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IAC Dean Rosser to become SFSU Provost
Sustainable Move Out receives strong student support
By Sijia Cai
News Editor
At the end of this summer,
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
(IAC) Dean Sue Rosser will be
taking a cross-country trip all the
way to San Francisco to stay.
After a ten-year tenure at Tech as
dean, Rosser will be taking up the
position of provost at San Francis-
co State University (SFSU) begin-
ning this August.
Rosser came to Tech in 1999
as the Institutes rst female aca-
demic dean. According to provost
Gary Schuster, at the time there
was not a clear understanding of
how the humanities and social
sciences t in with the rest of the
university. e Ivan Allen College
of Management, Policy, and In-
ternational Aairs had been cre-
ated in 1990 but was split into the
independent College of Manage-
ment and the Ivan Allen College
of Liberal Arts in 1998. Rosser,
IACs rst dean, was in charge of
bringing liberal arts-related stud-
ies to research and education at
Tech.
Working with faculty and
administrators around Tech to
form this new, interdisciplinary
academic unit was a great expe-
rience, Rosser said. In the past
decade, we have experienced enor-
mous growth, one example being
that sponsored research grew from
1 million to 6 million a year.
Photo by Kelvln Kuo/ Student Publications
In her tenure as dean, Rosser
has completely revamped the Ivan
Allen College, its image within
the larger campus community and
its relation to the City of Atlanta.
Under her direction and leader-
ship, the College implemented
three new doctoral programs,
three masters programs and four
bachelors programs.
In addition, Rosser hired 75
percent of the Colleges tenure-
track faculty and doubled student
enrollment to make the IAC the
fourth largest college at Tech.
Rosser herself holds joint profes-
sorships in the School of Public
Policy and the School of History,
Technology, and Society, with
a research focus on gender and
technology.
Rossers legacy is outstanding.
She has been a driving force in
making the Ivan Allen College an
integral part of education at Tech.
She has really dened the term
interdisciplinary for our students,
undergraduates and graduates,
said Gary Schuster, provost and
executive vice president for Aca-
demic Aairs.
At San Francisco State Uni-
versity, Rosser will be in charge
of formulating all academic poli-
cies, allocating nancial resourc-
es, overseeing nine colleges, the
university library, and sponsored
research. In addition, SFSU is
among the largest campuses in
the California State University
system, with around 30,000 stu-
dents and more than 3,500 fac-
ulty and sta.
I am really interested in SFSU
because of their focus on diver-
sity and social responsibility. Of
course, there is also a lot of over-
lap, especially with the Ivan Al-
len College in that both are very
intertwined with their respec-
tive cities, Rosser said. SFSU
is a much larger institution and
its certainly a big job, but I do
have two daughters and two little
grandsons in the San Francisco
Bay area, which makes it very ap-
pealing.
Rosser is still in the process of
learning about SFSU and think-
ing about the next best step for
the university, but her initial goals
are to increase bridges between
dierent academic units and with
programs in the Bay area. For
right now, Rosser is still exercis-
ing her Dean duties at Tech and
putting everything in order before
she leaves.
Its a lot of packing and orga-
nizing, she said. I have enjoyed
my time at Tech and will miss
the interdisciplinary environment
and sense of collegiality here, but
I also look forward to an exciting
future in my new position.
e Provosts Oce has ap-
pointed Kenneth Knoespel, pro-
fessor and chair of the School of
Literature, Communication and
Culture, as interim dean. He will
take oce on July 1.
Right now were still in the
very early phase of the search,
Schuster said. We expect to form
the search committee very soon
and initiate a nationwide search
for the new dean of Ivan Allen
College.
By Vijai Narayanan
Senior Sta Writer
Techs Sustainable Move Out
Initiative had a particularly strong
turnout this year, with over 4,400
lbs of food collected for charity.
is was the highest tally of non-
perishable food in the programs
history.
In addition to food collection,
members who took part in the
initiative contributed 1300 lbs of
clothing and household goods and
nearly 5000 lbs of paper. Over the
past 12 years, the program has
collected everything from food,
books, paper and clothing to E-
waste during nals week.
is year it was a pleasant
surprise that we collected so much
food, especially because of the way
the economy is right now, said
Cindy Jackson, manager of solid
waste management and recycling.
Jackson attributes the increase
in food donations in part to a
student-led push to move the food
collection barrels inside dormito-
ries and apartments. In the past,
collection barrels were located in
centralized locations on both sides
of campus, making it dicult for
students to access them and do-
nate food.
is was also the rst year that
the Greek community and North
Avenue residents participated in
the program.
Victoria Au, a fourth-year CS
major, spearheaded the idea to ex-
pand collection sites and to move
the collection barrels indoors. She
worked together with a team of
students to convince Housing to
move the collection sites indoors
and get 29 Greek organizations to
participate in the program.
e way that these kids were
able to get things done was a great
example of how the power of
students can impact the campus
and create change, said Jackson.
Previously, the lack of student
support meant that the program
could not garner enough interest
within Housing to move collec-
tion sites indoors.
e toughest part of the proj-
ect was probably distributing and
recollecting the food barrels after
they were full, said Maria Lin-
deroth, the program coordinator
for the Sustainable Move Out Ini-
tiative. She stated that although
distributing the empty barrels to
campus residences was relatively
easy, the department lacked the
sucient manpower needed to
move all of the goods out of resi-
dence halls. is year, a team of
students volunteered for the pro-
gram and helped to carry o the
donated goods in small loads.
However, this process was very
time consuming and inconvenient
for all parties involved.
Another major problem that
confronted the group was the
unpredictable weather. e pro-
gram had to get rid of several
days worth of clothing due to
bad weather. is was because the
clothing and paper recycling sites
were still located outdoors and
were susceptible to rain.
Next year, the program aims
to continue its success and bring
in even more donations from all
quarters. I think this was a good
year in terms of getting the Greek
community and the North Av-
enue Apartments involved, but I
think that next year we should try
to get all of the Greek community
involved and try to get more peo-
ple to donate their unused goods,
Jackson said.
Jackson and her department
have also been meticulously gath-
ering data from waste sources on
campus and hope to create a sys-
tem that targets students by dorm
or apartment and challenges them
to reduce their waste. We are go-
ing to try to make it so that we
can tell students on average the
amount of waste that he or she
diverts to a landll and try to get
them to reduce that amount,
Jackson said.
Another plan that the sus-
tainable move out group has to
increase donations is to try to
get more student volunteers and
to advertise the program better.
e group was able to get modest
funds from RHA for the event,
but according to Au, they could
have done a better job of advertis-
ing the event and making more
people aware of it. In addition,
the group hopes to move collec-
tion sites for clothing and E-waste
indoors, as to minimize any eect
of bad weather on the donations.
Were going to try again next
year to get as many people to do-
nate as we can and hopefully we
can get even better results, Jack-
son said.
It was ecient and easy to
participate in, said Olivia Crop-
per, a third-year BMED major.
Last year everything was pretty
disorganized and the donation
bins were not in conspicuous
places. is year everything just
fell in place.
Photo by Mlchael Schnelder / Student Publications
Newly graduated students celebrate Spring Commencement on
Saturday, May 2 at the Georgia Dome. Congratulations grads!
Sue Rosser has been dean of the
Ivan Allen College for ten years.
COMMENCEMENT 2009
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Do you feel safer
living on or o
campus?
Based on 78 responses
By Zimu Yang
Senior Sta Writer
Campus Crime
Bumper Cars
On May 11th, two vehicles
collided on Dalney/10th Street.
e accident resulted in no inju-
ries to the drivers or passengers.
An oender was arrested for
driving without insurance and
disobeying a trac control de-
vice.
On May 13th, two more ve-
hicles collided on Hemphill Av-
enue near campus. ere were no
injuries and only minor damage
to the vehicles.
Speeding Cars
On May 17th, an oender was
arrested for driving under the in-
uence, failure to maintain lane,
and no license on West Peachtree
Street at Fifth Avenue. He was
transported to the Fulton County
Jail.
On May 12th, an oender was
arrested for operation of a vehicle
without registration or license
on West Peachtree Street at 5th
Street.
Another oender was arrested
on a trac violation charge for
suspended registration, served of-
cial notice of personal service,
and later released over on 4th
Street at West Peachtree Street.
Another oender was arrested
for speeding on May 9th but was
released on copy of charges after
he served ocial notice of per-
sonal service.
On May 10th at Spring Street
near North Avenue, an oender
was arrested for driving with a
suspended license and an expired
registration. Over on 10th Street
at Williams Street, an oender
wanted by the Atlanta PD was ar-
rested.
On Tech Parkway between
North Avenue & State St. an
oender was arrested for driv-
ing without insurance, driving
outside license restriction, and
following too closely. He was re-
leased on copy of charges.
Stolen Car
On May 9th in the eta Chi
Fraternity parking lot, a green
2000 Jeep Cherokee was reported
stolen.
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God bless America and apple pie
11-2 to gsu...
Synth Lab: So easy a caveman can do it
seriously, all you premeds are hopeless...give it up already
Masturbation makes the heart whole
I pay for a 500 dollar parking permit and get a ticket when the meter
time hasnt expired? e parking Gestapo seizes to amaze me.
sting break
Emory undergrads suck and people who date them are stupid
Qwertyu?
To whoever carved PENIS into one of the entrances at Howey
Physics: You are a comedic genius, it has never ever failed to make
me laugh.
To the professor who wrote an email on Tueday reminding us
that we have a test on ursday : Just to let you know, a reminder
requires an initial announcement.
likes the version number for the latest gtlogin
AIESEC rules!
reggae weekend- whats up
is there a reason the SGA election results werent posted on the SGA
website as soon as they were announced?
Oy vey! I gots the itis!
Bards- Inspire Science! BILL BILL BILL BILL NYE THE SCI-
ENCE GUY
OAR sucks
Pu from de chalice that I made from a sprite can
Ravi and Craig are my favorite guys at Tech!!!
I cant wait to be able to turn on the tv and not have to look for a
channel with a english audio channel.
Rachel is the hottest CA in CSA!!!
Am I one of the few that seeks out the long corded headphones in
the library for laid-back listening?
I cant wait for the semester to be overwith, but that means going
back home. Damn catch 22!
