Friday, NovemberNEWS 2, 2007 Technique • Friday, November 2, 2007 • 1 “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” Sh a ke spe a re’s Macbeth comes to the DramaTech Volume 93, Issue 14 stage. 32 pages ONLINE www.nique.net Page 17 TECHNIQUEServing Georgia Tech since 1911 Construction continues to change face of campus Photo by Jon Drews/STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Courtesy of the Offi ce of the President Photo by Blake Israel/STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Marcus Nanotechnology Building Innovative Learning Resources Center Acuity Brands Plaza (Tech Square) 1 Ferst Dr. between Atlantic Dr. and State St. 2 Site currently occupied by library parking lot 3 Corner of West Peachtree St. & 5th St. By Corbin Pon within the ILRC will be all the fresh- group usage. square feet of space, the ILRC is seen Spring 2008. Assistant News Editor men and sophomore science labs, “[It is] a place where you can as an extension of the ideas, like active Coming in October 2008, group meeting rooms for students to just go to between classes, to form learning and educational discovery, the new MNB, located between Th e Marcus Nanotechnology reserve and academic support. a study group or hold a team project used in the redesign of the Library Atlantic Drive and State Street, is Building (MNB) will become the “Th is will be like a one stop shop meeting,” Smith said. East and West Commons. set to open. latest addition to Tech’s roster of for all academic support services,” A 500 seat classroom and a 300 “Th e East Commons and West “[Th e MNB] will be one of the buildings once it is fi nished. How- Smith said. Commons were experi- major focal points for nanotechnol- ever, it isn’t the only construction Some of these support ments to try out the ogy research on campus.... [It] is a site on campus, as the College of services may include spaces to be used in the natural outgrowth of what we have Management has begun renovating central advising, advis- 1 ILRC,” Smith said. been doing [at the Microelectronics the plaza at West Peachtree and 5th ing for students pursuing A committee made up Research Center (MIRC)],” said Street, and Tech will soon break paths like pre-med and of faculty and students is Kevin Martin, associate director of ground on the Innovative Learning pre-law, tutoring, com- forming that will help to the MIRC. Resources Center (ILRC). munication support and defi ne the details of the Research spaces in the MNB will Aimed primarily at aiding fresh- undergraduate research 3 ILRC’s design. not only be open to Tech research- men and sophomores, the ILRC will advising. “We don’t want a ers, but also to other institutions be located adjacent to library, where Although the ILRC 2 building designed by just and companies. Th e research being the parking lot bordering Skiles will focus on freshmen the architects. I want it conducted will be driven by the user Walkway currently sits. and sophomores, all designed by students and and the nanotechnology research “We wanted to create a build- students will be able to faculty. [For instance, the will be multidisciplinary. ing to serve as the academic home use the services provided by the seat classroom will also be housed committee will] inform the architects “We want to give the researchers for freshmen and sophomores,” facility. in the ILRC. Classrooms this large of what a four person breakout room the most freedom possible,” Martin said Anderson Smith, senior vice It will incorporate the types do not exist anywhere at Tech and should look like,” Smith said. said. provost for Undergraduate Studies of open studying areas found in may possibly serve as locations to A final design team will be One of the aims of the new facil- and Academic Aff airs. the Library East Commons and host lecturers and speakers. selected by this December, and Some of the elements placed breakout rooms, all intended for At six stories and with 230,000 ground breaking is planned for See Buildings, page 5 Tech announces STUDENTS MAKE BIG IMPACT ON TEAM BUZZ DAY 2007 drought task force By Emily Chambers “Th ere will be at least one student, Senior Staff Writer and hopefully there will be more than one student represented on the In response to the ongoing committee, as really, the students are drought and the current need to stakeholders in this conservation reduce water consumption, Insti- eff ort,” said Anu Parvatiyar, under- tute President Wayne Clough has graduate student body president. announced that Cu rrent ly a water conserva- the task force is tion task force “...hopefully there only concerned Photos by Ben Keyserling/STUDENT PUBLICATIONS will be formed. will be more with campus Above: TEAM Buzz volunteers assemble on Bobby Dodd Way Th e announce- conser vation next to the stadium. Right: Buzz helps out by trimming shrubs ment was made than one student measures, not during the English