DegreeWorks tool launches

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Friday, December 3, 2010 • Volume 96, Issue 18 • nique.net
Nostalgic
Nutcracker
The holiday classic
returns to the Fox for
the 51st year413
The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper
DegreeWorks tool launches
By Maddie Cook
Contributing Writer
Tech is making an effort
to simplify students’ registration efforts with a new online
program, DegreeWorks. The
Registrar’s office has recently
decided to upgrade to a new
program.
Under the same operating system as Banner and
Buzzport, DegreeWorks is a
program that aims to assist
students and advisors in academic organization, academic
performance and to plan future academic coursework.
“[The Registrar is] really
committed to improving the
technology of our business
processes, practices and updating for the 21st century
while staying in line with the
strategic vision of Georgia
Tech,” said Robert Simon, assistant registrar.
DegreeWorks is a webbased program that allows
students and advisors to view
all past, present and future
coursework. Like degree
checklists distributed by academic advisors, DegreeWorks
plugs in a student’s specific
coursework and allows the
student see what is completed
and what is not.
Based on a student’s program, he or she can also view
how an additional major or
minor will affect his or her
current schedule. Future installments to the program
include a graduation planner
and online petition degrees.
“I’ll definitely need it to
keep track of classes. I’ve actually been needing something like this because I’m a
co-op student. This program
will help me decide what to
take and when to take certain
classes,” said Russell Ralston,
third-year ME major.
By being able to plan out
future coursework, DegreeWorks enables students to
view the necessary classes and
prerequisites for programs.
In Spring 2011, the Registrar plans to release other
parts of the program like ad-
visor training and a curriculum planning assistant. Once
all 36 programs agree to use
the program, DegreeWorks
will increase advertising and
add links to its site on other
Tech sites like BuzzPort.
Alabama and UGA are
among several other universities who have this program
for students.
“I think [DegreeWorks] is
going to help the student-advisor relationship a lot. What
the advisor sees is what the
student sees,” Simon said.
One feature that the advisor and the student share
is the notes feature. The feaSee DegreeWorks, page 5
bonjour France-Atlanta
Tech unveils multifaceted international exchange
From Nov. 29 through
Dec. 12, the Institute is cosponsoring “France-Atlanta
2010: Together Toward Innovation” in partnership with
the Consulate General of
France in Atlanta. This program features a series of 20
different events focused on
the arts, business, science and
humanitarian efforts. These
events are taking place all
around Atlanta, though Tech
is hosting nine on campus.
Organized under the High
Auspices of the Ambassador of France to the United
States, Governor Sonny Purdue and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, this initiative was
intended to unite American
and French experts in various fields in order to facilitate
I would like to salute them.”
Institute President G.P.
“Bud” Peterson also spoke at
the occasion and made his
enthusiasm for collaboration
with the French delegation
clear to all in attendance.
“The events of these next
two weeks are about increasing awareness, building
bridges, increasing collaboration and celebrating our cultures,” Peterson said.
The partnership between
Tech and France began 20
years ago with the establishment of Georgia Tech Lorraine, Tech’s first international campus, located in Metz,
France. Since its inception,
more than 2500 graduate
students have studied at the
campus, and American and
French scientists conduct ongoing joint research.
On June 15 of this year,
By Siddharth Gurnani
Contributing Writer
Peterson traveled to the campus in Metz, France to celebrate the 20th anniversary
of the GT Lorraine program,
and it was established that a
celebration in Atlanta would
be appropriate as well.
“The Georgia Tech-Lorraine campus offers students
from around the world the
opportunity to take undergraduate and graduate courses
taught in English by Georgia
Tech faculty,” Peterson said.
Plans are also underway to
expand Tech’s presence in the
northeast region of France.
On Tuesday, Nov. 30, Tech
officials and representatives
from Lorraine signed a letter of intent to establish the
Lafayette Institute, a new resource center for industry and
academic research laboratoSee France, page 5
See Leach, page 3
Photos by Basheer Tome / Student Publications
an academic and cultural exchange of ideas.
According to Pascal LeDeunff, consul general of
France in Atlanta, nearly one
hundred prominent French
figures have temporarily relocated to Atlanta in order to
participate in this occasion.
“Many have crossed the
Atlantic to join us in Atlanta
for ‘France-Atlanta 2010’,
including the vice-president
of the Lorraine region, the
vice-president of the Conseil
général de la Moselle, the
president of Metz Métropole, the mayor of Metz and
a delegation from the City of
Toulouse,” LeDeunff said at
the opening ceremony, held
on Monday, Nov. 29 at The
World of Coke. “They came
to Atlanta with top scientists, business leaders, artists
and NGO leaders. Tonight,
Photo courtesy of Communication and Marketing
W. Marshall Leach, Jr., ECE professor,
passed away on Saturday, Nov. 20 at the age of
70. He received his PhD in EE from Tech in
1972 and became a professor in the ECE department that year. He was a four time recipient
of the Richard and Bass Eta Kappa Nu award
for outstanding teacher in ECE, the most by
any ECE professor.
Leach primarily taught electromagnetics,
microsystems and electronic design. He was
also the advisor for Tech’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student
branch between 1972-82 and 2003-06.
During his tenure he taught hundreds of students and sponsored numerous team projects.
He was continuously consulted and contacted
about construction plans for amplifiers and
speakers he designed and constructed.
His death came as a shock to the ECE department.
“He had been treated for congestive heart
problems for five years but was absolutely fine
the Wednesday before his death. He called me
Thursday night complaining of pain, and I took
him to the emergency room Friday morning.
That was the last time I had a conversation with
him,” said Thomas Brewer, ECE lab director.
Brewer was a close associate and friend of
Leach’s. Both arrived to Tech at the same time
40 years ago.
“I saw him for five-six days a week over 40
years, so it’s going to be a big vacancy in my
life,” Brewer said.
He was respected by professors, students,
faculty and administration alike. His students
characterized Leach as an approachable professor with a passion for teaching.
“His overall goal was to teach. It didn’t matter if his final was coming up. You knew he was
going to be fair. People loved his classes. He
even made the difficult classes nice,” said James
Steinberg, ECE electronics engineer.
Steinberg couldn’t recall any bad reviews of
Leach during his nine years at Tech.
“Marshall was the consummate educator
[and] one of the best teachers that we had,” said
Gary May, Chair of the School of ECE.
There has been an outpouring of grievances
from former students on Leach’s website. Former students remember Leach as a professor
who was always willing to sit down and talk
with students, sometimes for hours.
“As long as a student needed help, [Leach]
would sit with him,” May said.
Above: Jean-Yves Le Deaut, 1st Vice-President of the Regional Council of Lorraine speaks about the Lafayette Institute.
Left: President Peterson discusses newly founded Lafayette Institute. Right: Conference leaders take notes.
By Emily Cardin
Contributing Writer
Longtime
professor
passes away
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Campus Crime
By Matt Schrichte
Assitant News Editor
Cold Streak
At 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 20, a
pack of naked males was spotted
running near the Fourth Street
sidewalk. The pack quickly fled
into the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity House after spotting the
reporting officer.
The “Initiation Officer” of
the fraternity house later stated
that the streakers had completed
their initiation and volunteered to
streak around the area. The issue
was given to the Dean of Students’
Office for further consideration.
Down Hemphill
A student was found intoxicated while driving with alcoholic
beverages and marijuana at 1:50
a.m. on Nov. 21.
He was pulled over while performing an improper turn at the
intersection of Hemphill Avenue
and Ethel Street.
At first, he stated he had one
drink prior to driving, but later
changed his story to consuming
two to three drinks along with
possessing an improvised marijuana pipe. He was also not wearing required contacts while driving.
The student then failed several sobriety tests, including an
eye test and multiple walking
tests. He refused to take a Breathalyzer test, saying “I told you already that I had two or three beers
so there’s no point.” He was transported to Fulton County jail.
At 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 20,
an intoxicated male was found
passed out behind the Beta Theta
Pi faternity house.
The underage male became
conscious and had blood on his
face. He claimed that three males
had assaulted him without reason
or provocation.
Members of Beta Theta Pi stated that the male had attempted to
break-in to their party through a
side window. After being asked to
leave, he proceeded to punch one
of the members through the window.
The brothers then asked him
to leave several times after which
he hit another member in the
face. The male was then placed
in a headlock and escorted off the
premises.
At this point, unknown members of the house proceeded to hit
him several times. The man was
issued an arrest warning and escorted to Grady for medical treatment.
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While you all were at the premiere of HP, I was at the Pink Pony.
You decide which was more fun.
running girl, i picture you as an arrogent jerk who isn’t as hot as
you think you are.
Person who was playing “Melodies of Life” on piano in the Couch
building - you made my day!
I know where everything light goes
I threw up all over myself while driving because my girlfriend
didn’t understand what, “I think I’m going to throw up” means
Water fountain kegs? Genious.
GT Parking & Transporation is stealing our money every game
day!
I think I’m going to have to live in the library until the end of
finals week :(
i hate people
Why? Some rich mathematician threatened him.
to the bio major coping with zombies: they teach engineers to to
propagate them via matlab/java sims.
Why is the wireless on my plane faster than the wireless in Woodruff?
here’s my summary of gt dining: brittain sucks! wodruff sucks!
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Girl at the flag building: see you again next Monday at noon?.
