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OPINIONS

Ivan Allen Prize winner p5 Be a guest at the Fox

Opinions 6

Life 10

Entertainment 14

p13

Sports 24

IVAN ALLEN STUDENTS ARE FEELING LEFT OUT p10

LIFE

Top L: Photo courtesy of Nancy Parrish; Top R: Photo courtesy of The Fox Theatre; Above: Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

OPINIONS

The X-Files depicts feminism for modern women

MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR

Photo courtesy of Ten Thirteen Productions

Scully, from the X-Files, is holding a gun ready to catch the perpetrator showing that her character is strong and independent.

Last semester, my sister and

I binge-watched The X-Files.
This was, in hindsight, probably
a questionable use of my time; for
the uninitiated, the science fiction phenomenon spanned 202
episodes and two movies in its
initial run, and follows FBI agents
Dana Scully and Fox Mulder as
they investigate supernatural and
unearthly cases. The binge began
as a matter of pop-culture literacy,
especially in light of the revival
which had then been recently an-

nounced, but it quickly became

more important than that.
As a teenager who has grown
up in the era of Breaking Bad
and Game of Thrones, The XFiles is both endearingly dated
and ahead of its time in scope and
style. Theres another editorial
entirely to be written about what
makes The X-Files so extraordinary. That editorial, fortunately
for me, has already been written countless times since 1993.
Instead, I write now about a specific character.
When viewers first meet Dana
Scully, she is a FBI Agent wearing

an oversized pantsuit and practical heels on her five foot three

frame. Gillian Anderson was cast
as Scully against the wishes of
FOX executives, who wanted to
cast a buxom blonde as sidekick
to the already-cast David Duchovny as Fox Mulder. Anderson was
quite the opposite, but the personal favorite of the shows creator.
Scully is a woman with a bachelors degree in physics and an
M.D. from Stanford, and is partnered with Special Agent Mulder
to rein in his conspiratorial nature
in as they investigate unsolved,
See SCULLY, page 11

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already arrived at the party. The

other party-goers immediately
called the ambulance as they felt
that the victim was being a danger to himself and others.
The victim was, in fact, underage and was issued a Student
Code of Conduct Violation for
Underage Possession of Alcohol.

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HASIT DEWAN

NEWS EDITOR, ASSISTANT

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intoxicated student.
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noticed a Grady ambulance
leaving the scene. They were
informed by a from inside the
house that the victim had been
extremely intoxicated when he

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NEWS EDITOR,
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
ATHLETIC REWARDS
In an effort to increase student attendance at mens and
womens ACC basketball games,
Tech Athletics is awarding
prizes in the Ramblin Rewards
Program. The program is free for
all Tech students who have paid
their annual activity fee.
The mens and womens games
are worth 50 and 25 points respectively. To earn points, students must scan their Buzzcards
at the entrance of McCamish
Pavilion as they arrive at games.
At each new point level, students have the chance to win
free prizes, such as Tech merchandise, an exclusive tour of
the McCamish Pavilion and Zel-

SKYLINE SURVEYORS SEIZED

Around two in the morning,
officers responded to a silent roof
alarm from the Zelnak Center.
The two officers were advised
of a group of men on top of the
buildings roof.
While sweeping the buildings perimeter, the group of officers encountered a group of
three wayward gentlemen.
The group initially claimed
that they had been checking
on their cars in the parking lot.
Furthermore, every man in the
group denied ever being on the
roof or having knowledge of the
roofs accessibility. This would
be proven by law enforcement

to be patently untrue: once told

that GTPD had footage of them
on the roof, the three admitted
to trespassing. They claimed that
they had climbed the roof to enjoy the view of the Atlanta skyline at night.
The trio were issued Student
Code of Conduct violations
criminal trespassing.
CALL ME, MAYBE?
A GTPD officer was dispatched to an armed robbery
on Techwood Drive at around
12:20 a.m. on Jan. 22.
The victim had been walking
south on Techwood, near Sigma
Chi, when two males behind
him made their presence known
by displaying a handgun and ordering the victim to hand over
his property. The victim lost his
iPhone 5S to the balaclava-clad
robbers, who then departed the
scene in a light-colored sedan.
The incident was later disseminated to the campus via an
emailed Clery Act Alert.

nak Center, a post-game shootaround in the Zelnak Center,

and reserved courtside seats at
certain games.
Peter Thomas, president of
the Sports Business Club, has expressed hopes that the Ramblin
Rewards Program will encourage
more and more students to come
out and support the Jackets.

which will make Tech a nationwide frontrunner in advanced

manufacturing.
AMPF will collaborate with
the following schools at Tech:
Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Interactive Computing, Aerospace Engineering and Industrial
and Systems Engineering.

DELTA TOUCHES DOWN

After a lengthy history of
working with Tech, Delta Air
Lines plans to invest $2 million to build a collaborative research center near the center of
Tech Square.
The facility will be used to improve company operations and
better customers experiences
by pulling from the knowledge
supply at Tech.
The research center, which
will be the first of its type at any
university in the United States, is
on track to be finished by 2016.
It will be in the Centergy Building, which is currently home to
AT&T, The Home Depot, CocaCola Enterprises and Panasonic.
In addition to investing in
the research facility, Delta will
invest $3 million in the Georgia
Tech Foundation to finance the
Georgia Tech Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF),

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE

Construction will begin next
month on site improvements of
the Hill District, with work beginning across the street from
J.S. Coon in walkways and continuing on Tech Tower itself.
The project will be largely
identical to the nearby Harrison
Square project completed late
last year.
Vegetation will be refreshed
and replaced as needed, as will
sections of hard surfaces like
walkways and curbs.
The project will commence
March 1 and is expected to be
complete by July 31.
The Hill District, also
known as Techs Old Campus,
is comprised of 12 buildings
which were built as Techs intimate initial campus from 1888
to 1925.
Harrison Square was constructed as an addition in 1965.

Sustainability
courses open
HASIT DEWAN

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

At the start of this semester,
the Serve-Learn-Sustain program
introduced its first set of courses
available for general students. This
program is actually Techs third
Quality Enhancement Plan, the
other two being the International
Plan and the Undergraduate Research Plan, as part of a broader
initiative to respond to concerns
by past graduates as well as to
forward Techs strategic plan for
the future.
Starting with this term, students will be able to register
for a slew of interdisciplinary
special topics courses that are
meant to combine students academic and career interests into
a program designed to improve
the human condition. The two
courses being taught this semester are Sustainable Community
and Systems and Sustainable
Community Principles.
Additionally, the program will
include a host of diverse and interesting events. In fact, this past
semester, the Center for ServeLearn-Sustain hosted the Liams
Legacy Symposium an interdisciplinary discussion focused
on achieving sustainability and
the concept of community. Additionally, the program featured a
slew of guest speakers including
Jenita McGowan, the chief sustainability officer for the City of
Cleveland, as well as Stephanie
Stuckey-Benfield, the sustainability director for the City of Atlanta.
The event showcased the kind of
work the Center hopes to accomplish in the coming years.
We are engaging community
partners at and around Georgia Tech as we continue to develop programs for the students
academic
experience
said
Kristina Chatfield, a Center
staff member.
In addition to courses, the
Center offers a few affiliated projects and courses such as Sustainable Aquaponics. Students can
find the Center for Serve-LearnSustain in Clough Commons.

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art, n. - The expression or application of creative skill and
imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting, drawing, or
sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their
beauty or emotional power.
It is art that makes life, makes interest,
makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of
its process.
Max Eastman

Hotline Bling was the focus of my class today. What.

The water come for the rain
there is no child water on at this time temp is too low baise on
out side temp
If this is only 200 characters, how can I submit my screenplay, a
completely unmodified version of Shrek, the movie?
When are they going to take the gross caution tape off of the
burger bowl? whats so dangerous about dead grass?
Imagine beyond what you think.
How do we know something is un-Trump if we dont know what
Trump is?
My professor basically just said #sorrynotsorry
Maybe I shouldve changed out of the pants I slept in...
All healthy food tastes bad to me right now. Can I just eat PB&Js
and cheese for the rest of my life?
Sugar! Yes please! Mumble mumble mumble mumble-ease!
at 2am im going to be at peak levels of beatles-style clarity
The idea of holding someone accountable for the sake of a scapegoat is ludicrous. Were just waiting for the blood to drip, a checkbox to be ticked and a return to endemic failure.
it hasnt been 300 days without an accident, you guys
we should slaughter our foes and feast upon their entrails
student attends tech. what happens next will shock you! JUST
KIDDING IT WONT BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS ITS
A LIVING HELL
if there was one thing to do today, it would be to take a bath in
peanut butter. like the baby.

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Famous groundhog visits Tech during Carnivale

MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR

General Beauregard Lee, Georgias resident groundhog with a

talent for weather prognostication, visited Tech during its annual Campus Services Carnivale
on Feb. 2.
Lee, who holds two honorary
doctorates from the University
of Georgia (UGA) and Georgia
State, has been predicting the
changing of seasons since 1988.
He lives year-round at the Yellow
River Game Ranch in Gwinnett
County and has been accurate
in 94 percent of his predictions,
compared to the 85 percent success rate of a certain Puxatawney
Phil. Due to his record of successes, Lee has been commended by
four Georgia governors and by the
National Weather Service on two
separate occasions.
Following this years shadowless prediction of an early spring,
Lee made his first-ever visit to
Tech. He was stationed in a plexiglass box near Panda Express for
the duration of the Campus Services Carnivale.
Hes really excited to be here
at Tech, said Codi Reeves, one of
Lees attendants. Its a little funny
that he doesnt have a degree from
here yet but as far as that [rivalry with UGA] goes, well plead
the Fifth.
Patrons of the Campus Services Carnivale were equally thrilled
by Lees presence.
She talked for almost an hour
straight about how excited she was
to see this groundhog, said one
student in reference to her friend
as they stood near Lees display in
the Student Center.
Im content now, said Elizabeth, the groundhog aficionado.
I havent seen him yet, but Im
planning on it and looking for-

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

General Beauregard Lee, famous weather prognosticator, visited the Student Center on Feb. 2. Lee is renowned in the South,
across the nation and in the meteorological community for his accuracy in predicting the arrival of spring with his shadow.

ward to it, said Tristan Gaskins,

first-year ME. If UGA was trying
to give him an engineering degree,
itd be different, but [giving him a
doctorate in weather prognostication] is totally fine.
Many students expressed concerns regarding Lees presence in
a box, which handlers said was for
his safety as well as that of spectators at risk of an errant bite.

He shouldnt have to be in a
box, said Gabby Oliberio, firstyear INTA and ECON. Animals
should be free.
A trio of students representing the Student Center Programs
Council took a slightly different
approach.
That groundhogs name is
definitely bangin, said Matt McCoy, third-year CS.

Can we get him a bigger

box? asked Sydney Holloway,
first-year UEC.
You dont get to be that good
at predicting the weather by being nice all the time, you know
what Im saying? You gotta bite
your way to the top, said Joseph
Hooper, third-year CS.
Lees prediction of an early
spring was met with enthusiasm.

Im glad to hear springs coming, said a representative of the

Reck Club. That would be nice
for the Reck. It doesnt like the
cold weather very much.
While making his rounds outside of the Student Center, Buzz
indicated that he was displeased
with Lees presence on campus
and wanted to fight him for the
title of true mascot of Tech.

