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Institute, students respond to budget cuts Vijai Narayanan Assistant News Editor
On Saturday, Feb. 27, the Institute submitted its proposal to the University System of Georgia (USG) to help close a $385 million budget shortfall for the following iscal year. As a result, Tech will be forced to reconcile approximately $38 million worth of reductions. Among the proposed plans to achieve this goal include workforce reductions, operational cuts for the library, and travel budget cuts. “his plan was meant to be [a]
worst case scenario -- should there be no tax increases and no tuition increases next year and a $38 million cut to Tech’s budget. Seeing as how tuition has increased every year for a long time, I do not see how this year would be diferent,” said Alina Staskevicius, the undergraduate SGA president. According to the proposal, nearly $35 million of the cuts would come from workforce reductions. A total of 331 full time positions would have to be eliminated, including 52 faculty positions. A total of 120 part-time positions would also be eliminated,
including 40 instructional positions. he proposed cuts could result in a reduction of course oferings by 540 sections, increasing the student to faculty ratio to its highest level in history at 24 to 1. he report states that the proposed changes will result in a longer time to degree for students, adversely afecting four, ive and six year graduation rates. he report also suggested that the Institute could reduce admissions by 20 percent to meet the budget shortfall. However, this was conirmed not to be the case.
“We oicially got word yesterday that they weren’t going to do that. he freshman class will be the same as the last four years. hey put it on the table, and once they realized what kind of inancial impact that would have, especially on housing, they decided not to,” said Rick Clark, the director for undergraduate admissions. In addition to reductions for academics and instruction, the report estimates a $60-100 million decline in research expenditures due to the increased course load on faculty. Furthermore, a 10 percent decrease in non-spon-
GTL celebrates 20th anniversary
sored funding for graduate students would reduce the number of teaching assistants by 120 per semester. he report also details how cuts to Tech’s budget would afect Georgia’s economy. For example, a 10 percent reduction in the services of the Procurement Assistance Center would impact the state by $66 million. he plan also calls for the reduction of the library budget by $700,000, potentially leading to the reduction in library hours by 42 percent, including late night See Budget, page 3
NEWS BRIEFS Bunger Henry undergoes safety issues he Bunger-Henry building recently experienced a spate of safety incidents that prompted the involvement of Environmental Health and Safety, the Georgia Tech Police Department, and Atlanta Fire department. According to reports, a researcher inadvertently spilled hydroluoric acid on his hand on Feb. 22, prompting a visit to the hospital. On Feb. 26, another researcher in the same building set of an alarm when reacting two chemicals in large quantities under a fume hood. Emergency teams secured the building for over two hours in order to mitigate the situation. On March 1, a chemical spill in the building prompted another alarm.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Georgia Tech Lorraine, Tech’s irst international campus. GTL is located in the Technopole region of Metz, France. The foreign campus ofers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs throughout the entire year. Coby Lu Contributing Writer
2010 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) satellite campus in Metz, France. GTL is Tech’s irst international campus. “We will be doing a series of events throughout the year to celebrate the 20th
anniversary, and we’ll be doing more or less quarterly events,” said John Schuman, GTL marketing communications manager. During the 1980s, the Lorraine region of France was looking for research agencies and engineering universities in Europe and the Americas to drive innovation. Tech took up the ofer to participate and established the campus in 1990.
he kickof event of GTL’s 20th anniversary celebration was GTL night with prizes and giveaways at Feb. 26, women’s basketball game against UNC at home. “We invited Georgia Tech students, faculty, corporate partners to basically come celebrate 20 years of innovation, research, See GTL, page 5
Instrument Competition gathers musicians Musician inventors from around the world participated in the second annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Tech to win $10,000 in cash prizes. he winning instrument for 2009 was a “silent drum” that used shapes and shadows to compute and control sound.
CoC dean inalists named, deliver inal presentations Matt Schrichte Staf Writer
he three inalists for the vacant dean of the College of Computing (CoC) position were named and began visiting campus last week to present their visions for the college as well as their previous research experiences. he three inalists are Dr. Deborah H. Crawford, Dr. Andrew A. Chien and Dr. Zvi Galil. he inalists were selected by a committee made up of faculty members, campus administrators and students. As the chief academic and administrative oicer of the CoC, the new dean of the will be in charge of providing the overall strategic direction of the
college with speciic attention on deining a new generation of computation science through the college’s existing structures. Dr. Deborah H. Crawford was the irst of the inalists to visit campus when she arrived on Feb. 24. She is currently a deputy assistant director at the National Science Foundation (NSF). According to her Curriculum Vitae (CV) she is “responsible for the day‐to‐ day operations of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), with an annual operating budget of over $600 million and a science, engineering and administrative team of approximately 100.” “here’s tremendous opportunity for collaboration with the
other colleges at Georgia Tech,” Crawford said in her lecture on her vision for the college. In her lecture, she pondered and discussed diferent aspects of undergraduate education in computing at Tech as well as the computing education given to Tech undergraduates as a whole. he second candidate to visit campus was Dr. Andrew A. Chien, who presently is the vice president of Intel Labs and director of Future Technologies Research for Intel Corporation. “I’m also here because you guys have got a great opportunity to really shape the future of computing,” Chien said during his vision See CoC, page 3
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Dr. Deborah H. Crawford speaks to CoC students and faculty at the second of her inalist presentations for Dean of the CoC.
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Campus Crime By Hahnming Lee Business Manager Who Started the Fire?
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On the afternoon of Feb. 22, a water scrubber in the Petit Microelectronics Research Center exploded in a service room. he ire triggered the ire alarm and the toxic gas alarm and the building was evacuated. A staf member was doing the regular routine of emitting gas from the machines when the explosion occurred. After initially contacting the City of Atlanta Fire Department, the call was cancelled after the ire was put out. here were no injuries. he estimated cost of the water scrubber was around $15,000.00.
An employee contacted the police to report a woman who was stalking him. he two had been engaged in a sexual relationship until the employee found out the woman was married. He attempted to break of the relationship, but the women continued to attempt to make contact with the man. She eventually came onto campus, smelling of alcohol, attempting to talk to the employee. She was kicked of and later was going to be issued a criminal trespass warning, but could not be contacted.
On Feb. 23, GTPD arrived at the Barnes and Noble in Tech Square after receiving a complaint of a possible theft. he subject was holding a harmonica when oicers approached. After a search of the area, the oicer found an opened harmonica packaging on the shelf. he suspect was arrested. Missing Person
Police were contacted by a concerned parent. he parent had not heard back from his/her child from in more than four days. he two had kept in regular contact through email. he parent had contacted the student’s doctor and an administrator in the student’s department; none had any information or clues on the whereabouts of the student. he student lives of-campus.
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Council Clippings
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ach Tuesday, elected members of the two houses of the Student Government Association, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) and the Graduate Student Senate (GSS), convene to consider allocation bills and discuss issues facing campus. Here is a summary of those two meetings.
By Vijai Narayanan, Assistant News Editor
his edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from March 2, 2010. INNOVATE 2010
SGA considered a bill put forward by a student group to fund a trip to the 2010 INNOVATE conference. he conference is an international academic gathering for undergraduate and graduate engineering, science and business students. Attendees will explore the relationship between technology, globalization and leadership in Asia. his year ive graduate and nine undergraduate students will attend the conference in Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City. he bill requested funding for the conference fee and travel expenses, totaling approximately $2,200. he bill passed UHR 42-2-0 and GSS 22-0-1. Christian Campus Fellowship
Christian Campus Fellowship (CCF) sought funding from SGA to fund an alternative service trip to Haiti during spring break. he organization requested funding for travel and translators for the duration of the trip, totaling approximately $1146. CCF was approached by the Haitian Christian Mission (HCM) to participate
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lecture. He also recognized the CoC for its exceptional work and mused about how to take a program from being exceptional to being one of the top programs in the nation and the world. “If you’re going to actually beat [the top schools], you’ve got
in a service project over spring break. Due to the damage caused by the earthquake in Haiti, HCM requested students from CCF to travel to Haiti and help them perform a boundary survey of their new campus, create a database for their medical records and create a video to show Tech students about relief work in Haiti. According to an organizational representative for CCF, the site would eventually house a church, K-12 school, university, OB/GYN and the headquarters for HCM. According to JFC policy, SGA is not allowed to fund religious activities pursued by any organization. GSS sided with the JFC recommendations, and failed the bill 3-16-4. A debate ensued in UHR about whether the organization was involved in proselytizing by performing service for a Christian organization like HCM. hose in favor of the bill argued that the bill only requested funding for travel and translators, and did not mean that CCF would be proselytizing. Some stated that not funding the bill would be discriminating against CCF. hose against the bill argued that while CCF itself may
not have been involved in proselytizing, the organization for which the funds would enable them to volunteer for Christian missions. UHR waived JFC policy and passed it 31-10-2, however the bill failed to meet the enactment ratio.
to ind… diferent opportunities that they’re not chasing. You have to change the landscape,” Chien said. Dr. Zvi Galil, the third inalist candidate, is currently a professor of computer science and the former president of Tel Aviv University. Galil’s campus visit began March 4, and could not be
covered at the time of publication. He will present his lecture on research March 5 at 11:00 am in the Klaus building. A live webcast of the presentation can be viewed at www.provost.gatech.edu/feedback/coc/lecture.html. he videos, CVs, and biographies of all of the inalists are available at the above website.
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Seriously, Jake you look like you stole Justin Beiber’s haricut! OMG TSQUARE! You bring us all together by tearing us all apart! D: YOUNG PEOPLE USE CURSE WORDS My pet ish is cuter than your ish. Girl that works at the CRC and gives me my racquet Monday nights: Beautiful To the person from Loudon County, TN driving a White Jetta... I thought I was the only Techie from that crappy little county! GDI is the worst frat ever (lol) Greek Week Exec is full of ballers. hanks for making it so very clear you’re a man whore! Don’t expect to hear from me again :) Boy you thick! Raise your hand if you look good with long hair. Hint: no Tech guys should be raising their hands. I said I didn’t want a relationship, I never said I didn’t like you. It kills me that you will wear yellow, but want to wear green. I had a dream about Bud ending his commencement speech with a haiku. hat’s what’s up. Dear Sliver King, How do you choose the Slivers? Sincerely, Your Loyal Subject What to tupperware and a wlarus have in common? hey are both looking for a tight seal! what does horeau’s cabin have to do with engineering or architecture? Cold? I’m freezing my royal Rastafarian nay-nays of! Where are all the Hispanic guys?! ‘Piano man’ was playing on the green bus. Came home and listened to it three times. Now I want to laugh and cry at the same time. tech feeds on students’ souls I’m non-Greek and in ECE. Girls where are you?!? Even if I used my weekends, I still can’t catch up. Why try now? Why is the ‘a’ in the bartending classiied uncapitalized every week??