We going rock out to electric avenue.
Breaking
the
ubble
Swine u raises inter-
national panic
e Inuenza A (H1N1) virus,
suspected to have originated in
Mexico, has caused a shockwave
in media and diplomatic relations
around the world in mere weeks.
Seasonal inuenza infects around
5-15% of the world population
every year, of which 250,000
500,000 die. In the U.S. alone,
about 36,000 people die of u-
related causes annually. Inuenza
vi ruses that jump bet ween
species are also not new, with
historical cases such as avian
inuenza (bird u) in 2006 and
most famously the Spanish u
in 1918, which infected around
500 million people (one third of
the world at the time) and killed
anywhere from 50 to 100 million.
e current strain of Inuenza
A is composed of four separate
strains: one endemic to birds,
one endemic to humans, and two
endemic to pigs.
As of Wednesday, 40 countries
have ocially reported 9830 cases
of swine u and 49 deaths around
the world. Of these, Mexico and
the United States hold a clear lead,
with 2895 and 4714 laboratory
conrmed cases (72 and 5 deaths)
respectively. e WHO has raised
the pandemic alert level to 5,
the second-highest level, which
means that human-to-human
transmission has been recorded
in more than two countries.
ere are concerns that the u
virus will return in the fall in a
more virulent form, though in
its current form it is susceptible
to available anti-u medications
such as Tamiu.
Sri Lanka government
declares liberation
Since the 1970s, the Sri Lankan
government has been engaged in
a bitter civil war with the Tamil
Tigers, a rebel guerilla group which
demands a separate independent
state. e Tigers are among the
most well-organized guerilla
groups in modern history, with a
capital, ground forces, and a navy.
After increased defense spending
beginning in 2005, the Sri Lankan
government has stepped up its
military oensive and for the rst
time in decades controls the whole
of Sri Lanka territory. President
Mahinda Rajapaksa has formally
declared the county liberated.
However, the war has been costly
not only in terms of money but also
human lives. Well over 70,000
people have been killed and tens
of thousands are displaced. Both
sides faced repeated accusations
of ignoring civilian safety and
indiscriminately killing civilians
during the war. Even though
President Rajapaksa has declared
his intention to pursue lasting
peace and end ethnic and religious
divisions, international authorities
fear that the manner in which
the war was waged may have
radicalized a new generation of
Tamils. In addition, Sri Lankas
economic and social development
has been severely retarded by the
war and there are concerns that
the newly victorious government
may not be able to take care of the
hundreds of thousands of people
currently living in government-
controlled camps.
B
Solar Jackets impress at Expo
By Zimu Yang
Sta Writer
On April 17, the Solar Jackets
demoed their latest project at the
2009 Georgia Career and Trans-
portation Expo, located at the
Delta Museum. e event was
sponsored by Delta Airlines and
featured prominent companies
such as GM and Toyota.
e Jackets brought to the
event a 2001 Audi converted to
run purely on electric and solar
power. Despite the spatial limita-
tions of having to work out of a
U-Haul, the Jackets considered
their conversion successful. Mi-
chael Hunter, research scientist at
Techs Information Security Cen-
ter and faculty advisor for the So-
lar Jackets, was impressed by the
level of intensity the club had put
into the project.
eres a lot of self-organiza-
tion [in the club]. I told them the
path to get space was to show the
administration, not just students,
that weve got a lot of people
working hard and theyd do well
to welcome them, Hunter said.
Even though space is not yet
forthcoming, Hunter feels that
the team is doing everything they
can.
Right now [were] trying to
raise awareness for the student
body. I have a lot of praise for the
students in the club, and despite
having no space theyre working
hard.
e Audi has a top speed of
ninety miles per hour, a range
of seventy to eighty miles, and is
only two hundred pounds above
the stock vehicle weight, an im-
pressive feat considering the nu-
merous modications made to the
car. It has solar panels for energy
but it can also plug into a regular
electric outlet to charge its batter-
ies. Senior team members John
Forrest, fourth-year ME, and
Francisco Zimbardi, fourth-year
EE, spearheaded and planned the
project.
Despite the successful design
and conversion, the teams expec-
tations going into the event were
modest.
We expected GM and Toy-
ota to be there. We expected to
be in the shadow of the vehicles
they had, said Zimbardi. [ere
were] ight simulations, people
that built electronics kits, racing
teams, car companies, any sort of
welding equipment. ere were
other technical colleges there.
ere was even one who had a for-
mula one car, Zimbardi said.
He admitted to being surprised
at how many people their booth
drew and the numerous business
cards, invitations for private dem-
onstrations, and oers of help and
sponsorship they received.
We were actually the big event
of the show since [GM and Toyo-
ta] had just regular hybrids and
we were the only one with a fully
functioning electric vehicle. We
probably got the most people in
our booth, especially the younger
people, Zimbardi said. e big-
gest question most people asked
was why a car like this wasnt be-
ing sold yet.
e Solar Jackets considered
showing the feasibility of electric
vehicles as the most important as-
pect of their demonstration. Even
though there still remains much
research and development to be
done, Zimbardi and Forrest both
wanted to raise awareness of this
eld as well as clarify questions
bystanders might have about it.
A lot of people just almost
didnt believe that the car rode on
batteries, they kept asking us and
checking the hood to see whether
the engine was still in.
As for the future, Zimbardi
and his team are undaunted by
their current lack of space. ey
are planning to build a car that
runs exclusively on solar power
and are in the process of raising
about $100,000 dollars to fund
the project.
Photo by 8en Keyserllng/ Student Publications
Opinions
Technique
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Friday,
May 22, 2009
A classic is a book that has never nished
saying what it has to say.
Italo Calvino
Opinions Editor: Kaitlin Goodrich

OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION

Scholarship standards
Its not fair to mandate higher criteria for atheletes
While it is disappointing that the Tech
basketball team lost scholarships by fall-
ing below scholarship rankings this year,
it is not fair for the NCAA to expect ath-
letes to be held to the rigor of the academic
standards enforced by the NCAA. ese
standards put unfair pressure on student
athletes who are already expected to per-
form weekly for students and alumni.
e NCAA operates under the as-
sumption that all athletes are students
rst, athletes second, even though for
many of these students, the chance to play
in college is an largely an opportunity to
get into the professional leagues later. is
priority means that those students who
plan to have a career in pro basketball are
focusing on improving their basketball
skills, not their GPAs.
Even if you maintain the assumption
that athletes should prioritize being a stu-
dent, the standards held to them are high-
er than normal students. A Tech student
who fails a class, but maintains the GPA
required to stay o of academic probation,
is not penalized by any clubs they may be
a part of, and there is no repercussion for
the club itself. Athletes however, cannot
fail any class without hurting the team.
In the same manner, expecting athletes
to attend every class is a unfair criteria
to judge scholarship by. Most students at
Tech have skipped a class at some point
without any direct penalty aside from
worse grades. e graduation rate expec-
tation on athletes also hurts the eective-
ness of the NCAA scholarship ratings. A
player that makes it into an NBA career
shouldnt be a penalty to the team by not
graduating. By taking away the two ex-
tra scholarships from the team next year,
the NCAA isnt hurting the players who
failed, but the team as a whole.
Basketball scholarship is looking up,
though. With the addition of John Ba-
bul as academic advisor to the basketball
team, we expect not to fall short of the
NCAA standards in the future.
Technique Editorial Board
Emily Chambers, Editor-in-Chief
EDITORIAL CARTOON BY TIM VAN DE VALL
Last spring I boycotted the
Sting Break concert because it was
$3 to get in.
e whole idea behind Sting
Break is of a free concert for stu-
dents, which is not really free since
it is being paid for with money
from the student activity fees.
I did not care for the bands,
but if it were free, I would have
gone since part of my student ac-
tivity fees paid for it as well.
I could have cared less for those
three dollars, but it is when they
really count that it hurts.
I am already past the Fixed
for Four so tuition going up is
not new for me. I understand that
times are tough and budget cuts
are rising, but what hit me the
most is paying $5 for each ocial
copy of my transcripts.
is summer I need four copies
of my transcripts, one for each in-
ternship that requested an ocial
copy of my transcripts. at is a
total of $20 for 12 sheets of paper.
According to Jeremy Gray with
the oce of the registrar, this pol-
icy was instated in the middle of
spring break to not burden those
who requested their transcripts in
the fall.
He also said that this change
was no dierent from our peer
institutions in the state such as
Georgia State. However, accord-
ing to GSU, the rst ve tran-
scripts are free and after they are
$10 each.
I also consulted with Ken-
nesaw State University and they
told me that their rst transcript
is free of charge.
Lastly, the oce of the regis-
trar at the University of Georgia
conrmed that each ocial tran-
script is $2.
With condence, I would say
that GA Tech charges its students
the most for a copy of their tran-
scripts than any of its peer institu-
tions.
I agree with most budget cuts
that the institute has to make, but
something as trivial as an ocial
copy of my transcripts should not
cost me as much as a meal out of
my budget.
Marian Alicea
Sixth-year CE
Sports are poorly cov-
ered in the Technique
Time and again, issue after is-
sue, there are constantly errors by
the Techniques sta especially in
the Sports section. What kind of
editors does the Technique have?
is level of ignorance just
makes the Techniques credibility
dwindle even more.
For example, in the most re-
cent issue, I saw three errors in the
Sports section alone. Do any of
you ever go to the sporting events?
At the least, make sure you
(being the sta) at least log onto
ramblinwreck.com to make sure
you talk about the right athlete in
the photo.
In this past issue, you have
Tech swimmer April Dickerson
swimming buttery. Yet, the cap-
tion says that its a Tech swim-
mmer breaststroking.
Great attempt at using swim-
ming lingo. If someone spent
a few seconds on Google they
would know that she is, in fact,
not swimming breaststroke but
buttery.
As a Tech athlete on the swim
team, its annoying and laughable
that these types of errors occur.
I thought the Technique was
one of the best college newspapers
in the country? Maybe its just
because many colleges just dont
have a newspaper.
To have these types of errors,
which can easily be xed by doing
a little research, should be unac-
ceptable and intolerable.
By reading the sports section
one might confuse the Technique
with a local high school attempt
at a newspaper.
