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Friday, September 14, 2012 Volume 98, Issue 7 nique.net Shaping up
this year
By Antonio Silva
Contributing Writer
A weekly shuttle service to the Woodru
Arts Center began taking its rst batch of
students to the Woodru Arts center on
ursday, Sept. 6. is new SGA venture
picks students up at the Student Center and
the Graduate Living Center at 5:30 p.m.,
then circulates back and forth between cam-
pus and the Arts Center until 11 p.m. Stu-
dents are dropped o at the location of their
choosing on campus on their way back.
e partnership between the Woodru
Arts Center and Tech, which has lasted for
two years since 2010, has become more so-
lidied over the years, culminating in this
opportunity for students to experience art
and culture on a weekly basis.
is year, we have the Georgia Tech
Night, Student Pass Program and Transport
Program, said Merry Hunter Hipp, Direc-
tor of External Aairs for SGA. I am really
looking forward to see where this relation-
ship goes between Georgia Tech and the
Woodru Arts Center.
Last year, students only had the oppor-
tunity to enjoy the cultural oerings of the
High Musuem, Atlanta Symphony Orches-
tra and the Alliance eater in what was
known as Nights at Woodru Arts Center
for a total of three times in the school year.
Now, students have the choice of acquir-
ing the Student Pass Program for $20 at the
Student Center. With this pass, a student
has unlimited entry throughout the year to
the aforementioned services oered by the
Woodru Arts Center.
Arts are a huge part of our campus and
this is a huge opportunity for students to
enjoy the city of Atlanta and the Woodru
Arts Center, Hipp said.
Additionally, there will be two nights later
in the semester of free access to the oerings
of the Woodru Arts Center, which will be
open to all students similar to the Night at
Woodru Arts Center from previous years.
By Sam Somani
News Editor
e Undergraduate House of Repre-
sentatives (UHR) passed an amendment
to its bylaws last week that would promote
the separation of powers between the ex-
ecutive branch of SGA and UHR, the leg-
islative branch.
According to Bill 13U004, which was
passed with an 85 percent majority of the
House voting armatively, members of
the executive cabinet would no longer be
able to serve as representatives in UHR.
is would include representatives that
were nominated by the SGA President to
serve as members of the Cabinet.
"Most of the programming that comes
through to SGA is from the executive
branch," said Speaker of the House Mike
Mosgrove. "We viewed it as unjust and
unfair for them to be able to create these
programs, promote them and vote 'yes'
on them when the funding comes from
UHR."
CEE representative Evan Boyce re-
called an earlier incident last year that
demonstrated this belief shared by Mos-
grove.
"A good example is last year's 'Night at
the Woodru' a couple of times a year,"
Boyce said. "We would have funding re-
quests come through [from the execu-
tive cabinet] for transportation for those
events."
According to Boyce, funding for trans-
portation within 150 miles of Atlanta is
not in accordance with the policy set by
the Joint Finance Committee (JFC).
"One time, we [struck] it down and
magically [the executive branch] found
funding from somewhere else," Boyce
said. "So they were just coming to us...
kind of like forcing it down our throats.
Rep. Alex Bandes opposed the bill but
agreed that such conicts did occur.
"People don't really like to admit it,
but there is this unocial competition
between the House and the executive
brancheswho's going to impact the
campus on a bigger scale," Bandes said.
"ere's that constant struggle between
the two."
Another primary reason for driving this
policy forward, according to Mosgrove,
was to establish a solidarity in UHR that
would not be as easy to have with execu-
tive cabinet members in the House.
"e cabinet members have almost
a certain level of undue inuence from
being both representatives and cabinet
members," Mosgrove said. "Culturally,
Undergrads enact separation of powers
Student associa-
tions and the Insti-
tutes administration
hosted the bi-annual
Traditions Night,
or T-night at Bobby
Dodd Stadium and
Callaway Plaza last
Thursday evening.
Many speakers and
groups presented
Techs favorite tradi-
tions to students.
New leadership roles in House created
By Lauren Brett
Assistant News Editor
One of the changes in SGA rolling out
this semester is the signicant alteration
of the structure of UHRs leadership. A
recent amendment to the bylaws created
a new house leadership system intended
to bring a more ecient and impacting
system.
[UHR] created these new positions
to really organize and streamline the
House, said Speaker of the House Mike
Mosgrove.
According to Mosgrove, the most sig-
nicant leadership position created was
the role of UHR Pro Tempore, whose
role will be much like the former Chief
of Sta, acting as the right hand man or
woman to the speaker.
e position of Pro Temp will go into
eect for the 2013-14, and the role will be
lled in Spring 2013 when the 2013-14
Speaker of the House is elected e tim-
ing is intended to allow the pair to work
together through the summer, aiming to
have an ecient and uid system in place
by the 2013 fall semester.
[e Pro Temp is] going to help or-
ganize these new, or existing positions in
a meaningful manner so that [representa-
tives] can be more empowered to reach
out to organizations, said senior repre-
sentative Gregory Jones.
For now, the only action taken has
been to reach out to current UHR rep-
resentatives inquiring into any interest in
the position.
Along with the Pro Temp, a system of
caucuses, each with their own leadership
position, is also being developed. A caucus
will be created for each of the six colleges
of campus and will elect its own leader,
with an intent to help representatives deal
with those issues that are specic to their
college for their constituents in a smaller
By Sam Somani
News Editor
Early last week, the Georgia Tech Police
Department (GTPD) charged previously
convicted felon Steven Turk Terry on
three separate charges for a Summer 2012
break-in at the North Ave. Apartment com-
plex.
Our investigators tirelessly worked on
this case, said Captain Mickey Hembree
in a press release. We were able to generate
leads through Crime Stoppers and to iden-
tify two suspects responsible for the armed
robbery.
Terry has been indicted for armed rob-
bery, burglary and possession of a rearm by
a convicted felon. He was, and presently is,
in jail when the charges were brought to his
name.
GTPD Chief Robert Connolly attributes
the partial resolution of this case to multiple
See GTPD, page 4
Representative Gregory Jones speaks at a UHR meeting. Jones was a member
of the steering commitee that that developed the new UHR bylaw amendment.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
See Separation, page 3
SGA oers free
weekly trips to
Woodru Arts
North Ave.
robbery begins
demystication
See Leadership, page 3
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Red-haired girl who never smiles - why dont you ever smile?
wait...i dont have homework due until sunday...and its wednes-
day...what do I do with my life?!
dear people who are good with computers: I will bake you a doz-
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Can elections be over already? I really dont care about your po-
litical beliefs, my facebook friends
e women at Dunkin Donuts remember my face. #timetodiet
e construction workers tell me how pretty I am...I feel they
really need to teach Tech boys how to use those irting skills!
RIP Vile Rat
Youd think the Capt. of the Swim & Dive team would
try to reign in his drunken team members during the PC game,
guess drinking really does impair judgement.
Showing up drunk and behaving obnoxiously. Stay classy Swim
& Dive Team...
When someone at the Post Oce starts singing the Legend of
Zelda treasure song...you know youre at Tech.
Art projects for homework...becau se Organic Chemistry is too
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Attention Tech: Please educate yourself on what STaC is...We try
to understand your major. We just want to be understood.
guys. herman cain. that happened.
is it too soon for oktoberfest, ja?
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missing my hag. hagillet, that is.
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oh, its september? PUMPKIN EVERYTHING
By Vance Berry
Contributing Writer
On ursday, Sept. 6, wheth-
er at one of their ve booths
spread throughout campus dur-
ing the day or at the members-
only free dinner at Peters Park-
ing deck before T-Night, Student
Alumni Association (SAA) rep-
resentatives had spread out like a
colony of proverbial Yellow Jack-
ets across campus.
SAA staers were keen to
highlight the purpose behind the
kick-o: to bring students into
the SAA community and allow
them to grow through opportu-
nities for interaction with alumni
and each other.
Martin Halicek, a third-year
PHYS major who was helping
sta the Tradition Keepers booth
on ursday, stressed that SAA
provides a variety of programs to
facilitate alumni-student connec-
tions.
I that thats really important
for the alumni of this university:
they like to give back, Halicek
said. It helps the alumni get in-
volved as well [as] feel like a part
of the community.
Halicek noted that the pro-
grams not only benet students,
but also the alumni who choose
to participate in them.
Mentor Jackets, SAAs most
popular program, pairs an alum-
ni mentor with a student to ex-
pedite the sharing of life experi-
ences and professional advice
between past and present Tech
students.
SAA is distinct from the o-
cial Georgia Tech Alumni Asso-
ciation, which every graduate of
Tech is automatically a member
of. e Alumni Association fo-
cuses on connecting GT Alumni
with each other, current students
and the institution itself, raising
funds to aid the Institute and
providing career services, but
shares at least one thing in com-
mon with SAAa focus on phi-
lanthropy.
Steve Chaddick, a Tech
graduate who was involved in
the founding of the SAA several
years ago, explained the foun-
dational importance of philan-
thropy to the mission of both
organizations.
We also want to make sure
that students, while theyre still
here, understand the value of
philanthropy at Georgia Tech,
Chaddick said. A lot of kids,
and their parents, frankly, think
that, gee, I payed my tuition and
its a state school, so all the costs
are covered.
Chaddick went on to men-
tion that the state covers approxi-
mately 17 percent of Techs bud-
get, allowing for the of some of
the biggest construction projects
of Tech, including the CULC,
McCamish Pavilion and the
Scheller College of Business.
Alumni provide 60 percent
of the philanthropic dollars that
come into this place, and without
it, this place would not be what it
is today, Chaddick said.
By Arvind Narayan
Contributing Writer
e Institute held its fourth
annual Diversity Symposium on
Friday, Sept. 7. e event, spon-
sored by the Oce of Diversity
Aairs, was meant to encourage
communication about issues such
as racism, sexism and homopho-
bia, and attracted students, facul-
ty and sta from several depart-
ments and areas around campus.
e symposium consisted of an
opening question-and-answer
panel, a keynote address during
lunch and afternoon breakout
sessions to address more specic
problems at Tech.
People must empathize with
the realities of minorities. Only
four percent of underrepresented
minorities [that] graduate high
school [are] engineering-eligible,
said Dr. Johnetta Cole, Direc-
tor of the Smithsonian National
Museum of African Art and the
events keynote speaker.
Techs student population of
more than 20,000 and its faculty
population of about 1000 repre-
sent much of the worlds demo-
graphics. However, some ques-
tion the depth of the Institutes
diversity.
As of Fall 2009, 63 percent of
the undergraduate student body
at Tech was Caucasian and 22
percent was Asian; this gure
includes ethnicities from the
Asian subcontinent. Compara-
tively, African Americans, Latin
Americans, Native Americans
and multiracial students, com-
bined, formed 15 percent of the
student body.
Statistics from the fall of 2010
show that female enrollment at
Tech was at an all-time high of
36 percent. Additionally, more
than half of the students at Tech
are in-state residents.
Others, such as Undergradu-
ate Student Body President Eran
The Student Alumni Association (SAA) kicko welcomed students and partnered with
vendors who oered free food. Several campus philanthropy organizations alse were there.
