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BOR bans undocumented students from schools
By Maddie Cook
Contributing Writer
Te Board of Regents (BOR) of
the University System of Georgia
(USG) recently passed the propos-
al to ban entry of undocumented
students into several of Georgias
public universities. Tese fve
universities include Tech, UGA,
GCSU, GSU and the Medical
College of Georgia. Georgia is the
second state to implement a policy
of this kind, following South Car-
olina, which bans undocumented
students from all public state in-
stitutions.
Te BOR has directed these
Georgia schools to no longer allow
undocumented students to enroll
in their universities, starting in
Fall 2011.
Under the new policy, there
will be new options added to
these school applications that ask
the potential student to defne his
or her legal terms of residency and
citizenship.
Tech plans to put these policies
into efect starting Summer 2011,
ahead of the BOR schedule.
Tis summer [2010] when we
reviewed student records, there
were only four we could identify
that were undocumented. How-
ever, none were receiving state
benefts in tuition, which initially
was what the BOR wanted to nail
down, said Richard Clark, Direc-
tor of Undergraduate Admissions.
Opinions among students and
faculty over the new policy vary.
Its hard for me to understand
why anyone would want to pre-
vent undocumented students to
get an education, especially if they
See BOR, page 5
Deal wins gubernatorial election
Photo by Will Folsom / Student Publications
Left: Republican candidate Nathan Deal at the student led gubernatorial held last month. Right: Democratic candidate
for governor Roy Barnes delivers his concession speech at the Tech Hotel Conference and Conference Center on-campus.
By Vijai Narayanan
News Editor
At around 11:50 p.m. on
Tuesday night, the Republi-
can candidate for governor,
Nathan Deal declared victory
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in
Buckhead. Te Gainesville
congressman garnered 53 per-
cent of the vote, defeating his
primary opponent Roy Barnes
by 10 points.
Libertarian candidate John
Monds, who was also the frst
African-American candidate
for governor on the ballot,
earned four percent of the
votes.
Were going to be show-
ing the rest of the nation what
Georgia can do. Georgia has
placed its faith in the Republi-
can Party, and were not going
to let them down, Deal said
in a speech to supporters.
Barnes conceded defeat to
Deal at the Tech Hotel and
Conference Center, where he
and his wife took the stage just
moments before Deal began
his speech.
I just talked to Congress-
man Deal, and I wished him
the best as the new governor,
Barnes said. I have fought
the good fght. I have run the
good race. I have fnished the
course. I have kept the faith,
and so have you.
Governor-elect Deal will
succeed incumbent Repub-
lican Sonny Perdue, who has
been in ofce since 2002. His
proposals include cutting tax-
es to reduce unemployment,
which currently stands at
10.3 percent. Deal also faces
lingering questions related to
ethics investigations that were
brought up during his cam-
paign.
Across the state, voters
chose to elect mainly Repub-
lican, fueling the nationwide
resurgence of the Republican
Party. Senator Johnny Isakson
was re-elected with a 19 per-
cent victory over Democrat
Michael Turmond.
A total of seven of Geor-
gias 13 Congressional Dis-
tricts elected Republican
candidates. Nationwide, Re-
publicans took control of the
House of Representatives and
also gained a signifcant num-
ber of seats in the U.S. Senate.
Safety walk identifes danger zones across campus
By Matt Schrichte
Assistant News Editor
Students and administrators gath-
ered outside of GTPD on Tuesday
evening to take part in SGAs Campus
Safety Walk. Te walk followed a path
through the center of campus that stu-
dents commonly make from West to
East Campus. Tere were several stops
along the walk to highlight the safety
concerns in particular areas. Speakers
highlighted special safety issues such
as bike theft, criminal trespassing, lar-
ceny and assault.
Institute President G.P. Bud Pe-
terson, GTPD Chief of Police Teresa
Crocker and other top administrators
from across campus took part in the
walk while speaking about safety and
listening to students as they voiced
their own safety concerns.
One of the things that we did dif-
ferently this year was to bring in a lot
of diferent students from diferent
areas and have them comment so that
we had a broad range of people from
diferent backgrounds, said Nicholas
Robson, the SGA Planning and De-
velopment Chair and a second-year
AE major.
According to Chief Crocker, any
concerns raised during the safety walks
are put on a list that is shared between
facilities, GTPD, parking and hous-
ing. Te concerns are checked of of
the list as they are addressed through-
out the year.
Crocker, who has been conduct-
ing safety walks on college campuses
since the 80s, noted that early on at
Tech, the largest concern was placed
on campus lighting. She referenced a
part of the Pi Mile near the student
center parking deck that was poorly lit
until a few years ago when the issue
was raised on a similar walk.
Tats part of the Pi Mile, so there
are a lot of people that run that course
early in the morning and late at night,
and it was just an area that wasnt very
well lit, Crocker said.
Tere are 501 undocumented students attending mem-
ber schools of the University System of Georgia.
All undocumented students currently pay out-of-state
tuition.
Te new policy afects fve out of 35 insitutions in the
university sytem Tech, UGA, GCSU, GSU and the
Medical College of Georgia.
Currently, 29 undocumented students attend these in-
stitutions.
THE FACTS
See Walk, page 3
Sustainability
receives A-
rating
By Andrew Nelson
Staf Writer
Tech is among the highest-rated universi-
ties in the Sustainable Endowment Institutes
latest annual College Sustainability Report
Card, one of the most-participated-in sustain-
ability rankings in the U.S.
Each year, the report card grades partici-
pating universities on sustainability-related
features of administration, energy use, food,
recycling, buildings, student involvement,
transportation and fnances.
Tis years report card grades Tech at an
A-, its highest grade since it joined fve years
ago. Techs results are attributed to a combi-
nation of ongoing sustainability projects and
a change in the report cards data collection
and reporting.
Te beneft of these grades is that we go
back each year and check on how were do-
ing. Tis year we spent more time doing that
and digging deeper into those answers than
we have in the past, said Marcia Kinstler, sus-
tainability director of environmental steward-
ship at Tech.
Te cascade of sustainability initiatives and
projects stem from both Institute-wide and
GT Dining updates. Recently, buses and trol-
leys engines have been upgraded to greener
models, printing services now use 100 percent
recycled products and massive lighting and
automation projects on campus will save thou-
sands of MW-hours of energy per year.
GT Dinings two 98 percent waste neu-
See Rating, page 5
Photo courtesy of Student Government Association
Students and administrators walked across campus
in order to identify safety concerns in diferent areas.
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By Matt Schrichte
Assitant News Editor
From the fles of the GTPD...
Campus Crime
Alpha guy mania
GTPD was notifed of a fght
in progress in front of the Alpha
Chi Omega Sorority on Brittain
Drive on the night of Oct. 28.
According to witnesses, the fghts
aggressor was intoxicated and had
been behaving aggressively toward
several people in the vicinity. Te
aggressor reportedly took a pair of
sunglasses from the other students
head and broke the sunglasses. An
argument between the two ensued
and the aggressor pushed some-
one in the crowd, causing a fght
to break out among at least three
people. One of the fghts partici-
pants was transported to Grady
Hospital to treat a head injury.
Unparalled parking
At 3 a.m. on Oct. 26, a
GTPD ofcer on motorcycle was
in the process of parking at the BP
gas station on North Avenue. As
the ofcer was about to release his
side-stand to park, a red Honda
Passport pulled into the spot di-
rectly next to the ofcer at such
a sharp angle that the car was no
more than a foot away from strik-
ing the ofcer. Te ofcer reported
that upon looking at the driver, he
knew immediately that the driver
had been drinking. Te ofcer ap-
proached the driver of the car to
ask for his license. Te driver pro-
vided his permanent resident card
from Mexico and a student identi-
fcation card from Georgia High-
lands College but had no drivers
license. Te driver completed the
feld sobriety test, but refused to
blow into the alcohol sensor box.
Te driver was booked for driving
under the infuence.
Balloon bufoons
Tree freshmen students were
issued student codes of conduct
for lobbing water balloons at pe-
destrians on the sidewalk from
Glenn Residence Hall around
1:00 a.m. on Oct. 29. An ofcer
was dispatched to Glenn after
someone reported the incident.
Upon arrival, the ofcer observed
a white male throw a water bal-
loon from a fourth foor window.
After being questioned, one of
the students admitted to striking
someone with a balloon.
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Bill Amount GSS UHR
Bill Summary
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Council Clippings
This week in Student Government
By Mike Donohue, SGA Editor
E
ach week, this section includes coverage of diferent aspects of Student
Government, including the Undergraduate House of Representatives,
Graduate Student Senate and the Executive Branch of both governments.
JFC chair
Joint Finance Committee
Chair and Undergraduate Vice
President of Finance Brad Bau-
erkemper admonished the Gradu-
ate Student Senate and the Under-
graduate House of Representatives
during their meetings on Tuesday
for not taking enough responsibil-
ity when authoring bills.
Citing a three-hour JFC meet-
ing that week, Bauerkemper said
that JFC had to spend an inordi-
nate amount of time scrutinzing
bills. He asked that Representa-
tives and Senators work with or-
ganizations to ensure that their
bills met JFC policy. Teres got
to be a little more work on Sena-
tors and Represenatives part,
Bauerkemper said.
When speaking to the Under-
graduate House, he said that he
was surprised that organizational
representatives did not know
more about JFC policy in light of
last weeks resolution reafrming
UHRs commitment to the stu-
dent body. Te resolution stated
that each representative acknowl-
edge that authoring a bill makes
him or her an advocate for the
group, and that he or she takes on
the duty of teaching the organiza-
tion about JFC policy.
Undergraduate Executive Vice
President Brenda Morales echoed
Bauerkempers remarks, saying
that representatives should only
author bills they are proud to
support. She advised representa-
tives to work with organizations
to fnd other sources of funding.
However, Morales placed re-
sponsibility on the organizations,
too. I believe that many problems
arise because organizations tend
to submit their bills just before the
deadline without frst reading the
instructions carefully, familiar-
izing themselves with our policy
or seeking advice from their au-
thors...In my view, it is completely
reasonable to expect organiza-
tions to put time and efort into
the process. Te authors are re-
ally there to answer organizations
questions, ensure that bills are
submitted correctly and on time
and remind the organizations of
meeting times, Morales said in a
written statement.
ORGT
Outdoor Recreation Georgia
Tech submitted a bill discussed
this week asking for funds to pur-
chase new equipment and fnance
frst aid training for instructors.
Te bill passed the House with
little debate, 47-1-3.
However, the bill generated a
some discussion in the Senate. JFC
Chair Bauerkemper noted that
the training courses may not meet
policy, although JFC could not
come to consensus on this issue.
Te question at hand was whether
the courses constituted Profes-
sional Development, which is
banned under JFC policy.
AE Sen. Will Runge intro-
duced an amendment to remove
the training courses from the bill.
Senators discussed the purpose of
the courses, eventually conclud-
ing that they should not be clas-
sifed as Professional Develop-
ment and failed the amendment.
Te bill passed the Senate 24-3-2.
Dorm pets
During an Open Forum dis-
cussion in the UHR meeting,
At-Large Rep. Victoria Lee sug-
gested that SGA look into allow-
ing dorms to keep communal pets
to improve the mental health of
residents. Tis idea elicited sup-
port from representatives, al-
though they acknowledged sev-
eral potential obstacles. CS Rep.
and Vice President of the Resi-
dence Hall Association said that
a resolution supporting a similar
idea was working its way through
Legislative Council, the legislative
branch of RHA. He ofered to
coordinate putting UHR reps in
touch with RHA to work on this
issue.