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Parrish awarded the 2016 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize

LINDSEY PLOUSSARD
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The students, faculty, and staff

of Tech gathered on Feb. 4 to
honor the winner of the 2016 Ivan
Allen Jr. Prize of Social Courage:
Nancy Parrish, the founder and
CEO of Protect Our Defenders (POD), a group that provides
legal assistance to military men
and women who have been raped
or sexually assaulted by fellow
service members.
The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize is
awarded annually to individuals
who bravely work to make positive social change in the world
and embody the legacy of former
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr.s efforts for
African American civil rights.
In 2011, Parrish founded
POD, after a conversation with
a disabled Navy veteran named
Terri. Terri told Parrish that after
being raped, tortured and essentially left to die, she was not given
proper medical treatment, was
pressured to drop the charges and
was discharged from the military
against her will.
After months of research, Parrish learned Terri was not alone;
there was a glaring problem in the
United States military and no one
had done much to solve it.
I was determined not to let
Terris voice and those of hundreds of thousands of other survivors voices remain unheard
and disbelieved, Parrish said. In
November of 2011, she launched
POD, which is currently the
only advocacy group specifically
for victims of sexual assault in
the military.
More than 20,000 military
personnel experienced sexual assault in 2014, and most of these
cases went unreported.
In 2013, over 135,000 veterans screened positive for military

sexual trauma and visited the VA

over one million times.
According to the Department
of Defense, 62 percent of women
reported suffered retaliation. The
problem is statistically prevalent;
yet, for 25 years, these sexual assault scandals quickly broke and
just as quickly went away.
Assault victims can easily be
marginalized in the military justice system, which does not follow
the same legal proceedings as the
civilian courts.
Since 2011, Parrish and POD
have paved the way to revolutionary reforms, which include
removing a commanders ability
to throw out a conviction or reduce a sentence for sexual assault,
increased the confidentiality of a
soldiers sexual history or mental
health records, prevented hostile
pretrial depositions and ended the
practice of a perpetrator getting
let off for simply being a good
soldier.
We have made real, tangible
progress, Parrish said.
The issues POD champions
have begun to permeate popular
culture; a story POD broke became a running storyline on the
show House of Cards, and the issue was also featured recently in
an episode of Scandal.
Parrish believes that structural
reform in the military justice system will not only help victims, but
the entire military.
The current system of military justice undermines the military Ensuring access to a fair
and effective system will improve
safety and promote equality in
our military, and lead to a stronger and more stable force.
As a result of her work for
POD, Nancy Parrish has faced
harassment for shedding light on
this injustice.
Hearing from survivors and
their families is what keeps me

going. I began this effort to help

service members and veterans, yet
they have enriched my life beyond
measure, Parrish said.
When I get a call from a survivor seeking help, I sometimes
feel small and helpless. At that
moment, I stand in their shoes
and become determined to not
only help that person, but fight
to prevent future attacks and affirm the lives of those suffering
in silence.
The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize is
awarded to individuals who are
willing to risk everything for the
sake of their cause.
Like Ivan Allen, Jr., I want
to make a significant, lasting
impact, focusing on the root
causes of discrimination, injustice

reinforced my passion to work behind the scenes with communities

of good people doing quiet work.
Parrish has also worked closely
with the Carter Center to support
the humanitarian efforts of President and Mrs. Carter.
Experiences from her professional career also help her with her
work with POD today. I learned
how to find talented and committed people and to effectively
drive movements for change, Parrish said, referring to running her
own consulting firm and working
as a campaign strategist.
The award includes a $100,000
prize funded in perpetuity by
the Glenn Family Foundation.
Parrish plans to donate the prize
to POD.

Photo courtesy of GT Communications

The ceremony for the awarding for the Ivan Allen, Jr. Prize of Social Courage taking place in
Atlanta. Nancy Parish is this years humanitarian to win the honor and the $100,000 stipend.

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and inequality in our society,

Parrish said.
When we as a society witness
injustice and suffering, it is in our
nature as Americans to stand on
the side of fairness. Ivan Allen Jr.
was a beacon of light in a dark
time, and we strive to be that beacon of light today for our young
service women and men, veterans
and civilian survivors.
Parrish says that her early work
and experiences inspired her to
devote her life to fighting for social change. She worked with a
state senator who took her to visit
juvenile halls and foster homes.
The senator used those experiences to create real policy reform.
I saw first hand that one person could make a difference. That

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Music technology degree approved Tech chosen to participate

in Solar Decathalon

TRISTEN ALLEN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On Jan. 19, Tech announced
the approval of its new Bachelor
of Science in Music Technology
by the Board of Regents.
The new program is a 122 credit hour degree that incorporates
courses in music performance and
fundamentals as well as the study
of music from a technological
perspective. It will also feature
four concentrations: two in Mechanical Engineering, one in Electrical and Computer Engineering
and one general concentration.
The School of Music currently
administers a Master of Science
in Music Technology alongside a
Ph.D. in the same field.
According to Dr. Jason Freeman, an associate professor in the
School of Music, the Bachelors
program is built to provide a foundation in music technology as well
as a foundation in musical performance that the Masters program
does not incorporate.
Freeman additionally noted
that the program at Tech will
be focused on a broader, engineering-style approach to music
technology as opposed to programs at other colleges and universities, which focus heavily on
music production.
Normally when you see a
school of music theres a bunch
of people sitting there practicing piano and violin to have
these careers making 19th century music Were not aspiring
to be that, Freeman said.
The degree will culminate in a
senior capstone project, in similar
fashion to Techs current engi-

HEYINN RHO

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Photo by Maria Furukawa Student Publications

The Couch Building is home to Techs music department. The

new BS in music technology will be the first of its kind at Tech.

neering programs. It also requires

a complete two-semester Intro to
Physics sequence with PHYS 2211
and PHYS 2212.
Freeman believes the Bachelor
of Science in Music Technology
will raise the profile of music technology on Techs campus.
You know, the School of Music, were off in the middle of a
bunch of dorms on west campus,
kind of in our own little spot,
but I dont think were really
part of the undergraduate culture
yet, and I think this is going to
be a really important change,
Freeman said. I think [the BSMT
program] is really a way of infusing music and the arts and this
connection between arts and technology more into the mindset of
Georgia Tech.
The BS in Music Technology
will be the first music degree program available to undergraduates;
currently, the School of Music offers certificates and minors in music at the undergraduate level.

As part of the proposal for the

new degree program, the School of
Music has added two new Fundamentals of Musicianship courses
with MUSI 2012 and MUSI 2013
and consolidated its performance
ensembles into single 3000level courses.
The School of Music has also
added a course to their core curriculum in digital music performance called Laptop Orchestra,
which is a 2000-level class requiring the prior completion of Fundamentals of Musicianship I.
The proposal also included
letters of support from Gracenote, Spotify, Pandora and
the Georgia Department of
Economic Development.
The degree program will not be
open to prospective students for
the Fall of 2016 as it was approved
on Jan. 9.
The performance ensembles
are still open to all students, but
most will still require an audition
to participate.

With solar-powered houses offering paths to renewable energy,

the Department of Energys biennial Solar Decathlon competition
is generating multidisciplinary activity within teams in 16 different
colleges across the nation.
Alex Poux, a second-year ME,
is leading the Tech team selected
to enter the 2017 competition.
The house built will be temporarily shipped to the competition site
for judges to score as well as for
display to the public.
Located in Cartersville, Ga.,
Icarus still stands as Techs 2007
entry and has been open for touring and educational purposes.
In founding the team, enthusiasm from students and professors have been motivating, Poux
said. And considering the recent
Serve-Learn-Sustain initiative at
Tech, I think theres a lot that we
can do and a lot it can do for us.
Its a two-way conversation.
The Solar Decathalon competition evaluates teams work using
10 different aspects, hence the prefix deca-. Each of the 10 contests
are worth 100 points each. The 10
criteria touch on parameters that
define the houses performance
and livability.
For instance, the home life
contest tests if the house can provide 15 gallons of hot water from
the shower in 10 minutes or less
at several times over the competition. Aesthetic elements of the
house are also part of the comprehensible examination.

In building an affordable,
marketable and feasible solarpowered house, Tech students
will investigate concepts such as
the Internet of Things, Heat Recovery Systems, Phase Changing
Materials, Solar Technology and
DC Microgrid.
I believe in leading by investing in people as well as processes.
In some situations, its easy for
leadership to hold back information from members, Poux said.
I want to move away from that
model and promote transparency
where students feel valued and
heard, getting the information
they need.
The teams composition calls
for broad range of disciplines.
Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Chemical and Biomolecular, Materials Science, Civil and
Environmental
Engineerings
as well as Computer Science
and Business majors are welcome.
Helping to maintain the levels of collaboration required to
keep the team streamlined for the
competition are the VIPs advisors Matthew Realff, Ph.D., and
Cassandra Telenko, Ph.D.
Also contributing are Architecture students, who will
earn academic credit just as VIP
students do.
More than 130 collegiate teams
have presented their houses in Solar Decathalons, and the competition has expanded its presence
in Europe, China, Latin America
and the Middle East.
The house with the highest
number of points will win $2
million in prize money from the
Department of Energy.

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Opinions
OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

Your attitude, not your

aptitude, will determine your
altitude Zig Ziglar

Calling for a change in administration

Holding the right people accountable

Representative Earl Ehrhart and other

Georgia state legislators are demanding
that Techs administration be held accountable for the poor judiciary practices
of the Office of Student Integrity (OSI).
The judiciary process is standard across
all of Georgias public universities. The
outlines are provided by the Board of Regents and left up to interpretation by each
university. Several schools have placed
additional safeguards to ensure that all
students are treated fairly throughout the
process. Tech has not.
OSI has been repeatedly accused of failing to treat students equally, which administrators should have looked into before
the problem escalated. While administrators are clearly at fault for failing to address
the issues within the system, calling for
the removal of all involved administrators
is drastic and counterproductive.
Firing administrators fails to address
the actual problem fixing the broken

judiciary system at Tech. However, it

is the responsibility of our administrators to ensure that their subordinates follow rules and engage in ethical practices.
Failure to do so necessitates a degree
of accountability.
This blatant lack of oversight regarding OSI was not an isolated incident and,
therefore, requires bold steps and meaningful changes. This may include replacing
certain administrators with new ones who
have experience working in environments
with successful judiciary processes.
Rather than replacing all of the involved
administrators, we need a mix of old and
new staff to help bring effective changes to
our institution. Those who have been with
the school have an understanding of student needs, while those that are new will
bring fresh ideas that can be integrated
into the campus culture. Firing people for
the sake of satisfying overzealous legislators is ineffective and not a true solution.

The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the
Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.

technique editorial board

Brenda Lin EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Nick Johnson MANAGING EDITOR
Max Kaltman BUSINESS MANAGER
Maura Currie NEWS EDITOR
Vidya Iyer OPINIONS EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
Kara Pendley ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Trishna Chandarana LIFE EDITOR
Brighton Kamen DESIGN EDITOR
Tyler Meuter PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Ross Lindsay WEB DEVELOPER

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OPINIONS EDITOR: Vidya Iyer

Friday,
February 5, 2016

TOP SLIVERS

How do we know something is un-Trump if we dont

know what Trump is?

Imagine beyond what you think.

When are they going to take the gross caution tape

off of the burger bowl? whats so dangerous about
dead grass?
If this is only 200 characters, how can I submit my
screenplay, a completely unmodified version of Shrek,
the movie?

Hotline Bling was the focus of my class today. What.

Stop sleeping around with the mosquitoes!!!

Let me take a break from my CS homework by doing

calculus homework

The busses are slow and smell like acid reflux

Stop bothering me about the iOS update, Siri!

Some professors wait until the day after drop date to

show their true colors

Could I be doing something better with my time

besides sleeping?

