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CoA Dean to
Step Down
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The New College
of Business
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CoS Dean
Soon to Retire
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RATS Try Out
WRECK Camp
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LCC:
No More
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New Health
Plan Provider
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Library Installs
Tap N Go Gates
SUMMER 2012 IN REVIEW
2 August 24, 2012 Technique NEWS
Southern Gentlemen
On July 15 around 9 p.m., a
patrolling ofcer on Techwood
Dr. heard loud explosions and
saw smoke coming from the
Kappa Alpha Fraternity house.
He arrived at the house and met
with three Tech students and
residents of the KA house. A
strong smell of alcohol was ema-
nating from all three students
and appeared agitated and were
sweating profusely. After some
questioning about what was be-
ing ignited on the front porch,
the students admitted that the
explosions were quarts flled
with gunpowder.
Te ofcer tried to explain
that explosives were not allowed
on campus; however, one stu-
dent became more agitated and
explained to the ofcer that he
was incorrect, and that the fra-
ternity actually had an agree-
ment with the Institute concern-
ing KAs ceremonial tradition of
igniting homemade cannons.
At this time, the Rush Chair
of the house came out to meet
the ofcer and explained that
they were allowed to ignite the
custom made metal cannons,
consisting of shotgun chamber,
gun powder and a 10-gauge shot-
gun blank. Te ofcer explained
again that explosives were not al-
lowed on campus, and informed
the students that the incident
would be documented and a
student conduct code violation
would also be issued.

Candy with Consequences
On July 28 around 5:45 p.m.,
ofcers responded to a call in
reference to a suspicious white
vehicle parked in the Alumni
Lot for approximately one hour.
After arriving, ofcers ob-
served a blond female in the
driver seat and a white male in
the passenger seat. Te white
male was asked to exit the vehi-
cle and sit on a wall located near
the vehicle. Ofcers were able to
understand, after much delib-
eration, that he was married, his
wife had taken his four-year-old
daughter away from him and
that he had injected heroin prior
to the ofcers arrival.
Te ofcer also found two
white plastic spoons with black
residue on the inside, four very
small clear plastic bags, and
what appeared to be two rocks
that were white in color.
Te female at this point had
become very emotional, exposed
her left forearm and stated that
she and the male suspect had
both injected heroin earlier.
Both later told medical staf who
arrived on the scene that they
were not new users of heroin.
Both suspects were handcufed
and transported to the Fulton
County Jail.
A
lot of things went on
outside the bubble of Tech
in the past week. Here are a few
important events taking place
throughout the nation and the
world.
Obama Warns Syria
On Monday, Aug. 20, U.S.
President Barack Obama de-
clared his willingness to send
military troops to Syria if either
side in the confictthe rebels
or those afliated with Bashar
al-Assads regimebegin to use
chemical or biological warfare.
Recently, Syria confrmed
that it housed large amounts of
chemical weapons. Use of such
weaponry, Obama said, would
warrant international action
in the already chaotic civil war,
which has had at least 20,000
deaths on both sides of the fght.
Currently, the United States
is aiding the Syrian civilians in
humanitarian relief methods
and communications equipment
while also helping the rebel
groups organize the post-Assad
state that may come forth.
West Nile Virus Hits
United States
The recent outbreak of West
Nile Virus across the U.S. has re-
sulted in 1,118 cases of the virus
reported to the Center for Dis-
ease Control (CDC) as of Tuesday,
Aug. 21. Forty-two of these cases
have resulted in deaths.
75% of these cases are pri-
marily based in Texas, Mississip-
pi, Louisiana, South Dakota and
Oklahoma, likely due to higher
temperatures in those areas.
Experts say that the virus
peaks around mid-August, and
that based on the current trend,
this outbreak will exceed the
2003 record of 9,862 cases, 264
of which were fatal.
American Middle
Class Woes
A report from the Pew Re-
search Center shows that the
middle class has shrunk, both in
its size and in its wealth.
This has happened amid
an increase in the size of the
wealthy class (which rose from
14% to 20% of American adults
from 1971 to 2011) and an in-
crease in the lower-income class
from 25% to 29% for the same
span.
Economist Richard Fry, co-au-
thor of the report, attributes this
loss of middle class wealth to the
housing crisis, as the home was
the main source of wealth for
many middle-class families.
Middle-income families are
the only ones whose [homes]
have plummeted, Fry said in an
interview with CNN.com.
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sliver
imma hang up and listen pawwwwl
Tis is a bus! You know how big a bus is?
Cute blonde on the bus:
Heres some slivring about you
All in haiku form.
Searching for a job is similarly tragic to my middle school love
life. Except Ive grown into my nose better
Im bored enough to work on developing an eating disorder
Setting up a new backup drive SUCKS. 4 hours later, at 43%
no sleep travel bad grades= Summer Abroad
but that butt you got makes me sohani
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Well, YES I took summer classes elsewhere than Tech, and YES,
I made 2 As, and NO these will not be counted towards my GPA
:/
Let a movie be flmed on campus during Finals Week... only at
Tech
drinking every night during internship... Yet strangely I miss
Tech at the same time?!
HI KB
kamna is awesome
be smart. nerdy smart. GTSAA.
Te FASET Leaders this year are terrible. Te Cabinet needs to
get it together.
Too depressed? DEPLOY PONIES.
Tere is something pathetic about an Institute so cheap alumni
have to pay fve dollars for a pdf of their transcripts. Tanks Bud.
Slivering from China. Slivering from the future
More people should hang out in Under the Couch, its awesome!
is mayonnaise an instrument?
Do you smell it? Tat smell. A kind of smelly smell. Te smelly
smell that smells... smelly.
receptionist was not part of my job description; dont be sur-
prised that i suck at it
i hate the stingerette what a bunch of assholes
I spike my Shirley Temples....
JMK, I promise next year Ill be able to talk to you without freak-
ing out. --T
always feel a little better when I try to look up what I learned
in a 2000 level class, and fnd it @ another university, but a 4000
level course. DG
i swear the guys above us riverdance to dubstep with 6 inch heels
on...
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Technique August 24, 2012 3 NEWS
By Lauren Brett
CoA DeAn Stepping Down
Alan Balfour, the dean of
Techs College of Architecture
since 2008, has announced that
he will be stepping down from
his position after the Spring 2013
semester. Balfour plans to return
to his position on the faculty as a
professor in the School of Archi-
tecture.
My greatest satisfaction has
been in reforming the College
into fve strong schoolsPlan-
ning, Music, Industrial Design,
Construction and Architecture
and leading in the creation of one
of the most innovative design labs
in the nation, the Hinman Build-
ing, Balfour said.
SCheller College of BuSineSS
In June 2012, Tech announced
that the College of Management
would be renamed the Ernest
Scheller Jr. College of Business af-
ter the college received a commit-
ment totaling $50 million. When
completed, this commitment will
be the single largest cash gift in
Institute history.
Weve used this gift to bring
our PhD program up to a truly
global standard and to grow the
size and quality of our faculty
during a time when our budgets
were cut and our competition was
retrenching, said Dean of the
College of Business Steve Salbu.
Te program was able to add
nine endowed faculty chairs and
professorships, 37 undergraduate
scholarships and six graduate fel-
lowships with the donation.
[Tis will enhance] the Col-
leges ability to attract top talent,
Salbu said.
lCC to lMC
Te School of Literature, Com-
munication, and Culture (LCC)
in the Ivan Allen College of Lib-
eral Arts has announced that it
will be changing its name to the
School of Literature, Media, and
Communication (LMC).
Te inclusion of media in
our units name not only acknowl-
edges the increasing importance
of media in everyones life, but
also our Schools active critical en-
gagement with this increasing im-
portance, said LMC Chairperson
Richard Utz.
Te name change implements
a recommendation from the most
recent fve-year program review
for LCC that it be rebranded in
order to emphasize the schools
core disciplines and provide ex-
ternal constituencies with a better
overall sense of the degree empha-
ses.
LMC is preparing to also re-
name its undergraduate B.S. de-
gree in (STAC) to Literature, Me-
dia, and Communication (LMC),
pending Board of Regents ap-
proval.
By Lauren Brett
Techs Ofce of International
Education (OIE) has announced
that they will be charging all in-
ternational students holding an
F or J visa and pursuing a Tech
degree a $25 fee per enrolled se-
mester as a result of the increasing
population of international stu-
dents on Techs campus.
Te volume of international
students enrolled in classes on the
Georgia Tech campus has grown
considerably between 2000-2011,
yet the funding available to sup-
port necessary operational expens-
es and fundamental programs and
services that support the growing
population have not increased in
line with the growth, said Marisa
Atencio, Director of Internation-
al Student and Scholar Services
(ISSS).
According to Atencio, the fees
will go to the GT General Fund,
from which OIE will have to pe-
tition for an apportioned amount
based on the number of enrolled
international students. Te fee
was approved by the Board of Re-
gents earlier this year.
[Te money will] support
operational expenses and ensure
OIE is able to continue to pro-
vide comprehensive services and
activities that serve international
students at the Institute, Atencio
said.
OIE has already received some
student input regarding the new
fee.
I have responded to student
inquiries about the fee and un-
derstand that students want to
be confdent that any new or in-
creased fees will result in a beneft
to them, Atencio said. OIE is
dedicated to fulflling our mission
and we will use any funds allo-
cated from the fee in a responsible
way to ensure maximum efective-
ness in the services we provide.
According to the Ofce of
Institutional Research and Plan-
ning, international student enroll-
ments have grown signifcantly
in past years. In 2010 there were
3700 international students, and
this fall the ofce anticipated
having as many as 4000 enrolled
international students.
Several of Techs peer institu-
tions have also begun to charge an
international fee.
For now, OIE is remaining
fexible with their plans in how
the fees collected from interna-
tional students will be used in the
near future.
OIE will continue to assess
our services and programs and
make changes accordingly to
ensure we meet our mission of
serving as a resource, advocate
and expert for the large and di-
verse population of international
students and scholars at Georgia
Tech, Atencio said.
International students to be levied additional fee
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Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
became the new student health
insurance provider (SHIP) for all
students mandated by the Georgia
Board of Regents (BOR) to have
health insurance.
Key features of this plan in-
clude an unlimited lifetime maxi-
mum and pharmacy maximum,
as well as 100% coverage for pre-
ventive care, full coverage for pre-
ventive dental and a $10 copay for
an eye exam, the three of which
were not covered under the previ-
ous insurance provider.
Te intention in breaking
away from the University System
umbrella health insurance plan
that one-size-fts-all was to choose
a health insurance plan that best
suited the needs of Techs stu-
dents, said Graduate Student
Body President Michael Kirka, a
major proponent of this change.
Te change primarily afects
a total of about 3,500 graduate
students that are no longer cov-
ered by their parents insurance
or those students that are interna-
tional.
To most accurately beneft all
anticipated students, the new plan
was determined using results from
a survey sent out to all graduate
students.
Ultimately, Georgia Tech was
able to obtain a health insurance
plan that provided both the ben-
efts most requested in the sur-
vey and one that also exceeded
the minimum requirements set
forth by the University System
of Georgia, Kirka said, while
costing 30% less than that of the
insurance plan purchased by the
University System of Georgia this
year for all the institutions that re-
mained under the University Sys-
tem umbrella plan.
Senior Director of Stamps
Health Services Gregory Moore
was part of a committee that
made the decision to elect BCBS
as the new SHIP.
What we did was, with a
small committee [of four people]
sat down and scored all of those
plans on over 100 diferent items,
a 1-2-3-4-5 on all of those [items],
Moore said. All of that then gets
added up and put into a formula
whereyou come up with a score.