SAA kicks o yearly membership drive
Symposium facilitates diversity discussions
See Diversity, page 4
Photo by Tiara Winata / Student Publications
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Executive Reports
During executive reports, sev-
eral Executive branch ocers
discussed ongoing business. Vice
President of Academic Aairs,m
Lucy Tucker, updated UHR on X-
degree, the proposed new build-
your-own-major program, and
asked for volunteers to develop
example curricula. Undergradu-
ate Student Body President Eran
Mordel, in his report, expressed
SGAs disapproval at the theft
of the T from Lane Stadium at
Virginia Tech, stating that such
behavior was earning Tech a bad
reputation in the ACC.
Engineers for a Sust. World
Representatives for Engineers
for a Sustainable World were told
last week to wait another week
before having their bill consid-
ered by UHR, so that they could
receive more money as a result of
anticipated JFC policy changes
involving travel expenses. How-
ever, the new JFC policy was not
approved, so Rep. Gregory Jones
proposed an amendment which
would waive JFC policy and grant
the organization the additional
funds they would have gotten un-
der the new policy. Because they
were told they would receive the
extra money, most representatives
were sympathetic and the amend-
ment passed unanimously. e -
nal bill was also passed with 100
percent approval.
JFC Policy Changes
e major item of business at
the UHR meeting was a vote on
proposed changes to the Joint
Finance Committees updated
policy. GSS has already added ve
amendments to the bill, but UHR
was not nished adding amend-
ments. e body discussed the
implications of dropping a clause
in original JFC policy allowing
organizations to budget for food if
it served an educational purpose.
Some representatives believed the
rule left room for abuse of the
policy. However, an amendment
introduced by Rep. Hunter Ham-
mond that kept this exemption
was passed.
Also discussed were the ex-
emptions made for community
service, competitive, cultural and
multidisciplinary organizations.
e original exemption only ap-
plied to Tier III organizations.
An amendment was passed which
would allow for classication of
Tier II under these categories to
receive the exemptions, as well.
UHR also armed some of the
changes made by GSS, including
one requiring joint legislative ap-
proval for Tier I organizations to
create new funded positions or
eliminate vacant positions, and
another adding language requir-
ing Tier II organizations to in-
volve SGA in evaluations of paid
student positions. e two ver-
sions of the bill will be reviewed
by a conference committee to re-
solve all dierences between the
versions passed by GSS and UHR.
Council Clippings
This week in Student Government
By Kenneth Marino, Contributing Writer
E
ach week, this section includes coverage of dierent aspects of Student
Government, including the Undergraduate House of Representatives,
Graduate Student Senate and the Executive Branch of both governments.
when you get out on the House
oor, you get that sort of undue
inuence form cabinet members
on other representatives."
"e intention [of the bill] is to
remove the temptation from that
bias being present and remove the
ability of the executive from doing
that," said Rep. Gregory Jones.
Bandes, on the other hand, saw
this inuence as imminent.
"ey do carry an inuence,
and some of their decisions will
aect others' voting decisions,"
Bandes said of the executive cabi-
net. "It's not to say that another
representative in the House can't
be just as inuential."
Mosgrove, however, agged
this portion of the bill under a
greater movement.
"We are trying to remove them
as representatives and [create]
house leadership to give UHR its
own banner to rally under," Mos-
grove said.
Allowing UHR to dene itself
was the reason for another major
change in the separation of pow-
ers. e Speaker of the House,
previously allowed voting rights
on the Executive Cabinet, would
now only serve as an advisor at the
meetings and lose his or her vot-
ing rights.
"Going along with all the
changes we wanted to make, in-
spiring the representatives, giving
the house its own identity and
trying to create this buy-in, we
wanted the UHR to have its own
independence, Mosgrove said.
Ultimately, Mosgrove had one
overarching goal with all these
reasons in establishing separation
of powers.
"We want to see all reps hav-
ing better communication with
their constituents," Mosgrove
said. "It was a matter of this cul-
ture that the House had slipped
into, thinking in their heads, 'the
exec branch will take care of it,'
and that's why we want to inspire
them."
setting.
Instead of trying to speak up
in front of the whole SGAyou
can speak in front of your caucus,
and bring up issues before a com-
mittee andbe able to challenge
things, and come up with solu-
tions better, said CEE represen-
tative Evan Boyce, who was also
on the steering committee that
dealt with this amendment this
past summer.
Caucuses are intended to make
it easier, quicker and more eec-
tive for organizations to come be-
fore SGA.
With the creation of some of
these new leadership positions, we
have the ability to start getting in-
formation from those representa-
tives as to what their constituents
want and then hopefully, start
utilizing SGAs power and inu-
ence to serve the needs of those
constituents in a more meaning-
ful way than just getting funding
for their clubs, Jones said.
ere was a policy to create
some sort of caucus, but it was
never utilized before. So weve just
taken [the idea] and just kind of
rebranded it with this new posi-
tion, Mosgrove said.
While these changes are in-
tended to make representatives
more accessible to students, Mos-
grove regarded the overall matter
as strictly an internal thing.
Hopefully...by having a more
organized and streamlined sys-
temwe will be able to open up
better lines of communication
with constituents as well, Mos-
grove said.
SGA is emphasizing that tak-
ing the initiative to communicate
with constituents is a responsibil-
ity of the representatives. ey
have not, however, outlined any
specics as to how that will be
done.
It is honestly up to them how
they choose to do it. Ways that
Representatives have reached out
in the past include dining hall
visits, holding oce hours in
their respective academic build-
ings, etc., Mosgrove said. I trust
the representatives and their new
leaders to coordinate eective and
consistent communication initia-
tives in order to stay informed.
Aiming to recruit new SGA
representatives, a New Member-
ship chair position has also been
created to focus on building a
mentoring program for the newer
representatives to get them more
involved in the organization as a
whole.
Leadership from page 1
Separation from page 1
GSS Bill
Amount GSS UHR*
Bill Summary
Makers Club
Golf Club
Ice Hockey Club
SCPC
National Organization of Minor-
ity Architects
JFC Policy
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Student Government Association
$8,870.33
$8,480.00
$4,584.43
$12,560.65
$1,503.65
-
$781.94
-
10-0-0
7-4-0
13-0-0
9-4-0
12-0-0
-
10-0-1
Pass
100-0-0
98-0-2
98-2-0
93-7-0
98-2-0
98-0-2
100-0-0
Pass
Prior Year: $269,055.00 Capital Outlay: $942,035.00
*Percentage of body voting on bill.
4 September 14, 2012 Technique NEWS
avenues, such as Crime Stoppers,
video surveillance, collaboration
with the Atlanta Police Depart-
ment and general tips from vari-
ous other sources.
However, the other suspect,
Terrance Boo-Boo Watley, re-
mains on the loose. GTPD and
other agencies are actively looking
for Boo-Boo.
It happens two ways: we put
it out publicly, and the other way
is we put him in the national and
state information system, Con-
nolly said. If he's stopped for
anything, he'll be immediately
agged that he's wanted in the
system.
Connolly also mentioned the
aid of a metro-fugitive squad un-
der the US Marshals as the branch
involved in active pursuit of Wat-
ley.
e crime took place in July
2012.
e two subjects followed
our students into the courtyard
of the North Avenue apartment
complex and into the East build-
ing...immediately after the door
was shut, Connolly said. ey
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DramaTech Drama
On Aug. 25 around 4:20 p.m.,
an ocer met with the Artistic
Director at DramaTech, who ex-
plained that she had been con-
tacted by two female members of
DramaTech who expressed they
were being harassed by a male
club member.
One of the girls involved ar-
rived on the scene to talk to the
ocer and told the ocer that she
and the male student had been
close friends for about a year, but
he had never exhibited routinely
aggressive behavior toward her.
She said that she and the student
were chatting on Facebook when
she brought up a conversation
about how they both were very
dramatic in unnecessary cir-
cumstances and suggested ways
to cope with their actions. e
young man then went o and
stated several indirectly threaten-
ing statements. e female stu-
dent asked him to not contact her
and that she needed space, but he
ignored her request.
is young lady told the of-
cer that she was very afraid of
the male student and that he
was meeting with a therapist on
campus for emotional support.
She was mostly concerned for the
safety of her friend, the other girl
who the male student had a strong
romantic interest in. According to
the rst young lady, the male stu-
dent shows up to DramaTech only
when her friend is there and then
follows her every move.
Ocers later met up with the
male student, who seemed to not
know anything about the situa-
tion. He seemed passive aggres-
sive and conrmed that he and
the two females were friends, but
thought that they were on good
terms. He agreed to not contact
either of the girls and said he no
longer wanted them as friends.
Go East, Old Man
While on patrol on Aug. 26,
an ocer noticed a while male ly-
ing on his back in front of Brittain
Dining Hall.
e ocer observed that the
man was wearing three shirts and
sweating profusely. e man was
not a student, and told the ocer
that he did not have a job or home
address.
He also said that he was hun-
gry, thirsty, lightheaded, had not
eaten in more than a day and a
half and could not remember
when he last had water.
e man told the ocer that
he was from California and had
made his way through Illinois and
Georgia so that he could arrive in
Florida. An ambulance was called
and the man was transported to
Grady Hospital.
From the les of the GTPD...
By Lauren Brett
Assistant News Editor
Campus Crime
GTPD from page 1 Diversity from page 2
Mordel, view diversity as more
than simple statistics.
I really think were at a good
place [...] I love that you can nd
every color and language on cam-
pus, Mordel said.
Dr. Charles Isbell, a Senior
Associate Dean at the School of
Interactive Computing, claimed
that diversity extended beyond
the traditional denition based
on skin color or race.
Diversity also encompasses
diversity of experience and diver-
sity of ideas. Its in the best inter-
est of Georgia Tech to increase its
diversity in all forms, Isbell said.
e symposium was ultimately
intended to serve as an outlet for
discussion.
[e goal was to] give the
campus community and the peo-
ple that have the ability to come
together and to have conversa-
tions about diversity and equity
an opportunity to speak, said Dr.
Archie Ervin, the Vice President
for Institute Diversity.
A series of breakout sessions
addressed issues ranging from
strategies that individuals and
groups could play in building
trust and community to policies
that need to be created in order to
ensure a welcoming campus cul-
ture at Tech.
Each session was an open fo-
rum where any member of the
student body, the faculty or the
sta could voice his or her opin-
ion to a group of individuals con-
cerned about the same issues.
Rather than a method for in-
citing immediate change, the
symposium is intended to gradu-
ally propagate an open mentality
at Tech.
e [right] sort of discussion
arenas...will decide if there are
things we can do, Ervin said.
Fugitive Terrance Boo-Boo
Watley remains on the loose.
grabbed the door and entered the
building.
Second-year PHYS major Luke
Buardi, who currently lives in
the North Avenue apartments,
expressed a sense of relief regard-
ing the apprehension of one of the
suspects.
I feel much safer knowing
that they were able to catch the
culprits behind the robbery this
summer, Buardi said. I just
hope they nd Boo-Boo.