Wushu Club
Representatives considered a bill to allocate funding to the Wushu Club, an organization practicing the art of Wushu martial arts. he organization requested funding for ten members to attend a national competition in Ore. he bill totaled $2200 and passed GSS unanimously, with UHR passing it 43-1-0. Trailblazers
GT Trailblazers requested funding for two spring break trips, one to the Paciic Crest Trails near San Diego and the other to Smokey Mountain National Park in Tennessee. he bill requested funding for airfare to San Diego and driving expenses to the Smokey Mountain National Park. he funding amount was initially $3955.60, but was amended to $1079.00 following a drop in the quantity of attendees. he bill passed GSS 19-4-0 and UHR 40-1-3.
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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.
to quit his bid for re-election amid an ethics scandal, including allegations that he inappropriately secured tickets for himself and his aides to games at New York City’s Yankee Stadium. Unlike his Massive earthquake predecessor, Paterson has vowed strikes Chile to retain his position as governor and serve out the remainder of his A massive earthquake hit term. the South American nation of Chile on Feb. 28, killing 723 Russian Olympic boss people and injuring many more. steps down from post he quake measured 8.8 on the Richter scale, making it one of Leonid Tyagachyov, the head the largest in recent history. It of Russia’s Olympic Committee also triggered a tsunami in the has decided to resign following Paciic Ocean that reached as the worst ever performance by far as Tokyo and caused alarm the nation at the Winter Games. in several islands including Ha- Russia inished 11th overall, waii and New Zealand. Chile is clinching three gold medals and known for having frequent and only ifteen medals overall. Athforceful earthquakes, because of letes complained that the money its location at the intersection of allocated for their training was the Nazca and South American often tied up in bureaucracy. plates. Since 1973, Chile has ex- President Dmitry Medvedev perienced 13 earthquakes with called for the resignation of ofa magnitude of 7.0 or greater. icials in charge of preparing its athletes for the Olympics imNY Governor quits re- mediately following the closing ceremonies on March 1. Russia election bid is scheduled to host the 2014 New York Governor David Olympics in the resort city of Paterson announced his decision Sochi, Russia.
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and weekend hours. It would also result in the reduction of student and permanent staf. Students are planning to host a state-wide student rally against the scale of USG reductions at the Capitol on March 15. As well, USG students have organized an
online petition against budget cuts, which as of Wednesday had received 25,626 signatures. “Really, we [SGA] are planning it to be an organized day of lobbying, and we have contacted multiple Senators and Representatives at this point and have meetings scheduled with them for the 15th,” Staskevicius said.
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UN Information Center director speaks on campus Zimu Yang Staf Writer
he Tech chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, a national studentrun policy organization, kicked of the irst of a planned series of lectures by hosting Will Davis, Director of the United Nations (UN) Information Center in Washington, D.C. Co-hosted with the Georgia Tech Student Foundation and Diversity programs, the event took place on hursday, Feb. 25 and was a part of the hink International Series. he event featured topics ranging from the UN security council to nuclear proliferation. “Our goal for this event is to help raise awareness in our leaders, such as you students at Tech. Lack of awareness is what sometimes lead to sufering around the world so I want you as student leaders to take this [awareness] from the event and multiply this awareness around the world,” Agarwal said before turning the loor to associate vice-president of Communications and Marketing Jim Fetig to intrdoduce the speaker. “I spent 28 years in the US military around the world. I’ve
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and international education as we continue to work together to build towards the next 20 years of Georgia Tech Lorraine,” Schuman said. he next event will be in June in Metz. Tech and the preeminent European research agency Centre National De La Recherche Scientiique (CNRS) are expected to sign a four-year contract for the GT-CNRS international mixed unit International research Laboratory.
traveled to 26 diferent countries. I’ve been involved in humanitarian operations as well as others. I ended my career as the spokesperson for the national Security Council where I worked with Mr. Davis, so our paths have crossed,” Fetig said. Davis then took the podium and began his lecture with an initial focus on the US and China. However, the emphasis shifted onto the afairs of the UN, its strengths and weaknesses and the roles of its constituent nations. “he problems faced in an ever globalizing world are no longer the kind where you can bomb or buy your way out of,” Davis said. “You are going to be engineers and studying the technical aspect of things so you can understand problems are just not going to be solved without fundamental cooperation.” After Davis delivered his opening remarks, Fetig steered the lecture into the aforementioned discussion points and the UN’s role in them all. A question and answer session was held afterwards with the audience including topics on how students can ind employment with the UN amongst others.
“he UN makes it incredibly hard to get a job at the United Nations. We get applications in the thousands for entry level positions. he issues we’re grappling with require real skills,” Davis said, “We need engineers to build sanitation systems, we need medical oicers, we need agricultural specialists…Get a practical degree, get yourself experience, learn another language, join the Peace Corps. Even if you can’t get in right away, work for a non-governmental organization that is in the orbit of the UN mission.” he event ended on a more informal note with students speaking with the UN director following the question and answer session. In addition to Davis, the Roosevelt Institute and its members plan on bringing more promiment speakers to campus for engagements; however, all of these future events are still in the planning stages. “We started planning last semester around Sept. and Oct. and we’re planning a series of lectures like this. his is the irst one,” said Preety Bhardwaj, Marketing Director of the Institute. “We haven’t talked about the second one yet.”
DIrector of the United Nations Information Will Davis speaks at the irst Think International lecture series at the Success Center.
“We are also working closely with French authorities on a largescale project called the La Fayette Institute – a new building, clean room and research equipment- for innovation and technology transfer in the area of optoelectronics in cooperation with the Nanotechnology Research Center and the Enterprise Innovation Institute,” said Yves Berthelot, GTL president. his event will also mark Institute President G.P. “Bud” Peterson’s irst visit to the GTL campus where he will sign the
letter of intent with the Lorraine region on the La Fayette project, a joint collaboration between the Nanotechnology Research Center and the Enterprise Innovation Institute that will provide resources and research in nanotechnology. In addition to Peterson’s visit, Tech will be partnering with the French Consulate to co-host a two-week event, here in Atlanta, called “France Atlanta Together Towards Innovation.” “It will basically be a two-week conference in conjunction with the Atlanta Chamber of Com-
merce, the French Consulate, university partners, where they will be doing, in conjunction with the conference, somewhat of a Taste of France, kind of along the lines of a Taste of Atlanta experience where they will be having local chefs and restaurants of French heritage or French restaurants participate in this event where they will be making local cuisine and so forth for everyone to partake in,” said Schuman. In the next 20 years GTL looks to continue growing and furthering research, technology transfer
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and innovation. It also looks to continue to become a well-rounded, full-ledged campus with fully integrated activities for undergraduate and graduate students in research and international education. “Many consider GTL as the model of what a U.S. technological research university presence in Europe should be,” Berthelot said, “We have created a node at the heart of Europe where Georgia Tech is plugged into a network of excellence in education and R&D.”
Opinions
Opinions Editor: Matt Hofman A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION
Weathering the storm Tech makes necessary cuts, students must also be rational While the budget cut will have dramatic efects on Tech, the administration’s apparent decision to attempt to keep the cuts localized should help minimize longer efects. Other universities in the state are closing academic departments, eliminating majors and damaging the very core of their institutes. Tech’s administration seems to have found a way, for the most part, to keep all essentials aloat by taking a downsizing approach as opposed to an elimination approach. Hopefully, this decision will allow these changes to far more reversible than the alternative. his is not to say that the cuts should be taken lightly or disregarded; the situation is serious. Losing over 400 staf and faculty could potentially greatly hinder the operations of the institute and will severely impact members of the Tech community. It is important though that the Institute attempts to harness all the
resources available to it to mitigate the negative efects of the cuts. On campus, Tech must put to use its innovative spirit to make sure all operations are as eicient as possible by streamlining operations and cutting pork throughout the institute. Of campus, Tech should reach out to friends of the institute during this time of need. While it is naïve to believe that many friends of the institute are not similar in positions, such potential opportunities should be completely written of with out consideration. It is also important that student be mindful and understanding of the situation, yet active in the ongoing process. Students must ensure their voices are heard and understood and not swept away in the budget chaos. But being realistic is also paramount to weathering the storm. he budget cuts are imminent, and students need to realize this. Tech is adapting to this situation, and students must as well.
he Consensus Opinion relects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.