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lots of kumars here, but no harolds. lame.
If the only jokes I do are puns, does it make me a pun-dit?
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NEWS
Leach
Council Clippings
from page 1
Outside of Tech, Leach was regarded as an international authority in the fields of electromagnetics and audio engineering.
“He got inquiries from around
the world on some of the stuff he
built years ago,” Brewer said. He
conducted most of his research in
speaker and audio amplifier design.
“His legacy was left through
his classes. For the students who
are coming in, it wouldn’t hurt to
have a permanent remembrance
so that every now and then some
one will ask who that was,” said
Allen Robinson, Leach’s last PhD
student. “I took everything he
ever taught. He had an infinite
amount of patience and absolute
willingness to help.”
Leach’s passing creates a gap
in the ECE curriculum. He was
the only professor who taught low
noise electronics.
“We’ll have to find other faculty members who can pick up the
courses that he taught like audio
engineering and operational amplifier design,” May said.
The ECE department is still
determining what will happen
with all of his current semester’s
classes. The lab professor for this
semester’s low-noise electronics
lab is going to take over the entire
class.
Born in Abbeville South Carolina in 1940, he got his B.S. (1962)
and M.S. (1964) in Electrical Engineering from the University of
South Carolina.
A memorial service for Leach
will be held on campus on Thursday, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building,
Room 1116.
Technique • December 3, 2010 • 3
This week in Student Government
Bill Summary
By Mike Donohue, SGA Editor
E
ach week, this section includes coverage of different aspects of Student
Government, including the Undergraduate House of Representatives,
Graduate Student Senate and the Executive Branch of both governments.
Hospital Connection
UHR and GSS failed to pass
a bill funding Georgia Tech Student Hospital Connections during their Nov. 23 meetings. UHR
passed the bill 34-10-0, but GSS
failed it 8-21-2 preventing the bill
from meeting the required enactment ration.
This bill asked for $516.82 to
pay for Zip-Cars to transport students to two service projects per
week for eight weeks. Previously,
JFC policy prohibited funding for
any travel to locations closer than
150 miles. This changed when
GSS and UHR amended the policy to allow for service organizations to apply for funding if the
travel is recurring and happens
over a period of 10 weeks. However, because the funding was only
for eight weeks, the bill did not
meet policy.
Also Senators debated whether
the service projects counted as
professional development activities, something they believed violated JFC policy. However, in a
clarification released on Nov. 30,
Graduate Executive Vice President Kathy Schnure said that professional development activities
are only prohibited for non-Tech
students.
Also, several Senators expressed concern over the way Hospital Connections had spent their
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budget, in particular over the fact
that half of the organization’s dues
had been spent on T-shirts.
In UHR, several representatives raised concerns over the
ambiguity of the line items which
only asked for transportation.
They also raised the option of
using MARTA or another lowerpriced alternative.
Many other representatives
spoke in support of the bill, however, pointing out that it is an
ideal use of the amended JFC
policy, despite being in technical
violation of the policy. In contrast
to GSS, the undergraduates welcomed the organization’s potential to encourage the professional
development of its members.
Because of the wide margin by
which GSS failed the bill, UHR
needed 36 votes to pass the bill,
two more votes of support than
the bill eventually received.
JacketPages
Graduate Student Body President Anthony Baldridge announced a new initative to reevalute the use of JacketPages for bill
submissions to SGA on Nov. 30.
First brought up in a meeting
between members of the graduate
executive branch and new Senators, this ad-hoc committee will
seek to decide whether to continue
to use JacketPages and explore al-
Bill
Amount
GSS
UHR
TERMIS Registration
Wrestling Club
Men’s LAX
GT Day at the Capitol
$200
$1,647
$1,733
$486
24-1-1
22-4-0
25-2-1
25-2-1
39-2-1
40-0-1
40-0-2
37-3-1
Prior Year: $150,180.96 Capital Outlay: $507,637
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ternatives such as a student design
competition for a replacement.
JacketPages was first implemented in the spring of 2009 as
a platform for organization funding requests and as a method to
facilitate communication between
SGA, Student Involvement and
various organization presidents
members.
Tech paid $20,000 to develop
the platform and pays $10,000
each year to maintain the site.
SGA sends BME to conference
Both UHR and GSS approved a bill on Nov. 30 providing $200 to Olivia Burnsed, third
year BME, to attend TERMIS, a
conference focusing on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
While GSS has a dedicated
fund to provide conference monies, the undergraduates do not
have a similar fund. CHEM &
BCHEM Sen. Aaron Washington, also the Director of the Grad-
uate Conference fund, expressed
regret that there was no dedicated
mechansim for undergraduates
like Burnsed to recieve funds and
spoke in strong support of the bill.
GSS and UHR passed the bill
by large margins, 24-1-1 and 392-1, respectively.
GT Day at the Capitol
Undergraduate Director of
Academic Affairs Elle Creel and
Student Lobby Board Chair Kristen Grieg submitted a bill on Nov.
30 to provide funding for the GT
Day at the Captiol to be held in
January. The bill requested $486
to pay for transportation and a
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The transportation portion of
the bill did not meet JFC policy,
but for the third time this year,
both UHR and GSS voted to
waive policy and fund the bill
regardless. Like the GT Night at
the High and Six Flags Night,
students will be transported across
town via Stinger.
NEWS
France
from page 1
ries. The agreement was signed at
the “Investing in France-Focus on
the Lorraine” event, held at Tech
in the Wardlaw Center.
This new $30-million facility
will facilitate the commercialization of innovations in optoelectronics, a branch of physics that
deals with the interactions between light and electric fields.
This includes invisible forms of
radiation such as gamma rays, Xrays, ultraviolet and infrared as
well as visible light.
“By providing our industrial
partners and academic research
laboratories access to state-of-theart facilities, we will be creating
an environment where solutions
to global challenges, ranging from
energy to medical technology,
can be developed,” Peterson said.
“This Institute also underscores
Georgia Tech’s commitment to
expand our global partnerships.”
The institute will provide ac-
cess to state-of-the-art nanofabrication facilities and will focus on
technologies at the intersection
of materials, optics, photonics,
electronics and nanotechnology.
French authorities will finance the
costs of this groundbreaking facility, which will amount to around
23 million Euros, or $31 million.
“This European innovation
hub will strengthen Georgia’s
global footprint in technological innovation and serve as a link
between research laboratories
and industry, where technological solutions and prototypes can
be developed rapidly to stimulate
economic development,” said Yves
Berthelot, president of Georgia
Tech-Lorraine.
Tech is hosting numerous
other events for the “FranceAtlanta 2010: Together Toward
Innovation” occasion, including
the humanitarian presentation
“Bringing Awareness to Haiti Aid
Relief,” which will be held in the
Student Center on Dec. 6.
News Briefs
Nobel objection
Photo by Dean Liao / Student Publications
Philippe Yvergniaux, president of Invest in France Agency,
speaks at the France-Atlanta Investing in France session at Tech.
Screenshot by Jarrett Skov / Student Publications
The DegreeWorks program will guide students on what classes they can take in the upcoming
semesters. One of its features will be to allow for notes to be saved between advisors and students.
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On November 17, Tech Physics
Professor Walter De Heer wrote a
letter to the Nobel Prize office in
Stockholm. DeHeer wrote to the
office noting that there were mistakes in the scientific background
document of the research of 2010
Nobel Prize Winners in physics.
Winners Andre Geim and
Konstatin Novoselov of Manchester University, U.K. were awarded
for their research on graphene, a
carbon structure that has potential in the electronics field.
De Heer is a well-known physicist who has also completed extensive research on graphene. The
Nobel Prize physics committee
has responded to De Heer’s letter
by making a change to the online
information regarding this prize.
DegreeWorks from page 1
Tech to offer new supply chain degree
ture allows the advisor to record
thoughts on a student’s course
decisions or other academic decisions. It is also a feature that the
student has access to and can add
his or her own notes.
The program is in its beginning stages and will gradually add
on new features throughout the
next several semesters.
Currently, 27 of the 36 campus
departments at Tech have agreed
to implement the program into
their department. The students
and advisors within these 27 departments can now use the new
online program.
Several different organizations,
including the Board of Regents
and SGA, are footing the initial
costs for the program. Tech’s Athletic Association has contributed
as well. Usage of the program will
be free to all students and advisors.
Tech has unveiled a new Master of Science Program in Supply
Chain Engineering, commencing
on Aug. 2011. Tech has already
developed multiple degrees relating to logistics but this new degree
will allow for a specific focus on
designing logistical processes.
Unlike other programs that
prepare students to be managers, this program is designed to
provide a more engineer-oriented
focus on designing supply chain
networks.
It will also address the increasing complexity found in information systems and data supplychains.
The courses will feature lectures from supply chain experts
in industry and give students the
chance to work with different
companies to gain practical skills.
It is set to have 40 to 50 students
in its first year.
Opinions
Opinions Editor: Matt Hoffman
Many of life’s failures are people who did
not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.
—Thomas A. Edison
“
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OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion
JacketPages: exit stage right
System needs replacement with a more apt option
The JacketPages site in its current form
fails to fulfill intended tasks, delivers little
in comparison to the cost associated and
should be replaced by a system developed
from within the Tech community. When
adopted a few years ago, JacketPages was
supposed to be a social networking tool
for student organizations to link them
with potential new members and an easy
bill-submission system. Unfortunately,
neither has come to fruition as the system
lacks wide-spread campus use and many
aspects, especially the important SGA bill
submission feature, are over-complicated.