When the score was arrived at
Blue Cross Blue Shield won.
Primary weighted categories
to judge the providers included
price, student coverage and turn-
over time on claims.
Despite the plans reduction of
approximately $300-$500 in costs
for all students under the age of
35, all students aged 35 and over
would have to pay approximately
$700 extra per year for BCBS as
opposed to the plan made by the
University System of Georgia.
Te youngest students are
the cheapest to insureand the
older you get, the more expensive
you are to ensure[but] a signif-
cant portion of our graduate stu-
dents are right out of college and
go straight to graduate school,
Moore said.
Even so, the more expensive
cost of insurance from BCBS for
students 35 and over includes
greater annual limits, dental cov-
erage, vision coverage, and other
benefts.
I think the students have to
know that when you change an
insurance company that theres
always a rough patch [in] fgur-
ing out exactly what was meant
by these policies, Moore said
about the plans implementa-
tion. Were still kind of in a
working-it-out [phase], but
Im still optimistic that this will
turn out to be a good plan.
New health care plan introducing more benefts
CoS DeAn Stepping Down
Paul Houston, dean of Techs
College of Sciences, has an-
nounced that he will step down
from his post on Jun. 30, 2013.
Houston plans to return to the
faculty for a short period for re-
search and will retire in 2014.
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frst to attend WRECK Camp,
a three-day, two-night event run
by the Ofce of New Student and
Sophomore Programs.
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Opinions Editor: Gaines Halstead
OUR VIEWS | Consensus opinion

New international fee lacks clarity
All students responsible for cultural acclimation
As of April of last spring, a new $25 fee
has been added to the cost of attendance
for this years international students. Te
fee is set to cover a wide array of expenses
that come with the increasing amount of
international students on campus.
While the fee increase comes naturally
with any large student population
growth, the manner in which the fee
was passed and a lack of clarity behind
its reasoning presents a problem for
the demographic it represents. Unlike
domestic students, international students
have no representative body that can vote
on such issues as fees being created or
increased. As it stands now, they had no
voice in the recent approval of the fee.
Not only does the international student
body lack a defnitive voice on this issue,
they also lack a clear and straightforward
message as to what the fee will be directly
applied to.
A solution to the this problem lies in
a joint efort between both faculty and
domestic students.
First, with the increasing presence of
international students on campus, there
needs to be a voice within SGA to represent
them. International students would then
have both their own leadership and an
outlet to express their concerns over issues
like the recent fee hike.
Second, a number of programs could
be instated to ensure that international
students feel both welcome and at
home during they time within the Tech
community with open arms.
Tese programs could range from
classes on American culture, how to set
up bank accounts, outreach programs
that allow foreign students to room with
native students, classes on how to obtain a
drivers license to workshops that instruct
students on how to fnd jobs not only is
the Untied States, but also in their home
countries.
EVERy TImE By CaSEy TISdEl
By Thomas Gaudett
Harvard Political Review, Harvard U.
Having heard the night be-
fore that Mitt Romney was going
to announce his running mate, I
woke up very early to catch the
latest punditry and fnd out who
had been chosen. I quickly learned
that Mitt Romneys choice was
Paul Ryan, the representative from
the 1st District in Wisconsin.
I then strolled into my living
room, where my grandmother had
been reading the morning paper.
Knowing that I was on top of all
of the political news, she imme-
diately asked me a question that I
believe best demonstrates the risk-
iness of Romneys choice: What
is this about Romneys pick hurt-
ing an old lady in a wheelchair?
And there you have it. It took
only minutes following the news
of Romneys choice before she al-
ready had an opinion on him, and
it wasnt positive.
Whether my grandmother re-
ally thought Representative Ryan
had pushed a senior of a clif is an
interesting possibility that makes
me laugh inside. But the real mor-
al of this story is this: initial mes-
saging by the campaigns will have
a signifcant efect on how people
view Romneys VP.
Unlike political junkies like
me, [my grandmother] is not fol-
lowing the race for president all
that well. She is far from being
alone in this camp.
In fact, according to a CNN/
ORC International poll conduct-
ed August 7-8, 54 percent of all
Americans said that they didnt
know enough about Paul Ryan to
form an opinion.
Terefore, Americans will
learn everything that they need to
know and then some about Paul
Ryan from the media and from
ads that will be run by campaigns
and Super PACs. Tat is not nec-
essarily welcome news for Ryan or
the Romney Campaign. Here is
why.
When one thinks of Repre-
sentative Ryan, what most likely
comes to mind is the Ryan budget.
Americans may remember Demo-
cratic political ads in 2010, like
the one where a Ryan look-alike
pushes an old lady in a wheelchair
of a clif.
Te potential problem for
Romneys campaign going for-
ward is that the Ryan Plan, as it
has been dubbed, touches the
third rail of American politics:
Medicare and Social Security.
Just look at this excerpt from
an email sent out to support-
ers by Jim Messina, the Obama
Campaign Manager, soon after
the Ryan announcement. He said,
Congressman Paul Ryan is best
known as the author of a budget
so radical Te New York Times
called it the most extreme budget
plan passed by a House of Con-
gress in modern times.
So even though Ryan and his
conservative counterparts marvel
at the boldness of the Ryan Plan,
descriptions of changes in Medi-
care and Social Security as radi-
cal and extreme are hardly the
messages that the Romney Cam-
paign wants seniors to hear. And
the reason is simple. Tese pro-
grams are lifelines for many se-
niors, a way of life in retirement.
After all, the median senior citizen
doesnt make all that much mon-
ey. Te median income for women
65 and over was less than $15,000
in 2008. Te median income for
men of the same age bracket was
only about $25,500.
Hence, Romney may have
changed this election from a ref-
erendum on President Obama to a
referendum on the Ryan Plan.
It is obvious that the Ryan Plan
will take center stage for few other
reasons than the fact that it pro-
poses great changes to Medicare
and Social Security.
Te Ryan Plan took one of its
greatest hits this April when the
US Conference of Catholic Bish-
ops took aim at the plan because
of its impact on the poor. After
Paul Ryan claimed that Catholic
social teaching inspired his bud-
get, Catholic bishops sent a furry
[sic] of letters to his ofce and
stated that the Ryan Plan fails to
meet these moral criteria.
And so the war begins. You can
now tack on a threat to the poor-
est Americans, many of whom
will become new recipients of
Medicaid under Obamacare, to
the supposed threat on seniors
and the middle class. Did I men-
tion that messaging is everything?
Te Romney Campaign had
a great day following the an-
nouncement, and his bold choice
will undoubtedly energize the
Republican base heading into the
convention and the election in
November.
However, the pundits arent
calling this choice risky for noth-
ing. Paul Ryans presence on the
ticket defnitely has its positives,
but it could hurt Romney in the
long run if cuts to Medicare,
Medicaid, and Social Security be-
come the lead discussion heading
into November.
Hence the conclusion that it all
comes down to messaging. Demo-
crats will soon revive the political
attacks of the 2010 election cycle,
and they could be damaging if
they win the hearts of minds of
seniors across America. Are Rom-
ney and Ryan capable of rebutting
such attacks? We shall know in
November.
Romneys VP choice
risks elderly vote
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While the Editorial Board
and Staf of the annual To
Hell With Georgia newspa-
per are still alive and well, the
upper management student
editors and staf of the Red &
Black, the independent student
newspaper for the University
of Georgia (UGA), walked out
on the paper in the middle of
last weeks deadline.
Te mass exodus was
prompted by the release of a
memo from a consultant hired
by the newspaper, directing
the staf to not publish con-
tent that catches people or or-
ganizations doing bad things.
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professional staf members, the
students left, feeling that they
could no longer exercise free-
dom of the press or freedom of
speech.
At the Technique, we are
fortunate to have healthy re-
lationships with the Director
of Student Media and with
administrators, and here, only
student staf members can and
do control content. But at the
annual Georgia Collegiate
Press Association gathering,
I fnd that journalists from
college newspapers across the
state feel oppressed by their
respective administrations and
professional stafs. For a few of
these student journalists, man-
aging a newspaper is difcult
with professionals breathing
down their necks and indirect-
ly (or directly) controlling con-
tent. Yet, while this debacle is
largely an issue of freedom of
speech, it brings to light the
growing problem of reconcil-
ing advertising needs with
ethical and quality journalism.
See, for years, print pub-
lications slept, ate, showered
and rolled around in adver-
tising revenue. But as newer
generations of information
consumers became increas-
ingly reliant on the internet for
news, newspapers found the
need to exist in both print and
digital form to accommodate
their audiences consumption
methods.
But moving a print pub-
lication online entirely is not
as simple as cutting the rela-
tionship with the printer and
making a WordPress account.
Beyond the huge organization-
al overhaul, there is a not-so-
continuous revenue stream in
todays economy in print pub-
lications, online publications
and publications that exist in
multiple forms. Managing a
not-so-continuous revenue
stream stretches the average
students ability to generate
quality content and to, you
know, be a student. For this
reason, many college news-
papers hire professional staf
members to handle advertising
and long-term business plan-
ning so that students can focus
on what they typically join the
newspaper for: journalism.
In the day-to-day manage-
ment of the business end of
a newspaper, marketing and
branding are big-ticket items
that fow into improving ad-
vertising sales.
Within each issue of the
newspaper, marketing and
branding can be conducted
through the content. In this
situation, it appears that those
working on the business end
wanted content that pleased
everyone, but those who work
in content know that the goal
should always be content that
is ethical, relevant and infor-
mative. Reconciling the needs
of good marketing and good
journalism is difcult and
nearly impossible.
So did the Red & Black staf
respond appropriately to the
situation at hand?
For someone who works
entirely in content, walking
out at the mention of a free-
dom of speech violation is a
perfectly appropriate response,
even in the middle of a dead-
line. But for someone working
in advertising, having to can-
cel the newspaper mid-week
because of a staf walk-out re-
sults in losing a chunk of rev-
enue. I stand frmly by the fact
that advertising and market-
ing should neither overshadow
ethical journalism nor select
and direct content.
Tese diferent entities
should engage in better com-
munication to understand
each others goals, but still
leave content control to stu-
dents. More specifcally, the
strategy for improving adver-
tising revenue moving forward
should not rely on content.
Advertisers are not looking for
newspapers with the right
content, but rather newspapers
with the right target audience,
pickup rates and circulation
mechanisms.
Since the walk out, Editor-
in-Chief Polina Marinova and
Managing Editor Julia Car-
penter have been reinstated
to the Red & Black. Te mes-
sages surrounding this return
have been entirely focused on
ensuring ethical journalism,
something the Red & Black has
always been good at, but has
overlooked the fght against
economics overshadowing the
fourth estate that student jour-
nalists everywhere need to be
prepared for.
To all our students, return-
ing and new, welcome back to
campus and another academic
year! I hope each of you found
some time to expand your
horizons over the summer
months whether it involved
taking a vacation, pursuing
hobbies, or, to paraphrase the
novelist Marcel Proust, learn-
ing to see the world with new
eyes. It is important to stretch
yourselves.
At Tech, we enjoyed a pro-
ductive and noteworthy sum-
mer. In June, we saw the im-
pact just one individual can
have. Trough his $50 million
transformational gift, Ernest
Scheller Jr., a 1952 alumnus,
has helped position us to fur-
ther strengthen the reputation
of our renamed Ernest Scheller
Jr. College of Business as one
of the worlds very best.
Among the reasons Ernie
shared for making such a com-
mitment was that Georgia
Tech taught me the impor-
tance of perseverance and per-
sistence.