Technique Editorial Board Emily Chambers, Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Saethang, Managing Editor Hahnming Lee, Business Manager Jennifer Aldoretta, Entertainment Editor Vivian Fan, News Editor Nishant Prasadh, Sports Editor Kate Comstock, Focus Editor Matt Hofman, Opinions Editor
Steven Cappetta, Advertising Manager Kelvin Kuo, Photography Editor Reem Mansoura, Development Editor Chris Russell, Online Editor
EDITORIAL CARTOON BY MAGGIE SMITH
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Friday, March 5, 2010
—H. L .Mencken
Gifts have, continue to shape Institute “Philanthropy is alive and
well today on your campus, linking the generations each to each” Barrett H. Carson Vice President of Development As Tech students, you face daily routines loaded with demanding classes and labs, organization meetings and activities, and the business of simply living life on your own. It’s easy to overlook the impact that Tech’s countless, generous donors have had on your lives—and the campus—for more than a century. It takes specially itted lenses to view it, and the prism of time to fully appreciate it. When you visited Tech for the irst time for an information session and campus tour, you probably started out at the Bill Moore Student Success Center. he late Bill Moore, a 1938 Industrial Management graduate, left an indelible imprint on his alma mater, providing support that resulted in the construction of the Student Success Center, which houses the oices of Undergraduate Admission, Scholarships and Financial Aid and Career Services. Similar support provided funding for the Bill Moore Tennis Center, and his family is continuing his legacy with support for women’s tennis scholarships. If you start your day at the Student Center Commons, you have E. Roe Stamps IV—a 1967 Industrial Engineering bachelor’s graduate and 1972 master’s graduate—and his wife, Penny, to thank. he same couple who have established the highly lauded Stamps Leadership Scholars initiative within the President’s Scholarship Program. he same couple who made possible Stamps Fields for student recreation. And the same Stamps who honored his father with the naming of the Student Health Center. he Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building, dedicated in 2006, is in recognition of an astonishing gift from a member of the Class of 1996 at the age of 25. His gift, coupled with support from the State of Georgia, built and equipped the 400,000-square-foot building, and serves students and faculty from both the College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. he list goes on. Hundreds of permanently endowed scholarships support thousands of deserving undergraduate students—whether based on academic merit, athletic talent, or demonstrated inancial need. Graduate students as well beneit from scores of graduate fellowships. Literally one student in ive receives support from a scholarship or fellowship. Faculty also beneit tremendously from philanthropy. Tech
received its irst gift through the will of a deceased donor in 1910, from Julius L. Brown. In establishing the Julius L. Brown Professorship, Brown stated that only the income from his gift should be used each year, and the principal should remain untouched: “I wish it [the principal] to be kept intact so as to do all the good that this fund will do, for I believe the Georgia School of Technology is worth all the Georgia colleges combined.” Today, there are multiple Brown Professors including the 2007 recipient of the National Medal of Science, Mustafa ElSayed. One full-time professor in eight holds a named professorship or chair. Next time you’re walking on he Hill, look down and you’ll see the landscaping provided by reunion classes who have come before you. Look up at the Tech Tower and you’ll see that the building honors Lettie Pate Evans, Tech’s largest donor whose legacy continues to provide the Institute signiicant funding every year in perpetuity. A walk around the corner will bring you to the Chapin Building, modest and historic…but if you look carefully over the doorway, you will discover the irst use of the building – the Joseph Brown Whitehead Inirmary – named for Mrs. Evans’ irst husband, who was one of the very irst to imagine that Coca-Cola could be sold in a bottle. And the Carnegie Building. No, it’s not named after the eponymous deli in New York—it bears the name of its donor, Andrew Carnegie, who provided the funding for it as the Institute’s irst library. Philanthropy is alive and well today on your campus, linking the generations each to each.
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OPINIONS
Student debt will hinder future goals Debt is not a good thing. With debt, it is harder to buy a house, take a career risk or even get married. Debt constrains everything, and it is becoming overly popular. In the middle of an economic breakdown state governments are trying to save their skin by refocusing that same problem, debt, onto the students that attend state institutions. To quote EducationNews. org, American students are “drowning in debt”. his situation isn’t that odd, if you think about it. College tuition and fees are increasing every year, faster than both inlation and growth in family income. Assuming that people will still want to go to college, to educate themselves and increase their career opportunities, the only logical way to pay for it is loans. he only illogical part is that the administrators, legislators and executives authorizing it have not given a second thought to pulling 18 to 24 year-olds in to share in the debt crisis. Since 1996 to 2008 the average student’s debt total has almost doubled. Look back farther and you ind classes full of students who actually graduated debt free. hese collegians were able to enroll, complete their course-load and graduate on time without signing onto a loan that would amount to almost half, and in some horriic cases, more than
“If Ga. legislators want to serve their constituents, it is the students they have to think about.” Emily Chamber Editor-in-Chief their starting salary. hese graduates then went on to start companies, become teachers or even become members of the state government. he unfortunate break that happened, was when those in the decision making positions began to apply policies that they themselves did not sufer through, to dole out tuition rates that they knew the average student could not pay. he members of the Ga. Legislator advocating increased tuition hikes are part of that problematic generation, the generation that grew up, went to school, graduated and started their lives without any debt, or at least without much. Yes, there is a problem with over-consumption now, too many people in college use credit cards on expenses they don’t need, but there is a fundamental diference in what is considered acceptable to ask of a 22 year-old student. Tuition policies are being set by people who have not experienced nor will they be subjected to student debt. hey
come from a generation where it was acceptable to graduate high school and apply for a job in sales or marketing, without a college degree, where people became paralegals or medical assistants by simply starting work at a law school or doctor’s oice and working their way up. hat is not this generation. here are degrees and secondary degrees needed to enter ields that previously did not require a college education. If Ga. legislators want to serve their constituents, it is the students they have to think about. hey must think about the likelihood that the policies they make will not instantly cause thousands of students to enroll in diferent schools, nor cause parents to suddenly start saving thousands of dolalrs more each year for colelge funds. All it will do is funnel more money into loan programs as the currently enrolled students of this state apply to revise their inancial futures, all in part of an unforgiving system that raises student’s expectations of earning po-
tential without changing the education that those student’s receive. Members of the workforce wonder why it is that college students feel entitled to anything coming out of college. Perhaps it is because they have worked so hard for four to 10 years, taken out thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans, all in the hopes that they will make it rich, only to be told they are not qualiied to do anything beyond a starting position, that the state is in a hiring freeze or that their dream company is going under due to the credit crunch. Student debt is not a solution to any budget crunch. It is just delaying the problem for a few years, creating a group of people who are too young to be well represented in government and too desperate to receive the much-needed education that they are ighting for. his debt cannot be discharged through bankruptcy, nor reinanced, and there is no other way to get through a four-year research institute, unless you are one of the lucky ones with rich parents or a good scholarship. If the University System of Ga. wants to serve students and educate the people of Ga., they must do so at a reasonable price, or else they are only educating them today on ways to work of debt tomorrow.
Running backs will lose most next season It has been apparent recently that the game of football in the NFL is changing. With the upcoming season looking to be uncapped, more complex defenses, a new breed of athletes and many teams relying heavily on their passing games, there is no question that the league has changed signiicantly in the past decade and will continue to change. Of all the positions on the ield, the running backs have and will be shown the least amount of mercy in this ever changing game. he days of longevity in stars like Emmitt Smith, Larry Csonka and Jim Brown are over. he speed of the game has increased and the defensive players are bigger and hit harder. he running backs take a beating, taking the most hits of any player gamein and game-out. hey get hurt more frequently nowadays, and plenty of talent in a team’s depth chart allow for them to be replaced quite easily. In fact, most teams are implementing a two or three back system so they do not have to rely on one back carrying the entirety of the loads. Common examples of this can be seen in Dallas’s triple threat in Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice as well as New Orleans’s depth of Reggie Bush, Pierre homas and Mike Bell. Superstars do emerge in the league still, but it is both
although he is up there in age, each team that picks him up knows they are getting a decent cornerback that is suicient enough if they are in dire need of one. With the amount of depth Steven Cappetta at running back and several great free agents, it will be unAdvertising Manager likely that a team will invest big money in such risky players at that position. Instead, smart soon share the same fates as teams will attempt to ill their the forgotten previous stars of other needs and be more willJamal Lewis, Tiki Barber, Co- ing to spend their new excess rey Dillon, Priest Holmes, and of cash to do so. the more recent LaDainian here are several decent Tomlinson and Larry John- backs that are free agents, in son. History will repeat itself Tomlinson, homas Jones, in today’s game of football. Brian Westbrook, Chester Unlike other positions such Taylor, Kevin Faulk and Willie as quarterback, who can have Parker, but it will still be a risk long storied careers, there will investing in any one of them. I be no Brett Favres in the half- agree that most of these playback position. ers will be picked up at some his brings us to the cur- point, but probably not at the rent state of the league, with price one might expect in an the looming non-salary cap uncapped year. season. In a non-capped seaWith the growing talent son, several disadvantages can seen in the league now, and be seen in investing heavy even more so in years to come, money on once-great or un- it will be harder and harder certain running backs. Teams for running backs to compete will spit money out to players at such a high successful level. they know will produce, not Defensive players will be even only for the current season but nastier in years to come and even down the road for several will be able to be drafted more years to come. efectively due to advances in For many players it is easier scouting. Halfbacks’ years of to see how they will perform. success could drop from the Jef Garcia has jumped around current 5 or 6 to even less than to a few teams and seen a bit that. While running backs will of success, as well as Ty Law always have their place on the has at cornerback. Law has ield, fewer and fewer will be been around the league, and categorized as legendary.
“Unlike other positions, such as quarterback,... there will be no Brett Favres in the halfback position.”
unfortunate and inevitable that they will be short-lived. Shaun Alexander was atop the most valued running backs in the mid-2000s, but after a few seasons got cut, had a short stint with the Redskins and now cannot ind a job. He hit his prime in his mid-20s and was cut by the age of 30. Age has not been as much of a factor in determining “how much fuel is left in the tank” though. It has been seen that player “mileage”, or amount of time he has played, is the most important factor in determining how good of a running back a player still is. A perfect example of this can be seen in Ricky Williams who is approaching 33-years-old and is still taking a great amount of the load successfully in Miami’s backield. Williams has sat out a few seasons due to substance-abuse reasons and has also missed a signiicant amount of game-time due to injury. hough some may be excited about Chris Johnson and Adrian Peterson, they will
BUZZ Around Campus
Would you pay up to $40,000 a year to go to Tech?
Nadia Wilf Second-year ChBE
“I probably would pay... I wouldn’t be willing to transfer.”
Divya Nagarkar Fourth-year ChBE
“It would cost me less to go to Vanderbilt than Tech, so I’d be less likely to go to Tech”
Zach Al-Nasser First-year ECE
“I would be willing to pay it... and I’m an out-of-state student”
Christine Hang First-year NRE
“I would still go here, but I would not be happy.” Photos by Eric Mansield
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OPINIONS
OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT
HOT– or –NOT A tale of twenty
Georgia Tech Lorraine celebrating its twentieth anniversary is a proud milestone for campus, since GTL was the Institute’s irst international campus. GTL speaks volumes about Tech’s commitment to creating an international perspective for all students at the Institute. Tech’s desire to truly be an internationally renowned institute is made evident by GTL.
hree big inalists
After nearly two years of waiting, three inalists have been named for the CoC Deanship. Regardless of the apparent lack of haste in the search process, all three candidates are exceptional choices, and the candidates’ impressive resumes reenforces the prominence of the CoC and the Institute as a whole in the eyes of professional across the nation and the globe.
B-Ball blues
Tech’s men’s basketball team picked up its eighth loss in conference at Clemson. he seemingly endless downward spiral of the Jackets this season has left Tech as a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament. he Jackets will probably need a win against Virginia Tech on Saturday to clinch a tournament berth, and give Tech some momentum going into the ACC Tournament.
Blunder-Henry
he string of accidents, errors and malfunctions in the Bunger-Henry Building over the past week could put the best anti-Murphy’s Law arguers down. Hopefully, the researcher in the Hydroluoric Acid accident will be able to return to the lab as soon as possible, and hopefully other researchers will be more vigilant in the future and not ill up the crime reports section.
