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BEST OF TECH

Best

&

Worst

Student Life
Steven Slaughter Techwood & North Ave.
Best
Bus
Driver

Apart from having quite possibly the coolest

name of any bus driver employed by Tech,
Slaughter is by far one of the nicest and
most considerate drivers on campus. He can
often be spotted driving the Blue Route and
is instantly recognizable by the way he greets
you as you step on the bus. Even when you
depart, he will thank you for riding his
route and wish you a nice day. He is also
very attentive and communicates clearly
that he has seen the stop request. Thank you
for making our rides more pleasant.

Depending on the time of day, the intersection of North Avenue and Techwood Drive
is either a physical manifestation of the
Atlanta traffic problem or a real-life version
of Frogger. Its difficult enough to force
yourself out of your dorm for late-night
North Ave Dining Hall runs without the
threat of being annihilated by a car trying to
make that green light. Once the crosswalk
light shows white after a solid five minutes,
you say a quick prayer and hope to God no
one turns right on red.

Worst

Intersection

Student Center Beanbags Stamps Health Center

Best

Hangout

Located on the first floor of the Student

Center underneath the stairs and by what is
now Blue Donkey Coffee, the color
beanbags serve as a meeting place, study
area and rest stop for Tech students in the
midst of one of campus busiest buildings.
The beanbags are a pilot space for the
Student Center (Re)Innovation, giving a
preview of what the new Student Center
will look like following the planned
rennovations in the coming years. Already,
the space is an improvement.

When it comes to spending quality time

with your friends, this is NOT the place to
go. Stamps looks nice from the outside,
glass and steel and all that jazz, but it just
seems like everyone there is a little under
the weather. The people there are super nice,
but they get weirded out if you spend hours
chatting in the lobby. Make no mistake,
Stamps has its advantages: theres a nifty
convenience store where you can pick up all
the Mucinex you could ever desire, and if
you ask nicely, you can get a free strep test!

Worst

Hangout

Rentable Sheep Tech Brown

Best
Campus
Animal

Maybe ewe never herd about it, but this

past November, the most adorable little
weed whackers revisited our campus. They
had such a soothing presence on campus
with their fluffy, huggable coats, charming
little bleats and slight drowsiness they
induced when counted. If youre upset you
missed your chance to see them, dont worry
too much; this method of plant removal
requires multiple treatments, so they wool
likely be back next year, assuredly bringing
shear delight to those that spy them.

The Tech Green, once a glowing reminder

of how campus wasnt located smack-dab in
the middle of a city, is now nothing more
than a pile of dirt. As a result of the
initiative to increase the areas water
reservoir efficiency and reduce flooding
during rainy days, the Green has turned
into anything but that. The Tech Brown, as
it is starting to be called, now fits in well
with the other areas around campus that are
under construction, a constant reminder of
the innovative nature of Tech.

Worst
Green
Space

Bud & Val Peterson Earl Ehrhart

Best
Supporter
of Tech

Bud and Val make consistent efforts to be

present on campus, be it at annual fundraisers, the Midnight Breakfast or at particular
times of need. During controversies this
year, President Peterson made a point of
meeting with student leaders and holding
Town Halls to address the concerns of the
student body. Val advises student organizations and advocates for sustainability
initiatives across campus. She and President
Peterson make a point of appearing at
athletic and competitive events.

What began as a simple concern about OSI

due process spiraled out of control into a
series of personal attacks on Tech and its
officials. Ehrhart publicly called for the
removal of administrators from Dean Stein
to President Peterson, only to rescind these
calls once the Board of Regents unveiled
new policies. In a time when students had
many questions about the structure and
efficacy of the Office of Student Integrity,
hard facts and objective assessments were
needed, not fear-mongering and aggression.

Worst
Supporter
of Tech

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Worst

Campus Life
Clough Woodruff
Best
Campus
Housing

For those who reside in Woodruff, there is

still a glimmer of hope for their housing
options. Those unfortunate few could join
the ever-growing horde who claim the
Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
as their home. With its adjoining six stories
of study space (previously home to the
majority of Techs flammable, non-electric
technology) and the overpriced caffeine
dispenser in the second-floor lobby, Clough
is an ideal residence for Techs notoriously
sleep deprived students.

For all students who are interested in being

sternly and unexpectedly awoken by the fire
alarm's call in the early hours of the
morning, or for those daring few who
greatly enjoy the happy report of an A/C
unit striving diligently to keep it's assigned
room at a randomly chosen temperature,
Woodruff is a grand residence hall. In
addition to the stellar disregard for residents
wishes, smelly elevators forcefully encourage
Woodruff's occupants to adhere to a
non-elective exercise regime.

Worst
Campus
Housing

Einstein Statue Einstein Statue

Best
Statue

The addition of the so-called Einshrine

this past October brought out a lot of buzz
on campus. The Einstein statue has quickly
become a focal point for students to direct
their feelings about holidays and campus
events. So far, students have dressed him up
for holidays, put googly eyes on him and
even given him a sign saying, Told you so
after the discovery of gravitational waves.
Just consider the fact that it has opened up a
world of new photo opportunities. Einstein
is definitely the best statue on campus.

The arrival of the Einstein statue wasnt

always rainbows; before it became a focal
point it was the target of hate from students.
The biggest complaint being voiced upon its
dedication was the look of the statue.
Students were expecting something that did
not look like Einstein made out of clay, but
something much more grandiose for such
an amazing man on such an amazing
campus. Little did most students know, the
statue is the third in a series of identical
statues placed in the United States.

Worst
Statue

4th Floor Clough Scheller

Best
Water
Fountain

Trek up to the fourth floor of Clough and

look for the taller of the two fountains near
the side stairwell, nestled in a corner by the
private bathrooms. The moment you place
your hand on the easy press button, a
gloriously high arch of water streams out.
The fountain manages to strike the perfect
temperature neither unpleasantly warm
nor so cold as to make your teeth hurt.
Other water fountains dribble pathetically
by comparison, but this water fountain gives
110 percent every time it is called to duty.

Scheller sets an expectation of excellence.

The building is gorgeous, leading one to
believe that the water fountains function
well until you use one. If you are filling a
water bottle up, just place it on its side. The
situation worsens once someone else uses a
water fountain at the same time; the stream
gets slower as the whole system struggles to
cope with the demand of two running
fountains. Schellers deception ultimately
ruins the fountains; Scheller builds up your
expectations only to bitterly crush them.

Worst
Water
Fountain

Architecture West Stinger Shuttle

Best
Study
Spot

When the Clough study tables and booths

are filled to capacity and the line for
Starbucks stretches out the door, the College
of Architecture is one of Techs best-kept
secret study spots. The library is almost
always quiet while the atrium has its own
coffee shop for all your caffeine and pastry
needs. Located two minutes from Clough,
Architecture is split into two buildings,
with West being the most ideal its only
sounds the coffee shop and the cries of
Architecture and Industrial Design majors.

Lets be honest, all of us have tried this one

at some point. You get on a bus before a
midterm with 10 minutes, crack open a
textbook and cash in on that nifty Chegg
subscription youre paying and make
yourself an expert on South American
Political Economy 19451987. Unfortunately, buses just arent conducive to getting
your work done. There arent enough tables
on the buses, which is very inconvenient. If
we didnt know better, we might even say
they werent meant to be used for studying.

Worst
Study
Spot

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BEST OF TECH

Best

&

Worst

Sports

vs. Florida State vs. Clemson

Best
Game

The Florida State game was the lone shining

beacon on an otherwise bleak year for Tech
football. Going into the game, who could
have predicted that the then 2-5 Jackets,
coming off of a five-game losing streak,
would even keep it close against the
undefeated No. 9 Seminoles? A clutch
fourth down pass from Justin Thomas to
Brad Stewart allowed Harrison Butker to
kick the game-tying field goal with
under a minute left, and we all know
what happened from there.

Clemson was on its way to the College

Football Playoff, and the Jackets were
collateral damage in its path. From an ugly
blocked punt to a Justin Thomas interception, the best moment in Tech-Clemson was
when the clock read 0:00 at the end of the
fourth. Somehow, this game was even more
of a blowout than its 43-24 final score
would suggest the Jackets were down
33-10 going into halftime and were
outgained by nearly 200 yards in the first
30 minutes.

Worst
Game

Hiring Josh Pastner Retaining Gregory

Best
Move

Hiring Pastner as the new mens basketball

head coach signaled an acknowledgment of
the problems the Jackets faced under
incumbent Brian Gregory, most notably an
inability to recruit in a state that produces
plenty of talent. Pastner has consistently
demonstrated the ability to bring in talent.
Heading up an ACC team should make
Pastners job easier, although the tough
conference slate he will face will be an
obstacle. He has the youth and track record
to take Tech to the NCAA Tournament.

Although dumping Gregory was the right

move, it may have come a year too late.
While Gregory was considered a rising star
when he arrived in Atlanta from Dayton, he
showed few signs of being the leader who
could take Tech to the next level. The
margin between ACC teams is often
razor-thin, and the difference can be the
coach. Gregory was rarely an asset, and
sending him on his way a season before
would have allowed the newcomer a gentler
transition period.

Worst
Move

Phi Gamma Delta SHPE

Best

Intramural

Team

Fiji (10-1) cruised through their regular

season of football, scoring a total of 123
points (not including a game that they won
via no-show) while giving up just 13 points
all year. Their lone loss came in the fraternity division championship game, a close
26-21 defeat in which their starting
quarterback was injured. They rebounded
from there, however, making quick work of
the housing and two strong independent
teams in the school playoffs to claim yet
another overall championship in football.

The Georgia Tech Society of Hispanic

Professional Engineers (10-0) was unstoppable in soccer this year, going undefeated for
the entire season, scoring 42 goals total and
allowing only four goals from opposing
teams. They had eight shutout victories, and
with the exception of one playoff game they
did not allow a goal in the postseason on
their way to a school championship.
Meanwhile, the Cromeys (12-0) continued
their dominance, winning their games by an
average margin of 27 points.

Best

Intramural

Team

Marcus Georges-Hunt Aaliyah Whiteside

Best
Male
Athlete

Originally a local four-star recruit, Georges-Hunt stepped up his game, hitting

game-winning shots against key ACC foes
Notre Dame and Clemson and overcoming
a broken foot he suffered his junior season
to lift the team in 2015. Featured in the
New York Times this season for his role in
multiple comebacks, Georges-Hunt was the
face, voice and heart of Jackets mens
basketball. His absence due to graduation
will create a void that a young Tech team
will be hard-pressed to fill.

As the centerpiece for the Jackets this

season, Whiteside led the team to a 20-13
record and the second round of the NIT.
She scored an average of 19.5 PPG and was
named a first team All-ACC member and
Honorable Mention for All-American. In
addition to post-season awards, Whiteside
obtained the Tech record for career free
throws made, moved up to No. 7 on the
all-time scoring list with 1,580 career points
and finished second all-time in single season
scoring, racking up 644 points.

Best
Female
Athlete

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RUNOFF BETWEEN TOP SGA CANDIDATES

NEWS

MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR

After nearly a week of voting, the

election for Undergraduate Student
Government Association (SGA) Executive has entered a runoff race between Nagela Nukuna/Shane Mudrinich and Anju Suresh/Ben Nickel.
Nukuna and Mudrinich received
988 votes and 30 percent of the voters. Suresh and Nickel received
984 votes, also amounting to approximately 30 percent of the vote.
Sara Dada and Andrew Perry received 740 votes, while Brian Shin
and Megan Fechter received 584
votes calculating to about 22 and
18 percent of the vote, respectively.
3,296
undergraduate
students voted in this phase of voting, which entails a turnout rate
of approximately 21.76 percent.
The remaining candidates immediately entered a second stage of
campaigning upon the announcement of the runoff on April 13 during a 6 P.M. presentation in the Bill
Moore Success Centers Clary Theater.
We want to thank our fellow Yellow Jackets who have embraced us and
cheered us on through the thick and
thin of this amazing campaign season, said Brian Shin on behalf of his
campaign with Megan Fechter. The
overwhelming amount of support weve
received has been humbling, reminding us, as Megan puts it, that there are
people who believe in you here, and
that God has a beautiful plan in store.
In retrospect, Megan and I needed this campaign. It gave us a chance
to rekindle our passion for the student body and examine ways to better love this campus with conviction.
We consider ourselves incredibly
Top L: Photo courtesy of Gene Phillips; Top R: Photo courtesy of Kyle Lucy; Above: Photos courtesy of Nagela & Shane and Anju & Ben

See RUNOFF, page 3

SPORTS

Pastner brings new vision, style to Tech basketball

MARK RUSSELL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
This past weekend, Josh Pastner was hired as the new head
coach of the Tech mens basketball
team. Pastner comes to Tech after
seven years as head coach at the
University of Memphis. At Memphis, Pastner had 167 wins
winning 70 percent of his games
and made 4 NCAA tournaments in a row from 20112014.
At 38 years old, Pastner is
now the youngest coach in the
ACC and has a reputation as a

relentless worker and recruiter.