Representative Appointment
ORGT
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While leading the walk along
Atlantic Drive, Robson pointed
out the potential safety hazard
presented by the ongoing open
construction area on the Bunger-
Henry Building that spilled into
the street. As of 4 p.m. Wednes-
day, that section of Atlantic Drive
had been closed and roped of
with caution tape.
Its enormously helpful for
us to hear from students about
what they think the problems are.
We have our perceptions of what
the problems are, but sometimes
theyre not completely on track,
Peterson said.
At the end of the walk, two
RAs from North Ave. Apartments
spoke about problems they fre-
quently saw there. Te number
one issue they reported was the
general unawareness of students
with their surroundings within
the complex. Administrators fo-
cused their North Ave. concerns
on the heavy trafc across the
state highway.
Teres so much trafc and
there are so many pedestrians that
its a challenge for us, Peterson
said.
Tis year, two students have
been struck by vehicles while
crossing North Avenue within
signed crosswalks. Tech is work-
ing with state ofcials as well as
the CEO of Coca-Cola to im-
prove the entire North Avenue
streetscape to make it safer for stu-
dent pedestrians. Campus crime
as a whole is down approximately
20 percent from the same time
last year.
Technique November 5, 2010 5 NEWS
are paying lots of money for it,
said Celia Montes-Alcal, an as-
sociate professor in the School of
Modern Languages.
Montes-Alcal is from Spain,
where education is free to every-
one, including immigrants.
Many other immigrants come
to the US to study and gain their
citizenship. Tey earn their rights
legally, said Shivani Bhatnagar, a
naturalized citizen and third-year
MSE major said.
Te BOR is a collection of state
citizens appointed by the governor
to serve the public within the Uni-
versity System of Georgia.
Tis proposal was not politi-
cally motivated, according to John
Millsaps, Assistant Vice Chancel-
lor of Media and Publications for
the USG.
Te USG must be responsive
to the public will [and] it is the job
of the regents to respond, Mill-
saps said.
Te topic of undocumented
students resurfaced in an incident
at KSU in May 2010 when an
enrolled student was incorrectly
categorized for in-state tuition. In
Oct., it was suggested to the BOR
that they strengthen the citizen-
ship identifcation process.
One of the main public percep-
tions that motivated the regents to
pass this proposal in early Oct.
was that the USG is flled with
many undocumented students.
Te truth of the situation is
that we are not being overrun by
these students, Millsaps said.
USG has 310,000 students,
501 of whom are undocumented.
Tere is a total of 29 undocu-
mented students attending three
of the fve afected institutions.
Tose institutions are Tech, UGA
and GSU. Tere are currently two
undocumented students at Tech.
Step back and think about a
documented individual who is de-
clined admission to UGA. Its not
the end of the world. Tat person
has other options for college open
within the University System. Te
same options are available to un-
documented students, Millsaps
said.
Tere are 30 other higher edu-
cation institutions in the Georgia,
none of which are afected by the
new policy.
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tral dining halls have replaced a
signifcant number of machinery
and appliances with more energy-
efcient ones. Tey are also in-
creasing local food sources, and
the dining halls have signed on to
the Atlanta Local Food Initiative.
Two categories of major im-
provement from last year were
endowment transparency and
shareholder engagement. Te en-
dowment transparency category
relied heavily on how universities
reported their proxy voting on in-
vestments. Tech, however, avoids
that by investing in mutual funds.
Another reporting issue that
Kinstler found inaccuracies with
is how buildings are rated in the
scorecard. Whereas criteria like
the popular Leadership in En-
ergy and Environmental Design
(LEED) measures how the build-
ing itself is constructed, it does not
measure how the building is used.
Kinstler pointed out that many
buildings on campus, LEED-cer-
tifed or not, incorporate sustain-
able practices and design.
Tough the most sweeping
changes to sustainability measures
on campus are the product of ad-
ministrative and construction de-
cisions, student organizations like
SGAs Sustainability Committee
and Students Organizing for Sus-
tainability (SOS) incorporate stu-
dent-led and operated initiatives
into campus sustainability.
We are starting work on a
Green Fee campaign that would
create a fund for instituting more
sustainability initiatives on cam-
pus, said Molly McLaughlin,
president of SOS and a ffth-year
CHBE major. Last year we held a
sustainable concert series that was
zero-waste and solar-powered and
raised over $1000.
SOS also provides an on-
campus community garden and
StarterBikes, which teach students
how to fx their bikes and ofers
inexpensive bikes for students.
Rating from page 1
BOR from page 1
Heineman shares startup experience
Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications
Heineman addressed an audience at the LeCraw Auditorium
about his work with various startups including Damballa and SPI.
By Siddharth Gurnani
Contributing Writer
Kevin Heineman, the VP of
Engineering and Chief Techni-
cal Ofcer of Damballa, a startup
company in Atlanta spoke to Tech
students as part of the IMPACT
Speaker series at the LeCraw Au-
ditorium in the College of Man-
agement on Nov. 3. Te IMPACT
series brings highly successful en-
trepreneurs from a variety of felds
to share their experiences with
Tech students. Heineman was
also instrumental in the success of
another startup, SPI Dynamics,
which was sold to Hewlett Pack-
ard in 2007.
I felt honored to introduce
someone who boasts such an im-
pressive resume. I got the opportu-
nity to do so because I volunteered
for an Impact class that is ofered
in the Management school, said
Margaret McFarland, a fourth-
year MGT major who introduced
the speaker.
Heineman introduced himself
and began talking about how he
got involved with startups after
having worked with consulting
frms and corporations like Ernst
and Young and Worldspan. His
frst startup venture was SPI Dy-
namics, a company which pro-
duced an assessment tool that
would scan web applications
for security vulnerabilities. Te
tool essentially acts like a hacker
and tells the user about the holes
within a website and what to do to
prevent any damage. One of the
interesting aspects of the talk was
when Heineman went on to talk
about the early challenges faced
by SPI during its startup phase.
Customers didnt understand
the need, as they might not have
faced any loss of data. A third of
the business value was unknown.
Te technology was unproven as it
was in an immature stage. We tar-
geted people who would be able to
take the risk on a new technology
and understood the complexities
of internet security, Heineman
said.
SPI Dynamics started making
positive cash fows soon and was
bought out by Hewlett Packard in
2007. From starting out as a small
company with a small staf of em-
ployees, SPI was suddenly part of
a corporate giant.
Heineman then found himself
as part of another startup named
Damballa, which was founded
by a team of Tech researchers. As
a new company in the security
space, Heineman plans to bring
what he learned from his experi-
ence at SPI to Damballa and take
it to success as well.
Billy Kihei, a Masters student
in EE said, We are starting to see
companies in the technical side at
the IMPACT series which is a nice
change from the retail and phi-
lanthropy startups that have come
earlier. Anytime I go to something
like this, I like to apply it to my
own music startup I have with a
few of my buddies.
By Austi Raynor
Cavalier Daily
Charlottesville, Va.Since
9/11, the war on terror has been
invoked by the federal govern-
ment to justify a vast program of
expanded executive authority and
a comprehensive erosion of civil
liberties. Important statutory and
constitutional safeguards have fre-
quently been either entirely disre-
garded or signifcantly weakened.
One of the most signifcant
casualties in the endless war
against terrorism is the Fourth
Amendment, which reads: Te
right of the people to be secure
in their persons, houses, papers,
and efects, against unreasonable
searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no Warrants shall
issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by Oath or afrmation,
and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the per-
sons or things to be seized.
Te National Security Agen-
cys warrantless wiretapping pro-
gram has thus far been the most
prominent infringement on the
Fourth Amendment. Two new
proposed measuresone target-
ing the Internet, the other focused
on the fnancial industrythreat-
en to dramatically expand the
federal governments surveillance
capabilities in direct disregard of
the amendments limitations.
Te frst measure, a bill that
the Obama administration in-
tends to submit to Congress next
year, would require all communi-
cation services to include techni-
cal features permitting the service
to comply with a federal wiretap
order. Te bill primarily targets
services such as Blackberry, Face-
book and Skype, which either in-
volve peer-to-peer messaging or
encrypted communications.
Te legislation would require
all communication channels to
include a built-in backdoor
through which the government
could intercept any transmis-
sion. Government already has the
means to spy on encrypted com-
munications through end-user
surveillance methods such as key-
loggers installed secretly on sus-
pects computers. Te net efect of
the backdoor would be to allow
the government to collect and sift
through communications in bulk.
Te second measure, also pro-
posed by the Obama administra-
tion, would require U.S. banks to
report to the government all elec-
tronic money transfers into and
out of the country. Te size of the
transfer would not afect reporting
requirements. Te transfer data
(about 750 million such transfers
occur each year), accompanied
by the social security numbers of
the sender and recipient, would
be stored in a centralized federal
database.
Both of these proposals are
indicative of several disturbing
characteristics of the federal gov-
ernments approach, since the in-
ception of the war on terror, to
collecting and analyzing private
data. First, data collection that
allows for high-volume surveil-
lance necessarily abrogates Fourth
Amendment protections, since it
is impossible to acquire warrants
on such an enormous scale.
Second, the collection of enor-
mous quantities of data is rarely
justifed with anything other than
a vague reference to the threat of
terrorism. An important beneft
of requiring law enforcement au-
thorities to acquire a warrant is
that it forces those who would
eavesdrop on the afairs of others
to provide a compelling justifca-
tion for doing so. By justifying
data collection on a macro level,
the government entirely sidesteps
the requirement of justifying sur-
veillance on an individual level.
Legislative schemes such as
these pose a grave threat to the
value of privacy that the Fourth
Amendment enshrines. Te pres-
ervation of privacy is essential to
a society that values liberty; indi-
viduals in a democratic republic
have the right to be free from con-
stant government intrusion into
their personal lives. In America,
the citizens are the masters of the
government, not vice-versa. Gov-
ernment simply has no authority
to access unlimited private data,
at will, without justifcation.
Apart from its value as a com-
ponent of liberty, privacy is also
desirable to the extent, for in-
stance, that it encourages political
discourse unhampered by fear of
government reprisal. Unlimited
surveillance powers could easily
be used by the government to tar-
get political opponents. Even in
the absence of such direct abuse,
however, knowledge that every
communication is laid bare to the
prying eyes of the government
inevitably quells free expression,
thus discouraging citizens from
engaging in legitimate political
speech for fear of political retribu-
tion.
Te Fourth Amendment pro-
vides a reasonable balance be-
tween the competing interests of
liberty and security, preserving
the majority of citizens privacy
but allowing government surveil-
lance when compelling justif-
cations are present. Tere is no
reason that the traditional, court-
approved warrant system could
not be applied to internet data.
By eschewing such constitutional
limitations, broad and unchecked
surveillance programs cede too
much authority to government to
delve into citizens personal lives.
Opinions
Technique
6
Friday,
November 5, 2010
The mystery of government is not how
Washington works but how to make it
stop.