Upcoming elections a chance for students to contribute to campus I do not often get the chance to sit in on meetings of the UHR, and in many ways my knowledge of what the body does is similar to that of other students: they sit down for two hours, discuss organizations’ spending bills, vote, and then go home. However, while preparing to present a bill that would amend the way elections are run last week, I sat in on the discussion of the resolution that would eventually express the undergraduate student body’s disapproval of HB 615, the conceal and carry bill. I saw the House acting as it ideally should. Representatives were truly deliberating, weighing the arguments of both sides of the debate, and appealing to the data which showed the student body’s opinion. Each time a representative got up to speak, he or she zeroed in on one question: What do our constituents want? I could not help but smile through this, despite the gravity of the debate, because I could see each was doing the job for which he or she was elected one year ago. hey were not acting as students; they were acting as the collective will of their constituencies. hat is SGA at its inest. In less than a month, on March 28, campaigning will begin for representatives and executive candidates. Signs will seemingly pop up out of nowhere, chapter and hall council meetings will hear candidates explain their positions and eventually the voters will go to the polls. Everything is ready, except for two key ingredients: the voters and the candidates. Both come from the student body, and each group is equally important. Once campaigns begin, voters become the center of
“Those who are eventually elected will get the chance to inluence the way this campus grows and changes.” Michael Donohue SGA Vice President of Elections attention. It is their job to evaluate the candidates. hey must remember that the people they elect to oice will be spending several million dollars of students’ money and advocating for them; their choices should not be capricious. hose who are eventually elected will get the chance to inluence the way this campus grows and changes in a way few previous representatives have. he budget crisis in the state is already threatening to cause sweeping changes to the way we live and learn, and representatives are our strongest voices during this time. President Peterson’s administration is still in its infancy, and representatives will need to continue to let him know what students think. he strategic planning process, which will soon be complete, will also only be able to be implemented with input from SGA Beyond the representative seats, two other oices are up for election. he Executive Vice President leads the Undergraduate House of Representatives. he Executive Vice President makes sure everything runs smoothly, and will be responsible for setting the tone of meetings, and also assisting the second executive candidate, the President. he Undergraduate Student Body President is perhaps the most visible of all 16,000 under-
graduates at Tech. He or she is our voice, our chief advocate to the administration, the Board of Regents, and the General Assembly. he candidates for this oice will be running the most elaborate campaigns, but also the most substantive. Each deserves careful scrutiny from voters, fellow candidates and the Technique. I say all of this, not as a description of who makes up SGA or what to expect after Spring Break, but as prelude to the following request to the student body: over the next month take an active interest in the future of this Institute. If you want to make a diference on campus, run for oice. If you want to serve your major or your class, run for oice. If you want to inluence what happens over the next year at Tech, run for oice. Applications are up at sga.gatech. edu/elections, and are due March 28 in the SGA oice. If you choose not to run for ofice, fulill your duty as a member of the campus community and vote in SGA elections from April 9 - April 14. Pay attention during the campaigns, and make your choices carefully. he student government at Tech only works because it is run by students who have the voices of thousands of their fellow students at their backs. his spring, decide to make one of those voices yours.
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I’m a Juliet--where’s my Romeo? I’m caught in a rad bromance. to the guy who helped me when i fell up the stairs: hanks for not laughing (aloud) :) Dear Alcohol, You win. Regards. what the hell?! stop inviting the tool to our events! Ravenger SIT! Subway downstairs and the old sandwich place upstairs? What a great idea! Procrastinate. Because if the world ends tomorrow, you won’t have to do it Psycho swimmer laptop girl in psy2210 - if only i had enough ‘cahones’ to say hello..... Rag and bone!!! C-c-c-cinnamon lips Look at me long enough that I can at least smile at your beautiful face! Where are all the sexy female kernel hackers?. he russian probstat prof is actually clever and funny. xkcd? Are those tar lags? Simplify for i: 9x - 7i > 3(3x-7u) I look forward to reading the sliver to see what all the hopeless romantics are up to Proud our student government is ighting for us cute red head running in the freezing cold, I’ll warm you up. crew girls are the reason i go to morning PT oh no! the power went out! the electrical pipes must have burst oh, yes. a coke would be delightful! guys like what, what, what the man your man could smell like guy makes my day...everyday. who peed on the couch? Penne + Rigatoni + Pot of Boiling Water = Intercourse Noodles Treat me like a girl or treat me like a guy... just pick one!! Conversation hearts can’t summarize anything. If you get a signiicant other, who will I snuggle with?
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Diversity deined and evolving on campus
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By Andrew Nelson Staf Writer
While diversity may just be a fashionable buzzword for marketing campaigns, an institution like Tech—as a whole—actually takes the word to action from the administrative to the individual student level. “From a collegiate standpoint the world was evolving from ‘airmative action’ to ‘diversity’ when I was at Tech, so it was this new terminology that had no real deinition to it besides the very pure and simpliied gender, race and religion categories,” Erikka Mallett, president of the Black Alumni Organization, said, “Tech has broadened its scope on how it looks at diversity, and it has created more opportunities in how to address it. [Tech] has really tried to put it out there and make the discussion of it more accessible.” Admissions Director Rick Clark described Tech’s at-large deinition of diversity as “scholastic, academic, ethnic and geographic diversity.” his description derives from former Tech President G. Wyane Clough’s time in oice, during which the Oice of Diversity Programs was created. Diversity initiatives are a growing consideration in both public and private institutions’ policies abroad. With Institute President G.P.. “Bud” Peterson’s announcement of major organizational changes just after the University System of Georgia budget cuts last year, Tech is placing a higher priority on actions and recognition of its goals in diversity. Coinciding with the growing visibility of multi-ethnicity, public higher education institutions like Tech now include multiracial options on applications. he 2009 freshman class were the irst to have the option to check multiple boxes under race on their applications, and 72 of the 2650 freshmen enrolled did. Minority applications and admissions so far this year have generally increased this year, including those identiied as multi-ethnic. Recently, Tech has stepped up recruitment eforts by specializing communication and events via more casual means like the Admissions Department’s Facebook page. “On a daily basis we are able to put content out there and see what people are interested in,” Clark said, “If someone likes or comments on [something we have posted], then we can get good feedback from something that really resonates with them.” Alumni—like the Women Alumni Network, Black Alumni Organization and Georgia Tech Alumni Association — are also highly active recruiters, targeting that particular group’s demographic. Despite these eforts, scholarships and grants are doing more of the talking for where the student ultimately decides on. his prompts a more intense efort on the part of other forms of recruitment, like alumni organizations. “here are a lot of African American students being accepted, but many are making the decision to go to other schools,” Mallett said, “Students can participate in a poll about why they opted for a diferent school, and the majority of the responses have to do with scholarship ofers. It’s from the standpoint of inancial need, but that there’s more scholarship money available from the other school.” Mallett and other alumni with the Black Alumni Organization are in contact with the
Technique
Organization Spotlight: War-Gamers Brings people together who posses the common interest of war-gaming in particular table-top war-gaming. Contact: drinking@gatech.edu
MARCH BEGINS WOMEN’S AWARENESS MONTH
Illustration by Vivian Fan/ Student Publications
By Nancy Thanki Contributing Writer
Women’s Awareness Month (WAM) kicked of on Monday, March 1 and marks the beginning of a series of events throughout the month that celebrate women. During the month of March, WAM sponsors student-led events that, according to the WAM website, www.womenscenter.gatech. edu, are aimed at the, “recognition of women’s achievements and concerns by bringing the role models to campus and addressing issues in our community and society at large.” “[WAM is an] important endeavor that shows an opportunity for women to get together to try and address issues and raise awareness to women’s issues in general,” said Colleen Riggle, the director of the Women’s Resource Center. he kickof event on March 1
included guest speaker Heather Maggs, from Girls Fight Back, an organization that is devoted to teaching self-defense to women and giving them the ability to protect themselves. On March 6, WAM is organizing the Women’s Day of Service where women can come together to give back to the Atlanta community. here are a total of ten diferent volunteer projects ofered, examples include making lunch for a shelter program in the Salvation Army, cleaning and maintaining Chastain Park and organizing books at the Buckhead Library. “Women’s Day of Service is a day where female students, faculty, and staf from all across the Georgia Tech campus come together to foster growth in the Atlanta area through volunteering. he event’s aims are twofold in the sense that we are not only working to form
camaraderie but also we are working towards causes we believe in and are making a lasting impact. We are volunteering with 10 diferent organizations and have almost 100 volunteers this year,” said Piyasa Paul, second-year Mgt and Women’s Day of Service chair. he play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When he Rainbow Is Enuf, will be performed at the Ferst Center for the Arts on at 7 p.m. on March 7. he play is being presented in conjunction with the Oice of Diversity Programs and addresses many diicult aspects of life that African American women face in life in America. WAM’s signature event, Take Back the Night, will take place March 9 at the Campanile. Take Back the Night aims to educate and See WAM, page 11
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Students collaborate, work to protect Tech workers Chris Russell Online Editor
On Feb. 25, the Worker Student Alliance held a panel discussion on workers’ rights and ways to forward the progressive movement on campus and in Atlanta. he panel consisted of ive Atlanta-area students and a Sodexo employee, and approximately 35 people attended. Tech students were represented on the panel by Martin Gantt, ifth-year BIO and founder of the WSA at Tech, and WSA member Evan Schwartz. Gantt said, “We wanted to put this panel on to talk about what a lot of diferent people are doing. We wanted to make the case for a [public service announcement] and let students know what that means.” One of the panelists, Nicholas Foster, represented the employees of Sodexo. Outlining the goals of many Sodexo employees and why he attended the panel, Foster said, “We want respect, we want better beneits for our workers--many of us are below the poverty line-and we just want to be heard. We want better pay, the average salary is $8.27 and that can’t get you much of anything today. [Lastly,] we want a better insurance plan that we can actually aford.” As Foster sees it, despite Sodexo’s success at a corporate level, they have been unwilling to increase employee beneits or wages, despite having the ability to do so. According to Foster, several Sodexo employees recently attended a shareholders’ conference and suggested expanding employee compensation and beneits, but their suggestions were dismissed across the board. he panel wasn’t limited to
Tech students and staf, however. Helen Cobbes, a student at Agnes Scott who is working on a livingwage program, participated as well. Describing her program and the Progressive movement, Cobbes said, “We’re trying to build a student group to support [workers]. I see our work as very exciting because it’s something that hasn’t really happened in Atlanta before.” Cobbes is optimistic about programs like hers, and believes that an “alliance between schools” will play an important role in issues like workers’ rights. Tehereh Aghdasifar, a member of the Progressive Students’ Association at GSU, seconded these views. Aghdasifar said, “Basically what we want is a coalition between workers, students, and student and organizations.” he panel was in consensus that the brunt of the economy’s efects are being borne more by those who make less. hey raised the point that it’s unfair that the people who had no hand in the economy’s demise are bearing more of the brunt than those who’s decisions directly brought it about. When discussing why the movement isn’t larger than it is, the general consensus, both from the panel and from the audience, was that it was more a matter of perception than one of substance. Schwartz and Gantt agreed that while they feel the numbers support their points very well, the Progressive movement has dificulty putting a human face on them and, as a result, loses a large number of supporters they would otherwise be able to claim. According to Gantt, the organization plans on working with
Photo by Jarrett Skov/Student Publications
The Worker Student Alliance formed at Tech to improve workers’ rights on campus . The recent layof of unionized bus drivers was part of the catalyst to form the group, which spans multiple campuses. other left-leaning organizations WSA is currently working with that student-led campus activism on campus to help spread its mes- the Student Involvement Oice to is really important.” sage. Gantt said, “We’re collabo- conirm student membership and Until Tech’s WSA is chartered, rating with [College Democrats become an oicial student orga- actions are largely being funded and Students Organizing for Sus- nization. he group has chosen by the International Brotherhood tainability] on this event and on Anne Pollock, Assistant Professor of Teamsters, with whom the forthe [fee hikes] rally next week. We of Science, Technology and Cul- mer Tech bus drivers were ailithink there’s a lot of overlap in ture, as their faculty advisor. ated. building the progressive student “I met one of the organizers WSA has taken part in a panel movement.” of the Student Worker Alliance on Haiti, a campaign against WSA has gained the support of at a community meeting in At- union busting and labor and budthe College Democrats. Kristofer lanta about community safety. get protests. Carta, the President of the Col- We were introduced by a mutual heir most recent action was lege Democrats at Tech, said, acquaintance, and Martin told me a fee hike rally and speak-out on “We’re totally in support of WSA’s about what they were trying to March 4, at the Campanile; acactions to represent workers on do at Tech,” Pollock said, “I was tions are advertised via liers. he campus, who seem to continually involved in social justice activism WSA holds general body meetbe stepped on in their attempts when I was a graduate student at ings in the Student Center’s Pine to organize and be fairly repre- MIT—during the height of the Room every Wednesday at 6:30 sented.” current Iraq war—and I believe p.m.