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// OPINIONS

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Student Center renovation is costly

Between March 916, the
Georgia Tech student body will
vote on a referendum to approve a mandatory fee of up to
$85 per semester to fund a $100
million expansion and renovation of the Student Center. Kate
Curnow, the communication
and marketing manager at the
Georgia Tech Student Center,
recently wrote an article on the
school website urging students
to vote yes on the referendum.
She cited the current Student
Centers low square footage per
student and degraded infrastructure as the primary reasons
students should approve the new
fee. The current Student Center,
built in 1970, is by all accounts
in dire need of refurbishment.
However, it is highly questionable whether such an expensive
renovation is necessary. Ms.
Curnow correctly states in the
article that there is a precedent
for students paying at least part
of the costs of new non-academic buildings. Whether this is a
good precedent is controversial
and should be further analyzed.
It is clear that students often pay more for these buildings than they agreed upon. For
example in 2006, the student
body at the University of Georgia approved a referendum to
renovate and expand their own
Tate Student Center which was
built in 1981. Students approved
a $25 per semester fee to fund

The current Student Center, built in 1970, is

by all accounts in dire need of refurbishment.
However, it is highly questionable whether such
an expensive renovation is necessary.

JONATHAN GABBAY

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, PH.D.

a $58 million expansion that

would nearly double the size
of the original 100,000 square
foot structure. In 2014, students were surprised to discover
that the university had quietly
re-appropriated an additional
$50 per semester from their
Recreational Center fee. Under
the original agreement this fee
was supposed to expire in 2013
when the Recreation Center was
paid off; however, payments for
the student center will occur
through 2038.
Ms. Curnow argues that according to a national standard,
each student ought to have 10
square feet of student center
space. Georgia Tech students
currently have 6.5 square feet.
Surprisingly, even after the expansion, University of Georgia students make do with just
5.7 square feet. It is debatable
whether national standards have
any significance when every
school has alternative locations

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Student Center

needs to be expanded
Through time and a booming have the opportunity to voice
student population, the Student your opinion on the expansion
Center can no longer meet the of this building that lies at the
needs of our stuvery heart of our
dents. Whether ... it is evident that the campus.
Yes,
its the giant lines
the project will
building
is
bursting
at
to pick-up textinclude a fee inbooks from the
the seams. crease, but this
post office, or
fee will never
the dense windSAMANTHA exceed $85/seing lines to grab
mester and will
HOLLOWAY not have to be
a quick meal, it is
STUDENT
CENTER
evident that the
paid for until
PRESIDENT the building is
building is bursting at the seams.
in use.
If youre in a student organizaSo, why should you vote for
tion on campus, I know youve something you wont use? You
experienced frustration finding will be leaving a legacy for fuan available space for that event ture students. You are also helpyou really wanted to host, not ing build the reputation of Tech
to mention finding a consistent by establishing another state of
weekly meeting space that ac- the art building on campus.
commodates all of your memIf you have any questions,
bers. At a school with over 400 the Student Center is offering
student organizations, why do many opportunities for stuwe only have six offices? And dents to learn more. There is a
how about storing leftover sup- n eye opening tour that shows
plies from your last event? Usu- visual evidence of how outdated
ally, someone volunteers to keep the building is. There will also
it in their apartment, only to be open forums happening up
never be seen again.
until the vote. Lastly, people
At a school where we pride are tabling all over campus, so
ourselves on excellence, it is if you see them, stop by to ask
time we stand together as stu- questions. Feel free to reach out
dents to say Yes! to building a if youd like to get involved, or
better Georgia Tech by renovat- have any questions. My email is
ing and expanding the Student sholloway7@gatech.edu.
Center. It is time for us to live
Do not neglect the ineviup to our schools motto, prog- table. The time is here for us to
ress and service and help future step up as leaders and pave the
generations achieve success.
way for the success of the future
March 9th- 16th, you will of Georgia Tech.

where student life can take place.

Also overlooked in her statistics
is that 30 percent of the 20,000
students on the Atlanta campus
are graduate students, many of
whom do not have any interest
in utilizing the Student Center.
This was reflected last semester
by poor attendance in an open
forum to gauge graduate student interests in the project.
Still, graduate students will be
expected to pay a large portion
of the cost of a building they
will scarcely use.
According to the project
guiding principles, the $100
million renovated Student Center is to become a lighthouse,
a shelter from the Tech elements. I wonder if a building
could ever live up to such a mission statement. Certainly, it is
hard to imagine that $441,035
in comfortable seats, benches
and ottomans (the amount
spent in the Tate renovation)
will provide such a shelter. Ms.

Curnow also quoted a student

who claims that by voting yes
students will be able to draw a
sense of pride as alumni visiting
the new facility, knowing [they]
were instrumental in bringing
this much-needed change to
campus. It is very difficult to
believe that anyone would draw
a sense of pride by forcing future
students to pay for a grandiose
building. Instead, would it not
be preferable to preserve the affordability of state universities
by showing this expensive renovation plan some much needed
scrutiny?
A vote no on the student
center referendum will signal
to the Board of Regents that
students do not support an extravagant expansion plan. Even
a sizable dissenting minority can
affect the scale of the renovation
project. There is no doubt that
in the coming years the Student
Center will need to be renovated. Nevertheless, we must
decide whether future Tech students would benefit more from
a modest building that provides
a space where they can grab a
bite to eat, or from an expensive building that purports to
be a beacon of light that draws
the community together. Some
students will favor the current
plan and some will oppose it,
but either way, it is important
that you do your own research
and vote on this issue in March.

Keeping up with the

music in college

You let a lot of things fade

By the time I began my sophwhen you go off to college: omore year, I realized that if I
friendships, healthy eating hab- did not do something, I would
its, self-esteem. If you play an forget completely. Musical ininstrument, you might come struments may not be essential
home on break, to realize that to Techs curriculum, but they
your technique
do offer an outCollege is the point let for students
has
atrophied
from lack of use.
where kids who and I advise
I
shuffled
anyone
who
grew
up playing an has grown up
through nearly
ten years of piano, instrument ... fall out of playing an inwithout realizing
strument to do
practice ... their best with
that music is really just another
keeping up with
form of language.
BRIGHTON KAMEN it in college. I
You read it and
DESIGN EDITOR invested in a
write it and use
keyboard and
it to express something through headphones I keep in my aparttones rather than words. I ment. I can no longer play even
could pick out a ragtime tune, half as well as before, but when I
a couple bars of Fur Elise, and need to take a study break, I tap
at one point the entire chorus of out a song and relax.
Low by Flo Rida. Music lesFinding the time to practice
sons helped me think structur- an instrument in college may
ally about abstract concepts, like be difficult due to classes and
turning a theme into a sequence lack of rehearsing spaces, but it
of notes or affecting a mood just is absolutely possible and most
by upping the tempo. By my ju- definitely worth it. Its not wellnior year of high school, I could known, but Tech offers practice
play along with other people, rooms in the School of Music
improvising a song with a few that students can rent for $15
chords and someone on guitar.
per semester if they are enrolled
Then came college. College is in a music class and $30 if they
the point where kids become se- are not. Additionally, students
rious about their instrument or can get involved with Under
fall out of practice until the abil- the Couch and WREK Radio
ity to play fades from memory. I to connect with other students
fall in the second category. My who play an instrument.
freshman year, the only access I
Although scheduling free
had to a keyboard was the in the time while balancing classes at
basement of Field, where keys Tech is difficult, it is still poswere missing and the humidity sible to find time to play your
had warped the piano until it instrument and keep up with
was whole steps out of tune.
the music.

Is Insomnia Cookies
worth the hype?

DANIA TAHA
FIRST-YEAR IE

I think theyre a little

overrated. They have good
cookies but theyre overpriced.

DEANDRE DIVERS
SECOND-YEAR CS

Yes, theyre really good

cookies.

NAVYA NUTHIVANA
THIRD-YEAR BIO

Its worth the free coupons.

I dont know if its worth $6
for three cookies.

JASMINE BROWN
THIRD-YEAR CS

Yes, but its kind of

expensive.
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// OPINIONS

This past week, a child fell

into a manhole near the campanile. The little boy fell nearly
fifteen feet but luckily was not
hurt. While it is concerning
that there are manholes open
in random high traffic areas,
this incident had a happy
ending thanks to our campus
police. GTPD went down the
manhole to save the child.
Shout out to our police, for
once again helping out people
around our campus.

Zika Virus

The Zika virus has been

plaguing South America for a
while now. Those in the U.S.
werent too worried about the
outbreak of this virus until two
reported cases of the virus were
found in Texas. It was sexually
transmitted, and these were
the first known cases in the
continental U.S. The virus is
so dangerous that pregnant
women have been urged to not
visit certain countries to ensure the safety of their babies.

Her relationship with Mulder

is complex; they are colleagues,
friends and confidantes. They are
sometimes a couple but always in
love with each other, often at odds
but always aware of the fact that
theyre inextricably bound by the
work they do. Though they are
on polar ends of the ideological
spectrum, they are Scully and
Mulder first.
When the show crosses into
horror territory, both characters
are allowed to be vulnerable and
afraid, traits which are redefined
to be not vices of femininity but
assertions of humanity. Both
characters endure personal losses
throughout The X-Files both
lose family members to assassins
bent on destroying their lives,
both encounter everything from
run-of-the-mill serial killers to
bona-fide monsters and aliens;
both, at some point, grapple with
the ever-present possibility of losing each other to these malevolent
forces. Most critically, both Mulder and Scully scream, cry and
grieve on camera when they have
a reason to. It is never Scullys
job to express to the viewer that
something emotional is occurring
while Mulder goes out and does
something about it.
I, like many others, was
alarmed to learn that Gillian An-

derson was initially offered half

of David Duchovnys paycheck to
do the current X-Files revival.
The irony in this situation is palpable to the point that I initially
thought it was a fake headline;
Anderson, who fought her way
from novice actress to equal pay
with more experienced Duchovny by the shows end, should
surely not have to deal with
such nonsense.
Surely playing the character
who made her a household name,
the character whose very existence
is a testament to the strength and
complexity of the modern woman,
should not be wrought with the
BS that Scullys world so cleanly
shuts down. Surely.
Women still need to look up to
Dana Scully, if for no other reason
than that the world she occupied
in the 90s still exists.
Presumptions about what
women can or cant be and how
they can or cant feel still limit so
many from living up to their fullest potential.
One might think that these
presumptions are much like Scullys enormous plaid blazers, and
that they should be anachronisms
relegated to existing only in history, but then one would be wrong.
Nobody saves the world wearing enormous plaid prejudices.

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Lights on North Ave

Students were not the only

one done with this week. The
lights at the North Avenue intersection were also feeling out
of it. They seemed to serve as
decor as they randomly flashed,
forcing pedestrians to fend for
themselves as they crossed the
street. The broken lights were
an inconvenience for pedestrians and cars alike. Although
fixed, measures must be taken
to prevent something like this
from happening again.

Scully is everything strong

women usually are, without
crossing over into the
cringeworthy caricature that
said characters so often end
up being.