Bertrand Russell
Opinions Editor: Matt Hofman

OUR VIEWS Consensus opinion

Immigration ignorance
Recent Board policy signals regressive practices
Te recent Board of Regents policy that
bars undocumented people from attending
schools at their enrollment capacity lacks
purpose, damages universities reputations
and undermines the fundamental purpose
for the Board: to be politically unbiased.
Between the fve universities that will be
afected by this policy, Tech included,
only 29 students currently enrolled would
have been afected by this policy had it
been in place previously. Te enactment
of this policy seems futile considering the
marginal impact it will have during the
admissions process. Te Boards action
can simply be characterized as political
grandstanding and trying to quell a loud
but ill-informed minority of the populous
that believe undocumented students are
sucking away a signifcant number of
seats from the documented ones.
Tis policy also puts the universities
names in the national media.
Unfortunately, it is not for their
achievements, but for the perceived
xenophobia stemming from the ban. Tech
has no choice but to enforce this policy
regardless of how the faculty and students
feel about it. Out of state students who
are academically qualifed to attend Tech
might look elsewhere if they believe it
to be a campus not welcoming to all,
whether true of not. Tech prides itself on
educating the future leaders of the world,
but now it might have to turn away such
leaders who are academically qualifed.
Te strong political nature of this policy
is disturbing. Te Board is supposed to
be nonpolitical and should not attempt
to use Regents policy to enforce federal
law; this is the responsibility of the federal
government. Tis could also set a bad
precedent for the Regents if they start to
use the power to force their political ideals
upon the universities. Such decisions
with these types of undertones should
be avoided in the future. Te Board, and
the universities they lead, should not be
subject to political whims.
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Technique November 5, 2010 7 OPINIONS
Barack Hussein Obama.
I can see Russia from my
house! Photoshopped im-
ages of incidents abroad that
no one in America could ever
confrm. Tese are just a few of
many examples of medias in-
jection of political opinion and
mindless banter into its repre-
sentation of a wide variety of
topics. Te media tends to
latch onto small and otherwise
useless facts, blow them out of
proportion and efectively ex-
ert left or right forces on the
publics opinions.
While it is good that jour-
nalists recognize they have
that power, they should not
abuse it as terribly as they have
in recent years, and should in-
stead use it to inform their fol-
lowers to the greatest degree.
Anything from word choice
to the exaggeration of an oth-
erwise small incident to a de-
cision to not report a major
incident can shift the publics
perspective on a single person
or an entire demographic.
Additionally, well-informed
viewers of diferent media
sources can recognize and sift
through the editorializing, but
the apathetic masses are sus-
ceptible to fipping channels
through a biased report and
ultimately submitting to un-
informed opinions and voting
patterns. From a factual per-
spective, former Alaska gov-
ernor Sarah Palins approval
ratings were consistently above
90 percent prior to her selec-
tion as John McCains run-
ning mate in the 2008 presi-
dential election. Additionally,
as a previously little-known
fgure to the masses, Palin
drew large amounts of atten-
tion to the McCain campaign,
but the media completely tore
her apart, taking advantage
of her personal characteristics
that were easy to mock, such as
her accent and her striking re-
semblance to actress/comedian
Tina Fey.
Even worse, journalists
turned Palins daughter into
the subject of hundreds of gos-
sip columns. Her childrens
lives should never be brought
into political discussion. Tat
is a cheap way of attacking a
politician, and any dip or rise
in any politicians approval rat-
ings should be solely based on
the politicians political con-
victions.
Te liberal media is not the
only institution to blame ei-
ther; the right-wing presss con-
tinuous question of Obamas
true religion and emphasis on
his middle name brings irrel-
evant discussions to political
circles. While a large number
of voters are religiously driven
in stances on social issues,
equating Obamas middle
name to his real religion and
connections with terrorists
is a long stretch with no fac-
tual foundation other than just
thathis middle name. While
this type of middle school girl
gossip did not deter Obama
in his bid for the presidency,
Hussein continues to appear
in places other than Obamas
biographies.
On a smaller scale, a re-
cent voicemail caught of CBS
reporters attempt to fnd a
registered sexual predator
among a sea of supporters for
a particular politician refects
the blatant disregard for un-
biased journalism. Still, even
my knowledge of that incident
may itself be the result of bi-
ased media.
Based on these examples,
the answer to the question To
report or not to report? often
and unfortunately indicates
a news sources political in-
terests. In this sense, journal-
ists should fully and factually
report on every story deemed
relevant to the viewers (and by
the viewers).
Tese descriptions refect
a bias in fairness and politi-
cal opinion, but other types
of bias may be introduced by
a lack of interesting events.
Admittedly, sometimes sen-
sationalizing stories is the
only way to grab viewers and
readers attentions. Todays
perpetually plugged-in world
is bored to tears by facts and
numbers, but is drawn to a
state of hyperactivity in re-
tweeting Britney Spears latest
updates.
On the same train of
thought about attention-
grabbing stories, journalists
in other parts of the world
may present in a fashion that
makes their locations and
stories more relevant or time-
worthy than they may actually
be.
Whats more is that there
are fewer easily accessible plac-
es to confrm events across the
world, making it harder for
the viewers to question what is
being reported.
Additionally, the newly
found dependence on tweets
and iReports takes an interest-
ing spin on media bias. Since
the generators of this type of
content neither train in jour-
nalism nor invest themselves
in unbiased reporting, they
have no reason to present fac-
tual stories.
While journalists have
every right to have political
beliefs and ideological invest-
ments in the topics they dis-
cuss, these stances must be
completely removed from re-
porting and should not adver-
tently or inadvertently exert
forces on public opinion.
Media bias degrades legitimate content
Admittedly, sometimes
sensationalizing stories is the
only way to grab viewers and
readers attention.
Kamna Bohra
Focus Editor
Megan Sumner
Tird-year MGT
Jarrett Jack Stadium.
Mark Boyd
Fourth-year PHYS
Paul Johnson Coliseum.
Brad Estes
Fourth-year MGT
It should be named Alexan-
der Memorial Coliseum to
preserve tradition.
Sydney Bebee
Second-year MGT
45 Mil Arena.
What should be the new
name of AMC?
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Around Campus
It seems like every time you
turn on ESPN, you hear about
how an athlete has made a stu-
pid mistake or how they are
being punished with tremen-
dous fnes for indecent con-
duct on-or-of the feld.
Again and again, we side
with these reporters as they
describe the mishaps all these
celebrities get themselves
into. Te high frequency of
these reports challenges me to
wonder if all these athletes are
treated unfairly in the media
and their individual leagues.
I do not wish to defend an
athlete about their big mis-
haps, such as use of steroids
or murders. Such actions like
this, in addition to ones sur-
rounding Tiger Woods and his
mistresses, are hard to over-
look. Reporters have a feld day
when these type of events hap-
pen and investigate every little
aspect about it. Tat is some
prime news that instantly ob-
scures away all of an athletes
previous accomplishments,
and then the news portrays
them a bad person.
But what happens if an
athlete slips up once by get-
ting angry in an interview
or attempts to joke around?
What if a small action is over-
analyzed and ignores any other
side to the story? Athletes get
bashed daily in order to fll up
content for the day.
he paparazzi looks into all
celebrities lives to fnd any
kind of news. Te same can
be said in world of sports.
Because of the mishaps other
athletes have, we as an audi-
ence show little mercy to all
the other athletes when they
mess up, no matter how big a
deal it really is.
We do not forgive all of
these high-paid, dumb athletes
for their mistakes. Tey get
torn apart for the same things
we do every day. We do not
care or focus on our own mis-
givings, though, because we
do not have cameras around to
judge us at all times like these
athletes do.
Media is also aided by
leagues actions themselves. A
few weeks ago the NFL want-
ed to look out for the safety of
its players as several big hits on
gameday took place. Brandon
Meriweather, Dunta Robin-
son and James Harrison were
each fned for the violent hits
they threw that day. Media
outlets went to town on the
issue the following week. Te
football league, which used
to be praised for solid, power-
ful tackling, was now looking
down on going too far.
Te most upset of the three
was James Harrison who was
fned the most ($75,000)
for his hit that was not even
fagged for a penalty. Te an-
gry Harrison, defensive player
of the year in 2008, was being
bashed for his dirty play. No
newspaper or television broad-
cast would have commented on
his style of gameplay had the
league not decided on stricter
rules regarding tackling that
individual week. Big hits hap-
pened very frequently before
this, but due to the leagues de-
cision, all three of those players
were looked down upon.
Some athletes love the spot-
light and interviews while oth-
ers get frustrated and make a
mockery. Conservative inter-
views fow under the media
radar and keep athletes safe
from any dirt. Other antics,
such as Chad Ochocinco and
Terrell Owens, seem fun to the
viewers. Some love and some
hate these two characters for
their personalities. Sometimes
they have gone too far in the
leagues eyes and have had to
play penalty fees for the fun
they have had. In his younger
years in football, Owens had
another side that a lot of people
disliked. He loved to complain
about his quarterbacks and
even openly discussing con-
tract disputes with the public.
When an athlete complains
about not receiving additional
hundreds of thousand dollars,
the average person will not feel
very sympathetic. Emotional
athletes can paint themselves
in a bad light when they talk
to newscasters and not sit back
and think about the conse-
quences.
An important thing to take
away from all this is that not
all athletes are complete screw-
ups. Tere have been several
athletes that do make bad
mistakes and are talked about
continuously. Te public wants
to know about all the slip-ups
each individual athlete has
had, so the media works hard
to make sure they fnd as much
as it can.
Te athletes that generally
keep good composure have
messed up at least one instance
in their lives. If you think
about it, you would come up
with very few that have not
openly made a mistake. Mi-
chael Phelps has smoked mari-
juana, Pete Rose bet on base-
ball, John Daly had a drinking
problem, Andre Agassi took
crystal meth and even Peyton
Manning has gotten into alter-
cations with players and orga-
nization over what he thinks
is the best way to win. When
cameras and eyes are constant-
ly on you, it is hard to main-
tain a perfect image.
Athletes over-scrutinized by media, public
Because of the big mishaps
other athletes have, we as an
audience show little mercy to
all the other athletes.
Steven Cappetta
Advertising Manager
Photos by Joey Cerone
8 November 5, 2010 Technique OPINIONS
Renegade Tea Party could spell
trouble for GOP, if not controlled
Te national reaction to the
Tea Party Movement can at best
be described as mixed. Te grass-
roots movement that has been
developed from the more conser-
vative parts of Republican party
made its midterm election debut
on Tuesday with moderate suc-
cess. While many are spinning
the Tea Partys success as sign of
the movements growing appeal,
in reality, it shows the limited and
divisive nature of the movement.
Te Tea Party had success
unseating incumbent and high
profle Republicans in the pri-
maries, in particular Florida
Governor Charlie Crist, who was
seeking his partys nomination
for the Senate, and Alaska Sena-
tor Lisa Murkowski. While Crist
ultimately lost as an independent
candidate for the seat, Murkowski
apparently has led one of the most
successful write-in campaigns in
U.S. history and appears to be
positioned to keep her seat. So
from a Republicans perspective,
does the Tea Party help the larger
Party? No, it hurts the party tre-
mendously.