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WAM
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bring awareness to the Tech community about sexual violence and the night features a remembrance candle light vigil for victims of sexual assault. During the vigil, victims are invited to share their stories and provide information on resources for women that have experienced sexual assault. “Sexual violence is a crime that efects everyone and yet, it is still the most under reported crime in the US. Sexual assault victims are our brothers, sisters, fathers, daughters, mothers, sons, and friends. Rape is considered a ‘crime of silence’ and it is my personal mission for this to change. I hope that by hosting Take Back the Night annually, that no one will ever be afraid to tell their story on Tech’s campus....,” said Kelsey Tucker third-year Psych and Take Back the Night event chair. Another historically popular WAM event is the Red Dress Fashion Show. his year, the event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Student Center Ballroom. he fashion show features Tech women modeling red dresses and
beneits the American Heart Association. he event focuses on informing people about cardiac care, which is especially important to women because it is their leading cause of death. “Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States and hopefully through events like the Red Dress Fashion Show, we can spread awareness so women can begin to take as many precautionary steps as possible and ight back against heart disease,” said Sarah Walker, thirdyear PubP and chair of the Red Dress Fashion Show. WAM and the School of History, Science and Technology are working together to bring the WAM keynote speaker, Mab Segrest, to the Clary heatre on March 18. Segrest is a feminist writer and activist. WAM will wrap up it’s the month of events with a presentation entitled, “Multicultural Diversity.” According to the WAM website the event focuses on, “Exploring the Relativity of ‘Normal’…. Just like race and gender are a critical part of understanding the multicultural world we live, disability is equally signiicant.”
Photo by Ben Keyserling/ Student Publications
Students participate in a candle light vigil to honor victims of sexual violence at Take Back the Night during 2009’s WAM events.
Diverse
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Oice of Minority Education and African American recruitment counselor Chris Briggs to coordinate eforts at attracting their particular demographic. hey have also started their own initiatives, like recruiting at Atlanta metro area mega-churches of 3000-7000 members to make a more immediate impact, which has been wellreceived so far. “We have a lot of things to be proud about, particularly things related to diversity and underrepresented minorities,” Peterson said, “We’re the largest producer of African American engineers, and Hispanic engineers in the country, and that’s something of which we can all be very proud.” Seven fraternities and sororities with the Multicultural Greek Council have a speciic ethnic interest, more directed to social efforts in diversity and unity across the campus. hese houses are open to all students, though each has an emphasis on Latin, South Asian and East Asian communities. “I notice how minorities form groups at Tech and within those groups they formed a really strong connection,” Sho Kitamura, irstyear CE, said, “I think it’s something really special.” Diversity is still an efort on the student end, as well. Organizations like Women in Engineering and Georgia Tech Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers are organizations that more often actively incorporate other students. For example, Women in Engineering has a mentoring program—recently opened to male students as well—that pairs a irst or second year student with a third or fourth year student, respectively, as an academic tutor and personal mentor. While ethnic and gender groups are at the forefront of most diversity campaigns nationwide,
BY THE NUMBERS: ADMISSIONS STATISTICS StudentS enrolled per year per minority ethnic group (Each symbol = 20 students)
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Data courtesy of Rick Clark/ Georgia Tech Admissions
socioeconomic background is also a target demographic that Tech’s G. Wayne Clough Promise Program seeks to assist. he Promise Fund is available to Georgia residents with a family income of less than $33,300, designed to pick up inancial support where the HOPE funds can leave of. hese funds are personally customized to the student in need. In an open letter to the Tech community last November, Institute President G.P. “Bud” Peterson’s irst step towards reorganization was expanding and elevating the duties of the lead diversity oicer. he current interim vice provost for academic diversity, Dr. Gilda Barabino, has indicated
that she would step down to her position when the new position is illed. he Institute Diversity Search Committee, fully organized in early Feb., has started a national search for an individual to serve as the Vice President for Institute Diversity. hese changes at Tech are just a local example of a national movement toward the composite quality of ethnicity. Starting last year, all public schools’ applications are required to allow options for multiple races, and the 2000 Census was the irst national Census to allowing multiple selections of race or a “some other race” option as a catch-all box for those who don’t completely agree with the usual given options.
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Assistant Entertainment Editor: Zheng Zheng
CITY SCENE
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By Kenneth Phillips Senior Staf Writer
Illusionist Mick Stone performs tonight in IC Local illusionist Mick Stone will be performing on campus at the Instruction Center (IC) Auditorium on March 3. A seasoned performer, Stone is known for his shows in colleges, theatres and companies around the country. He’s acts, including poking out his eyeballs, letting an audience member pulling his inger of and impaling his hand with a metal spike, are a perfect blend of horror, humor and grotesque that is sure to amuse. his particular show, called “WTF?! he Magic Show that Doesn’t Suck,” (WTF standing for “What hrilling Fun”) will start at 8 p.m. on the night of the show with ticket price of $5 for students and $10 for everyone else.
Orchestra sure to captivate with Stravinsky Winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, Kirill Gerstein arrives March 11 at Atlanta Symphony Hall to amaze patrons with his digital skills through March 13. Beginning the evening with Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the night transitions to the story of an inanimately awakened puppet, titular character in Igor Stravinsky’s compositions from the ballet Petrushka. he piece projects a great emotional potency as Petrushka dances through his inner turmoil of his new-found life. With such a moving piece, Gerstein should have no problems striking a chord in the audience with every move of his ingers. his is not a performance to be missed. Performances begin at 8 p.m. and tickets range from $20 - $75. Tickets may be purchased and more information is provided at www. atlantasymphony.org.
ce i l Po
By Robert Solomon Contributing Writer
When I told a friend of mine that I was going to be reviewing Cop Out this week, he leaned over in a conspiratorial whisper and said, “You know, that’s not really Kevin’s movie.” While true that compared to previous ilms Kevin Smith has directed, this is the irst one in which he has not also written the screenplay. here has not been any mention of the director of Clerks and Mallrats in any of the advertising because this ilm is nothing like any of his other ilms. In fact, this ilm hardly resembles anything entertaining. he basic plot of this ilm is that one half of a buddy cop team (Bruce Willis) loses a very valuable baseball card, and he and his partner (Tracy Morgan) get into mischief as they look across the city trying to ind it. I could tell you more about the plot, but it hardly matters. Films like this live and die on the chemistry between their leads, not the story. Unfortunately, there is nearly zero chemistry between Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. Having Bruce Willis as a detective ofers ample opportunity for parody considering his action movie past, but that opportunity is largely squandered. Willis looks perpetually amused throughout the ilm, as if to say, “I can’t believe I’m getting paid to goof of on a movie set.” hat makes two of us. Meanwhile, Tracy Morgan is swinging for the fences on every pitch, going for the comic jugular with every over-emotive mugging for the camera. Occasionally, this style works, particularly when it comes of as an extension to Morgan’s over-enthusiastic character. I
can’t imagine another actor getting away with the line “I love you like a fat kid loves cake!” he rest of the time, I could feel my teeth ground together in irritation. Seann William Scott shows up in the ilm as well. You remember Stiler from the American Pie series, right? He’s not bad, but he’s not really good, either.his is the norm in this ilm. In fact, there is no shortage of decent comic actors in this movie, yet not a single one of them are signiicantly funny. he whole tone of the ilm isn’t suspenseful, action-packed or funny. It is none of the things we hoped for when we walked in to this ilm. So who shall we blame? Let’s blame someone who clearly phoned this one in, because there is not a single inspired moment in this movie. here was a time when Smith refused to direct he Green Hornet because he didn’t think he would be able to handle a ilm with action sequences and should have stuck with that. Even if Smith didn’t write the script, this is still his movie. Sadly, he makes the Farrelly Brothers (Dumb and Dumber) look like auteur by comparison. Hopefully Smith brings a little more enthusiasm to his next project, because this movie sufers the standard Spring malaise of being boring, and there is no greater crime for a comedy movie than this. I’ll give this movie an extra half of a star for Tracy Morgan, who despite his excesses was the only person in this movie to illicit a genuine laugh from me (or anyone else in the audience for that matter.) Anyone who manages this in a ilm like Cop Out deserves a modicum of respect. But don’t let this faint praise steer you towards the theatre, save your pennies and watch he Last Boy Scout (a buddy cop ilm starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans that is actually funny) instead.