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Nasim Pedrad

The Student Center Programs Council just announced

that they are bringing former
SNL cast member Nasim Pedrad to the Ferst Center for
the annual Spring comedy
show. Pedrad is the first female
comedian who has been invited to perform at this event.
Known for her impressions of
Kim Kardashian and Barbra
Walters, Pedrads stand-up is
bound to make an audience
erupt into fits of laughter.

often paranormal cases that the

Bureau has abandoned. In the pilot episode, the pair meet people
claiming to be alien abductees
and experience a nine-minute
time rift. Mulder, as he will generally do for the duration of the
show, believes that extraterrestrials are behind the events and that
the government is hiding a massive conspiracy, even with a lack
of compelling evidence. Scully, as
she will generally do for the duration of the show, maintains that
there must be a logical scientific
explanation for the bizarre occurrences, even with a lack of compelling evidence.
Scully is everything strong
women usually are, without
crossing over into the cringe worthy caricature that said characters
so often end up being. She is firm
in her convictions, believing in
her Catholic faith as much as she
does the scientific method and
never allowing anyone to think
her weaker for either. The cool
logic that Scully became famous
for as the skeptic to Mulders
believer is sometimes sarcastic and condescending, because
shes not attempting to appeal to
anyones sensibilities; her job is
to be an FBI Agent, not a token
yes-woman.
She is intelligent and naturally
talented, and she approaches her
work as law enforcement with a
reverence at-home with the notion
of saving lives; but, simultaneously, she is deeply interested in
cultivating a life outside of work.
Rebuking the notion that successful women are workaholics, Scully
goes out for drinks and reads and
sits at home eating ice cream by
herself. She loves her family, and
she dates a number of men who
are not involved with the FBI
in an attempt to give her life dimensions. Her desire to have
children becomes a running
plot point throughout the shows
later seasons.

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YES
TRISTEN ALLEN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As a STEM student who currently benefits from Zell Miller,

my advocacy for the GPA boost is
neither surprising nor unique. It
is to the benefit of the majority of
the student body that the requirements for HOPE and Zell Miller
are lowered to account for the
higher difficult and lower GPA
of STEM classes and majors. It
is more important, then, to argue
over the broader impact this policy will have on STEM enrollment
and the production of engineers
from the state of Georgia.
One of the most immediate
impacts would be to encourage
higher enrollment in STEM programs from students who felt that
their financial situation could not
support the pursuit of a degree
without the support of HOPE or
Zell Miller, and thusly decided
to pursue an easier field. The difficulty of STEM programs is no
secret, and the primary public
institute for those programs in
Georgia has a reputation for being
especially difficult, even among
other STEM-focused degrees. The
resulting lower GPAs of Georgia STEM students reduces their
chances of eligibility for HOPE or
Zell Miller, despite the fact that
they are certainly no less deserving of the award than a student
at a less strenuous university or
in a less difficult program. This
GPA boost would serve as a sort
of equalizer for these students, allowing their academic capabilities
to be more accurately reflected
against those of their peers.
There is also a vested public
interest in increasing the attractiveness of the STEM fields. There
exists a distinct shortage of engi-

neers in the workforce; by passing

this initiative, Georgia could contribute to a growth in engineering
by making the study of STEM
fields more financially viable. The
initiative also encourages more
STEM students to remain in state
and study at public institutions,
increasing the likelihood they will
either send income back to Georgia, or find employment within
the state. Furthermore, an increase in Georgia engineers could
make the state a more attractive
place for industry and technology.
Georgia and its citizens stand to
gain much from this initiative,
not just its students.
A compelling and warranted
opposition to the initiative is the
special treatment of certain students. In effect, they would be
institutionalizing the idea that
STEM fields are more difficult
than all other fields by giving
those majors a boost to their GPA.
While, ideally, all majors should
hold their students to a relatively
common standard of excellence,
the nature of the subject matter
in STEM fields is one that is intrinsically difficult and obfuscating. The reality of the situation is
that STEM majors are more difficult, and in order to make any
informed decision about policy
surrounding academia, we must
accept the reality of the situation.
It is to the benefit of the state
of Georgia, its students, and its
populace to enact this proposal.
STEM fields have great economic potential for students and for
Georgia industry, and stand to
attract more Georgia residents to
these fields. It does acknowledge
the harsh reality that majors may
be more or less difficult than one
another, but does it in such a way
that is limited in scope.

NO
RRAHUL TOPIWALA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Before you ask, no I dont enjoy

watching people suffer. The reason I dont believe in an automatic
GPA boost for STEM majors is
twofold; I dont think it will serve
any real purpose, and it would
also be disingenuous. Ultimately
grades are subjective and will remain so as long as students are
competing with other students in
the same set of classes. The ideal
set of grades would maximize the
standard deviation around the
mean, and not affect the mean
itself. Ill try to simplify this and
explain it in a social context, since
Im no fan of reading statistics.
We at Tech attend a very prestigious and very specialized engineering institute that has attracted worldwide fame (or infamy) for
its difficulty. Where other colleges
have GPA cut-offs of 3.5 or above
for students graduating with honors, here at Tech it hovers just
above 3. Companies have been
known to lower their GPA expectations when they recruit here.
This goes to show that grades
are all relative to the environment they come from, and therefore an absolute change in all of
them would be redundant. If the
GPA of all Tech students were
increased regardless of effort, it
would serve no purpose to recruiters, as the comparison between grades would not change.
Companies and graduate schools
would just raise their expectations
to match the average GPA, which
in turn would just increase across
the STEM board.
Furthermore, the simple truth
is that not all degrees were created
equal. STEM degrees are grueling, tedious and sometimes they

can even feel unfair. This is part of

the package; its why they usually
pay far more than most other degrees. GPA in any degree is meant
to measure proficiency in that
major; whether or not it does is a
discussion for another time. The
reason STEM majors have lower
grades is because they are inherently tougher to master. The humanities are called that for a reason, they appeal to us as human
beings because they spring from
our feelings and instincts. STEM
degrees are generally logical systems with incredibly high levels of
complexity; they dont come to us
innately and they require students
to condition their minds towards
a new form of thinking.
Speaking from personal experience, I can understand a harsh
engineering professor giving
students low grades. Its their responsibility to accurately judge
the capabilities of the average undergraduate, and they should be
held accountable when they fail
to do so. However the real reason
why STEM grades are lower than
other grades is because the subjects are harder to master. A GPA
boost just seems like a manipulative way to make STEM students
feel better about their grades when
they look at their peers in the humanities. But I have to ask, whats
the point? With the exception of a
few jobs like consulting, these two
types of undergraduates wont be
competing for the same positions;
they will be competing within
their majors. This GPA boost will
not change anything with regard
to this competition. It would be
like a professor giving all his students ten extra marks, and while
theyre all celebrating, the professor comes back and says that they
need 100 to get an A now.

Life

LIFE EDITOR:

Trishna Chandarana
ASSTISTANT LIFE EDITOR:

Layla Ghazi

life@nique.net

In-state STEM majors to be rewarded

Students discuss new proposal to add a half-point GPA
boost for students in enrolled in STEM classes as a new
incentivise for students to enroll in the programs.411

Overlooked

INTA students aim to achieve similar levels of

success and recognition as STEM programs.
CHRISTIAN SHAHEEN
STAFF WRITER

When second-year Meghan Lowther says she

studies International Affairs (INTA) at Georgia
Tech, she gets what she likes to calls the look.
More specifically, the look I get is the I-didntknow-they-had-that-major-why-arent-you-an-engineer look, said Haley Franklin, a first-year INTA.
They pretty much make it seem like they think Ill
have no job after college.
Tech is known for its prestigious and rigorous
academic coursework 8-20 ranked in the top 10 for
almost every engineering program it offers; however,
one of the most unique characteristics that leads to
the success of these engineering programs is the international exposure and the major specific opportunities to study abroad.
The push for STEM has evolved into an initiative to include Liberal Arts making STEM into
STEAM, which has led to the Ivan Allen School of
Liberal Arts expanding in tandem.
Because many INTA classes are open to science
and engineering majors looking to fulfill their global perspective requirements, the discussion-based
classes tend to have an analytical element, similar to
the scientific approach that is taken in other courses
at the Institute, to them that programs at liberal arts
schools do not have.
For example, Franklin took an introduction to
security class. At a more liberal arts focused university, the discussions would not have the same depth
because many of the students think in the same way
being in similar academic disciplines.

Design by Brighton Kamen Student Publications

When on the topic of nuclear proliferation,

there was a very science based nature to the arguments ... we learned about the physical process necessary that countries with nuclear weapons use to
enrich uranium, and using that information [then]
formed [our own] hypothetical policy responses,
Franklin said.
Discussions and debates are the core of any
INTA curriculum with ideologies and theories as
the foundation.
This added depth to discussions in classes allows
a more comprehensive understanding of the real
world during discussions.
Being able to hold productive dialogues with
people whose minds operate on a more scientific
plane of understanding is a welcome contrast to
more abstract concepts of diplomacy, political science and international affairs, Lowther said.
There is a communication disconnect in the
world between the spheres of business, politics and
science, and an institution like Tech offers a microcosm of these variations in style of thought. These
respective populations do not understand how to effectively communicate between one other in a way
that allows for them to solve the problems that they
face together, whether the problem is an issue found
on the front page of The New York Times, in a presidential debate on CNN or on Facebook.
I know how engineers think, how they learn,
what they respond to, which ultimately becomes a
benefit when operating in an increasingly technological global environment, Lowther said. The
ability to communicate effectively will allow us to
better understand and solve the problems we are
See INTA, page 13

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// LIFE

entire presidential season, Senator

Bernie Sanders.
Given that many voters were
disappointed by their respective candidates loss, here are this
weeks tips and tricks for your
candidates to use in the subsequent primaries in the hopes of
securing their respective nomination and fulfilling your dreams of
seeing them in the White House.

How to ensure
your candidate
wins an election
LAYLA GHAZI

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

The presidential election season began Monday, Feb. 1, in
Iowa. Granted that Iowa is not
like a traditional primary election,
such as that of New Hampshire or
Georgia, in the fact that it still uses
the caucus system, where a group
of individuals who have the same
political affiliation meet to decide
on whom to delegate to cast all of
their votes to collectively.
The results showed favorably to
Senator Ted Cruz, who won the
Republican vote over the expected
frontrunner Donald Trump by
three percentage points.
Meanwhile, former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton won by
0.4 percentage points and eight
delegates over the underdog of the

Thoughts on
boosting GPAs
for HOPE
LAYLA GHAZI

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

Representative Jan Jones (RMilton) speaker pro tempore
of the Georgia House of Representatives has entered House
Bill 801, which would amend
Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, to be considered for the 2016 legislative session. This would boost in-state
STEM students HOPE GPAs by
half a point, though not on official
transcripts.
Currently, in-state students
who finish with a 3.0 or above
qualify for what is known as the
Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship,
which was founded in 1993 in an
effort to send more students in the
state of Georgia to accredited universities. GeorgiaCollege411 reports that in the time since then,
the unique scholarship program
has awarded over $6.4 billion to
over 1.5 million students. Similarly, students who completed high
school with a GPA of 3.7 or higher