While his generosity has
had an unprecedented impact
on our College of Business, I
believe its impact will inspire
the larger Georgia Tech com-
munity to continue to boldly
envision a future of globally
renowned excellence and qual-
ity.
As we have each of the
past three summers, Val and
I spent a week in June travel-
ing around Georgia, trying to
understand how Georgia Tech
can better serve the states
needs.
We traversed a 900 mile
route through south Georgia,
meeting with alumni, legisla-
tors, regents, the media, indus-
try partners, as well as current
and potential students. Over a
four-day period, we visited 43
of Georgias 159 counties, and
participated in more than 20
events across the state.
From the large metro ar-
eas to the small rural com-
munities, Georgia Tech truly
serves the entire state, not only
through the students we edu-
cate, but also through our pro-
grams to assist local businesses
and industries, helping them
improve efciency and stream-
line operations.
We saw examples of that
engagement both across the
educational spectrum and
through our business partner-
ships. Hearing the many sto-
ries of our impact how the
expertise developed at Georgia
Tech resonates beyond our
campus boundaries makes
me realize how important
Georgia Tech is to the states
economy.
In July, we learned that the
National Science Foundation
had selected Georgia Tech,
along with Stanford and the
University of Michigan, to
be among one of three initial
Regional Centers in its Inno-
vation Corps (I-Corps) pro-
gram. Tis is an exciting efort
to couple scientifc discovery
with technology development
and societal needs. It is also
the latest addition to the entre-
preneurial culture that is thriv-
ing in Technology Square.
Today, Tech Square is an
innovation ecosystem, bring-
ing together needed resources,
expertise and opportunities for
collaboration. Its an environ-
ment where innovation can
fourish, and serves as a unique
resource for the Southeast.
Georgia Tech is also part-
nering with the Georgia
Department of Economic
Development to attract new
businesses and industries to
the state. Tech Square serves
as the home for Flashpoint,
Techs startup accelerator that
ofers entrepreneurial educa-
tion and access to innovators,
mentors and investors.
Panasonic recently an-
nounced that its new auto in-
novation center would be lo-
cated in Tech Square, and said
that a driving factor was the
companys interest in enhanc-
ing its partnership with Geor-
gia Tech.
Tis month, we have had
the unique opportunity of
participating in the produc-
tion of a major motion picture,
Te Internship. Some of you
may even have been among
the more than 200 individu-
als chosen to be a part of the
flming.
Despite some inconve-
niences, I believe the net im-
pact will be a big plus for
Georgia Tech; it is, after all
an exceptional compliment to
Georgia Tech to be favorably
compared to Googles campus.
I thank you for your patience
with any challenges the flm-
making process may have pre-
sented.
Finally, I would like to in-
vite all of you to join me for
Georgia Techs annual Insti-
tute Address on Tuesday, Aug.
28, at 11 a.m. in the Clough
Commons. Te event is an
opportunity to celebrate our
past accomplishments as well
as outline our goals for the up-
coming year. I hope to see you
there.
Tech continues to make its presence felt
From the large metro
areas to the small rural
communities, [Tech] truly
serves the entire state...
G.P. Bud Peterson
Institute President
Annie Matin
Second-year MATH
Bumping into and walking
by movie stars is pretty cool.
Lindsay McClure
Second-year PSYCH
I think we should be able
to keep the movie set and
props!
Alexandria Skeete
Fifth-year IE
Its really exciting that we
had a slide in Clough Com-
mons!
Tung Vu
Tird-year ChBE
Its pretty cool, doesnt
often very often.
What do you think about
the movie being flmed on
campus?
B
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Z
Z
Around Campus
Content and fnance must balance out
I stand by the fact
that advertising should
not overshadow ethical
journalism or drive content.
Kamna Bohra
Editor-in-Chief
Photos by Tiara Winata / Student Publications
8 August 24, 2012 Technique OPINIONS
Indecisiveness during election
hinders U.S. position on world stage
I hate election years. Not be-
cause of the constant stream at-
tack ads that air over and over;
not because of the tropical storm
of fyers that is bound to rain
down upon me; not even all the
small rectangular signs that line
every patch of grass within sub-
urbia America. In fact, I almost
enjoy these things. It restores my
faith in our citizens actually car-
ing about what happens in DC.
No, I hate election years be-
cause nothing ever gets done.
Both the Democrats and the Re-
publicans are too entrenched deep
behind party lines waiting for the
frst sign of movement from the
enemy that neither camp will
make any decisive moves that
could, in turn, damage their cov-
eted poll ratings.
Instead of focusing on the big-
ger issues at hand, Romney and
President Obama are more preoc-
cupied constantly taking jabs at
one another to actually get any-
thing done.
Like a vulture circling above,
Romney, along with the entire
GOP, sits and waits for an issue to
come about so that they can take
the opposite stance and hopefully
gain a little ground on Obama.
All the while Obama has to
keep his guard up and his atten-
tion divided between current
events happening both interna-
tionally and domestically while
also anticipating everything Mitt
throws his way by not making any
decisions whatsoever.
I understand that this is Rom-
neys job for the next four months.
It is his goal as a presidential can-
didate to try to shorten any lead
that the President might have in
the polls and win in November;
but the trench warfare has gotten
so bad that it truly is inhibiting
how the U.S. is able to operate on
the worlds stage.
Instead of working together
and focusing their eforts on sav-
ing the sinking eurozone or help-
ing to achieve a peaceful resolu-
tion to the on-going confict in
Syria, both parties have resorted
to kindergarten tactics and decid-
ed to belittle one another at every
step of the way. Tis could have
disastrous consequences: Rebels
in Syria, for example, have already
proclaimed that they will reach
out to al-Qaeda for the help that
they need if the West does not
back them up soon.
If both Democrats and Repub-
licans could put their own self-
interests aside for the time being
and reach a consensus, the U.S.
could use this opportunity to es-
tablish a much-needed ally in a
region where very few exist.
While no actions have taken
place with Syria, the real test will
come from Israel, who is pressur-
ing the U.S. to back them in their
political stand-of with Iran.
Even domestically, no crucial
problems are being solved out of
fear of upsetting the status quo.
Im a frm supporter of the Sec-
ond Amendment, but I know that
more stringent gun laws could
help prevent some of the mass
shootings that have been occur-
ring more and more. Ironically,
it seems as if both parties are ac-
knowledging the very fact that
something rather than nothing
must be done by remaining silent
on any solutions, purely because
both parties fear making a move
and losing support from voters
when November rolls around.
OUR VIEWS Hot or not
Te Internship
Hollywood has landed at
Tech this year. Filming for
the flm Te Internship trans-
formed the Clough Commons
into a mock Google Head-
quarters complete with a slide.
Keep an eye out for Owen
Wilson or Vince Vaughn.
HOT
or
NOT
Instead of working together,
both parties have resorted to
kindergarten tactics and decided
to belittle one another...
Gaines Halstead
Opinions Editor
Digital difculties
An array of technical dif-
fculties have been plaguing
students all over campus. Be-
tween the computers in the
Student Center acting up and
GTwpa randomly losing con-
nection for some students,
OIT will have their hands full.
Moving on up
Tech has found itself within
the top 25 of two very impor-
tant lists this year. Academi-
cally, Tech was ranked 24th in
the world by Te Times High-
er Education and athletically
ranked 20th by the NCAA for
this years football program.
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Contributing Writer
Te beginning of a new semes-
ter is a time of new opportunities,
new choices and, hopefully, bet-
ter grades. Many students look at
the beginning of the new school
year as a fresh start and an op-
portunity to achieve that elusive
4.0 GPA.
Tough getting a passing
grade can sometimes feel like an
impossible feat, there are many
diferent resources available to
help struggling students in every
area of study. For classes from
English 1101 to Circuits Lab,
Tech ofers an array of tutoring
programs suited for students who
prefer one-on-one tutoring and
those who enjoy learning in a
group atmosphere.
Te Ofce of Minority Educa-
tion and Development (OMED)
provides tutoring programs and
services to students. Tese stu-
dents can schedule a one-on-one
session with a tutor or work in a
study group with other students
receiving help in the same area.
I used the OMED services a
lot last year. My favorite aspect
of the tutoring program was the
positive atmosphere of the group
study. We chose a tutor and she
helped us work through some of
our tough problems. By the end
of the semester we all knew how
to study for the tests. I think
that was the best part about the
tutoring program, learning how
to study correctly. My grade im-
proved signifcantly in the class,
said Rajeev Abdullah, a second-
year ME major.
Located on the second foor of
the Chapin Building, OMEDs
tutoring services cover a variety
of subjects and methods of tutor-
ing, with options spanning from
group study to individual learn-
ing. Its tutors range from profes-
sional tutors with doctorates to
upperclassmen who have excelled
in a particular area of study, both
ofering distinct teaching styles.
Te wide variety of academic
resources available for students
to choose from at Tech allows
them to fnd academic assistance
in a large and constantly grow-
ing number of subjects they may
have difculty with during the
semester.
Te Center for Academic
Success also ofers free, appoint-
ment-based tutoring in a variety
of subjects to help students with
troublesome classes or projects.
Its one-to-one tutoring program
can be found on the second foor
of the Clough Commons.
Te program advises students
not to treat its tutoring services
as a replacement for recitation
or ofce hours. To ensure that
students understand basic con-
cepts well enough to do the work
themselves after they leave a tu-
toring session, tutors do not sim-
ply explain the content. Instead,
they cover the course material
and work through practice prob-
lems with the student.
I had a cell biology tutor
Focus
focus@nique.net
Focus Editor:
Madison Lee
Technique
9
Friday,
August 24, 2012
The Fall semester is fnally upon us, but
just because class is back in session
doesnt mean students cant take
advantage of everything campus has to
ofer. This week, Focus highlights ways to
make the most of the new year.
Handling
social
networking
obsession
By Divya Varahabhatla
Contributing Writer
Having trouble staying focused
on your assignments with all of
those Facebook and Pinterest tabs
just a click away? Here are some
tips for staying connected without
losing track of your coursework.
Social networking is a great
way to stay connected with friends
and family, but time fies when
chatting with that crush online.
Suddenly its 2 a.m., and there is
still assigned reading to be done.
Instead of chatting online with
a friend while working, make
plans to meet with them for cofee
and conversation at a later date.
To prevent distractions, e n -
trust social networking passwords
to a trustworthy friend. Tat way,
friends can help prevent distrac-
tion.
I recommend getting some-
one else to change your password
for you temporarily, until youre
done studying for a big test or fn-
ished working on a project, said
Katherine Marchand, a second-
year BME major says.
Whenever possible, work away
from the computer. Twitter and
blogging platforms can be ad-
dictive when following profles
becomes an obsession. When stu-
dents spend more time checking
the latest tweets or status updates
than on actual school work, it is
time for a social media vacation.
If youre distracted by social
media, take a break from it, said
Branden Brown, a frst-year ECE
major.
From old school AIM to
Tumblr and Instagram, the fur-
ther society progresses into the
21st century, people, and espe-
cially students, become more en-
trenched in online communities
and distractions.
For those who need a computer
for schoolwork, notes or school
updates, there are options to help
control the urge to procrastinate
by checking on the latest status
or photo updates. Tese days,
internet browsers have add-ons
specifcally designed to increase
productivity.
Chrome, Firefox and Internet
Explorer all allow users to control
which websites they can use and
how long they can spend on cer-
tain sites.