According to Tech athletic director Mike Bobinski, the primary
qualities sought in the coaching
search were integrity, a desire to
be at Tech, a coach with intelligence and great energy and ability
to evaluate and attract high level
basketball players. Pastner met all
of these criteria.
During the press conference,
Pastner made clear his desire to
coach in Atlanta and lead the
Jackets against ACC foes. He
also acknowledged the rebuilding
challenge the Jackets will face in
the next few years.

At Memphis, he was tasked

with the challenge of sustaining
the success of former Memphis
and current Kentucky coach John
Calipari. At Tech, he will have the
chance to build a coaching legacy
of his own.
One of the things that attracted me here was the chance to
build, Pastner said. Its not going to happen overnight. Its going to be a process. Were going to
have to take a step back to go two
steps forward.
We lost a lot. 80 some odd
percent of the scoring. Most of the

See PASTNER, page 24

Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Athletic Association

Coach Josh Pastner speaks at his press conference. Pastner looks to hit the ground running on the recruiting trail.

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dierent aspects of bills that
passed through Student Government
This will include the Undergraduate
House of Representatives, Graduate
Student Senate and the Executive
Branch of both government bodies.

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MANAGING EDITOR:
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NEWS EDITOR:
Maura Currie
OPINIONS EDITOR:
Vidya Iyer
LIFE EDITOR:
Trishna Chandarana
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Kara Pendley
SPORTS EDITOR:
Harsha Sridhar
DESIGN EDITOR:
Brighton Kamen
PHOTO EDITOR:
Tyler Meuter

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BILL SUMMARY
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HEAD COPY EDITOR:

Alexis Brazier
ONLINE EDITOR:
Kripa Chandran
WEB DEVELOPER:
Ross Lindsay
CORRECTION: Nagela Nukunas last
name was misspelled as Nakuna in the
byline for her Letter to the Editor.

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ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

STALKING SCARE
Starting April 5, a Tech professor filed a report regarding a
rather serious matter.
He reported to GTPD that,
since 2012, an old student of his
from his days teaching at University of Illinois had been sending him creepy and odd emails.
Even when he moved to Atlanta,
this person continued to send
multiple emails a day.
He claimed to simply ignore
them. However, not too long
ago, he claims that this student
actually appeared outside his of-

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fice; something he noticed while

walking down the sidewalk.
Becoming fearful, he chose
to leave the building and report
the incident to GTPD. GTPD
officers conducted research into
this students background and
found evidence of restraining
orders issued by the University
of Illinois, but none by a formal
law agency.
Additionally, the officers
learned that this student had
been harassing other students
from her class, including one
that was also a hardworking student here at Tech.
At first the professor and
student declined to press any
formal charges, however after
repeatedly spotting this student
on campus, they decided to pursue formal stalking charges.

FISCAL FUN
SGA passed their fiscal year
2017 budget, determining allocations of SGA funds to various
Tier II and III student organizations including SGA itself
after receiving funding requests
from 94 organizations. Their
budget total came in $10,122
under their goal of $1,390,000,
after JFC, GSS and UHR made
individual amendments to funding requests. Tier II organizations received $880,090, while
Tier III organizations received
$499,788. Nine Tier III organizations received no money from
SGA, while all Tier II organizations received at least a portion
of the money they requested.
Only two Tier II organizations received more funding
than requested the Presidents Council Governing Board
and the Student Organization
Finance Office, representing
around 16.66 percent of all Tier
II organizations. Nine Tier III
organizations received more or
all of the funding they requested, representing 11 percent of
all Tier III organizations. The
raise pools were fully funded in
the budget.
SMOKESCREEN
On April 6, GTPD responded to a hall directors complaint
from Montag Residence Hall.
The director claimed to smell
a strong odor of marijuana from
a certain room.
The officer requested entry
into the room upon arrival, and
upon entering, was hit with a
very strong odor, marijuanaic
in nature and wafting through
the air like delicate cirrostratus
clouds in the sky.
The student admitted to
smoking the illicit substance,
and proceeded to hand over all
the miscellaneous paraphernalia
they possessed.
The students could potentially receive code of conduct
violations if the Dean feels it to
be necessary.

IN MEMORIAM
On Thursday, April 7, Sara Kyung Min Kim, a fifth-year
BIOCHM, regretfully passed away. The Technique extends its
heartfelt condolences to Kims family, friends and fellow Yellow
Jackets. Students in need of support can contact the Counseling
Center 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 404-894-2575.

Scholars funded by Stamps

LINDSEY PLOUSSARD
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Stamps Family Charitable

Foundation, led by Penny and
E. Roe Stamps, recently doubled
its annual grant so that all of the
approximately 40 freshmen Presidents Scholars could receive the
same opportunities as Stamps
Leadership Scholars.
Stamps Leadership Scholars
are the top 1012 students in the
Presidents Scholar Program, and
their scholarship includes full
funding for cost of attendance for
four years, a laptop, a non-profit
internship, research opportunities
and various enrichment opportunities, including outdoor leadership programs and at least one
international experience.
Now, thanks to the Stamps increased contribution, all 40 Presidents Scholars will enjoy the same
scholarship package.
To honor the Stamps generous
gifts, the Presidents Scholar Program will be renamed the Stamps
Presidents Scholar Program.
In 2006, Penny and Roe
Stamps created merit scholarships
for their alma maters, Tech and
the University of Michigan.
Since they had already attained personal goals of pursuing careers, the couple wanted to
utilize their success to give back
to the community with a focus
on education.
Since 2006, The Stamps family
have expanded the merit scholarship program to over three dozen
partner universities. The scholarship aims to gives hard working,
talented students an educational
boost, while offering unique
experiences.
All scholarship recipients have
access to a large network of fellow
Stamps Scholars across the country and an annual national convention hosted every year at one
of the partner university.
Stamps Scholars must also participate in several community service projects annually, including
this years first ever Stamps National Day of Service on the April
See STAMPS, page 4

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RUNOFF

FROM PAGE 1

blessed for the opportunity to

meet so many new faces and to
publicly celebrate the beautiful
diversity, curiosity and generosity that is living and breathing
throughout our Institute.
So thank you Georgia Tech
for affording us this opportunity
to serve, love and be loved. We
may have lost the election, but
there is a victory within the lessons we have learned that have
shaped us into who we are today.
Some say it takes a village,
we say it takes a Swarm. Praise be
to God. Yours in White & Gold,
Brian and Megan.
We are, of course, disappointed, said Sara Dada on behalf of
her campaign with Andrew Perry.
But we know that we will continue to strive towards making a
positive culture change on campus and continue to work on some
of the initiatives we laid out in
our platform.
We love Georgia Tech, and we
are thankful for the opportunity
we had to share our vision with
the student body, to meet with
student organizations that had
never been approached by SGA
before and to learn so much about
our Institute.
Thank you so much to our
campaign team and everyone that
supported and believed in us
your faith in our vision was incredible and we are excited to keep
working alongside of you.
We look forward to the future of SGA and know that our
school will be in good hands no
matter what.
Were incredibly honored and
excited to be given the opportunity to reengage with you all as we
relaunch our campaign and rev up
for runoffs! said Anju Suresh on
behalf of she and Ben Nickel.
We firmly believe that our
love of Tech, coupled with our
months of preparation, make us
the most qualified candidates for
this position.

Shane [Mudrinich] and I are

ecstatic to be in the runoff period, said Nagela Nukuna on behalf of her campaign.
We are humbled, yet inspired,
by the other teams that truly have
done a fantastic job. Especially
now, we know that every single
vote counts and will be the difference in this election.
We are re-invigorated and
are so thankful for all the sup-

port weve received thus far!

Go Jackets!
The last time these elections
went to a runoff race was in 2009,
when Alina Staskevicius beat
Kristie Champlin after receiving
42 percent but not a majority
of the initial vote.
In that race, the turnout for
the runoff race ended up being
approximately 77 percent of the
original turnout. 2009 was, ad-

ditionally, the third straight year

that went to a runoff.
In 2009 and 2008, the candidate who won the runoff had over
40 percent of the vote in the initial
phase; in 2007, the candidate who
initially had a lead of 600 votes
ended up losing in a runoff by
500 votes.
Elections in recent years have
been landslides, with the exception of 2015, in which Jen Abrams

and Jefferson Losse won approximately 51 percent of the vote and

just cleared the 50 percent margin
required to win the majority.
Online polls will open again
on Friday, April 15, at 1 p.m., once
again on the SGA elections website. Polls will close at 4 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 19.
The winners will be announced
at the SGA Office in the Student
Center at 6 p.m. that same day.

Photo by Maura Currie Student Publications

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The election will now proceed to a runoff between Nukuna/Mudrinich and Suresh/Nickel in the coming week, beginning immediately.

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// NEWS

EVAN GILLON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

connect with the community of

Midtown Atlanta.
The addition of the Center
aims to increase business and create jobs for Georgia, propel Tech
higher up in the research community and make Tech Square the
leader of high-performance computing in Atlanta, all made possible by the safety, cleanliness and
cost-efficiency of the city.
Tech will serve as the anchor
tenant, leasing at least half of the
available space in the building,
making it available to Tech and
commercial businesses.

HPCC ANNOUNCEMENT
Tech Square, already the hub
of technological innovation and
research in Atlanta, will be getting a new, monumental addition.
Tech has partnered with the urban real estate developer Portman
Holdings to build the High Powered Computing Center (HPCC),
a 23-story, 750,000 square foot,
mixed-use building composed of
research labs, computing centers
and office space.
The $355 million project is expected to begin in 2016 and end
in late 2018; Tech has disclosed
that there will be a high-profile
announcement with Portman
Holdings on April 20 featuring
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, suggesting that the start-date will be
released then.
The HPCC will serve a variety of academic research needs, as
well as banking and investment,
computing, biotechnical and insurance firms through computer
simulation and modeling. It will
also include large, open-area public space at the ground level to

BUILDING COMES TO LIFE

Last fall, Tech partnered with
the Kendeda Fund to build a Living Building on West Campus
that will exist as a facility for students while operating as a net-positive water and energy use facility.
The building will be required
to meet the rigorous standards of
the International Living Future
Institutes Living Building Challenge, and must do so during a
12-month period under full occupancy. The project will serve
as a quasi-experiment for the rest
of the United States by exploring clean, beautiful, efficient design and focusing on occupant
health and connection to the
natural environment.
It is expected to be, the most
environmentally advanced education and research building ever
constructed in the Southeast,
according to Tech.
Tech received a $30 million
grant from the Kendeda Fund,
which will fully fund the project
and allow for $5 million in funding for programming activities.

Tech subsequently hosted a competition to determine what firm

would design the space, in which
the team of firms Lord Aeck Sargent and Miller Hull was selected.
The building will be located on
the northwest area of campus and
will sit around a series of green
spaces on campus, known as the
Eco-Commons.
During construction, Tech
hopes to create community engagement opportunities for Tech.
The project is expected to break
ground in 2017.
A STUDY ON STIPENDS
As the Student Government
Associations (SGA) 2015-2016
session comes to a close, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) is tasked with passing the budget for the 2017 fiscal
year. The budget allocates the millions of dollars collected from the
student activity fee to various oncampus organizations, from the
CRC to small clubs.
Two weeks ago, an effort started by International Affairs Representative Evan Long sparked
debate when he argued that SGA
executive members and their cabinet should not receive such large
compensation for their work while
student organizations lose funds.
Mechanical Engineering Representative Fisher Wright also opposed stipends and sponsored a
petition that garnered over 400
signatures, as well as created an
alternative budget to support his
position. All motions proposed to
change stipends were overwhelmingly voted down.
The debate is expected to return in the Aug. 2017 session.