Te Tea Party candidates ap-
peal to the more conservative,
very loyal base of the party. Te
people who turned to vote for Tea
Party would have turned out to
vote Republican regardless of the
movement. So the movement does
little to broaden the base, it just
reinforces it. Te Tea Party, how-
ever, has had a huge impact on the
party. In many cases, the move-
ment put Republican candidates
on the ballot with little appeal to
the centrist voters, and in some
cases, the candidates simply alien-
ated the center, giving the elec-
tion to the Democrats, a lose-lose
situation for Tea-Republicans and
non-Tea-Republicans.
Christine ODonnells cam-
paign is a prime example of the
destructive efects the Tea Party is
wrecking on the GOP. ODonnell
lost bids in 2006 and 2008 for the
Senate; she has a proven track re-
cord of failure. But with endorse-
ments from Sarah Palin and other
Tea Party die-hards, she defeated
former Governor Mike Castle in
the primary, and, shockingly, re-
inforced her losing track record in
the general election on Tuesday.
Many believed the Delaware seat
would have been in play and may
have potentially turned red had
Castle received the nomination.
Rand Pauls election to the
Senate can easily be explained be-
cause the electorate in the state of
Kentucky is so right heavy, that
many people in the state, appar-
ently a very large majority, agree
with him and will vote for him.
Tis situation is true and many
other states such as Georgia,
South Carolina and have similar
circumstances. On a national level
the movement will simply drive
people away from the party.
Tea Party success in House fol-
lows similar patterns. Generally,
they are winning districts that
bleed red and would rarely, almost
never, elect a Democrat. Tey are
not broadening or expanding the
party, they are limiting it.
Te old Republican guard
knows the destructive nature of
the Tea Party and has known this
for some time. Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell ada-
mantly opposed Rand Paul in the
primary because he understood
that increased momentum for the
movement will hurt the Republi-
can brand in the long term. For-
mer Speaker of the House Newt
Gingrich ruled the Delaware seat
out of play once ODonnell re-
ceived the nomination. Former
Secretary of State Colin Powell
has expressed concerns of the ra-
cial undertones that many Tea
Party leaders invoke.
With midterm elections now
in the rearview mirror, the Re-
publicans must now shift its fo-
cus to 2012 and the race for the
Presidency. Te party leadership
must fnd a way to keep the Tea
Party members from hijacking the
party platform and ruining viable
candidates in the primary season
that will kick of in the next cou-
ple months as Republicans begin
to announce their candidacy. A
Tea Party candidate will only lead
the Republican Party to a loss in
2012. Te movement will not win
on a national scale. Tere is a large
power vacuum in the Republican
Party right now, and if the likes of
Rand Paul fll that vacuum, then
it will lights out for the GOP.
OUR VIEWS Hot or not
Registration tools
After what seems like a life-
time, SGA Course Critique
is fnally operational and has
years of course information for
students to try and fgure out
which professor is less likely to
fail them next semester. GT
Schedule Creator is also very
helpful for students, allowing
students to easily, far more
easily than OSCAR, build a
schedule and fgure out which
classes are still available.
HOT
or
NOT
The [GOP] leadership must fnd
a way to keep the Tea Party
members from hijacking the party
platform.
Matt Hofman
Opinions Editor
Registration woes
As the semester begins to
wind down, students are once
again faced the daunting task
of trying to take three classes
that are all ofered at the same
time. While students hopeless-
ly wish for the registration pro-
cess to improve and for their
departments to stop ofering
labs on Friday afternoon, the
problems still remain unre-
solved. One day, registration
will be less painful.
Safe walking
Te annual campus safety
walk to take place again this
Wednesday to help make the
campus friendlier for pedestri-
ans across campus. Tis focus
on making North Ave. safer is
much appreciated. For years,
Tech has neglected the corri-
dor, and it is time to incorpo-
rate it into the rest of campus.
Te residents at NAA know all
too well that safety conditions
are subpar.
Naturally Gassy
Te gas leak caused by the
construction of the new Skiles
Alleyway within the Weber
Building last Tursday was an
unexpected interruption to a
calm afternoon. While anyone
who has had an 8 a.m. class in
Weber has daydreamed about
situations that would get them
out of class and back into bed,
this is likely not a scenario that
had played out in their minds
in the middle of lecture.
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Technique
9
Friday,
November 5, 2010
Tech races to
frst place
Burdells Black
Book launches
By Chris Russell
Online Editor
Despite the typically loud atmosphere,
visitors to the Student Center recently
might have noticed more subdued colors
than usual. Black balloons, posters and T-
shirts speckled the Student Center this past
week, though not for the reason that might
be expected. Tough the Student Center just
celebrated its 40th birthday, the decorations
were instead celebrating a new outreach pro-
gramBurdells Black Book (BBB).
BBB is the result of a partnership with
Sparkfy, a company that gives its members
deals and discounts to various stores, restau-
rants and businesses across the country. Te
Book will provide Techs students, faculty
and staf with discounts to hundreds of busi-
nesses in Atlanta and across the country.
Were partnering with Tech to provide
discounts for students, faculty and staf. Te
discount program provides rental cars, tick-
ets to sports, movies, sports, Cirque du So-
leil and lots of local businesses, said Elena
Naydenova of Sparkfys customer care.
Despite the name, the Book is actually an
online collection of deals and discounts.
Te idea for the Book frst came up in
Jan., according to Tasha Myers, Associate
Program Director of the Student Center
Programs Council (SCPC). Shortly after its
creation, the Atlanta Life committee started
looking at ways of reaching out to businesses
outside of the typical Tech community.
Te [committee] wanted to fgure out
how they could make businesses more acces-
sible, to encourage students to get out of the
campus bubble, Myers said.
Whether it is a lack of transportation,
not enough money, a busy college schedule
or simply no interest, students are experienc-
See Burdell, page 10
By TJ Kaplan
Contributing Writer
Techs Wreck Racing team took frst
place in the Grassroots Motorsports $2010
Challenge this year, which is hosted annu-
ally by Grassroots Motorsports Magazine
(GRM) in Gainesville, FL. Te competition
took place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, and was
attended by more than 50 teams from across
the nation, including cars from professional
tuning shops and racecar builders.
Te competition required participants to
buy, build and drive a fully functional race-
car for a cost less than or equal to the corre-
sponding dollar amount to the calendar year,
which was a $2010 budget for this year. Cars
See Wreck, page 10
By Jessica Swaford
Contributing Writer
Making proft and helping so-
ciety are not and should not be mu-
tually exclusive, said Paul Sasone,
CFO of Better World Books on
Oct. 30, 2010, at the frst annual
Enterprise 2 Empower (En2Em)
conference.
Two Tech students, Melissa
McCoy, a third-year ChBE major,
and Ryan Westafer, an ECE Ph.D.
student conceptualized En2Em in
Spring 2010. Its purpose? To em-
power and to connect Atlantans
who are interested in social entre-
preneurship.
En2Em hosted over 20 speakers,
15 of whom were CEOs or Presi-
dents of their businesses. Located at
the Georgia Tech Research Institute
(GTRI) Conference Center, guests
spoke to medium-sized crowds at
the all-day event. With two panels
running during each of the four ses-
sions, attendees had many topics to
choose from.
Social enterprise was covered in
a panel, Social Ventures Serving
International Markets, composed
of MedShare and GlobalSoapPro-
ject CEOs. How to Finance Your
Social Enterprise, with represen-
tatives from Gray Ghost Ventures
and Ashoka, was another largely at-
tended panel.
While most businesses answer
only to their shareholders, [they]
answer equally to all of our key
stakeholders, Sansone said. By ac-
counting for and supporting their
long-term viability, proft takes on a
much broader and richer meaning.
Students and working profes-
sionals alike questions concerned
with a vast array of topics from
securing an internship to dealing
with failures.
Speaking on how to secure an
internship, the entrepreneurs
recommended that people de-
velop networks relating to
personal interests.
Keep a strong rela-
tionship with profes-
sors. Make sure you
keep it after gradu-
ation, said Jef
Woodward, a
business part-
ner at Sites &
Ha r bi s on.
S h o o t
high.
Failure was talked about in more
depth.
If you havent failed at any-
thing, youre living a life of medioc-
rity, said Chris Hanks, a professor
at the UGA Terry School of Busi-
ness.
Te speakers focused on the fact
that people should try things, such
as getting a dream internship or
starting a business, rather than be-
ing afraid because fear stunts suc-
cessfulness. Failure, according to
the speakers, can create a stronger,
more well-rounded person.
For those unsure of where to
start with social entrepreneurship,
Hanks suggested the Corridor
Principle, which is the idea of sim-
ply starting something and adapt
as diferent opportunities present
themselves.
Once you start walking down
the pathway, new doors of oppor-
tunity open. If you wouldve never
walked down the corridor, you
would have never seen the opportu-
nity, Hanks said. Many of you say
you dont know where to start to be
successful. Just start.
Nearly 250 people registered for
the event.
Te speakers are phenomenal.
I was impressed that it was free or
only $10, said Chris Quintero, a
fourth-year ME major.
En2Em was free to register for
until Oct. 1, 2010, including the
costs of food, free T-shirts, parking,
informational packets and quality
speakers. After that date, registra-
tion was 10 dollars.
Co-creator McCoy, who was ini-
tially inspired by Muhammad Yu-
nus and the idea of microfnance,
wanted people students to realize
that social entrepreneurship ofers
a more efcient way to solve social
problems than charities or interna-
tional need.
I wanted the conference to
show attendees what the potential
of social entrepreneurship and be
educated on what they need to do
to pursue an venture of their own.
Working with our free market sys-
tem can most efectively help oth-
ers, McCoy said.
Due to this, the conference had
two diferent tracksone inspi-
rational and the other a practical
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Entrepreneurs from all sectors spoke to
students about their business philosophies.
Photo illustration by Vivian Fan / Student Publications
Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications
Students can receive discounts on their
most frequented stores and restaurants.
See En2Em, page 11
Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications
10 November 5, 2010 Technique FOCUS
Wreck from page 9
Image courtesy of Wreck Racing
Techs Wreck Racing team brought home a top victory for the frst
time in a competition against 50 other collegiate racecar teams.
that were entered into the compe-
tition competed in three diferent
sections: concourse, autocross and
drag.
In order to be eligible to par-
ticipate in the competition, each
team was required to raise its own
funds or to acquire sponsorships
that would aford it the necessary
$2010. Wreck Racing was able to
acquire sponsorships from major
companies such as Pirelli, General
Motors and Caterpillar, allowing
them to participate in the com-
petition. Tey also hold annual
fundraisers, car clinics and pro-
motional activities involving their
machinery and vehicles to raise
funds.
Te frst part of the competi-
tion was a concourse, which con-
sisted of judging that was based
on engineering quality, budget
planning, build process and im-
provements over the past years
entry. Next, the cars were entered
in an Auto Cross competition,
which tested the speed, accelera-
tion and handling of the car over
a long and windy track. Finally,
the car was entered in a drag race,
which tested the aerodynamics
and top acceleration of the car.
Wreck Racing was awarded
frst place in the Auto Cross, frst
place in the Concourse and ninth
place in the Drag Race competi-
tions. At the end of the contest,
Techs team was awarded frst
place as an average of their scores
from all three competitions.
Tis years frst place win was
a frst for Wreck racing, whose
best placement in the Grassroots
Motorsports competition up until
this point was 12th place.
We are a very new club,
around fve years old, and this
was our biggest competition, and
our biggest opportunity to prove
ourselves as a valuable organiza-
tion on campus, said Andrea
Kuklenyik, the Vice President of
Wreck Racing and a second-year
ME major.