The few organizations that have truly
used the system in any meaningful way
have likely done so out of necessity to
submit a budget or to get funding, not for
convenience or usability reasons.
JacketPages also drains five-figure
funds from the budget every year and
delivers little for the cost. Many of the
social aspects the program attempts to
accommodate can be fulfilled for free
on other social networking sites such
as Facebook. A simple website that lists
campus organizations and links people
to their sites would be just as effective as
JacketPages and would come with far less
cost. Since many organization are already
on such social networking websites or
maintain their own sites, most people on
campus would not notice if the system
was discontinued.
A new system with more limited use,
mainly for SGA bill submission, could be
easily developed on campus through an
open completion with a financial reward
for the winner. Tech has tons of talent
in waiting, and failing to put them to
use is a simple waste of resources. Such
a site developed in house could also be
maintained more efficiently and more
economically using student employees to
simply watch over the code and address
issues as needed. Outsourcing such a task
to a third party only undermines Tech’s
purpose of developing future innovators.
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
Hahnming Lee, Editor-in-Chief
Vivian Fan, Managing Editor
Kate Comstock, Business Manager
Jennifer Aldoretta, Layout Editor
Alex Mitchell, Sports Editor
Kamna Bohra, Focus Editor
Vijai Narayanan, News Editor
Steven Cappetta, Advertising Manager
Nishant Prasadh, Online Sports Editor
Mike Donohue, SGA Editor
Chris Russell, Online Editor
Matt Hoffman, Opinions Editor
Jarrett Skov, Photo Editor
Reem Mansoura, Outreach Editor
Zheng Zheng, Entertainment Editor
EDITORIAL CARTOON By Rose Peng
Technique
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Friday,
December 3, 2010
Come out, stand up,
break the silence
“To stand in silence makes
cowards out of men.”
—Abraham Lincoln
Corey T. Boone
Undergraduate Student Body President
President Lincoln said it best
when he etched these words.
While the context is vastly different now, they ring particularly
true today. In Oct., a bright young
man at Rutgers University took
his life because of two hate-filled,
negligent, ill-mannered peers who
invaded his privacy and broadcasted to the world that he was
G-A-Y. The thought of the world
knowing his secret was too much
for him to handle. Now an entire
nation mourns his loss, and a student body sits wondering what
could have been done to prevent a
vibrant, talented young man from
ending his own life.
Unfortunately, this young
man’s story is not unique. According to the Human Rights Campaign, “gay men are six times more
likely to commit suicide than
their straight counterparts.” This
Oct. alone, there were five cases in
which young men took their lives
because they were ridiculed for
being different. One person is too
many; two is astonishing, but five
is an abomination. With that said,
the part that is most concerning is
that this incident could easily have
happened anywhere, especially
Tech. In the weeks after these unfortunate incidents, I was asked,
“Corey, what is Tech going to
do about this?” My response was
simple, “Turning a blind eye and
not speaking out is unacceptable.”
After all, silence makes cowards
out of men.
In response to the unfortunate events plaguing the LGBT
community, SGA is hosting the
first-ever Tech United event. Tech
United is an initiative developed
by SGA’s Vice President of Campus Affairs, Kaitlyn Whiteside.
The first of what we hope to be
a series of events, Tech United
aims to engage the campus in an
open dialogue surrounding issues
that have not typically been at the
forefront of campus discussion
and shed light on many issues in
the LGBT community that some
may be unaware of.
On Dec. 9, the conversation
will revolve around LGBT issues
on our campus, and we will host
one of Tech’s most illustrious alums, Alex Wan. While this event
is a phenomenal step in the right
direction, the discussion cannot
end here. In fact, it is only the
beginning. The movement starts
with events like this. It ends when
every facet of this campus from
the student organizations to the
Alumni Association recognize
that our LGBT community deserves to have an equal seat at the
table.
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Tech’s campus, we the Tech Community, must stand up and break
the long silence. We must come
out as allies for our fellow LGBT
Jackets. According to the Berkley
Center for Gender Equity, “…
an ally is someone who supports
members of a community other
than his or her own.”
Becoming an ally does not
mean renouncing one’s faith or
turning one’s back on legitimately held beliefs. It simply means
breaking the silence and showing
support for a community that you
do not belong to.
If you are reading this column,
you have indeed come in contact
with someone who is a part of the
LGBT community—whether you
are aware of it or not. Now, ask
yourself, “Would this person feel
comfortable sharing this portion
of his or her life with me?” If not,
it is time for you to “come out” as
an ally.
Imagine if someone at Rutgers, in Cal., in Ind., or in Texas
had “come out”. If someone had
broken the silence, five families
would enter the holiday season
with lighter hearts. Five campuses
would end the semester with a
reason to celebrate. The men and
women who remained silent and
allowed tragedy to befall the five
young men mentioned above are
cowards as defined by President
Lincoln. In my opinion, they
showcase the epitome of cowardice.
Nearly three months after
these unfortunate tragedies, break
its silence. At 7 p.m. in the LeCraw auditorium on Dec. 9, we
have an opportunity to show our
LGBT community that it indeed
gets better and that we are here to
support them.
Administration, Alumni Association, faculty, staff and students
this is my official “coming out”.
I challenge each of you to follow
suit.
OPINIONS
Lack of women at Tech more than joke
The Ratio. TBS. “The odds
are good, but the goods are
odd.”
These three phrases encompass a huge portion of the culture at Tech. The male to female ratio at Tech has been the
butt end of a number of jokes
for as long as women were even
allowed in universities. It also
goes without saying that in
this day and age, Tech is still
one of the few top tier public
universities where the students
can count the number of classes they’ve had with an equal
distribution of males and females with only one hand.
This year’s freshman class,
however, has shown female
enrollment at its highest in
history, with a 36 percent to
64 percent female to male ratio. Yet the numbers neglect
to paint a full picture of the
academic demographics in the
freshman class.
While growth may be occurring, it is only happening
within one sector of the institute. The number of female
engineering and computing
students has been growing at
a snail’s pace. Comparatively,
the Colleges of Architecture,
Liberal Arts and Sciences all
have seen much larger increases in their percentages of
female enrollment. In particular, the percentage of undergraduate females in the College of Engineering has only
fluctuated by an approximately positive 0.7 percent by each
class year (going from seniors
to freshmen). The College of
“Just because something is a
‘girl problem’ does not mean
the weight of fixing should be
doled on the...minority”
Vivian Fan
Managing Editor
Computing has even demonstrated a decrease of enrolled
undergraduate females by 0.6
percent. As well, both sets of
numbers demonstrate incredibly low standard deviations
(fractional at best). This only
goes to underline that female
presence in these disciplines
are at a stand still with no inclination of going up or down
by any large means.
This begs the question, if
female enrollment at Tech has
been on a positive trend, then
why can’t the same be said of
the Colleges of Engineering
and Computing?
Lack of female engineers
and scientists is not just a
problem that plagues Tech,
but instead one reflected across
the nation as a whole. In 2003,
the National Science Foundation reported that only 11
percent of the engineering
work force was female. Not to
mention that there is a general
idea of a gender gap between
disciplines. As past studies
have shown, engineering and
the sciences are for boys, and
liberal arts are for girls.
Even the film The Social
Network, which details the
development of Facebook and
its founder Mark Zuckerberg,
exemplifies the lack of female
presence of the industries of
engineering, computing and
the sciences. In one scene that
hits almost too close to home,
Zuckerberg and his partner
Eduardo Saverin plot to expand their creation. When
their female “groupies” ask if
they can contribute, they are
met with a simple, “No.” Thus,
the point was made. Innovation is a boy’s club.
This is not to say that the
Tech administration, faculty
or student body purposely acts
this way concerning women
in the sciences. With organizations such as the Women’s
Recruitment Board and the
Society of Women Engineers, I
was even skeptical on whether
or not discrimination in engineering existed. However,
it was not until I entered the
workplace when a coworker
stated outright that my being
“young and a woman” would
“work against [me]” that I realized the gender gap was indeed
a problem.
The solution may lie in parties outside of women’s recruit-
ment organizations. There
needs to be a general attitude
change from the administration, faculty and male student
professional/academic organizations. After all, how often
does one hear a male student
complaining about the Ratio,
and how often does one hear
about a male professional student organization actually
working with female professional organizations in a truly
collaborative setting? More
so, according to the Georgia
Tech 2007 Fact Book, only
approximately 14 percent of
Tech engineering faculty is
female.
The institute’s faculty and
administration should push
themselves to find, reward
and maintain relations with
female faculty. Encouraging
more apt and qualified female
professors and researchers can
be the first step in creating a
positive environment for upand-coming female engineers.
As well, male students can
make an effort in cultivating
that positive environment in
more than just a social setting
but a professional setting as
well.
Rather than observing and
commenting that Tech has a
“girl problem”, perhaps a little
more effort and consideration
from male students, the administration and faculty is
necessary. Just because something is a “girl problem” does
not mean the weight of fixing
it should be doled on the targeted minority.