If Im not using the internet,
I turn of the wif. During fnals
week, I used a chrome add-on
[StayFocused] that was a website
blocker. It worked really well,
said Jarad Heimer, a third-year
BME major.
TIPS & TRICKS
Step Away from the Keyboard
Technology Intervention
Password Denied
One Thing at a Time
Tutoring resources keep students on track
Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications
Students can connect with tutors via various programs ofered
by the Ofce of Minority Education and Development (OMED).
See Tutor, page 10
By Avanti Joglekar
Contributing Writer
Instead of things to do be-
fore dying, a Tech bucket list
is comprised of things to do
before graduating. Below are a
few suggestions.
1) Take a class in a subject unre-
lated to ones major.
2) Visit the High Museum of Art.
3) Take advantage of Wingnuts
free half pound on Wednes-
day nights.
4) Use body paint to show
school pride at a Tech foot-
ball game.
5) Visit the Georgia Aquarium.
In the past few years the
Aquarium has gotten sev-
eral awesome new exhibits,
including penguins and dol-
phins. Its defnitely worth
visiting to check out the un-
derwater world, said Brian
Palmer, a fourth-year EE ma-
jor.
6) See an IMAX flm at the Fern-
bank museum
7) Visit Six Flags over Georgia.
Some people dont enjoy
roller coasters as much as I
do, but Six Flags has exhila-
rating activities for every lev-
el of adrenaline-stimulation,
said Jason Greene, a third-
year ARCH major.
8) Participate in a school-wide
tradition, such
as the Mini 500
or Freshman
Cake Race.
9) Attend a concert at
a small venue of a band
youve never heard of.
10) Apply to a dream job or in-
ternship, even if it seems like
an unlikely prospect.
11) Go the CRC for a rigorous
exercise routine designed to
fght the freshman ffteen.
12) Spend at least six weeks
studying abroad.
13) Take a professor to lunch or
out for cofee.
14) Attend a show at the Fox
theatre.
15) Watch a comedy open mic
event or performance at the
Laughing Skull Comedy Club
at the Vortex.
16) Pack a picnic to enjoy after
riding bikes around Pied-
mont Park.
17) Attend the Atlanta Food
and Wine Festival in May.
18) Go tubing in Helen to cool
of on a hot summer day.
19) Tour the Sweetwater Brew-
ery & get a souvenir glass to
enjoy refreshing beverages
from in the future.
20) Tour the CNN Center.
21) Visit Athens, GA to see what
Techs rival, UGA, is like.
22) Explore campus in the mid-
dle of the night with close
friends to fnd secret spots.
23) Cook a meal from scratch
without burning anything.
24) Go club hopping, from
Quad, to Operas 18/+ year
old college nights on Thurs-
days to salsa dancing at Loca
Luna.
25) Get involved on campus by
joining a few clubs of interest
and dedicate time to accom-
plishing group objectives
with new friends.
26) Attend a tailgate party with
friends and strangers alike.
27) Make the Deans List.
28) Order food after 2AM with
roommates or go to a 24-
hour food joint, like Wafe
House or City Caf.
29) Volunteer somewhere in At-
lanta, such as the 180 Degree
Kitchen.
30) Attend a protest, whether
the issue is one of personal
signifcance or not.
31) Spend Halloween party-
hopping on campus at the
various fraternity parties.
32) Go on a crazy, I was passed
out and therefore recall noth-
ing Spring Break adventure
and live to tell the story.
33) Get to know the RA, TA, and
other students in dorm or in
class.
34) Meet Buzz and take a photo
with him.
35) Memorize the Tech fght
song and sing it with strang-
ers.
36) Take a ride in the Ramblin
Wreck.
37) Write for a Tech publication.
38) Visit the World of Coke and
sample all of the favors.
39) Spend all day sleeping after
an all-nighter.
Design by Brittany Miles / Student Publications
10 August 24, 2012 Technique FOCUS
www.nique.net
sliver
the girls here literally firt with every guy on campus. even the
girls that have boyfriends. no class.
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
Dear sliver guy, why are jokes about drinking your own piss so
funny?
Bear Grylls: Im drunk and out of booze... better drink my own
piss.
Keep the buzz going, drink your own piss.
Alcohol content in piss is 500 times more dilute than when orig-
inally ingested. So if you are really drunk and drink your own
piss, you might as well be drinking water... dammit!
girl in pink pants at the library on the frst day of class: youre
awesome and probably smell like bagels
do the awalk stomp
only taking ten hours, what am I going to do with all of this free
time? I guess Ill just sliver
stay strong, ffth years. the end is near
did you write this technique with a potato?
goal for the last semester- complete the techniques list of things
to do before you graduate.
thanks for the parade of extras in propeller hats.
what the junk is a noogle.
owen wilson and vince vaughn should read the slivers.
@lawlipops. brace yourselves
looks like the rando roommate is our pledge.
this isnt my frst rodeo. #supersenior
To everyone who doesnt log of their computer in the student
center computer cluster when theyre done: I seriously hate you.
I miss pulling an all-nighter every Wednesday, living on a no-
sleep high Tursday and being a zombie on Friday. #exniquelife
I love summer!
Bring back Time-Out with Alex Mitchell!!!11!1!
CHARLIE BATCH
woopers gonna woop
swag. swag. swag. swag.
My apartment smells like wet cat. Probably because my cat is wet.
Tutor from page 9
last semester who helped me get
through the course. Te tutor was
really nice and extremely knowl-
edgeable about the subjectwhen
I had a specifc question about cell
biology he could answer it for me
just like that, said Serena Lynn, a
fourth-year BIO major.
As an additional option, some
students fnd the TA help desks
ofered by the Center for Academ-
ic Success to be just as helpful as
the one-on-one tutoring sessions.
In the spring, I took CS 1371
and had some trouble in the class.
I didnt struggle too much, but I
got an A in the class because I al-
ways went to help desk. Te TAs
helped me with some of the more
difcult coding problems and I
think [it was] because I started go-
ing to the help desk early in the
semester that I made such good
grades in the class. Its all about
asking for help early, said Meena
Tupp, a third-year AE major.
Te best strategy for students
who are concerned about their
grades is not to wait until the end
of Dead Week to ask for help. Tu-
tors are often available to walk-ins
and by appointments, so it is im-
portant to take advantage of the
resources ofered throughout the
semester.
Te Communications Cen-
ter (CommLab), located on the
fourth foor of Clough Commons,
is another resource for academic
assistance. Students are welcome
to visit with questions about any
project or paper they need help
improving.
Te CommLabs professional
and peer tutors are there to help
improve the written, oral, visual,
electronic and non-verbal prof-
ciency of the students they help.
I went to the CommLab last
year when I was taking an LCC
course. Te tutor was really help-
ful because she took my paper
and showed me how to reformat
it to make the basic ideas fow
and read more clearly. I was re-
ally impressed by how efectively
the tutor helped me in the small
time that we worked together,
said Shainna Brown, a fourth-year
BCHM major.
STUDENTS SPEAK >>>>>
Each week, the Focus section seeks student opinion on some of the most important and pertinent
questions related to the theme of the week.
By Alex Kessler
Staf Writer
From football games and
Rush to Homecoming and fresh-
man cake racing, the fall semes-
ter has many exciting events in
store for the recently enrolled, as
well as fond memories for return-
ing students.
Focus asked students to de-
scribe what they anticipate will
be their favorite fall semester ex-
periences.
For freshmen, the beginning
of college is an exhilarating expe-
rience that brings opportunities
to start fresh. Some frst years
put forth unbridled optimism in
the face of Techs daunting cur-
riculum so early in the year.
[For me], making new
friends and just joining the Tech
community altogether makes all
of the classes worth it, said Miles
Hebert, a frst-year EE major.
Other students are looking
forward to the activities that tra-
ditionally start in the fall. Many
are gearing up for intramurals,
sports-related clubs and orga-
nized sports like the Institute
favorite, football.
[Im most excited about]
starting up Ultimate Frisbee in-
tramurals again, and the Mini-
500 of course, said John Forbes,
a second-year AE major.
For many, Homecoming is
the peak of the semester.
I am most excited for Home-
coming, and defnitely the cake
race. Seeing freshmen trip over
each other in the dark at 6 a.m.
is one of the highlights of my fall
semester, said Madeline Mel-
nick, a third-year INTA major.
In addition to the excitement
of traditional Homecoming
events, the football games them-
selves are naturally what students
are looking forward to most this
semester. As one of the most
important games of the season,
students are looking forward to
watching the home team take
on big school rivals in the game
against UGA.
In reality, football season is
the real reason for me... and Im
defnitely going to the Virginia
Tech game on the third too,
said John Kane, a ffth-year EE
major.
For upperclassmen, interests
may lie elsewhere besides the
Jackets and partying. With di-
plomas almost within their grasp
and their post-graduate futures
ahead of them, passing their last
remaining courses often takes
precedence over having fun.
Graduation is defnitely the
thing Im looking forward to
most, said Andrew McLeod-
Bryant, a fourth-year CS major.
Regardless of their class
standing, many students are ex-
cited for the start of the new se-
mester and seeing their friends
once again. For others, the pros-
pect of getting closer to reach-
ing that elusive graduation date
drives other students on.
Tis fall holds a lot of promise
to be the best semester in Techs
history, what with the largest in-
coming freshmen class and new-
ly recruited talent on the football
team.
Comparatively speaking, few
students mentioned that they
were excited for the start of fall
classes. However, courses that
can be a cause for anticipation
for students who have an invest-
ed interest in the subject and are
ready and willing to learn.
I am ready for my [digital
signal processing] class because
it will relate to the digital audio
stuf I already do and want to
continue when I graduate, said
Carl Houde, a second-year EE
major.
What are students hyped for this semester?
Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications
The Center for Academic Successs one-to-one Tutoring program
ofers students access to appointment-scheduled study sessions.
Technique August 24, 2012 11 FOCUS
Students explore culture through International Plan
By Madison Lee
Focus Editor
Every year, students looking to
broaden their horizons on a global
scale choose to make the Inter-
national Plan (IP) part of their
Tech experience. Te four-year
undergraduate program provides
opportunities for cultural learn-
ing both on campus and overseas
through foreign language studies
and extensive travel abroad.
Te program held its seventh
annual Initiation Ceremony this
past Tursday, welcoming a new
group of internationally-minded
inductees into the fold and invit-
ing interested students to learn
more and apply as well.
With almost 900 students
currently participating in the
program and rolling admissions
accepting students throughout
the year, a total of 26 majors are
included within the International
Plan. Coordinators for the pro-
gram are hoping this number will
grow even larger in the future.
I would love it if all 36 majors
were participatingI think that
skills in terms of intercultural
aptitude and the ability to func-
tion in a multicultural society are
important no matter what major
youre in, said Rebecca Bacon, IP
Assistant Director.
IP students are encouraged to
concentrate on a particular coun-
try or region that relates to the
language, work and study abroad
of their choosing. International
Afairs and Modern Languages
majors have made up the big-
gest group of IP graduates in past
years. Tis is in large part due to
the similarities between the diplo-
ma requirements of IAML and IP
students.
However, students can inte-
grate their IP studies into the
curriculum of any participating
major.
I actually decided to attend
Georgia Tech because of the In-
ternational Plan and the ability
to take my major courses abroad.
I wanted to continue studying
Spanish, go abroad for at least a
year and learn the necessary skills
to apply my major internationally
post-graduation. I can confdently
say that Georgia Techs Interna-
tional Plan is one-of-a-kind, es-
pecially for engineering students,
said Rebecca Byler, a fourth-year
BME major.