Wreck Racing took home the
gold with No. 81, a Lexus-V8-
powered 1994 Mazda Miata.
Next year, the group plans on re-
turning with the same car in su-
per-charged form. Plans for 2012
include a completely re-vamped
platform, engine and chassis.
Next year, we want to super-
charge the Miata if we have time;
its essentially going to be a com-
petition against ourselves [next
year] to see how much we can
improve upon our car from this
year, Kuklenyik said.
After winning the competi-
tion, Wreck Racing will receive
recognition in the April 2011 edi-
tion of Grassroots Motorsports
Magazine.
Wreck Racing is a completely
volunteer organization made up
of over 35 students hailing from
diferent departments across
Techs campus.
ing barriers between themselves
and the opportunities that a ma-
jor city can ofer. Te SCPC took
on the challenge of creating BBB
in the hopes that we could help to
make Atlanta more accessible and
afordable in order enhance that
desire to explore and embrace city
life, said Paul Brideau, chair of
the Atlanta Life committee and a
third-year ME major.
When looking for similar
programs, SCPC found Emorys
Dooley Saves program, a discount
program that also uses Sparkfy.
SCPC decided it would be a
good way of both reaching out to
Atlanta businesses and providing
students with benefts across the
country, according to Brideau.
Myers said one of the benefts
of working with Sparkfy is that
it is a nationwide organization.
While students will obviously get
local discounts, they can also get
deals at national organizations.
Special ofers are also available
at places like Universal Studios.
Burdell from page 9
While the Book will start with the
default options ofered by Spark-
fy, additions of new businesses
will be largely decided by the Tech
community.
One of the coolest aspects of
BBB is that its meant to be inter-
active, meaning we dont choose
the businesses, the Georgia Tech
community does...Sparkfy has
provided a foundation of over 500
local and national discounts, and
we want that list to become more
and more unique to the interests
of the Georgia Tech community
over time, Brideau said.
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the
Student Center held a launch
event for the Book. A Sparkfy
representative was on campus to
explain to students how the deals
worked, posters listing the partner
businesses were scattered around
the student center and tickets were
sold for the upcoming Harry Pot-
ter movie. Te latter was accom-
panied by homemade butterbeer.
Plans are in place to increase
BBBs interactivity. A reviewing
system and a blog are in the works.
Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications
During the launch for Burdells Black Book, students were able
to get tickets for an advance screening of the new Harry Potter.
Technique November 5, 2010 11 FOCUS
start ventures.
En2Em was made possible by
the help of several campus and
professional organizations who
served as sponsors, including
Techs Institute for Leadership
and Entrepreneurship and the
business fraternity, Alpha Kappa
Psi. Te founders also sought out
much advising contribution from
experienced entrepreneurs.
Te event was developed and
run by a team of 10 Tech stu-
dents, each chosen by McCoy and
Westafer for their high skills in
respective areas. Te student team
covered a wide range in school lev-
el from freshmen to grad students.
Overall, En2Em focused on
connecting people and informing
students about social entrepre-
neurship.
Student voters respond to midterm elections
Photo by Will Folsom / Student Publications
With an increase in turnout to this years midterm elections, voters share passionate views about a
broad range of issues, including education, healthcare, transportation and the economic downturn.
By Andrew Nelson
Staf Writer
With the 2010 midterm elec-
tions drawing to a close, the po-
litical landscape has experienced a
signifcant shift in party control,
with a Republicans gaining ma-
jority of governors and represen-
tatives and a nearly even split in
the Senate with Democrats still
in control. Data shows that pro-
jected total voter turnout was 42
percent of the electorate, which is
an increase of 1.2 percent, or 6.2
million people, from the previous
midterm election.
Students have diferent views
on major issues, including educa-
tion.
My huge deal was
education...Im supporting Deal
because he was in favor of getting
rid of more [at] the federal and
state level and putting [money]
into the hands of the local elec-
tions. Te people in ofce right
now [are] not teachers or in school,
and they dont know whats going
on. So I think, especially at the
secondary level, that needs to be
reformed, said Spenser Burch, a
frst-year BCHM major.
Beyond education, many stu-
dents consider the governments
decisions about the economy and
small businesses important, espe-
cially as Tech graduates move into
the workforce.
I think that the biggest issue
going on right now is the econo-
my; its going to [be] major that
we get jobs [so] we can stabilize
businesses and help businesses
grow, said Abhishek Tumaty, a
frst-year ISyE major.
I think the most important
issue is jobs. Job creation, up-
holding certain current jobs [and]
making sure that certain money
given to us for jobs is used the
right way. Tats all Im really con-
cerned about because Im about
to graduate, so if theres not a job
out there available for me, Im not
going to be happy with it, said
Zach Gardner, a third-year MGT
major.
One of the two provisions
that was on [the ballot is supposed
to increase business, but it looked
more like [it was] decreasing com-
petition, said Tobias Smith, a
frst-year BME major.
En2Em from page 9
Photo by Sharad Gopal / Student Publications
Professionals advised students
in their future business careers.
Other issues students consider
to be major include healthcare,
transportation, immigration,
abortion, trauma care and ethics.
Getting people back to work,
immigration, forcing the govern-
ment to have a balanced budget
and providing more resources to
foster and grow education are
important to Zac Churney, a sec-
ond-year ME major.
Interpol and the White
Rabbits performed at the Tab-
ernacle to a passionate crowd
that wanted to show of Atlan-
ta as the sixth New York City
borough.
Te show opened with the
White Rabbits, an indie rock-
ing Brooklyn sextet with all
the traits of a hipster power
group.
Te crowds response to
their energetic performance
and catchy lyrics silenced any
doubters in attendance.
Interpol took the stage af-
ter a short intermission that
provided time to clear the
stage of the White Rabbits
equipment.
Te members coolly saun-
tered on and took their in-
struments. Paul Banks, the
bands front man, addressed
the crowd with a nonchalant,
Hello, we are Interpol.
Te Tabernacle became
noticeably more crowded as
attendees pushed towards
the stage to get closer to the
13-year indie rock veterans.
Many critics and fans argue
that Interpol are the paragons
of the NYC 90s indie rock re-
vival and they proved it with
the show.
Te Tabernacle was full of
Interpol fans that knew the
lyrics to their hits, but were
also equally comfortable sing-
ing along to b-sides. Interpol
fnished their set with Ob-
stale 1 with the crowd sing-
ing the chorus, She plucks
away.
Te audience chanted for
an encore. Te band obliged
by returning to the stage and
performing Te Heinrich
Maneuver.
Te chorus, Today my
heart swings, provided an ap-
propriate ending to their At-
lanta show.
Entertainment
entertainment@nique.net
Entertainment Editor:
Zheng Zheng
Assistant Entertainment Editor:
Patricia Uceda
Technique
13
Friday,
November 5, 2010
CONCERT
CONNECTIONS
ONE WEEK, ONE
CITY, THREE SHOWS
By Andrew Ho
Contributing Writer
Last Saturday night,
throngs of fans packed into
the Chastain Park Amphithe-
ater to witness Weezer playing
their last show of the touring
season. Roughly a month af-
ter the release of their latest
album titled Hurley, Weezer
has been touring the country
to put their new sounds on
display as well as treat their
fans to some classic songs.
Te gates at Chastain Park
Amphitheater opened an hour
later than the advertised hour,
and the crowds flled the seats
slowly at frst. Like many con-
certs tend to be, there was
a great deal of waiting and
standing around involved be-
fore the show fnally started,
signaled by the appearance of
the opening band taking the
stage.
J. Roddy Walston and
the Business, an alternative
Southern rock band with
roots in south Tenn. went
on frst to catch the crowds
attention with a spirited per-
formance of Dont Break
the Needle, mixing a style
of forceful singing and lively
piano playing reminiscent of
classic rock and roll.
A half hour of this high-
spirited performance kept
the crowd visibly excited, but
then Weezer took the stage
and the energy level in the
amphitheater hit its peak. Te
band made its big appearance
with the appropriately titled
Epic Intro, which was basi-
cally a display of each band
members role that started
with a low-key guitar rif
and followed into a suitably
INTERPOL
MGMT
Bright colored lighting and ex-
cited fans of many ages welcomed
American indie rock psychedelic
band MGMT onto stage at the
Tabernacle on Tuesday.
Te band started of slow with
a lesser-known selection from their
newly released album Congratula-
tions.
But things instantly picked up
to a high broil as MGMT jumped
into Time to Pretend relatively
early into the night. Even the plen-
tiful awkward high schoolers man-
aged to begin head-bobbing by the
time the band swung into another
of their best hits, Electric Feel.
A few songs went by to gen-
erous response. Ten, they put
down their instruments. Te band
members looked at each other
and then launched into their most
well known song Kids. Midway
through the song, as excitement
neared its highest point that night,
all hell broke loose. Everyone let
the groove take them to new space-
invading heights.
By the time the band was ready
to leave, Andrew VanWyngarden,
the lead vocalist, yipped Night!
ran of stage, and the crowd
cheered them back on for their fnal
two songs, Te Handshake and
Congratulations. Tey served as a
decent capstone to the concert and
a good night.
WEEZER
CONCERT
Weezer Memories Tour
PERFORMER: Weezer
LOCATION: Chastain Park
Amphitheatre
DATE: Oct. 30
OUR TAKE:
CONCERT
Interpol
PERFORMER: Interpol
LOCATION: The Tabernacle
DATE: Nov. 1
OUR TAKE:
CONCERT
MGMT
PERFORMER: MGMT
LOCATION: The Tabernacle
DATE: Nov. 2
OUR TAKE:
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Contributing Writer
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Contributing Writer

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14 November 5, 2010 Technique ENTERTAINMENT
Hornets Nest ofers weak franchise fnale
FILM
The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornets Nest
GENRE: Crime Drama
STARRING: Noomi Rapace
and Michael Nyqvist
DIRECTOR: Daniel Alfredson
RATING: R
RELEASE DATE: Oct. 29
OUR TAKE:
By Hank Whitson
Contributing Writer
Te fnal flm based on Stieg
Larssons Millennium Trilogy,
more casually known as Te Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo series, goes
out with a whimper instead of a
bang. Te Girl Who Kicked the
Hornets Nest picks up immediate-
ly where Te Girl Who Played with
Fire left of, transforming the taut,
action-packed murder mystery
into a conspiratorial courtroom
drama that feels far less urgent
and compelling than it ought to.
Te movie is not plodding by
any means. On the contrary, it
moves with the speed of some-
thing that has been highly com-
pressed and streamlined, jumping
from one scene to another. Te
places it goes, however, generally
are not as intriguing as the situ-
ation in the frst flm, or as excit-
ing and dangerous as those from
the second. Te subplots have
been admirably pared down and
repurposed to serve the main plot
thread, creating a much more fo-
cused narrative than the book of-
fers at the expense of some subtle-
ty and complexity.
Te flm opens with Lisbeth
Salander, computer hacker ex-
traordinaire and the titular hor-
net-kicker, recovering from a bul-
let to the brain which she incurred
while trying to murder her evil
father with an axe.