As if I havent made myself
clear enough, here are two other
errors that the Sports section had
in the most recent issue.
Firstly, there is a picture of Sa-
sha Krupina, a sophomore tennis
player. Yet it says Lynn Blau. Its
really not that hard to go online
and look up the rosters and match
the picture with the player.
e other error is with the
mens tennis picture. at is
Miguel Muguruza, not Doug
Kenny. All in all, it is evident that
you all spend little time on this
section.
I am assuming that since you
are on the school newspaper sta
that you aspire to do something in
this eld?
Good luck trying to do that
when these types of errors show
up in many of your issues.
If you dont do your research
on these things such as sporting
events, dont write about them at
all.
Your mistakes reect poorly on
the Technique and show how inept
you are at writing about sports. Its
really not that hard to go to ath-
letic events and learn about how
sports are played.
Martin Gantt
Fourth-year BIO
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Tech overcharges for
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Technique - May 22, 2009 - 5 OPINIONS
e summer students at
Tech are comprised of two
very dierent groups of stu-
dents.
e majority of them are
returning students, enrolled
in summer classes due to the
impossibility of graduating in
a mere 8 semesters.
e summer is, for most of
us, a desperate bid to get out
of Tech before our high school
classmates have nished with
their graduate degrees.
In a few short days though,
these seasoned veterans of
Tech education will be joined
by a new group, the summer-
start freshman class of 2014 (or
2015, or 2016).
ese are students who
were so excited about the
chance of attending Tech, that
they sacriced their last truly
free summer in order to attend
intensive classes.
ey chose to enroll early
at this school, the same school
that lls the Slivers section
with curses every week, the
same school that drives us all
to multiple all-nighters in the
same week, the same school
that we all want out of so
badly.
e discrepancy of view-
points here cannot be over-
stated. ese incoming fresh-
men are enduring extra time
on campus as a prerequisite to
attending in the fall.
ey are choosing summer
on a half-dead campus over a
summer with their friends and
fall at any number of other
schools. ey want to be here.
And yet, within the course
of one short year, most of them
will transform into the same
jaded, graduation-obsessed
upperclassmen who will be-
grudgingly share the campus
with them this summer.
Why the shift? What is it
about Tech that makes people
so excited to come here, and
why isnt the attraction perma-
nent?
My theory is that the Tech-
is-an-obligation attitude is
inherited. I think that each
incoming class does not in-
dependently develop negative
feelings about Tech.
I think that older students,
TAs and even professors con-
vince them that Tech is a thing
to resent rather than enjoy.
I am not talking about
small, subtle things like extra
homework or ridiculous ex-
ams. Tech is an academically
rigorous school, but it is not
the hardest in the world, and
students at many other pres-
tigious schools report much
higher levels of happiness with
their college experience.
When I speak of anti-Tech
attitude I mean science pro-
fessors who tell you on the
rst day that two of the three
people sitting near you will not
make it to graduation, know-
ing full well that those statis-
tics are wrong, or upperclass-
men who talk of nothing but
getting out, all the while pre-
paring their graduate school
applications for extended edu-
cation. I mean teaching assis-
tants who intentionally scare
students out of classes.
Even good students who
nd friends quickly have a
hard time surrounded by an
environment that so prides it-
self on being inhospitable. So I
propose a campus-wide experi-
ment.
is summer and fall, when
you meet a new freshman, in-
stead of getting into a prover-
bial pissing contest about how
dicult Tech was for you, and
how ridiculous it will be for
them, try acting like you en-
joyed the four, ve or seven
years that you chose to spend
here.
Try mentioning good
things about going to one
of the best, most aordable
schools in the nation. If all else
fails, mention how great it is to
have a good football season to
look forward to.
Maybe I will be wrong.
Maybe even the best eorts
of every member of campus
at positive reinforcement still
wont save the freshman class
from hating their time here.
Maybe the majority of
them will spend their time
cursing the major that they
refuse to switch out of, or the
schedule that they arranged
for themselves.
I hope not though.
Our school would benet
from a class, ideally a campus,
full of students who actively
enjoy their time here, who feel
they are part of a community
that they have chosen to join.
Tech has already mastered
the art of turning out well-
trained professionals, but in
order to compete with other
top-tier schools we must im-
prove our reputation for over-
all campus experience.
Tech attendance shouldnt
just be an academic goal or
some sort of merit badge for a
trial well endured.
e diploma that the class
of 2014 receives (whenever
they do it) should be a sign of
four years well spent, some-
thing that they remember
fondly, rather than look back
on with relief.
Stop jading new freshmen about Tech
Try acting like you enjoyed
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Last Friday, when I went
to meet with a client for work,
I was surprised to see her co-
worker in the oce who was
supposed to leave for a vaca-
tion in Costa Rica that day.
When I asked him why, his
response was Well, I dont
want to risk getting swine u,
and its in Central America.
Plus, we y right over Mexico,
and that makes me nervous.
After forcing myself to re-
sist saying something along
the lines of Yes, that is scary,
since Mexicans are known for
their super strong coughs that
send germs straight up in the
atmosphere, where they then
enter commercial planes, I
told him what a shame it was
to have canceled his vacation.
It is a shame, especially
when you consider that there
have been upwards of several
thousand H1N1 u cases con-
rmed in the US and less than
10 in Costa Rica as of May 20,
according to the Associated
Press.
Perhaps he would be bet-
ter o eeing the US to Costa
Rica where swine u numbers
are low. People have become so
scared by the possible outbreak
of a pandemic that they are not
acting rationally.
Now I am not going to give
you a list of facts and gures
about why you should not
panic over the swine u and
that everything is going to be
OK, because I sure that, like
me, you have been hearing
about swine u everywhere.
Not only are the news net-
works spewing new H1N1 g-
ures daily, swine u is slowly
creeping into our daily lives
here at Tech.
If you ride MARTA, while
you wait for your train, you are
assured over loudspeaker that
MARTA ocials are doing
their best to keep passengers
safe from swine u, along with
tips on how to stay healthy and
prevent disease spread on the
train.
While I appreciate the ad-
vice to cover your cough on
MARTA, Im pretty sure that
it is never acceptable to cough
on strangers while riding the
train. If public disease preven-
tion warnings are not subtle
enough for you, @swineucast
is now on twitter. All swineu-
cast does is constantly repost
any news regarding the swine
u.
Of course just its existence
in the world isnt obvious
enough. Swineucast sought
me out on Twitter, followed
me and sent me a direct mes-
sage warning me to keep up
with the news in order to
know what is going on with
the spread of H1N1 through-
out the world.
anks, swineucast. If
I wasnt already paranoid
enough swine u was coming
to get me, now it actually fol-
lows me on Twitter.
Perhaps the most obvious
interruption of Tech life by the
swine u is the cancellation
of the Mexico LBAT. While
I understand the concern of
heeding the CDC travel warn-
ing to keep Tech students safe,
now that the warning has been
lifted, it seems like a hasty de-
cision.
Ask any of the people who
were supposed to spend their
summer in Mexico, but now
are stuck doing the program
at tech what they think of the
swine u and you are in for a
verbal lashing.
At least Tech is letting the
students get the credits here
and giving a partial refund,
but much of the money they
spent is gone.
My friend who was sup-
posed to go on the LBAT still
winces if you ask her if she
wants to get Mexican food for
dinner.
Just the simple statement,
I thought you were going to
Mexico this summer, is a war-
rant for a thirty minute rant.
And with good reason, too.
e spread of a disease that
has fewer deaths so far than
its non-fear-inspiring cousin,
the regular u, has in a year is
consuming our lives and our
thoughts in ways that is remi-
niscent of the bird u outbreak
in Asia.
Yes, bird u was unpleas-
ant, but it was not nearly as
deadly as we thought it would
be.
We quickly become more
and more scared of what could
be without considering the re-
ality of what is. Swine u para-
noia shouldnt take over lives.
Swine u frenzy is not go-
ing to go away anytime in the
immediate future, and I sup-
pose I too am now guilty of
spreading it, but I hope that
you can ignore it and move on
with your daily lives.
My advice: dont become a
part of it like my client. Please
do continue to cover your
coughs and wash you hands
like hygienic people should.
Dont spend inordinate
amounts of time with sick
people, and do be aware of the
news. Dont worry about the
swine u too much though,
and denitely dont cancel a
vacation to a beach resort in
Costa Rica to avoid ying over
Mexico.
Dont stop living due to H1N1 paranoia
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6 - May 22, 2009 - Technique OPINIONS
Take a stake in the issues
at Tech to lead later in life
Let me start by admitting
something: Im not exactly the
queen of political discourse; at
least, Im not sure any of the
About Me labels on Facebook
accurately describe my opinions.
But I have noticed something re-
cently that intrigues me: how hip
it seems to not have, well, any
opinions.
In general, it worries me that as
a society we accept what we see in
the media, forget to look for any
reasoning behind rules and poli-
cies, and nd ourselves too tired
to change the world we live in. As
technology makes our lives easier,
it seems as if our society is grow-
ing more and more complacent,
and less and less active in change.
But is this laziness due to the tech-
nology being developed?
I dont think so. After all, tech-
nology is the fruit of ideas, and
ideas are a symbol of progress.
And progress well, thats exactly
what we need. So then what is the
cause of our complacency? Look-
ing back in history, I think we
have seen that apathy is nothing
new.
e problem is that now, it is
accompanied by other new and
pressing societal problems. To-
day, our nation and others face
monumental challenges on many
fronts: energy, world hunger, the
global economy, health care, war,
technological innovation, and
hundreds more.
While these larger problems
in the world may not be a direct
result of the apathy we see in our
daily lives, I think we can all agree
that overcoming our apathy will
help to solve them.
And if our generation does
nothing about it, we risk our so-
cietys complacency worsening
those issues. Our generations
college graduates Georgia Tech
graduates, to be specic will
need to lead the country and the
world in resolving these issues.
ere is too much at stake for us
to remain silent observers.
I am proud to say that the Tech
students I have met over the past
three years are ones with drive, vi-
sion and passion students who
see the world and want to make it
a better place.
In fact, I rmly believe that
Tech prepares its graduates to care
for the world we live in, whether it
be using public policy to become
active in federal policy or envi-
ronmental engineering to use our
natural resources more wisely.
ere are Tech grads right now
inventing and experimenting in
the background to make our lives
easier, and there are many more
on their way.