Open grading process would relieve stress
You hear it every semester,
the tone of voice depending entirely on who you’re hearing it
from. Whether it’s in the panicked confusion of a doe-eyed
freshman, the stressed tone of
sophomores worrying what
number they’ll be putting on
their resumes when applying
for internships, or the gruff
resignation of upperclassmen
wondering if they’ll have to
retake a class again, everyone’s
said it: “I don’t have a clue how
I’m doing in that class.”
Tech professors grade on
curves. It’s just a fact as inescapable as gravity, magnetism,
and the lateness of blue route
buses. We’ve all had a test or
two where we’ve celebrated
the fact that we scored in the
double digits. We’ve all had
that test where the professor
walks in and says, “I don’t understand why the grades are
so low; I thought it was easy.”
And we’ve all experienced the
joy of explaining to parents
how we’re not failing out despite the stack of sub-sixty
scores on our desks.
Honestly: I don’t mind
this. It lets professors correct
for tests they misgauged the
difficulty, and leaves room for
the top one percent to learn
as much as they want without
trashing everyone else’s grades.
It’s easier on the grading staff,
makes for more consistent
grading over the years, etc, etc.
Basically, there’s a lot of
reasons why curving is useful.
So why are people always com-
he was assigning grades?
Take one of my classes this
semester. The professor breaks
down test scores point-bypoint into what letter grade it
will translate to. I know I’ve
got a low A on one test, and a
B on the other. ThroughChris Russell mid
out the semester, I know how
Online Editor I’ve been doing, how much I
needed to study for the next
test, and how much time to
need it. So, what do we do? spend on the homework. I
We cut back on sleep, start know what I need to get on the
guzzling caffeine and lock final for an A, what I need to
ourselves away in our study get for a B, and what happens
area of choice, not really sure if I bomb it spectacularly. No
what needs work and what is muss, no fuss and no stress.
The administration is alperfectly fine as-is. Stress rises,
sleep goes out the window, ways trying to come up with
and all that fun people say we new ways to make us happier,
should be having in college but at the end of the day, that’s
going to depend on how much
dries up and floats away.
In a nutshell, so long as the time we have to do things we
grading process is transparent enjoy and how much time
enough that we can say “I have we’re spending stressed about
a mid B” or “I have a low A,” classes. If we actually know
there’s not a problem. Profes- how we’re doing in classes, we
sors get to curve, we get to can spend less time on the latsleep, and everyone gets to go ter and better plan our time to
maximize the former.
home happy.
Obviously this wouldn’t
But it’s typically not that
easy. Typically, you’ll get a stop students from griping enmean and standard deviation, tirely, but it would certainly
and are lucky to get that. In a cut down on it if the adminperfect world, where everyone istration encouraged profesgraded on a bell curve, this sors to share this information.
would be fine. You’d look up Compared to all the effort that
the professor’s past classes, do goes into programs aimed at
a bit of math, press the button making Tech students hapon your calculator, and you’ve pier, making sure students
got your grade. But what if the understand how they’re doing
syllabus changed? Or you have requires very little effort for
a new professor? Or if your how much it would affect our
professor had a bad day when quality of life.
“In a nutshell, so long
as the grading process is
transparent... there is not a
problem.”
plaining about the curve?
My guess is that students
don’t mind the curve, they
mind when they don’t know
the curve. You never hear
someone complaining about
having a B in a class where
they got a 56. You do hear
people complaining about
working day and night all semester long to bring up their
56, only to find out it’s a B at
the end of the semester. Then
the complaining starts.
In other words, it’s the uncertainty that drives us up the
wall. We don’t mind getting a
good grade for a bad average,
so long as we know what to expect. If we’re expecting a B and
we actually have a B, great. If
we’re expecting an F and actually have a B, we’re going to
spend hours frantically cramming, trying to improve a
grade that is just fine.
So what’s the problem? We
spend a bit more time than we
need to on a class. Big deal.
Problem is, every hour we
spend on that class is an hour
we don’t spend studying for
another class that really does
BUZZ
Around Campus
What are you doing over
the break?
Bin Bin Chen
Second-year BME
“Going home to China and
spending time with my
family”
Joe Rienzi
Second-year ME
“Having a nice break and
preparing myself for spring
break.”
Jameil Bailey
Second-year ECE
“Enjoying the weather of
Florida and catching up on
MMO’s.”
Megan Hays
Third-year STAC
“Snowboarding.”
Photos by Benny Lee
OPINIONS
OUR VIEWS Hot or Not
HOT– or –NOT
Free harmony
The Tech mixed a cappella
group Infinite Harmony is
giving away free tickets to its
performance by distributing
them in parking ticket envelopes and placing them on
cars. While this method may
infuriate some people, it is sure
to get the group some attention. Their last performance is
tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater. Tickets at
the door are seven dollars.
Stand united
Tech United signifies a major leap for the campus community as it addresses issues
that often are disregarded or
overlooked. This is a chance
for members of the Tech campus to show solidarity with
the LGBT community. The
recent tragic events across the
country underscore the need
to support all members of our
campus and to stand united
against harassment.
Construct, obstruct
For those on campus who
enjoy walking up and down
Skiles Walkway and receiving
leaflets for events that few to
nobody will ever attend: you
should get your fix over the
next two weeks because Skiles
will be closed upon the return
from break. The other random
construction sites popping up
around campus like pimples in
a middle school are also quite
tedious and annoying.
Downed by dogs
The unfortunate outcome
of the football game in Athens
on Saturday leaves a bitter taste
in the mouths of Tech fans at
the end of this tough football
season. While the team played
valiantly and coaching staff
out witted their UGA counterparts, ultimately injuries and
season-long infirmities in certain units proved to be the undoing for the Jackets in their
regular season finale.
SGA continues to balance needs
of students against available funds
In today’s times, one would be
hard pressed to find a situation
where fiscal responsibility isn’t
one of the main points discussed.
Entities ranging from business to
government to academia are feeling the pinch of a lagging economy and are faced with difficult
decisions on what to cut and what
to maintain to ensure their respective operations are able to survive. This effect has made its way
to SGA where we are faced with
these same issues and elected and
charged to make some of these
same decisions.
Recently, to address fiscal responsibility across all aspects of
our governance, I established an
ad-hoc committee chaired by the
Graduate Vice President of Internal Affairs Michael Ellis to examine various aspects of our fiscal
nature and to look into ways that
both graduate and undergraduate SGA can exhibit the highest
levels of fiscal responsibility. This
committee will consist of various
members of GSS and UHR along
with any member of the student
body who would like to participate.
Simply put, SGA is a massive
operation with a budget of $4.8
million, coming from the collection of the Student Activity Fee,
which is allocated to over 300 different student organizations, campus facilities and campus initiatives throughout any given year.
Recently in some research for a
separate topic, I looked through
the operations of how other SGAs
within the University System of
Georgia work and much to my
surprise other SGAs have much
less control concerning how their
fees are allocated and work with
significantly smaller budgets, of-
“The marks left from these
economic times and the
atmosphere of cutting...will
dictate how we as a society.”
Anthony Baldridge
Graduate Student Body President
ten times not being able to deliver
the same student experience that
we have at Tech. From this, having the student body entrust SGA
with the allocation of the Student
Activity Fee is a major responsibility and one that every member
within SGA takes seriously and
with honor.
Within all of this, questions
often arise from SGA and student
body members including: “Where
does my money go?”, “Should we
fund this allocation?” or “Will we
run out of money before the end
of the year?”. These questions lie
at the heart of the reason as to why
the ad-hoc committee was created
and for that matter lie at the heart
of any debate concerning the
spending of public money.
The motivation establishing
this new push within SGA has
always existed yet in the past
has not been the center issue in
almost every debate. These sentiments and this motivation are
not surprising since they are the
same core issues that face the nation on an everyday occurrence.
What cannot happen is a situation
where the idea of saving money
dominates the debate while valuable programs, ideas and initiatives that may need generous support might fall to the wayside thus
jeopardizing the optimal student
experience that we strive to create.
As the SGA legislative session
continues, one of the most challenging tasks, as has been a challenge for SGAs of the past, will
be to determine when we put resources behind something regardless of the size of the request. The
delicate balance of being fiscally
conservative while at the same
time exercising some liberalism in
funding campus activities is difficult to achieve and will prove to
be a mighty task for all of SGA.
From all of the issues presented,
the purpose of this committee
will not be a catch-all to fix every
problem or to answer the limited
questions posed earlier but rather
will act as a step in the right direction and will bring the importance of fiscal responsibility to
center stage.
One of the greatest things SGA
owes to student body is determining the answers and practical solutions to the fiscal questions posed
and applying them to our everyday operations. The marks left
from these economic times and
the atmosphere of cutting and
conserving will dictate how we
as a society function. SGA must
find a balance between conserving enough while at the same time
funding important initiatives for
the benefit of the community thus
continuing to make Tech a great
place to be.
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Peterson schedules visit to Antarctica for USAP
By Kamna Bohra
Focus Editor
In a barren icy land at 50 degrees below zero with black speckles of penguins and white dots
of polar bears, scientists can step
away from the rush of labs and
conduct their research in peace.
One can hardly imagine that this
land is on the same planet as the
lush vegetation of the jungles in
South America or the vehiclefilled roads of the urban cities in
Europe.
However, Institute President
G.P. “Bud” Peterson will see this
flipside to the lifestyles of other
continents, as he travels to Antarctica on Dec. 4 to review several
research projects being conducted
under the United States Antarctica Program.