Te storys centerpiece is the
courtroom drama where Salander
is tried for the attempted murder
of her father, and the two forces
trying to infuence the trials
outcome. On one side, you have
Blomkvist, the staf of Millen-
nium magazine and Salanders
hacker friend struggling to gain
evidence to clear her name and re-
store her legal rights. Meanwhile,
the Cold War spooks try to get her
re-committed to a mental institu-
tion to cover their own embarrass-
ing involvement with her criminal
father, who was a soviet defector.
I cannot imagine trying to
make sense of the flms opening
without seeing the frst two flms
or having read the books. With-
out understanding why Salander
was trying to kill her father or
how Blomkvist got access to the
classifed information about her
criminal father, the beginning of
the movie is nearly incoherent.
However, as the plot progress-
es, it almost exclusively focuses on
events that occurred in the frst
two movies. Te trial scene sum-
marizes the injustices Salander
has sufered throughout her life,
which readers and movie-goers
will already be familiar with.
Tere is a satisfying, if predictable
fnale as well where Salander faces
of against her Frankensteinian
half-brother.
Larssons books have always
been triumphs of brilliant char-
acterization over plotting or prose
and that has never more evident
than it is in the unevenly paced
fnal installment of the series. For-
tunately, the flms casting is near-
ly perfect. Noomi Rapace reprises
her role as the acerbic but brilliant
Salander and Michael Nyqvist
returns as investigative journalist
Mikael Blomkvist.
In addition to looking like she
was born for the part, Rapace has
a wonderful ferceness that allows
her to speak volumes through Sa-
landers hostile silences. Nyqvist
comes of as a subdued Daniel
Craig, which is ftting since Blom-
kvists character is something
akin to a humble, amateur James
Bond. Annika Hallin returns as
Blomkvists sister, Annika Gi-
annini, and does admirably with
her larger role as Salanders de-
fense attorney.
Strong as the casting is how-
ever, so much of Larssons char-
acters are lost without access to
their thoughts. Teir carefully
strategized plans are rendered in-
visible or simplifed for the sake of
narrative clarity.
Te other journalists at Mil-
lennium Magazine and all of the
government agents, both good
and bad, are under-developed.
Te main villain of the flm, Dr.
Peter Teleborian, loses much of
the condescension that made him
so loathsome in the book, and he
comes across as a much more ge-
neric creep as a result.
Even Salander, despite Ra-
paces nuanced performance, feels
short-changed by the transition
to flm. Indeed, if Rapace was a
weaker actress, the movie would
completely fall apart.
Tat said the movie does man-
age to improve on the book in
certain areas. Larssons great-
est short-coming as an author is
unquestionably his tendency to
indulge in meticulous exposition
about the intricacies of economics
and Swedish law and politics. Te
movie completely skips the tortur-
ously detailed backstory about the
Cold War spooks that drags out
the beginning of the novel. Sa-
landers jaunt to Gibraltar follow-
ing her trial is also thankfully ab-
sent from the flm, resulting in a
stronger, more focused conclusion
to the narrative than in the book.
Te movie has some fun mo-
ments, and a couple of gripping
scenes but ultimately lacks the
sort of dramatic momentum one
expects from a thriller.
If you have read or watched
both Te Girl with the Dragon Tat-
too and Te Girl Who Played with
Fire, you owe it to yourself to see
Lisebth Salanders saga through
to the end. If not, you would be
better served by watching either of
the earlier chapters frst.
heavy rock section to showcase
the whole team. Tey then moved
right along into the set list, start-
ing with the bouncy Hash Pipe
that made good use of lead singer/
guitarist Rivers Cuomos near-
manic energy.
Tere was no denying that he
and the rest of the band were ut-
terly psyched to be performing.
Whether it was dumping a bottle
of water on his head or running
through the aisles to give high-
fves to the crowd, Rivers Cuomo
made the best of his presence to
keep the crowd stirred up during
and between the songs, riling up
even more nerd power when he
took someones wizard hat and
jumped onto the scafolds.
Many of the bands classic hits
such as My Name is Jonas, Say
It Aint So and Undone Te
Sweater Song were performed,
just as familiar to the long-time
fans of the band as they are to
younger generations.
Tough they stayed with a ma-
jority of classics, Hang On was
a highlight from Weezers new-
est album Hurley, which stayed
in style but felt more matured in
its development. At one point the
entire crowd felt confusion fol-
lowed by elation when Teenage
Dirtbag by Wheatus was played,
though it seemed somewhat im-
pulsive.
By the end of the concert ev-
eryone was unable to stay in their
seats in an efort to follow along
side to Cuomo and dance to Pork
and Beans. A minor disappoint-
ment was that with all the frenetic
activity throughout the concert,
Weezer did not have the staying
power for an encore performance
after the climactic rock ending.
Ultimately, the mass of cheer-
ing fans had an undeniable blast
and remained applauding for well
over a minute before dispersing. I
eagerly await the next time that
Weezer returns to Atlanta.
Weezer from page 13
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Image courtesy of Music Box Films
Technique November 5, 2010 15 ENTERTAINMENT
Dead excels as zombie horror
By Daniel Fuller
Contributing Writer
Even within the frst few min-
utes, it is clear that nothing is
sacred in AMCs latest show Te
Walking Dead. Te tone and ex-
pectations are set. Tere will be
zombies, there will be blood, and
this show will not hold back when
it comes to showing any of it. Fur-
thermore, the show is set in Atlan-
ta and the eerie ruined backdrop
of an all-too-familiar city makes
the overall efect especially creepy
for any Georgia native.
Tere are two general ap-
proaches to zombie stories. Tere is
serious, dramatic survival-horror
and there is ridiculous and funny
bordering on self-parody. Since
zombies are inherently ridiculous,
pulling of the former successfully
is far less common. Standing out
from the melodramatic failures of
the past, Te Walking Dead deliv-
ers genuine zombie drama.
Many zombie stories forget
to actually tell stories, preferring
broad strokes: there are zombies
everywhere, try not to let them
eat you, everybody bring shot-
guns, etc.
Te Walking Dead, on the
other hand, does not focus on
zombies right away. Instead, it
begins by developing the central
character of the show, policeman
Rick Grimes, played by Andrew
Lincoln.
Te slow introduction of the
zombie apocalypse through his
eyes is far more compelling than
any opening sequence of a ram-
paging horde of zombies.
Te weekly television format
provides exciting possibilities for
the zombie apocalypse genre,
bringing the promise of more
complex character development
and plotlines. Te main character
has certain goals and motivations,
but these might evolve and change
over time.
Tere is the opportunity to
introduce new characters as the
show moves on, circumventing
the common pattern of killing of
an initial group of survivors one
by one. Without the typical two-
hour time limitation, there is po-
tential to tell a type of story that
has never been done before.
Te Walking Dead takes its
zombies very seriously, but this
attitude does not feel forced or
unnatural. Te creepiness of the
situation is very clear from the
blood-smeared messages on the
walls to the half-eaten corpses of
the fallen. Te humanity of the
Saw 3D exhibits
lackluster efects
FILM
Saw 3D
GENRE: Horror
STARRING: Tobin Bell, Costas
Mandylor and Betsy Russell
DIRECTOR: Kevin Greutert
RATING: R
RELEASE DATE: Oct. 29
OUR TAKE:
By Mehfouz Jalal
Contributing Writer
Saw 3D is the seventh and fnal
installment of the Saw franchise
and is a fairly apt way to fnish the
series. Although it is not quite on
par with other movies of the fran-
chise, its still worth the watch.
Saw 3D follows of roughly
from where the previous movie,
Saw VI, concludes. Mark Hof-
man, played by Costas Mandylor,
is now the last surviving appren-
tice of the Jigsaw killer, played by
Tobin Bell, and continues in the
legacy of Jigsaw.
Te Saw series is primarily
known for and propelled by its
intense plot, dramatic and unpre-
dictable endings but most of all,
its gory and intriguing trap setups.
Saw 3D is no diferent in any
of these respects. It follows a pat-
tern of tracking the progress of
a single person going through a
setup of rooms which are inter-
twined with traps set up for other
people. When frst introduced to
this method of storytelling in pre-
vious Saw movies, it seemed like a
good way to go about it. However,
for close followers of the series,
this technique becomes very un-
interesting and hinders the actual
content of the plot at some criti-
cal points. Being the last of the
series, one would expect that any
discrepancies from previous mov-
ies would be dealt with. Although
Saw 3D manages to tie up most of
the loose ends, it seems to have in-
advertently created new ones. Tis
shouldnt bother many viewers as
these inconsistencies dont play a
key role in the overall plot.
Te 3D in Saw 3D does not
seems to have been implemented
as well as it could have. Looking at
all the hype created regarding 3D
efects from the trailers, Saw 3D
didnt quite live up to the expecta-
tion it had set for itself.
Overall Saw 3D boasts a
good storyline, interesting trap
sequences and an amazing back-
ground score by Charlie Clouser.
If youre a diehard Saw fan and
need to complete the series, go
ahead and catch Saw 3D. How-
ever, waiting for the DVD release
seems like a better option.
TELEVISION
The Walking Dead
NETWORK: AMC
WHEN: Sunday 10 p.m.
STARRING: Andrew Lincoln,
Sarah Wayne Callies
OUR TAKE:
See Walking, page 16
www.nique.net
sliver
Do you walk backwards?
I hear George P. applied to be a guide!
Rowers do it deeper.
Te new nique website is so much better!!
Man, that Erin is a hottie! Maybe I should apply to be a tour
guide...
it eveb says thank you for slivering after you sliver! baller! :)
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
Is anyone here as big a webcomic nut as I am? I wonder. btw Sub-
normality is the best. -ab3k
i sincerely feel bad for my friends who like food from the dining
halls. Especially those that sneak food out.
I would like to ofer you a BUTTON
Do we really have to refresh to sliver again?
At Gatech I cried for a guy for two days how pathetic!
post ofce, please be open one hour longer on saturdays
Greco ls in a full Mario costume lecturing physics made my Hal-
loween.
only at tech will you march and call cadence to Tik Tok
TAs should be required to be homely, this ridiculous hotness is
distracting
I dont want to get old!!
God is indeed a SOCIALIST.
Tech still hasnt fgured out the way to girls hearts. Frozen yogurt
parlor, please?
Rien nest trop beau pour une si belle...
indian girl with the vampire fangs, you are really hot
spin doctaaaahs
no one likes Duke. end story.
sometimes i wish you would stop wearing golf apparel
I hate fuids lab
If the AA raises fees, then they might have a few broken windows
to cover my fee....
Shhh Im charging my laser
Imma frin mai lazor!
SHOOP DA WOOP
Image courtesy of AMC
Image courtesy of Lionsgate

16 November 5, 2010 Technique ENTERTAINMENT
Speak establishes Swift as talented songwriter
By Patricia Uceda
Assistant Entertainment Editor
Taylor Swifts third studio al-
bum Speak Now is a refreshing
collection of songs that showcases
her signature lyrical poise, youth-
ful exuberance and confessional
songwriting. It is the perfect fol-
low up to 2009s multiplatinum
hit Fearless.
Speak Now is bursting with
songs that touch on Swifts stan-
dard themes of romance, heart-
break and regret, all delivered in
her signature style of soft coun-
try rock infused with traces of
twangy electric guitar, mandolin
accents and fddle. It is a formula
that has worked wonderfully for
her, why change it now?