We are the primary agency
when it comes on this campus,
Connolly said, with respect to
GTPD. We'll lead [the investiga-
tions] from beginning to end.
Buardi felt that students need
to be more aware of their sur-
roundings.
Atlanta can be a dangerous
place, Buardi said. Its impor-
tant that students make sure they
dont put themselves in situations
where crimes like these happen.
Photo courtesy of GTPD
Opinions
Technique
6
Friday,
September 14, 2012
If you want creative workers,
give them enough time to play.
John Cleese
Opinions Editor: Gaines Halstead

OUR VIEWS | CONSENSUS OPINION

e Golden Ticket
Graduation ticketing disrespects students, legacy
Due to a new policy instated by the
Institute this month, each student is
now limited in the number of family
members and friends who can attend his
or her graduation: six for fall and three
for spring. is comes only weeks after
the ocial cancellation of future summer
commencements.
In having a limit, and an oddly-
numbered one at that, students must
now choose between three or six of their
favorite people to attend the event, while
leaving the rest out all together. is is
unfair for a majority of the student body.
Brothers, sisters and grandparents all
have to be ranked in order of importance
to the student. International students,
many of whose parents purchase airfare
far in advance, must now turn away their
families. is sort of responsibility should
not be placed on the students.
It is understandable that space is
an issue, but there are many venues
throughout Atlanta that could host the
event, such as the Georgia Dome. e up-
to $70,000 Tech now saves is a mere drop
in the bucket of its billion-dollar budget,
highlighting the fact that, economically,
this is likely intended as a cheap, quick
x to a larger budget problem. is
decision-making devalues the experience
of graduating from one of the most
prestigious colleges.
Furthermore, by grouping all majors
into one tour de force ceremony, the
duration of the ceremony will be
signicant. is issue could be resolved by
splitting graduation ceremonies, one for
engineering and one for all other majors.
Finally, the Institute did not appear
to approach the student body for this
decision-making that so directly impacts
students. It is now SGAs responsibility
to represent the student body and to
help students who disagree with the new
policy work with administration toward
a solution.
GRADUATION BY CASEY TISDEL
Career Diversity
Im approaching my last year
at Tech (hopefully), so Ive started
to look into potential employ-
ers who want to make use of my
degree. Encouraged by the recent
success in the past few years of
members of my major at the In-
venture Prize, I took a moment to
look over the list of employers at-
tending the career fair and noticed
something surprising. Of the 352
companies attending the fair, a
mere 14 were looking for industri-
al designers. Compare this to the
281 looking for mechanical engi-
neers, a eld very closely tied to
industrial design and one which
designers work very closely with.
Im simultaneously surprised
and frustrated by this. I am sur-
prised because our eld has been
on the forefront of tech news a
lot lately, especially in relation to
the Apple-Samsung lawsuit. De-
sign has been shown to be both
something incredibly valuable
when applied correctly (e.g. all
of Apples recent products) and
something worth being protected
and fought over (e.g. the afore-
mentioned suit). Why are compa-
nies then not seeking to employ
designers who have been demon-
strably proven to grant a strategic
advantage? Is it because the eld is
still not well known? Perhaps its
because Tech does not advertise
the fact that we have an industrial
design program? I dont know the
answer. is is a question for the
business and design communities
at large to ponder.
More importantly, I was frus-
trated to nd that the student
board responsible for organizing
the career fair did not contain
a single student representative
from the College of Architecture
(CoA), which consists not only of
industrial design but also archi-
tecture and building construc-
tion. I mention it because I believe
that having a member from the
CoA will improve the number of
companies at the career fair look-
ing to employ industrial design-
ers. A CoA board member could
talk to potential employers and
educate them on the value of in-
dustrial design and why it is both
important and valuable to employ
designers. I pose this as a chal-
lenge to the Campus Career Fair
Team: next year, recruit one mem-
ber (or several) of the College of
Architecture to the team to help
us gain visibility and help those of
us seeking employment or an in-
ternship get our foot in the door,
just like all the other majors repre-
sented at the career fair.
James Slack
ID `12
Education Contradiction
If you read the news, you
would know that teachers have
been striking in Chicago. And
if you know anything about
Chicago and its school systems,
theyre both terrible. Chicago has
a historically underfunded school
system. So it should be no sur-
prise that the underpaid and un-
derfunded Chicago public school
teachers are on strike.
e actual straw that broke the
camels back is a new ordnance de-
claring that Chicago teachers have
to comply with standardized test-
ing scores or be dismissed. Natu-
rally, this is an unacceptable way
to rate the future of our country
in one of the biggest cities in the
nation. Not only has standardized
testing proved to be an unreliable
indicator of how well students are
learning, but there are too many
other factors at play. A particular
neighborhoods level of violence,
homelessness, health conditions,
diet, family connections, along
with a whole host of other social
factors, is too complicated and too
chaotic to be able to rate the one
decently stable factor in a Chicago
students life.
Naturally, as a public school
and an institution that values the
work teachers do, we support the
teachers strike.
Its a well-known fact that pub-
lic school teachers are underpaid.
Its also well known that children
have to be at school, especially
when classes start in early Septem-
ber (i.e., now). But, the strike has
closed down many schools rather
unexpectedly.
On the rst day of the strike,
roughly 350,000 students were
not in school. Many schools
stayed open to at least give chil-
dren somewhere to go, but police
ocers typically reserved for desk
jobs were pulled onto street duty
in anticipation of the oncoming
onslaught of child-propelled vio-
lence.
Many parents responded an-
grily. Many parents have had to
unexpectedly take the day o
from work. Some parents simply
cant aord to take the day o
and have to leave their children
unattended at home. Others pub-
licly asked why Chicago teachers
had to choose now to strike. Why
couldnt they do such a thing in
the summer?
Why? Well the answer is clear:
e point of a strike is to make
an impact on society. When con-
struction workers go on strike, it
becomes clear how much we need
people to build our buildings to
work in. When teachers go on
strike, it becomes clear we need
them to teach our children.
How often have we been told
to stay in school? How many
times are we told, knowledge is
power? It is a sad double stan-
dard that the American youth is
encouraged to get educated, but
teachers are treated as the lowest
of our public servants.
Daily Campus Ed. Board
U. of Connecticut
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Technique September 14, 2012 7 OPINIONS
Last fall at Georgia Tech
Lorraine, every weekend was
spent traveling to somewhere
new, somewhere dierent.
Right after 6 p.m. French class
on Wednesday, we grabbed
our backpacks, ran down to
the train station and settled
in our deck beds on the over-
night train. e next morning,
wed wake up to the indus-
trial countryside of Budapest,
the shimmering waters of the
Italian Riveria or the snow-
capped Swiss mountains. But
more than physically visiting
the places, it made us feel like
we could go anywhere, do any-
thing and be anyone.
When Monday nally
rolled around, it felt like I
left a part of myself behind.
Travelers I met in beautiful
little European cities would
ask me where Im from and I
never knew how to answer.
I was born in Indonesia, but
my family migrated to Singa-
pore when I was ve. And then
I went o to college in the
U.S., but now Im studying in
France. In truth, I felt like I
was a child of the world. ere
was never one place I belonged
to singularly, but the world in
all its beauty had captured my
heart and soul. It was the small
moments where I felt I was
truly living in the now and sa-
voring every sight, sound and
taste.
And more than the sights,
it was the idea of reaching a
point of complete contented-
ness and life satisfaction. And
for a while, my wanderlust de-
sires were satised.
I was lucky. My parents
have always taken my family
on holiday to many dierent
places. Ive fed kangaroos in
Australia, walked on the Great
Wall of China, watched Titus
Andronicus at the Globe e-
atre, scuba-dived in the seas of
Malaysia, gone island-hopping
in ailand and learned to surf
in Bali. e world grows big-
ger and bigger when one real-
izes how much more there is to
explore.
In a lot of ways, I think it
has become a dening part of
me. It was not a singular expe-
rienceI doubt I would ever
drop out of Tech and work at
a hostel in the south of France
no matter how tempting
rather, it changed the way I
looked at people. Our back-
grounds and experiences make
us who we are, and everyone
has a story to tell if someone
has the time to listen. By de-
fault, fellow travellers have
caught the same travel bug as
and share that love and thrill
of exploring. Talk to them, ask
them about their lives. ings
amusing to us might be some-
thing very ordinary to them.
I feel that in our everyday
lives, we get so busy and so
caught up with ourselves that
we lose the art of connecting
to others, of sharing ourselves
with others. Everyone has
something dierent to oer,
like new insights into the ways
one can look at life or a nug-
gets of wisdom.
Traveling makes you feel
like youre part of something
more than the bubble you
grew up in. When you travel,
you become more mindful
and receptive of the people
and custom. Unhindered by
familiarity and comfort, youre
ready to be transformed by
your experiences. And remem-
ber, the time you spend in that
country doesnt go away when
you leave so make the most out
of it.
Always be open to new
things, accept that youre a
novice in this new place and
revel in the awkwardness of
not knowing what the cul-
tural norm is. Go without any
expectations and always be
ready to try something new
and something dierent, and
push yourself. I promise you
wont regret it. e best ex-
periences Ive had were those
that were completely unex-
pected and I loved every min-
ute of them.
e most amazing thing
is that the more you experi-
ence and connect with other
people, the more you realize
that beneath of the fanci-
ness of it, were all the same,
in essence. Everyone has their
fears, their insecurities, their
hopes and dreams, the desire
to become something in this
world. When were gone, what
dene us are the memories
we leave behind in others and
there is no greater thing than
having touched someone elses
life. e more we see, do and
feel, the more we can lovingly
appreciate the simply joys in
life we take for granted in this
day and age: companionship,
love and home.
Ill end this with a quote
by Mark Twain that I love:
Twenty years from now
youll be more disappointed
by the things you didnt do,
than by the ones you do. So
throw o the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream. Dis-
cover.
Travel oers far more than memories
"Everyone has somethIng
dIfferent to offer, lIke new
InsIghts Into the ways you can
look at lIfe..."
Tiara Winata
Photo Editor
Partha Unnava
ird-year BME
Id like to see more green
space if possible.
Jackie Sample
ird-year BA
A program or changing
the way GT 1000 is struc-
tured.
Jenny Sample
ird-year BA
A day where Tech dedicates
the entire day to the students.
Ty Autry
ird-year ECE
Id like to see more bike
racks.
What changes do you want
to see around campus?

Around Campus
e semester may still be in
its early stages, but undoubt-
edly, there are already some of
you beginning to deal with the
feeling that you may not like
your major as much as you
thought you did. e ques-
tions begin to appear, Is this
it? For the rest of my life? Is
this really what I want? You
might be realizing that the ca-
reer youve dreamed of since
childhood isnt what you ex-
pected.
Or you could be one of the
lucky ones who are still in love
with your major. If you t in
with this latter category, then
Im not talking to you.