STAMPS

LINDSEY PLOUSSARD
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

PUT ON YOUR TINFOIL HATS

We all want a knight in shining armor, but sometimes you get
two idiots in tin foil, trying to rob
a bank in Brazil. Late Saturday
night, two men attempted to rob a
bank in Santa Catarina, covering
in homemade tin foil suits.
They were attempting to trip
up the alarm system, and failed
to realize that there were several
security cameras in the building.
Their plan was foiled when
the guards in the centralized security office noticed the two aluminum clad accomplices crawling
around on the bank floor near the
buildings main vault.
Previously, robbers have used
aluminum cloaks to block heat
sensing alarms.
The foil blocks out the infrared
heat signature of anything behind
it, making the thief effectively invisible to the alarm.
Lookouts allegedly alerted
them when squad cars arrived on
the scene. One arrest has been
made in the attempted robbery.
Police are still trying to locate
others involved.

FROM PAGE 2

16. While multiple other groups

from other universities will participate, Techs group of scholars
will work with the Atlanta Community Food Bank, specifically in
its community garden.
Penny and Roe Stamps, who
currently reside in Key Largo,
Florida, also devote their time and
resources to many Florida-based
organizations.
Roe Stamps is an Industrial
Engineering graduate of Georgia
Tech (Class of 1967) and his wife,
Penny, is graduate of University
of Michigans School of Art and
Design. In 2012, the school was
named after her.
Tech currently matches each
grant from the Stamps Foundation with its own funding.
Tech will continue working to
fully endow all Presidents Scholarships by expanding their endowment, offsetting the funding
from Techs resources.
Penny and I are thrilled to
make this commitment to the
future of a truly outstanding program, said Roe Stamps in a statement to Tech Communications.
And we have been fortunate to
partner with Georgia Tech in
providing funding every year. It
is our hope that others will come
forward and invest in permanent
endowments to secure the Institutes investment in perpetuity.
We have seen firsthand how
these scholarships change the lives
of students, families and communities. It is an investment worth
making, Penny Stamps said.
Techs Presidential Scholarship
was established in 1981.

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// NEWS

Political clubs hold mellow SGA-sponsored debate

TRISTEN ALLEN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On April 13, the Student
Government Associations Government Relations Committee (GRC) ran a public debate,
dubbed Fight Night, between
representatives from both the College Democrats of Georgia Tech
and the College Republicans of
Georgia Tech.
The debate covered a number of topics, including federal
funding of Planned Parenthood,
affirmative action in both education and the workplace, the idea
of government-funded college,
Georgias Campus Carry Act and
obligations of the US towards refugees from Syria.
These topics were followed by
an audience-led Q&A section.
The debate was moderated by
Victoria Doris, third-year PUBP
and the co-chair of the GRC.
Both political clubs fielded two
representatives.
The Republicans sent their
treasurer, Matthew Bowling,
first-year BA and their Fundraising Chair, Cody Jones, firstyear NRE, while the Democrats
sent their president, Jake Orvis,
second-year PUBP, and their
former president, Amanda Nabors, PUBP grad student. Both
teams were given the opportunity
to respond or answer twice per
individual question.
The Republicans and the Democrats agreed on a number of issues including Campus Carry,
indicating that individual universities should have the right to decide an individual concealed carry
policy for themselves.
Both parties also supported
registration of weapons with campus police departments if they
were carried by students or faculty.
The Republicans and Democrats

departed from consensus on the

issue of the liability of universities
in cases of campus shootings.
Republicans maintaining that
the legality of weapons on campus does not prevent the presence of weapons on campus,
making it impossible to hold
campuses accountable.
Democrats advocated for a
case-by-case analysis of a campuss
responsibility for a school shooting that takes place.
The Republicans, in spite of
their support for individual campuses deciding concealed carry
policies, affirmed that the Georgia
Campus Carry Act should pass,
stating that with the heightened
sense of danger in our society
right now, especially on college
campuses, that students above the
age of 21 with a concealed carry
license ... should be under their
Constitutional rights allowed
to carry on campus.
Constitutionality played a
large part in the Republicans arguments during the debate.
In regards to Planned Parenthood, the Republicans argued
that federal funding of the organization overstepped its limitations
as laid out in the Constitution.
They also maintained that taxpayer support of Planned Parenthood violated the First Amendment provision to freedom of
religion, as many taxpayers have,
according to the Republicans, religious objections to contraceptive
care and to abortions.
The Democrats rebutted this
argument by maintaining that
none of the money provided by
the federal government to Planned
Parenthood funds abortions, as
well as that Planned Parenthood
provided necessary services in
poor regions that would otherwise
have no access to healthcare.
The parties had their most
intense debate over the issue of

student debt and the provision

of funding to pay for students
college educations.
The Republicans maintained
that a college education was a financial investment, stressing the
idea of responsible consumerism.
In other words, they stressed that
taxpayers should not be responsible for another persons inability to pay for college, going so far
as to say, if they cant afford to
pay for that college tuition, quite
frankly, then, in my opinion, they
dont deserve to go.
The Republicans clarified
their position shortly afterwards,
explaining that they had meant
those with an inability to pay
should seek scholarships and

sources of funding that were not

provided by taxpayers.
They continued to stress the
responsibility of the individual in
their comments, saying theres
one simple rule: ... you dont buy
something that you cant afford.
Its kind of common sense.
The Democrats suggested that,
while total subsidization of college
expenses might not be possible,
there could be measures taken to
mitigate the amount of debt students accumulate, including expanding programs such as HOPE
and taking measures to cap or
limit the amount of money collected from loan interest per year
or to lessen the effect of student
debt on graduates.

They did not believe it was a

simple, cut-and-dry situation, advocating that the student loan issue isnt going to be solved by one
bill its something that needs to
be attacked on multiple levels, by
multiple institutions.
In comments by the representatives before and after the event,
both parties indicated their support for events like Fight Night,
praising the decorum of one anothers team members and expressing their desire for more outreach and inter-club activities for
both the College Democrats and
the College Republicans.
The event had a turnout of
about 20 spectators and was held
in the Student Center Theater.

Photo courtesy of Katrina Doris

Current and former presidents of the two prominent political organizations on campus meet.
SGA organized the Fight Night, whose selling point was levelheaded and thoughtful debate.

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Opinions
OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

OPINIONS EDITOR: Vidya Iyer

Stipends for Tier II orgs warranted

Why some students should be paid for their involvement

Stipends for Tier II organizations have
been a contentious point following Tier
III budget cuts. As the Editorial Board of
the Technique and recipients of Tier II stipends, we are uniquely able to provide a
perspective on why select Tier II organization leaders deserve these funds.
It serves to explain that student organizations are divided into three groups by
the Joint Finance Committee: Tier I, II
and III. Certain organizations under the
Tier II umbrella give stipends to students
holding particular positions of leadership,
including the president and vice president
of SGA, the chief engineer of WREK radio
and the editor-in-chief of the Technique.
The stipend amount is a percentage of annual tuition and fees, and this percentage
varies depending on the position.
While we understand the arguments
being made, the primary reason why that
selected Tier II organizations leaders deserve stipends is the fact that their work
benefits the student body as a whole.

For example, SGA carries out administrative and budgetary planning as well as
advocacy efforts on the behalf of all students. WREK radio broadcasts music that
any student on campus can turn in to. The
Student Center Programs Council hosts a
variety of recreational events for the entire
campus. The Technique is available for anyone to pick up in print and can be read online as well. Tier III organizations, in comparison, are more related to culture and
hobbies and frequently focus on students
individual interests within their particular
organizations.
Another consideration is that stipends
allow some students of lesser means to
consider becoming involved in these highly time consuming campus organizations
positions, many of which require specialized skill set, instead of finding a part-time
job unrelated to anything at college.
Due to the work Tier II organizations
provides to students, we believe that the
current positions are correctly stipended.

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
Kara Pendley ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Brighton Kamen DESIGN EDITOR
Kripa Chandran ONLINE EDITOR
Ross Lindsay WEB DEVELOPER

BABY, BABY, BABY ... NO BY LANAH MARIE JOSE

technique

You better cut the pizza in four

pieces because Im not hungry
enough to eat six. Yogi Berra

Friday,
April 15, 2016

YOUR VIEWS | Online Comments

Elections Endorsement
For the simple reason that you have endorsed this
pair, they have lost my vote. Unless they speak out
against your endorsement, I wont vote for them.

GTstudent
I would like to thank Technique for their
involvement. It is their job to be up-to-date on ALL
aspects of campus life, and if there is any group that
would be the most informed, it would be the staff at
Technique. As with any election, educate yourself on
the various platforms and make your own decision as
to what is important to you.

KWWilliams

Moral lessons from

Game of Thrones
Its hard not to watch season this is hardly a new development.
five of Game of Thrones and not The notion that A single death is
come away thinking that Stan- a tragedy; a million deaths is a stanis is a horrible
tistic far predates
person. After all,
my birth.
We
as
a
society
seem
(*SPOIL ER S*)
This also not
sacrificing
your to place an increasingly to suggest that
daughter to some
no place for
greater emphasis on theres
sort of fire god
ethos in the world.
upon the advice of
our feelings ... But increasingly
a deranged priestpeople seem coness with whom
MAX KALTMAN vinced that empayoure committing
BUSINESS MANAGER thy is the solution
adultery isnt really
to all of our probconsistent with belems. If only we
ing a good person. But its more could empathize with other peocomplicated than that.
ple more, the arguments goes, if
Robb Stark, who like every we would just walk in their shoes,
seemingly likable character on the world would be a better place.
the show has been killed off, also
The problem with empathy
sent people to their deaths. In is that it has no ability to resolve
one particularly notable instance, conflicts. What am I to do if I emhe sacrificed a few thousand of phasize with both sides in a conhis own men as a diversion so he flict. Worse yet, what if I my symcould capture Jaime Lannister. pathies lie with the wrong one.
Granted theres certainly a differ- Facts, science, logic and things
ence between sending soldiers and like that have the benefit that
teenaged girls to their deaths, but theres a right and wrong answer,
I think our somewhat selective feelings dont.
outrage in this case is emblematic
Perhaps Im preaching to the
of wider trend.
choir a bit with this. After all, we
We as a society seem to place are a school that has always faan increasingly greater empha- vored measured thought to violent
sis on our feelings, on essentially feeling. But lets keep it that way.
empathy, and increasingly less on Except when it comes to u(sic)GA.
logic and cold facts. In fairness, Screw those guys.

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// OPINIONS

Newspapers in paperless world

This year, consistent with
the last several ones, there has
been increased discussion about
the future of the Technique as a
print media. Students, graduate and undergraduate alike, are
questioning why we print 7,000
physical copies on a weekly
basis in an increasingly paperless world.
Lively discussion on the
future of print media has not
been limited to Techs campus.
In February, The New York
Times Company announced a
newsroom-wide strategy review
to identify areas for cost reductions following a earning review
reporting flat revenue as its print
business continued to decline.
In a note to the newsroom,
Dean Baquet, The New York
Times executive editor, wrote,
We need to develop a strategic plan for what The New York
Times should be and determine
how to apply our timeless values to a new age ... Although
our digital revenue is growing
strongly, we continue to feel the
impact of declines in parts of
our print business.
Baquet also previously admitted, according a TimesPicayune report, that no one
thinks there will be a lot of print
around in 40 years.
Overall newspaper circulation has fallen nationally over
the course of the last 10 years
from just under 55 million copies nationally in 2004 to about
42 million copies in 2014, according to the Newspaper Association of America, and newspapers globally seek to adapt
themselves for a digital future,
striving to compete with digital first companies such as Vox,
Gawker and BuzzFeed.
The decision to keep the
Technique in its physical form is

Im a fervent believer in
print newspapers. Reading
the physical papers is a vital
tactile experience.

