunday and 23 The rest of the Jackets- fol of the first inning, but Tech came to Georgia Southern on Wednes- lowed Murton’s example in the right back to score a run on Di- day. The team may drop out of the fifth inning when, with two outs etrich’s RBI single a half inning national top 10 after this week, and nobody on, sophomore short- later. However, Tech would plate but if the rotation and bullpen can stop Derek Dietrich clocked a only two more runs, as South- remain effective through the rest high shot that got caught up in ern’s starter Andy Moye allowed Photo by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications of the season, the Jackets could the strong wind current blow- two runs over four innings and Kevin Jacob pitches from the mound at Russ Chandler Stadium. power their way back to the top of ing down the right field line. The four relief pitchers limited Tech Jacob pitched in relief in Wednesday’s loss to Georgia Southern. the national rankings.

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SPORTS Technique • April 10, 2009 • 27 Strong season for Rugby leads to conference title

Photo by Ben Keyserling/ Student Publications The rugby team battles for control of the ball during a scrum. This season, the team overcame a number of injuries and defeated Auburn, Kennesaw State, and Emory. By Christian Bockhop that seemingly lacked depth al- A week later at the Burger at Tech, and because it is a club Although their high tolerance Contributing Writer ready. After three losses in the an- Bowl, the Jackets faced one of sport, the environment is more re- for pain and love for aggression nual ACC tournament, many of their toughest opponents, Ken- laxed than that of a varsity sport. may indicate otherwise, the play- The Tech rugby team contin- the players felt like they would be nesaw State. The Owls were the “We’re a very jovial team. We ers exude a level of friendliness ued its tradition of tackling, hit- lucky to win even one conference early favorite to win the Confer- practice hard and we train hard, and class that some might find ting and winning, concluding game this year. ence after winning last fall’s Geor- but we have fun. [For] guys that surprising. another strong season as it beat The outlook was bleak, but gia Rugby Tournament. Though come on if they want to just blow “Whereas football is a gentle- out Emory 28-7 last Thursday to thanks in part to the leadership the Jackets were expected to lose off some steam or just hit some- man’s sport played by ruffians, win the conference championship of returning captain Max Groves by a large margin, they scored an- body, this is a very good place to rugby is a ruffian’s sport played by for the third year in a row. With as well as a dedicated team that other upset, pulling out a 19-10 do it,” Cooper said. gentleman,” Cooper said. the three conference titles, along overcame its inexperience, Tech’s victory to improve to 2-0 in con- Despite the somewhat relaxed The rugby team is an inclusive with berths in the South Region season was anything but dismal. ference play. environment, rugby is a danger- group that welcomes new players. Championship each of the past The team came out strong in its Tech traveled to Statesboro ous sport that involves a consid- “[Anyone who shows up] with two seasons, Tech has emerged as first conference game, earning two weeks later and found them- erable injury risk, and a certain cleats and a mouthguard, we’ll a power in Division II rugby. a resounding 38-7 victory at the selves in a highly physical battle level of recklessness is definitely take him. Anyone can walk on. This season’s success came de- Burger Bowl over one of its big- with Georgia Southern. The game required to be successful. Over There are no tryouts to play,” spite a rash of serious injuries as gest rivals, the Auburn. The big ended with a 17-6 loss, marking the past few years, players have Cooper said. “As we go into the the spring began. Co-captain Rob win made it clear that this mix of the first time Tech had lost a con- broken their ankles, separated fall season, we’ll be losing several DeBernard and talented fresh- veterans and rookies could defi- ference game in three years. The their shoulders, suffered torn long-time players to graduation man Luke Leonard both suffered nitely function as a cohesive unit. Jackets did not allow the loss to ACLs, and worse. In one legend- … however, if this season is any severe knee injuries that kept “[Rugby] is a mixture of foot- faze them, however, as they went ary instance, during the 2007 indication of what we can expect, them from playing, veteran Mike ball, soccer and a no-rules bar on to clinch the conference title Tech-Emory game a player fell we have a great recruiting year to Garcia broke his hand, and fresh- fight,” said team president Daniel with the 21-point win over Emory head-first into the ground, requir- look forward to as well as the fur- man Kyle Zeman separated his Cooper, summarizing the team’s the following Thursday. ing surgery that night by CNN’s ther development of many young shoulder, thinning out a roster approach to each game. The rugby program is growing Dr. Sanjay Gupta. key players.”

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Women’sBy Steven Cappetta tennisnot winning in Atlanta ends since April queline home Mabatah by the scorematches of the previous week’s with ACC wom- 6-4two over Katharine wins Attwell at the Staff Writer 19, 1998. 8-1. The No. 20 ranked team of en’s tennis co-player of the week fourth spot in the lineup. No. 19 On Saturday, the Jackets de- senior Christy Striplin and fresh- for her perfect 3-0 in singles and ranked McDowell gave Tech its fi- The No. 6 ranked women’s ten- feated Boston College 6-1 and man Noelle Hickey clinched the doubles, opened up singles play nal win on the day after defeating nis team hosted its last two match- improved their record to 14-5 doubles point for the Jackets with with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Krasnop- Gajic 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) at the sec- es of the regular season against overall and 7-1 in the ACC. Tech an 8-3 win over Lauren Cash and olsky at the top spot. Freshman ond position. Hickey’s close loss Boston College and Maryland opened up the day with a sweep Dasha Cherasov on court one, Viet Ha Ngo then upped Tech’s to Cash, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3), gave last weekend. The Jackets have of all three doubles matches to and to finish off doubles for the lead to 3-0 following a victory Boston College its only point on seen success against both these take an early 1-0 lead. Freshman day, junior Amanda McDowell over Brittany Delaney, 6-2, 6-2 on the day and ended the match with opponents in the past as Boston Irina Falconi and sophomore Sa- and freshman Lynn Blau defeated court six. Krupina then sealed the the final score of 6-1. College has not beaten Tech since sha Krupina were the first tan- Lana Krasnopolsky and Katarina victory on the day for the Jackets On Sunday, the Jackets swept joining the ACC and Maryland dem to finish as they overtook the Gajic with a final score of 8-2. after beating Sullivan 6-3, 6-3. has lost nine straight times while Eagles’ Alina Sullivan and Jac- No. 7 ranked Falconi, who was Striplin then won her match 6-1, See W-Tennis, page 24 North Carolina slides around Tech IN DEPTH | PITCHING Pitching staff looks to build