Swift drew inspiration for all
14 songs from her own life, and
she says so in the opening of her
lyric booklet. Tese songs are
made up of words I didnt say
when the moment was right in
front of me, Swift writes.
Te album touches on many
of the public events in her life for
the past two years, from the MTV
Music Video Award controversy
with Kanye West to scathing criti-
cisms of her live singing voice to a
string of failed relationships with
other celebrities. It addresses all
these issues tactfully and without
naming any names, although she
does provide some hints in the
lyrical booklet by capitalizing cer-
tain letters of lyrics.
Her frst single from this CD
Mine is already a huge hit on
the radio, and tells of her ten-
dency to shy away from love.
Sparks Fly is a great up-tempo
song that will defnitely be a big
hit if she chooses to release it as a
single. Speculators are convinced
that Back to December is about
her brief relationship with Taylor
Lautner. In this moving song she
reminisces on happier times with
the Twilight actor and delivers a
heartfelt apology for breaking his
heart.
Te title track Speak Now is
a funny and cheerful song about
breaking up someones wedding,
ftting in nicely with the over-
all album. Tis is followed by
the ballad Dear John, which is
probably about her brief fing with
John Mayer; it even contains his
signature guitar twangs.
Tis song has her most biting
remarks, with lyrics calling him
out on his reputation with wom-
en. While lyrically strong, the
song itself is a bit slow and gets a
little boring.
Mean is another fun and
witty song sharply aimed at all of
the critics that have criticized her
live singing voice and questioned
her 2009 Grammy for best album
of the year.
She unleashes on them in this
song and the results are fantastic.
Te Story of Us is a great up-
beat song similar to Mine and
Sparks Fly, full of her poignant
lyrics and youthful yearning.
Never Grow Up is another
slow-tempo ballad that is regret-
tably a bit forgettable. Fortunately
it is followed by one of the high-
lights of this CD, Enchanted.
With this fun song Swift channels
her inner princess and delivers a
heartwarming result.
One of my personal favorites is
the track Better than Revenge, a
missile aimed at the other wom-
an. Fans insist it is about actress
Camilla Belle, who Joe Jonas re-
portedly dumped Swift for. Swift
certainly had plenty of anger to
let out, and she does so without
apologies. Te song itself is rock-
powered and addictive; it will al-
most certainly become an anthem
for scorned women everywhere.
Innocent is a beautiful slow
ballad dedicated to Kanye West
for his famous interruption of
her VMAs acceptance speech in
2009. She has certainly forgiven
him and is ready to move on. Tis
song is followed by Haunted,
a bruised rock song that is a bit
haunting itself with its powerful
hook.
To be honest I repeatedly
skipped the next track Last Kiss
while I was listening to her album
over and over again because I tried
listening to it the frst time and it
is way too slow for my taste. Of
the three slow ballads on this al-
bum, it is the slowest and most
boring.
Te ending song Long Live is
a great fnish to the album, full of
rousing lyrics and great up-tempo
music. It is almost certainly a ded-
ication to the team behind her,
and with the lyrics, she thanks
them for all their support.
Tis album was written en-
tirely by Swift, unlike her frst
two albums, and proves that she
has real talent as a songwriter.
Te puppy-love themes from her
frst album are still here, but they
are mixed with more grown-up
themes, refecting Swifts evolu-
tion from boy-crazy teenager to
mature young lady. If you are a
fan of Swift, go and get this CD,
you will not be disappointed.
survivors also shines through,
making the people and their situ-
ations feel very real.
Survivors take photo albums
instead of survival gear, hoping
to remember the family they will
never see again. A man struggles
with destroying the zombie husk
of his wife, unable to let go of the
past.
Another man pauses to re-
fect with sympathy for a fallen
zombie, saddened by what its
body had become. While these
moments easily could have been
melodramatic, the solid acting
and writing hold them together
and serve to strengthen the emo-
tion of each scene.
Another advantage of Te
Walking Dead is its fantastic pro-
duction value. Te cinematogra-
phy is skillfully executed and the
visual efects are impressive. Much
of the story is told just through the
camera, no dialogue necessary.
One particular shot pans through
a door, letting the audience in on
a small, self-contained narrative
that the main character will never
even know.
Furthermore, the efects, while
not as spectacular as modern tech-
nology might possibly allow, are
compelling enough that the un-
reality of the premise is brushed
aside, drawing attention instead
to the story and the characters.
Hopefully as the show con-
tinues it will maintain the stan-
dard of quality that it has already
established. Te Walking Dead
has proven already that it cares
about character development and
well-constructed narratives. If it
maintains that focus without de-
grading into a generic gorefest, it
has the potential to be a new and
better zombie story than anything
that has come before it. Some peo-
ple will watch this show simply for
the zombies, but anyone who loves
good storytelling should give it a
chance as well.
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George Carlin: 2 wds.
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Technique November 5, 2010 21 SPORTS
Staff PickS Week of NoVeMBeR 6th, 2010
Prasadh
(55-38)
Cappetta
(51-42)
Hofman
(52-41)
Lee
(56-37)
Mitchell
(54-39)
Staf
(57-36)
#1 Oregon (-28.5) v. Washington Wash. Ore. Ore. Ore. Ore. Ore.
TCU TCU TCU Utah #3 TCU (-4.5) @ #5 Utah TCU TCU
Boise Boise Boise Hi. #4 Boise (-27) v. Hawaii Boise Hi.
Bama Bama Bama Bama #6 Alabama (-6) @ #10 LSU Bama Bama
Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb. #7 Nebraska (-17) @ Iowa State Neb. Neb.
OK OK OK OK #8 Oklahoma (-6) @ Texas A&M OK OK
Purdue Wisc. Wisc. Wisc. #9 Wisconsin (-20) @ Purdue Purdue Wisc.
Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou #12 Missouri (-7) @ Texas Tech Mizzou Mizzou
Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan.
#13 Stanford (-7.5) v. #15 Arizona
Stan. Stan.
MSU MSU MSU Minn. #14 Michigan State (-23) v. Minnesota MSU MSU
Boise wants to leave as
WAC conference champions
before departing to the Moun-
tain West next year. Te squad
likely will with few teams with
the talent to beat them. Still,
Hawaii has done a lot to prove
themselves as contenders in
the conference: they have dealt
Nevada its only defeat and
have averaged nearly 40 points
a game.
Even against an elite de-
fense like Boises, the Warriors
will still be able to put the
points on the scoreboard. Ha-
waiis defense is suspect, but
Boise will not win by 27 points
in a likely shootout. Expect for
the Broncos to easily win the
game, but they will win by less
than four touchdowns.
Outside of last week when
Auburn beat Ole Miss, No. 1
teams tend to struggle once
they get to the top.
No one is giving Wash-
ington a chance. Tey got de-
stroyed by Stanford last week
,and they lost their best player
in quarterback Jake Locker.
Oregon, on the other hand,
is rolling and playing great
football. However, they might
overlook the Huskies as the
Ducks still have Arizona and
Oregon State left on the sched-
ule.
Oregon probably has the
players to win this game by
double-digits, but I do not
see them beating a conference
foe by more than four touch-
downs.
Michigan State has proven
itself as a good team this year,
but the squad is not a team
built to blow anyone out. If
anything, they will win with
defensive stops and hard-nosed
running.
Minnesota has shown some
signs of life in its games, and
have yet to play a complete
game even by its low stan-
dards. With their new interim
head coach, the Gophers will
be more motivated to prove
a point and get pumped up
against a ranked team.
Minnesota is a bad team,
but the Big Ten is a pretty
even conference, and Michi-
gan State will probably still be
hungover from the huge blow-
out loss to Iowa last week.
Hawaii waSHingTOn minneSOTa
Ramblin With
Mario Butler
by Tucker Moore
Contributing Writer
Technique: How long did it
take to grow out your dreads?
Mario Butler: Um, let me
think. Tis is my ffth year.
Technique: Have you ever
thought about cutting them of?
Mario Butler: I thought about
it, but I dont know. If that time
comes, I might.
Technique: Did you play any
other sports in high school?
Mario Butler: I ran track and
played basketball. I played AAU
basketball.
Technique: Whos the funni-
est guy in the locker room?
Mario Butler: Anthony Allen.
Technique: Do you have any
pregame rituals?
Mario Butler: Nothing be-
sides reading my Bible. Before we
leave the hotel, Ill read my Bible.
Technique: Whats your favor-
ite class this semester if you have
one?
Mario Butler: My econ class,
ECON 4813, its about terrorism.
Yeah, its pretty neat.
Technique: Whats your favor-
ite meal at the dining hall?
Mario Butler: Id have to say
when they have fried chicken.
Technique: Wheres your fa-
vorite place to go of campus?
Mario Butler: Atlantic Sta-
tion.
Technique: Has anyone ever
stopped you on campus for an au-
tograph?
Mario Butler: No, not really.
Technique: Would you sign
one if they did?
Mario Butler: Sure, but theyre
probably busy in their books.
Technique: Whos your favor-
ite athlete?
Mario Butler: My favorite
athlete, well, it was Michael Jor-
dan, and I still admire him.
Technique: Who are you root-
ing for to win the World Series?
Mario Butler: Umm, I dont
really know whos in it right now.
Technique: Giants and Rang-
ers.
Mario Butler: Oh, Giants, Im
going to go with Giants.
Technique: Do you have a
Hollywood crush?
Mario Butler: Halle Berry.
Technique: Whats your favor-
ite movie?
Mario Butler: I got a couple,
but Ill probably say Te Best Man.
Technique: Can you cook?
Mario Butler: Yeah, I do a
little cooking.
Technique: Whats your go-to
meal?
Mario Butler: Im a breakfast
person, so pancakes, eggs, sausag-
es, all that stuf.
Technique: Whats your ideal
frst date?
Mario Butler: Hmmcan-
dlelight, stuf like that.
Technique: If you could have
a super power, what would it be?
Mario Butler: Stop all the vio-
lence.
Technique: What toppings do
you get on a pizza?
Mario Butler: Pepperoni.
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22 November 5, 2010 Technique SPORTS
in the
2010-11
As the 2010-11 season gets underway, the Tech womens basketball team is coming of the most successful four-year run in team history and
will be looking to record a ffth straight 20-win season in the upcoming campaign. Te Jackets will have to fare without their top player from last
year, as forward Brigitte Ardossi graduated and was selected in the WNBA Draft, but they return most of the roster from a team that went 23-10
and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Guard play should be a strength for the Jackets. Te two returning seniors, Deja Foster and Alex Montgomery, have been fx-
tures in the Tech backcourt for years and should be among the ACCs top players in the 2010-11 season. Junior Metra Walthour
and sophomore Sharena Taylor both return to give Tech two solid options at point guard, and the Jackets boast depth both at the
point and wing positions.
Montgomery returned from a torn ACL sufered at the end of the 2008-09 campaign to play in 28 of Techs 33 games last sea-
son. Tough her numbers were down somewhat from the previous year, when she was a healthy starter all season long, she remained
a top option for the Jackets and was the teams primary option from beyond the arc. She was second on the team with 11.9 points per
game and had a team-high 59 three-pointers. Foster, meanwhile, emerged as a key weapon for the Jackets in Montgomerys absence,
shooting 48.0 percent from the feld and averaging 9.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Her assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.0 was among
the best in the conference.
