Georgia Tech’s Faculty/Staff Newspaper • Vol. 37, No. 16 • August 6, 2012 WTHE histle ASK AWAY ‘The Internship’ Begins Filming at Tech I’ve noticed that COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING Georgia Tech’s Office of Capital people leave Planning and Space Management, the coins on the Areas of Georgia Tech have Tech Police Department, Facilities ?? grave marker for Management, Parking and Transportation, been transformed into a movie Sideways. What’s Environmental Health and Safety and the the story? set as 20th Century Fox gears up Office of Legal Affairs have worked closely production on “The Internship,” with 20th Century Fox to ensure minimal According starring Vince Vaughn and Owen disruption during production. to Marilyn There may be times when access to Somers, Wilson. buildings and other areas is rerouted or director Set preparations for the movie began in restricted, but students, faculty and staff of the late July, with production scheduled to will continue to have access to their offic- Georgia wrap up by the end of August. es, classrooms and labs. Tech Living History Filming will take place at the following One of the many signs that Hollywood has There also may be isolated situations Program, the tradition of come to Georgia Tech. “The Internship,” locations: the Campus Recreation Center, where popular locations are impacted. For tossing coins on the grave a movie starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Environmental Science and Technology example, the Clough Commons Starbucks of Sideways the dog is Wilson, will be filming at locations across Building, Clough Undergraduate campus through the end of August. location is projected to be closed for sev- one passed on by word of Learning Commons, Klaus Advanced eral days during active production, with mouth. “When an alum is Computing Building, Leadership Challenge some impact on services when nearby film- away from campus for an setting for our story.” Course, Noonan Courtyard and Marcus ing is under way. Dining Services will post extended period of time, he In addition to set preparation and pro- Nanotechnology Building. these details at the Starbucks location and or she is supposed to throw duction activities, there are numerous trail- “Georgia Tech is one of the most unique on the Dining Services website (www. the coin or coins onto the ers and tents on campus to accommodate and dynamic campuses I have ever seen,” gatechdining.com). base of the memorial to equipment and the many extras appearing said the director of “The Internship,” “The Internship” is scheduled for release ensure good luck for the in the film. Shawn Levy. “The architecture and space is in 2013. More information about the film coming year,” Somers added. The greenhouse area of the Student as forward-thinking as its curriculum and can be found on the IMDb website at Center food court is being used as the din- student body; we thought it was the perfect Have a Tech-related ing area for the crew. tinyurl.com/c995f6p question that you’d like answered? Email it to [email protected]. Yellow Jackets Compete in Institute Offers NEWS BRIEFS Olympics Free Lynda.com The Summer Olympic Games in London are Training Courses BuzzCard Moves in full swing, and six current and former Yellow to Tech Square Jackets are testing their skills in pursuit of gold. AMELIA PAVLIK Location COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING Georgia Tech-affiliated athletes are competing in basketball, The swimming, and track and field, representing the United States BuzzCard Whether you’ve always wanted to learn how to and three other countries. A Yellow Jacket will also compete in use Adobe Photoshop or you’d like to learn the ins Center has the Paralympic Games — which begin in London on Aug. 29 relocated — in track and field. and outs of switching from a PC to a Mac, a new to the sec- Here is a look at Georgia Tech’s Olympic and Paralympic free service offered by Georgia Tech can provide ond floor athletes. you with training on a variety of software and tech- of the Barnes & Noble @ nology topics. Georgia Tech Bookstore. Find CASSIE MITCHELL, UNITED STATES out more at Cassie Mitchell, a research faculty member in the Coulter Faculty, students and staff now tinyurl.com/cods3t4 Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a member of the have unlimited access to all of USA Track and Field team for the the online video training services Library Installs London 2012 Paralympic Games. She offered by lynda.com. “With lynda.com, you don’t ‘Tap and Go’ Gates will compete in the Women’s T52/F52 (quadriplegic) 200-meter on Sept. 1, the have to sign up for any classes Starting 100-meter on Sept. 5 and the F52 discus or sit in a classroom — you can Aug. 1, all on Sept. 7. take classes anytime and any- Georgia