Cop Out GENRE: Action/Comedy STARRING: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan DIRECTOR: Kevin Smith RATING: R RELEASED: Feb. 26, 2010
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March 5 R&B performers Chrisette Michelle and Laura Izibor sing their souls out at the Tabernacle for Michelle’s Epiphany Tour. Grammy Award winning vocalist Michelle will be showcasing her Epiphany album and cycling through the hits of “Blame it on Me,” “Epiphany” and “What You Do.” However, opening act for the concert Izibor frames the rhythm and blues mood with sets from Let the Truth Be Told, her debut album. Charges are only $26, and the performance is a must-see for fans of recent R&B and Soul music. Pre-concert entry may be purchased at www.tabernacleatl.com.
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Well, after last week’s double nomination of Gabriel Iglesias and Lewis Black for the City Scene, Tech students can get another dose of comedy from a small screen star. So in Atlanta will be he, the hilarious Scot and host of CBS’ Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Mr. Craig Ferguson live at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Again, tickets at this venue are quite pricey from $32.50 to $52.50 but each slip is an I.O.U for hours of amusement. he ticket price is well worth a night of great laughs. Fortunately, Ferguson will not thunder on
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Crazies engrosses with newcomers, simplistic style FILM
The Crazies GENRE: Suspense/Thriller STARRING: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell DIRECTOR: Breck Eisner RATING: R RELEASED: Feb. 26, 2010
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he Crazies is a remake of the eponymous 1973 movie, directed and with a screenplay by George Romero who executively produced this recent iteration. Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell star as the main couple, supported by actor Joe Anderson. he ilm is about the containment of a small town in which its citizens “get sick.” his is not a very original story. It is one that has been used and reused many times. Despite this, the ilmmakers recognize the potential problem and use it to their advantage. Aside from the initial suspension of disbelief that such a disease exists, the rest of the movie is actually quite realistic. he people who are sick to not have any superhuman strength, there are no futuristic weapons and no magical way out. he characters work for what they have and do not get any supernatural assistance. here is hardly any time given in the movie to explain what is going on. he exposition is very minimal. his works so well because the audience is already familiar with this archetypal story. Everyone has seen or at lest heard about a movie like this. he audience already knows what is going
on, so there is no need for the ilm to waste time telling the audience what it already knows. So although the story itself is not original, the way it is presented is interesting. One would expect the movie to revolve around a band of people trying to escape to a particular place, or survive until a particular time. However, he Crazies takes a diferent approach. here is not a clear place to escape to throughout the movie. he characters are confused and try diferent things just because it might help, whatever that may mean at any particular time. he characters reach for solutions as to what to do, which is much more realistic than other similar movies, which have clear goals and obstacles. None of the actors in the ilm are very high-proile. hey do not have any immediate star power, so they do not bring any baggage with their faces onscreen. his is very efective because when the audience sees them onscreen, they see the characters they are portraying, not the actors and their most recent rehab visits. he actors come of as people, not stars, which further enhances the small-town, homey feel of the ilm. he Crazies eschews readily recognizable faces to maintain the suspension of disbelief, much like the movie, S1m0ne. here is not much visual style in this ilm and that is not necessarily a bad thing. In a movie like 300, the (perhaps excess) style kept the movie away from the audience. It was never really engrossing because it was so unreal. he Crazies, however, does not hide behind anything, like an overt stylization. It is normal people doing things that normal people can do. No one has any particularly amaz-
ing talents or skills. he characters’ actions onscreen are very believable and real, with very few exceptions. he movie has plenty of scares, and several intensely nerve-racking scenes. hey are all well done and do not rely too much on old, cliché methods. Most of the methods to scare are very similar though, which is to be expected. he infected people seem to be the common source. he more personal moments
in which one character is at risk are punctuated by many scenes of a growing sense of general chaos, each of which is less scary per se, but still evoke quite a visceral reaction. In addition to the crazies attacking and the general chaos, danger is never very far away and can strike at any time, keeping the audience and the main characters at a constant state of fear. he Crazies is not really a zombie movie because there are no
dead people moving. But this is about as close as it can get. his movie has only the suspension of disbelief that there exists such a sickness, an easy concession to make. he characters act like normal people and come of as normal people because they are not too dramatic. he Crazies ofers plenty of scares and good ones at that. his is a fun, escapist movie with more to ofer than the average zombie lick. Image courtesy of Overture Films
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NAE: are you gay guys or girls? hat’s a lot of Gaga. NBC F’ed Olympic coverage big time! Tech: Where boys debate the FairTax on the wall of the bathroom stall next to Pizza Hut. Social Psychology girl, what’s up with the boyfriend?? 77% increase in tuition or a 1% reduction in salaries...hmmm... heartbreak warfare :( Beaker and Cookie Monster. Om nom nom nom. I’m pretty sure I’m failing my irst class. Should I get a W or try and go for it? Tuition hikes? LETS RIOT LIKE THEY DID AT UCLA!! i want to write my paper! can’t get cofee ‘cause of hula-hooping hipsters Find out his name. Please. go kartsssssss walk walk fashion baby. I will light myself on ire and run through a meth lab I HAVE AD...oh look at that... HellEEEEEEEWWWwwwwwwww -Mrs. Doubtire On the eighth day, God created Saturn, and he liked it, so he put a ring on it. Best creeping location on campus = Tin Drum Why was there a real-life southern proper dog in last weeks nique? he boiling groundwater between MARC and MRDC is evidence of how eing HOT MEs are.....YEAH! You look good, you look ine, I really wanna make you mine! i’m going through cough drops faster than comedy central goes through original series On the issue of renaming the hair cuttery in the student center: Buzz Cuts. Obviously. you probably have no chance with that redhead girl in NAS Pulled over. No license. Not my car. No ticket. What???? Abacus I love you!... maybe someday I’ll tell you vietnamese girls are SO hot free generic meds? i’m there!!
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UTC’s Open Mic Night attracts talent By Nirav Bhatia Contributing Writer
he Super Saturday Open Mic Night at Under he Couch (UTC) on the weekend of Feb. 27 certainly disproved the claim that Tech students did not have any other talents besides science and math. he event attracted a good number of performers to demonstrate their musical abilities as songwriters and singers. For a relatively small stage and venue with the prevailing dulcet
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stage until March 14, so good little boys and girls can have all of their assignments wrapped in a bow by then. www.cobbenergycentre.com is a font of information on how to procure tickets and a look at what will be featured this month.
Allure of Automobile at High With the departure of the Da Vinci exhibit at the High Museum, the terrible void is to be illed March 21 with the upcoming and exciting exhibition he Allure of the Automobile. his exhibition highlights the artistic and astoundingly beautiful engineering of golden age motorcars. For avid fans of elegant Aston Martins or the exquisite Porches of the mid-1900s, this is the inest opportunity these fantasies have received to be publicly featured. he exhibit includes 18 of the most masterful designs to ever be produced from the 1957 Jaguar XKSS to the extravagant form of the 1937 Bugatti and each justly deserves its classiication as a work of art. Tickets, including access to all museum galleries, are only $15, with a student I.D., and are additionally reduced by 50% after 4 p.m. on hursdays. here is a strict “no touching” policy, but I know the visuals are enough to make this exhibit a great deal. he Allure of the Automobile will be open March 21 until June 20 and more information about the event is available at www.high.org.
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Bioshock 2 succeeds with story VIDEO GAMES
BioShock 2 CONSOLES: XBox 360, PlayStation 3, PC GENRE: First-Person Shooter RELEASED: Feb. 9, 2010
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his Feb. 9 saw the sequel to the hit irst-person shooter (FPS), BioShock. A game that soars after its predecessor broke the ceiling, BioShock 2 delivers in every area and recreates the haunting atmosphere that lead to the success of the irst. he game’s plot is unusual in that it’s actually good. he previous game featured a mixture of philosophy and mystery that can still be found in this installment. Set eight years after the events of the previous game, Rapture (the city you originally played in) is now under the control of an evil psychiatrist, bent on using its helpless denizens for her own agenda. While it might sound simple enough, it actually creates the opportunity for interesting dialogue relating to the virtues and vices of selishness. he gameplay itself is fu-
rious yet eerie with the player controlling a cyborg known as “Big Daddy.” he Big Daddy in question is one that seeks to ind its “Little Sister,” a mutant girl that forms a symbiotic relationship with him, and escape from the city. he Big Daddy is able to use certain powers such as using Plasmids, a sort of biological upgrade. he combination of special powers and high-tech guns make for a highly creative killing experience. Contrasting with the irst game, BioShock 2 features a new type of enemy known as “Big Sisters.” Highly agile and swift cyborg assassins, these are among the dangerous enemies you’ll face in the game. Similar to the irst game, this one also features ability to do good and evil. You can either save the innocent Little Sisters or kill them for your personal gain. In doing so, one gains access to several diferent endings with varying levels of satisfaction. Graphically, the game manages to craft a highly eerie and almost malignant atmosphere that uses lights and shadows to heighten the desolate location the story takes place in. Add to that a creepy haunting sound track and one has an occasionally terrifying miasma. he multiplayer mode of the game has the players playing the citizens of devastated city in frantic combat. While cer-
tainly entertaining and adding to the replay value, it pales in comparison to the visceral atmosphere created by the single player mode. Ultimately, the gameplay and atmosphere is this game’s selling point. In a time where every shooter is zombie infestations or alien invasions, this game stands out by creating a unique story about the dangers of pure capitalism and science without regard for human rights. At the same time, the game’s unique mix of guns and Plasmids (pseudo-magical powers) create innovative and refreshing gameplay. he only downside is that while diferent from its predecessor, it fails to be a whole new game and thus may be seen as more of an expansion rather than a stand-alone title. It picks up right where the previous game left of, which may leave some newer players confused Also, as intriguing as the narrative is, its philosophical points are never made as important as it was in the previous game. Overall, BioShock 2 manages to be both innovative and interesting in a challenging time for games. It is guaranteed fun for anyone who likes periods of sneaking around punctuated with frantic ireights. Its mix of style and substance make this one of the few titles to really appeal to a multitude of audiences.