Having changed my major
this summer, the emotions and
issues that come along with a
change of major are still fresh
in my memory. If you were
anything like me, you decided
what you wanted to be when
you grew up around elemen-
tary or middle school. at
10- or 12-year-olds decision
was the accepted plan through
middle school, high school
and then on into college.
Needless to say, the parents
were surprised when I an-
nounced that I was switching
from my lifelong dream to a
new eld they had never heard
me mention.
Sources like NBC tell us
that more than half of all col-
lege students change their ma-
jor at least once, some as many
as two or three times, during
their college career, but none
of us actually imagine we will
actually be the ones whose ma-
jors will change.
Students often fall into
the trap of thinking that once
they have chosen a major, be-
fore they even stepped into
the classroom, that they have
signed their life away and the
choice they make can never be
undone.
False.
Changing your major is one
of the easiest projects you will
ever undertake. Two signa-
tures and youre done. Person-
ally, the most dicult part was
having to walk from my for-
mer school to the new one in
sweltering July heat. e irony
in the change of major process
is blatant.
Why do they make such an
important decision so simple
to do? Because schools, Tech
included, know how much
emotional stress you have put
yourself through to get to that
nal step. So why should they
even begin to bother with go-
ing to the trouble of making
up a complicated process when
they know that 99 percent of
the struggle is internal?
High achieving campuses,
like Techs, are often areas
with a heightened pressure to
have a career plan, and any
change or detour in that plan
is often viewed as a sign of fail-
ure or weakness. e fear of
being considered unsuccessful
by family or peers may prevent
a student from changing their
designated major. We often
forget that we are the ones who
will have to do the work to
earn our degrees, enduring ev-
ery all-nighter and every hell-
ish exam. And once we get that
coveted degree, we are the ones
who will have to go to work ev-
ery day and do our job. ere
are basically two times in your
life you are allowed to be com-
pletely selsh: choosing whom
you marry and what you will
major in. Because, in the end,
youre the one who has to deal
with the results.
Inevitably, issues like credit
hours, nancial aid and gradu-
ation dates have to be consid-
ered. On Techs campus, meet-
ing a fth- or sixth-year senior
isnt uncommon, and the trend
is becoming increasingly com-
mon on campuses across the
country. At universities like
Tech, where we aectionately
refer to graduating as getting
out, a prolonged time spent in
school is usually not ideal.
Furthermore, scholarships
like HOPE, in its overwhelm-
ing generosity, cut o their
funds after a student reaches
a certain number of credit
hours. ese real-life issues
serve as a reminder that while
we should nd the major and
industry that makes us happy,
we should also have a certain
amount of strategy as we gure
it out.
ese issues may have al-
ready begun to churn in your
mind as you sit in one of those
mind-numbing classes, or
struggle through your dream
internship that, after the rst
week, you realized couldnt
be more wrong for you. Its a
conict that you have to come
to terms with personally. For
some, it may take admitting
that you actually dont have
it all together. Heres a secret:
nobody does. For others it may
be accepting that you are not
quitting or giving up; youre
simply changing your mind,
and that changing your mind
is allowed.
Give yourself room to dis-
cover something new about
yourself and everything you
could do. e rest of your life
is too long to have a job doing
something you hate. If you
need to make a change, weigh
your options and go for it.
Changing majors receives unfair stigma
"We often forget that we are
the ones who wIll have to do
the work to earn our degrees,
endure every allnIghter..."
Lauren Brett
Assistant News Editor
Photos by Michael Glatzer / Student Publications
8 September 14, 2012 Technique OPINIONS
Time for Tech students to step up
game, reclaim long-held standard
Were rounding week four of
the semestermidterms, full-time
recruitment, a presidential elec-
tion and football are upon us. is
is an incredibly exciting time to be
a Tech student. is past week we
swept the college rankings: No.
5 engineering school overall with
multiple awards for multiple de-
partments. And while we have so
much to celebrate, we can always
do better. Today, I want to focus
on one point: stepping up our
game.
Im afraid weve lost our cre-
ative edge. Im not referring to our
engineering curricula or to our
computer labs. Academically were
excellent. Its our pranks that have
lost any sense of inspiration.
Inferior schools have outdone
us in recent years. Consider MIT
in April: ey managed to hack
into the Green Buildings main-
frame and play virtual Tetris us-
ing the high-rises lights. Videos of
their prank went viral and earned
them respect and praise from mul-
tiple media outlets.
Contrast that with the missing
Ts at the Clough Commons, and
its obvious we are settling for less.
Plus, it didnt cost MIT thousands
of dollars to repair the damage.
In 1987, some students in
California covered up parts of the
Hollywood sign to read Caltech.
Nothing was stolen. Nothing was
damaged. Today, it is something
even the Caltech administration
is proud of.
Im not calling it genius. We
all know Georgia Tech is capable
of so much more. But if we look
back in 25 years and think of to-
days pranks, well be reminded
of nothing but missing Ts from
our stadium, from the 10th Street
entrance, from various bathrooms
and so much more. Instead of
stealing the only T that matters
(o of Tech Tower), weve resorted
to stealing any Ts. Its done noth-
ing more than deface our campus
and cost the institution.
Last week we even stole Ts from
Virginia Techs campus. It won us
nothing but negative press and
embarrassment. In 1984, Caltech
hacked the Rose Bowl scoreboard.
e consequence? Job oers from
the manufacturer.
We can do better.
Were the university that cre-
ated George P. Burdell in 1927.
Were the university where he
earned both a Bachelors and
Masters degree. And were the
university that put him on a B-17
in World War II and nominated
him as an alternate delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
in 1995. In 2001, our creation was
nominated to be TIME maga-
zines person of the year.
You cant make that up. It
trumps any prank any university
has ever pulled. We set the stan-
dard years ago and have since
rested on our laurels.
Im not calling for more practi-
cal jokes, per se. Im simply say-
ing that if were going to pull a
prank, we should go back to the
formula we invented: minimal
consequences, maximum impact.
Weve made the history books be-
fore. We can do it again.
I hope Institute President G.P.
Bud Peterson never has to call
another ACC school and commit
money for what weve done. In-
stead, he should be the one receiv-
ing a letter that simply says, Well
played [Tech]. Well played.
"We've lost our creatIve edge.
AcademIcally we're excellent.
t's our pranks that have lost any
sense of InspIratIon."
Eran Mordel
Undergraduate Student Body President
OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT
Career Fair
Despite long lines and a
ban on high-heels, this semes-
ters career fair was an overall
success. e general consensus
around campus is that it was
well-organized and oered a
large variety of dierent em-
ployers.
HOT
or
NOT
Tickets
Students will now have to
pick and choose their favorite
family members to attend their
graduation due to a new policy
limiting the number of family
members allowed to attend fall
and spring graduations. eres
always rock, paper, scissors.
Graduate Picnic
Free food will always be
near and dear to the hearts
of students, but thats not the
only reason the graduate pic-
nic was a success. e real suc-
cess stemmed from the 2000+
students (with families and
puppies) in attendance.
Alarming
Alarms have been going o
all around campus. Students in
North Ave are having to deal
with overactive door alarms
and an abnormal amount of
re drills. While they are for
our safety, they can be a bit
annoying while studying.
Focus
focus@nique.net
Focus Editor:
Madison Lee
Technique
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Friday,
September 14, 2012
Martial art capoeira fuses dance, combat
Design by Vivi Kreisel / Student Publications
Ways to
get a
tness x
By Alex Kessler
Sta Writer
From resolutions to new se-
mester promises, many students
resolve to start working out on a
regular basis. But what is the best
way to go about achieving tness
goals? is week, Focus brings
strategies to build a better body
and better health.
A tough-love exercise program
that emphasizes functionality
over bulk and looks. Used by foot-
ball teams, law enforcement, and
select military groups, Crosst of-
fers short and rigorous workouts
that span a variety of high-in-
tensity tasks such as rope climb-
ing, sprinting, weight lifting and
obstacle courses. Participants usu-
ally workout three to four times a
week and are encouraged to keep
score to be competitive.
For the overworked or claus-
trophobic student who just wants
to escape the gym and breathe the
open air, running and biking are
popular on Atlantas many parks
and green spaces. Inside the pe-
rimeter are Piedmont and Emory
Park, which provide prime cardio
workouts away from roads and
highways. Just outside I-285 is
Chattahoochee River Park where
locals run on 10K+ trails and kay-
ak down the river. Lastly, the Sil-
ver Comet Trail, a haven for bik-
ers, starts just o of North Atlanta
Road and extends all the way into
Alabama.
e best way to tone the body
and work as many muscles as pos-
sible is to swim. Even low-inten-
sity swimming burns up to 500
calories an hour and is easier on
joints than running. Swim at the
CRC, try the lap pool and make
sure to go on the slide a few times.
Outside of individual practice
there are opportunities like GTs
Water Polo Club to build endur-
ance and make new friends.
If the goal is to pack on pounds,
then the obvious choice is weight
lifting. ere are rules to abide by
to ensure that injuries are avoided,
so it is important to follow them
accordingly. Remember to warm
up with lower weights rst. Give
at least a days rest for a muscle
group, so try upper body one day
then core or legs the next.
Find a group of people to
run with once or twice a week.
Sometimes the burden of exercise
comes from isolation and focusing
on nothing the ongoing shortness
of breath. Spend time talking to
people while exercising and watch
the time y by. Traveling together
in groups also discourages you
from falling behind or quitting.
Plan to meet up and do other t-
ness activities as well.
TIPS & TRICKS
Running Posse
Aquatic Sports
Bulk Up
Scenic Detour
Crosst
Classes are in full swing and things are
getting busy, but thats no excuse to
neglect visiting the CRC every now and
then. This week, Focus has a guide to
staying t and having the energy to dash to
class when youre running late.
Belly dancing tones body, teaches control
By Nairita Nandy
Contributing Writer
When it comes to toning
the body, physical control and
awareness is important. GIT FIT
oers a weekly belly dancing class
available to anyone aliated with
Tech that helps participants focus
on those facets of tness.
Along with learning basic
moves and a choreographed
dance, the participants also learn
about the background and history
of belly dancing.
A Middle Eastern dance, belly
dancing, contrary to its name,
utilizes all parts of the body and
dancers core muscles. Addition-
ally, though popular belief and
Hollywood often claim other-
wise, belly dancing is performed
by both women and men.
e up-and-coming belly
dancers participate in the program
for a variety of reasons. Because
instructional classes oered by the
GIT FIT program are founded on
the tness benets, the workout
aspect is the primary goal of many
participants.
Im looking to both lose
weight and gain exibility, said
Crystal Wang, an ISyE graduate
student.
Many students have dened
goals for their time in the class,
and they hope to gain more con-
trol and awareness from the expe-
rience. For members interested in
going beyond the basics, several
levels of belly dancing are oered
through GIT FIT as well.
I admire the control that belly
dancers have over their muscles
[and] Im looking forward to an
intermediate belly dancing class
that the CRC will hopefully of-
fer in the future, said Christine
Moran, a fourth-year BME grad
student.
Belly dancing moves are most-
ly implemented by isolating body
parts and moving them in a way
that makes form, posture and
muscle control a vital aspect of
the dance.