As a member of the National
Science Board (NSB), Peterson
received a recommendation for
the trip from NSB chairman Ray
Bowen. Along with a limited
number of government officials,
Peterson will visit the McMurdo
Station and the Admunsen-Scott
South Pole Station to review the
ongoing research endeavors in
such environmental topics as
earth sciences, astrophysics, ecosystems and glaciology.
“There will be discussions
about the research currently going
on [in Antarctica] and how the
research that’s being done there is
of value to the scientific community,” Peterson said.
The projects Peterson will eval-
uate fall under the United States
Antarctica Program (USAP),
which is, in turn, under the umbrella of the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
Including over 3000 Americans, USAP has scientists from
global universities and research
institutions engaging in yearround, collaborative work in Antarctica.
These scientists focus on understanding the characteristics
of Antarctica’s ecosystems and
how they will affect the rest of
the planet in the case of climate
change.
Researchers also use the South
Pole as a foundation for their
studies of the upper atmosphere.
Research projects include analyses of the hole in the ozone layer,
upper atmospheric conditions and
stratospheric chemistry. Scientists
also specifically conduct studies
on the ionosphere and the magnetosphere.
In addition to tours of the science and technology facilities, Peterson will take a helicopter tour
of the Dry Valleys and will also
visit local field projects and historical huts.
While Peterson recognizes the
importance of the projects already being conducted in earth
and atmospheric sciences, he also
believes studies should be carried
out in other non-geographic research areas, such as supply chain
and logistics.
Peterson cited medical attention and transportation as a few
of the necessary research areas
to allow other
research to continue in Antarctica.
In discussing and
evaluating the projects,
Peterson must distinguish
between the research goals of the
U.S. and the Institute, as he is a
representative of the NSF.
“I’m going down as a representative-at-large, not just a representative of Georgia Tech…[but]…a
lot of the things that people do [at
Tech] utilize some of the information that’s developed [in Antarctica],” Peterson said.
Beyond the man made research
projects, the natural world of Antarctica includes over 9000 feet of
mountainous elevation, hundreds
of glaciers, thousands of creatures
and subzero temperatures, even in
the current summer season.
The living conditions are not
ideal either.
“The McMurdo Station is not
really like a hotel; it’s more like a
dormitory. The living conditions
are a little tough. The temperature
ranges from 20 to 50 below at the
South Pole, [so] when we fly into
McMurdo Station, they’ll provide
complete outfits,” Peterson said.
Peterson had to take a com-
plete physical and stress test before receiving clearance to travel
to the South Pole.
However, while he is analyzing the research projects in Antarctica, Peterson will continue to
remember the research programs
in Atlanta at Tech.
“I’m going to take a Georgia
Tech flag and fly it in the South
Pole,” Peterson said.
Vaden plans to patent, commercialize invention
By Chris Russell
Online Editor
At last year’s InVenture Prize
competition, Sarah Vaden, a
third-year AE major, took the
second prize for her invention:
the Pneumatically Elevated Pitch
(PEP) Pedal. Though the competition’s over, the invention process
is still rolling as Vaden starts to
wrap up the paperwork and look
toward releasing a working prototype to the market.
The PEP Pedal is a foot-powered pump that used pneumatics
to change the pitch of a drum by
changing its internal pressure.
“It’s a way for drummers to
change the pitch of their drums
while they’re playing. It lets them
take a five-piece drum kit and
make it sound like a 12 or 13 piece
kit,” Vaden said.
Vaden, an avid drummer herself, said money is not as important to her as shifting the role of
drums in music.
“My main goal isn’t to sell
hundreds of thousands of units so
much as to change the way music
is played,” Vaden said.
Since the competition last
semester, Vaden’s product has
changed dramatically. Originally
designed as a pedal in which the
user manually pumps air into
the drum, Vaden hopes the final
product will have more of a digital
Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications and Marketing
After taking second place in the InVenture Prize Competition last year, Sarah Vaden plans to use
the patent she won to commercialize her invention, the Pneumatically Elevated Pitch (PEP) Pedal.
component.
“My earlier prototype—the
one I won at InVenture with—
was all mechanical. It was a pushpedal/pump system. I’m trying to
make that more digital and make
the playing experience easier. I
want to let people dial in how they
want to play,” Vaden said.
According to Vaden, even with
a new largely-digital interface, a
foot-pedal element will still almost certainly be involved, since it
will be the kind of control drummers are used to.
Despite this, Vaden said her
final product will likely be much
different from what viewers saw at
the InVenture finals.
“The design has changed,
but the prototype isn’t there yet.
I’m trying to make it look like
something someone would actually buy. My prototype was really
rough. Really, it was just a proof
of concept,” Vaden said.
As for a deadline, Vaden hopes
to have a prototype ready to display for a convention in Jan.
“I’m hoping to be ready in time
to take it to the NAMM show. It’s
a big trade convention where all
the big companies, like Yamaha
and Pearl, and a lot of big musicians come. It’s a good place to get
out there, explore and hopefully
get picked up by one of the companies,” Vaden said.
Since InVenture, in addition to
working on the digital redesign,
Vaden has been wading through
the patent application process in
order to protect her rights to her
intellectual property.
According to Vaden, the real
work came after InVenture.
“[The patent process] has definitely been the most difficult part
of the process. InVenture wasn’t
so hard in comparison. I got my
patent application done about
three or four weeks into the semester, and since then it’s been a
lot of trying to get the computer
work done. Right now, we’re in
the drafting stage and are trying
to find a reasonably priced prototyper in the US,” Vaden said.
Vaden said that being “an engineer by day, musician by night,”
in addition to planning her upcoming wedding has been a tricky
balancing act.
Vaden interned at Boeing in
See Vaden, page 11
FOCUS
Essen shares adventures in nature
By Divya Varahabhatla
Contributing Writer
Many people gathered in the
Student Center Ballroom to listen in on Marty Essen’s “Around
the World in 90 Minutes” lecture,
hosted by the Student Center Programs Council (SCPC).
Essen’s Lecture was full of stories about his adventures trekking
through the globe.
Essen, a self-taught photographer, decided to go backpacking
with his wife and ended up loving
the occupation so much that he
kept returning.
Eventually, he decided to collect all his experiences in a book,
Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents.
The lecture was accompanied
by Essen’s colorful photography
slide which showcased a myriad
of beautifully shot photos of animals and wildlife from all over the
world.
“Get down and appreciate the
little things,” Essen said as advice
for travelers.
He showed the audience pictures of creatures from his travels,
including a little poison dart frog.
He recounted his firsthand
tales of facing caimans, lace monitors, which are a kind of lizard he
encountered in Australia, wolves
in Canada and glaciers in North
America.
“[It was] an interesting discussion on the misconceptions of
‘dangerous’ animals. He talked
about how many animals stereotyped to be extremely dangerous
are actually not as harmful as
rumored and beneficial for our
environment,” said Christianna
Madson, a second-year BME major who attended the event.
One of the more extreme experiences that Essen mentioned was
when he and his wife were canoe-
Vaden
from page 9
Seattle this summer, meaning
that much of the work on the patent had to be done long-distance.
Law firm Sutherland and Co.
has been handling a lot of the legal
footwork involved in patenting an
invention. In addition to the actual paperwork associated with
applying for a patent, Sutherland
and Co. also handled the research
into prior art that is more or less
required for a successful patent
application.
Vaden’s actual patent application is for a “pneumatic drum
tuning device.”
Assuming all goes well, the
patent will be approved in two to
three years. In the meantime, Vaden can begin labeling her device
as “patent pending” and listing
the patent number, which will go
a long way towards protecting the
rights to her intellectual property.
The next InVenture Prize Competition, to be hosted by Miles O’
Brien, will be held on March 9,
2011.
Image courtesy of Tasha Myers
In preparation for Marty Essen’s lecture on his adventures in
nature, students created animal masks in the Student Center.
ing down the Zambezi river, and
their boat was attacked by a hippopotamus.
he animal lifted the boat high
in the air, dumping the vessel
and the Essens on the riverbank.
Though it was a near-death experience, both the Essens were
relieved to be alive and laughed
it off.
In the spirit of exploring the
little novelties in such new areas,
the Essens traveled through Spain
visiting castles as well.
They also discovered that
many of the generally accepted
facts were actually incorrect. In
fact, red belly piranhas which are
“known as the most ferocious” are
actually fin eaters.
The Essens tested this by jumping into a lake full of red belly piranhas without any injuries.
Marty Essen was also the first
person to ever photograph a spe-
Image courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications and Marketing
While “selling” her invention to the judges, Vaden practiced her
entrepreneurship skills during the InVenture Prize Competition.
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THE
NUTCRACKER
mesmerizes,
CONCERT
Disney in Concert:
Magical Music from the
Movies
excites
crowds
PERFORMER: Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra
LOCATION: Woodruff Arts
Center
DATE: Nov. 26, 2010
OUR TAKE: «««««
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By Kristina Sharifi
Contributing Writer
The Nutcracker
For its 51st year,
the Atlanta Ballet is
putting on the holiday
LOCATION: Fox Theatre
classic, The NutcrackDATE: Nov. 27 - Dec. 26
er. A perfect holiday
show combining the
holidays themselves
and fantasy, the Atlanta Ballet again augments the wonder of the spectacle
with awe-inspiring sets, costumes and, of course, dancing at the always fabulous Fox Theater. The spectacle is
a holiday tradition (with good reasons), and the Atlanta
Ballet’s own version dazzles the senses.