Neither Taylor nor Walthour was extremely efective on the ofensive end, but Walthour proved to be an efective distributor and a strong
defender, recording a 1.34 assist-to-turnover ratio and 61 steals.
Along with a handful of experienced backups, including junior Mo Bennett and sophomore Jasmine Blain, at least one highly touted fresh-
man will contribute to the Jackets backcourt this year. Point guard Dawnn Maye will battle Walthour and Taylor for playing time in her frst
year with the Jackets.
Te loss of Ardossi will no doubt hurt the Jackets frontcourt play. Te Jackets will have several options available as they look to replace her
production up front and continue to receive strong play on the post.
One defnite starter will be junior center Sasha Goodlett, who at 6-foot-5 is the tallest player on Techs roster. Goodlett has been Techs start-
ing center for each of the past two seasons and has shown steady improvement over that span. As a sophomore, she posted 9.7 points and 5.3
rebounds per game, both up from her numbers the previous year.
Aside from Goodlett, the Jackets will have to rely on a handful of newcomers and former reserves to shore up the frontcourt. Junior forward
Chelsea Regins and junior center LaQuananisha Adams saw time of the bench throughout last season, and both will continue to be factors in
the upcoming season. Regins was productive of the bench in the 2009-10 campaign, recording 3.7 points per game (on 46.4 percent shooting)
and 2.6 rebounds as she averaged 12.8 minutes per contest. Te 6-foot-4 Adams played 8.6 minutes per game and was a reliable reserve who
should continue to produce of the bench this season.
Te Jackets have added plenty of depth up front, with three forward recruits from Sweden joining the squad for the 2010-11 campaign.
Te most prominent of these is sophomore Danielle Hamilton-Carter, who missed last season after being ruled ineligible but will see the
court for Tech this year.
BASKet
By Nishant Prasdah / Online Sports Editor
Photo by William Brawley / Student Publications
WOMENS:
lAdy jAcKetS SeeK
to Build A trAdition
23
Wins by the team last
season
4
Returning starters from
last season
11.9
Points per game by Alex
Montgomery last season
5
Straight seasons with at
least 20 wins
Technique November 5, 2010 23 SPORTS
MENS: teAm hopeS to continue SucceSS
After netting 23 wins and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Tech will be looking to repeat last
seasons success and remain a contender in the ACC. But with the early departures of Derrick Favors and Gani Lawal, the
top scorers from last years team, Tech has many questions to answer. Last season, the 6-foot-10 Favors and 6-foot-9 Lawal
combined to give Tech one of the biggest lineups in the entire ACC. Tech used its size to its advantage by giving the ball to
Favors and Lawal in the post as much as possible, allowing them to physically wear down opponents over the course of a game.
Tis season, Tech will not have that option as no player taller than 6-foot-6 on Techs roster has played in a college game.
To make up for the loss of Favors and Lawal, Head Coach Paul Hewitt has created a new ofensive system for his 11th
season as head coach. Similar to the ofense that Jay Wright runs at Villanova, Tech will essentially play with four guards out
on the foor. Hewitt made this decision in order to utilize the valuable experience in his backcourt and also compensate for
the overall lack of size. In this ofense, the four guards will be positioned out on the perimeter and the lone post player will
be located near the paint.
In preparation for the new ofensive scheme, the team has had a rigorous workout regimen during the preseason. A few
days each week, the players ran a series of timed sprints at the campus track. In Techs fast break ofense, the guards will be
constantly making cuts to the basket and rotating the ball around the foor as they try to outrun opponents. In addition, many
picks will be set on opposing players that should create mismatches due to Techs smaller players. Tese mismatches should
make it easier to get long-range shots of since bigger defenders will not want to come out to the perimeter. Spacing near the
perimeter will be key since Tech has a plethora of talented shooters that can make 3-pointers.
Tech will rely on the performance of the backcourt because the guards play a central role in the ofense. Among the ex-
pected starters are senior point guard Maurice Miller, junior shooting guard Iman Shumpert, sophomore small forward Brian
Oliver and sophomore shooting guard Glen Rice Jr. Te 6-foot-5 Shumpert will be expected to lead the guards and thrive in
this up-tempo ofense with his athleticism and defensive instincts. Shumpert averaged 10 points and four assists last season
but will be asked to increase his scoring with the departure of key players. Te 6-foot-6 Oliver will also be a very signifcant
player in this ofense since he is considered to be the teams biggest three-point threat as he shot 38 percent from three-point
range last season. Oliver, who averaged 7.1 points last year, will most likely play the number four position and will therefore
be expected to capitalize on mismatches. Rice will be expected to utilize his athletic 6-foot-5 frame and slash to the basket to
create room for the ofense, while the 6-foot-2 Miller will be used as a facilitator and reliable ball handler.
Rounding out the backcourt is sophomore point guard Mfon Udofa, senior shooting guard Lance Storrs, freshman
small forward Jason Morris and junior shooting guard Nick Foreman.
As previously mentioned, the frontcourt is the biggest question mark heading into this season. None of the three play-
ers making up the frontcourt, which includes redshirt freshman Daniel Miller, redshirt freshman Kammeon Holsey
and freshman Nate Hicks, have played in a single college game. To help ease the learning curve of these three players,
Hewitt will only play one of them at a time at the post position. Te 6-foot-11 Miller is the likely starter after he
spent a year learning from Favors and Lawal during his redshirt year. Te 6-foot-8 Holsey, who was injured all last
year, and the 6-foot-10 Hicks will most likely be asked to come of the bench when players get into foul trouble.
One major concern is how long it will take the players to adjust to the new ofense. Unfortunately, some front-
court players have already missed practice time recovering from injuries that could put them at a disadvantage.
Luckily the team will have a group of talented and experienced backcourt players to lean on early in the season.
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Friday,
November 5, 2010
Forward set
to take over
low post
Volleyball splits two road games
Jackets take down Demon Deacons 3-0, fall to Blue Devils
By wayne Bishop
Contributing Writer
On Friday, Oct. 29 the
team made its way to Win-
ston-Salem, N.C. to face Wake
Forest. Tech avenged its loss
to the Demon Deacons from
late September by sweeping
the match 3-0. On Saturday,
the Jackets then headed east to
Durham where they lost 3-0 to
the Blue Devils. Te loss ended
Techs fve game road winning
streak.
Te Demon Deacons
opened up Friday nights game
with a 6-2 lead in the frst set.
Te set would then switch
leads continuously, being tied
only at 8-8 and 15-15. Tech
soon pulled away at 23-17. Te
Jackets called a time out before
returning to the set and win-
ning 25-20.
Weve been talking about
coming out and setting the
tone and putting the pressure
on them early, said Head
Coach Tonya Johnson, cour-
tesy of ramblinwreck.com.
In the second set, both
teams had long point streaks
at 10-3 each. Wake Forest was
only able to come as close as
19-18 to taking the lead. Te
Jackets were able to make the
match 2-0 by ending the set
25-21.
Te third set showed strong
fght from both teams. Tech
began by leading the set 10-7,
but Wake Forest fought back,
making the set 13-11. A quick
exchange of points led to Wake
Forest leading at 23-20. Tech
was able to fght back and win
the set 26-24, forcing a sweep
of the Demon Deacons.
Tech as a team hit .268 on
the night, a key factor in the
game compared to Wake For-
ests .149.
Junior outside hitter Bailey
Hunter led the team in kills
with a total of 13 along with
four digs and three blocks. Se-
nior libero Jordan McCullers
led the team on digs however
with a total of 13.
Te Blue Devils began Sat-
urdays game with a 4-0 lead
in the frst set. Tis forced the
Jackets to attempt the come-
back. Tech could only come
within fve points of the lead
during the set, though never
falling below seven points be-
hind. Tech lost the set 25-19
only hitting .235 compared to
Dukes .333.
Te Jackets came into the
second and opened up with an
11-5 lead. Duke did not take
this punishment long as they
came back to tie the game at
13. Te teams then tied up on
the next several points before
Duke took the lead at 22-19.
Tech fought back, however,
and took a lead at 24-23. Un-
able to capitalize on the set
point, Tech lost the set 26-24.
Te Blue Devils now led the
match at 2-0.
Repeating the opening
from the previous set, Tech
opened the third set with a 4-0
lead. Duke answered this by
taking a 16-11 lead. Tech came
back up to tie the score at 17.
Duke then made a four-point
streak before fghting of Tech
to win 25-23.
Tech came just shy of their
hitting percentage of the night
before, hitting only .252.
Hunter was able to match
her numbers from the night
before by leading the team
with 13 kills on top of three
digs. Sophomore outside hitter
Alexis Woodson made eight
kills while hitting an impres-
sive .615.
Junior middle blocker Asia
Stawicka had fve total blocks,
four kills and three digs, and
sophomore outside hitter Su-
san Carlson supplied nine digs
of Techs total of 51 for the
match
Career milestones were also
made on the night. McCullers
had 11 digs, which moved her
into eighth place on the all-
time Tech charts with 1336 in
her career. Sophomore libero
Nicki Meyer had a career-high
eight digs as well.
Senior setter Mary Ash-
ley Tippins led the ofense on
both nights with 77 assists in
all. Junior middle blocker Asia
Stawicka had 10 kills for the
weekend as well.
Both games were the last in
Duke and Wake Forests sea-
son series against Tech.
Tech will be hosting Flori-
da State and Miami on Nov. 5
and Nov. 6, respectively.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
Mary Ashley Tippins dives to dig the ball in a recent home game. Tippins led the Jackets in assists against Wake Forest and
Duke with 77 in both games. Tippins had six digs and three blocks in the Jackets game versus the Blue Devils on the road.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
Jennifer Percy bumps the ball to a teammate. In her
freshman season, Percy has 137 total kills and is hitting .224.
By alex Sohani
Contributing Writer
After a trip to the NCAA tournament
in 2009, the Jackets are looking for another
strong season in the ACC. Redshirt fresh-
man Kammeon Holsey is coming of an in-
jury to his knee last season and looking to
make a big impact on the court. At 6-foot-8,
hes got both size and speed, and his versa-
tility should impact the way the team plays
both ofense and defense.
Te team is looking to play with a new
look on ofense. Te perimeter should be the
highlight of the season as both Head Coach
Paul Hewitt and the players believe that the
guards are knocking down a lot of shots
while handling the ball of the dribble well.
Were looking to pass the ball at least
three or four times. Were looking for open
shots. Coach wants us to screen really hard.
We can get easier shots and easier points by
screening and going straight for the basket,
Holsey said.
In further discussion with Holsey, he re-
iterated that the team has some big goals in
mind that start with the team getting more
focused than last season. Te other goals are
to win the ACC championship this year, and
to get to the NCAA tournament and win
it. Its going to be a tough task, especially
replacing the talent lost after former Tech
players Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors left
for the NBA.
Weve got to come in every day and
work as hard as we can. I just have to try to
give as much as I can for my team. I have to
be a team player and play my role. Im ver-
satile, I can keep my size on the inside and
defend, or move out on the wing to defend
the guards, Holsey said.
Holsey was a highly touted recruit com-
ing into Tech, who redshirted the 2009 sea-
son. In the preseason Holsey was coming of
a nagging knee injury, but the team seems
encouraged by the progress he has made,
along with several of the other younger play-
ers on the roster.
Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Athletic Department
Kammeon Holsey will be one of Techs
post players after sitting out last season.