Te study abroad aspect of the
program is one of the most promi-
nent features of the International
Plan. Students who participate are
required to complete a minimum
of 26 weeks of work, research or
study in a foreign country.
A students commitment to
pursuing a lengthy overseas expe-
rience studying or working in the
feld of their choice is treated as a
crucial part of the program.
Te sense of self I gained from
my experiences abroad has helped
me to focus my future goals. Im
focusing my Aerospace degree on
space systems, so the idea of coun-
nothing could be more valuable
than a globally-minded team,
said Veronica Foreman, a third-
year AE major.
In todays global society, many
employers are looking for gradu-
ities sought after in potential em-
ployees such as highly developed
interpersonal skills, previous work
experience and ease adjusting to
new situations.
I think with international ex-
tries working together both on
and of the planet is of great inter-
est to me. Both through cultural
interaction and my IP courses,
Ive come to understand that
ates with overseas learning experi-
ence and profciency in a foreign
language.
Te IP program prides itself on
helping students develop the qual-
perience, students will learn skills
like fexibility, adaptability and
being able to deal with ambiguity
[on a professional level]we had
a work abroad supervisor who did
rating, and IP students tended to
be much higher in standings like
attendance, time management,
dependability and the overall
quality of their work, Bacon said.
Professional skills such as these
are necessary in any feld regard-
less of major. Among many other
reasons like this one, majors like
Chemical & Biomolecular Engi-
neering and Material Sciences are
currently working with IP coor-
dinators. Tey hope that their in-
terested students will soon be in-
cluded alongside others currently
enrolled in the program.
Students who are thinking
about going abroad or learning
a second language during their
undergraduate years at Tech are
encouraged to apply to the IP
program if they want to incorpo-
rating these experiences into their
overall education.
Now that Im back in the US,
the International Plan has been
crucial in helping me tie together
my experiences abroad during re-
maining time at Tech. Its more
than just studying or working
abroadit builds cultural self-
awareness through its global
coursework, language acquisition
and the fnal capstone course
and it is unequivocally, the best
decision of your four years at
Georgia Tech, Byler said.
International Plan student Becky Byler enjoys intercultural
learning experience during her time studying abroad in Ecuador.
Photo courtesy of Becky Byler
Entertainment
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Entertainment Editor:
Jonathan Peak
Assistant Entertainment Editor:
Joe Murphy
Milk Carton Kids no longer missing, talk about growth
By Jonathan Peak
Entertainment Editor
Tomorrow night, Saturday, Aug. 25, three bands
will play at the Fabulous Fox Teatre in a concert
extravaganza for fans of indie, country and a mix
thereof. Te headlining Old Crow Medicine Show
and the recently popular Lumineers are sure to pro-
vide a great show. However it is the opening Milk
Carton Kids who are the ones to watch. Te seam-
less blending of the two vocalists, Kenneth Patten-
gale and Joey Ryan, bridges the gap between the
indie Lumineers and pure Americana Old Crow.
Tough their music runs between borders of bare
and subdued , they are sure to thrill if not for rock-
ing out, for their exquisite melodies. Te Technique
recently had the opportunity to speak with half
of the duo, Joey Ryan, to discuss the emphasis on
live shows and the direction they are headed, along
with other questions.
You guys have become known for releasing
your own albums online for free. Is there any
particular logic behind this or is it just a service
to the fans?
From the beginning, we fashioned ourselves a
live band, frst and foremost. Every decision weve
made, including making our frst two albums avail-
able for free, has been in service of creating the best
live experience possible. Weve been able to stay on
the road since day one, thanks to the fast spread of
our recordings.
Many of your songs are about specifc places.
Photo courtesy of Milk Carton Records
Are these based of of personal experiences or
idealizations of these locales?
Personal experience is often at the root of a song,
but as a character takes shape certainly some ide-
alizations, fantasies [and] imaginations take hold
and the story becomes its own. Invoking the name
of the place where the story is set gives context to
the characters and can imbue the narrative with
the great many associations we often have with one
particular place or another.
Both of your vocals blend together so cohe-
sively that they have been noted for how they
fool listeners into thinking they are just one
voice. Are these songs written as such, just from
one perspective, and if so, whose are they usu-
ally?
Our process is so collaborative to the extent that
a single perspective emerges. Its to our great sur-
prise and delight that people have observed a great
cohesion not just in our voices but in the perspec-
tive from which the songs are sung is one of our
proudest accomplishments.
Your songs are often quite quiet and sub-
dued in their beauty. In a live show, can listen-
ers expect a louder, more rock approach as some
bands opt for, or an intimate acoustic set?
Te show is even quieter, often, than the record.
Our hands are tied, in the greatest way, by the in-
strumentation we employ a louder approach isnt
really in the cards.
A guide to not get wasted: Things to do under 21
See Kids, page 15
By Jess Swaford
Associate Editor
Welcome to Tech, class of
2016! Freshmen are now students
at one of the best universities in
the world, in one of the countrys
best cities. As a likely new resident
of Atlanta, the Technique created
a list of things to do for those new
to town. With a large population
diverse in every area, theres never
a dull moment.
Go to Te Vortex. Te burg-
ers are award winning. Te Elvis
Burger with bananas and peanut
butter or the Hell Burger for a
spicy option are great choices, but
students cannot go wrong with
any burger. Te restaurant has a
self-proclaimed idiot-free zone
and prides itself on its politically
incorrect atmosphere. An ID is
required for entrance, as only 18
and up are admitted.
Te Varsity is a well-known
landmark that must be visited.
Students frequent the Varsity less
than tourists would think, but
without hearing Whatll ya have?
Whatll ya have? Atlanta hasnt
been experienced to its fullest.
Piedmont Park is the areas
most well known parks. Its a few
blocks from campus and hosts
several 5K races throughout the
year, as well as art festivals. Pickup
games of Ultimate Frisbee or fag
football are common, and joggers
frequent the trails.
For concert venues. Atlanta
has Chastain Park, Philips Arena,
Te Tabernacle, Te Masquerade,
Aarons Amphitheater at Lake-
wood and Te Verizon Wireless
Amphitheater. Tese venues host
everything from Lil Wayne and
Taylor Swift to up and coming
new artists.
Sports entertainment is also
present in the city. Braves games
at Turner Field feature Chipper
Jones who is in his fnal season
before retirement. With a respect-
able 71-53 season at the time of
print, games are fun behind home
plate or the more likely upper
deck. Student discounts are avail-
able, and the stadium is accessible
by MARTA. Games run until the
beginning of October.
Te High Museum of Art fea-
tures new art exhibits consistently.
Te High has two current exhib-
its, Picturing New York and
Picturing the South, as well as
a collection entitled Rising Up:
Hale Woodrufs Murals from
Talladega College, which ex-
plores African American history
from slavery to freedom. Tese
exhibits run until next week, and
student tickets are $16.50. Admis-
sion is free on the frst Saturday
each month with a Buzzcard.
Te Fabulous Fox Teatre is
perhaps the best performance
venue in Atlanta and is walking
distance from campus. With a star
studded ceiling, the theater hosts
plays, concerts, comedians, wed-
ding receptions and almost any-
thing else. Its Atlantas version of
Broadway, and everything hosted
there is fabulous like the name, no
matter the event.
Another spectacular place to
see plays is Shakespeares Tavern,
where patrons can relive Elizabe-
than England. Contrary to popu-
lar belief, the Tavern hosts plays
written by many playwrights, not
only William Shakespeare. While
many Shakespearean plays do
make their way to the stage, so do
plays by Charles Dickens, Tennes-
see Williams, etc. Te audience
can eat during the play and ex-
pect be included in the show.
True southern food can be
found Mary Macs Tea Room.
With the best table wine of the
South (sweet tea), any meal
is a delicious sample of the re-
gions cooking. A pot likker
(cornbread and collard green
juice) appetizer is free to frst
time guests and is a Mary Macs
icon.
Atlanta is home to the
worlds most famous soda.
Te World of Coke dem-
onstrates how the
drink came to ex-
ist, along with a
museum and
4D theater.
Next door is the worlds largest
aquarium. Te Georgia Aquari-
um, home to over 120,000 difer-
ent animals from over 500 species,
has annual passes and hosts events
throughout the year. Guests can
see wildlife ranging from eels to
penguins to sharks.
Lastly and most of all, students
a r e
encouraged to explore all Tech
has to ofer. Te friends
and memories made last
a lifetime, but time in
college does not. Te
next four, fve or six
years will fy. Enjoy
them.
Photos by Ansley Thomas, Anton Mola, and Caleb Phillips/
Student Publications
Design by Brittany Miles / Design Editor
14 August 24, 2012 Technique ENTERTAINMENT
By Kristina Sharif
Contributing Writer
For those new to Atlanta, hear-
ing unfamiliar names like Buck-
head, Te Highlands or Inman
Park can be intimidating. Tese
areas are wonderful parts of the
city once familiarized and are ex-
plained below.
Techs campus is in the middle
of Atlantas Midtown neighbor-
hood, which gets its name from
being in between Buckhead
and Downtown. It features Te
Woodruf Arts Center which has
attractions like the Alliance Te-
ater and the Atlanta Symphony
Hall. Also, one of the biggest at-
tractions in Midtown is Piedmont
Park, which hosts Music Midtown
each September.
South of Midtown is Down-
town, where Georgia State Uni-
versity is located. Downtown is
flled with tourist attractions such
as the capitol building and Cen-
tennial Olympic Park, the latter
of which features a skating rink
in winter. Te Georgia Dome,
home to the NFL Atlanta Falcons,
and the Georgia World Congress
Center are also large landmarks
in the area. Tourists can take a
tour of CNNs studios, or see a
Hawks basketball game in Philips
Arena. Downtown is also home to
Atlantas Hard Rock Cafe, as well
as the Museum of Design Atlanta,
which hosts diferent galleries and
exhibits throughout the year.
East of Downtown are smaller,
more obscure neighborhoods such
as Cabbagetown, home of the
Fulton Cotton Mills Lofts. Te
Lofts have an artistic feel about
them, and in November they host
a neighborhood festival with blue-
grass and chili called the Chomp
and Stomp.
Nearby Inman Park is a more
suburban area known for its dis-
tinctive architecture and restau-
rants, including Sotto Sotto, an
Italian restaurant located on N.
Highland Avenue.
A more notable neighborhood
located east of Downtown is Lit-
tle Five Points, more commonly
called Little Five. Little Five
Points has a culture of its own
with numerous places to experi-
ence such as Junkmans Daugh-
ter, one of the best vintage thrift
stores around. With multiple cof-
fee shops, novelty stores, book
stores, and theaters, Little Five
has it all. A festival on the Satur-
day of Halloween also occurs each
year.
A more prominent East At-
lanta neighborhood is Virginia
Highlands, known simply as Te
Highlands. Voted Best Overall
Neighborhood by the readers of
Creative Loafng, the Highlands
is famous for its diverse range of
food and clothing venues. Pura
Vida Tapas and Wine Bar is a
great date spot, and another op-
tion, which is more low key, is
Georges Bar and Restaurant, the
home to awesome burgers.
West of Tech, fnd restaurants
like Six Feet Under Pub & Fish
House, Yeah! Burger and Orms-
bys. West Egg, themed of Te
Great Gatsby, is one of the best
breakfast places around. In this
area you will also fnd the retail
store Anthropologie and the fro-
zen yogurt store Yoforia. Many
students from Tech, Georgia State
and Emory reside in this area due
to its convenient location in the
city.