on solidBy Nishant Prasadh start Assistant Sports Editor

The pitching staff was a question mark for the Jackets in the preseason after the team lost two key starters and both closers from the 2008 squad. So far, though, the 2009 staff has been solid on all fronts, posting strong numbers to date and putting the team in position to win games. At the forefront of the starting rotation has been sophomore right-hander Deck Mc- Guire, who leads Tech starters with a 2.36 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP and 59 strikeouts; he remains undefeated at 5-0 through seven starts. McGuire was at his best in last week- end’s series against North Carolina, giving up just one run in six innings while striking out 11, though he did not factor into the de- cision as Tech fell 4-2. “More than anything, I’m in better shape than I’ve ever been … and it helps when you know that your team’s going to score runs,” McGuire said. Photo by Michael James/ Student Publications The other two weekend starters, junior Zach Von Tersch and sophomore Kevin Jacob, have hit some bumps in the road. Von Tersch has struggled to replicate his solid 2008 season so far, with a 5.45 ERA in seven games as the Saturday starter. The No. By5 Kyle Jackets Conarro loseby Levi Michael series in the top ofto the ninth,No. 3 Tar Heels junior righty has pitched into the sixth in- Contributing Writer though, increasing their lead to two once ning in only one start this season, as he has again. The Jackets were unable to score in often fallen victim to high pitch counts. This The No. 5 baseball team took the field the bottom of the ninth, and UNC took Saturday’s game was no exception, as Von at Russ Chandler Stadium this past week- the series opener 4-2. Tersch threw 89 pitches while giving up four end to host North Carolina in a three Tech’s offense fared better in Satur- runs—two earned—over five innings. Still, game series. Despite a solid effort, the day’s extra-inning battle. The Tar Heels he left the game with Tech down by only a Jackets struggled against their ACC rival, climbed ahead quickly when Garret Gore run, and the Jackets mounted a late-inning losing two of three to the No. 3 Tar Heels. hit a two-run first-inning homer off junior comeback to win the game and preserve his In the series opener on Friday, Tech starter Zach Von Tersch, but Tech cut the 5-1 record. sophomore starter Deck McGuire faced lead to one in the bottom half on a Row- Jacob—Tech’s only starter who averages off against UNC’s Alex White. McGuire’s land leadoff homer and added two more under one strikeout per inning—took over outing started with an early run on a sac- an inning later on a two-run shot by se- Sunday duties early in the season after open- rifice fly, but he shut down any further nior right fielder Luke Murton. Photo by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications ing the year as a midweek starter, and un- offensive attacks, giving up only two hits The Tar Heels responded in the top Tech celebrates Jason Haniger’s grand til this weekend he had been excellent, go- and registering 11 strikeouts through six of the fourth with two runs to take a 4-3 slam which ended Saturday’s game. ing 4-1 with a 2.97 ERA. However, against innings. However, the Jackets’ only of- lead. That score lasted into the top of the UNC he seemed rattled after a series of de- fense during that span was a single run ninth, when UNC added two more runs two and forcing the game into extra in- fensive mishaps in the second inning, and on a sacrifice fly by sophomore designated against Tech junior pitcher Andrew Rob- nings. the Tar Heels rallied for an eight-run inning hitter Thomas Nichols in the fourth. inson. Facing a three-run deficit in the Tech brought in freshman closer Mark to force him from the game. After three scoreless innings on both bottom of the ninth, the Jackets rallied to Pope for the start of the tenth, and Pope “Guys are going to make errors, so you sides, the Tar Heels scored two runs in tie the game. Murton starting the inning gave up just two hits in two scoreless in- need to expect that when you’re pitching, the top of the eighth to go up 3-1. Tech with a solo homer, and a single and a walk nings to preserve the tie. With one out in and then you’ve got to be able to make pitch- responded in the bottom half when senior setup an RBI single for Rowland to cut the bottom of the eleventh, back-to-back es after that. He wasn’t able to do that [on catcher Jason Haniger drove in junior cen- the gap to one run. Shortstop Derek Di- singles put runners on for Dietrich, who Sunday],” Head Coach Danny Hall said. ter fielder Jeff Rowland on a two-out dou- etrich drove in the tying run with a single, reached first on a hard hit infield single ble, bringing the Jackets within one. The but UNC pitcher Colin Bates struck out See Pitching, page 25 Tar Heels scored again on a solo home run Haniger to close out the ninth, stranding See Baseball, page 24