BRENDA LIN

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

not an arbitrary one. Our organizations financial success and

sustainability is highly dependant on the existence of physical copies.
Print advertising is remains
extremely lucrative. In the
2015 fiscal year, we generated
$60,620.57 in revenue from
print ad sales alone money
that goes on to pay for the salary
and benefits of our professional
staff positions, stipends for assistant editors and staff, and
printing costs that exceed the
printing budget that the Student Government Association
gives us (which ran out in early
October this school year due to
budget cuts).
In the same fiscal year, we
only generated $1,248 in online
revenue, strongly contrasting
the amount we earned through
print media.
Additionally, the Techniques
core readership still remains in
print, with our weekly pickup
rate exceeding the number
of individual online articles
views and unique visitors, even
though our site is available beyond our campus boundaries
paralleling many papers readership globally.
According to Ofcoms News
Consumption in the U.K. Report, digital platforms by adults

in the United Kingdom did not

surpass newspapers until as recently as 2014.
These decisions are easy ones
to make. It makes sense that
choose print while our readership is still mostly there. It is
a good financial judgement to
stick with where the money is
coming from. Yet, when that
rationalization not longer holds
true, should newspapers like the
Technique continue their physical forms?
Im a fervent believer in
print newspapers. Reading the
physical papers is a vital tactile
experience the feeling of
flipping thin pages, black ink
staining your fingers. The feeling of disposable newsprint is
almost ephemeral, the medium
emulating the constant change
of news.
A full newspaper is like an
music album of stories. Similar
to how you may find more songs
on a CD or vinyl you enjoy
rather than just listening to a released single, reading a paper in
its physical form allows for finding stories that may not draw
your attention on its own.
It is hard to ignore a piece
when its physically in front of
you versus going through the
extra effort of clicking. With
readers demonstrating shorter

attention spans, it remains prudent to catch their attention

when you still have it.
There is a certain gravitas involved with printed media; the
physical version gives it ethos.
With the availability of Wordpress, Tumblr, Medium and
even the BuzzFeed community
posts, everyone has a forum to
share their ideas, findings and
opinions. Printed media has
historically and continuously
remains vetted content.
Prolonged reading on a digital screen often leads to headaches or makes eyes tired, and
mobile device developers, such
as the Amazon Kindle, try to
better emulate the easier paper
reading experience.
Reading physical copies also
helps information retention. In
their academic study Medium
Matters: Newsreaders Recall
and Engagement With Online
and Print Newspapers, Arthur D. Santana, Randall Livingstone and Yoon Cho of the
University of Oregon found
that print readers were able to
remember significantly more
news stories than online news
readers and remembered significantly more topics than online newsreaders.
While physical newspapers
can sometimes be unwieldy and
the mansplaying of the print
media world, the experience of
reading one is incomparable and
retains many perks beyond the
oft-touted monetary reasons.
As I conclude my tenure of
Editor-in-Chief of the Technique, I hope to that future
Editorial Boards will continue
the grand tradition of printed
newspapers, and I hope that
somewhere years in the future, I
can return to Tech and pick up
a printed copy of the Technique.

What is your strategy for

finals week?

STEPHEN JOHNSTON
FIRST-YEAR NRE

My plan is to get lots

of sleep.

ZACH BILLET

SECOND-YEAR NRE

I like to limit my
distractions.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Suresh, Nickel; campaign trail reflections

This campaign season has
been an amazing experience,
and we have just a little further to go. We wanted to take
a step back and reflect on the
campaign trail to really show
why we want to be your Student
Body president and executive
vice president.
Anju Suresh: I asked Ben to
be my executive vice president
when we were both volunteering for the Ramblin On Graduation Ceremony one year ago
today. We had both just gotten
our official appointments to
Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board for
the following year.
It was to be Bens first year in
SGA, so we had spoken about
why he chose to get involved
and what he hoped to get out of
the experience. I had quite honestly not known Ben incredibly
well at that point, but it didnt
take more than a few hours to
recognize that his undying commitment to the Yellow Jacket
community and his ability to
truly listen and care about others would make him an invaluable asset to SGA Leadership.
Even when the campaign
trail gets rough, Bens unwaver-

We are Yellow Jackets.

We are innovative, brilliant,
diverse, philanthropic, artistic,
and everything in between.

ANJU SURESH AND BEN

NICKEL

SGA PRESIDENT AND VICE

PRESIDENT CANDIDATES

ing principles help drive us back

to the reason we are running
for your president and executive vice president: because we
firmly believe that our love for
those at Tech, coupled with our
months of preparation, make us
the most qualified candidates
for this position.
Ben and I have been working for over a year on crafting
a platform that encapsulates
the incredible diversity of this
Institute.
We are Yellow Jackets. We
are innovative, brilliant, diverse,
philanthropic, artistic, and everything in between. The student experience here is vastly
different depending on who you

speak to at Tech and weve been

there to understand what those
issues look like for different
communities across campus.
Ben Nickel: My experience
in SGA this past year has been
one of the most exciting during
my time at Tech.
I have made a ton of friends,
gotten the chance to impact
many different students, and
had a blast along the way. Everyone Ive met through this
experience shows a true love for
the Institute.
I believe Anju exemplifies
this undying love for Tech, and
all the students within it. She is
the most committed person to
positive change on this campus

and I never doubt for a second

her ability to follow through.
The truth is this campaign
season has been long and tireless, but absolutely worth every
second.
Anju and I have been blessed
to have so much support in the
Tech community, and we will
never stop giving back to the
Institute in the rest of our time
here. We are so close to the end
of this campaign journey that
started one year ago today!
The last few weeks have not
been easy, but its brought so
much to us in terms of the relationships weve built and the
communities weve had the
chance to experience.
Weve never felt so deeply
ingrained to the thread of the
Tech community and for that
and more, we thank you. We
thank you for the opportunity
to share our vision and for the
chance to learn about the facets
of our diverse community that
we otherwise would not have
had the chance to encounter.
Were honored and excited
to be given the opportunity to
reengage with you all as we relaunch our campaign and rev up
for runoffs!

SHUMWAY

SECOND-YEAR PHYS

Always try harder.

SARA KEESEE

FIRST-YEAR BME

Preparing ahead of time.

Photos by Sara Schmitt Student Publications

8 April 15, 2016 technique

// OPINIONS

Bank Robber Caught

On Wednesday morning,
GTPD officers apprehended
and captured an individual
who had earlier failed in his
bank-robbing attempt at the
Midtown Bank and Trust.
He was found attempting to
conceal his person by hiding
under a vehicle parking in the
parking lot of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity. GTPD was able to
complete the arrest following
a tip from the Atlanta Police
Department.

Kobe Bryant played his

last game of professional basketball Wednesday night and
scored a season-high of 60
points. Many are sad to see
Kobes time in the league end.
His presence on the Lakers has
been a mainstay for a number
of now adrift fans, who now
look toward others that might
have the caliber of star power
and capability to dominate the
game that the Mamba wielded.

Scam Recruiters

Reports from multiple

sources on campus of so-called
scam recruiters have been filtering in this past week. Central to most of the stories has
been a troupe of well-dressed
individuals with intriguing
propositions, with some mentioning opportunities for alternative employment. Some
have linked these recruiters to
the company Amway. In any
case, be wary of any behavior
similar to the aforementioned.

TYLER MEUTER

PHOTO EDITOR

before? Why did I always work

through spring break at a minimum wage job? Dont make this
same stupid mistake.
Between real work and class
work, free time was something that never existed for me
during college.
But as these final weeks of college come to a close, my job here
at the newspaper is ending and
Im taking off work at my other
job until I graduate.
Its liberating. Ive planned my
remaining weekends to be spent
with new acquaintances and doing the activities I love.
I am determined to enjoy this
time I have and live like the college student I wish I had been
throughout the last five years.
This brings me to my second
point. Invest time in your friends
and the things that interest
you the most.
We all know that friends come
and go but its these friendships
you have that really make your
time in college enjoyable.
These are the people that will
make you laugh the most and
be by your side for all the illicit
things youll do.
And while some friendships
may seem to be temporary as you
both plan to go your separate ways
after college, embrace them in the

meantime for you can never be

100 percent sure about what the
future holds.
While taking four years to get
through college might seem infinite, dont rush through it.
Thats four years for you to find
your passion and get heavily involved with it.
Find what lights your fire within and keep it burning all throughout college. For every major that is
offered at Tech, there are at least
two clubs/organizations that are
doing something within that field.
For example, aerospace engineers can choose from clubs that
offer everything from launching
rockets to 20,000 feet to getting
your pilots license, or sending
a satellite into orbit to building
model prototype airplanes.
Unfortunately for me, I worked
throughout college.
This left me with no time to
join clubs and embrace my education. This left me with no time
to enjoy adventurous outings
with friends.
To you I say, make the most
out of your time at Tech and dont
be consumed with work; you
wont regret it.
Its been a pleasure, Tech.
Forever and always, Up with
the White and Gold and to hell
with Georgia!

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student-favorite donut destination on Tenth Street, announced it would be adopting
an alteration to its hours of operation, affecting a 24/7 schedule. This sublime change puts
the shop in a league with the
great Atlanta treasure of Waffle House. Both will be open at
all times to any students finding themselves within the deep
depths of late-night hunger.

Kobes Swan Song

Two things to do in college:

have fun and dive deep into
your passion. One thing not to
do: work.

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Its coming down to the wire.

All that remains for my undergraduate career is six more lectures to sit through.
Yes, I still have homework
problems to solve, lab reports to
write, tests to take and of course
Senior Design to finish. But for
the moment, I am pretending like
none of that exists and Im telling
you what really matters.
Because no one actually reads
these, let me remind you what
my last two editorials have been
about; challenging yourself and
working hard.
It might come as a surprise that
this one isnt going to follow the
Tyler Meuter Tells You to Man
Up theme, as someone once suggested as a weekly column.
This also isnt going to be the
clich Ive shed blood, sweat and
tears here at Tech, but I loved every minute of it last thing I write
for this newspaper. Instead, its a
piece on my advice to you.
Two things to do in college:
have fun and dive deep into
your passion. One thing not to
do: work.
Ive made the mistake of working two jobs simultaneously my
entire college career while being
a full-time student. Thats not to
say that you shouldnt work at all
while taking classes.
But if you do, make sure it is
something that you will benefit
from. The jobs that I had were
in no way related to the degree
I was pursuing, but merely provided a way for me to pay for my
education.
Admittedly,
this
semester was the first spring break I
actually took off.
I took the week off work to
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// OPINIONS

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Board of Regents new sexual misconduct policy threatens Techs progress

A new sexual misconduct
policy goes into effect in July.
In an unusual step, the Georgia
Board of Regents has preempted
all 30 colleges and universities in
the University System of Georgia on this issue. You probably
remember this was because of
Tech: Tech actually disciplined
students for racial harassment
and sexual assault. In retaliation, the state withheld funding
for the Tech library. Rep. Earl
Ehrhart threatened to cut even
more funding and tried to force
President Peterson to resign.
Tech had been doing well
with its response to sexual assault and racism. It is incredibly
rare for universities to discipline
sexual predators even though
federal law Title IX requires it. (Title IX and the new
sexual misconduct policy do not
address racism on campus.) But
we dont want to obscure the
past mistakes.
Tech was doing well because
it had been nationally embarrassed by incidents like the rapebait fraternity email. Several
campus activists, us included,
lobbied the administration for a
better response. We were proud
that our alma mater was taking
seriously its duty to protect its
students from sexual violence.
The Tech community is well
aware that we need to work a
lot harder harder at making
women feel welcome at Georgia
Tech. Weve seen progress, but
were still working on evening
out the infamous ratio.
Numbers, of course, are only
one of the measures of equal-

BAC FROM PAGE 7

KATRIELLA LUMBANTOBING
FIRST-YEAR ME

I like to plan every hour of

my day.
it was especially infuriating to see the Board of Regents swoop in, punish Tech,
and preempt our policy ...

KATE NAPIER,EMILY GOODING AND EMILY ROBEY-PHILLIPS

TITLE IXERS FOUNDER AND THIRD-YEAR PHYS, PTFE 14

AND INTA 14

ity. Taking sexual violence seriously is a necessary step towards

achieving sex equality on campus. Its a matter of morals and
of federal law. Title IX demands
equal opportunity in education,
and the Department of Education has specified that campus
sexual assault is a violation of sex
equality on campus.
Thats why it was especially
infuriating to see the Board of
Regents swoop in, punish Tech,
and preempt our policy one
that could force Tech to violate
federal law. For example, the
new policys clause on false
complaints further raises the
(already-high) barrier to students
reporting their assault or harassment. The threat of disciplinary
action will undoubtedly discour-

age students from reporting.

Unless and until the Board of
Regents can write a policy that
fully complies with Title IX (remember, the Board is composed
of 17 men and only two women),
they should leave it to the individual schools.
Moreover, the fact that Tech
was so publicly penalized for following Title IX will make other
schools hesitate before responding to sexual violence. That is a
shame and is deeply irresponsible
of the state. Tech should be allowed to continue its progress.
No school should be punished
for protecting its students and
following federal law.
The good news is, you can
help. Students should feel empowered to demand change.