Despite the allusion to ab-
dominal muscle movement in the
dance, most of the movement in
the dance takes place in the hip
and pelvic area.
Belly dancing combines fun
and tness. Im looking forward
to learning new dance moves,
said Gautami Newalker, a third-
Photo by Michael James / Student Publications
GIT FIT instructional dance classes oer many techniques to
improve both physical coordination and rhythmic movement.
See Dance, page 11
By Emily Robey-Phillips
Associate Editor
e Campus Recreation Cen-
ters (CRC) Georgia Institute
of Technology Fitness Program
(GIT FIT) program oers a wide
range of tness programs that
extend well beyond traditional
workout methods, including a
number of martial arts classes.
One of the more unconventional
yet eective options in this cat-
egory is capoeira, a martial art
that originated in Brazil and has
become increasingly popular
around the world over the past
few decades.
While capoeira is generally
considered a martial artthe
CRC has it classed under martial
arts and self defensecapoeira is
also a dance, as it originated as a
martial art disguised as dance.
Some schools of capoeira focus
more on the aesthetic, dancing
aspect, while others are more in-
terested in the martial, combative
side.
With capoeira its a dance,
a ght and a game. e game is
how you practice. For people on
the outside it looks like a dance.
e combat is actually inside the
game, said Sean Porter, the as-
sistant instructor for the class at
the CRC.
Kicks are the primary
form of attack in capoeira,
with esquivas (a Portu-
guese word that translates
to escapes) used instead
of blocks. Most important
is the motion: capoeiristas
are never still. Even when a
capoeirista is not kicking or
escaping, he or she is doing
the ginga or oreios.
e ginga is the most
fundamental motion of capoeira,
in which the capoeirista moves
back and forth in place, step-
ping and lifting the arms to keep
the face protected. Floreios are
acrobatic movements, such as
handstands and ips.
One example of a ip is the
macaco, which translates to
monkey. e macaco is a cross
between a back bend and a back
handspring. Also specic to ca-
poeira is the use of cartwheels as
escapes. Known as the au, the
cartwheel gives capoeirista the
ability to move at any angle.
Music is fundamental to
capoeira: if there is no music
playing in the background,
the capoeiristas will clap or
drum to give the ones play-
ing rhythm. At the GIT
FIT class, the instructor
brings music specically for
capoeira. is music always
has the same time signa-
ture, since the techniques
are based on it. e com-
bination of music, martial
arts, play and dance makes
capoeira unique among mar-
tial arts.
e culture of
capoeira was in-
teresting, and I
like martial
arts. I was looking for something
that inherently has ow and a lot
of [capoeira] is based on constant
movement, said Ramaldo Mar-
tin, an ECE graduate student
who has studied several other
martial arts.
Capoeira also contributes to
physical tness by being physi-
cally challenging. Since capoei-
ristas never stop moving at any
point, capoeira can be considered
a cardiovascular workout. How-
ever, the movementskicks,
cartwheels and ips especially
build strength, control and coor-
dination.
Capoeiras a great
workout [] you sweat
and move all sorts of
new ways, said Will Milne, a
fth-year EE major.
Further, capoeira is a mental
challenge. In the roda, or circle,
two capoeiristas play or spar,
without choreography. In the
roda, the capoeiristas can use
any of their techniques, includ-
ing kicks.
Its also an exercise in focus
[] you must pay attention to
your opponent at all times [] or
youll end up with a heel to the
face, Milne said.
For any students interested
in trying out capoeira, the GIT
FIT class meets on Mondays and
Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to
7:00 p.m. in Studio A of the
CRC.
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Hapkido teaches principles of combat, defense
Photo courtesy Jessica Parker
Interested students and faculty can nd an abundance of
traditional Asian martial arts instructional classes with GIT FIT.
By Vance Berry
Contributing Writer
A group of around fteen Tech
students and community mem-
bers came together on the fourth
oor of the CRC for one of three
weekly sessions to practice hap-
kido, an art dened by the World
Hapkido Association as the Ko-
rean style of self-defense.
Hapkido is a distinctively dif-
ferent style of workout compared
to more traditional paradigms,
such as lifting weights and run-
ning, and even other styles of
martial arts
Ive seen plenty of people who
are in really good shape from run-
ning, lifting weights and every-
thing, but there are other muscle
groups you wind up working in
martial arts: dynamic balance
muscle, stu like that. Ive actu-
ally seen really in shape people
cramp up. It just works dierent
muscle groups. I personally think
theyre a little bit more useful
muscle groups because youre us-
ing them all dynamically, said
Daniel French, the Hapkido in-
structor and second-degree black
belt.
Hapkido training not only
aims to improve physical tech-
niques, but also helps to teach
the student self-defense skills that
can be applied in real life. e
class cycles through seven main
topics that, together, form the
overarching practice of Hapkido:
grappling, strikes, weapons, joint
locks, throws and falls, kicks and
self-defense.
Unlike the popular hard-
style martial arts taekwondo
and karate, hapkido is mostly a
soft style art. French explains
the dierence between hard and
soft style martial arts as a dier-
ence in the attitude towards usage
of force. Whereas hard style arts
respond to force with opposing
force, soft style arts such as hap-
kido and jujitsu emphasize the
redirection of force into actions
such as throws, grappling, and
joint locks. ough hapkido leans
more towards the soft style end of
the martial arts continuum, it is
still a general style that incorpo-
rates useful elements from other
martial arts.
We have hard technique as
well as traditional soft techniques,
so we still do punches and kicks
because theyre actually really
useful. We blend those together,
French said.
Students and faculty members
thinking of trying hapkido are
advised to refer to the basic class
schedule available on the CRCs
website. Class meets Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, at 7:00
p.m. in the CRCs Studio A and
lasts until 8:30 p.m.
e classs cost of $50 per se-
mester is less expensive than most
tness classes and cheaper than
some other martial arts classes.
e instructor emphasized that
the hapkido class is open to all in-
terested students and faculty who
Students learn street styles with Urban Dance Grooves
By Madison Lee
Focus Editor
For a high-energy workout
that incorporates modern dance
and style, the Campus Recreation
Center (CRC) oers Urban Dance
Grooves among its selection of in-
structional GIT FIT classes. Stu-
dents can learn a range of hip-hop
techniques to take anywhere from
the club to the streets.
Urban Dance Grooves is a to-
tal-body tness program for stu-
dents looking to get in shape and
practice the latest moves. Teach-
ing rhythm and physical coordi-
nation, participants can work up
a sweat learning techniques that
have evolved from mainstream
and alternative hip-hop culture.
I was looking for some kind
of on-campus activity that would
incorporate dance and workout.
It has helped me maintain my en-
durance too, said Johnna Sheu, a
second-year GEML major.
For several of the students par-
ticipating in the class, this was
their rst formal dance instruc-
tion. e program provides an en-
ergetic exercise experience with a
variety of benets.
e dance aspect really inter-
ested me. Larrys a great teacher,
and [when it comes to tness] it
denitely challenges me, said
Alyse Taylor, a third-year EE
graduate student.
e Urban Dance Grooves
program instructor discovered
street-style dance after his teen
years, pursuing the interest and
nding an opportunity to share
his knowledge by teaching stu-
dents at Tech.
Ive been teaching for almost
ve years now [] Ive always
wanted to be a part of the gym
[environment] and once I started
dancing at the gym I went with it
and I thought, now that Im do-
ing this maybe I can teach a class,
said Larry Brown, the Urban
Dance Grooves class instructor.
With campus in the heart of a
metropolitan area with a thriving
dance community, Tech students
learning hip-hop and other dance
styles can nd a number of popu-
lar venues and an assortment of
opportunities to choose from in
Atlanta when honing their skills
outside of class.
ere are plenty of locations
for anybody whos just starting
up and doesnt have a great con-
dence level yet with their dancing
to nd something. eres a niche
for everyone here, Brown said.
Students at all levels of experi-
ence are welcome to participate.
Instruction begins with the basics
and progresses to more advanced
techniques.
e way that I teach my class,
it encompasses everyone from all
walks of life and backgrounds []
even if you dont have any dance
experience, Brown said.
Learning to dance with con-
dence takes regular practice and
instruction, but as it is with all
things, motivation on the part of
the student is the best way to im-
prove their abilities. Beyond the
expertise of the instructor, person-
al objectives for the program are
an important part of the learning
process.
I think that its all about what
the students goals for the class
are. I like to have my students
meet me halfway [] a lot of in-
structors think that they just have
to inspire them to be a part of the
class as theyre teaching them the
routine, but if they meet you half-
way then I feel like they come mo-
tivated themselves, Brown said.
want to try their hand a martial
arts.
Everybodys always welcome
to come and take classes. You
can watch, [or] you can come and
participate in the class. People
are always welcome to try it out,
French said.
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Belly dancing also helps to
increase exibility and prevent
osteoporosis. Maintaining proper
dance form also increases strength
in the abdominal muscles and
spine.
Although traditional belly
dancing costumes have a cropped
top and a skirt that are both richly
decorated, the belly dancing class
recommends wearing a tted top
and yoga pants.
e traditional costume also
generally has a belt that goes on
the hip, drawing the eye to the
swaying motion of the abdomen
that is one of the fundamental
and easily recognizable moves of
the dance.
e instructor for the GIT FIT
programs belly dancing class is a
choreographer with extensive ex-
perience. She has expertise in a
variety of techniques in addition
to belly dancing, and she brings
her knowledge of dance to her
class at Tech.
Belly dancing in the U.S. is
usually a fusion of traditional bel-
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western styles. It gives dancers
greater control over their bod-
ies while helping to tone muscles
and relieve stress. Belly dancing
is widely accessible as a form of
dance in which people of all ages
can participate.
e CRCs GIT FIT program
is oering a class this semester on
the basics of belly dancing. For
the fall session, the class meets ev-
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Is a personal tness regimen an important part of your routine?
By Aaron Tumulak
Contributing Writer
When choosing a tness regi-
men, personal preference is every-
thing. Everyone likes to get their
daily dose of exercise a dierent
way, whether its swimming, jog-
ging or weight training.
is week, students were asked
to describe their workout rou-
tinesspecically, how often
they hit the gym and whether or
not they stick to planned routines
on a daily or weekly basis.
I usually run on the treadmill
for thirty minutes and try to do
some strength training for anoth-
er thirty minutes. Its kind of hard
to balance with classes and every-
thing else but I try to schedule in
at least an hour of gym time every
day. I think its important because
as Tech students its easy to get
stressed with the workload []
so its nice to have a mental break
and get a workout in, said Victo-
ria Raines, a rst-year IE major.
Other students are less in-
spired to exercise on a regimen.
With classes going strong and
workloads getting bigger, tting
in time to work out is not always
a priority.
I just come [to the CRC]
when I want to. Its hard to exer-
cise every day because of my class
schedule. After I [leave] class I feel
tired and lazy so I dont want to
work out, said Tran Dao, a rst-
year BMED major.