We have also had Yellow Jack-
ets move on to join the Peace
Corps, work for NASA, and start
their own companies from the
ground up.
ere is a tradition of excel-
lence in place for us to follow. It is
up to us, the current students, to
ask the right questions and move
forward to make a positive impact
in our work, social, or academic
environments.
I often hear students say
that Georgia Tech isnt the real
world; in a literal sense, they are
correct. But we cannot deny that
all of us have been hugely inu-
enced by Tech it is the place we
call home, and that seems pretty
real to me.
ats why Tech is a great place
to start leaving our apathy behind,
changing the status quo, and con-
verting the energy and drive each
of us have to make Georgia Tech
a better place. We must work to-
gether to make the changes we
want to see on our campus.
I know you care so lets use
the ideas, the questions, and the
resources at our ngertips to make
Georgia Tech exactly what we
want it to be for ourselves and for
generations of future students.
Whether you go on to become
a professor, or research for a cure
for cancer, or climb the ranks in
politics and improve international
relations, or take an industry job
and repeatedly travel to plants
in Asia and South America, or
simply educate your children on
the power they have to change
the world, you will have become
a citizen of the world exactly
what Tech students are meant to
become.
Lets start here, and lets start
now. I could not be more excited
to see the improvements we can
make together.
OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT
Waterhaven opens
e new Waterhaven res-
taurant opened in Tech square
in the old Globe location. e
classic American cuisine and
full bar went over well with
those who have tried it. Al-
though the prices are a little
high for a stop between classes,
Waterhaven should be a great
date location for Tech stu-
dents, since it is close enough
to walk and has an intimate
atmosphere and good food.
HOT
or
NOT
Campus crime
It is scary that there has
been yet more crime around
campus, especially since this
time a Tech student was shot.
e shooting of a Tech Stu-
dent at Tivoli Tenth Side in his
building between the parking
deck and the apartment itself
shocked the Tech community.
We hope that his rib heals well
and that GTPD can quickly
nd the person responsible and
bring the shootings to justice.
Rosser moves up
Former Dean of Ivan Al-
len College, Sue Rosser has
been oered the position of
provost at San Francisco State
University and will be leaving
Tech. While we will miss her
presence here, we are happy to
see her oered the prestigious
position of Provost somewhere
else. We wish her the best with
her future position there, and
hope that the new Dean will
live up to her legacy.
Baseball loses to UGA
Losing to UGA is always
painful, but especially so in
our territory. e Tech base-
ball team played UGA at
Turner Field and lost 7-5.
Even though Turner Field isnt
technically on campus, losing
in Atlanta adds insult to the
great injury of a UGA win.
is loss break our record of
wins against UGA. Hopefully
it wont set a pattern for the
future of sports against UGA.
www.nique.net
sliver
Curse you Pikachu!
CCF, stop driving over state-owned sidewalk and parking on your
forsaken lawn.
anks for screwing me over gt housing! You guys are the best!
While attempting to give me a ticket, the parking attendents cart
hit my car..fml
Why is it so hard for IEs to piss INSIDE the toilet bowl. at bath-
room is the nastiest thing Ive ever seen. I dread going in there...
Im sure Dr. Clough would be thrilled to know how his building
has gutted this campus.
To the girl on my hall in 4th st: please keep your tool in your own room
Beebes rocks cocks
Hey mf, spit a littl next, like a rugburn
Yalls Greek sing was awesome caryn, AGD
WTg on that pizza buck, really keepin form!
front page very deceitful (not deceptive) since that lights out showed
a bunch of trees
its pretty lame when someone tries to friend you on fb just so you
vote for them.
Cause thats the way, uh huh, uh huh, i like it.
So i just got to the library, and theres trash everywhere. Really
people? row your crap away!
So im looking for a non-engineering elective.... do we have those?
So when I came to Tech i was looking forward to hanging out in
Yellow Jacket Park.... then this crap happened...
Breathe, just breathe.... I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!
Did baseball really lose like 12-2 to a d-2 school? fail..
Where yo boyfrin at? the back of yo head is ridukulous!
I really wanted a TechRail...
e rst time I saw a digital camera I was like, whaaaaaat is this?
I didnt get any of my top 6 housing choices, gt housing fail.
Welcome to the friend zone
Youre not gettin laid!
Shes got everything you want
But youre just too afraid!
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Technique
7
Friday,
May 22, 2009
Historical Ajax building razed for green space
By Mark Jackson
Contributing Writer
Demolition of the structurally
unsound Ajax building was car-
ried out last week in return for
extra green space, but not without
some strong opposition. e prop-
erty, which was the home of the
Pickrick restaurant, has historical
roots in the civil rights movement,
and some believe that preserving
that history is far more important
than gaining the space for eco-
commons.
Tech has owned the property
since 1965, using the space to hold
interviews for incoming students
until early in the 1990s when it
was then used as overow space
for the police department.
Before then, politician and ra-
cial segregationist Lester Maddox
ran the Pickrick Cafeteria with
the help of his family. A popular
fried chicken joint right o Techs
campus, the Pickrick allowed cus-
tomers to pick what they wanted
to eat and then Maddoxs cooks
would rick, or pile, the food on
a plate. e restaurant was known
for serving simple, inexpensive
food.
Problems arose for Maddox in
1964 when three black students
entered the segregated Pickrick.
Maddox, brandishing a handgun,
drove the students out of the res-
taurant alongside his son, fearing
they would start a protest. is
historic event took place in the
parking lot in front of the Pickrick
Cafeteria.
e confrontation led to the
court case Willis vs. Pickrick Res-
taurant. e just-passed Civil
Rights Act of 1964, which made
racial segregation illegal, made
Maddoxs defense of free enter-
prise much more dicult to get
away with.
He lost the lawsuit but instead
of following the courts order and
desegregating Pickrick, Maddox
sold the place to two of his em-
ployees instead. ey went on to
sell the property to Tech months
later.
During his time as the owner
of Pickrick, Maddox ran for sev-
eral political positions (mayor,
lieutenant governor) and failed
each time.
But in 1966, even after his
name was attached to racism, he
won the run-o for state governor,
defeating former President Jimmy
Carter.
James Cook, professor emeri-
tus of history at Floyd College in
Rome and author of e Governors
of Georgia, says the state has never
seen a more unlikely governor.
Maddox lacked legal training,
a college education, political expe-
rience, family prominence, profes-
sional distinction, nancial back-
ing, military service and guile,
Cook wrote in e Governors of
Georgia. Many call it a miracle;
Maddox called it a divine mis-
sion.
is historical background of
the Pickrick was the main argu-
ment of preserving the building
for Ray Luce, director of the His-
toric Preservation Division for the
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources.
Its a very dicult site because
it has a history that many of us
would rather forget, Luce said.
For many Georgians, it is a
site of sorrow and frustration
We really need to be able to re-
member all parts of our history if
were going to learn from it, Luce
said.
Similar words came from Con-
gressman John Lewis in a letter
to Techs interim president Gary
Schuster.
Atlanta needs to preserve sites
which illustrate the opposition
to leaders such as Martin Luther
King Jr, Lewis said.
It is a shame to lose such a
historic building, said Jillian
Spayde, a third-year IE.
Although it was the site of
tense racial struggles, it is still an
important part of Atlantas his-
tory Spayde said.
In commemoration of the
Pickrick Cafeteria and the events
stemming from its existence,
Schuster said a plaque would be
placed at the site of the building
located next to the police depart-
ment on Hemphill Ave.
Shooting raises campus safety concerns
a student at Georgia State, on
Northside Drive. After being
forced into their van, he rode with
the men around midtown Atlanta
for approximately 45 minutes.
e men took Singhs ATM
information, dropped him in the
West End area and then shot him
in the leg. When found and ques-
tioned, Singh described the sus-
pects as three black men in their
20s.
ere are currently investiga-
tions pending to gure out if these
crimes are related due to the short
time between them, the nature of
the crime and the description of
the suspects.
ough the crimes of this
magnitude are rather exceptional
By Tamara Johnson
Sta Writer
e college bubble was shat-
tered for many students in the
city of Atlanta when a string of
major crimes occurred within the
past few weeks at both Tech and
nearby Georgia State, reiterating
the priority of on-campus and o-
campus safety for student.
On the night of May 4, three
men with guns approached Pat-
rick Whaley ME 09 at the Tivoli
Tenside Apartments near campus.
After robbing him and a nearby
couple at the apartments, the sus-
pects shot Whaley in the chest
and drove away.
Whaley described the suspects
as being three black men in their
20s.
On the following night, three
men approached Carsten Sing,
at both campuses, the occurrence
of petty campus crimes is not.
Information gathered from the
Tech polices website revealed that
there were three recorded inci-
dents of robbery, 14 incidents of
burglary and 153 incidents of lar-
ceny theft within the time span of
January-March 2009 alone.
Georgia State, boasting the
largest on-campus police force in
Georgia, is no stranger to crime
on campus. Looking at Georgia
States record from the year of
2006, their numerable oenses
included six reported incidents of
simple assault, eight incidents of
possession of stolen property and
427 incidents of theft.
But with campuses that are
open to the general public as well
as being inside of an area with a
high crime rate, Tech and State
students cannot aord remaining
ignorant about their surroundings
anymore.
Ive never felt unsafe on cam-
pus, said Lesley Finch, third-year
MGT.
Ive never been scared or ner-
vous. I have complete faith in the
campus police, and I think they
do a great job, Finch said.
Safety on campus can be
achieved by making certain ad-
justments to ones campus life. In
residence halls, it is always good to
lock your doors behind you.
Crimes such as theft can hap-
pen within a small window of
time, so it is good to use your
locks no matter how long the ab-
sence.
Also within residence halls,
having a very wary eye for suspi-
cious guests can make a world of
dierence.
Be cautious about who you let
into your residence halls, especial-
ly if you do not know or recognize
the person. It is better to avoid let-
ting people in because you reduce
the risk of putting you and your
fellow residents in a compromis-
ing position.