The Atlanta Ballet actually dances their very own version of the show. This version is set in St. Petersburg,
Russia. Choreographed by John McFall, the artistic director, this version premiered in 1996. Before this, the
company performed the famous Balanchine version,
which was performed for the first time outside of the New
York City Ballet by the Atlanta Ballet. Trying to remember the story of The Nutcracker proves difficult mainly
because there is surprisingly little story. Compared to
opera, ballet generally has much simpler stories, and The
Nutcracker is no exception. There is not a plot or story
and really, no resolution at the end. The classic moment
when the Rat King is taken down by a shoe is not here.
The story can be summed up as follows: At a party, a
brother and sister receive gifts which, along with a little
imagination, entertain the children. It is very simple, and
there is nothing to follow.
While the story is not that interesting, the costumes
and sets are very attention-worthy. Both are lavish and
very detailed. It was a pleasure to look at the decoration
on the stage and the large crowds of people are almost
entertainment in itself. This makes this production of
The Nutcracker really a spectacle and not a story-based
show. It is about the feast for the eyes and enjoying just
watching the stage without having to think too much.
The combination of live music, scenic eye candy and feats
of dancing make an easily-enjoyed show, especially for
PERFORMER: Atlanta Ballet
On Friday, Nov. 26, Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies was performed at the
Woodruff Arts Center. The concert consisted
of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra joined by
a quartet of singers and the Atlanta Symphony
Gospel Choir. The show used images and music
from the famed studio’s film releases and cartoons to salute the accomplishments of Walt
Disney.
The night of the performance, the audience
sat with anticipation as the first violinist and
Concertmaster, David Coucheron, tuned and
prepared the orchestra for the conductor. Guest
Conductor and Principal Pops Conductor to
the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Micheal Krajewski was greeted with an excited applause as
he bowed and raised his baton, ready to begin
the show.
The Disney Classics Overture began the
show with a bang and excited the audience.
Next, vocalist Candice Nicole sang songs from
The Little Mermaid such as “Under the Sea.”
The orchestra went on to play “Colors of the
Wind” from Pocahontas and an Orchestral Suite
from Beauty and the Beast. Singer Aaron Phillips entertained the audience with a song from
The Jungle Book, “I Wanna Be Like You.” Before
the piece began, conductor Micheal Krajewski
revealed a fun fact about it: The Jungle Book was
the last movie that Walt Disney himself actually
supervised.
Before the ntermission, the last pieces from
Mary Poppins were played and they happened
to be my favorite. The orchestra played “Chim
Chim Cher-ee” and asked the audience to sing
along with projections of the lyrics as an aid.
This was one of the highlights of the show as the
audience was more than happy to be engaged.
Before beginning the next two selections,
conductor Micheal Krajewski admitted that he
thought they were the best pieces from Disney
movies. The orchestra stunned the crowd with a
beautifully played piece from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Still, what was to come was better. The next
selection was by far the best of the whole concert; the orchestra was joined not only by the
quartet of singers but also the Atlanta Symphony Gospel Choir for a Lion King song suite.
The audience was mesmerized. “The Circle of
Life”, especially, was executed perfectly by all
three contributing parties. This part of the perSee Disney, page 14
Images courtesy of Atlanta Ballet
Image courtesy of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
By Christ Ernst
Staff Writer
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those without much of an attention span.
The Atlanta Ballet performs The Nutcracker at the fabulous Fox Theater in Midtown, just a stone’s throw from
The Varsity. The theater is almost as interesting as any
show that passes through. Originally opened in 1929, the
Islamic/Egyptian-styled edifice is unique. Even from the
street, it screams lavish luxury from yesteryear. During
intermission, it is easy to miss the beginning of the second
act while exploring the many nooks, crannies (and bathrooms) and details of the historical landmark.
For the past two years, the Atlanta ballet used live music only on the show’s opening weekend. However this
year will feature live music at all 23 performances for the
first time since 2006. There is an indescribable something
that live music brings to a multifaceted production like
The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s romantic (and then quite
experimental) score sounds much more nuanced and engrossing live than any recording can produce. The Atlanta
Ballet Orchestra is one of the highlights of the show.
The only aspect of the show that seemed lacking was,
ironically, the dancing. While at times virtuosic, there
were at least commensurate occasions of strikingly bad
footwork or timing. The arms and upper half of the dancers was almost always approaching perfection. Arms and
their positioning definitely got much more attention than
footwork or synchronization. However, with a show that
has as many children it is much harder to maintain a high
level of execution.
The Nutcracker is a tradition, especially with parents
and children, and it is very easy to see why. The show is a
spectacle with scant story which is easily digested by anyone of any age. The live music, costumes, scenery and feats
of dancing make a visual and auditory feast. The Fox is a
fantastic venue that only adds to the wonder and uniqueness of the experience. While the dancing is at times
shaky, the show is a solid success. The show’s sparkle is
hard to resist and gets anyone in the holiday spirit.
The Atlanta Ballet will host The Nutty Nutcracker, which
will be “unchoreographed by the Atlanta Ballet Dancers.”
It is rated PG-13 and is one night only, Dec. 16 at 7:30
p.m.
ENTERTAINMENT
Turismo 5 offers realistic driving experience
GAMES
Gran Turismo 5
CONSOLE: PlayStation 3
GENRE: Racing
DEVELOPER: Polyphony
Digital
RATING: E
RELEASED: Nov. 24
By Andrew Akker
Contributing Writer
The driving simulator genre of
video games has seen no better series than Gran Turismo since the
first one landed on shelves in 1997
on the first PlayStation console.
Since then, numerous sequels and
spin-offs have continued its great
name and gameplay that we’ve all
come to know and love. Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) is no different.
GT5 builds upon what developers Polyphony Digital have
been creating and improving on
for the past 13 years, which is to
be a great driving simulator.
The handling with the cars is
just as you would expect from real-life physics. The elements, such
as rain, will have an effect on your
driving. All the factors added into
to how the gameplay works with
the driving really do make this a
great driving simulator.
The graphics really do look as
good as the developers claimed
they did in demonstrations of the
game. However, the best looking
cars are labeled “premium” cars,
and you have to purchase these
with in-game money.
The cars you win from races
and such are non-premium and do
not look quite as good as premium
ones. However, once you take a
spin in one of the premium cars,
Image courtesy of Polyphony Digital
you will be blown away.
The menu layout has changed
since Gran Turismo 5: Prologue a
smaller game released earlier that
was supposed to be an introduction to what GT5 was to be when
finished. In the main menu, you
have Arcade Mode, which is for
playing a normal single-player
race, Two-Player Mode, Drifting
Challenges or Time Trial Challenges. There is also access to a
course creator where users can
create their own custom courses
with the tools available. There is
also access to the GT News and
“My Home.”
“My Home” mode is what has
most of the gameplay modes such
as A-Spec (racing), dealerships to
purchase cars or license tests to
learn the basics of the Gran Turismo world. Also accessible from
this menu is information about
your community image.
You can set a personal avatar,
information about yourself and
with what kind of people you
would like to play online with.
The game does a very good job
of setting all of this up for you
the first time you access the My
Home menu.
There is tons of stuff to do in
this game. You can do straight
racing in the A-Spec mode or
you can also do a manager mode
called B-Spec in which you create
a player and act as their crew chief
to direct them on what kind of
racing style they should use during the race. Completing sets of
races in these modes will win you
cars, credits for purchase and experience to level up.
License tests are a good way to
train for the big races if you are
not very familiar with the world
of Gran Turismo. They will teach
you how to take turns like a pro
and how to drive to win. It is an
easy way to get started with credits and experience.
Probably the most intricate
mode of the game is the photo
mode. The player can take his
or her car to anyone of the four
designated cities. Anything from
shutter speed to exposure to filters
can be changed to fit the exact
kind of picture you want.
There’s a “special challenge”
mode where you can take on challenges from popular icons in the
racing field such as doing a NASCAR challenge with Jeff Gordon,
or racing around in the Top Gear
track. Each one requires you to
reach a certain level to take part
in the challenge.
The online community is very
prevalent in this game as well.
Players are allowed to create their
own rooms with their own customizations in types of race cars
allowed or even to use their own
custom tracks.
It is a good idea not to go online until you’ve gotten yourself
a decent car. Most of the online
races deal with high-level cars.
Polyphony Digital has done a
fantastic job with the newest installment of the Gran Turismo
franchise. The gameplay is realistic and the graphics are crisp. The
amount of cars to choose from is
very vast, and the brands are extremely varied.
But above all else, the game is
very fun and there is a lot to do.
I’d recommend this game to anyone who enjoys realistic driving
simulators and to everyone who
was ever a fan of the Gran Turismo
franchise.
Disney
formance was by far the most impressive and elaborate.
Finally, the last piece and finale
from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was a small selection from
Hercules. It ended the show with
a perfect blend of excitement and
satisfaction.
Before attending the show,
however, I talked to one of the
performing singers, Whitney
Kaufman. Kaufman, a native
from Los Angeles and a natural on
stage, has been performing since
the age of eight. She was most recently on tour with the Broadway
hit, Mamma Mia!.