Finally, there is North Atlanta,
called Buckhead. Stereotyped as
Atlantas most afuent area, Buck-
head has fne dining and high end
shopping. Fogo de Chao or Atlan-
tas Fish Market are popular eater-
ies. Phipps Plaza and Lenox Mall
feature stores like Tifany & Co.,
Jefrey Atlanta, Bloomingdales
and much more.
Tis all-inclusive guide to At-
lanta neighborhoods should help
Tech students identify things to
check out before they graduate.
Atlanta neighborhoods display culture, attractions
Photo by Michael James/ Student Publications
Technique August 24, 2012 15 ENTERTAINMENT
Great Britain: Emeli Sand glows with soul
By Joe Murphy
Assistant Entertainment Editor
London has been in the spot-
light of the worlds stage this past
month with all the triathlons,
gymnastics and synchronized div-
ing that has been going on. How-
ever, it seems that the Olympics
are not the only thing the United
Kingdom has to ofer this year.
With two hit singles topping the
charts, a wide assortment of other
songs and several performances on
national television, Scottish singer
and songwriter Emeli Sand looks
to be on her way to the top.
Born in the late 1980s, Sands
hip-hop-meets-gospel style has al-
lowed her to shine both alone and
in collaboration with other art-
ists. Her frst big break came in
2009 when she was featured with
the English rapper Chipmunk in
Diamond Rings, a song that she
helped pen. She later signed on
with EMI Music Publishing, lead-
ing to her music blossoming into
the phenomenon it is today. Her
frst solo single, Heaven, was re-
leased in 2011, as well as Daddy.
However, Sands frst major
breakthrough on the global scale
came with the song Read All
About It, in which she was fea-
tured with British rapper Profes-
sor Green. Te song reached the
top of UK charts and has sold
over 150,000 copies since, in ad-
dition to being continued on in
two separate parts, the third of
which was released in 2012 and
stars Sand on her own. Sands
next major hit came with Next
To Me early this year. Te song,
likely her most well-known single,
combines piano and drums with
Sands upbeat voice to create a
soulful melody that has rocked
the music world. All of the sin-
gles listed above can be found on
Sands debut album, Our Ver-
sion Of Events, which came out in
February in the UK. Since then,
Our Version of Events has become
the fastest selling album by a Brit-
ish artist since Susan Boyle, and
at one point has even beat out
Adeles world famous sensation 21
for the top spot.
At frst glance, Emeli Sand
music may seem like a cross be-
tween the pop sounds of Rihanna
and that of Elly Jackson, lead sing-
er of the British electropop act La
Roux. However, Sand has stated
that she draws her infuence from
the likes of more classic voices,
such as Tracy Chapman and Joni
Mitchell. Te singer has also cited
world peace and political issues as
some of the main reasons for her
songwriting.
Aside from her own music ca-
reer, the quality that makes Sand
one to watch in the recording
industry is the fact that she has
written the music of several world-
famous artists of today. Susan
Boyle, Leona Lewis and Cheryl
Cole are among the many who
owe their lyrics to Emeli Sand,
most certainly making Sand one
of the more infuential up-and-
coming musicians of this decade.
In addition to her recordings
and collaborations, Sand has
achieved fame through numer-
ous television appearances as well,
such as on the UK versions of
both Te X Factor and Te Voice.
On a global scale, though, audi-
ences around the world may rec-
ognize her as one of the main con-
tributors to the soundtrack of the
2012 London Olympic Games.
In addition to actually carrying
the Olympic torch at one point,
Sand performed several of her
top singles in support of her coun-
try during the games, as well as a
cover of John Lennons Imagine.
Emeli Sand may be riding into
the music scene on what some are
calling the Second British Wave
of musicians, which includes art-
ists like Adele, One Direction and
Ellie Goulding. But that does not
mean that Sands smooth and
soulful vibes are being smothered.
On the contrary, the singer is
coming into her prime, and judg-
ing from the popularity of her frst
few hits, Sand may maintain her
position on the global radar for a
long time to come.
Photo courtesy of Capitol Records
Kids from page 13
Your debut studio album is
named Prologue. Is this a refer-
ence to greater things to come?
Where would you like to head
from here?
Id like to keep doing exactly
what were doing. Te last year
and a half has been the most ex-
citing and creatively fulflling of
my career, so the less that changes
the better, as far as Im concerned.
You guys are opening for
the more indie Lumineers and
country Old Crow Medicine
Show. Can we expect your set
to veer more towards one genre
or the other when your albums
ride the line between?
Were pretty well set in our
ways. Tis has been a wonderful
tour to be on, and its to the great
credit of the Old Crow guys that
the program runs so well from
one band to the next. Teyre very
good at putting together a cohe-
sive night of music.
Fans tomorrow night will
surely get to sing Rock me mama
like a wagon wheel, but well be-
fore any of that they will be given
the special treat of discovering the
Milk Carton Kids for themselves.
Songs to look forward to from the
band include the tragically nostal-
gic Michigan and more upbeat
and intricate I Still Want A Little
More. Attendees should be sure
to grab both of their albums be-
fore the show from their website,
especially the latest Prologue. Tis
is one the years most anticipated
shows, mixed the wonders of the
Fox. Tose present will enjoy
music by three thoroughly excel-
lent bands as they traverse across
genres. Te opening act will well
worth seeing.
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Technique August 24, 2012 17 ENTERTAINMENT
Atlanta concert venues ofer variety of atmospheres, genres
By Jillian Broaddus
Staf Writer
Tere are numerous benefts to
attending a college in the middle
of a city: nearby sporting events,
bustling nightlife and future ca-
reer opportunities, to name a few.
However, when that city also hap-
pens to be both the Hip Hop
Capital of the World and an
epicenter for country tunes and a
thriving rock scene, there always
seems to be something to do just
outside the Tech campus. With
various concert venues surround-
ing the downtown area, Atlanta
ofers multiple settings for difer-
ent genres, artists and musical at-
mospheres.
Perhaps one of the most well-
known music venues in the entire
state, Philips Arena is ranked as
the third-busiest concert venue
in the U.S. Seating over 21,000,
Philips easily attracts some of the
biggest-name performers. Tis
year, look out for Madonna, Jen-
nifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and
Justin Bieber as they all pass their
tours through one of Atlantas
most unforgettable spots.
Also less than a mile from the
North Avenue border of Tech is
Creative Loafngs 2010 choice
for Best Concert Venue and
Best New Use for an Old Build-
ing: the Tabernacle. Originally
a century-old church, complete
with stained-glass windows, the
Tabernacle maintains a unique
sense of antiquity and distinctive-
ness. While the open space ac-
commodates top-notch acoustics,
a capacity of only 2,600 people
allows concert-goers a much more
intimate experience than many of
Atlantas larger, big-name venues.
Tis fall, look out for Ben Folds
Five, the All-American Rejects,
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals,
AWOLNATION, Te Script and
many more to pass through.
Located 10 minutes from Tech
in the eclectic neighborhood of
Little 5 Points, Variety Playhouse
is yet another Atlanta favorite. Te
interior is decorated with a 1940s
movie theatre faade and con-
tinually attracts a variety of indie-
rock performers. However, many
local legends and international
treasures have also been known
to grace the stage. Many lesser-
known acts are on the upcoming
fall scheduleincluding Dirty
Projectors and Te Brian Jon-
estown Massacrebut are nev-
ertheless sure to provide excellent
and rather inexpensive entertain-
ment at a must-see venue.
One other nearby concert site
that caters to a narrower genre of
music is Blind Willies, located
only three miles from campus in
the Virginia-Highlands neighbor-
hood. Tis blues joint is small,
dark and typically rather crowd-
ed. With live music every night
and special coming attractions as
welltypically for around $6
Blind Willies is always open for
good music and a good time.
While blues fans identify with
Blind Willies and Variety Play-
house is more well-known to in-
die-rock fans, the Masquerade is a
favorite among many college-age
music-lovers. Located just south
of Tech in a rusty old mill build-
ing, the Masquerade has been
Atlantas leading rock and alterna-
tive music venue for the past two
decades. Due to multiple stages
on diferent levels of the building,
more than one band can play at
once, ofering a welcome choice
for concert-goers.
Finally, for a welcome change
in the downtown music scene,
Tech students can experience one
of the many outdoors amphithe-
aters. Chastain Park Amphithe-
ater is less than ten miles away
and is Atlantas most prominent
outdoor music venue. Set in the
midst of a quaint yet urbanized
park in Buckhead, Chastain at-
tracts some of the biggest names
in musicincluding Duran Du-
ran and Gotye this fall. By ofer-
ing stadium-style seating, large
tables near the stage or a lawn area
for a mid-concert picnic, this ven-
ue can seat almost 7,000 people
and provides a memorable concert
experiences.
Ultimately, Atlanta can ofer
it all: from an edgy venue full of
screaming teenagers and upcom-
ing artists to a stadium that seats
more people than the entire popu-
lation of Tech, any music fan can
fnd somewhere to satisfy them-
selves within this great city. Just
go out and look.
Photo by Robert Combier / Student Publications
The Tabernacle boasts a full-sized organ behind its stage, continuing to the upper balcony level,
providing even further assurance that a concert in this venue will be a wholly unique experience.
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the opportunity to serve as one
fve coaches to lead the 2012 U.S.
Womens National A2 Team Pro-
gram. Te team competed in the
A2 Championships and was able
to earn the silver medal. Johnson
returns to Tech this fall to lead
the Jackets Volleyball team for
the fourth consecutive season and
with an overall record of 54-40
while coaching at Tech.
Te Jackets were able to work
out any last-minute kinks during
the annual Gold/White scrim-
mage match.
I feel like there are some
things we have to work on to get
better, but Im excited about our
progress and where we are going.
I look forward to playing next Fri-
day, Johnson said of the match
and upcoming tournament.
Te scrimmage served as a pre-
cursor to the Georgia Tech Court-
yard Invitational on Aug. 24 at
OKeefe Gym. Tech will match
up against Cal State Fullerton on
opening night at 7 p.m. and face
Charleston Southern and SMU
on Saturday during the two-day
event. All three schools are com-
ing of seasons in which they
struggled with sub- .500 records
(13-16, 5-25 and 15-17 respective-
ly) - giving Tech a chance to ease
into the heart of their schedule.
Te Jacket will face several
ACC powerhouses this season
including Clemson, UNC, Duke
and defending conference cham-
pions Florida State, as the ACC
has a consistent abundance of
talent. Te twelve ACC volley-
ball coaches voted on the 2012
preseason poll and Tech came up
sixth behind Florida State, Clem-
son, UNC, Duke and Miami.
Volleyball from page 24
Facilities embody Techs winning tradition
By Alex Sohani
Associate Editor
Te Jackets have a long and
colorful athletic tradition, and
the sports facilities in which they
play are a large part of each sports
teams history. Te sections that
follow detail the homes of several
of Techs varsity sports teams.
Bobby Dodd Stadium
Bobby Dodd Stadium at His-
toric Grant Field houses one of the
most storied programs in college
football. Te stadium was built in
1913 by students and is the oldest
active on-campus stadium of any
NCAA Division I football team.
In 2003, the stadium under-
went renovations that increased
the stadiums capacity to 55,000
seats. Te largest crowd at the
stadium since then came in a
game against No. 2 Notre Dame
in 2006, with 56,680 fans in at-
tendance; the most in Tech his-
tory was 60,316, when the Jackets
hosted Georgia in 1973.
Tech named the stadium in
honor of former Head Coach
Bobby Dodd in April 1988. Dodd
led the Jackets to a 165-64-8 re-
cord in his 23-year tenure as the
head coach and served in some
capacity with the institution for
56 years. Te feld was originally
named after John W. Grant, a
one-time member of the Georgia
Tech board of trustees, in 1914.