A common practice for stu-
dents is to leave possessions such
as laptops, MP3 players and cell
phones unattended in public plac-
es like the library or the Student
Center. To prevent theft of these
valuables always either hide them
or keep them on your person when
you have to leave your area. is
goes for keeping valuable posses-
sions in your car, as well.
Walking around campus after
dark should always be done with
caution.
Courtesy of Georgia Tech Capital Planning & Space Management
The Ajax building, shown in its 1950s condition, was purchased
by Tech in 1956 and used as the placement center for many years.
Photo by Craig Tabita/ Student Publications
A bulldozer completes the demolition of the Ajax Building lo-
cated on Hemphill Avenue during the afternoon of May 11, 2009.
When coming home from late
nights at the library, staying in
well-lit areas nearer to the center
of campus reduces the risk of as-
sault, and walking with friends
at this time makes it all the more
safer. Utilize campus resources
and get a ride from the Stingerette
if your study sessions run late into
the night.
When walking, try to always
face trac. Carry as few items as
possible and have your keys ready
when walking towards your car.
When leaving your car, always
lock the doors and roll up all the
windows. Keep a description of
your car and the tag number in
your wallet and at home. Park in
well-lit areas and dont leave your
car unattended for very long. To
be extra cautious, install a security
system such as a steering column
lock. As a nal precaution, avoid
leaving important identication
papers, laptops, credit cards or
large amounts of money in your
car.
Register your bicycle, free,
with the police department, en-
grave it with an owner identica-
tion number and lock it with a U-
shaped lock.
When you are walking
through campus it is best to stay
alert, avoiding using cell phones,
iPods or any devices that will re-
duce your awareness of the sur-
roundings.
Techs police website, police.
gatech.edu oers these safety tips
and more, as well as other ways to
stay safe on campus. Illustration by Siwan Liu
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Technique
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Friday,
May 22, 2009
By Daniel Spiller
Senior Sta Writer
e dilemma: Youve mustered
up the courage to nally ask that
cute guy or girl out to dinner,
but youre pretty sure that Moes
wouldnt quite convey the classi-
ness youre aiming for. You would
gladly drive your date to one of
the many nice restaurants that At-
lanta has to oer, but sadly your
only means of transportation are
your feet. What is a young college
student to do?
Fortunately, Tech Square has
a new restaurant to oer those
who are looking for a ner din-
ing experience. Taking the place
of what was previously e Globe,
WaterHaven is now open and of-
fers a nice variety of ne American
cuisine.
e atmosphere of the restau-
rant is relaxing; dim, globe light-
ing illuminates the restaurants
earthy and neutral color scheme,
RESTAURANTS
WaterHaven
LOCATION: 75 5th Street NW
CUISINE: Contemporary
American
PRICE: Entrees $15 - $22
OUR TAKE: !!!!!
while small candles rest on each
table to further create a peace-
ful mood. ere is low-key music
that plays in the background, and,
overall, WaterHaven is a nice, qui-
et place where you will never have
to yell across the table for your
company to hear you.
e service is both friendly
and prompt, returning to the
table regularly to ensure that ev-
erything has turned out well or
to ask if anything else is needed.
ey are also helpful in making a
dish recommendation or clarify-
ing specics on the menu.
But the most important thing,
of course, is the food. Appetizers
range from southern favorites like
Shrimp and Grit Cakes and Fried
Green Tomatoes to restaurant
standards like House and Caesar
Salads. For those who enjoy crab
cakes, WaterHaven oers a terric
version that is perfectly sized for
two to share.
Dinner entrees include an im-
pressive selection of meat dishes
including trout, halibut, chicken,
salmon, oxtail, steak, lamb and
pork.
For those in the mood for
something a little lighter, the
Fresh Vegetable Plate is always of-
fered and contains vegetables cho-
sen daily by the chef.
My choice for dinner was the
Georgia Trout a pan-seared cut
covered in Applewood smoked
bacon. e trout itself was very
good, and even better was its side
dish the Mushroom Lasagna
that needs to be experienced by
anyone with even a passing inter-
est in mushrooms.
Other than their delicious din-
ner menu, WaterHaven oers a
lunch menu containing various
sandwiches and salads to choose
from. Also, those interested in
wine will be pleased to know
WaterHaven is home to over 60
wines.
But for all WaterHaven has go-
ing for it, there are still a couple of
minor drawbacks. e rst (and
likely most important to students)
is that the food is somewhat pric-
ey. Most of the appetizers hover
near $10 and dinner entrees are
around $20.
While this is far from being a
deal breaker, it keeps WaterHaven
from being a place you will fre-
quently be visiting.
Also, the restaurant gives a vibe
that it is aimed at a slightly older
crowd. WaterHaven is a perfect
spot for business lunches and din-
ners, but maybe not a place a stu-
dent should rush into when look-
ing for casual dining.
Overall, WaterHaven is a great
date spot and an excellent choice
for anyone looking for a more el-
egant dining experience.
Photo by Kelvin Kuo/Student Publications
Left: Not only does WaterHaven have a full bar (as seen above), but they oer 60 dierent wines.
Right: The restaurants peaceful atmosphere is displayed with calming colors and modern lighting.
Quick pace kills plot
in Angels & Demons
FILM
Angels & Demons
GENRE: Mystery, Thriller
STARRING: Tom Hanks,
Ewan McGregor and Ayelet
Zurer
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
RATING: PG-13
RELEASED: May 15, 2009
OUR TAKE: !!!!!
By Chris Ernst
Sta Writer
Angels and Demons is based
on the novel of the same name
penned by Dan Brown, which is
how this story is best kept. e
movie lost a lot of its impact in
its transition to the big screen.
e best-selling book is no work
of classical canon, but it utilizes
its length in a way that cannot be
translated into a movie.
A large portion of the book
educates the reader of the Illumi-
nati, art, artists, history and ev-
erything else that lead Langdon,
played by Tom Hanks, already
knows. ere is no way to get this
information to the audience with-
out being boring and talky, so a
majority of it is skipped. e audi-
ences education is largely spit out
as quickly and simply as possible
through various characters.
e movie focuses on the chase
through Rome and the Vatican,
and it packs the rst hundred
pages of the book into its rst ten
minutes. It is a lean, fast, focused
movie that eschews unnecessary
things such as characterization.
e movie has a great cast (includ-
ing Tom Hanks as Robert Lang-
don), but they never get a chance
to do more than spit out names
and dates and run about.
Where the book succeeds is
when Langdon gures out seem-
ingly impossible ancient quanda-
ries. ese, however, are skimmed
over as merely putting the infor-
mation together, which defeats
the entire purpose of the riddles.
One of the few places in which
the movie succeeds is pace. How-
ever, not much of this can be at-
tributed to skill. Packing in ev-
erything needed to follow the
story, the movie does not dwell
too much on silent moments,
which is exactly what it needs. It
never slows down to allow the au-
dience to catch up.
Some story elements, and char-
acters, are left out to make the
lm shorter, which is not much
of a problem until the end. e
books climax is the culmination
of a grand scheme with enough
twists and left turns to put a soap
opera to shame.
However, Angels & Demons
simply did not have the time to set
up the gasp-inducing revelations.
is makes for a slightly under-
whelming ending.
David Koepp and Akiva
Goldsman wrote the screenplay,
and it does not help that the writ-
ers strike occurred during pre-
production, which becomes obvi-
ous in some details. If a character
grows up in Italy, he probably
would not have an Irish accent.
All problems that I found with
the lm originate in the script,
but it is made with Ron Howards
excellent visual style. e camera
never stops moving, adding en-
ergy to the already hyper-kinetic
script. For having such a huge fo-
cus on the inside of the Vatican
and other historical places, these
places do not actually appear
much in the lm.
Overall, the movie tries to
squeeze too much into too little
time and falls at. ere is no
time to become invested in the
characters or properly present
puzzles. Yet, what the movie lacks
in substance it makes up for en-
ergy and pacing.
e movie does not stand well
by itself and the story is an in-
nitely better read than watch.
Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures
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sliver
you talk to the boy with red shoes.
twitter aint the hotness. sry.
I think you are a coward and your actions speak volumes
Im so glad pig is our new sophmore rep! Oink!
All hail miss pigstress
Swine ngers rules! Sga for EVA!
Bitch face!
Doesnt everyone just love the pink plad shirts, the boat shoes and
the khaki booty shorts? GOD you frat douchebags look awesome!!!
Confession: I go to the library to Facebook
Take at An-uh!
i feel violated...i thought tech girls DIDNT hit on guys
I left this school 3 years ago, and I just remembered the Sliver!
Hey, Georgia Tech housing. anks for screwing up my room as-
signment. I would like to ACTUALLY HAVE A ROOM!
So I think I was slivered about while I was slivering...
Listen to e Essence of Failing
mic check
i spammed your mom
i did your mom
a favor
by making you
a sandwich
what housing doesnt know doesnt hurt em.
unless my candles burn down the place.
i hope the trees are very tall.
girl, your still sketch
back o. plzz.
Ive got a case of jellybones.
Im sick of Di Eq.
psycho-demon-baboon goat?
e person who was supposed to be my roommate just cost me $600.
maybe the Technique could nd something to write about BESIDES
complaining about SGA
sorry about reporting the news.
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Maria recalls musical origins with jazzy Fortress
Downey Jr. and Foxx inspire hope in e Soloist
By Kenny Phillips
Senior Sta Writer
e Soloist is tailored from the
memories of L.A. Times writer
Steve Lopez placed in his book
about his friendship with Nathan-
iel Anthony Ayers.
Looking to chronicle the life
and musical gift of Ayers, a home-
less virtuoso, Lopez brings to light
the personal hardships this man
has suered, and then charges
By Allyn Woodward
Sta Writer
As with all great musicians,
theres something in the voice that
makes them stand out among the
FILM
The Soloist
GENRE: Biography, Drama
STARRING: Robert Downey
Jr. and Jamie Foxx
DIRECTOR: Joe Wright
RATING: PG-13
RELEASED: April 24, 2009
OUR TAKE: !!!!!
himself to support Ayers gift and
bring the man back to normalized
society. But how can a man x a
person?
is question constantly came
to my mind when Ayers, a man
whose professional future was
struck down by his schizophrenic
mind, was on screen. Ayers kept
nding the social help from Lopez
more and more dicult to cope
with as it became forced upon
him.