“The show is not very challenging because it is so fun but we are
performing with visuals on the
screen and we have had to work
hard with the conductor to listen
for musical cues and visual cues,”
Kaufman said about the challenges of the show.
Kaufman did not have to do
any special preparations to take
part in the show.
“No, we didn’t do anything
like that but everyone was very
familiar with the Disney music.
We did several rehearsals to stay
true to the original music. That
was very important to everyone—
staying true to the original pieces
and performing them exactly as
they originally were,” Kaufman
said.
Along with Kaufman were
three other vocalists, Candice Nicole, Aaron Phillips, and Terron
Brooks.
Since Kaufman worked with
several famous conductors, she
talked about how she had actually
worked with Micheal Krajewski
before. She had nothing but good
things to say.
“I worked with him last time
we performed in Atlanta. He is
fantastic: nice to singers and always listening. He is always on
his toes and a great conductor,”
Kaufman said.
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Disney’s
Tangled
succeeds
Atlanta
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Pure Taqueria
LOCATION: 300 North
Highland Avenue
CUISINE: Mexican Food
COST: $8 - $10
HOURS: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
PHONE: (404) 522-7873
By Michael Valente & Andrew
Nelson
Contributing Writers
This week we visited one of
three Pure Taqueria locations in
Inman Park—one of Atlanta’s
most fiercely dedicated communities and home to a myriad of small
shops, restaurants and, of course,
the glorious hipsters.
The first note we made as we
walked up to Pure Taqueria in
the cold, drizzly rain was that this
place was made for warm summer
evenings.
Walking in, it was apparent
that the building may have been
a converted auto shop. All the tables were packed with boisterous
guests, and the bar was stocked
with warmer-still patrons.
After a thirty-minute wait
(even on a weekday night, reservations are recommended) we were
led through the throng and past a
brilliantly tiled food service counter that shone even in the low light
of the dining room. Chips, salsa
and water were all almost instantaneously delivered to our table
while it took our actual server a
little bit to introduce herself and
ask if we needed anything else.
Michael went for the corn masa
stuffed with pulled pork, Andrew
ordered a traditional dish, chicken
mole enchiladas and our companion and photographer Cassie opted for the chicken taquitos.
The two large stuffed masa
cakes laid imposingly over a majority of the plate and were piled
high with toppings. The cakes
were at first a bit hard to cut into,
but the pork’s moisture and saltiness offset the dryness and touch
of sweetness, respectively, from
the corn.
Mole is a Mexican sauce that
varies enough to be the signature
of a particular cook, and at Pure
it was particularly chocolatey and
nutty. In fact, if Nutella were to
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Photos by Cassandra Xie / Student Publications
Tangled
GENRE: Family Comedy
STARRING: Mandy Moore &
Zachary Levi
DIRECTOR: Nathan Greno &
Bryon Howard
RATING: PG
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 24
By Daniel Fuller
Contributing Writer
Tangled takes long hair to the
extreme, transforming the tale
of Rapunzel into an exciting adventure. The original Rapunzel
story is evident, but Tangled adds
its own flair. The presentation of
script, scenery and sound creates a
compelling film out of something
as simple as a girl with long hair
trapped in a tower. Even though
Tangled is Disney’s first 3D departure from their roots in classic
2D animation, it stands strong as
proof that that Disney still knows
how to make good animations.
The combination of talent involved in Tangled comes together
nicely. The voice acting is excellent, especially by leads Mandy
Moore as princess Rapunzel and
Zachary Levi as the handsome
thief Flynn Rider. Donna Murphy and Ron Perlman provide
a striking villainous presence,
voicing the manipulative Mother
Gothel and the rogue Stabbington brothers, respectively. Most
impressively, all of the voice actors
perform their own singing roles.
The soundtrack is well-done
thanks to Alan Menken, a longtime Disney movie composer
responsible for classics such as
Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
Image courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Following the tradition of Disney
animated features, characters in
Tangled will spontaneously burst
into song. The number and pacing of these songs feels just right,
delivering emotion and character
development through smooth
transitions into music. Rather
than being overwhelming and distracting, all of the music contributes to the narrative. Rapunzel’s
first song is especially charming,
describing the daily rituals she
employs to counteract the boredom of being trapped in a tower
for her entire life.
The animators involved in
Tangled also deserve special
praise. The animation is flowing,
the visuals are beautiful, and the
character design is unique and interesting. The resulting art style is
vibrant, colorful and scenic. Not
surprisingly considering the subject matter, the hair is especially
well-rendered.
With the great vocal talent,
music and visuals, the story of
Tangled is the final component
that brings everything together.
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It is full of action, comedy, romance, and villainy. Extreme liberties are taken with the source
material, but such has always
been the case with Disney’s fairy
tale adaptations. In this case, the
replacement of the classic-yetboring “prince charming” with a
witty rogue opens up interesting
narrative possibilities and creates
a more complex relationship dynamic between his character and
the princess. The Disney formula
is clearly evident throughout the
film, even down to the quirky
animal companions (in this case,
a horse and a chameleon). However, while the formula is old and
predictable, it is unashamedly so,
delivering a happy, fun adventure
for audiences to enjoy.
Tangled is delightful in its
light-hearted charm. It is not particularly deep, yet it is not shallow
either. The characters and story
are interesting, and the execution
is superb from music to art style.
More than most, Tangled is simply a fun movie, and that makes it
worthwhile.
ENTERTAINMENT
Weepies returns strong, wows Variety
CONCERT
The Weepies
PERFORMER: The Weepies
LOCATION: Variety
Playhouse
DATE: Nov. 17
OUR TAKE: ««««
«
By Jessica Swafford
Contributing Writer
Two weeks ago on Wednesday,
Nov. 17, Variety Playhouse hosted
The Weepies, an indie pop-folk
group of six based out of Los Angeles. Led by husband and wife
musicians Steve Tannen and Deb
Talan, The Weepies, while still being lesser known by the masses,
has steadily gained notoriety in
the last few years. This can be attributed to several songs that have
been featured on shows such as
Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs and How I
Met Your Mother.
The duo, who had solo projects before joining together, write
their own lyrics and until the past
few years, toured the country in a
compact Toyota. Their first album
was released in 2003, and they
now have a total of four (Happiness, Say I Am You, Hideaway, Be
My Thrill) with the most current
being released earlier this year.
The crowd on Wednesday,
unexpectedly ranging from high
school students to middle aged
adults, made small talk amongst
strangers like old friends while
waiting on the show to start.
Small bright stage lights, fitting to
the band’s persona, were turned
on around nine, and were immediately followed by fan excitement. Soon after, The Weepies
took the stage.
During the concert it was common for a single fan to yell a one-
Photos by Austin Foote / Student Publications
liner to the band, but between
songs everyone was unusually
quiet. This was noted by trendy
dressing lead singer Deb Talan
who commented that down time
was so quiet she could almost hear
a pin drop.
It can’t be for sure, but perhaps
this silence was due to the fact
that no one had heard The Weepies live in so long. They haven’t
had a show, much less a tour, in
four years. In this time Talan and
Tannen wrote their album Be My
Thrill, expanded their family and
switched from a compact to a tour
bus.
In the quaint setting of Variety
Playhouse, fans were told stories
about the inspiration for many
songs which range from drinks
to arguments to children’s sayings. The tour bus inspired a song
called “Antarctica” which is what
the duo’s oldest child calls it.
As a matter of fact, fans ate
up all stories told between songs.
Most popular was the story of how
Talan and Tannen met while both
on separate tours. “Riga Girls”
was inspired by it, but those interested will have to look the song’s
colorful background themselves.
“Please Speak Well of Me,”
a slower song about an ex, enhanced the folky aspect of the
band by including several band
members clapping and snapping
in rhythmic sync to make much of
the music for the song. Fans soon
joined in to make things louder
thus adding quality to the song.
In order to speed things up and
keep excitement The Weepies followed with “Can’t Go Back Now”
which was well received proving
that fans appreciate different song
styles made by the band.
Throughout the night The
Weepies kept true to their untraditional genre and used not only
typical drums and guitars but also
incorporated the afore mentioned
clapping as well as a ukulele, cello and tambourine. Solidifying
themselves as musicians, almost
every member played at least two
instruments before the night came
to a close. Other crowd pleasing
songs were “Gotta Have You,”
“Nobody Knows Me At All” and
two singles that seemed to be
known by everyone in the crowd,
“Be My Thrill” and “World Spins
Madly On.”
Variety Playhouse turned out
to be the perfect venue for the
concert. Fans missed The Weepies
and surely appreciated the small,
personal setting of the venue where
they could make new friends and
seemingly “catch up” with the
band who themselves treated the
audience like old friends. With
any luck, they’ll come back soon
for those who missed out. If not, it
can only be hoped it won’t be four
years until the next time.
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find its way to a sauce pan with
an entourage of chilies, you would
have this mole. Toss in some
softened peppers and onions and
spread over three stuffed enchiladas, and it makes a hearty, earthy
dish.
All dishes were accompanied
by sides of rice and a choice of
black, refried or charro beans. The
rice was a strange side dish: while
the taste was done well, the texture seemed almost waxy but curiously we ate every last grain.
Pure’s version of charro beans
tasted excellent and came in a
small side cup, much preferred
over the usual splatter on the side
of your plate as in many other
restaurants. It also pays tribute
to the original, using an unmistakable presence of pork among
other spices and chilies commonly
found in traditional charro bean
recipes.