Russ Chandler Stadium
Russ Chandler Stadium, the
home of Tech baseball, opened
in 1930 with the funds that Tech
collected from the 1929 Rose
Bowl game.Te stadium was re-
constructed in 2002 and has a
listed capacity of 4,157.
Tech has hosted numerous
NCAA Regionals and ACC tour-
naments at the stadium over the
past two decades. Te stadium
also served as a training site dur-
ing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Hank McCamish Pavilion
Beginning this Fall, the mens
and womens basketball teams will
be playing in the new McCamish
Pavilion. Te Pavilion is currently
Photo by Kelvin Kuo / Student Publications
Russ Chandler Stadium has hosted an NCAA Regional tournament for three of the last four seasons.
Russ Chandler is in the center of campus, and has served as a training site for multiple occasions.
under construction and will seat
approximately 8,800 fans.
Tech formerly played in Alex-
ander Memorial Coliseum, the
home of the basketball teams since
1956. Te Coliseum was famously
nicknamed the Trillerdome
by Tech announcer Brad Nessler
during the 1984-85 season after
fve exciting fnishes to games.
While the McCamish Pavilion
was constructed during the 2011
season, the Jackets split playing in
Philips Arena and the Gwinnett
Arena.
OKeefe Gymnasium
Te OKeefe Gymnasium was
used by OKeefe High School
during the 1950s and was given to
Tech in the 1960s. It has hosted
Techs volleyball team since 1995.
Te gym is able to hold roughly
1,000 people. Te Pep Band helps
keep the crowd energized during
games, leading them with a cheer
of Point Tech! every time the
Jackets win a point.
Shirley C. Mewborn Field
Starting in March 2009, the
softball team began playing its
home games at the newly built
Shirley Clements Mewborn Field
after 21-plus years at Glenn Field.
Mewborn Field can seat up
to 1,500 spectators, and like the
baseball feld it has both chairback
and bench seating. Te facility
also features indoor batting cages
and bullpens along the sidelines.
Tech has hosted NCAA Super
Regionals at Mewborn Field in
each of the stadiums frst two sea-
sons, while the softball team has
led the ACC standings.
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Head coaches bring experience, winning tradition to Tech
Photo by Michael Schneider / Student Publications
Head baseball coach Danny Hall watches his team at the Tech vs. UGA baseball game. Hall has 779
career wins with the Jackets, and led Tech to win the 2012 ACC Championship as an eighth seed.
By Anna Arnau
Sports Editor
Paul Johnson - Football
Johnson enters his ffth season
at Tech, implementing his high
powered spread option ofense.
Under Johnson, the Jackets have
a 33-19 record and are 21-11 in
ACC play. Johnson has won more
games in his frst four seasons than
any other coach in Tech history.
Before coming to Tech, John-
son was successful as the head
coach at Georgia Southern from
1997-2001 and Navy from 2002-
07. Johnson sports an impressive
132-53 career record and led Tech
to a No. 7 ranking in the 2009
season, their highest ranking
since 1999.
Brian Gregory - Basketball
Gregory was hired as the 13th
head basketball coach by Tech on
March 28, 2011. Te Jackets went
11-20 last season in his frst season
at the helm.
Gregory focuses on a high
paced, high energy ofensive and
defensive scheme. Gregory has hit
the recruiting trail bringing in a
top-20 recruiting class in time for
the 2012 season.
MaChelle Joseph - WBB
Joseph is entering her tenth
season as the head coach of the
womens basketball team, leading
the team to six straight 20-win
seasons and compiling a 179-106
record. She became the fastest
coach to reach 150 wins while
leading the team to six straight
NCAA Tournament appearances.
Joseph lead the Jackets to their
frst Sweet 16 appearance in the
NCAA Tournament in 2011.
Joseph has established stabil-
ity and a winning tradition to the
program, contending in the ACC
and national spotlight.
Danny Hall - Baseball
Hall enters his 20th season at
Tech as the all-time winningest
baseball coach in school history
with 779 wins. Te Jackets have
been to the NCAA Tournament
16 times in his career and been to
the College World Series in 1994,
2002 and 2006. Last year, Halls
team was the 2011 ACC Cham-
pions.
Since taking over the program,
Hall averages 43 wins per season
and has helped 97 of his players
be drafted by the MLB on 107 oc-
casions.
Bruce Heppler - Golf
Going into his 17th year as
head coach, Heppler has estab-
lished Tech as a powerhouse
golf program that is well known
throughout the nation. During
his tenure, the Jackets have been
to the NCAA Tournament every
year since 1998 and have had nine
top-8 fnishes in the Finals.
Tech has not fnished lower
than 14th in any year since 2000
and has won the outright ACC
title each of the last four seasons.
Sharon Perkins - Softball
Perkins enters her sixth season
at Tech after winning ACC Coach
of the Year twice in her frst four
seasons. During her tenure, Tech
has more ACC wins than any oth-
er school and has seen its highest
national ranking in school history
at No. 7.
Te Jackets have won the ACC
regular season and tournament
title for the last three seasons
and spent the entire 2010 season
ranked in the NFCA top 25 poll
for the frst time in school history.
Kenny Thorne - Mens Tennis
After a successful career as a
player at Tech, Torne returned to
his alma mater to coach the mens
tennis team to a high level. Torne
goes into his 14th season as head
coach after a lackluster nine win
season in 2011-12.
In 2011, the Jackets fnished
13th in the nation and reached
round of 16 in the NCAA tour-
nament, both high marks for
Tech under Torne. Torne was
recently surpassed by former
Tech standout Guillermo Gomez,
breaking his original record for
the most career singles wins in
school history.
Rodney Harmon - Womens Tennis
Harmon was named the 7th
head womens tennis coach on
July 3, 2012. Harmon comes to
Tech after serving as the director
of tennis at the Deerwood Coun-
try Club in Jacksonville, Florida.
Tonya Johnson - Volleyball
Johnson enters her fourth sea-
son as the head coach of womens
volleyball at Tech as the seventh
coach in school history.
In her frst season at the helm,
Johnson led the Jackets to a 21-
10 record and their frst NCAA
Tournament appearance since
2004.
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After a 6-0 start in 2011, the Jackets lost fve of their last seven games to fnish 8-5. With veteran
experience returning, Tech will be looking to make a push for the Coastal Division crown of the ACC.
Washington enters his second
year as a starter. In 2011, Washing-
ton rushed for 986 yards, the second
most ever by a Tech quarterback
and threw for 1652 yards with 11
touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Washington is commonly referred to
as the hardest worker on the team.
Attaochu saw action in his frst
two seasons at Tech and enters 2012
as a starter. In 2011 he led the team
with sacks and tackles for loss, and
also had an interception, two pass
break-ups and a fumble recovery. At-
taochu looks to be on of the top line-
backers in the ACC in 2012.
Smith enters his third year as a
starter for Tech and is as threaten-
ing as a running back as he is as a
reciever. Averaging 10.1 yards per
rushing attempts in 2011, Smith also
recorded 12 touchdowns on the sea-
son. Coming of of surgery in Janu-
ary, Smith looks healthier than ever.
PLAYERS TO WATCH THIS SEASON:
Tevin Washington
RS Senior Quarterback
Jeremiah Attaochu
Junior Linebacker
Orwin Smith
Senior A-back
Climb to the top
With seven starters return-
ing to the Jackets ofense, the
team is set to lead the ACC
in rushing for the ffth con-
secutive season under Head
Coach Paul Johnson.
Techs top three rushers
from last season, redshirt
senior quarterback Tevin
Washington, senior A-back
Orwin Smith and redshirt
junior B-back David Sims,
returned 32 touchdowns
and 2300 yards of rushing
ofense in 2011.
Washington, in his second year
as a starter, will be looking to fnd more
consistency in his passing ofense. After
starting the frst fve games of the 2011
season with 10 touchdowns and one in-
terception, Washington fnished the year
without a touchdown pass until the Sun
Bowl, while throwing seven interceptions.
Behind Washington is redshirt junior quar-
terback Synjyn Days, who showed prom-
ise during limited action in 2011, also had
some issues with ball security. Because of
his athletic ability and size, Days has also
been working at the A-back position. Red-
shirt freshman quarterback Vad Lee, a fan
favorite, has been listed behind Days in the
rotation, but provides profciency in the
passing game.
Te task of improving the passing game
in 2011 may be difcult, as no receivers on
the roster have ever caught a pass at the
college level. Sophomore wide receiver Jef
Greene and redshirt junior wide receiver
Jeremy Moore are the projected starters
for the season, with redshirt senior Chris
Jackson and sophomore Darren Waller as
backups. Greene, Moore and Waller ft the
profle that has generally shown success in
Johnsons ofense, with each of them listed
above 6-foot-3 and capable of grabbing high
passes.
At A-back, Smith returns for his third
year as a starter and healthier than ever,
coming of a surgery in the spring to fx a
nagging turf toe injury. Smith averaged
over 10 yards per carry on 61 attempts,
while averaging 23.5 yards per reception in
2011. On the other side of the formation,
redshirt junior A-back Robert Godhigh has
been named a starter. While Godhigh only
has two career receptions, he specializes in
blocking which should pave the way for the
Jackets running attack.
Sims looked to have frmly secured his
role as the top B-back in the option ofense,
but after a strong summer showing, sopho-
more B-back Zach Laskey has been shoot-
ing up the depth chart. Redshirt sophomore
Charles Perkins is sitting at the third spot
in the depth chart, and will provide strong
depth at the position in the case of injuries.
Finally, the anchor of the ofense will
be the veteran ofensive line, dubbed as the
Goon Squad. Led by preseason second-
team All-American redshirt senior guard
Omoregie Uzzi, the Jackets look to lead
the conference and nation in rushing. Also
returning to the lineup are redshirt junior
guard Will Jackson, redshirt junior center
Jay Finch and redshirt junior tackle Ray
Beno, who will continue to improve as the
year progresses. Sophomore guard Shaquille
Mason will likely fll the fnal spot on the
line.
Te ofensive line should prove to be the
deepest and greatest strength on the ofense
in 2012, and is generally considered to be
the strongest line through Johnsons fve
seasons at the helm.
Senior Izaan Cross, who has started ev-
ery game over the past two seasons, returns
to play right end and anchor the line. Cross
recorded 73 total tackles and 7.5 tackles for
loss over the past two seasons. Since two-
year starting left end Jason Peters is gone,
the starter opposite Cross will be one of a
pair of redshirt juniors, Emmanuel Dieke
or Euclid Cummings. Dieke and Cum-
mings saw plenty of playing time in 2011,
both as reserves in the 3-4 base defense
and as the primary ends in 2-3-6 packages.
Whoever does not start will remain in the
rotation.
Redshirt senior T.J. Barnes will take
over as the primary nose tackle after previ-
ously splitting time with Logan Walls. At a
listed 6-foot-7 and 345 pounds, Barnes has
more than enough size to be an efective
run stopper and has occasionally fashed an
ability to disrupt the opposing backfeld,
particularly during last seasons victory
over then-No. 5 Clemson. Barnes primary
backup will be 280-pound redshirt sopho-
more Shawn Green.
Redshirt sophomore Quayshawn Nealy
will take over as the top inside linebacker.
Nealy, who started inside along with Bur-
nett for much of last season as a freshman,
has proven efective in both run support
and pass coverage. Alongside Nealy will be
redshirt junior Daniel Drummond, a con-
verted B-back and a strong run defender;
however, since Drummond is suspended
for the season opener, redshirt freshman
Jabari Hunt-Days will start in his place.