SLEEP YOUR WAY TO THE TOP

Before reading this tip, I want
to preface that I am a feminist.
However, when times are tough
and clichs are not enough, use
the age-old use what your mama
gave you excuse to secure a spot
on top.
Of all of the candidates in the
2016 presidential race, if you support Senator Marco Rubio, shoot
him an email informing him that
he could definitely utilize his good
looks and pointy boots to get back
up to the top of the polls.
HAVE A ROCKING PANTSUIT
Look at any of the presidential
candidates, and what do they have
in common? You are right; they
are not all men, but this elections
candidates do all have an awesome
pantsuit collection.
DJ Khaled would point out
that a major key is to dress for success, so if you want to make sure
your candidate of choice is going
to snag the nomination from the
competitors make sure to send
him or her a kindly worded email
to keep that wardrobe updated
with the latest pantsuits from Arare awarded the Zell Miller Scholarship, which covers 90 percent
of the tuition costs, compared to
HOPE, which covers 70 percent.
School is very obviously an
expensive cost that most students
have to endure, so theres always
an incentive for in-state students
to achieve and maintain HOPE or
Zell. However, the requirements
of the programs like this encourage getting good grades over
pursuing difficult majors or programs, said second-year CHME
Katie Robinson.
The HOPE Scholarship program is almost exclusively funded
by the Georgia lottery. Prior to a
drop in the lottery participation
in 2011, the Georgia General Assembly voted to amend the HOPE
Scholarship programs to no longer
cover the cost of textbooks and
living expenses, which explains
the decrease in the contribution
towards the tuitions of some.
Unfortunately, for some students, maintaining the necessary
GPAs of 3.0 above for HOPE and
3.3 above for Zell Miller in a university setting is difficult.
The GPA boost that this new
bill would provide would from
personal experience be extremely
beneficial to students mental and
emotional states and would help
with the ridiculous cost of attending college. We could potentially
see some drawbacks, however,
because with a GPA boost for
STEM students, there will be an
influx of students pursuing those
programs, Robinson said.
As a result of these concerns,
the official report The Effect
of Georgias HOPE Scholarship
on College Major: A Focus on
STEM, which was formally published in February of 2015, found
consistent evidence that Georgias HOPE Scholarship reduced
the probability that a young person would complete a bachelors
degree with a major in a STEM

mani, Calvin Klein, Gucci and,

above all, some J. Crew.
PROMISE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
What better way to get into
the hearts of the voters than to
tell them what they want to hear?
What this trick really needs is for
the candidate to think and speak
extemporaneously. Speak from
the heart is what the saying is.
If your candidate feels like they
can accomplish the impossible, or
as some would say unrealistic,
then allow them to voice that to
the whole population. Better yet,
make sure that the candidate is
as enthusiastic as possible when
shouting these ideas from the platform provided by the major news
source covering their campaign.
The more impossible, the better.
Trump has got this technique
down pat, so if any of the candidates are wondering what to do, I
suggest they give him a call.
AVOID TALKING ABOUT POLICY
When participating (or not)
in the debates held by any news
channel, it is essential for the
candidate to avoid answering
any and all questions about their
specific platform and plans of
action if they were to win the
White House.
Focusing on policy is a bore to
most voters; when they tune into
the debates, they are expecting
cutthroat insults at the characters
and appearances of the other candidates or a replication of a mortal
combat battle between those on
stage for time to answer questions.
field [estimating] a 12.6 percent decrease in the number of
STEM graduates, with the effects being larger for males than
females. Furthermore, the study
analyzed five reasons in addition
to HOPE eligibility for why a student would not declare a STEM
major at a university in the University System of Georgia.
While the reason for the decrease in a student selecting a
STEM major could not decidedly
be said to be because of the risk
of losing HOPE, the study did
conclude that HOPE played an
important role in the selection of
a major and the type of institution
one would attend.
I am personally not an instate student, so I am not eligi-

If you want to win the election,

you have to make sure you are
the most entertaining individual
on the stage. Otherwise, do not
waste the time of the viewers, the
moderators, the biased media or
those who accidently turned on
the channel at the wrong time.
LACK PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Has your candidate of choice
been in Congress for less than a
decade? Or does he or she run a
pseudo-successful company or
franchise? Perfect.
The more experience a candidate lacks in developing, implementing and enforcing policy, the
better suited he or she is for the
job as president.
In fact, if the candidate has no
previous knowledge of how to run
the armed forces, how Congressional committees meet and decide on important issues or how to
pass major pieces of legislation to
support their platform, which was
previously stated to be overrated,
then he or she is the perfect person
for the job as the next president of
the United States.

The most foolproof way to ensure that the candidate you want
to see as the next president wins
the nomination is to ensure that
the candidate field is as huge as
possible with as many people that
the voters have not heard of in addition to your candidate.
The hope is that the vast majority of the unknown individuals
will derail your candidates main
opponent, eventually securing his
or her win of the nomination.
DESTROY THE MEDIA
Ah. Who do you depend on
when you need to get the word
out? Not the mainstream media.
That is for sure. Press releases are
more reliable than any biased media source, such as a newspaper or
news station on cable television,
unless, of course, the news is on
MSNBC or Fox News.
If the media source is any other
but the aforementioned, it is not
a reliable enough source and will
lead to the defamation of your
candidates charismatic character
and spotless reputation.

SWOOP IN FROM RIGHT FIELD

The Democratic candidates
could take a play out of the Republican play book.
At the peak of the race for the
Republican nomination, over 16
individuals attempted to stake a
claim at the title, leaving many of
the voters scratching their heads
as to who was who and attempting
to create alliterations to remember
the names of all the candidates.

RIG THE ELECTION

If the suggestions provided
above are not your candidates
cup of tea, you do not think he or
she can pull through on the tips
and all else has failed, rig the election. You know how great your
candidate is, so take some initiative use a weighted coin or stuff
the ballot boxes and make sure
your candidate wins the nomination you believe he or she so
rightly deserves.

ble for the HOPE or Zell Miller

scholarships. I think it is a little
unfair that students who already
have an opportunity for lower tuition costs can have their GPAs
boosted. For instance, internships
often times look at the GPA of a
candidate, and if the company is
not aware of the difference in the
GPA of one student over the other
because of this bill, it can serve as
an unfair advantage. I would hope
that eventually the notion behind
this bill would be more inclusive
of all students, said third-year
CHME Lauren Feher.
However, since the change
would only affect GPAs relative to
the HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships, employers would not see
the adjusted numbers.

The bill proposed would allow

for the State Board of Regents to
select classes they believe should
qualify for the HOPE GPA boost.
The bill easily passed in the House
of Representatives in late January
and is currently at an 86 percent
vote for passing in the Senate. It is
expected that Governor Deal will
sign the bill into law.
Theres a possibility more
students than ever will achieve
HOPE status, and either more
money would have to be pumped
into the program or the amount
rewarded would be reduced,
Robinson said. It would be a
blessing to see this go through
during my own time at school,
though it may jeopardize the longevity of the program.

Photo by David Raji Student Publications

The HOPE Scholarship provides in-state students the cost of tuition, excluding housing and
food costs. The 12.6 percent decrease in declared STEM majors was the inspiration for the bill.

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// LIFE

INTA

Are you from Atlanta? Then chances are you know that winter
here is a combination of fall, spring, summer and potentially the
actual season itself. This week has been an exceptional demonstration of this charming quality of the city.

THE GUYS

THE GALS

Dressing during the uncertainty of the Atlanta weather,

dressing for men can be a little
bit more of a challenge.
Women wear water-resistant
shoes to avoid having their feet
get wet, but most of the gentlemen on campus opt for the
Desert Boot. Layers are essential for any gender choosing
to attend the Institute. Most
of the gentlemen on campus
prefer a long sleeve shirt underneath a vest in order to avoid
being overwhelmed by large
fluctuations in the temperature. The most recent trend in
the fashion choices of men is
the cuffed jean paired with the
boots and a vest.

The best piece advice is that

no matter the season, layers are
a major key player in this seasons fashion. The temperature
outside may be 20 degrees, but
inside the building of your next
class the heater may be cranked
up to a whopping 75 degrees.
You need to make sure you
are fully capable to sit comfortably in your classes to optimize learning. Additionally,
shoes, such as the Bean Boot
or any water resistant material
that can withstand the sudden
monsoons are essential. Many
women on campus have chosen
to pair a water resistant shoe
with leggings and a flannel covering a t-shirt.

Design by Brighton Kamen Student Publications

FROM PAGE 10

facing. This edge is ultimately

what the evolution from STEM to
STEAM is about.
An obstacle most students in
this major face is a lack of recognition that liberal arts and science
complement each other.
Tech engineering students
know well enough, but convincing outsiders that we work just as
hard as engineers is another continuous battle, Lowther said.
While liberal arts have a bad
reputation for lack of marketability in the job market, students like
Lowther and Franklin are pursuing their passions anyway. Doing
that at Tech allows the strengthening of the academic curriculum
between science and arts.
Studying international affairs at a predominately technical
school has been enlightening in
a number of ways; I experience
great faculty and engaging classes
on a daily basis with my peers in
my major-specific classes, but I
also receive technical training and
engage in conversations with engineers and computer scientists,
Lowther said.
I appreciate the Bachelor of
Science that we get in INTA [as a
student of Georgia Tech] versus a
Bachelor of Arts that I would get
at a liberal arts college, Franklin
said. I it gives us an edge in jobhunting after college.
According to her, being an international affairs student at Tech
embodies the initiative of STEAM
due to the rigor, the uniqueness
and the cross-disciplinary nature
of the degree offered here.

MBA Pathway
Info Session
For Georgia Tech Undergrads

Tuesday, Feb. 16
6 to 8 p.m.
Scheller College of Business
Discover when, why, and how
to pursue an MBA.

REGISTER:
scheller.gatech.edu/MBApathway

Get accepted now. Work two years.

Start your MBA.

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technique

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Kara Pendley

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Jamie Rule

entertainment@nique.net

14

Friday,
February 5, 2016

Photo courtesy of The Fox Theatre

Gaston (above) delights the simple townsfolk with his masculine demeanor while Belle (left) remains unimpressed by his obliviousness. Lumiere and the rest of the
princes servants (right) are happy to serve their new guest. Throughout the musical, Belle and the Beast (center) grow to understand each other and the nature of love.

Be our guest for an excellent show at the Fox

SHOWS

Disneys Beauty and the

Beast
WRITER: Linda Woolverton
DIRECTOR: Rob Roth
PERFORMER: Brooke
Quintana, Sam Hartley, and
Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek
LOCATION: Fox Theatre
DATE: Feb. 37

OUR TAKE:
JAMIE RULE

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Advertised as appropriate for
children of all ages, the musical

currently playing at the Fox Theatre, Beauty and the Beast, is a

pun-filled retelling of the classic
Disney tale. This musical, having
started performances earlier this
week on Feb. 2, will be performing every evening until this Sunday, Feb. 7, at which point, the
production will make a short trip
to Savannah for a single show before leaving the state to bring their
musical to Newport News, Va.
This impressive schedule did
not, however, detract from the
musical as the actors did not let
their frequent travels affect their
dedication to giving a commendable performance. The audience,
which included excited little girls
dressed as Belle or in fancy princess dresses, was enthralled by
the dedication apparent in every

aspect of the musical Beauty and

the Beast.
The opening narration of this
musical tells the story of a prince
with no manners or compassion
being turned into a beast (Sam
Hartley) until he learns to love.
His castle and all of its inhabitants are also under the spell, slowly turning onto household objects.
In a town not too far away,
lives Belle (Brooke Quintana)
who eventually comes to reside in
the castle fearing the beast. The
rest of the plot centers on the two
learning to care about one another
and the reactions of those from
Belles hometown.
While the plot is nothing new,
and was rather bland to begin
with, this musical delivers more
than a few comedic lines as well

as managing to make Gaston

(Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek) even
more of a terrible person than in
the Disney movie upon which this
musical is based.
A self-absorbed hunter, Gaston
has decided that he will marry
Belle simply because he believes
himself to the most handsome
man around and therefore must
marry the most beautiful woman
even though she wants nothing to
do with him. The way in which
Smith-Kotlarek shows Gastons
carefree and simpleminded outlook is quite a show of itself.
Throughout the play, whenever
mentioning a number, he holds
up the wrong number of fingers.
For most actors, this would simply mean that his character lacks
intelligence; instead, Smith-Kot-

lareks portrayal of Gaston takes

things farther in his lines and
songs to show that the character
is blissfully unaware of everything
that is contrary to his personal
views and aspirations. Such a
character is bound to elicit laughs
simply by being the type of person one wishes to avoid at all cost,
which Quintanas Belle demonstrates quite nicely.
Being a musical, there was no
shortage of songs in Beauty and
the Beast, which included renditions of those in the 1991 movie
as well as some original songs created specifically for this performance. One of the most memorable songs was Be our Guest,
which was performed by most of
the princes servants. As a plethora
See BEAUTY, page 16

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Cuban duo garners support after collaborations