At 18, Mitchell was afflicted with where,” said JulieBeth Golden, Tech stu- Devic’s Neuromyelitis Optica, leaving her asset and licensing officer for the dents, a quadriplegic with visual impairments. Office of Information Technology The free lynda.com online Cassie Mitchell faculty and As a postdoctoral fellow at Tech, she (OIT). courses are offered on staff members will need to began to pursue paracycling and track and field. Mitchell Courses are offered in every- topics ranging from home computing to business. tap their BuzzCards at the won the H1 Women’s Road Race National Championship in thing from home computing to newly installed security gates Augusta, Ga. Her performance at this event earned her a spot business, and the service is free before entering the Library. on the USA National Paracycling team and a place at the 2011 Learn more at LYNDA.COM, continued on page 3 tinyurl.com/cj9segf OLYMPICS, continued on page 2 www.whistle.gatech.edu EVENTS Campus News CONFERENCES Artifacts from 1996 Olympics on Exhibit AND LECTURES TEARANNY STREET • The Olympic torch LIBRARY August 22 • The official report of the centennial games The Department of Homeland Security (three volumes) (DHS) will give a three-hour presenta- When the 1996 Centennial • Commemorative editions of the Atlanta tion open to employees and students. Olympic Games came to Atlanta, it The first hour will focus on under- Committee for the Olympic Games standing cybersecurity and future left its mark on the Georgia Tech Programs threats and opportunities. The second community. hour will focus on working in cyber- • Volunteer polo shirt and hat with Olympic security for DHS, the FBI and Secret logos and graphics In honor of the 2012 Olympic Games in Service. During the third hour, Georgia • Olympic village backpack Tech and Georgia Tech Research London, the Georgia Tech Archives will Institute will share opportunities for showcase 1996 Olympic artifacts in an exhibit • Olympic lunchboxes and other official education and employment in this titled “Atlanta’s Olympics: Georgia Tech, souvenirs field on campus. The event will begin Home of the Olympic Village.” at 2:30 p.m. in the Clary Theater, In addition to the artifacts that are on dis- Student Success Center. “This will give folks a general idea of how play, the Institute has also created an online tinyurl.com/2e2bkdj the Tech campus was used as the Olympic album of photos taken during the 1996 fes- village and venue site,” said Kirk Henderson, tivities. The School of Chemical and Georgia Tech records manager and curator of To take a look at the images captured dur- Biomolecular Engineering will kick the exhibit. off its weekly seminar at 4 p.m. in ing this historic time on Tech’s campus, go to room G011, Molecular Science and The exhibit is located in the third floor gal- Engineering Building. Refreshments lery of the Clough Undergraduate Learning www.gatech.edu/photos/ will be served at 3:30 p.m. in the Commons and closes Sept. 2. During the 1996 Olympic Games in 1996-olympics-atlanta Emerson-Lewis Reception Salon. The following artifacts will be on display: Atlanta, Tech was home to the Olympic http://chbe.gatech.edu/seminars Village and hosted some sporting events. TRAINING OLYMPICS, continued from page 1 August 9 A course on welcoming diversity in Paracycling World Championships. Mitchell The Israeli swimmer the event. the workplace will be offered at 8:30 helped Team USA bring home its ninth world also won his heat on Prior to the Games, a.m. in room 320, Student Center. To championship. But, she did not make the July 28 in the 200-meter Taylor was selected by register, visit 2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team. butterfly and finished his teammates as cap- www.trains.gatech.edu But Mitchell had a backup plan. She set per- third in his heat in the tain of the men’s track sonal records in three of her four events at the 400-meter individual squad. August 17 A course on defensive driving will National Track Trials and earned a spot on medley on July 30. But The Albany, Ga., be held at 8:30 a.m. in the Crescent the USA Track and Field Team. neither time was fast native competed in the Room, Student Center Commons. To Gal Nevo enough to advance to 2000 Sydney Games, Angelo Taylor register, visit ANDREW CHETcuTI, MALTA the semifinals. then won gold in 2004 www.trains.gatech.edu Nevo graduated from Tech in Fall 2010 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing. He added Biomedical engineer- with a bachelor’s in economics. another gold medal in China in the 4 x 400 ing major Andrew meter relay race. MISCELLANEOUS Chetcuti swam for his native country of Malta CHAUNTÉ LOWE, UNITED STATES August 8 in the 100-meter free- High jumper Chaunté ALADE AMINU, NIGERIA Members from the Georgia Tech style on July 31.