You dont have to be a survivor

of sexual assault, or a woman,
to care about this. Anyone who
wants a safe, fair and equal campus should get involved. So dont
forget what happened to Tech.
Keep talking about it, especially on social media. Contact
your state representatives and
senators and ask them to reverse the policy. Join the Title
IXers, a Tech student group
that fights for campus equality.
And of course, contact us if you
have any questions. When we
join together, Tech students are
more powerful than politicians
who try to silence victims of
sexual assault.
Tech is a leader in academics.
Help us be a leader in keeping
our students safe, too.

ELIZABETH SOOS
FIRST-YEAR CM

I plan ahead.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Nukuna, Mudrinich; the realistic ticket

Last week the Technique published its Consensus Opinion
its annual endorsement of one of
the Student Government (SGA)
executive tickets. In it, the Editorial Board asserted that our
campus is divided over a years
worth of contentious issues. They
also mentioned that our competitors are the unifiers that this
campus needs.
Nagela & Shane agree that
unity is much needed in our
community, and we are excited
to demonstrate in this run-off
process that we are the best suited to fight for that goal of unity
on campus.
A vote for Nagela & Shane in
the run-off is a vote in support of
that fight and in support of wellequipped candidates advocating
for all students. Still, nearly 80%
of the entire Georgia Tech campus does not vote in SGA elections (thats even less in a runoff).
The reasons for not voting are
varied and many, but it comes
down to a simple truth that most
of Techs student body believes
that casting a ballot will have
little to no impact on student life
or any on-campus issues.
When roughly 20 percent of
campus decides the next years
Executive ticket, we dont need
candidates who tell campus to

We need candidates .. .who

have the courage to say
thats not practical ...

NAGELA NUKUNA AND

SHANE MUDRINICH
SGA PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT CANDIDATES

come to them. We need candidates who will meet you where

you are. Who care enough to
hear your thoughts on club funding or disability services on the
way to class or in line for lunch.
Who have labored for years
not just the past few months
to gather student and administrative opinion. Who have the
courage to say thats not practical and the wisdom to say ...
but heres what is.
While some of the innovative ideas presented by other
tickets and also endorsed by
the Technique sound promising or enticing, many of them are
simply not feasible given the way
Tech operates as well as how it
is funded.
Furthermore, some of these
ideas are already present on our

campus, but not highly publicized or easily accessible. We

know this because Nagela is the
only candidate whose role in
SGA involves working directly
with both faculty and administration on issues like these every
single week.
Our insights are informed by
hands-on work, and our goals
are very much within the realm
of potential implementation.
Adding numerical data from the
CIOS surveys in order to improve CourseCritique, creating
a mental health nexus portal on
BuzzPort and covering our bus
stops are all goals that are very
much within reach.
Many of these changes are
necessary because Tech has
grown very rapidly over the
past few years in terms of the

size of the student body as well

as its prestige as an educational
institutional. However, our infrastructure and technological
resources have not always grown
at the same pace.
Were experiencing growing
pains, and the best way to handle
this is by bolstering, improving,
and replacing programs that are
already present on campus
not by making empty promises
for new initiatives that are not
feasible.
While the Technique makes
an endorsement from the majority opinion of its Editorial Board,
you as a student can make an endorsement of your own one
that will make your vote matter. Individual votes matter even
more when so few students vote,
so its important to pick a ticket
that can bring the changes they
say they will.
Our fellow candidates are
great people with great intentions; however, we believe that
we are the ticket most prepared
to bring realistic, effective, and
positive change to our campus
to truly be a voice for those
who feel their vote wont change things.
Voting for Nagela & Shane is
a vote for real change because we
know that: together, WE CAN.

TESS GREENE

FIRST-YEAR BME

Repition, group discussion, and crib sheets are

things I live by.

HARI TIWARI

THIRD-YEAR EE AND ECON

Pomodoro, excel spreadsheets. and a timer are

essential.
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LIFE EDITOR:

Trishna Chandarana

life@nique.net

GT Scuba Cleans the Oceans

technique

As an annual effort to clean debris from the environment

while earning scuba certifications, GT Scuba visited
Bonaire, an island in the Carribbean.415

11

Friday,
April 15, 2016

Home-sharing app proves useful for its creator

CHRISTIAN SHAHEEN
STAFF WRITER

Students who have traveled

and lamented the price of a crappy
hotel should try Spots. A hybrid
between Tinder and Airbnb, the
social home-sharing app for college students allows users to take
advantage of the safety of another
college campus by giving them a
place to stay on-demand.
Fourth-year BME Yanni Barghouty came up with the idea one
night after using the popular application, Uber.
I just thought that there
should be something similar to
Uber and Lyft that would let you
find a hotel when you travel,
Barghouty said. I looked at the
market and saw that the closest
thing [like] that was Airbnb. But
they left a huge hole in the market, especially in the age group of
those under 30.
Barghouty sought to take advantage of the available space in
the market for individuals under
the age of 30 and create an application that students like himself
would immensely benefit from.
I thought that was too big of
an opportunity to miss, and by
making a service that would allow you to find a place to stay ondemand, ... I could actually help
people as well. My idea really pertained to college-aged students for
both social and safety reasons.
Now, less than a year later,
Barghouty is the CEO of his very
own company. His team consists of Edoardo Moauro, CMO,

Karan Jain, COO, Samantak

Ray, CTO, and Omid Mojtahedi, CPO, all of whom are also
students at Tech. The app, called
Spots, was released a little less
than a month ago and already has
a substantial user base.
The application allows users to
either be the host or set up a visitor profile and request to stay with
someone. Once users have created
their profiles and enabled their
location service, they can see a
map of other spots available in the
area, an extremely helpful feature
when needing on-demand service.
Barghouty recounts needing the
service while traveling to Washington D.C. last year.
I had set up a meeting with
a potential angel investor, and I
was so excited that I just booked
a flight and left, Barghouty said.
I had not looked at the weather,
but when I landed in D.C., it was
snowing hard, to the point of a
blizzard. I received an email that
the meeting was canceled due to
the weather.
While still at the airport, Barghouty continued to reach out to
the potential investor in the hopes
of still holding the meeting.
I looked at the news and saw
that there was a state of emergency declared in the city, but I
had come all of this way, so I still
reached out to ask if there was any
way to have the meeting outside
the office. Unfortunately, I only
received a reply back that all the
roads were blocked and there was
no way that we could hold the
meeting, Barghouty said. I just
left the airport without making

any plans, so I didnt really know

what to do. I called Karan, and he
joked, Use Spots. We were still
in beta, and I genuinely didnt expect to have anyone using the application in D.C.
Luckily for Barghouty, someone had found the teams idea for
the application to be interesting
enough to download it.
I checked the application from
the airport, and sure enough there
was this kid at American University named Jake with a profile
and some availability. I sent him
a request, and within 20 minutes
I got a message from him letting
me know that he was willing to let
me stay with him for a couple of
days, Barghouty said.
Because of the intimate nature
of sleeping at someones apartment, dorm or home, addressing
the issue of safety has been one of
the main concerns for the Spots
team. In order to be eligible to
create and successfully register a
profile, the user must provide an
active .edu email address.
The Spots team also foresaw
the issue of students not knowing
what the individual they would
be staying with physically looks
like, thus they resolved this more
serious issue by integrating social
media and user profiles in the creation of a complete profile.
Before staying with anyone,
the visitor has the opportunity
to view the profile and social
media of whomever they want
and is available and then decide
which spot that they would like
to stay at. Although this plan is
not completely foolproof in terms

of ensuring user safety when

choosing a place to stay, it does
allow users to use their own discretion when deciding where they
want to stay.
[In extenuating circumstances] after the potential incident
has occurred, we will compensate
either the host or the visitor depending on the circumstances,
Barghouty said, And if the situation comes to any degree of seriousness that involves the authorities, we will aid the police and
others in anyway needed.

The way I think about, the

way the app is designed is social, Barghouty said. You have
to get along with the person before you stay with them. You
have the chance to talk with the
people before you stay with them.
If you get creeped out, dont stay
with them.
The app has already taken off
with spots all over the United
States. Students can get a head
start and download the app on
iOS, with the Android version
coming soon.

Photo courtesy of Spots Development Group, LLC

Spots new app (logo pictured above) matches users with

homeowners who can offer temporary housing for a price.

Hackathon to highlight the potential of data science

VIDYA IYER

OPINIONS EDITOR
Stephen Go and Avi Ahuja are
both third-year IE and CS, respectively. These two along with
Thomas Rose, another third-year
IE have teamed up to start to new
organization on campus known as
Data Science at Georgia Tech.
The duo realized their passion
for data science when they attended a competition together pertaining to data science. Go described
the experience as very interesting
and rewarding.
Go said, We tried to look for
something similar at Tech, but
couldnt find anything.
Ahuja and Go were determined
to change this, and created this
organization where students could
learn about and explore the field
of data science. The organization
aims to serve as a platform for
students to practice and expand
their knowledge on data science.
Data science is more than just
a pastime. It is a growing field
that has many prospects in the
job market. Theres so much data
these days, Ahuja said, and most
companies actually dont know
what to do with it. If they were
able to go in and extract this data
and really analyze it, they can cut
costs, cut margins and improve efficiency all around.

The club has not officially

started, but the team decided
to launch the organization in a
hackathon that they have named
Hacklytics.
This is our way of introducing
what we do as a club and the types
of events were going to throw,
Go said.
Hacklytics is a twelve-hour
data science hackathon taking

place on April 16. We will provide students with prompts

that they will try to complete
throughout the day and compete
for prizes, Ahuja said.
Many students are interested
in this clubs inaugural event.
The number of students that applied was so overwhelming that
the event had to change locations
from the Centergy building to

Clough in order to accommodate

more people.
This hackathon is the first of its
kind at Tech. The team planned
the event in about an moth and
a half with mindset of maximizing impact. Go went on to emphasize the important aspects of
planning the event: it was a
lot of thinking about what professors to contact, which spon-

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Stephen Go (left) and Avi Ahuja (right) are bringing a new data science club to Tech. They
are launching the organization by hosting a data-science-themed hackathon: Hacklytics.

sors to reach out to and at type of

interaction we want to have with
the students.
The team really took into consideration what would help students grow and be challenged at
the same time.
Data science is a crucial skill
that everyone needs to learn. Go
emphasized this by saying, We
really think that everyone should
give [data science] a shot. He
continued, Data science is the
intersection of three things
statistics, computer science and
domain expertise everyone has
something to contribute to the
final product.
Go closed by saying his favorite part about data science is the
challenge. Its very rigorous,
Go said, but at the end of each
project, you get a different type
of satisfaction because you feel
like youve discovered something
thats not trivial.
Ahujas fascination with data
science lies in its potential. I like
the fact that you can take thousands of lines of data and consolidate it, run a couple of algorithms,
rigorously analyze the data and
come up with practical results
that make sense.
All students are encouraged to
check out the data science hackathon on Saturday and come to
the weekly meetings that will
begin in the fall.

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// LIFE

Students speak on the Religious freedom bill

KEELY MRUK

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Recently, a number of religious
freedom bills have begun winding their way through the Georgia
legislature. One of these is House
Bill 757, also known as the Pastor
Protection Act, sponsored by Rep.
Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville).
A BILL to be entitled an Act
to protect religious freedoms; to
amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to provide that religious
officials shall not be required to
perform marriage ceremonies in
violation of their legal right to
free exercise of religion; to amend
Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other
trade practices, so as to change
certain provisions relating to days
of rest for employees of business
and industry; to protect property owners which are religious
institutions against infringement
of religious freedom; to define a
term; to provide an effective date;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes, as found in the
first reading summary of House
Bill 757.
The bill ensures pastors will
not be forced to perform samesex marriages and would allow
all faith-based organizations to
fire, to refuse to hire and to refuse
services if doing so would violate
their faith. It also ensures that
pastors could not be forced to perform same-sex marriages.
Proponents of the bill argue
that the law does not employ
anti-discriminatory language and

reaffirms religious freedoms established in the First Amendment.