JAMIE RULE

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Gente de Zona is a Cuban reggaetn music group which enjoys
combining its chosen genre with
a traditional Cuban musical style
for a more unique sound. With
this particular style, the music of
Gente de Zona is usually upbeat
and perfect for dancing.
One of their most recent recordings, featuring Marc Anthony, is La Gozadera, a fast-paced
song about having a good time.
This song won the Latin American
Music Award for Favorite Tropical Song at the same time that the
band itself won for Favorite Urban
Duo or Group. Recently, La Gozadera has been nominated for
2016 Lo Nuestro Awards Video
of the Year.
Gente de Zona was founded
in La Habana, Cuba, in the year
2000 and has had several members since then. Alexander Delgado was the founder and has been
with Gente de Zona for the bands
entire lifespan. Other members, at
various times over the years, included Michael El Karo Delgado, Jacob Forever and Nando Pro.
Currently, Randy Malcom Martinez completes the singing duo.
The band has only released
three albums in its career in addition to a plethora of singles, focus-

the techn

ing mainly on live performances

where their energetic personality
takes center stage instead of their
musical talent, which is nothing
to scoff at to begin with. Gente
de Zona has also found that their
talent lends itself to other artists songs quite well, having performed alongside legends Enrique
Iglesias and Marc Anthony as well
as many other musicians from
around the world.
Even though the band has not
released an album for several years,
their most recent being Oro: Lo
Nuevo y Lo Mejor which was released in April of 2012, their collaboration with Enrique Iglesias
and Descemer Bueno for a 2014
song Bailando, which quickly
became popular internationally,
introduced Gente de Zona to the
world outside of their normally
limited audience. Since then, the
band has been releasing singles
and collaborations fairly often.
While most of this bands
music has lyrics in Spanish, nonSpanish speakers can still enjoy
the background music of a few
songs before realizing the similarity between them and becoming
bored. For those who can understand the lyrics, most of the songs,
with a few notable exceptions, tell
a story or have a message, keeping
the listener entertained enough to
enjoy many songs without becoming annoyed at the similarity of
the accompanying music.
One of those exceptions is the
bands 2014 single, Yo Quiero,
which Gente de Zona performed
with the American rapper Pitbull.
This song is basically a lesson in
conjugating enamorar (to enamor), querer (to want) and adorar
(to adore) with the names of the
artists thrown into the lyrics for
no apparent reason thought it
does have a catchy tune.
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include an arbitrarily shouted

Gente de Zona, as this seems
to be one of their favorite ways to
pass time in their recorded songs
instead of simply letting the music take the spotlight for a little
while. Usually, this appears near
the beginning of songs. While
most bands try to impress listeners

right from the beginning of their

songs, leaving the endings to be
bland if inspiration is in short supply, Gente de Zona counter-intuitively starts bland and eventually
picks up to be good additions to
the groups works. This, of course,
means that in order to appreciate
this particular bands music, one

must listen to the entire song instead of just the opening.

While Gente de Zona has been
popular in La Habana for over a
decade, their audience is growing
rapidly, and for a band not reliant on albums, they are rapidly
expanding their popularity to include a wide range of countries.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Patrons soak up the cheesy grease

RESTAURANTS

Tom + Chee
LOCATION: 1085 Howell Mill
Road
CUISINE: Sandwiches and
Grilled Cheese
COST: $57
HOURS: Sun.-Sat.
11 a.m.10 p.m.
PHONE: (404) 464-8004

pretty creative, however, such as

the grilled mac and cheese sandwich made of its namesake and
two different types of extra cheese.
While the standard sandwiches are good, another option is for
the customer to make his or her
own combinations. Tom + Chee
offers five types of bread, eleven
different cheeses (from which the
customer may choose two) and
23 toppings, including meat, veggies and even potato chips. Not

only are there sandwiches, but a

customer can also get a salad if
they are trying to keep the meal
healthy or choose from a few different types of tomato soup.
Without a doubt the best part
of the menu is the grilled cheese
donut. With nine to choose from,
there is a perfect sandwich for everyone. Donuts are even offered
as bread for the make-your-own
sandwich option. These specialty
donuts are excellent, and anyone

with an empty or even a slightly

full stomach should try one.
Located near the intersection
of Howell Mill and 14th Street,
Tom + Chee is not far from Techs
campus and just down the road
from Home Park. It is a great spot
for lunch or just a snack, and there
are even healthy options. The concept may not sound like something that should be successful,
but they have earned their success
by serving great food.

OUR TAKE:

JOSH MILLER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Tom + Chee, located on Howell Mill Road is a specialty grilled
cheese and tomato soup restaurant
chain. In addition to the nearby
restaurant in Atlanta, Tom +
Chee has other locations throughout the Midwest and scattered
locations on the eastern seaboard
and the west. The menu at Tom +
Chee includes many unique types
of specialty grilled cheese sandwiches, so it is much more than
just throwing some bread, butter
and cheese onto a hot skillet.
The Fancy Grilled Cheese
section of the menu attempts to
stick to the grilled cheese theme of
the restaurant but really just has
a bunch of different sandwiches,
including turkey and cheese, spicy
pepperoni and ham and cheese.
Some of these sandwiches are

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Pictured above is Tom + Chees cup of tomato soup and a Swiss+Shroom cheese melt. The shops
food tends to be on the greasy side, but this does not deter their customers, who seem to enjoy it.

BEAUTY

FROM PAGE 14

of characters including napkins,

plates, silverware, salt and pepper
shakers and a carpet danced and
sang across the stage, using its full
breadth and depth, the candelabra
Lumiere (Ryan Phillips) escorted
Belle through the menagerie.
Phillips, alongside the rest of the
ensemble, brought the song to
life, singing with gusto and truly
showing the excitement of being
able to once again perform their
duties after years of sitting idle
under their curse.
This song was, however, by no
means the only place where Phillips Lumiere greatly improved the
musical. The dancing candelabra
spoke in naught but puns and extravagant phrases while keeping a
straight face.
During this song, it also becomes apparent that Ann HouldWard took her job as costume designer seriously, as each costume
displayed is an exquisite work of
art that depicts, without need of
explanation, what each character
is supposed to be while still allowing the actors to perform their
roles. This is made especially apparent in the costumes of the
carpet (Mike Baskowski), which
manages to be a rectangle while
still allowing Baskowski to cartwheel and spring across the stage.
The unchanged plot of the
musical actually complimented
this performance since it freed
the audience to enjoy the smaller
details of the play, such as the costumes or the witty lines scattered
throughout, without worrying
about the overarching story.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Gibson finds his spot between mainstream bands

MUSIC

Moments in Between
Bruce Gibson
LABEL: Self-Produced
GENRE: Folk, Country, Rock
TRACK PICKS: Light of Day,
Steps to the Quest and
Know What I Know

OUR TAKE:
JOSH MILLER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Moments in Between is the
newest album by Georgia native
Bruce Gibson. The average music
listener has probably never heard
of him because of the type of music he makes, but Gibson is very
talented and musical connoisseurs
should look into this relatively unknown musician. Gibson is from
Woodstock, Ga., which is about
30 miles northwest of Atlanta.
Gibsons style is uniquely folksy
but definitely also adds a touch of
rock. Gibson recorded Moments
in Between at Basecamp Studios
in Montana and the album was
produced by Chris Cunningham,
a member of the band Storyhill,
according to information Serge
Media, a public relations group,
provided to the Technique. Bruce
Gibson says that an important influence on his musical career was
John Denver, he also credits John
Lennon and McCartney as inspi-

Photo courtesy of Bruce Gibson

Multitalented Bruce Gibson (front) might not appear on headliner stages, but the local musician performs his musical selection
with dedication. The passionate musician sings and plays several different instruments in his new album Moments in Between.

rational icons. An attentive and

dedicated listener can easily identify the folk and rock influences,
though Gibsons music also has
elements of blues and gospel.
Moments in Between is Gibsons second album, following
a hiatus that lasted for six years.
The album starts slow with the
first two songs, Small Hotel and
Light of Day, which may appeal
to some listeners, but some might
not like them as much as the rest
of the album. The songs are not
only slow but also the instruments

are neither particularly divers nor

do they play complex scores, a
quality that does not make music popular nowadays. The beginning of the album sounds as
though Gibson was trying a little
too hard to not be a mainstream
musician with these tracks, opting instead for unique originality, which might not have been
the best option in this particular
case. Starting with the third song,
Know What I Know, however,
the album picks up the pace, and
the guitar starts to sound a bit like

Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The middle of the album has a
very steady melodic feel. Know
What I Know is where it is possible to begin enjoying Moments
in Between. From here on, the
songs of the album start to blend
its guitar with some saxophone for
a unique sound.
After the middle tracks, the
final songs of the album start to
have a sound with very laid-back
and simple instrumentals and
similar vocals on top. Discounting its slow beginning, Gibsons

Moments in Between is a rather

solid album. It has a variety of
sound which might help Gibson
to reach a slightly larger audience
as well as show that Gibson can do
more than just a single sound. He
blends solid instrumentals with a
decent singing voice, and it will
be interesting to see where Gibson
takes his talent next. He may never become mainstream due to the
genre that he has chosen to write
and play, nonetheless Bruce Gibson is worth seeking out for his
future musical endeavors.

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ZIGGY BY TOM WILSON & TOM II

XKCD BY RANDALL MUNROE

CLASSIC
FOXTROT BY BILL AMEND

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS
1. River makes camp too unsafe? (7)
5. Breaking laws base and you get bird (7)
9. What vigilant people pay for treatment (9)
10. Woman shortly to become nurse (5)
11. Landlord entertains student composer (5)
12. Commander-in-chief takes a moment to show
scar (9)
14. Parisiennes the very best? (5,2,2,5)
17. Hes one I singled out to behave stubbornly
(3,2,4,5)
21. New local bar visited by English and Spanish
gentleman (9)
23. Go in for some decadent erotica (5)
24. Agree with account (5)
25. Poisonous mixture of drinks? (9)
26. Gave nag a seat? (7)
27. Get shot of data Lee falsified (3,4)

BY ALBERICHCROSSWORDS.COM

SMBC BY ZACH WEINERSMITH

LAST WEEKS SOLUTION

DOWN
1. Very good and fruity (6)
2. Nominal head of section abandons altruist sadly
(7)
3. Very small chap is old American fighter (9)
4. Company events said to be happening at the same
time (11)
5. Numbers up for boy (3)
6. A daughter likely to conform (5)
7. Left to set fire to coal (7)
8. Anyhow we delay taking on Liberal with a squint
(8)
13. Refrigeration spoils oldest cargo (4,7)
15. Most intelligent 150 with the height of ambition
(9)
16. Teaches US cadet manoeuvres around end of
June (8)
18. After onset of gangrene sailor lost blood and talked incoherently (7)
19. I rant madly, trapped in the French toilet (7)
20. Mate runs into addict (6)
22. Trusty leaders of local organisation backed nonprofessional (5)
25. Unhappy taking part in crusade (3)

// COMICS

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// COMICS

DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMS

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

CLASSIC
CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CLASSIC
CALVIN & HOBBES BY BILL WATTERSON

SUDOKU PUZZLE

BY JAMIE RULE,

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

20 February 5, 2016 technique

// SPORTS

Tech equestrians want more than a comeback story

ALLISON LAVERY
STAFF WRITER

Curiosity, dedication and

discipline. Those three words
describe Tech students in general, and no doubt equally depict
Techs Equestrian Club. Techs
Equestrian Club is by far one of
the best kept secrets on campus. It
has been a small group for the past
few years, but has grown steadily
since president and junior Morgan Quinones took the reins three
years ago.
Quinones and vice president
Laura McCray dedicated themselves to fostering expansion despite being faced with significant
adversity: the organization was
left with only two members after
two previous riders graduated.
The club had to expand, or hopes
of representing Tech at Nationals would be lost. Thanks to talent and persistence, those dreams
are not nearly as far from fruition
as they were when Quinones and
McCray took the helm.
Slowly, but surely, the Equestrian Club has grown. Though still
without enough riders to compete
at Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Nationals, the
rebuilding effort has begun in
earnest. Quinones and McCray
intend to transform Tech into a
formidable power within Region
Two, Zone Five the Jackets
home territory.
That goal is one that is more
easily articulated than executed,
particularly with the rather large
matter of displacing the current
leaders. With work, though, competitors like powerhouse Berry
College, ranked first in the zone in
both hunter seat and western riding, may soon find it dangerous to
overlook Tech. As the Equestrian
Club grows in numbers, so does
the distinct possibility of earning a highly coveted spot in the

Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Equestrian Club

One of Techs equestrians and accompanying horse completes a jump at a local competition. The
equestrian team has established itself as a force to be taken seriously within the state and region.