Always pressed to the brink
before nally accepting, Ayers
strums the melancholy note of
mental health to strike a chord
with the audience. Noticing what
he goes through and accepting
the situation brings courage.
is movie is quite touching,
and by being presented in a most
beautiful manner, the lm grace-
fully demands the audience to
feel humanity towards the tribu-
lations of these mens friendship
and the situation of all less fortu-
nate people. I felt personal growth
blossoming as Lopez also comes
to realize the answer at the lms
conclusion.
Keystone to my entertainment
from e Soloist is the remark-
able performances of Jamie Foxx
as Nathaniel Ayers and Robert
Downey Jr. portraying Steve Lo-
pez. Jamie Foxx, though it may
be considered humorous that
he branched out from a physi-
cally handicapped musician to a
mentally handicapped musician,
somehow adapts a very trying per-
sona and interesting verbalization
with such talent.
Also holding more than his
own, Robert Downey Jr. is a man
who tries to do right in journal-
ism. He may not be a humanitar-
ian, but when his interest in Ayers
is peaked as a journalistic topic,
he shows no hesitation to not only
become acquainted with but also
dive into helping this man. Al-
though these stars were regularly
the only people on screen, I found
it to be in great taste, as these one-
on-ones were absolutely perfect.
Although this lm was my rst
occasion to see the talent of direc-
tor Joe Wright, I must say I was
impressed with his vision. He was
able to artistically capture many
emotions.
My personal favorites were his
approach to derangement or ap-
prehension and his view of syn-
esthesia. In the rst case, quick-
paced changes of point of view
were used to great eect, mim-
icking the rapid waves of inner
thoughts of the subject. e cen-
tering of the camera on a visual
representation of the inner mental
stress of a breakdown was also
putting a ne point on the mo-
ment.
His representation of synesthe-
sia was incredibly Kubric-esque,
harking to memories of Daves
gaze into the obelisk. ere were
even well-crafted ashbacks that
not only captured Ayers past but
presented them in a manner that
related them to the present issue.
I had begun to tire of other direc-
tors lack of imagination in their
trite use of ashbacks as merely
exposition. is has been by far
the best theater experience I have
witnessed this year.
I frankly enjoyed every de-
pressing, heart-wrenching, feel-
good and exciting moment. e
Soloist represents a winning for-
mula great actors, a dramatic
plot and a director able to gather
together this prime clay into a
well-crafted pot.
It is not a movie for those that
wish for summer fun and action.
It is a movie that does its best to
delve a bit deeper into human lim-
itations and abilities.
We may not be able to x an-
other person, but with friendship
we can help him through the
tough times and maybe, just may-
be, change his life for the better.
MUSIC
Ida Maria
Fortress of My Heart
LABEL: SonyBMG
GENRE: Alternative
TRACK PICK: In The End
RELEASED: March 24, 2009
OUR TAKE: !!!"!
rest. A persons voice speaks to the
soul because it is relatable and uni-
versal in the emotions that it belts
out. e lyrics might not be spec-
tacular and the notes may not be
composed elegantly, but the voice
captures. Ida Maria denitely has
the ability to capture.
Her rst album, Fortress of My
Heart, deals with various scenar-
ios of love from the possibility of
unreciprocated love to sexual love.
Oh My God, the rst song
on the album, ts with Fortress
of My Hearts sound and concept.
However, it is the weakest song on
the album, overall. Its repetitive-
ness does not ease new listeners in
or create a sense of anticipation,
nor does the song t with the rest
of her love stories.
Despite Oh My God not t-
ting in, the other songs such as I
Like Your So Much Better When
Youre Naked, Morning Light,
In e End and Drive Away
My Heart t nicely together.
Idas old-time voice is slightly
reminiscent of jazz and blues sing-
ers in its naked display of agony
and frustration, especially heard
towards the end of Stella.
In the End also resembles
previous classic singers, but the
sound is more closely related to
1950s and 60s music than 30s
and 40s jazz and blues. e song
could have easily t into classic
Hollywood love stories such as
Splendor in the Grass or Breakfast
at Tianys. is is due to the qui-
et, hopeful but heartbroken feel-
ing resonating out in her voice.
As a writer from Paste says,
[she] sings every song like shes
on the verge of breaking into a
million pieces.
Its true. Her voice is heart-
breakingly full of emotion. It is
neither glossed over with new
technical devices and futuristic
sounds, nor does her voice become
overshadowed by drums or heavy
guitar like in the songs of many
other popular artists.
Overall, Ida Maria will most
likely not be heard across popular
music stations. Her unconven-
tional style, in comparison, will
probably prosper in television and
movie soundtracks as heard on
Gossip Girl.
e only song that might take
over the mainstream is I Like
You So Much Better When Youre
Naked, obviously due to its con-
tent and contemporary sound.
ough the album might not
be a masterpiece, it denitely cre-
ates an opening for her career as a
musician. While she continues to
reach the depths of her new-found
voice, Marias future progress will
surely satisfy and may even turn
the popular into the unconven-
tional.
! !
Technique - May 22, 2009 - 11 ENTERTAINMENT
THEME CROSSWORD: TAKE TEN
By Robert Zimmerman
United Features Syndicate
ACROSS
1. Misprint
5. Handshake
10. Band
15. Hippocratic -
19. Restraint
20. Radio station
21. City on Biscayne Bay
22. Not guilty, e.g.
23. Teachers record
25. Really powerful
27. French Impressionist, d.
1903
28. Like some bathrooms
30. rows out
31. Curriers partner
32. Hangs
33. Svelte
34. Leather, in the raw
36. Animals skin problem
37. Put aside
41. Walking sticks
42. Shady neighborhood?
44. Roaring 20s, e.g.
45. At the rear
46. Chinese gooseberry
47. Actress Skye
48. Composer Blitzstein
49. Get by, barely
50. One hard to please
54. Actress Feldshuh
55. Professional rivalries
58. Trite
59. Not showy
60. - avis
61. Picture puzzle
62. Classication
63. Categorize
66. Chemists collection
67. Mournful complaint
71. Hyacinth Buckets TV
sister
72. Al Gore, for one
74. Fib
75. Powdery soil
76. Ado
77. Peggy Wood TV role,
1949-1957
78. Pepsi alternative
79. LAX info
DOWN
1. Drain section
2. Abominable one
3. Cherry seeds
4. Biased
5. Core groups
6. Deceivers
7. View from the Uzi
8. Part of a min.
9. Play make-believe
10. Burn without ame
11. Name of many newspa-
pers
12. e Fountainhead au-
thor
13. French pal
14. Oil-eld connection
15. Car from Kia
16. Guinness or Waugh
17. Big top
18. Homburgs
24. Church sections
26. Metamorphoses poet
29. Picnic playwright
32. Terror
33. New Orleans lineman?
34. Japanese verse
35. Within
36. Whimpers
37. Around the bend
38. Use a shuttle
39. Wall hanging
40. Antibes visitor
41. Countrys Atkins
42. Fit for a princess
43. Loan guarantees
46. Mall anchor
48. PC attachment
51. e briny
52. Peer
53. Bridge support
54. Buddhist shrine
56. Nixon interviewer
57. On guard
59. Loy of the movies
61. Dentists instruction
62. ey pull together
63. Snake
64. Fry briey
65. Fiber for rope
66. Waistcoats
67. Work pants, originally
68. Actress Massey
69. Singer Clay
70. Homeowners
document
72. Hi- unit
73. Great - Mountains
76. Seines
78. Chili peppers
81. Nine-sided gure
82. Fit to be -
83. Attica residents
84. More sarcastic
86. Warns
87. Combs trail,
perhaps
89. Prickly plants
91. A Muppet
80. Aims
84. Faded
85. Backslides
88. Barnyard chorus
89. Scopes prosecutor
90. Lion on the lmic road
to Oz
91. Adversary
92. Pa. port
93. Aft
96. Italian fashion label
97. Replace love with hos-
tility
101. Editors task, perhaps
103. TLC quality
105. Serial or USB
106. Baritone role in Pa-
gliacci
107. Chemical
compound
108. e E in QED
109. Stage constructions
110. Radiance
111. Prophets
112. In a hu
92. Church leader
93. Vipers
94. Brake component
95. Lawsuit basis
96. Cone bearer
97. Stakes
98. Dynamics lead-in
99. Russian ruler
100. Noble Italian
family
102. Japanese drama
104. A direction
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sliver
Ive gone through 5 bags of sunower seeds today. I need to go under
sunower seed rehab.
Why are there almost NO slivers in the paper nowadays? :(
I luv looozing sox n teh zemanators bed!!! ROFL CHIP
A bagel a day keeps the doctor away!!! e clap keeps the boiz away
Triangles rock
Hound Dawg rocks my socks BBFWP
**my roommate is a smell dirty lesbian who is running away may
1st!!! Cant wait
I.E. stop complaining about senior design..its nothing compared
to ChBE
Graduation cant come soon enough!
ROUND!!!!!
it makes me smile that all of OUR friends are now exclusively MY
friends...
If I controlled a multi million $ budget, Id screw everyone else over too
e shadow student government!
Do you like sh sticks?
Screw SGA, student publications are much more important than them
e girl who plays the piano in Couch on Wednesday nights is hot.
I hope that guy whos always there with you is not your boyfriend.
How can I tune to local media if theres a red screen on every channel?
How are we supposed to tune to local media when the tornado
warning is on every channel?
Georgia Tech Emergency Alert thank you for cutting out news cover-
age for 5 mins right when the TV was giving us weather information
GATech Emergency Message: Your death may be imminent. ank
you.
Im glad to see the Technique nally put SGAs feet to the re. eir
waste is almost criminal. e number of people in SGA who are
actually willing to vote no on a bill is almost non existent. It is a
group of resume padders who dont give a damn
about the eects of their actions on the school.
Gude sounds like an echo chamber
why are these boys so horrible at shooting basketballs? eyve almost
hit her about 5 times. You boys FAIL.
I wish there were more goats on campus
SGA probably needs NADER to run for prez. :)
What was SGA thinking, anyway! eyre starting to act like Ber-
nanke & Paulson! Should I come to their retreat and give them a
lecture? ere are serious times coming ahead and the president is
NEW GUY to GT!