Opponents claim that the First
Amendment is sufficient, so the
law would merely serve as a legal
basis for LGBT+ discrimination.
To be honest, the logic behind the bill was relatively fair, in
a sense that certain groups cannot
be forced to do things that did
not personally align with their
beliefs, said Leila Harrison, second-year ENVE. However, just
because someone doesnt believe
what you believe or you disagree
with their lifestyle doesnt mean
you can deny them services which
you allow everyone else.
The legislatures passage of
House Bill 757 placed significant
corporate pressure on Governor
Nathan Deal to veto the bill.
Companies including Apple, Dell
and Time Warner as well as local Atlanta companies Coca-Cola
and Home Depot urged Governor
Deal to veto. Disney and its Marvel subsidiary threatened to boycott movie production in the state
should the bill be signed into law.
After these powerful threats were
given, Governor Deal announced
that the film industry generated
an economic impact on the state
of over six billion dollars.
Georgia, especially over the
past few years, has generated a lot
of revenue from the film industry,
and Atlanta has always had several
large companies headquartered
here, Harrison said. This bill
just makes Georgia look bad. If
[corporations] actually did leave,
then the bill would have the potential to affect employment opportunities available to students.
Governor Deal ultimately vetoed the bill on March 28, citing

neither economic nor religious

pressures in his decision.
Our actions on HB 757 are
not just about protecting the
faith-based community or providing a business-friendly climate for
job growth in Georgia, Govenor
Deal said. This is about the character of our State and the character of its people. Georgia is a
welcoming state filled with warm,
friendly and loving people. Our
cities and countryside are populated with people who worship
God in a myriad of ways and in
very diverse settings. Our people
work side-by-side without regard
to the color of our skin or the religion we adhere to. We are working
to make life better for our families
and our communities. That is the
character of Georgia. I intend to
do my part to keep it that way. For
that reason, I will veto HB 757.
While some students were
pleased with Governor Deals decision to veto, many doubted the
sincerity of his claims, believing
that he was simply motivated to
keep business within the state.
I am glad [the bill was vetoed] because if its not right to
deny someone based on race,
you shouldnt be able to because
of sexual orientation either, said
Catriana Nations, first-year BME.
He probably vetoed it because we
cant afford to lose Disney filming
here, and he was pressured by really big companies. Hopefully he
also agrees that its not right.
Historically, governments are
seen as regulating the unethical
actions of business; however, students noted that the reverse situation appeared here. Many felt that
had corporations not exerted their
economic influence, the state gov-

ernment would not have upheld

federally guaranteed rights.
Since the states are passing a
law that directly contradicts the
First Amendment, numerous national laws, Supreme Court decisions and widely held public opinions, corporate pressure is good
in this case, said Ari Markovitz,
fourth-year CHME. But we
shouldnt have to rely on corporations for guidance on closely held
ideals like freedom of religion and
preventing discrimination. Corporations pay taxes and contribute greatly to the economy; they
are allowed to have opinions, and
here, they happen to align with
American values.
[The situation] is hard because
corporations are doing things that
I agree with, Harrison said. I believe the ends justify the means. I
dont believe corporations should
have this power, but people are
so driven by money, it leads
to change.
Religious freedom bills
signed into law in Mississippi and
North Carolina recently made
headlines as well. The Mississippi
law ensures that individuals will
not be prosecuted on a state level
for denying services based off of
sincerely held religious beliefs that
oppose same-sex marriage, transgender people or extramarital-sex.
Companies with Mississippibased manufacturing, including
Nissan Group of North America
and Tyson Food Inc., announced
their opposition to the bill.
North Carolinas recently
passed Public Facilities Privacy
and Security Act forbids individuals from using public restrooms that do not match their
biological sex and prevents local

governments from passing antidiscrimination measures that

would protect the LGBT+ community. Executives from over 80
companies signed a letter urging
for the bill to be repealed. PayPal also cancelled plans to build
a $3.6 million facility that would
have employed over 400 people.
I think their conviction to
make a political statement is
greater than their desire to have
a lot of business done within the
state, said Joe Mycock, third-year
AE. Theyre not trying to protect
anybody or hurt anybody; theyre
just trying to stick it to the man,
like, Washington cant control
us. The only thing the southern
states really want to do is to maintain the political identity that
theyve created for themselves,
so when anyone tries to establish
a direction for the entire nation,
they reject it and try and maintain
some sense of autonomy. Its not
about religious beliefs; its about
political identity.
I dont think either law will be
repealed, said Zach Schlesinger,
second-year CS. We have a much
bigger LGBT+ population here
and more major companies centered here that could provide real
pressure to the state government.
North Carolina governor Patrick McCrory signed Executive
Order 93 on April 12, which allows the private sector to set its
own restroom use policy and
clarifies that gender identity and
sexual orientation are protected
under the states equal employment opportunity policy. However, most Democrats argue
that anything less than a full repeal still discriminates against the
LGBT+ community.

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Timeline of Events
JAN 2016

FEB 2016

January 13, 2016

February 11, 2016

March 16, 2016

HB757 first proposed

in its current state by

HB757 passes House of

Representatives with vote of

House agrees to Senate

amendments with vote of

Kevin Tanner, 9th

Randy Nix, 69th
Paul Battles, 15th
Jay Powell, 171st
Matt Hatchett, 150th
Beth Beskin, 54th

161 - 0

104 - 65

February 19, 2016

Senate agrees to House

amendments with vote of

MAR 2016

HB757 passes Senate

with vote of

37 - 18

38 - 14

March 28, 2016

Governor Nathan Deal
vetoes HB757
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// LIFE

GT Scuba cleans up the Caribbean over break

NICK JOHNSON,
LAYLA GHAZI

MANAGING EDITOR,
ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
The GT Scuba club recently
participated in a service trip
known as Dive Against Debris.
The organization helped to
clean up over 600 pounds of underwater trash from the island of
Bonaire, which is a special municipality of the Netherlands located
in the southern Caribbean.
Although the group practices the techniques necessary for
proper diving in the CRC pools,
certification must be performed in
open water. The divers have taken
this requirement and turned it
into an opportunity to give back
to the local community of their
dive spot.
Each spring break for the past
six years now, the group plans out
an international trip in collaboration with Campus Recreation,
Student Life and Professional Education, in order to get their divers certified and simultaneously
let them participate in a clean up
project for their dive spot.
This specific project undertaken by GT Scuba was part of a
larger organization called, Project
AWARE, a global foundation of
scuba divers whose goal is to help
protect the oceans.
On each of the six trips taken
so far, an average of over 40 divers participate, with 16 students
becoming certified this year.

We both want to introduce

diving to as many students as possible in a very safe environment,
said Debbie Dorsey, the director
of administration of Student Life.
Scuba is a lifelong activity that
simulates the closest most will
ever be to outer space. Its a privilege to share the sea with so many
amazing creatures and a huge responsibility to be good stewards of
the marine environment as well.
Being trained to scuba dive prepares you for this responsibility.
Chaperoning the event were
Dorsey and Jim Consuegra, the
director of GT Scuba.
Dorsey was the Aquatics Director of the CRC for 16 years before her assumed her current role
on campus, and Consuegra is a
Master scuba instructor.
Conducting this service project affords the opportunity to
teach sustainability to all on the
trip. These resources will only be
around as long as we take care of
them, so its important to protect
the marine life and marine environment, Dorsey said.
It has become a very popular opportunity to experience
an international opportunity for
our students, Consuegra said.
Past years have included trips to
Mexico three times, the Bahamas
once, and Netherlands Antilles
[(Bonaire)] twice. This is the first
time that we have included an environmental event but intend to
continue it in future years.
Students who are registered
divers can participate in any GT

Scuba event; interested students

who are not yet certified must first
enroll in the entry-level course,
which can be accessed at gtscuba.
gatech.edu.
On this trip, the divers were
tasked with gathering 20 pounds
of garbage each over the course of
five hours.
I have been diving for nine
years now, and I really enjoyed
having the opportunity to give
back, said Kyle Lucy, fourth-year
ME and one of this years participants. I would definitely be interested in doing another one of
these dives on a future trip.
Although having fun is certainly part of the spring break experience, Consuegra believes that
these divers can make a difference
in the worlds oceans.
There are between 2.7 and 3.5
million active scuba divers in the
U.S. and as many as 6 million ...
worldwide, Consuegra said. If
we could get 6 million divers to
each collect 20 pounds of garbage
around the world, then we could
remove over 120 million pounds
in half a day. Imagine if we could
get each diver to sign up for two
events such as ours each year ...
just imagine.
A collaborative partnership
with Project AWARE gives us a
great opportunity to educate our
students and participants in the
importance of divers getting involved in the protection of our
water planet, Consuegra said.
GT Scuba will work with Project AWARE in future dives.

Photos courtesy of Kyle Lucy

GT Scuba recently participated in Dive Against Debris. For this

service project, divers helped to clean up the ocean floors.

CONGRATULATIONS
2016 Alvin M. Ferst Award Winners

Titilayo
Funso
studentlife.gatech.edu

Henderson
Johnson II

Alexandra
Flohr

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Kara Pendley

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Jamie Rule

entertainment@nique.net

technique

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Friday,
April 15, 2016

Key and Peele and Cats

MAURA CURRIE & VIDYA IYER
NEWS EDITOR; OPINIONS EDITOR

At first glance, its difficult to

understand why everyone raves
about the Claremont Lounge. It
would be incredibly easy to confuse this popular bar for a dilapidated building the bricks were
fading and the windows were
boarded up or missing altogether.
The smell of stale smoke greets
visitors even before they step foot
into the dimly lit venue where
several other amateur journalists
and photographers were eagerly
awaiting the exclusive meet-andgreet with popular comedy duo
Key and Peele, along with WuTang clan member Method Man
and Jason Mitchell from Straight
Outta Compton, about their
brand new feature film, Keanu.
The club was small and allowed for a surprisingly intimate
setting which fostered deep conversation about the upcoming
comedy movie.
Key and Peele, known
popularly for their sketches on
Comedy Central, always dreamed
to make it on to the big screen.
But admitted that the experience
was very different than writing for
television.
It becomes a plot issue, said
Key, With a sketch, sometimes
sketches have plots and sometimes
they dont. Sometimes a sketch is
lets screw around and get out in
three minutes.

Following the standard introductory questions, the cast began

to delve deep about the role of
comedy has changed throughout
the years. Key began, The question is when people decided if we
just act goofy all the time itll be
fine. Its like, no no no The
story has to be intact. My thing is
that if youre trying to make some
kind of social statement, you have
to do it through a story. You dont
want people making speeches in
the middle of a movie. Does our
movie make social statements?
Yes, it does.
Peele went on to add, We like
to steer into difficult areas Then
we bring comedy into it, and it
helps promote conversation about
these things ... It gives people a little bit of a release. Obviously were
making a movie that deals with
an epidemic of crime, of blackon-black crime, the stereotypes in
Hollywood.
Key continued, What does it
mean to be black? Am I less black
than you are? Were starting to deconstruct the word black Are
you blacker because youre poorer,
or blacker because youre richer?
And I think thats something
weve always explored in the show:
the African-American experience
is not a monolith, its a mosaic.
This then led to a question
about the commentary the film
made the black experience in
America to which Mitchell answered, For me, it shows the
same race in different forms of

culture. [Keanu] has a lot of juxtaposition in it, but none of it is

about race. And I think its good
People will try to use [race] as a
crutch instead of using as a way to
empower themselves [Keanu]
shows both worlds.
Method followed, It shows
different kinds of black if youre
not hood enough, youre not black
enough There is a line in the
sand where theres these kinds of
blacks and those kinds of blacks,
and both sides think the other
isnt black enough.
It was clear that this movie
is more than just a comedy and
is worth watching, but Key and
Peele continued to make a convincing argument.
Peele started off jokingly saying, this movie is crazy, first of
all, if you partake in the smoky,
smoky treats you should get in
the front row. If you dont itll still
take you through; its got heart.
He continued, We made our
favorite movie ... we put everything into this.
Key went on to add, Youre
not gonna see a movie like this
Youll get everything you need
to get out of the cinematic experience, but its also branded so
differently than anything youve
ever seen. You can go see another
movie thats paint-by-numbers by
a studio, or you can see our movie, which has a different feel to it,
I guarantee it.
Keanu comes out in theaters
on Apr. 29.