Avenue Neighborhood Cleanup project. last week to the represented on the with an Atlanta Student Gov- or Georgia-wide By Craig Tabita tion major and TEAM Buzz public “It’s really important for stu- ernment Asso- committee.” effort. While News Editor relations director. dents to be involved in the com- ciation, and the only campus TEAM Buzz (the TEAM is munity and where they live, and task force will Anu Parvatiyar water-users will TEAM Buzz held their annual short for Tech Enhancing Atlanta [projects like TEAM Buzz] also be formed in the Undergraduate Student be directly ef- fall volunteer event, called TEAM Metropolitan) was started in 1997. bring recognition to the school,” near future. Body President fected, any ini- Buzz Day, on Saturday, Oct. 27, Th is year, volunteers could take Atcheson said. Th e task force tiatives taken on giving hundreds of Tech students part in over 30 projects at sites Th e annual event draws spon- will be headed by campus water the opportunity to get involved like the Atlanta Fulton Public sorships from companies like by Marcia Kinstler of the Envi- users, including the ten to twelve with a wide variety of volunteer Library, Chastain Park, Cobb Chick-Fil-A, Coca-Cola, Waffl e ronmental Stewardship Offi ce and thousand residents in campus hous- projects and to give back to the Children’s Th eatre and the Grant House and the Tech Alumni As- will be composed of members from ing, will have a large impact on the community. Park Conservancy. sociation. multiple campus groups such as Atlanta community as a whole. “We had around 1,200 student Atcheson emphasized the Planning for next year’s TEAM Faculty, Housing and the Georgia Tech is currently the second larg- volunteers, and we had 300 alumni importance of students donat- Buzz Day will begin later this Tech Research Institute. Th e exact est consumer of water in Atlanta, volunteers,” said Jeremy Atcheson, ing their time in events such as month. For more information, size and composition of the task a third-year Building Construc- TEAM Buzz. visit www.teambuzz.org. force is unknown. See Drought, page 2 2 • Friday, November 2, 2007 • Technique NEWS Technique Online Voice your opinion! From the files of the GTPD... Last issue’s question received 68 responses. How is the drought altering your daily routine? Campus Crime I’m not doing anything, this Short showers, plastic bottle in the will fix itself - 24% toilet tank, you name it - 22% Student Conduct Code Violation Burglary 10/28/2007 4:00:00 hrs. 10/28/2007 00:58:00 hrs. Location: North Ave. Apartments Location: Delta Upsilon fraternity Drunkenness Incident: Report of a suicide at- Incident: Report of an assault/bat- 10/28/2007 4:30:00 hrs. tempt, underage possession of tery, stolen wallet and contents Location: Delta Tau Delta fraternity alcohol and student conduct code 10/30/2007 2:30:00 hrs. Incident: Offender arrested for violation public intoxication Location: North Ave. Apartments 10/28/2007 3:38:00 hrs. Incident: Report of a stolen DVD Location: Towers Residence Hall 10/28/2007 3:25:00 hrs. player, video game console/con- Incident: Report of underage Location: Caldwell Residence Hall trollers, headset and movies possession of alcohol and student Incident: Report of underage pos- conduct code violation, was trans- 10/30/2007 2:30:00 hrs. session of alcohol, transported by ported to Grady Memorial Hospital Location: North Ave. Apartments ambulance to Grady Hospital Incident: Report of a stolen Xbox I’ll worry about it later, I have I turn off the faucet while I 10/28/2007 00:52:00 hrs. 360, video games and controllers Criminal Trespass a test tomorrow - 16% brush my teeth - 38% Location: Lambda Chi Alpha 10/29/2007 9:00:00 hrs. fraternity 10/30/2007 2:30:00 hrs. By Kenny Baskett / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Location: Moe’s Southwest Grill/ Incident: Report of underage Location: North Ave. Apartments This week’s question: Tech Square possession of alcohol and stu- Incident: Report of a stolen book- How do you feel about campus construction? Incident: Offender arrested for dent conduct code violation, was bag, office equipment, jump drive, aggravated assault/battery and transported by ambulance to Grady surge protector and engineering Tell us at www.nique.net criminal trespass Memorial Hospital textbook education. pumps back into the grey-water directly under the control of the rain last week, Georgia still remains from page 1 “We don’t have the funds to sprinkling system for the field. institute, such as Greek houses in a persistent drought. Governor Drought rebuild all of campus to update the The task force will be working and the restaurants in Tech Square Perdue resorted to drastic measures trailing only to the Gatorade plant water systems, but fortunately all of with Housing and Auxiliary Ser- are also encouraged to limit their two weeks ago when the State of in south Fulton County.