IHSA National Competition in a

few months.
This year, Nationals will take
place at The Kentucky Horse Park
in Lexington, Ky. The cream of
the national crop will gather for
three days of competition. As
would be expected at such a high
level of competition, even reaching the final stage of intercollegiate equestrian events is no small
feat. Riders from each team can
compete in two events: hunter
seat and western.
Hunter seat, the more wellknown of the two competitions,
found its origin in fox hunting.
The rider sits forward in the saddle
and is judged on course execution
and style. Western riding is well
known for having a larger saddle
with a horn. The horn prevents

the rider from sitting forward like

a rider would in a hunt seat competition. The western course combines the elements of both reining
and trailing.
Riding in either event is no
easy task. Success is predicated
on work ethic and natural talent, but equally important in the
grand scheme is the rapport that
each rider builds with their horse,
the sorts of connections that transcend athletic competition.
Naturally, these relationships
are not built overnight. Training
horses are provided for the Jackets, and the relationships come
with time.
Despite the closeness of these
bonds, they do not necessarily
give competitors an advantage in
competition. Each competition

begins with a draw in which

each rider randomly draws their
competition horse for that show.
This randomization ensures that
the judges are able to judge riders
based off their skills commanding
the horse. It also adds a level of
unpredictability and difficulty to
equestrian sports that are virtually
unprecedented in the vast majority of collegiate athletics.
If riding an entirely unfamiliar
horse for the first time ever into
the arena for show competition is
not already difficult enough, the
prerequisites to participate in the
national competition only complicate things further.
Most often, an equestrian team
needs to be number one in their
region to have the opportunity
to complete at Zones. Then, the

team must win its zone and place

in the top three in Semi-Nationals to be eligible for the national
competition. With a small team,
Tech has not ranked high enough
in the region to hope for a chance
at national competition in 2016;
that does not, however, preclude
it from reaching that level in the
years to come.
Techs equestrian team has
seen a strong rate of growth over
the past few years one that may
have been unthinkable given the
shaky ground it stood upon when
its current leadership assumed
their roles. There is no doubt that
it will finally become possible for
an up-and-coming Jackets team
to become a serious regional, even
national, competitor.
Club president Morgan Quinones, an applied mathematics
major, explained that recruiting
strategies such as tabling at FASET have allowed the Tech equestrian to replenish a decimated
squad while simultaneously building awareness.
We worked really hard on
recruiting for the spring semester
and that summer, Quinones said.
In the fall, we were at 15 hunt
seat members and four or five
western members. Its been a good
year rebuilding.
The Jackets welcomed six new
freshman, two sophomores and a
junior. With an influx of promising new talent, the equestrians
look to transform their image
from that of a team looking to
survive to one with its sights set
on national relevance. That sort of
change rarely occurs in a year, particularly in a region as competitive
as Techs, but there is little doubt
that Quinones, McCray and a rebuilt team are on the right path.
If the Jackets continue to hone
their skills, there is no reason to
think they will fall short. Time
will tell that the adversity they
have faced has served them well.

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PRESS
ADAM SMITH
FORWARD
JOE SOBCHUK

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Adam Smith is a graduate
transfer student who began his
playing career at UNC Wilmington and spent the previous
two years at in-conference rival
Virginia Tech. He has made a career out of scoring three pointers
and is currently at the top of the
ACC and No. 12 nationally with
70 of them this year. He is also
the second highest scorer on the
team and is a force on both the
offensive and defensive sides of
the ball. He spoke with the Technique earlier this week to share
his thoughts on the team and
his career.
Technique: This is now the
third school that you have played
for. What are some differences
that you have noticed in the
teams playstyles?
Smith: They each have a different pace, different coaching
staff and different teams, really.
Everything has been pretty different over the three schools Ive
been to. I think playing for a va-

riety of schools and a variety of

coaches, you kind of learn to be
more versatile.
Technique: Does Tech play
at a faster pace compared to the
other schools?
Smith: When I was at Wilmington, it was a slower pace;
we played a half-court game. I
played for two coaches at Virginia Tech. Last year we played
really fast. This year we kind of
have both styles. We can get up
and down the court and we can
also play in the half court set.
Technique: Why did you
choose Tech for your final season
of eligibility?
Smith: Of course, they had
the Masters program that I was
looking for, [Music Technology].
Also, being back home close to
family and friends helped, along
with [head] coach [Brian] Gregory and his staff.
Technique: Now that you
have been here for a few semesters, how are you enjoying the
student life?
Smith: Its been all right. I
guess being a grad student is different than being an undergraduate. I spend most of my time
in just one building, the Couch
Building, which is the music
technology building. Outside
of that I dont party much; I really just hang with teammates. I
might go to some of the concerts
around here, and I guess thats
been the highlight of the student
life here for me.
Technique: How much did
your experience at Virginia Tech
help the team this year in your
game against them?
Smith: Personnel wise, I was
really familiar with everyone; I
knew their strengths and weaknesses. But as a team, maybe [we
knew] just as much as if I didnt
go there. We scouted them,
and coach Gregory has coached

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

Adam Smith drives towards the basket in a game against Virginia Tech last month. He is one of
Techs most prolific three-point shooters in recent memory, leading the ACC in that category.

against them for all four years

that hes been here. So I think it
helped somewhat.
Technique: The team is 2-5
in conference play, but the majority of losses have been close.
Can the team learn something
from those losses to help them
moving forward?
Smith: Yeah, we really just
have to close out games. You
have to make plays going down
the stretch on the offensive and
defensive ends and just dig down
deep. Sometimes when you
think its enough, its just not
enough, and you have to go that
extra step and make that push.

Technique: You lead the

ACC in three-pointers. What
would you say is the biggest reason for your success?
Smith: Its just about consistency: staying in the gym, working and putting up shots, day
in and day out, keeping up
your confidence.
Technique: How many threes
do you take in a typical practice?
Smith: In a typical practice,
Im actually not sure; maybe a
hundred. But outside of practice I make sure I get up enough
shots to keep my rhythm and
stay consistent. I try to be in the
gym at least twice a day.

Technique: Do you expect

to keep up this scoring pace
through the end of the year?
Smith: Hopefully. Whatever
it takes for us to win games.
Technique: How would you
describe your role on the team?
Smith: Im a leader, an offensive threat, and I bring energy on
the offensive and defensive end.
Thats the big word: energy.
Technique: Looking ahead,
do you think this team can make
it to the NCAA Tournament?
Smith: Absolutely. We have
the talent, size, quickness, speed,
experience, and we just have to
put that all together.

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you who are bad with Roman
numerals), the Seattle Seahawks
ran train on the Broncos defense,
cruising to an ugly-looking
from the Denver sideline, anyway 43-8 victory.
The 2015 Broncos are nothing like the team that imploded
under the lights of MetLife Stadium two years ago. For one,
new Broncos head coach Gary
Kubiak has positioned his squad
as a defensive juggernaut built to
stop the best that the NFL has to
offer, a sharp departure from the
offensive powerhouse of 2013
coached by John Fox and led by
Peyton Manning.
Speaking of Manning, he
began this season in a bit of a
fugue; in the Broncos first nine
games, he threw for nine touchdowns and 17 interceptions. As
a result, Denvers defense was
forced to pick up the slack from
a suddenly-mediocre offense and
managed to hold the line, picking up seven wins in those nine
Peyton Manning starts. In the
Week 10 game versus the Chiefs,
Manning was benched in favor
of Brock Osweiler during the
third quarter after throwing four
interceptions on the day and reaggravating his foot injury. Osweiler finished out the season
for the Broncos, leading fans to
question whether this was the
end of Manning era in Denver.
However, the quarterback
commonly known as the Sheriff refused to go down quietly.
In his Week 17 appearance versus the Chargers, he helped the
Broncos secure the AFCs No. 1
seed and a first-round bye in the
playoffs. In the divisional round
game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, he posted 222 passing yards

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and, with ten minutes left in the

game, engineered a seven-minute drive down the field, culminating in a 1-yard CJ Anderson
touchdown run that ended up
sealing the Broncos come-frombehind-win and setting up a
showdown in Denver between
Manning and his nemesis, New
England Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady, in the AFC Championship Game.
In the 17th matchup between the two Hall of Fame
quarterbacks, Manning turned
in an efficient, game-managing
performance, throwing for 176
yards and two touchdowns and
the Broncos defense prevented

a last-second Patriots two-point

conversion attempt and onside
kick to hold on to a 20-18 victory
over New England and advance
to Denvers second Super Bowl
in three years.
MATCHUPS TO WATCH
Peyton Manning versus the
Panthers secondary: Can a seemingly-rejuvenated Manning beat
a stout Panthers secondary
and beat Josh Norman?
Cam Newton versus the
Broncos front seven: Can the
Broncos No. 1 defense contain
Cam Newton and his ability to
make and extend plays outside
the pocket?

The Panthers versus the stage.

This Panthers team is young and
has only a few games of playoff
experience under its belt. How
will it handle being on the biggest stage in American professional sports?
KEYS TO VICTORY
Both teams are coming into
this game off emotional victories: the Panthers hot after their
dominating victory over Arizona, and the Broncos, riding the
wave of their close win over New
England. But after a few weeks
of rest, Carolina and Denver will
come into Levis Stadium focused and hungry for a victory.

Photo courtesy Matthew Roth

A grounds crew prepares Levis Stadium. The Santa Clara, Calif., venue plays host to the San
Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, which showcases the wily Broncos and youthful Panthers.

North
Avenue
Review

The Panthers linebacker

corps might be without Thomas Davis, who broke his arm in
the win over the Cardinals two
weeks ago. Luke Kuechly and
Shaq Thompson will have to step
up to help out Daviss replacement on the weak side of the
Carolina defense and keep Peyton Manning from slicing-anddicing the Panthers with shortand mid-range throws.
Cam Newton needs to do
what he has been doing: bait defenses with his running ability,
then air it out to his receivers for
big gains. If Carolina wants to
win its first Super Bowl, it needs
to hold firm against Manning,
keep CJ Anderson from breaking out big gains and force turnovers just like they have done
all season.
For the Broncos, Peyton Manning needs to play like this is his
final game (seeing as it may very
well be). Denvers front seven has
the muscle to stop the Panthers
running attack, but as we saw in
Carolinas Week 16 game versus
Atlanta, Cam Newton can also
be a vicious threat in the air. The
Broncos secondary needs to be
prepared to carry the bulk of the
defensive load on Feb. 7 and put
the team on its back if Denver
wants to secure its first Super
Bowl since John Elway crushed
the Atlanta Falcons in Super
Bowl XXXIII after the 199899 season.
PREDICTION
Broncos 27, Panthers 24, with
the Sheriff riding off into the
sunset with a second Super Bowl
ring and Super Bowl MVP trophy. The Panthers are more talented. It wont matter; Manning
will pull of magic reminiscent of
John Elway.