Perhaps the most talented defensive
player on the team is junior outside line-
backer Jeremiah Attaochu, the teams most
efective pass rusher. Attaochu was a dis-
ruptive force in 2011, racking up 11.5 tack-
les for loss and a team-high six sacks, and
Tech will be expecting him to be more ef-
fective this season. Te other starting out-
side linebacker job will go to redshirt junior
Brandon Watts, a versatile player who has
been an efective reserve playing both in-
side and outside over the past two seasons.
With three returning starters and a
fourth who was slated to start last season
before an injury, the secondary should be
the strength of Techs defense in 2012.
Te Jackets can trot out three battle-test-
ed corners in senior Rod Sweeting, junior
Louis Young and redshirt junior Jemea
Tomas. Sweeting had a stellar 2011
campaign, leading the team with 10
pass breakups and recording three
interceptions and 56 tackles. Young,
at 6-foot-1, is well-suited to cover tall
and physical opposing receivers, but
his starting job is in jeopardy since he
is suspended to start the season. His re-
placement would be Tomas, a dynamic
athlete who shined at times last year, but
had plenty of lapses in coverage as well.
At safety, athletic junior Isaiah
Johnson was instrumental in both
coverage and run support, recording
78 tackles and three picks last season,
and will retain his starting job. Red-
shirt sophomore Fred Holton, who won
the other safety job last season before suf-
fering an Achilles tendon injury, will step
into the lineup alongside Johnson after a
strong showing in camp. Should either of
them get hurt, though, the Jackets will
have to turn to a pair of inexperienced
backups in redshirt freshman Demond
Smith and redshirt sophomore Coray
Carlson.
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at Clemson Tigers
Saturday, Oct. 6
In Paul Johnsons tenure, Tech is 4-1 against the
defending ACC champs. Tech won last years
meeting 31-17 in Atlanta.
vs. Miami Hurricanes
Saturday, Sept. 22
The Jackets have lost three straight matchups
to the Hurricanes dating back to the 2009 ACC
Championship season.
vs. Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
Saturday, Sept. 29
Tech fnishes a three-game series against the
Blue Raiders this season. The Jackets won both
matchups in 2010 and 2011 easily.
vs. Presbyterian Blue Hose
Saturday, Sept. 8
Techs 2012 home opener will feature their lone
FCS opponent, a small school located in South
Carolina that went 4-7 in 2011.
at Virginia Tech Hokies
Monday, Sept. 3
Georgia Tech faces of against Coastal Division
rival Virginia Tech on Labor Day on primetime
television to kick of the season.
at North Carolina Tar Heels
Saturday, Nov. 10
UNC has quietly put together a strong ofensive
and defensive line, and could be atop the Coastal
standings when the Jackets roll into town.
vs. Duke Blue Devils
Saturday, Nov. 17
Under Duke head coach David Cutclife, the
Blue Devils have put up a fght against the
Jackets each of the last two seasons.
vs. Brigham Young Cougars
Saturday, Oct. 27
Tech faces the newly independent BYU Cougars
in their fnal home nonconference game of the
season.
vs. Boston College Eagles
Saturday, Oct. 20
The Jackets will face the Eagles for the frst time
since 2008 when they topped Boston College on
the road 19-16.
Schedule analysis
vs. Virginia Cavaliers
Saturday, Sept. 15
The Cavaliers handed the Jackets their frst loss
in 2011 in Charlottesville. Tech will be looking for
revenge early in the season.
at Maryland Terrapins
Saturday, Nov. 3
After a disappointing 2-10 season in 2011, the
Terrapins will be looking to beat the Jackets
after a narrow 21-16 loss last year.
at Georgia Bulldogs
Saturday, Nov. 24
The Jackets will be looking to end a three game
slide against the rival Dawgs, with their last victory
coming in Athens in 2008.
Coaches Spotlight
Two new assistant coaches to address some of the teams weaknesses
John Sisk Dave Walkosky
2012 Football Preview
By Anna Arnau, Nishant Prasadh & Alex Sohani
Coach John Sisk was named the new
Director of Player Development in June
this year and has started his Tech career
with much praise from players.
I feel stronger, more confdent, and
more ready than I was last year Coach
Sisk has put a lot of game-like situations
in our workouts and mixes things up so
we cant get used to it and were ready to
adapt, sophomore wide-receiver Darren
Waller said.
Coach Sisk joins the coaching staf
after working for one year as the Direc-
tor Strength Training and Conditioning
at Furman. Before his time at Furman,
Coach Sisk served at Vanderbilt as the
Director of Speed, Strength and Condi-
tioning from 2001-2010. Junior Ofensive
Lineman Will Jackson attributes part of
Coach Sisks success on his ability to show
the relationship between the weight room
and the football feld to players.
Were not lifting weights just to lift
weights, were lifting for 9/3. Hes tying
everything back into making us better
football players and its helping us a
lot, said redshirt junior ofensive lineman
Will Jackson.
Special Teams Coordinator David
Walkosky, or Coach Walk as he has come
to be called by some players, joined the
Georgia Tech athletic staf in the spring
after another season of mediocre special
team play from the Jackets.
Coach Walkosky comes of of a one-
year stint as a linebackers coach with the
Calgary Stampeders, who fnished the
season 11-7 and promoted Walkosky to
defensive coordinator before he was hired
by Tech. Prior to his involvement with the
Stampeders, Coach Walkosky served as
head coach at Tifn University, and Spe-
cial Teams coach at Washington State,
Toledo, Memphis and UT-Martin, in ad-
dition to various other positions around
the country.
With high goals for the season, Coach
Walkosky aims to be number one in the
nation across the board for special teams.
When asked about his goals for the sea-
son,
We want to try and win every single
game and do whatever we can special
teams-wise to win against Virginia Tech
thats the number one goal, Walkosky
said.
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Volleyball anticipates successful 2012 campaign
Scott Hakim is an ME major in his
fourth year at Tech. He has watched
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By Matt Schwartz
Staf Writer
After the fnal point of a
straight sets loss to Clemson
marked the end of an up and
down season for the womens vol-
leyball team last year, the Jackets
left OKeefe Gymnasium frus-
trated but resolved to outdo them-
selves in 2012. Tech, which fn-
ished 15-16 on the season, failed
to break .500 for the frst time
since 1990 but are still in position
to regain dominant form amidst a
very competitive ACC.
Te team retained several inte-
gral Seniors, including Monique
Mead and Bailey Hunter both
named to the this years pre-season
all ACC team. Mead also earned
All-ACC accolades as well as be-
ing named an AVCA All-Ameri-
can last year for a season in which
she nailed home 588 kills. Tis
year, she has already been named
one of eight COBRA Magazine
National Preseason Player of the
Year candidates, as well as being
projected as an All-Preseason First
Team selection.
Tech will also rely on its in-
coming recruiting class to bol-
ster an otherwise veteran-heavy
lineup. Chanell Clark-Bibbs from
Houston, Texas was the No. 25
recruit in the nation according to
prepvolleyball.com and named
one of ESPNs high school volley-
ball Top-100 senior aces. Callie
Bivings of Norcross, Ga. was an
all-county, all-area, and all-state
setter during her senior year while
also lettering twice in track and
feld. Wimberly Wilson was part
of three consecutive state cham-
pionship teams at Pope High
School in Marietta, Ga., which
was ranked No. 8 in the nation
in 2011. Joining them is redshirt
freshman Ashtaan Horton who
won a bronze medal at the 2008
Junior Olympics.
Head Coach Tonya Johnson
It was a play that shouldnt
have happened. Down by four,
fourth down at the 10-yard line,
one second left. It was a play that
could have altered the course of
college football. On that October
evening in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
undefeated Penn State was des-
tined to become the latest fle in
the bulging briefcase of BCS ad-
versaries; USC in 2003, Auburn
in 2004 examples of a system
that just wasnt working. But
something funny happened. As
the BCS clock was running out,
a Michigan clock operator left a
second on the clock after a 3rd
down play that seemingly ended
the game, allowing for one more
play. And after a 10-yard touch-
down pass from Chad Henne to
Mario Manningham, Michigan
took down undefeated Penn State
and gave the failing life-support-
ed BCS a second wind.
Te story of how the BCS sur-
vived is not really important, but
I included it simply to show that
this isnt anything new we are
dealing with. With the news that
College Football has adopted a
new four-team playof system, we
fnd ourselves in an unsure world
of college athletics. No shared na-
tional champions. No BCS. No
extraneous bowl games to deter-
mine a champion. But have we re-
ally gotten anywhere? Is this new
system an improvement over what
we had before?
Universities have realized the
potential for growth through their
athletic venues and have, for the
most part, capitalized in any way
they can. A college educations
duty is two-fold. It exists to prop-
erly educate its students in antici-
pation of future employment, and
it exists to make a proft. Sure, by
defnition universities act as non-
proft agencies under the watchful
commission of the government,
but in reality they are just a prod-
uct of the proftable educational
boon of our technological gen-
eration. So, when a decade long
system of proftable postseason
college football fails to properly
crown a national champion, it be-
comes the utmost of importance
to the educational system to fx it;
as we turn the corner into a new
age of college athletics, the educa-
tional system and college athletics
are now one in the same.
Tink about it. If you come to
school to get a degree in Indus-
trial Engineering, your main goal
is to eventually get a job. Why do
we look down on athletes when
they do the same? Is it necessary
for an athlete to receive a degree
to be considered a successful stu-
dent athlete? As long as the athlete
is taking classes, adhering to the
NCAA requirements, and follow-
ing school policy, why shouldnt
they be allowed to focus solely on
their sport? If that sport gets them
a job in the future, I would argue
they are getting the exact same
education the non-athlete is, just
in another feld of study.
If the real issue was truly fnd-
ing a proper postseason for college
football, a stronger alternative
would have already been met. If
the college football champion-
ship meant something other than
money, a true sixteen-team sys-
tem would be adopted, a la the
one seen on the FCS level. I am
not going to get into how I would
fx college football, because it re-
ally doesnt matter. Te higher ups
couldnt care less about the state
of the game, as long as the dollars
keep fowing in. But thats of no
fault to those student athletes who
play the game week in and week
out.
Te NCAA is an organization
that is far from perfect, or even
commendable. But at this point
we cant fault the players, universi-
ties, or coaches for buying in. I am
tired of pretending that all ath-
letes are here for the same reason,
because, quite frankly, theyre not.
Tech students should feel lucky to
have such a quality athletics pro-
grams in spite of all the tough en-
trance requirements. Along with
Navy and Notre Dame, Tech is
the only school that requires all of
its athletes to take a form of cal-
culus. Try making that a require-
ment at any other SEC school and
you bet you wouldnt see the kind
of success they have been having.
My point is this: the system is
corrupt and athletics have tran-
scended the normal educational
experience. But dont blame the
players, dont blame the coaches,
and dont blame the universities.
Be thankful that despite the non-
sense surrounding Americas most
followed sport we still have moti-
vated men working to be winners
for their future and their school.
Photos by Josh Sandler and John Nakano / Student Publications
(L) The Volleyball team huddles to talk strategy before delivering a serve against Kansas State last season in a 3-1 victory to open up their 2011 season. (R) Senior
Monique Mead spikes the ball in a previous match against Indiana. Mead will lead the team this season and has earned all-ACC honors in each of her seasons at Tech.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
The football team salutes the crowd at home after beating North
Carolina 35-28 for their frst conference win of the 2011 season.
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