However, even if students are
not devoting time to working out
on a regular basis, exercise can still
an important part of their lives.
Sometimes I feel tired and
lazy but when you work out it
gives you strength and helps you
cope with the stress here, Dao
said.
For some, working out is an
essential part of the day. Regu-
lar exercise can become a habit
such that changing ones tness
schedule can throw o ones daily
rhythm.
Im in the Army, so we work
out every single every day after
we wake up [...] maybe Im pro-
gramed [to exercise]. I dont feel
right if I dont work out, said
Russell Destremps, a BC graduate
student.
Getting in shape takes com-
mitment and eort. Unfortu-
nately, getting out of shape is a lot
easier. A strict schedule can be the
best way to avoid lapses.
Usually I try to run for ten
minutes and do abdominal exer-
cises for ten minutes; then I run
for another half hour. Exercising is
pretty important, I think. A lot of
people tend to and sit around and
its easy to grab something fatty.
Its important to at least get out of
the building for a little while and
break a sweat, said Scott Gilliam,
a second-year BA major.
Using the internet to get tips
for building a tness regimen can
also provide motivation. ere is a
wealth of programs and routines
online, and many of them can be
personalized.
I got my regimen from body-
building.com. Its called Twelve
Weeks to Gain and you keep in-
creasing the intensity of the work-
out over time. It starts o very
high-repetition, low-intensity.
e more you work out the higher
your weights go, the less the reps
go, and basically you bulk up
throughout the process. Its also
got nutrition [tips] and a bunch
of other components to it, said
David Hendon, a second-year CS
major.
When classes start to get over-
whelming, exercise can be a great
stress reliever, making it doubly
healthy
[For my regimen] I mostly
use bodybuilding.com. I did a
lot more of working out when I
was an undergrad, but the site
gives me some great, easy nutri-
tion and workout guides. eres
the wellness and health side of it
but I think for college students
its [good for] stress reduction and
stress management, said Jason
Hamilton, an AE PhD student.
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For students who tire quickly
of going through the motions
every day, taking on a dynamic
and intense workout most of the
week and switching it up with an
endurance exercise like jogging
or swimming can add some vari-
ety and break the monotony of a
regular tness cycle.
I work out every day and I
usually do a thirty minute sprint
interval and warm up on the
treadmill before I do a HIT (High
Intensity Interval Training) rou-
tine [...] I usually do a good twen-
ty minutes of that. Next, I move
on to a fteen minute ab workout.
I take rest days in between where
I just run, said Marisa Olson, a
second-year EIA major.
As students with many in-
terests, busy schedules and a lot
of distractions to keep them oc-
cupied, sticking with a good t-
ness regimens can be hard to do.
Knowing ones limits and making
a habit of enjoyable exercises can
improve the chances of staying t
this semester.
Naturally, nding a routine
that one really enjoys is one of the
best ways to get inspired.
Making time to exercise is
hard, but I really enjoy working
out. Its my break from school
and its easy for me to stick to it
because I love it so much, Olson
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James discusses inspiration behind most recent album
By Jillian Broaddus
Sta Writer
It has been over two years since his last
album release, but Brendan James is o-
cially back and more impassioned than ever
to have his voice heard. After a summer of
soul-searching in 2011 during which he
contemplated giving up his musical aspira-
tions, James followed his heart and poured
his emotions into his latest record, Hope
in Transition. is album has been called
James most hopeful and invigorating col-
lection of music in his critically-acclaimed,
seven-year career. e Los Angeles-based
singer-songwriter answered some questions
for e Technique about his current collec-
tion, his inuences from the past and his
hopes for what is to come.
Youve mentioned that the title of your
latest album, Hope in Transition, was
inspired by the transition youve gone
through over the past year, particularly
concerning your decision of whether or
not to give up music entirely. How have
you changed as a person and as an artist?
Its hard to explain the diculties of the
musical pursuit without sounding clich.
e constant travel and the high demand
placed on an artist for the commercially
viable manifestation of their gift can be
soul-devouring. I was in need of a com-
plete recalibration, and 10 months later, I
answer this question as a stronger, calmer,
more creatively centered person, who feels
his best material may lie ahead, not behind.
Even while pursuing a music career
and interning in Hollywoodyou were
able to acquire a degree in Communi-
cations from the University of North
Carolina. During college, where did you
think you would be today and how con-
dent were you in your decision to enter
the music industry?
In college, I had no idea where I would
end up. I was merely riding the wave of
blind ambition, pursuing a concept more
than a plan. I attribute all success Ive had
to diving in fully: mind, body and soul. It
wasnt until I was in my late twenties that I
thought musical success would be a reality.
What can fans expect to hear on Hope
in Transition, and how is it dierent
from your previous albums, e Day is
Brave and your self-titled sophomore al-
bum Brendan James?
My latest album is a bit fresher, more
upbeat than [the rst two], I guess. I put
a great deal of eort into songwriting and
production this time around...while tack-
ling similar themes of love, hope, and inter-
connectivity. Basically, I hope the kids like
it, and their parents think they have good
taste.
Photo courtesy of Rock Ridge Music See James, page 17
By Chris Ernst
Contributing Writer
Rogers and Hammersteins landmark
musical, e King and I, entertains audi-
ences for a limited time at the Fabulous Fox
eatre. e culture clash story may enter-
tain diehard fans, but neophytes may nd
it too simple. is problem is only magni-
ed by the lackluster portrayal of one of the
main characters. However, the other lead
shined with an impressive voice and great
delivery.
e story revolves around a British
schoolteacher who takes a post in Siam in
the 1860s. e schoolteacher is to teach
the children of the King of Siam in order
to help bring Siam into modern times.
is story is based on the book Anna and
the King of Siam, which is in turn based on
the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who was
the real-life governess of King Mongkuts
children.
e musical is one of the most successful
of its genre, winning Tonys, being turned
into an Academy Award-winning movie
and becoming a mainstay in theaters all
over the world. is production at the Fox
harkens back to the original production
in 1951, possible because it is directed by
Baayrok Lee, who played Princess Yaolak,
one of the kings children in the original
1952 Broadway production.
e show is denitely old-school, with
a simple story and a few big musical num-
bers. e plot is straightforward and easy
to understand, which makes it a little ho-
hum. e show explores the relationship
between the king and schoolteacher, each
representing their individual cultures.
e show is meant to be less about plot
and story and more about character study.
is is unfortunate for the Atlanta produc-
tion, because the portrayal of the King of
Siam by Ronobir Lahiri fell at. He did
not embody diering levels of anger and
confusion in the musical, but instead por-
trayed the king with only one level of an-
ger in all situations. Ultimately, Lahiri did
not show the audience dierent sides of the
character, thereby characterizing him as
hardly more than a secondary player.
By the end of the play the characters
should be changed due to their experience,
and where there was once bitterness and
feuding, there should be occasional love
and understanding. By the end of this pro-
duction, the audience does not know the
king any better due to the lackluster per-
formance.
On the other hand, Lahiris expression
of the king may only seem dim because of
Victoria Mallorys shining portrayal of the
schoolteacher. e subtlety of her voicing
and physicality instantly indicated to the
audience the kind of person this character
is. Her heavy rsum justies her success,
and the few songs that her character sings
shine brightly, as Mallorys voice is the best
female voice in the show. It is no surprise
that she is a voice teacher in her time o
the stage. (On a side note, the best male
voice goes to Josh Dela Cruz in the role of
Lun a.)
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Words cannot express romance despite experienced cast
By Joe Murphy
Assistant Entertainment Editor
e rst few weeks after the
big-budgeted and action-packed
summer blockbuster season can
be a bit underwhelming in terms
of content, and no lm illustrates
this fact better than e Words,
released on Sept. 7. is drama,
focusing on the consequences
of a single lie and the lives that
are changed as a result, promises
to weave a tale of deception and
heartache. It ultimately fails to
leave much of an impression de-
spite its experienced cast and in-
triguing premise.
e plot shifts among three
dierent timelines, each with its
own characters and story. e rst
involves a writer (Dennis Quaid,
e Day After Tomorrow) giving
an oration of his latest book to a
group of audience members, one
of which (Olivia Wilde, House
M.D.) takes an interest in him
and particularly in the story he
tells. e story, which may or may
not be based on true events, re-
volves around Rory (Bradley Coo-
per, e Hangover), a struggling
writer who cannot reach success
until he comes across a mysteri-
ous, authorless manuscript that
he decides to publish as his own.
e book becomes a major hit,
rocketing Rory to fame and for-
tune; and with every passing day,
Rory nds that keeping his secret
becomes easier and easier, even
from his supportive wife (Zoe Sal-
dana, Star Trek). However, reality
Photo courtesy of Animus Films

The Words
GENRE: Drama, Romance
STARRING: Bradley Cooper,
Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde
DIRECTORS: Brian Klugman,
Lee Sternthal
RATING: PG-13
RELEASE DATE: Sept. 7
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comes crashing down around him
when a nameless old man (Jeremy
Irons, Die Hard with a Vengeance)
reveals himself to Rory as the true
author of the book that has grant-
ed Rory so much fortune and suc-
cess. In ashbacks, the tragic story
of the old man is shown, revealing
how his younger self (Ben Barnes,
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Cas-
pian) wrote and subsequently lost
the novel during the years follow-
ing World War II.
e thematic elements found
in e Words appear to have the
makings of a good drama due to
multiple stories that are connected
by a single act of fate. e lengths
people will go to see their dreams
realized are subsequently ex-
plored. It seems practically Oscar-
worthy at rst glance.
Sadly, the lm fails to move for-
ward within its own plot. Rather,
it presents all of the information
that has already been seen in the
trailer and then moves sideways,
drifting back and forth between
characters and their interactions
with little or no rising action to
pique the viewers interest.
Even though the lm lacks mo-
mentum, the cast of e Words is
not to blame. e acting is steady
and reliable, and each actor does
a commendable job of engrossing
themselves in their characters.
In the wake of the second in-
stallment in the Hangover series,
Cooper proves that he is capable
of sustaining a more serious lead
role, and opposite him, Saldana
is consistently convincing with
the material given to her. Irons
performance of the rugged and
world-weary old man comes
across as nothing less than what
is expected of a veteran actor such
as himself, providing the audience
with much needed substance to
ll the void caused by the lms
weak storyline. Overall, the cast
is colorful and engrossing, and as
such is one of the major redeem-
ing qualities of the lm.
Maybe e Words will not turn
heads with its revolutionary plot
or mind-bending special eects,
but the lm does paint a semi-
accurate picture of the struggles of
life and the lengths people will go
to overcome them. A deeper sense
of intrigue or perhaps a more
thrilling taste of deception would
have done this lm some good.
As it stands, e Words showcases
the talent of its performers, yet it
ultimately lacks much memorabil-
ity or potential of that in the long
run.
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South Africa: Kwaito gives voice to freedom
By Sid Sreeram
Contributing Writer
Kwaito, a developing musical
trend in South Africa and Namib-
ia, seems to have taken the teen-
age 21st century world by storm.
It is a simple style of house music,
combined with soul and some Af-
rican tribal beats.