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NON SEQUITUR BY WILEY PILED HIGHER & DEEPER BY JORGE CHAM
CROSSWORD SOLUTION FROM PAGE 11
Technique - May 22, 2009 - 13 COMICS
DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMS NON SEQUITUR BY WILEY
l4 - May 22, 2009 - Technique SPORTS
Softball from page l6
board in the top of the inning,
but the Jackets responded in the
bottom of the inning with ve
runs of their own, three of which
came on a three-run homer from
Adkins. Techs defense held their
ground in the top of the seventh
to give them the rst game of the
Regional tournament.
For the second game, the Jack-
ets went up against Auburn. Af-
ter a rain delay of more than ve
hours that pushed the games start
time to 6:30, the Tigers took an
early lead with one run in the bot-
tom of the rst inning. Tech tied it
up two innings later on a solo shot
by redshirt junior Jen Yee. From
there the Jackets took control,
scoring three more the very next
inning, including two on a home
run by sophomore Jessica Weaver.
Adkins held the Tigers oense to
one run to land the Jackets a spot
in the nals.
e nal game of the Regional
tournament pitted Tech against
Boston University, giving the
Terriers another shot at the roll-
ing Jackets. e Jackets scoring
By Steven Cappetta
Sports Editor
e womens team had a short
run through the ACC tournament
this year as they dropped their
quarternal match to No. 17 Flor-
ida State by the score of 4-3. e
Jackets failed to reach the semi-
nals of the tournament for the rst
time since 2004. With the loss,
Tech was able to look ahead for
the NCAA Championship where
the team was able to serve as a host
to rst- and second-round action
on May 8th and 9th. Tech quali-
ed for the NCAA Tournament
for the tenth consecutive year and
has been able to host rst- and
second-round matches for the past
ve years.
In the rst round, the No.
8 Jackets were set to face Jack-
son State for the rst time in the
programs history. Tech was able
to overtake the Tigers without
much trouble, completing the
4-0 sweep. e Jackets won every
doubles and singles match on the
day before the fourth point ended
the day and sealed a victory. e
doubles duos of freshman Irina
Falconi with sophomore Sasha
Krupina and freshman Lynn Blau
with junior Amanda McDowell
defeated both their opponents 8-0
two clinch the doubles point for
Tech. When singles play started,
Falconi, McDowell, and Blau all
won in straight sets without losing
a game, winning 6-0, 6-0 to end
the match with a nal score of 4-0
in the Jackets favor.
e next day in the second
round the Jackets faced a No. 21
Mississippi that has beaten Tech
the only two times they have met.
e Jackets were able to defeat
Mississippi for the rst time in
history with a score of 4-1, push-
ing the all-time NCAA tourna-
ment record to 19-9. As in the rst
W-Tennis reaches round of 16
Photo by 8lake |srael / Student Publications
Tiany Johnson throws a pitch at Mewborn Field. Johnson was
the starter in Techs win over Florida State in the ACC tournament.
round, the duos of Falconi/Krupi-
na and Blau/McDowell won both
of their doubles matches to give
Tech the doubles point with the
scores of 8-5 and 8-4 respectively.
In singles play, the Jackets shot the
team score to 3-0 after No. 12 Fal-
coni surpassed Kristi Boxx 6-0,
6-2 and sophomore Noelle Hickey
defeated Laura van de Stroet 7-6
(1), 6-2. Krupina dropped Techs
lone match on the day in the third
set to Gabriela Rangel 3-6, 6-4,
6-2 to push the team score to 3-1.
Tech clinched the win afterwards
as senior Christy Striplin won
over Abigail Guthrie in the third
set with a nal score of 6-7, 6-2,
6-0. e win over Mississippi ad-
vanced the Jackets to the NCAA
Round of 16 for the fth straight
year.
On May 15, Tech faced an
eighth-seeded California who
defeated Tech earlier in the sea-
son with a score of 5-2 at the
2009 ITA National Team Indoor
Championships. e Golden
Bears would again defeat the Jack-
ets 5-0 in College Station, Texas,
ending the tennis teams season.
California took the doubles point
after they took two out of three
matches, with the sole Tech dou-
bles win coming from Falconi and
Krupina. In singles play, Tech fell
behind early in several matches
and was not able to respond to
Californias solid play. e Gold-
en Bears clinched their spot in the
Elite Eight with a victory by Mari
Andersson on court three over
Hickey, 6-3, 6-4.
Four Jackets are currently
competing in the 2009 NCAA
Individual Championship. Mc-
Dowell, who won the singles
championship last year, will once
again represent the Jackets in the
tournament along with Falconi,
Striplin, and Hickey. e tour-
nament began on Wednesday in
College Station, and one round
of the tournament will be played
each day until the nals on Mon-
day, May 25.
started early, as they put up one
run in the second and another in
the third. Despite tying the game
up on each of these occasions, BU
was unable to build a lead. Tech
drove in two more in the fth and
three in the bottom of the sixth
after keeping the Terriers score-
less in the top of each of these in-
nings, stretching their lead to ve
and putting the nal score at 7-2.
Yee led the Jackets oense, going
4-for-4 with three RBIs and two
homers.
Another rst will take place
for Tech softball when the Jackets
host a Super Regional from May
23-25. No. 3 Washington will
head to Mewborn Field to square
o against the Jackets in the best-
of-three series, which will deter-
mine which team will move on to
Oklahoma City for the Womens
College World Series. e 44-11
Huskies defeated Massachusetts
6-1 in a ve-hour, 15-inning battle
to determine which team would
advance to face the Jackets. e
Huskies are led by junior pitcher
Danielle Lawrie, who led the Pac-
10 conference with 35 wins and
an ERA of 0.86.
Photo by 1on Drews / Student Publications
Sasha Krupina returns a ball at the Bill Moore Tennis Center. She
and Irina Falconi went 3-0 in doubles play at the NCAA tourney.
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ere have been a great debate, especially in SGAs case, but could
extend to RHA, the greeks (IFC/Panhel), and any governing board,
about the use of the SAF, especially in Fall 2002.
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two games to one.
e series opener did not look
promising at rst, as McGuire
struggled in the rst inning and
allowed three runs. However, the
sophomore right-hander calmed
down and held Florida State
scoreless for the next ve innings,
and the Jackets bats came to life,
scoring ve runs in the fth to
give Tech a 7-3 lead. e oense
put up ve more runs in the late
innings, and sophomore pitchers
Kevin Jacob and Zach Brewster
and junior Andrew Robinson
tossed a scoreless inning each to
give Tech a strong 12-3 victory.
Game two on Saturday proved
to be a disappointing one for the
Jackets. Cumpton, making his
rst Saturday start, stumbled
out of the gate and allowed the
Seminoles to score two runs on
a two-out single by designated
hitter Tommy Oravetz. Tech re-
sponded in the bottom half; the
rst six hitters got on base, re-
sulting in four runs. Cumpton
calmed down and pitched well
through the fth, and the teams
battled to a 5-5 tie into the bot-
tom of the eighth inning, when a
two-out solo home run by junior
center elder Je Rowland gave
the Jackets a 6-5 lead. However,
the rst three Seminoles to bat in
the ninth got on base; after strik-
ing out Oravetz, Tech freshman
closer Mark Pope allowed Florida
State to add three runs on a walk,
a single, and a sacrice y. e
Jackets threatened in the ninth,
loading the bases with two outs,
but Seminole closer Jimmy Mar-
shall got Tech junior second base-
man Jason Garofalo to ground
into a force play to end the game.
e third game saw freshman
left-hander Jed Bradley make his
rst weekend start for the Jackets.
Bradley was solid through four
innings, holding Florida State
to just two runs over that span.
He was shaky to start the fth,
though, and the Seminoles took
advantage, forcing him from the
game and taking a 5-1 lead.
Robinson held Florida State
scoreless over the next three in-
nings. Tech closed the gap to
5-4 thanks to a two-run homer
by sophomore designated hitter
Chase Burnette in the fth and a
solo shot by junior rst baseman
Tony Plagman in the seventh. In
the bottom of the ninth the Jack-
ets completed their comeback.
Facing the closer Marshall, senior
left elder Chris House singled,
junior center elder Je Rowland
walked, and sophomore shortstop
Derek Dietrich singled to load
the bases. Marshall then walked
senior right elder Luke Murton,
driving in House to tie the game,
and Plagman singled up the mid-
dle to win the game and the series
for the Jackets.
Following the loss to Georgia
at Turner Field on May 12, the
Jackets traveled to Durham, NC
for their nal weekend series of
the season against Duke. With a
sweep, the Jackets would have a
chance to win the ACCs regular-
season title. ursdays opener
went well, as Tech rode eight
strong innings by McGuire, a
four-RBI performance from Chris
House, and homers by Murton,
junior designated hitter Jay Dant-
zler, and freshman third baseman
Matt Skole to a 10-3 win.
In the second game, the Blue
Devils hit Cumpton hard for six
runs over ve innings. Right eld-
er Alex Hassan fell a double shy
of the cycle and starter Andrew
Wolcott pitched a complete game,
throwing 130 pitches to lead the
Blue Devils to a 6-4 victory. Duke
emerged victorious in Saturdays
season nale, overcoming Skole
and Murton homers to win 5-3.
Because the tournament is be-
ing held on Dukes home eld, the
Jackets remained in Durham after
the series and worked out at local
facilities before beginning tourna-
ment play on Wednesday.
By Nishant Prasadh
Senior Sta Writer
e baseball team was unable
to complete a season sweep of rival
Georgia, as the Bulldogs salvaged
a split by winning the annual
Spring Baseball Classic 7-5.
e Spring Baseball Classic,
an annual contest between the
in-state rivals at Turner Field, is a
fund-raiser for Childrens Health-
care of Atlanta that routinely
draws thousands of fans from
both schools. e 24,665 fans in
attendance marked the sixth-larg-
est crowd at an NCAA regular-
season game. Its a natural rivalry
with Georgia and Georgia Tech,
and youre raising money for a
great cause, so its a perfect night
for college baseball in the city of
Atlanta, Tech Head Coach Dan-
ny Hall said of the event.
