Friday, NovemberNEWS 17, 2006 Technique • Friday, November 17, 2006 • 1 “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” Inside this issue Looking for a rush? GT Parachute Club competes at 14,000 feet, page 13 ECHNIQUE Plus Final Fantasy continues tradition, page 17 TVolume 92, Issue 16 • 28 pages • ONLINE www.nique.net Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 Opinions 8 · Focus 11 · Entertainment 17 · Comics 22 · Sports 28 Angelou highlights diversity PBA inquires about By James Stephenson and Kristin Noell News Editor / Opinions Editor managing WREK Maya Angelou spoke to a packed By James Stephenson Civil Engineering major. audience in Alexander Memorial News Editor Clough said that there is no Coliseum Wednesday. The rain did formal proposal, but that what not deter the over 3,000 people who Public Broadcasting of Atlanta has been happening is only a flocked to the stadium to hear the (PBA) is proposing to take over a discussion of opportunities that poet and civil rights activist talk significant amount of airtime on might be promising. about her life experiences. WREK radio, the student oper- “There is no contract. I have The Finding Common Ground ated radio station, for public radio never gotten anything in writing. (FCG) keynote address opened with broadcasting. Public Broadcasting Atlanta just Alison Graab, the undergraduate In a letter to approached student body president, welcom- Institute Presi- us saying ‘We ing those in attendance, who filled dent Wayne “[As far as the] k now you over a third of Alexander Memorial Clough, PBA future direction guys have a Coliseum. She briefly outlined the stated that with great radio purpose of the initiative, to promote their manage- of WREK, there signa l…we dialogue between students with dif- ment team, the are multiple think there ferent backgrounds and viewpoints. Atlanta Educa- might be a Graab stressed that students should tional Telecom- possiblities.” possibi lit y not have to sacrifice their ideas for munications for a partner- their educations. Collaborative Jim Fetig s h i p… I t Institute President Wayne Clough (AETC), they Associate Vice President might be a spoke after Graab, reminding listen- would create ICPA w i n - w i n ers that universities originated as an ‘improved situation,’” forums to discuss issues of the day, and stronger Clough said. and FCG follows this long tradition WREK.’ Clough asked Jim Fetig, as- of public discourse. According to “Basically, the proposal I’ve sociate vice president of Institute Clough, as an institute of higher By Ariel Bravy / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS been told is that PBA will pay for Communications and Public Af- education, we need to accept that Maya Angelou speaks at Alexander Memorial Coliseum Wednesday. WREK to go digital, maybe even fairs (ICPA), to head a committee listening to others will encourage Angelou was the keynote speaker of Finding Common Ground. moving our antenna to Stone to create a formal recommenda- them to listen to us as well. Clough Mountain. And then they’d also tion to Clough as to the future then introduced Maya Angelou, address was composition. She said backgrounds. pay to get all WREK staff an HD direction of WREK radio. who entered to a standing ovation. she wanted to compose music with Angelou spoke of America as radio, but in turn PBA will then “I see my role as taking the lead Angelou welcomed her audience in humanity, including faces of all col- a place “to hold all the people, all get WREK air time from 5 a.m. to of an inclusive process in giving several languages, which seemed to ors and types. Her address was full the faces.” All Americans have 7 p.m., 14 hours of air time,” said recommendations to Clough. give the sign language interpreter of stories about people who helped “composers” in their backgrounds, Jeremy Varner, general manager some trouble. her “compose” her life, people of all of WREK radio and a sixth-year See Wrek, page 7 The theme of Angelou’s keynote races, nationalities and economic See Angelou, page 2 Students continue to live in triple dorms John Edwards visits bookstore By Ranganath Venkataraman Housing worked with the triple Senior Staff Writer residents to help alleviate the burdens Former vice-presidential of living with an extra roommate. To hopeful John Edwards will be As the semester comes to its con- this end, activities were organized attending a book signing today at clusion, the future of the “triples”, that helped to foster community. Barnes and Noble in Technology that the Department of Housing was There were even T-shirts that were Square at 2 p.m. forced to create due to an excessive designed for triple residents. influx of freshmen will be decided “I met a couple of times with in the course of the next few weeks Tobias