Friday, MarchNEWS 5, 2004 Technique • Friday, March 5, 2004 • 1 FANTAS-TECH!! Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller TECHNIQUE Jackets end Duke’s 41- talk to the ‘Nique about “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” game home winning streak. fighting crime, ‘70s-style. ONLINE http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique SPORTS page 28 ENTERTAINMENT page 15 Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 • Volume 89, Issue 26 • 28 pages Opinions 6 · Focus 9 · Entertainment 15 · Comics 20 · Sports 28 Edwards ends Super Tuesday at Tech Report: classroom By Daniel Amick News Editor usage inefficient By Erich Hansen In what turned out to be the last Contributing Writer campaign stop in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, There may be too many empty class- Senator John Edwards spoke before rooms during the day at Tech, according to a cheering crowd of supporters at a recent presentation by the Academic Ser- the Georgia Tech Hotel and Con- vices Committee. The committee found ference Center Tuesday night. that in 2003, classroom utilization was at His televised address, delivered 66.5 percent, 15 percent below the Board in the hotel’s ballroom to a crowd of of Regents’ 80 percent recommended stan- several hundred people, came as polls dard. closed across the nation. The Board of Regents uses the utiliza- “It wasn’t very long ago that the tion score when granting new building re- pundits and the pollsters were say- quests. The Board could use low utilization ing that, come Super Tuesday, there as an argument against funding new build- wouldn’t be anyone named John ings because current buildings aren’t being competing for the nomination,” used effectively, according to Lynn Foun- Edwards joked. On Super Tuesday, tain, chair of the Academic Services Com- 50 percent of Democratic delegates mittee. were up for grabs in the 10 states The findings, presented to the Academ- that held election primaries . ic Senate last Tuesday, prompted a meeting While Edwards did not formally with Provost Jean-Lou Chameau Wednes- withdraw from the race in his speech, day. he did congratulate his opponent, The meeting was designed for members Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. of the committee to discuss short- and long- “[Kerry]’s run a strong, power- term solutions to classroom utilization and ful campaign. He’s been an extraor- allocation, Fountain said. dinary advocate for causes that all of By Bill Allen/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Senator John Edwards delivers one of the last speeches of his presidential campaign at the Georgia Fountain said certain types of meetings See Edwards, page 4 Tech Hotel and Conference Center Tuesday. Former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes also attended. that take place in classrooms, such as grad- uate thesis defenses, do not qualify toward the utilization number. This makes utiliza- RHA to offer tion appear lower than it really is. SGA prepares dual org budgets Besides certain meetings not counting free newspapers toward the utilization score, there are sever- For four weeks beginning By Stephen Baehl “They might look at how the posal from coming out in time al other factors lowering utilization figures. March 22, students will be able Senior Staff Writer Student Activity fee got increased for the houses to review, though. Some classrooms on campus need to be to pick up free copies of USA last year, and say, ‘What about The budget will simply come in retrofitted and updated. Today, The New York Times and SGA’s Joint Finance Com- two forms, one that assumes the Other classrooms were simply not de- The Wall Street Journal. Copies mittee plans to have a budget fee will be increased and one signed for the technology-intensive lectures will be available in large bins prepared for presentation to both “The main problem that does not. of the present. Departmental cultural is- located in Brittain and Woo- houses of student government “Either way,” Phuong said, sues are an underlying factor in classroom druff dining halls, the Student after returning from spring break. that we’re facing “we’re going to release the bud- allocation problems. Center, the Student Center Com- “The main problem that we’re this year is the lack get the way we see that will most Another problem is that many classes do mons, the Library and the Stu- facing this year is the lack of benefit student organizations not adhere to the scheduling guidelines. dent Services building. funding, and we don’t know of funding.” across the board.” This may not Classes on Monday, Wednesday and Fri- The papers come as part of a what’s going to happen in terms Amy Phuong include maintaining current levels day are usually one hour long, while classes Residence Hall Association trial of the Student Activity Fee in- UHR treasurer of funding for some, but it will on Tuesday and Thursday are usually 90 of the USA Today Readership crease,” said Amy Phuong, Un- guarantee funding for all Tier 3 minutes. About 280 out of 2,000 classes Program. The trial program is dergraduate House of student organizations. had an adverse effect on room utilization in free. If student response is posi- Representatives treasurer. “A lot more organizations are 2003 by not following scheduling guide- tive, RHA will seek funding to She was referring to a $14 [the] Technology [Fee]? Let’s in- requesting budgets, which hasn’t lines. make the program permanent Student Activity Fee increase that crease Technology [Fee] in- happened in the past,” Phuong starting in the fall. the Board of Regents will ap- stead,’” Phuong said. See Classes, page 4 prove or strike down in May. That will not stop the pro- See Budget, page 2 Gupta captures Churchill award Performance review could lead to FASET facelift Monique Gupta, an Indus- By Arcadiy Kantor ple who have to work with the trial and Systems Engineering Contributing Writer FASET program,” said Amy student, has been awarded the Stalzer, Assistant Director of Suc- Churchill scholarship. Last A comprehensive review cess Programs and Director of spring, Gupta also won the pres- could eventually lead to major FASET. tigious Goldwater scholarship. changes in the FASET program. The review is voluntary, not She plans to use her scholarship Last month, the Office of Suc- the result of any particular prob- to obtain a Master of Philoso- cess Programs formed a com- lem. phy in genetics from the Uni- mittee to undertake the review. “In my mind, looking at versity of Cambridge. It follows the completion of a FASET going in, it was already Gupta is the third Tech stu- similar process that led to signif- at the top of its game. But that’s dent to win the Churchill. The icant restructuring within the not good enough for Amy.... Her scholarship is given out by the Psych-1000 freshman orienta- goal is to make it the best in the Winston Churchill Foundation tion class. land,” said Trey Baltz, one of of the United States. The award The committee assembled for the students on the review com- pays for one year of study at the this review is composed of Tech mittee. University of Cambridge, plus a students, faculty and staff. “We’re not doing this be- living allowance. Only 75 uni- “When we were forming the cause we feel that something is By Scott Meuleners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS versities are allowed to nomi- committee, we wanted it to be Incoming freshmen participate in a Student Center Programs Council event during nate students for the honor. representative of all of the peo- See FASET, page 5 FASET in 2003. FASET is undergoing a review that could lead to major changes. 2 • Friday, March 5, 2004 • Technique NEWS From the files of the GTPD... Technique Online Voice Your Opinion! CRIME REPORTS 2/29/2004 18:55:00 hrs. Harassment ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Last issue’s question garnered 108 responses: LOCATION: Sixth Street @ McMillan 2/26/2004 20:36:00 hrs. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Street LOCATION: 750 Ferst Drive/CRC. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ What are your plans for spring break? ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ INCIDENT: Report that the rear INCIDENT: Report of harassing ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ window was broken on a 2001 Jeep telephone calls. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Cherokee. 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