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THEME CROSSWORD: REJUVENATION By Robert Zimmerman United Features Syndicate ACROSS 1. Abbr. in grammar 5. Hogsheads 10. Gush 15. he sound of the surf 19. Alaskan island 20. In agreement: 2 wds. 21. Norse gods and goddesses 22. Black 23. Something positive 24. Notepaper inish 25. Hang 26. Network signal 27. Start of a quip by Dean Martin: 3 wds. 30. Part 2 of quip: 2 wds. 32. “-- -- a kick out of you” 33. Somersault 34. Cervine creature 35. Be able to spare 38. Hold dear 40. Vindictive 44. Copy of a kind 45. -- cuisine
46. Adopted 47. Sch. in Big Easy 48. Trust 49. “-- Doone” 50. Handrail for dancers 51. Kind of searching 52. Fish sometimes pickled 53. Prehistoric habitations 54. Merely implied 55. Spiral 56. Warehousing 58. Rooms for rent 59. Impassioned 60. Part 3 of quip: 5 wds. 64. -- -cornered 65. Journeys by ox wagon 66. Exploding “pineapple” 69. Revenue 70. Derisive remarks 71. Is foolhardy enough 73. Grassland 74. Strate or Slaughter 75. Legal right 76. Broadcasted
77. Parts of a snowmobile 78. Age 79. Jack -80. Place for a muzzle 81. Della the singer 82. Make clean, in a way 84. Enrapture 85. “A Farewell -- --” 86. American inventor 87. Sch. subj. 88. Fizzle 89. Part 4 of quip 91. End of the quip: 3 wds. 96. Noted wine region 97. Titan with a burden 99. Advantage 100. Kind of crime 102. 50/50 103. Too thin 104. Sierra -105. Chinese gelatin 106. Sawbucks 107. Goes at a snail’s pace 108. Word in a forecast 109. Encore!
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Sophomore second baseman Jacob Esch hit an RBI double in the seventh inning to retake the lead, but Xavier tied the game again the eighth with one run of of three diferent Tech pitchers. Burnette doubled in the bottom of the eighth inning and Leonida drove him in with a single to give Tech the lead going into the ninth. Junior pitcher Kevin Jacob came in to close out the game and gave up a leadof single to start the inning. Two more Musketeers would get on base and just when it looked like Tech would blow the lead, Jacob got a huge strikeout for the irst out in the inning. With the bases still loaded, Xavier left ielder Bobby Freking hit a liner back up the middle that hit of Jacob’s leg and bounced to Dietrich. he shortstop ired the ball to second for one out and Esch threw it to irst for a gameending double play. “We were lucky to win. I don’t think we played very well [and] I don’t think we pitched [well] enough,” Hall said. On Saturday, Feb. 27, junior
right-hander Brandon Cumpton took the mound for the Jackets as they took on Xavier in the second game of the series. Cumpton shut down the Musketeers allowing only one hit in seven shutout innings. Tech also used a huge day offensively en route to a 15-0 win. Tech had 15 hits in the game compared to the Musketeers’ two, and ive of those hits were home runs. Skole was the irst Jacket to hit a homer in the game, and it came in the third inning. It was only a solo homer but it gave the Jackets a commanding 4-0 lead. Skole inished the day 3-for-4. Junior centerielder Jef Rowland hit another home run for Tech in the bottom of the ifth to make it 5-0. It was his second homer of the season. Tech was already in control of the game thanks to their ofensive output and Cumpton’s work on the mound, but they still tacked on 10 runs in the sixth inning. Dietrich and Esch both hit two-run homers in the inning to fuel the big inning. “Jacob [Esch] is a good player and is playing real well. I thought he made a couple of real nice plays
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Tony Plagman swings during a game at Russ Chandler Stadium. Plagman hit .300 for the weekend and had a homer on Sunday. defensively today. I’m happy for him; he had to sit and watch a lot last year and is getting a chance to play now and is taking advantage of it,” said Hall courtesy of ramblinwreck.com.
Senior second baseman Jason Garofalo added a home run later in the game and freshmen pitchers Luke Bard and Clay Dalton did not allow Xavier to score in the inal two innings giving Tech
a comfortable win. After losing the irst two games of the series, Xavier handed Tech their irst loss of the season 7-6. Tech looked like they were in control of the game early when Plagman hit a two-run homer to right-center, but Xavier answered in the second inning with an RBI ground-rule double by Phil Bauer. Garofalo extended his hot streak by singling to left ield in the bottom of the third to score Dietrich from third base. Garofalo later scored a run in the ifth inning to give the Jackets a 4-2 lead. Tech’s starting pitcher sophomore Jed Bradley allowed Xavier to get the bases loaded with no outs to start the sixth inning. Hall elected to pull Bradley and dive into his bullpen, but Xavier scored four runs on four hits of of four diferent Tech pitchers. Leonida hit a homer for the Jackets in the seventh inning, cutting Xavier’s lead to one, but Tech was never able to re-gain the lead. Tech was scheduled to host Western Carolina on Tuesday, March 2, but the game was postponed due to bad weather. As of Wednesday, March 3, no make up game has been announced.
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seniors, forward Brigitte Ardossi and center Tifany Blackmon. Ardossi was a solid forward for Tech for three years before emerging as a star this season. Her 15.8 points per game ranks fourth in the ACC and her 7.5 rebounds per game puts her at ninth in the conference. Blackmon has seen her minutes decline over the past two seasons, but in 2006-07 and 2007-08 she was a key reserve in Tech’s frontcourt. She recorded a combined 30 blocks over those two seasons. Both players were in the starting lineup on Friday. It marked Blackmon’s irst career start. he game itself was a back-andforth afair that saw 10 ties and 17 lead changes. Tech pulled out to a 19-10 lead with just over eight minutes to go in the irst half and led 27-24 at halftime. he second half was a tense battle in which neither team led by more than four until the end. Ultimately, Ardossi’s 18 points and junior guard Alex Montgomery’s 20 points and 15 rebounds led Tech to the 64-57 victory. “We made history tonight...22 wins in the regular season, that’s never been done before [at Tech]. A irst round bye in the ACC Tournament, never been done before,” said Head Coach MaChelle Joseph. Sunday’s regular-season inale did not go so well for Tech. he Jackets committed 26 turnovers– including 18 in the irst half, when they scored just 16 points. Ardossi’s 18 points and 11 rebounds was not enough, as Tech shot just 32.7 percent from the ield in the 51-45 loss. “I’m just very proud of our team and what we’ve accomplished over these last four years. I can’t...think that this is the end because it’s not. We still have...the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament,” Ardossi said.
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Booker, putting the Tigers in front 20-19. he Jackets responded, though, building a 28-22 lead with 6:58 remaining. Again they were unable to maintain the diferential, and the Tigers hit some key threepointers to tie the score at 32 with 4:32 left in the half. he teams continued to ight for the advantage, tying three more times in the remaining minutes, but Clemson guard Andre Young hit a long three as time expired to thrust the Tigers on top 44-41 headed into halftime. Clemson continued to shoot well from beyond the arc, and their ofensive attack proved too much for the Jackets in the second. he Tigers opened the period with eight straight points, and by the 14:45 mark they had gone ahead 66-48. Although they were able to cut into the lead several times, Tech was not able to bring themselves back within single-digits, and Clemson maintained control of the game to seal the 91-80 win. Both teams shot well, but the Jackets were unable to overcome the Tigers’ 44 percent mark on three-point shooting. Entering Tuesday’s game, Tech was No. 2 in the nation in opponent ield goal percentage, allowing opposing teams to hit just 37.5 percent of their shots, but the Tigers took advantage of their open threepoint attempts. he Jackets had four players in double-igures on the night, led by Rice with 17 points. “Clemson just had a really great shooting night tonight,” Hewitt said after the game, courtesy of ramblinwreck.com. Tech heads home this weekend for their inal game before the ACC tournament to face Virginia Tech. he Jackets will look to break even in ACC play as they host the 22-7 Hokies.
Men’s Tennis beats Georgia State, Women’s falls against top-10 foes By Alex Mitchell and Nishant Prasadh Assistant Sports Editor / Sports Editor
he Tech men’s tennis team hosted in-state rival Georgia State on Saturday, Feb. 27 and took down the Panthers 7-0. Meanwhile, the women’s tennis team traveled to the Midwest to play a pair of top-10 opponents; the No. 14 Jackets fell 4-3 against No. 7 Notre Dame and 6-1 at No. 2 Northwestern. In men’s play, the Jackets had little trouble taking down the visiting Panthers. Tech swept all three doubles matches including an 8-1 victory by the team of sophomore Kevin King and freshman Juan Spir. In singles, King played from
the number one position and won a rare 1-2 match as his opponent Calvin Kemp retired after only three games. Juniors Eliot Potvin and Miguel Muguruza needed three sets each to defeat their opponents but their wins gave the Jackets a 4-0 lead. With only seven possible points, Tech’s lead meant that they had secured the victory over the Panthers. Tech’s bottom three players still played well and won their matches. Junior Dean O’Brien won his match 6-4, 6-0, and freshmen Magin Ortiga and Spir defeated their opponents to give the Jackets a 7-0 sweep. he women’s team irst faced Notre Dame, looking to pick up their second straight win over the
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Kevin King lines up for a return at the Bill Moore Tennis Center. King and Juan Spir won in doubles play as Tech swept the match.
Fighting Irish. Tech upset thenNo. 4 Notre Dame 4-3 at home on March 14, 2009. Tech won the irst-light doubles match as sophomore Irina Falconi and junior Sasha Krupina edged Notre Dame’s Kristy Frilling and Kristen Rafael 8-7. he Irish won the other two doubles matches though, taking the point. he irst singles match to inish saw No. 1 Falconi cruise to a 6-0, 6-2 win over No. 23 Frilling to even the score. Tech senior Amanda McDowell and sophomore Hillary Davis dropped their matches in straight sets, though, and the Irish took a 3-1 lead. Sophomore Viet Ha Ngo kept Tech in the match with a thirdlight 6-4, 6-4 victory over Christine McGaigan, but sophomore Lynn Blau’s loss on court ive secured Notre Dame’s victory. Krupina’s win over Shannon Matthews meant that Tech picked up wins in the top three singles lights but lost the match as a whole. Against Northwestern, doubles play followed a similar pattern. Falconi and Krupina picked up an 8-6 victory over Elena Chernyakova and Samantha Murray, but the Wildcats won the other two matches to take the point. he Jackets had less luck in singles play than they did against Notre Dame. Falconi was the only Tech player to win her match, defeating No. 12 Maria Mosolova 6-4, 6-4 on court one. Krupina, Ngo, Blau and Kilborn each lost in straight sets, while McDowell was forced to retire midway through the second set. he men’s team faces UNCWilmington at home on Sunday, March 7. he women’s team returns to action at home on Saturday, March 6 against North Texas.