Spears, the Hall Director JFC eliminates 2/3 based on the results of a survey that of Folk and Caldwell. Freshmen was sent out to all triple residents. were ready to be worked with,” policy for SGA bills There are currently slightly Morrison said. less than 156 According to Claudia Jones, the chair of the triples, or three- Morrison, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC), person rooms, “First-year students residents have announced on Tuesday that the scattered around adapted well to JFC will no longer be using the three residence should be with other the situation de- two-thirds policy regarding Capital halls: Towers on first-year students.” spite their initial Outlay allocations after the policy East Campus, misgivings. met with contention during recent and Folk and Dan Morrison “People have SGA meetings. Caldwell which settled in. The The reason that the two-thirds are on West Assistant Director of residents have policy met with such contention Campus. Housing done what we last week was because senators Many other asked them to and representatives felt that two- options for student housing were do. They have intentionally kept thirds was an arbitrary ratio, and explored before tripling became a doors open to create a friendly at- that if an organization had formed choice. mosphere,” Morrison said. their request a different way, they “Housing worked with the dean According to Morrison, every- would have been able to get more of students, vice provost and the body understood that there wasn’t funding. President’s Office. Many options much Housing could do, so residents The JFC recognized that these were looked at and the best was cho- compromised. were valid points to consider, and sen,” said Dan Morrison, assistant “It’s gone as well as it could” since the JFC policy document is director of Housing. Morrison said still being finalized within Student “First-year students should Morrison added that Peer Leaders Government, decided that it would be with other first-year students. (PLs) with triples in those residence By Jonathan Agee / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS be better not to apply the two-thirds Everyone came up with a similar A student attempts to clean his triple dorm in Folk. Freshmen have policy to its recommendations for solution,” Morrison said. See Triple, page 4 adapted to life in the triple dorms despite the cramped space. the remainder of the year. 2 • Friday, November 17, 2006 • Technique NEWS every person has in common. “I president of campus affairs. Technique Online Voice your opinion! from page 1 belong wherever I find myself,” she An average of 70 students at- Angelou said. “I am a human being. Nothing tended each of the three smaller Last issue’s question received 41 responses. who came to the country looking human can be alien to me.” events that were held. for better opportunities; their lives Students were impressed by “The small groups, in two hours, What are your thoughts on Maya Angelou were their songs. Angelou’s address. “Amazing was allowed people’s eyes to open and speaking at Tech? Angelou’s stories ranged from the not even the word. She was funny gave people effective dialogue skills,” humorous to the tragic. She told of and wise and so eloquent,” said Cam- Beaulieu said. I can’t wait to hear her her rapist, who was released from eron Butler, a third-year Industrial Funding for the Common I don’t think she is a good speak- 33% jail after one night and later found Ground Event met resistance in the speaker - 17% beaten to death when she was seven Student Government Association years old. Angelou stopped speaking “[The event] opened (SGA). The program was expecting until she was 13, convinced she had to receive $40,000 from SGA, but killed him with her voice by accusing people’s eyes because the Graduate Student Senate him of his crime. and gave people struck a large portion of the bill last However her grandmother, who week, only received $29,000. she called “Mama,” told her she affective dialogue “To be able to have students fund would speak when she was ready and skills.” [the event] is very important. The become a teacher. Though young event gives students a skill set outside Angelou did not believe her then, Bobby Beaulieu of the classroom,” Beaulieu said. she did become a teacher; she has The remainder of the funding I think it is okay, but taught in English, Spanish, French Undergraduate Vice could potentially come from a I don’t think she was the not worth the money and Italian around the world. President of Campus number of different sources. right speaker for the - 37% Affairs event - 13% “You young men and women, “The office of Students Affairs this is your world,” Angelou said. and the Office of the President have She is embarrassed and sorry that Engineering major.