Photos courtesy of Key and Peele

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A thoughtful sci-fi novel to read again And Again

BOOKS

And Again
Jessica Chiarella
GENRE: Dystopian Science
Fiction
PUBLISHER: Touchstone,
Simon & Schuster
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 12,
2016

OUR TAKE:
KARA PENDLEY

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
For generations, society has
been trying to answer the complex
issue of what it means to be human. Is it flesh and bone or soul?
Or is it the mind that ultimately
defines your existence?
And Again is the incredible debut novel by Jessica Chiarella released in January earlier
this year. Promoted as a sciencefiction/dystopian look at human
cloning, the novel is less sci-fi and
more a character study of four
individuals grasping at a second
chance at life, which turns out to
be a rather daunting prospect.
In the ultimate lottery, SUBLife has chosen four terminally-ill
patients to have their consciousness transferred into perfectly
cloned bodies as part of their pilot program to save lives, but the
metamorphosis is too perfect.
While attempting to integrate
into their previous lives, each

character is forced to adjust to a

body that, in reality, is not their
own. Muscle memory is gone,
sensory perceptions are new, tastes
buds are those of a new born infant, and even their fingerprints
have changed.
Generic in its basic premise,
Chiarella could have played it
safe and created a sci-fi thriller
that perhaps would have appealed
to a wider audience. Instead, she
produces a deeply engaging perspective into the lives of Hannah,
Connie, David and Linda as they
struggle to return to their old lives
and relationships while adjusting
to their new bodies.
Chiarella first introduces Hannah, the artist, who has lost her
unique ability to realize her inspirations on canvass. With the loss
of her gift, the one distinguishing
quality of her life that allows her
to sustain her otherwise ordinary
life, where will she turn? And can
Tom, the devoted husband and
father, fulfill her emotional and
physical needs?
Connie, the beautiful bombshell, has only known the life of
what her beauty and sexuality can
attain, and what that kind of life
cost her. Infected with a resistant
strain of HIV, the former actress
must decide if she will use her
Grace Kelly good looks to get
back into the business, or if she
can find some attribute within
herself to obtain the self-respect
she so desperately needs.
David, crooked Congressman
and part-time Christian, wrestles

Photos courtesy of Jessica Chiarella

Jessica Chiarella released her debut novel, And Again, earlier this year breaking into the popular dystopian genre. She explores philosophical concepts in this well-written science-fiction story.

with the promise to his wife that

the procedure will be an opportunity to amend his old habits.
While others seem to have lost
a part of themselves that made
them who they were, David is resigned to facing the fact that his
old habits will forever be plaguing
his existence.
Linda, paralysed from the nose
down due to an auto accident,

spent eight years surrounded by

four walls and one old television,
blinking once for no and twice for
yes. Fighting for what was simple
in her life, Linda is thrust into a
life that continued without her.
The inspired choosing of the
books four characters leads the
reader into a state of introspection
and speculation. How much of
our true selves do we sacrifice for

the ones we love or for the success

we crave?
The secret desire to be selfish
seems to be the root of what Chiarella believes is the most basic of
human nature. Unable to appreciate what has been given to them,
Hannah and Davids self-centeredness led to the destruction
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Nique takes on the MTV Movie Awards

KARA PENDLEY & JAMIE RULE

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR;
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The MTV Movie Awards occurred this past Sunday and recognized many worthy movies. Most
of the contenders were worthy of
their nominations, however, one
was particularly well-liked and
according to some, should have
earned even more wins than its
two wins out of six nominations.
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
While Deadpool was nominated for Movie of the Year,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
swooped in for the win. This
is understandable as Star Wars
speaks to multiple generations
and brings out the inner-child in
many people. The CGI and visual
aesthetics were out of this world,
but the movie lacked character development and left too many plot
holes for many viewers.
Arguably, this is a more worthy goal than Deadpools lack of
compassion and single-minded
rampage, but the comedic appeal
of the crimson antihero could outweigh the need for morals presented in the much anticipated revival
of the adventures in the Star Wars
movie universe.
BEST FIGHT
Deadpool brought home the
win for best fight for the scene between Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds)
and Ajax (Ed Skrein). This award
is well deserved, but it would have
been a sweeter win if the competition had been a little stiffer.
The fight that took place between Kylo Ren and Rey in Star
Wars was anticlimactic and an
unfair match as Kylo was a trained
Knight of Ren, and Rey had no
training only having touched a
light saber a few days earlier.

th

COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Beating out other contenders
who included Melissa McCarthys
surprisingly competent character
in Spy and Rebel Wilsons misfit character in Pitch Perfect 2
who is blunt to the point of humor, Ryan Reynolds garnered the
title of the Best Comedic Performance with Wade Wilsons fourth
wall breaking movie. The murderous protagonist gave the audience plenty of laughs as he gleefully hunts for Ajax, slaughtering
whoever he chances to encounter
along the way.
BEST VILLAIN
Keeping with the theme of the
Star Wars and Deadpool dynamic duo, Kylo Ren, played by
Adam Driver, from Star Wars
was awarded Best Villain. This
was an interesting decision as
Kylo tended to act like a whiny
teenager who throws tantrums
on a regular bases and damages
expensive property in the process.
(*SPOILER ALERT*) He also
killed Han Solo which was awful.
This horrible act could also have
won him best villain as he was
able to do the unthinkable.
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
While the Techniques forerunner was not a contender for
Best Female Performance, there
is a possibility of this in future,
as his internal monologues often
embody divers personas.
Charlize Therons Furiosa,
however, would give Wade Wilson
some trouble for the title. Her performance was noteworthy in that
the movie did not emphasize that
she was a woman more than that
she was a capable hero. Furiosa is
one of the few female protagonists
allowed to think for herself and
simply be a human, not a female
in need of others protection or an
ear to whine in.

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and Mad Max (bottom) won at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards.

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trating at times, their stories have

such a truth to them that it makes
the reader question his or her own
selfishness and what would happen if decisions could be made
without regard to consequences.
Linda, on the other hand, is
the most poignant character, and
as such, is so heartfelt and beautifully written that it takes little
imagination to understand her
need to maintain the simple life
she had for so many years, and
the selfishness required to endure
through this trial.
However, it is the most unexpected character who captivates
the reader. Connie, who at first
glance is the epitome of egocentricity, develops into a character
with such depth and personality
that the reader cannot help but
want to reach out a hand and
comfort her.
Chiarella does delve into some
interesting questions as to the
moral implications of cloning, but
contrary to what was expected,
Chiarella refused to use this novel
as a platform for her beliefs in the
morality of stem-cell and cloning
research. While briefly addressing
the issue, How do you believe
in God and also choose to defy
everything youve been taught to
believe? Chiarella masterfully
presented a different, thoughtprovoking perspective of each
characters viewpoint.
Ill tell you and anyone else
the same thing. That God put
a gun to my head and asked me
what I was willing to do to save
myself, to save this life that he
gave me. And I answered that I
would do anything.
The fully fledged, complex
characters capture the heart leaving the reader only momentarily
disappointed that And Again
was not the science-fiction it was
purported. The emotions are raw,
the personal conflicts are genuine,
and the idea that this could really
happen is hauntingly realistic.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Diversity in death but not in television lives

LAKSHMI RAJU

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
This years television season,
especially this past week, has seen
a veritable slew of minority characters being killed off or leaving
their shows.
This deluge of death includes
no less than six female characters
who were in popular American
shows. The recent events have
stirred fan outrage and even started social uproars, such as was seen
with the death of lesbian character Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey,
Fear the Walking Dead) from
The 100.
Most recently, Arden Cho, who
became famous on Teen Wolf,
announced on her YouTube channel that her character would not
be returning next season. Cho
devoted the last three years to
Teen Wolf unable to work on
side projects as the shows creators
were not willing to work around
her schedule, unlike for her fellow
cast mate Dylan OBrian (Mazerunner). Cho did not chose to
leave the show, but the showrunners decided that her characters
Asian backstory was no longer
needed in the shows plot.
This follows Nicole Beharie (Shame) being killed off in
Sleepy Hollow, a show where
she is the leading actress. Cho and
Beharies departures shed more
light on the unapologetic views of
the writers and others in the entertainment industry.

Photo courtesy of MTV

Arden Cho from Teen Wolf gets stabbed multiple times in a recent episode. Minor characters are vital to plots but are often taken advantage of as characters to kill off in abrupt ways.

Minority characters include

characters of races, genders and
sexualities that stray from the
mold of a cis white male. The
ratio of people that these characters are representing have become
much larger in this decade. Here
is the breakdown by numbers of
diversity on broadcast TV shows
from the 2015 GLAAD Where
We Are on TV report out of 885
regular cast members: 4% (35)

are gay, lesbian, or bisexual; 33%

(287) are people of color; 43%
(381) are women. Among the people of color 6% Asian or Pacific
Islander, 7% Latino/a and 16%
Black characters. Now take into
account that these statistics also
include characters that are not the
main or leading roles.
In the last few years, these
numbers have definitely increased
dramatically due to carefully cho-

sen shows and characters, such

as Modern Family, Black-ish,
Fresh off the Boat, Empire
and Transparent, just to name
a few. However, it is unsettling to
think that in shows that are not
centered around a specific gender,
sexual orientation or race in
other words, shows that should appeal and relate to all demographics the actors in the minority
character roles are being pushed

out or made to feel that their

characters are not as important as
the white male characters. What is
even more disturbing is that these
characters are often killed off, not
given a departure story that allows
the character to live on somewhere
else in their shows world.
Denise (Merrit Weaver, Birdman) on Walking Dead and
Rose (Bridget Regan, Agent
Carter) on Jane the Virgin are
but a couple of the lesbian or bisexual female character deaths
this month. Fans have pointed out
a misuse of the lesbian death
trope to drive ratings, while some
shows have argued that the characters were treated like anyone
else, and their deaths were meaningful to the plot.
The only good that has come
out of this debacle, is that actresses and actors are feeling more confident in leaving shows that do not
treat their characters, or even the
actors themselves, with the respect
they deserve. It is saddening that,
even though the viewers are asking
for more diverse shows and characters and the number of diverse
actors and actresses is increasing,
show runners are sticking to their
outdated views of what characters
they need, want and care about
only seeing diversity as a box to
check when necessary, as was the
case with Arden Cho. Seeing the
amount of displeasure seething
from the masses of fans, it is hard
to imagine why the networks cannot seem to align their thoughts
with the current norms.

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7. Putting up with demeanour (7)
8. Teen regrets bad time in London thoroughfare
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15. One removes former motor vehicle (9)
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PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

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CLASSIC
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// SPORTS

PASTNER FROM PAGE 1

SOCCER FROM PAGE 28

stats are gone, and were playing

in the best league in the country.
Pastner is looking to the future
to build. Next year is already going to be a tough year for Tech,
and with a limited number of
scholarships, it would not be surprising to see him recruit conservatively early in his tenure.
There is also a significant
philosophical difference between
Pastner and Gregory. Pastner runs
a high tempo offense that will be a
selling point for recruits.
He has coached and recruited
many NBA players throughout
his time at Memphis and as an assistant at Arizona. Tech was not
so long ago a breeding ground for
a similar caliber of prospect, and
fans hope it returns to form.
Pastner has learned from Hall
of Fame coaches, Lute Olsen and
Calipari. He will continue to take
the knowledge and lessons he
learned from them into building
the Tech program.
Eventually, I want to play in
a style with great pace and great
tempo. I want to have great ball
movement and player movement.
I think thats really important.
The more we share the ball, I call
it hot potato, you catch it and
move it, Pastner said.
Thats just my personal philosophy. Thats the coaches Ive
grown up to be around. I think
thats a really attractive style of
play for prospects. Especially here
in Atlanta and the surrounding
areas, I think that kids will love
playing in that type of style.
Pastner did comment that
he may have to change his philosophies to put next years team
in position to succeed. For next
season, Tech only has six scholarship players returning who saw
action last year, and only four of
those saw meaningful minutes.
There are several question marks

Technique: Describe the

teams leadership.
Uranga: We have a lot of older
guys that have been with the club
for a few years and have gone
through the process of becoming a good team. Since they have
seen the change, they are able to
change the mindset of the younger guys who may have only ever
experienced success. The leaders
can help the younger guys stay
focused and make sure we reach
our goals.
Technique: How would you
describe your teams style of play?
Uranga: The team is very
strong technically. We have very
good technique and very good
skills. Once we figured out which
players are best fit for which positions and how to play as a team, it
just came naturally since the skill
was already there.
We have played other teams
with stronger physical aspects but
they were not as technically good
as us, and that has helped us overcome a lot of those teams. We also
have a lot of depth on the team.
Technique: What do teams
have to prepare for the most when
they are about to play you?
Uranga: They will just have
to be ready to be patient, since we
possess the ball a lot. There have
been other teams that have challenged us in that area, and we
have been able to adjust to a new
style to beat them.
At any moment we can change
the way that we are playing: we
could be playing possessive, but
if its not working we could suddenly switch to counter-attack,
and the other team has to be ready
to adjust.
Technique: Does having a
dedicated coach help you better
implement these strategies?
Uranga: He is actually only
with us for the fall since he coach-