Kwaito originated in the 1980s
in southern Africa, but did not
spread to other countries or conti-
nents due to the lack of signicant
publishers and producers. anks
to modern networking advantag-
es, the story today is dierent, and
Kwaito is spreading internation-
ally.
Popular artists of this genre of
music such as Arthur Mafokate
cite Kwaito as an inspiration from
ghetto and gangster life in South
Africa. Mafokate, one of the
pioneers of this type of music, is
well-known for his 1995 hit Kaf-
r and says that the lyrics in his
songs are deliberately provocative
so as to inspire youngsters to stand
up for themselves.
e songs either narrate stories
of freedom from apartheid and
racism while patronizing the Af-
rican culture and heritage, or they
portray the rags-to-riches stories
that are commonplace in southern
Africa. For this reason, Kwaitos
samples were never featured in
public gatherings, being seen as
a source of uneasiness and agita-
tion. e songs have been banned
by some radio stations in South
Africa for stimulating rebellion,
causing Kwaito to be character-
ized as a political music genre.
On a more rhythmic note,
Kwaito features instruments like
synthesizers, drums and other
percussion to create dance music.
e lyrics are usually in the form
of rhythmic speech rather than
melodious singing, a style some
other rap artists have experiment-
ed with.
Songs are typically sung in
Afrikaans, Zulu or English, the
primary languages in South Af-
rica and Namibia. e music is
also slower than generic house
music, with the beats repeating
after four counts. It is also meant
to be interactive, with the vocalist
asking questions and the listener
responding.
okozani Mhlambi, a famous
Kwaito writer, says that this form
of interrogative lyrics is used to
teach youth to live and speak for
themselves. e songs are aimed
at relaxing youngsters who have
undergone stress and struggle and
the songs show a reversion to bet-
ter times.
Photo courtesy of Arthur Mafokate
e criticisms of Kwaito are
numerous, with critics frequently
condemning the sexually driven
lyrics and dances of this genre of
music. Furthermore, the indus-
try is primarily male-dominated,
with only a couple of signicant
female producers.
Some other critics allege that
Kwaito is a plagiarism of other
genres of music like drum n
bass, garage and house music. e
genre also has several economic
and cultural implications. Since
nearly half of the South African
population is under 21, the youth
exerts a major inuence on social
life. ey have supported Kwaito
and caused the album sales to sky-
rocket to record numbers.
e genre popularizes cer-
tain kinds of clothing, language
and attitude and has been used
by mainstream producers to ad-
vertise their products. It has also
been known to advertise political
agendas.
In a nutshell, Kwaito has risen
from little popularity to record
sales in a matter of years. Predom-
inant among the youth, this mu-
sic has been cited as an inspiration
by numerous western artists like
Diplo and other hip-hop produc-
ers. Featuring slow house beats
combined with speech based lyr-
ics, Kwaito is a form of dance mu-
sic that is taking large strides and
is quickly spreading across Africa.
King from page 13
e Foxs Moorish design per-
fectly plays into the exotic, tropi-
cal backdrop of the show at hand.
e atmosphere of the building
itself, from the bathrooms to the
balconies, augments the experi-
ence of the show, transporting
the audience to another culture in
another place in time more eec-
tively than the show by itself ever
could.
e biggest problem of the
show is the story, which is rather
boring as an anti-romance. Only
compounding this problem, the
kings character does not feel fully
eshed out by the nal curtain
fall; on a show that relies heavily
on two main characters, one of
them is a dud. However, the joy
of Mallorys talent shines brightly
through the theater.
Overall, the show is good
enough for people who know
what they are getting into, but it
falls far short of the mark estab-
lished by the 1956 movie.

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FOX Tuesday brings new faces to comedy
By Jillian Broaddus
Sta Writer
is past Friday, Tech and
Georgia State students alike were
invited to a private screening of
the New FOX Tuesday at the
14th Street Playhouse. Hosted by
FOX and Xnity, the premiere
episodes of two new FOX com-
edy seriesBen and Kate and e
Mindy Projectdebuted and did
not disappoint. e added bonus
of trivia prizes, free gift bags and
endless pizza for all in attendance
did not hurt the popularity of the
event in the slightest.
Ben and Kate, scheduled to
premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at
8:30 p.m., revolves around the
lives of a pair of siblings who are
complete opposites. Ben Fox (Nat
Faxon, American Dad! ), the older
but absent-minded brother, is an
immature and somewhat unre-
liable adult-child while Kate
(Dakota Johnson, e Five-Year
Engagement) balances his antics as
the reliable and employed single
mother. When Ben moves in with
Kate to help raise her daughter,
Maddie (Maggie Elizabeth Jones,
We Bought A Zoo), their converse
character traits come together
beautifully. In the premiere epi-
sode, Kate attempts to aid Ben in
crashing the wedding of the only
girl he ever loved, while Ben helps
Kate maneuver the tricky world of
dating as a single mother. Other
lovable sidekicksincluding
the hilarious Lucy Punch (Bad
Teacher) and Echo Kellum (Hot
in Cleveland)round out the cast
and create a laugh-out-loud sitcom
with both disastrously riotous and
subtly poignant storylines.
e Mindy Project, also slated
to air on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 9:30
p.m., follows e Oces favor-
ite customer service agent in her
new role as a bubbly yet brazen
physician attempting to balance
a hectic career, active social life,
and numerous love interests. In
the series premiere, Mindy Lahiri
(Mindy Kaling) changes from
sparkles to scrubs in a split second
one, combined with the creative
minds of e Oce (this episode
was also written by Kaling, with
B.J. Novak as the executive pro-
ducer) make the audience feel for
the lovable and relatable protago-
nist struggling to survive in the
real world. Plus, Mindys primary
love interest in the pilot has a Brit-
ish accent, which never hurts.
So, as classes intensify and
midterms come in full swing, take
a quick study break to relax and
watch the new faces on FOXs
new comedy Tuesdays.
as her blind date (with Dennis,
played by her Oce co-star Ed
Helms) is interrupted by news of
her newest patient going into la-
bor. Unfortunately, this patient is
a distressed nine months pregnant
woman who doesnt speak English
and has no health insurance. is
presents Mindy with an ethical
dilemma between logically reject-
ing an unreasonable request and
working to acquire more patients
than her irtatiously cocky co-
worker (Chris Messina, Damages).
Unique scenarios such as this
Photo courtesy of FOX
James from page 13
What is your personal favor-
ite track from the new album
and why?
I would say Younger Days if
I had to choose. Like many of my
favorites, it was a song that came
from nowhere, presented itself to
me in the span of a few hours, and
struck the band and producer as
truly fun to record. It also brings
me back to my most innocent and
memorable daysdays to never
be rivaled.
roughout the past few
years, you have toured with nu-
merous popular artists such as
John Mayer and Matt White to
name a few. Who are some of
your musical role models?
Paul Simon for his whimsically
brilliant lyrics, Elton John for his
soulful melodies, Paul McCartney
for his song structure and risk and
Eva Cassidy for her delivery.
What do you think the fu-
ture holds for you?
Im excited about the music I
plan to record in 2013, and the
touring that will follow. But who
knows? I certainly havent reached
my true potential yet. Ill know
when I have, and hopefully a few
others will too.
James continues his Hope in
Transition tour when he comes
to Vinyl in Atlanta on Sept. 19.
Touring with James are two up-
and-coming artists, Brian Jarvis
and Risa Binder. Tickets are $15
at the door and $12 in advance.
James piano-infused sounds
are guaranteed to entertain, and
the inspiration behind the lyrics
makes this artists new album one
to watch.
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Notre Dame to join ACC
By Alex Sohani
Associate Editor
e ACC and the University of
Notre Dame ocially announced
a partnership on Wednesday, Sept.
12, in which the Fighting Irish
would join in every sport aside
from football, where they current-
ly act as an independent. With the
arrangement, Notre Dame will
play ve non-conference match-
ups against ACC teams each sea-
son for football while playing a
full conference schedule in all
other Division I athletics.
is is truly a great day for
the Atlantic Coast Conference
and for Georgia Tech [...] From
so many angles, this relationship
will enhance the rich tradition of
our league and provide new and
exciting opportunities for Georgia
Tech and the ACC, said Direc-
tor of Athletics Dan Radakovich,
courtesy of ramblinwreck.com.
Notre Dame becomes the rst
school to join the conference that
is not required to be a full partici-
pant in all athletics, largely due to
their lucrative TV contract and
historical status as a football inde-
pendent.
As a current member of the Big
East Conference, Notre Dame
must pay a $5 million exit fee and
can not leave the conference until
27 months after the announce-
ment. However, those gures
are not set in stone, as new ACC
members Pittsburgh and Syracuse
though, the Jackets began to
struggle with ball security, with
both Days and Washington losing
fumbles during Techs rst two
possessions of the second quarter.
e Jackets defense responded
by stopping both of Presbyterians
fourth down conversion attempts
after the turnovers. e Jackets
then closed out the half with an
82-yard drive in the nal 2:39 that
led to a 32-yard eld goal by red-
shirt junior kicker David Scully.
e Jackets went into the locker
room with a 24-0 advantage.
e third quarter started much
like the second quarter for the
Jackets, with redshirt sophomore
B-back Charles Perkins losing a
fumble before the Jackets ball se-
curity woes came to an end.
On the Jackets next possession
following the Perkins fumble,
Washington completed a 40-yard
pass to redshirt sophomore A-
back Tony Zenon before hitting
redshirt junior A-back Robert
Godhigh for a 45-yard touch-
down pass the following play.
After the kicko, Presbyteri-
ans Garrick threw a pass that was
quickly intercepted by sophomore
safety Jamal Golden. Two plays
later, Lee dove into the endzone
for the one-yard score to put the
Jackets up 38-0.
With Tech holding a comfort-
able lead, freshman Lee continued
to play at quarterback and began
producing big plays both through
the air and on the ground. Late
in the third quarter, he red a
deep pass to sophomore receiver
Je Greene, who hauled it in and
escaped two defenders for an 82-
yard touchdown. e play was
the sixth-longest passing score in
school history.
On the following possession,
Lee bobbled a high snap on a quar-
terback draw, and broke through
the Presbyterian defense for a 79-
yard run before being caught from
behind. Lees 79-yard run was also
a record: the longest non-scoring
rush in school history.
e Jackets closed the game
in the fourth quarter with two B-
backs, redshirt freshman B-back
Broderick Snoddy and redshirt
sophomore Matt Connors, each
punching in a touchdown to in-
crease the lead to 59-0.
In the games nal minutes,
Presbyterian drove 62 yards to set
up a 30-yard eld goal on the nal
play from regulation to set the -
nal score at 59-3.
e Jackets return to ACC ac-
tion at home this Saturday, Sept.
15, at 3:30 p.m. against the Vir-
ginia Cavaliers.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
The Jackets salute the student body after their 59-3 victory over
Presbyterian last Saturday. Nine dierent players scored for Tech.