As the game started, both start-
ing pitchers struggled with their
command early on. Tech junior
right-hander Zach Von Tersch
making his rst midweek start of
the seasonhit the second batter
of the game, and Georgia starter
Cecil Tanner plunked Tech senior
right elder Luke Murton in the
bottom of the rst. Tanners con-
trol issues continued in the second
inning as he hit Tech senior left
elder Chris House with a pitch.
Left-hander Justin Earls came in
to pitch and quieted the threat,
but not before allowing Tech to
take a 2-1 lead.
Meanwhile, Von Tersch could
not keep Georgias bats in check,
and the Bulldogs took a 5-2 lead
through four innings on a two-
run homer by designated hit-
ter Bryce Massanari and a two-
run single by center elder Matt
Cerione. e score remained that
way until the bottom of the sev-
enth, when Techs oense nally
came to life against Georgia re-
liever Will Harvil. With one
out, sophomore shortstop Derek
Dietrich and Murton drew back-
to-back walks, and junior rst
baseman Tony Plagman singled
to bring in Dietrich. After Mur-
ton was thrown out trying to score
on a single by senior catcher Jason
Baseball from page l6
Haniger, sophomore designated
hitter Chase Burnette hit a bloop
single to left that dropped be-
tween three Georgia elders, and
Plagman and Haniger scored to
tie the game.
After pitching a scoreless
eighth, Brewster remained in for
the ninth and struck out the rst
batter, but Georgia rst baseman
Rich Poythress followed with a
deep drive that went o the cen-
ter eld wall for a double. Hall
ordered Brewster to intentionally
walk Massanari to bring up lefty
Lyle Allen. e move did not pay
o, though. Allen roped a single
right past Brewster, allowing
Poythress to score from second.
Rowland threw to third in-
stead of home, hoping to catch
pinch-runner Peter Verdin; how-
ever, the ball hit the sliding Verdin
and rolled into the Tech dugout,
allowing him to score. Brewster
calmed down and struck out the
next two Bulldog hitters to end
the inning.
He hit the ball right back up
the middle, and I thought I had it.
I heard it buzz right by my head,
but I just couldnt put a glove on
it, Brewster said.
Georgia reliever Dean Weaver
got two outs in the ninth before
allowing a walk to Haniger. How-
ever, he got Burnette to ground
out to seal Georgias 7-5 win.
I thought it was a good ball-
game. I was pleased that we came
from behind Give them cred-
itit seemed like they were able
to get hits when they had guys in
scoring position, and we struggled
a little with that, Hall said.
e win was Georgias fth
straight in the annual Spring
Baseball Classic, and the Bulldogs
have won six of the seven contests
since the event started in 2003,
with Techs only victory coming
in 2004.
Baseball falls against UGA
Photo by Mlchael Schnelder / Student Publications
Je Rowland takes a swing during the Spring Baseball Classic at
Turner Field. The Jackets made a comeback but lost the game 7-5.
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May 22, 2009
Baseball season not over yet
By Nishant Prasadh
Senior Sta Writer
With the regular season
complete, Techs baseball team
is now competing in the ve-
day, eight-team ACC Baseball
Championship in Durham,
NC. Tech, which has been
as high as No. 3 in the USA
Today national rankings this
season, went 17-10-1 in con-
ference play this season and
entered the tournament as the
No. 4 seed. Based on the round
robin format, the Jackets are
in Division A and will play
three games from Wednesday
through Saturday. ey faced
No. 5 Miami on Wednesday
and No. 8 Boston College on
ursday, and they will battle
top seed Florida State on Sat-
urday. If the Jackets win their
division, they will proceed to
the tournaments title game on
Sunday against the winner of
Division B.
Heading into the ACC
No. 12 Jackets earn fourth seed in ACC tournament
Photo by Kelvln Kuo / Student Publications
Andrew Robinson throws from the mound at Russ Chandler Stadium. Robinson pitched four innings in the series nale
against No. 6 Florida State, allowing just one hit as Tech made a ninth-inning comeback to win 8-6 and take the series.
Softball wins ACC, still rolling
By Kyle Conarro
Contributing Writer
After wrapping up the reg-
ular season with ve straight
wins, the No. 14 softball team
headed into the conference
tournament having clinched
the number one spot in the
ACC. e Jackets nished
strong in the regular season, as
senior Tiany Johnson pitched
a perfect game to take the last
game over Maryland.
is set the stage for the
ACC tournament in Raleigh,
NC, where Tech faced Vir-
ginia in the quarternals. e
Jackets oense got to work
early, scoring two runs in the
rst and adding one more an
Golf wins
ACC title
By Steven Cappetta
Sports Editor
On April 19, the No. 6 ranked golf team
captured its third ACC Mens Golf Cham-
pionship in four years. e Jackets led the
entire weekend except for part of Sundays
round. is title is the 11th for Techs golf
program and sixth for head coach Bruce
Heppler. On the day, junior Chesson Had-
ley was six-under-par with a 66 while senior
Cameron Tringale shot a one-under-par 71
in his last round.
Heppler made big news after the con-
ference tournament when he signed a new
ve-year contract on May 5th that will be-
gin when his current pact expires in June
2010. Heppler, who is in his 14th year as the
golf programs head coach, was named ACC
Coach of the Year for the fth time.
e Jackets have received the No. 10 seed
in the NCAA Division I Mens Golf Cham-
pionship, which starts this Tuesday in To-
ledo, Ohio. ey advanced into the nals by
tying for third place in the Central Regional
in Bowling Green, Ky. last week. e Jackets
have been paired up with No. 11 seed Texas
A&M and No. 12 seed Illinois for the rst
rounds of the championship.
Tech has made the 30-team eld for the
11th time in 12 years, 22 times since 1985,
and has nished in the top eight of the
NCAA Championship seven times in ten
appearances. In the last 25 years, the Jack-
ets have appeared more times than any other
school in the championship tournament ex-
cept Oklahoma State, Florida, and Arizona
State.
is years NCAA Championship has a
new feature that determines a team cham-
pion via match play. is will be the rst
time the winner will not be awarded by total
strokes since 1965. After 54 holes of stroke
play, the top eight teams will advance to
match play with the quarternals and semi-
nals being held on May 29 with the cham-
pionship match set for May 30.
Photo by Kelvln Kuo / Student Publications
Minghao Wang hits a ball during a recent
tournament at the Golf Club of Georgia.
See Baseball, page 15
See Softball, page 14
tournament, the Jackets pros-
pects look bright. Based on
the numbers, the team has
had a much stronger season
than its No. 4 seed would in-
dicate, especially on oense.
e Jackets nished second in
the conference in batting aver-
age, on-base percentage, and
runs scored; they were atop the
ACC in slugging percentage,
largely due to the teams 101
home runs. If history is any in-
dication, that gure bodes well
for Tech; the team has reached
the 100-homer mark three
times prior to this season, and
in two of those years1987
and 1988they went on to
win the ACC Championship.
While the Jackets pitching
numbers are not quite as im-
pressive, they still rank in the
top half of the conference in
nearly every relevant catego-
ry, including ERA (fourth at
4.65), opponent batting aver-
age (sixth at .262), hits allowed
(fourth at 452), strikeouts
(fth at 455), and strikeout-to-
walk ratio (fourth at 2.30).
e Jackets have taken two
of their last four series against
conference foes dating back to
mid-April. Following a pair of
wins over in-state rivals Geor-
gia and Georgia State, Tech
traveled to Winston-Salem,
NC and earned a sweep over
Wake Forest from April 17-19.
e oense was stellar, with
junior rst baseman Tony
Plagman going 5-for-6 with
two home runs in the opening
game, and the Jackets received
strong pitching performances
from all three starterssoph-
omore Deck McGuire, junior
Zach Von Tersch, and sopho-
more Brandon Cumpton. e
Jackets outscored the Demon
Deacons 27-3 over the three
games.
After splitting a pair of
midweek games against West-
ern Carolina, the Jackets went
on the road once again to
battle No. 20 Clemson. Tech
took the opening game 5-4
behind three-hit performances
by sophomore shortstop Derek
Dietrich and senior right eld-
er Luke Murton. However, the
Tigers overcame a late Tech
rally to win the second game
8-5, and Clemson took advan-
tage of a rough start by Cump-
ton to take the rubber game
and the series 6-3.
Tech would not return to
ACC play for two weeks, but
their next conference series
was a big one. After a com-
fortable weekend sweep of
Presbyterian at home and a
rained-out game at Tennessee,
No. 6 Florida State came to
Atlanta for a battle of top-10
teams against the then-No. 8
Jackets. e weekend set was
as exciting as advertised, as
two games were decided in the
ninth inning, and Tech man-
aged to earn a key series vic-
tory by topping the Seminoles
inning later. e pitching was
eective as well, with sopho-
more Kristen Adkins and
freshman Jessica Coan com-
bining to hold the Cavaliers
scoreless while allowing just
four hits. Keyed by a leado
homer by senior rst baseman
Whitney Haller, Tech added
four more runs in the bottom
of the fth, putting the game
out of reach and pushing them
into the seminal round to
face Virginia Tech.
In that game, the Hokies
struck rst, putting up four
runs in the rst inning against
senior Tiany Johnson. eir
lead lasted through three in-
nings, but ended in the fourth
as the Jackets oense ex-
ploded for eight runs to take a
commanding lead. With Coan
shutting down the Virginia
Tech oense in relief, the Jack-
ets got three RBIs from three
dierent players en route to
beating the Hokies 14-4.
After the decisive comeback
in the seminal game, the
Jackets headed into the nals
to face Florida State. e rst
inning saw Tech take a three-
run lead over the Seminoles,
and those would be their only
runs of the game. Florida State
threatened in the bottom of
the seventh, driving in one and
loading the bases with just one
out, but Techs defense saved
the day. Seminole catcher Ka-
leigh Rafter hit a y ball to
center that Tech senior center
elder Blair Shimandle caught
easily; Shimandle then red
home in time to prevent FSUs
Brittany Joseph from scor-
ing, ending the game and the
tournament. With the win,
the Jackets earned their third
ACC title in school history.
Having conquered the
ACC in both regular season
and tournament play, Tech
earned the opportunity to host
an NCAA regional at Mew-
born Field. e Jackets faced
Boston University in their rst
game, with neither team scor-
ing until the sixth inning. e
Terriers put one run on the