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Softball wins four at NFCA Leadof Classic By Alex Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor
On Feb 26-28, No. 11 Tech softball traveled to Columbus, Ga. for the NFCA Leadof Classic. Tech won four out of ive games in the tournament, falling 2-0 against Nebraska but also defeating No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette. Against Central Florida on Friday, junior pitcher Kristen Adkins threw a one hit shutout to defeat UCF 1-0. Adkins needed only 65 pitches to shut down UCF and win her third game of the season. he only run in the game came of the bat of redshirt senior second baseman Jen Yee in the third inning. Yee hit a solo home run to centerield, her sixth of the season. In their second game of the day Tech took on Nebraska, and their ofense did worse than they did against UCF. he teams were involved in a pitchers dual for the irst six innings. Freshman pitcher Hope Rush only allowed ive hits through the irst six innings while striking out four. Nebraska’s Robin Mackin shut down the Jackets by only allowing three hits. Nebraska won the game in the top of the seventh when Rush walked two batters and allowed an RBI single and a sac ly. Tech inally found their ofense on Saturday against Arkansas, rebounding with an 11-2 win. Tech hit ive home runs in the game to defeat the Razorbacks in only ive innings. Yee went 3-for-3 in the game, hitting two two-run homers. Sophomore shortstop Kelsi Weseman also had a threerun home run in the bottom of the third inning batting from the leadof spot. Sophomore leftielder Kate Kuzma added a two-run homer in the inning to give Tech a commanding 9-0 lead. Adkins hit a home run later in
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Jessica Weaver receives a throw at the plate during a game at Mewborn Field. The Jackets won four out of ive games in the weekend tournament, including a victory over No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette. the game and pitched well, allowing one earned run and struck out ive in ive innings. On Sunday, Tech faced No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette in a battle of ranked teams. Rush pitched well again and only gave up one run on six base hits. She went 2-4 from the plate including two RBI in route to a 7-1 Tech win. Rush’s only blemish came in the second inning when the Cajuns used two inield singles and a stolen base to score one run. Tech scored their irst runs of the game in the third inning when they loaded the bases with two outs. Yee hit a grounder to the ULL shortstop. Her throw went wide of second base for an error and it allowed two Tech runners
to score. A Rush RBI single made it 3-0 in favor of the Jackets. In the sixth inning, Yee hit a two-run homer that plated Weseman and then Yee got another RBI in the seventh to give Tech a commanding lead. In their last game of the Classic, Tech needed eight innings to beat Iowa 9-8. Rush pitched both games on Sunday and against Iowa she had three strikeouts and only two of the eight runs were earned. Tech started the game of sloppily with four errors through the irst three innings of the game and Iowa led 5-0. he Jackets managed to get two runners into scoring position with no outs to start the fourth inning, and junior irst baseman
Kristine Priebe hit a sac-ly to put the Jackets on the scoreboard. Kuzma then bunted home a run, and freshman designated player Caitlin Jordan added an RBI single to pull the Jackets within two. he two teams traded runs for the remainder of the game until the Jackets inally took the lead in the eighth inning thanks to a tworun double by Weseman. In the bottom half of the frame, Iowa got a quick single and Tech committed its sixth error of the game putting the Hawkeyes within one run, but they couldn’t get the tying run. Yee’s performance earned her a third consecutive ACC Player of the Week award. She hit .545 with six homers and a 1.364 slugging percentage last week.
he men’s swimming team inished ifth at the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C. last weekend from Feb. 24-27. Senior Gal Nevo led the way for the Jackets, winning the 200IM and the 400-IM while setting an ACC record in the 200-ly with a time of 1:43.43. Sophomore Nigel Plummer and junior Sullivan Lynch both placed in the top ive in the 50free. Freshman Eric Chiu took ifth in the 100-ly, and Tech’s teams in the 400-medley relay and the 400-free relay each inished in ifth place. Tech will now begin preparing for the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio on March 25-27.
Hockey wins two against Emory to close out season Tech’s ice hockey team inished its season with a pair of wins over Emory on Feb. 26-27. Tech won 10-5 on Friday night and 8-2 on Saturday night to inish the year 10-16 overall. Sophomore center Ben Gartner was the star on Friday, recording a hat trick as the Jackets notched a season-high 10 goals and picked up the victory. Saturday’s game was Senior night, and lone senior Steven Putz scored a breakaway goal late as Tech cruised in the season inale. Junior winger Jeremy Spafard added two goals and an assist.
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Hitting the road The softball team headed to Columbus, Ga. for the 2010 NFCA Leadof Classic, winning four of ive games423
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W-Basketball Baseball wins two of three vs. Xavier splits last two conference games
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Sasha Goodlett puts up a layup over a defender against UNC at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. By Nishant Prasadh Sports Editor
A split of its last two games of the season was enough to earn Tech’s women’s basketball team a irst-round bye in the ACC Tournament. Tech took down North Carolina 64-57 on Friday, Feb. 26 on Senior Night but fell in the regular-season inale against N.C. State 54-46 on Sunday, Feb. 28. he Jackets inished the regular season 19-9 overall, with an 8-6 mark against ACC opponents. hey have earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament and will play either Wake Forest or Miami in the second round on Friday, March 5. he Feb. 26 game served as Tech’s Senior Night, and before tip-of the Jackets honored their two See Women’s, page 22
Brandon Cumpton pitches from the mound in Saturday’s game at Russ Chandler Stadium. Cumpton shut down Xavier’s lineup in his start, pitching seven shutout innings and allowing just one hit while striking out four batters. By Alex Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor
In their second weekend series of the season, the Jackets welcomed the Xavier Musketeers to Russ Chandler Stadium. Tech was undefeated coming into the series, but were only able to win two of the three games against Xavier. Junior right-hander Deck McGuire took the mound on Friday, Feb. 26 and pitched well in only his second start of the season. hrough the irst three innings, McGuire only allowed two singles and had two strikeouts, including a three-pitch strikeout to end the irst inning. McGuire ran into trouble in the top of the fourth inning when he walked
Drew Schmidt to lead of the inning. Ben homas then delivered a double to give the Musketeers two runners in scoring position with only one out. A ground out scored Schmidt from third, but McGuire was able to avoid a huge inning by getting another ground out to end the inning. Junior shortstop Derek Dietrich led of the bottom of the fourth inning with a single. Xavier pitcher Nate Mutsch then hit senior irst baseman Tony Plagman with a pitch giving the Jackets two runners on base with no outs. Junior right ielder Chase Burnette singled to left, scoring Dietrich. Sophomore third baseman Matt Skole then hit a sac-ly to score Plagman from third. Mutsch then hit another Jacket, junior
catcher Cole Leonida, and junior designated hitter homas Nichols doubled to deep center ield scoring Leonida and giving the Jackets a 3-1 lead. McGuire tight roped out of a huge inning again in the sixth. homas hit a sacriice ly ball after two singles to score one run for Xavier, and Ryan Bellamy added another RBI single to tie the game. Xavier had a chance to take the lead with runners on base but McGuire managed to get a full count strikeout to end the inning. “[McGuire] pitched out of trouble today. I wouldn’t say he had his best day, but he kept us in the game and did his job,” said Head Coach Danny Hall. See Baseball, page 21
Men’s Basketball takes down BC, fades late at Clemson By Kyle Conarro Staf Writer
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Iman Shumpert drives to the basket in Saturday’s game. Shumpert had 24 points in the win over BC.
A week after losing to Maryland on a buzzer-beating three, the Jackets took the court at Alexander Memorial Coliseum this past Saturday, Feb. 27 to face Boston College. Tech shot 52 percent from the loor and went 11-for-12 from the free throw line on their way to a 73-68 win. hree days later, the Jackets headed up to South Carolina to face Clemson, this time losing 91-80. he loss puts Tech at 7-8 in the ACC and 19-10 overall with one game left. Against Boston College, the Jackets looked polished. A three-pointer by sophomore guard Iman Shumpert gave Tech a 3-0 lead to start the game, and they never looked back. Despite shooting 50 percent from ield goal range, the Eagles were unable to mount a consistent enough attack to take the lead from the Jackets. By the 9:24 mark, the Jackets had built a 10-point advantage, going up 2414 on a jumper by senior forward Zachary Peacock. BC cut the lead to three on a three-pointer from forward Joe Trapani, but Peacock and Shumpert hit consecutive layups to give Tech a seven-
point edge heading into the break. Another Shumpert layup followed by a jumper by freshman forward Glen Rice, Jr. put the Jackets ahead by 11 to open the second. From there, Tech maintained their lead for the majority of the period. Eagles’ guard Reggie Jackson hit a three with 10 minutes to play to pull his team within 9, but a dunk by freshman forward Derrick Favors and a threepointer from Shumpert quickly dashed the Boston College comeback, putting Tech up 59-45 with 8:28 remaining. he Eagles came within single-digits three more times over the next eight minutes, but each time the Jackets responded to maintain their comfortable advantage. Although BC hit three consecutive shots in the last 14 seconds of play, they were unable to top the Jackets in time, giving Tech the 73-68 win. Shumpert was Tech’s top scorer on the day, shooting 10-for-16 and notching 24 points. He also led the Jackets in the turnover column, though, with six in the game. “When he’s good, he’s really good,” said Tech head coach Paul Hewitt. “Obviously the six turnovers, I think at
least four of those turnovers should’ve been shot attempts by him...[but] you’d rather have a guy who wants to get his teammates involved than a guy who is taking bad shots.” Another positive sign was the Jackets’ quality efort from the free throw line. hree of the four players who got to the stripe hit 100 percent of their shots, and the team’s 91.7 percent for the game was their best all season. “It was a good win, and now we just got to get ready to play against Clemson,” Hewitt said after the game. In the Clemson game, Tech’s road woes continued. hey stayed close in the irst half, but the Tigers were able to pull away in the second, rallying behind the noisy crowd present for their inal home game of the season. he teams battled for the edge early in the irst, swapping leads three times in just over ive minutes of play. A jumper by Favors at the 11:06 mark gave Tech a ive-point advantage, but they were unable to pull away. Clemson stole the lead back just one minute later behind back-to-back buckets by brothers Devin and Trevor See Men’s, page 22