Football from page 24
Photo by Jason Ossey / Student Publications
Tech QB Reggie Ball stays away from a ND defender in the last
matchup between Tech and the Fighting Irish in 2006 in Atlanta.
Volleyball from page 24
Jackets met up with the No. 15
Florida Gators. Tech took the rst
set largely behind strong service
by Mead, winning the rst set 25-
22.
However, the Gators were
quick to respond, and they domi-
nated the second set 25-15. e
15 points were the least Tech has
scored in a set all season.
e third set was up in the air
for much of the set, as the lead
changed eight times. However,
the set nally swung in favor of
the Gators, 25-21.
In the fourth and nal set, the
Jackets came within a point of the
lead at 13-12, but, after Florida
went on a 7-2 run to take a four-
point lead, Tech could not keep
up and lost the set 25-22.
e Jackets, now 7-2, look to
bounce back from this loss at this
weekends Georgia Tech Court-
yard Classic at OKeefe Gym. e
tournament features ACC rival
Clemson on Friday at 7 p.m., and
cross-town rival Georgia State
on Saturday at 11 a.m. e key
game this weekend will be against
Clemson.
recently negotiated $7.5 million
settlements in order to leave the
Big East early to start ACC play
in July 2013.
As a result of Notre Dame join-
ing the ACC, the conference also
proposed an increase in its exit fee
to three times the conferences an-
nual budgeta total of more than
$50 million. As a result, Tech and
other members of the ACC can
put conference realignment dis-
cussions to rest, as an ACC team
is now highly unlikely to leave for
another conference.
While the addition of Notre
Dame puts the ACC at an uneven
15 members, the conference has
no plans of expanding to include
a 16th school.
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Virginia opens conference play at Tech Satur-
day with a chance to rise to 3-0 overall and take
the lead in the race for the ACC Coastal Division
title. e Cavaliers and the Hokies are the only
two teams currently undefeated in the division.
Last week, Virginia narrowly defeated Penn
State 17-16, primarily because of the Nittany Li-
ons missing four of their ve eld goal attempts.
e Cavaliers will need to
rely on more than just
luck if they hope to de-
feat the Jackets at home.
Last year Virginia strug-
gled to capitalize on long
drives, ranking fourth in
the ACC for yards gained,
but only ninth for points
scored. To stand a chance against Tech, the Cava-
liers must sustain longer drives and convert them
into points.
e Cavaliers lost a signicant number of
starters from last season, particularly on the de-
fense. ree of last years starters on the defen-
sive line did not return, and in order to defeat the
Jackets, the Cavaliers will need to stop the Jackets
on the ground. Tech is No. 5 in the country in
rushing oense this season, but has historically
had limited success against ACC competition
with the passing game.
Junior quarterback Michael Rocco and senior
running back Perry Jones lead the Virginia of-
fense behind an experienced oensive line. Last
year, Rocco struggled at times, throwing al-
most an equal number of touchdowns and
interceptions. With a year of experience
under his belt, Rocco has averaged 284.5
passing yards per game with three touch-
down passes. To be successful against the
Jackets, who have the No. 23 pass defense
in the country to date, the Cavaliers will
need to continue to show a balanced oense.
After falling to
the Hokies to begin
the season, Tech looks
to earn its rst victory
in ACC play. e Jackets
gained momentum against
Presbyterian last week and will
try to follow through with a victory
over the Cavaliers this weekend in their rst
home conference game.
Although a handful key players from last sea-
sons oense have departed, redshirt senior quar-
terback Tevin Washington remains the starter
and the Jackets spread option attack remains a
force to be reckoned with on the ground, aver-
aging 5.9 yards per carry on 113 attempts this
season.
Senior A-back Orwin Smith should see
more action this week after sustaining an injury
against Virginia Tech. Smith has averaged 9.7
yards per carry through his career.
e Jackets passing game has shown signs of
improvement over last season despite the depar-
ture of veteran wide receiver Stephen Hill. In the
2011 season, Washington completed only 49.3
percent of his pass attempts, but his completion
percentage is over 60 percent through the Jack-
ets rst two games.
T h e
Jackets de-
fense has
been suc-
cessful in
pass defense,
holding opponents
to less than a 50 percent completion rate so far.
On the ground, the Jackets have allowed rushers
to gain an average of 3.7 yards per carry.
e Cavaliers mostly rely on their passing
game but have shown they are capable of push-
ing defenders around in the running game. In
order to defeat Virginia the defense needs to con-
tinue with their success covering receivers deep
to disrupt the passing game. e Jackets should
also focus on controlling the line of scrimmage
to ensure that the Cavaliers are not able to estab-
lish any rhythm with their running game.
PREDICTION: Tech 24, Virginia 10
Campaign Georgia Tech is a $1.5 billion effort to
enable Georgia Tech to dene the technological
research university of the twenty-rst century.
Georgia Tech, and
Coach Danny Hall in
particular, gave me
an opportunity to
come to school on
a scholarship and
play baseball.
For me to give
back, now that
Ive been so
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athleteIm
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student-athletes
an opportunity.
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Mark Teixeira
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Athletic scholarship recipient
1999-2001 letterwinner
2001 National Collegiate Player of the Year
and. . . philanthropist
Hometown: Severna Park, Maryland
Profession: First baseman, New York Yankees
Hobby: Golf
Latest accomplishment: Set the Major League
switch-hitting home run record, hitting home
runs from both sides of the plate in twelve games
By Matt Schwartz
Sta Writer
e Jackets headed south to Gaines-
ville, Fla. this past weekend for the Active
Ankle Challenge hosted by the University
of Florida. Tech, which was 5-1 heading
into the weekend, swept Louisiana-Lafay-
ette in its rst match by a count of 25-18,
25-22, 25-20. Despite nding themselves
in a early 8-5 rst set decit, the Jackets
took the lead and never looked back.
Senior rightside hitter Monique Mead
stepped up with another big performance,
recording 11 kills and 10 digs for her
fourth double-double of 2012. Also con-
tributing were sophomore outside hitter
Courtney Felinski, who had 11 kills and
three blocks, and senior outside hitter Bai-
ley Hunter, who recorded nine kills and 14
digs. Felinskis 11 kills were a career high
and Hunters 14 digs led the team.
e next day, the Jackets took on Jack-
sonville in what proved to be an equally
quick match. Tech cruised to a 25-17, 25-
16, 25-16 victory, rarely nding itself in
any high pressue situations.
e Jacksonville match had historical
implications for Hunter, who entered the
match two kills shy of 1000 for her career.
She passed the mark, landing a team-high
11 kills, bringing her total kills to 1009.
Junior middle blocker Quinn Evans also
played a solid match, as she tallied two
blocks and eight kills on 10 attacks with
no errors.
In the tournaments nal match, the
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Zach Laskey, Tevin Washington, Synjyn Days, Robert Godhigh, Vad Lee, Je Greene, Broderick Snoddy and Matt Connors scored touchdowns in Saturdays 59-3 victory.
Welcome Home
| Jackets rout Presbyterian in home opener, 59-3
By Alex Sohani
Associate Editor
Just ve days after a season-opening loss
on Labor Day, the Jackets were looking
to rebound at home on Saturday, Sept. 8,
against the Presbyterian Blue Hose. Tech
did just that, shutting out Presbyterian un-
til the nal play of regulation and topping
the Blue Hose 59-3.
e Tech oense posted the second-best
performance in school history, racking up
712 yards of total oense despite losing
three fumbles. Defensively, the Jackets held
Presbyterian to 243 yards of total oense
while limiting the Blue Hose to a 37 percent
completion rate on pass attempts. Presbyte-
rian was only able to convert two of their 16
third-down attempts and could not convert
either of their two fourth-down attempts.
Presbyterians inability to maintain drives
resulted in them being forced to punt nine
times while losing three turnovers.
I think there were a lot of positives. I
dont care who you play; if you get those
big plays, you are doing some things right,
said Head Coach Paul Johnson.
e Jackets had two 100-yard rushers
for the rst time since last seasons 66-24
rout of the Kansas Jayhawks. Sophomore
B-back Zach Laskey and redshirt freshman
quarterback Vad Lee had 116 and 101 rush-
ing yards, respectively, while redshirt senior
quarterback Tevin Washington posted 97
yards on the ground.
e Blue Hose began the game on of-
fense, posting three straight incompletions
before being forced to punt. e Jackets
quickly struck for their rst touchdown,
with Laskey getting his rst carry on a
third-and-4 play and bursting through
Presbyterians defensive front for a 56-yard
touchdown run to put the Jackets up 7-0.
e Jackets continued the strong rst
quarter with a 58-yard touchdown run by
Washington three possessions later, fol-
lowed by a three-yard touchdown by red-
shirt sophomore quarterback Synjyn Days
on the following possession. e Jackets
ended the rst quarter up 21-0 while allow-
ing Presbyterian only 37 yards of oense.
e Blue Hose nally began to get an
oensive rhythm going early in the second
quarter, driving 49 yards to set up a 43-yard
eld goal attempt. at attempt, however,
was blocked by Tech redshirt junior outside
linebacker Brandon Watts.
After the success in the rst quarter,
Tech volleyball travels to UF Tech honors Dodd with statue
By Anna Arnau
Sports Editor
Tech will unveil a statue honoring leg-
endary coach Bobby Dodd today, Friday
September 14, outside of Bobby Dodd Sta-
dium in Calloway Plaza.
e unveiling falls on the same weekend
of the 60th anniversary of Techs 1952 na-
tional championship, and Tech will be
honoring the 1951 and 1952 teams at
the Virginia game Saturday.
He meant so much to all of his
players over the course of their ca-
reers, in both sports and business.
Coach Dodd recognized much
earlier than we did that getting
an education from Georgia
Tech was the important rea-
son we were there, said Taz
Anderson, who played foot-
ball at Tech from 1957-60,
courtesy of ramblinwreck.
com.
A few years ago, the
Dodds Boys group was
formed to coordinate re-
unions and functions before
games for Tech. e group
came up with the idea for the
statue, sought approval from
the Institute and athletic de-
partment, and found a design
team to carry out the idea.
e nal product stands 54 inches
tall on a ve-foot pedestal and will be
unveiled during a ceremony attended by
Institute President G.P. Bud Peterson,
Director of Athletics, Dan Radakovich,
the project contributors and the family of
Coach Dodd.
Dodd became the head football
coach in 1945 after serving as an
assistant coach beginning in 1931.
He is the schools all-time leader
in wins with 165 victories. Under
Dodd, Tech won 31 straight games
from 1951-1953, including the
perfect 12-0 1952 season
that ended with Techs third
national title. In Dodds
22-year career, he led the
Jackets to 13 bowl games,
winning nine of them, and
coached 21 rst-team All-
Americans.
Following his stint as
head coach, Dodd served
as director of athletics from
1967 to 1976. He is a mem-
ber of the College Football
Hall of Fame for his success
as a coach at Tech, and as a
player at Tennessee. Dodd
passed away at the age of 79
on June 21, 1988.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
Hunter continued a strong season with
nine kills and 14 digs against Louisiana.
See Football. page 21
See Volleyball. page 21