READ.
THINK.
SPEAK.

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Potential gems abound in 2016 Tech recruiting class

MARK RUSSELL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Feb. 3 was a crucial day for the
Tech football program: 18 football
players signed their national letters of intent to play on The Flats
and join the Jackets. Despite a disappointing 3-9 season marked by
injuries, poor play in the trenches
and fundamental mistakes, Tech
put together a solid class that filled
many needs for the future. Head
coach Paul Johnson was pleased
with the class, especially with the
defensive line recruits that will be
joining the team.
Every year is good for certain
positions, and I think this year is
probably a pretty good year for
defensive linemen, Johnson said
at a press conference on Signing
Day. We were able to get some
guys who wanted to come to
Tech. [Jordan] Woods and [Brandon] Adams were pretty highly
sought out players. Woods could
have gone pretty much anywhere
he wanted. I think we helped
ourselves there.
I feel like we did a good job
addressing the needs we had on
our football team. Were excited
about this group and feel like they
fit some needs. We hit our target
number when we started. We
wanted to get 18, and thats where
we ended up.
Notable players from this
years class are DE Jordan Woods,
OL Parker Braun, DE Desmond
Branch, BB Dedrick Mills and
DT Brandon Adams. Woods,
who is from Citra, Fla., is ranked
as Techs top recruit this time
around. Braun is the younger
brother of former Tech football
player Trey Braun, who started
the last three years on Techs offensive line. Coaches raved about
Brauns hard work and intensity
on the field.

Branch is a JUCO transfer

from Nevada who is 63, 270
pounds and physically capable to
play immediately on Techs defensive line. Branch originally committed to New Mexico out of high
school. He is the younger brother
of NFL veteran and New England
Patriots stalwart Alan Branch.
Adams originally committed to
Vanderbilt but flipped to Tech last
month. The latter fits a position of
need at defensive tackle and will
have a chance to play immediately, especially on a front seven in
need of a talent influx.
Of the 18 players Tech signed,
nine are expected to play on the
offensive end. Coach Johnsons
staff signed two signal-callers: Jay
Jones from McCalla, Ala., and
Lucas Johnson from San Diego,

Calif. Johnson is the first player

Tech has reeled in from the Golden State since 2008. Quarterbacks
coach Bryan Cook praised both
athletes for their versatility.
Tech also signed two talented
running backs from their backyard: AB Xavier Gantt, who was
Techs first commit in the class,
and BB Dedrick Mills. Gantt attended powerhouse Buford High
School and it is the second year in
a row that a Buford player signed
with Tech. Both Gantt and Mills
are expected to redshirt.
After signing multiple wide
receivers last year, Tech returned
to the well to replenish its stable
by inking multiple pass-catchers
again this year. 65 WR Stephen
Dolphus from Macon, Ga., was
compared to former Tech stand-

out and NFL draft pick Stephen

Hill by Tech wide receiver coach
Buzz Preston. Along with Dolphus, Jair Hawkins-Anderson
from Northview High School and
Jalen Camp from South Forsyth
High School will be playing wide
receiver as well.
This years class had three offensive line commitments. Kenny
Cooper from Calhoun, Ga., and
Jahaziel Lee from Ponchatoula,
La., will be joining Braun in
protecting quarterback Justin
Thomas and opening holes in
the run game. On the defensive
side, Chris Martin from Loganville, Ga., will be joining Adams,
Branch and Woods.
Last years class was marked
by two linebackers who stepped
in and played right away, a ma-

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poorly by the media, Johnson is upbeat about their potential contributions on The Flats.

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jor asset for a defense that quietly enjoyed its most successful
campaign in recent memory. This
year, two linebackers signed: Jakob Brashear and Emmanuel
Bridges. Brashear is from Dacula,
Ga., and committed very early in
the recruiting process. Bridges is
from Newnan, Ga., and enrolled
early and will be participating in
spring training.
Safety Jarrett Cole and CB
Ajani Kerr will be playing in the
secondary. Cole attended Norcross High School and was very
active in helping Tech recruit other players to join him, a recruiter
in and of himself.
Kerr committed to Tech the
day before signing day after a
whirlwind final few weeks for
him. He was originally a Kennesaw State commit before committing to Central Michigan
and finally flipping to Tech after
they offered him. Kerr is from
Power Springs, Ga., and attended
MacEachern, Ga.
Techs recruiting class was
ranked No. 10 in the ACC by
247.com and No. 9 by espn.com.
As he has time and time before,
Johnson dismissed these rankings
as nothing more than one of many
metrics by which the team could
measure its talent.
Everybody uses their own
metrics. I dont pay any attention
to them, Johnson said. I think
the number that matters is at the
end of the year what your record
is. Last year ours wasnt good,
and the year before, it was pretty
good. We got to get back to last
year, and thats the only number I
care about.
The incoming class of Jackets
doesnt carry many, if any, household names nor does it boast of
five-star recruits or instant stars. It
does, however, provide potential,
youth and a fresh start to a season
that cannot come soon enough.

Sports

AKSHAY EASWARAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With the Super Bowl a mere

two days away, the Technique
previews the big game with a
look back on how the two teams
got here.
CAROLINA
The Carolina Panthers are
this years Cinderella story, except for the part where they
dominated almost every one of
their opponents from buzzer to
buzzer and won the NFC Championship game. At the beginning
of this season, did anyone think
the Panthers would cruise to a
15-1 record and play in the Super Bowl a year after a 2014 campaign which saw them narrowly
escape the dumpster fire that was
the NFC South and finish 7-81 on the season? Put your hands
down; youre all lying.
Admittedly, 2014 was a weird
season for Carolina. They won
the absolutely terrible NFC
South, became the second sub.500 team in NFL history to
make the playoffs, and beat the

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injury-ridden Arizona Cardinals

in the first round of the playoffs, only to get manhandled
by the Seattle Seahawks in the
divisional round. In short, 2015
was poised to be a much different season for the Panthers. They
were expected to win the NFC
South for the third straight year,
but fall to a much better NFC
power, like the Seahawks or
Green Bay Packers.
The Panthers bolted out of
the starting gate, rattling off 14
straight wins to begin the season in dominating fashion. Cam
Newton led his offense with
both his arm and his feet, throwing for 3,837 yards and running
for 636 yards on the season.
A fierce running attack led by
Jonathan Stewart, Mike Tolbert, and Cameron Artis-Payne
kept opposing defenses guessing
on what the Panthers would do
on the next play. The Panthers
dual-threat offense led the league
in scoring offense (31.3 points
per game) and rushing offense
(224.3 yards per game).
But the 2015 Panthers story
can not be told in full without
mentioning the teams top-10
defense, which led the league in
turnover margin (+20). A stifling
front seven led by Luke Kuechly
and Thomas Davis held opposing rushing attacks to a meager
88.4 yards per game and forced
opposing offenses to beat the
Panthers through the air. But
many teams failed to get anything going there either; Josh
Norman and the Panthers secondary smothered receivers and
made sure the back of the Carolina defense was a no-fly zone.
After a Week 16 loss in Atlanta which saw Falcons wide-

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Cam Newton has been the driving force in the Carolina Panthers ferocious resurgence in 2015. He
will look to bait the Broncos defense with his running ability in order to open up some passing lanes.

receiver Julio Jones carve up the

Panthers secondary, Carolina
returned to top form, easily dispatching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-10 in Week 17 to secure the NFCs No. 1 seed and
a first-round bye. The Panthers
then began a revenge tour in the
playoffs; against the Seahawks in
the divisional round, Carolina
stormed out to a 31-0 lead after
two interceptions by Seahawks
quarterback Russell Wilson and
two touchdown runs by Carolina running back Jonathan Stew-

art and withstood a 24-point

Seattle comeback to advance to
the NFC Championship game
versus the Arizona Cardinals.
Against the Cardinals, the
Panthers started off hot and refused to let off on the gas. Carolina bolted out to a 17-0 lead
after the first quarter, and the
Panthers defense made Cardinals
quarterback Carson Palmer look
downright terrible in a 49-15
thrashing of Arizona to gift the
Carolinas their first Super Bowl
berth since the 200304 season,

when they lost to Tom Brady and

the Patriots on a last-second field
goal by Adam Vinatieri.
DENVER
The Denver Broncos, on the
other hand, are a different story
entirely. Remember the last time
the Broncos went to the Super
Bowl? If you havent stripped
it from your memory, color me
surprised; in Super Bowl XLVIII (the title game following
the 2013 season, for those of
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Shattered records close final home meet for Tech

ALISON LAVERY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Coming off a tough loss to
Alabama, the Jackets left a strong
impression in a record-breaking
home meet, the last of the season. Tech played host at McAuley Aquatic Center last Saturday,
Senior Day for the team. While it
was an intense day for 13 senior
swimmers, the elder statesmen
had reason to be proud when the
meet came to a close.
Although the Jackets had not
won in Alabama the week prior,
their performance left optimism
for things to come. Iris Wang
placed first with her relay teams
in the 200m medley relay and
the 200m freestyle relay. Wang
also finished at the top among
her fellow jackets in the 50m
freestyle and 100m freestyle but
could not defeat her Alabama
counterparts. Shannon Lumbra,
who has performed at an admirable level all season, topped the
scoreboard in the 1m and the 3m
dives. Her drive and consistency
earned her ACC Female Diver
of the Week for the second time
this season.
The women were not the only
ones who had noteworthy performances against Alabama. Youssef
Hammoud earned first place with

his relay team in the 200m freestyle relay. Though Hammoud

worked well with his teammates
in the 200m medley relay and the
100m freestyle, it was not enough
to edge the Crimson Tide. Placing
first in the 1000m freestyle, Yuval
Safra was 7.34 seconds away from
beating his record. Ben Southern earned a victory in the 200m

butterfly but placed third in the

100m butterfly.
The Jackets demonstrated
improvement at their last home
meet of the season. Senior Day
was memorable for more than just
the seniors. Junior Brad Homza
secured himself a spot in Techs
record books with a victory in the
1-meter dive and a score of 379.27.

Junior Omar Eteiba broke his

personal record for the 3m dive
by 41.18 points. Freshman and
rising star Iris Wang topped the
scoreboard in the 100m freestyle,
200m freestyle and, with the
help of her relay team, the 400m
medley relay.
Last Saturday was a memorable
comeback for all of the Jackets. As

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A Tech swimmer jumps into action in a 2014 home meet against SCAD. The Jackets left home supporters with plenty of reasons to cheer after an explosive performance at their final home contest of the year.

the last home meet of the season

for 13 senior jackets, Techs success against Emory University on
senior day was the icing on the
cake. Without breaking her streak
of outstanding performances,
Shannon Lumbra broke school
records in both her main events
on senior day. Youssef Hammoud
placed first in the 100m freestyle,
although his performance in the
400m relay left a bit to be desired.
The Jackets season is far from
over. The ACC Championships
take place later this month. Traveling to Greensboro, N.C., the
Jackets will need to ensure their
success continues even without
the home-pool advantage it has
enjoyed recently. The key is effectively capitalizing on Techs abundant athletic talent.
The ACC Championships
will give Tech fans an inkling of
the Jackets standing before the
NCAA Qualifiers and Championships in March. The seniors
will certainly not be alone in raising their game to meet the higher
stakes. With younger swimmers
and divers like Wang stepping
up to the board, the future of
Tech swimming meets the present. Fans can rest easy about the
lineup the team will field in the
weeks, months and years to come;
it will be as competitive as its
seniors were.