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

Sophomore guard Tadric Jackson launches a shot. Pastner will recruit top 100 prospects like Jackson once was.

for next season, and from conference play the team loses 80 percent of its scoring, 68 percent of
its rebounding and five of its seven
most played players. Pastner will
inherit a team that will be far less
experienced than the team former
head coach Brian Gregory inherited in his first year where he went
a tepid 11-20.
Over the next couple of weeks,
Pastner is tasked with building
a staff, recruiting not only high
school players, but the current

players on the Tech team. It is

not a given that every Tech player
will return for next year. Tech has
three recruits signed to letters of
intent, which Pastner will look
to secure.
It is likely that Pastners first
few years at Tech will not outwardly signify improvement from
the tenures of Paul Hewitt and
Brian Gregory. Fundamentally,
though, Pastner may have what it
takes to distance Tech basketball
from a recent legacy of mediocrity.

es high school in the spring. In

the fall a lot of that came from the
coach, but in the spring it almost
became natural to the players
since we had been used to it.
Our captain and club president [Sommy Khalaj] went to the
same high school that the coach
works for, so he is very used to
that coaching style and can keep
the same mentality and tactical
awareness with the team.
Technique: Do you think
Techs student body is ready for a
varsity soccer team?
Uranga: I think that we are. I
think that we would have a very
competitive Division I team and
that this would be a very attractive school for players all around
the world because of our academics. There are some players on our
club team that had scholarship offers at other schools but came here
instead to study engineering.
Technique: What are some of the
challenges that come with being a
club team, as opposed to competing in the ACC?
Uranga: We dont get any special treatment. We are basically
competing with other club teams
just for space on the field. We also
have to pick times for practices
based on schedules, and not every
single player can be there every
time, so we are limited in how
much we can grow as a team.
Also, only some of our money
comes from SGA, while the rest
needs to be provided by the members themselves. If were short
on dues we have to cut back on
equipment.
Technique: If you could say
one thing to the student body
about your club, what do you
think they should know about
Tech soccer?
Uranga: We have a very dedicated membership. Were ready
to compete to be one of the best
teams in the nation, and we appreciate all the support we can get.

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Five things: Tech softballs season struggles

ALISON LAVERY
STAFF WRITER

With 16 wins in 40 games and

only three conference victories so
far, Tech softball has had more
downs than ups this season. They
have struggled at home and had
an even harder time when faced
with unfriendly confines.
Nonetheless, there is a silver
lining. Tech has already met its
win total from last year. There are
many lessons to be learned from
the trials and tribulations the
Jackets have had so far this season,
and not all of them are bad.
TECH LEAVES A-GAME AT HOME
First things first, the Jackets struggle away from campus.
There is no denying it. With only
two victories out of thirteen away
games, Tech has some growing to
do. While it certainly never hurts
to have success at home, the team
needs to find a way to replicate
those results away from Mewborn
Field if they hope to take the next
step. The Jackets returned from
action last weekend with only one
victory in four games.
SWING AND A MISS
Though they have improved in
this regard, hitting was still an issue as the Jackets spent the weekend in Lawrence, Kansas. The first
inning of game one against North
Texas offered optimism.
Samantha Pierannunzi kicked
the game off with a double, and
the Jackets continued to perform
well offensively throughout the
game. The Jackets scored in four
of seven innings, and it seemed
like the weekend would be a good
one in terms of hitting.
That soon changed. In game
two, the Jackets tallied only four
hits with no runs. With that poor
performance weighing on their

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Tech freshman catcher Kaylee Ellebracht prepares to throw a baserunner out. Her 10 successful throws lead the ACC, although she has also allowed a conference-high 45 stolen bases.

minds, the Jackets continued to

struggle through the final two
games of the weekend, totaling
only three runs.
RUNNERS STRANDED
When the Jackets were able to
get on base, they had trouble moving runners into scoring position.
In game three, Tech didnt make
it onto the scoreboard until two
runs came through in the fourth
inning, too little too late.
With ten hits throughout the
game, the Jackets were comfortable at bat. However, that success
at the plate did not reflect in the
final score.
The last game of the weekend
started off with a run in the first
inning, but the Jackets were unable to make it onto the scoreboard for the final four frames,
the game ending early thanks to
the run rule. From five hits in the
closing match-up against Kansas,
the Jackets could only muster a

single run, hardly enough even

with quality pitching.
CONSISTENCY IS KEY
In spurts, the Jackets have
shown the ability to be highly
competitive. In a March homestand against North Carolina
Central and Tennessee State, the
team allowed two runs in a fourgame stretch while scoring 21
themselves. The challenge is replicating that feat against tougher
opponents, including a trying
ACC slate. With 10 freshmen and
sophomores on the team and only
six upperclassmen, hot streaks and
cold spells are to be expected.
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
Despite a record that suggests
that little has been accomplished
this season, a number of players
have stepped up. Catcher Kaylee
Ellebracht, only halfway through
her debut season, is first in the
conference in runners caught

stealing, displaying a strong arm

early in her career.
Pierannunzis performance in
Lawrence lived up to the standards she set for herself last season, including her fourth double
of the season to start the weekend.
Senior Courtney Ziese was
3-for-4 in the first game, helping
the Jackets to outhit North Texas.
In game three, Ziese earned the
Jackets the second of their two
runs with a single to right field,
driving in Jessica Kowalewicz.
Colleen Darragh was a perfect
three for three from the plate in
game three.
The Jackets took on UGA this
past Wednesday, taking a hard
15-0 loss, and will spend next
weekend in Pittsburgh sitting at
ninth in the ACC table, one spot
away from earning a berth to the
conference tournament.
With 12 games against conference opponents left, Techs postseason hopes hang in the balance.

CLUB TENNIS
On April 4, the United States
Tennis Association announced
the field of sixty-four teams that
will be participating in the 2016
USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship. The Tech
co-ed club tennis team will be
traveling to Cary, N.C., from
April 14 to 16 to compete.
This is the fifth time the team
has qualified for nationals. They
have gradually improved over
those past four appearances, going from a qualifier in 2009 and
2013 to Copper Bracket Champions in 2014 and Bronze bracket
qualifiers last year. To improve
from last year, Tech looks to place
3rd or higher in their group and
move through the bracket they
are placed in.
The team will kick off pool
play in Pool I with Northeastern
University, UCLA and the Illinois
Institute of Technology. Tech will
have to beat at least one of those
teams if they hope to continue the
success they have often seen in
years past.
Illinois Institute of Technology
were this years Midwest Region
Champions. UCLA was among
the final four teams last year, losing in the semifinals to champion
UC Berkeley. Northeastern finished No. 15 in the nation last year
and is a perennial New England
powerhouse. The competition will
be tough for Tech in this years
pool play. In the next few days,
they will determine their place in
that pecking order, and perhaps
find themselves at the top.

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Behind in the Count

CHRISTOPHER URANGA
CLUB SOCCER
JOE SOBCHUK

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Whether it is cheering on the
Jackets at the Flats on fall Saturdays or crowding Russ Chandler
Stadium to watch baseball, Tech
fans have plenty of opportunities
to cheer on their school.
One sport in which the schools
NCAA participation is notably
absent is soccer. The Technique
recently spoke with Christopher
Uranga, publicity chair of the
mens club soccer team. He shared
his thoughts on the teams newfound success and the challenges
that come with being a club team.
Technique: How much of a
commitment is it to be on the club
soccer team?

Photo courtesy of Christopher Uranga

Freshman Christopher Uranga passes the ball to a teammate during a match. Uranga and
the Jackets club soccer team have found more than their share of success this season.

Uranga: There are usually

three practices a week and one or
two games each weekend. Some
players even play for both the A
team and the B team, so you
could have two or three games per
weekend. Overall, more than half
of the week is spent with the club.
Technique: What is the time
and location for practice on a typical week?

technique

The Technique reviews Tech softballs

issues at the plate and on the road in
recent games.427

Uranga: They are usually held

on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the turf fields next to the
CRC. But sometimes, because
there are a lot of events going on
there with intramurals and other
club teams, we will have to move
our practices indoors in the CRC.
Technique: How are tryouts
structured and whats the process
by which the players are evaluated

and selected for the different competitive teams?

Uranga: We have a tryout at
the beginning of each semester.
Typically the A team has the best
players and the B team has the
next best players, but sometimes
a player who cannot commit as
much time to the team is put on
the B team, even if he is one of
the best players in the club.

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Technique: Coming into this

year, what did the team hope to
accomplish?
Uranga: Looking back at the
records from the last few years,
we were not competing at a high
level. The difference for this year is
that we brought in [Bruce Wade],
who is a certified national coach.
He has coached at Olympic programs and other levels. So with
him being there and organizing
the team we were able to qualify
for the regional tournament in the
fall, which we have not done in
over four years.
Coming into this spring season
off the success from the fall, our
mindset was completely different
... now the goal is to win regionals
and qualify for nationals.
We finished 10-2-2, and both
of those losses were by just one
goal. One of those losses came in
the final of the Florida State Invitational tournament, meaning we
came in second place in the tournament against some of the best
teams in the southeast region.
Going into the future ... we
want to be consistently making
regionals and hopefully going to
nationals and competing for the
national championship.
Technique: How is the competitive season structured?
Uranga: Regionals are in the
fall. The spring is really just for
preparation for the fall and picking players for the A team. Usually the younger guys that will be
returning in the fall get picked up
in the spring while the guys who
are graduating will be on the B
team, since they wont be there in
the fall.

See SOCCER, page 24

Undefeated mens lacrosse raises the bar again

JON LONG

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Tech Lacrosse team ended
their 2015 season in an uncertain position. They had certainly
always been a formidable player
in the Mens Collegiate Lacrosse
Association.
But a season that included no
regular-season losses, wins against
numerous top-20 teams and a
tournament run that could only
be stopped by MCLA powerhouse
and eventual runner-up Colorado? This was a level of success that
the Jackets had never seen before.
As such, the big question coming into 2016 was this: was it a
fluke? After the Friday of Feb. 19,
the words fluke and Georgia
Tech were never used together
again. An 18-5 dismantling of the
Boston College Eagles, a rematch
of a narrow overtime victory in
2015, assuaged all doubts about
the Ramblin Wreck.
Seven days later, before a frenzied Tech crowd, the Jackets took
on the team responsible for one of
their two 2015 losses: the Virginia
Tech Hokies. From the first goal
to the final buzzer, the Jackets
led their rivals from Blacksburg
and gave the MCLA conclusive
evidence that they were indeed a
team to be feared. That is a theme
the Jackets have oft repeated over
the course of a wildly successful

season, albeit one that has flown

under the radar.
In the weeks since then, nothing has changed. Seven more wins
have brought their record to 11-0
on the season, their second regular
season in a row without a loss.
They have outscored opponents 187 to 50. Seven players
boast double-digit goal counts on
their stat sheets. They have won
70 percent of their faceoffs. These
are not the numbers of a fluke but
rather those of a talented, complete and hard-working team.
The Ramblin Wreck closed
out their regular season on April 9
with a home match-up against the
then-undefeated Georgia Bulldogs. Tech came into the game
with a three-game win streak
against their rivals from Athens,
yet there was still reason to worry.
The Dawgs were the only other
undefeated team in the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference,
boasting an impressive 146 goalsfor to 67 goals-against.
But all fears were assuaged
when senior Ben Mertz gave the
Jackets an early lead, scoring his
first of three goals on the day.
Midfielder Holland Frost added
four goals in the first half while attackman Timmy Peterson put up
three, bringing the halftime score
to 11-5 in Techs favor. The Jackets
came out of the day with a 19-8
victory and indisputable proof of
their dominance.

Photo courtesy of Jim OConnell

Senior goalie Matthew Sommerfeldt defends the goal against Georgia. Tech has deftly dominated its opponents in 2016, finishing the regular season with an unblemished record.

Techs hard-hitting offense

turned in a performance good for
over 22 percent of all goals scored
against UGA in their 14 games
this season. This number is not an

anomaly either; the Wreck averages almost 17 points a game.

The Jackets will look to continue this trend of offensive domination throughout the rest of April,

where they will vie for an SELC

championship. The win against
UGA secured them a top seed in
the tournament. The team is second only to Chapman nationally.