Other food options are the
usual suspects for Mexican cuisine, although it certainly surpasses the typical Mexican dive in
both atmosphere and style. Pure’s
founders based their recipes on
family recipes from the southern
Mexican state of Oaxaca, and the
feature cheese here is, surprise,
Oaxaca cheese. They also offer a
gluten-free menu that isn’t too
bad.
Perhaps the highlight of the
restaurant was the shiny ethanol
centerpiece. Stacked on all sides
by liquor, especially their proud
tequila selection, the bar seemed
almost too retro despite the rest of
the modern-retro mix of interior
decoration. On the wall opposite
the windows was a large tv projection screen showing a football
game at the time.
Overall the experience of Pure
was nice. Perhaps a little dimmer
than necessary, but loud and fun.
The food was good and plentiful
and the price more than reasonable.
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Theme Crossword: Fashion Statement
By Robert Zimmerman
United Features Syndicate
ACROSS
1. Pinch-hit
4. Boorish
9. Inundate
14. Tennessee’s flower
18. Place for fishermen
19. Cotton thread
20. Float
21. Cut
22. Old covered
walkway
23. The bounding main
24. Developed
25. Aswan’s river
26. Start of a quip
by Julia Roberts: 6 wds.
30. Foil relative
31. Yucky
32. Spoil
33. Set apart
36. Ceremonial wear
38. Pelted
43. Clues
44. Physique
45. Puts an end to
46. Baseball stat.
47. Division word
48. Black, in heraldry
49. Speaks angrily
50. Caution
51. Turn sharply
52. Mind
53. Foundation
54. Glacial ridge
55. Two-wheeler
57. -- -percha
58. Governmental
body
59. An article
61. Part 2 of quip: 3 wds.
65. Pop
66. Unit of angular
measurement
68. Sharp
69. Poem of a kind
71. Unconcealed
72. Overact
73. Strikes sharply
75. Hibernia
78. Christie’s Miss
Marple
79. Pirouettes
80. Tom Sawyer’s aunt
81. Song
82. Farm denizen
83. Pipes
84. Like a bubble bath
85. First VP
86. A coming to be
88. Eschews
89. Brunch order
90. Youth
91. Before long
92. Scent
93. End of the quip:
6 wds.
102. An astringent
103. Avid
104. Eastern servants
105. Time
106. Certain first
flight
107. Jewel
108. Heredity units
109. Roadhouses
110. Get word
111. Simple shelters
112. Newsboy’s cry
113. Dollop
DOWN
1. Something to eat
2. Quite a while
3. Path
4. Sickened, in a way
5. Nouveau -6. Lost
7. Mini blinds part
8. Levelheaded
9. Cuts of meat
10. Verbose
11. Affirm
12. Interlock
13. Takes precedence over
14. Snub
15. Kind of dance
16. -- of Man
17. Haggard title
18. Penultimate Greek letter
27. Uncloses, poetically
28. Did well on
29. Rests
33. Inmate’s blade
34. Long
35. Forebears
36. Rustic
37. Like a garage floor
38. Outcast
39. BPOE members
40. Navy man: 2 wds.
41. Typos
42. Moved rhythmically
44. Innocents
45. Rash
48. The gannet
49. Clean oneself up
50. Cyst
53. Steep hill
54. Antitoxins
56. Online activity
57. Oversupplies
58. Actress -- Spacek
59. Destructive kind
of horse
60. An island capital
62. Third biblical
horseman
63. Pictures
64. Put on
67. Wrath
70. Command
72. Monumental
73. Horse’s color
74. Savoy or Lepontine
76. Frost
77. Bridge position
79. Like some beaches
80. Weight
83. Edible part
84. Get out!
85. OT book
87. Make loud demands
88. Breathes in an
annoying way
89. Black Sea port
91. -- provocateur
92. Iron-ore pigment
93. Succulent plant
94. Dance form
95. Fill
96. Old Greek contest
97. Wall Street
acronym
98. Jargon
99. Chaplin’s wife
100. Litter’s littlest
101. Periods: abbr.
102. Fraxinus
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he’s the one!
you’re a jerk
hate week
thwg
Mine eyes have seen the glory Of the N.C. Double-A They’re
investigating GA players To see how much they’re paid After
counting all the cars And the loans Alumni made, They out pay
F.S.U.
“It’s a Jeep thing... you wouldn’t understand” you make my day.
Go Wranglers!
YAY INTERGRATION!
i love my munchette
blue buses are ninjas
I see you eating in Woody’s with the girl I love, and I`m like F***
Youuu, F*** Yoouuu
Is Caldwell Co-ed on every floor??? Feels like it.
Closing the center of campus? How will I find the G-Spot?
Clermont Lounge is not terrible for the prices
GT sucks out your soul everyday you study here
The Walking Dead should film campus on finals week
THWg
i am scared of my impending doom of my 1803 test
I wish Infinite Harmony would come sing me to sleep every night.
facilities: please use the money spent on fueling your leafblowers
to pay for bonuses to get your guys to use nice quiet rakes
whats up with guys modeling transformers/gun s/guitars in 1770?
im too drunk to taste this chicken
jackie moon,”budlight. .im horny.”
I know where everything light goes
You’re 4’ 10” of cute! Love hanging with ya!
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham
Crossword Solution from page 17
COMICS
Non Sequitur by Wiley
COMICS
Non Sequitur by Wiley
DILBERT ® by Scott Adams
ANAK
Established in 1908
The ANAK Society would like to congratulate and thank the
following members who are graduating in Fall 2010
Sean Boudreau Bedford
Ryann Margaret Kopacka
Michael Anthony Toney
Kathryn Carolyn (K.C.) Young
and in loving memory of our alumni
John Stewart Hunsinger
James Frank Stovall Jr.
Founded in 1908, The ANAK Society recognizes Junior and Senior students for
their outstanding leadership ability, personal achievement, strong character, and
true love for Georgia Tech. Membership is considered by many to be the highest
honor a Tech student can receive.
SPORTS
Allen gets stronger in season’s second half
By Alex Sohani
Contributing Writer
The B-back, generally considered as the main “fullback”
in Head Coach Paul Johnson’s
spread option offense, is supposed
to get a significant chunk of the
carries and keep the chains moving throughout the whole game.
Senior B-back Allen, however,
started the year slow, only averaging 66 yards per game in his first
five outings, and things did not
seem to go as planned for a typical
B-back’s season.
The B-back is an important
staple of the spread option as his
primary job is to take the ball
from a short distance in the backfield and essentially “dive” into
the holes that the offensive line
can provide, usually resulting in
short yardage. At times, the play
can seem ineffective as most defenses prioritize stopping this run,
but it is necessary to opening up
big plays throughout the game.
If the B-back is gaining good
yardage (around four to six yards
per carry), the defense will have to
accommodate for this, and pull in
more defenders to the box to contain the running threat. By doing
this, more one-on-one opportunities are created between the
defenders and the offensive weapons, and the quarterback can distribute the ball to wherever he sees
the best mismatch on the field.
However, if the dive play is
getting stopped on a regular ba-
Photo by Joey Cerone / Student Publications
Anthony Allen stiff-arms a UGA defender in Saturday’s game.
Allen rushed for 166 yards, his fifth 100-yard game of the season.
sis, the opposing defense can put
more priority on stopping the other phases of the offense, creating
a much greater challenge for the
offense.
In Tech’s season opener against
South Carolina State, Allen only
had six carries for 28 yards, which
was very atypical for a B-back in
the spread option. SCSU’s primary defense was to defend the dive
play at all costs, and this resulted
in big yardage being gained by
the rest of the offense. However,
after two good outings at Kansas
and at UNC, Allen struggled to
make big plays against N.C. State
and Wake Forest. Allen had yet to
score a touchdown after his first
five games, something that was
causing Tech coaches and fans to
speculate if there was a problem.
This, however, is not much different from the results from the
previous two years with former Bback Jonathan Dwyer at the helm.
Dwyer started both the 2008 and
2009 seasons fairly slowly, ending both years with exactly 1395
yards. Through his first five games
in 2009, Dwyer only had 409
yards, not a huge step up from
where Allen started the 2010 season. Dwyer, however, improved
and finished strong with six 100+
yard outings in his final nine
games at Tech.
Johnson has repeatedly said
that the B-back almost always surpasses the 1000 yard threshold in
any given season, yet at the beginning of the year Allen was on pace
to be well under that. However,
after a win at Wake Forest this
season, Johnson challenged Allen
to finish his runs and punish defenders. Allen took the advice to
heart, and in his last homecoming
game at Tech against Virginia, he
carried the ball 25 times for 195
yards and three touchdowns.
“When you get the ball that
many times, you feel like you’re
getting stronger, and that’s what
I felt like happened,” Allen said.
The trend continued throughout the rest of the regular season.
Allen averaged 127.9 yards per
game and a much higher 5.8 yards
per carry. Allen has managed to
continue the trend of B-backs in
Johnson’s system rushing for over
1000 yards.
Allen now has 1225 yards this
season, averaging 5.6 yards a carry. If he keeps on his current pace
in his final game, he could finish
with over 1300 yards to add to
the list of typical offensive season
totals for a B-back.
Allen has taken his fair share
of hard hits, getting tackled essentially on every play, but he always
manages to get up and take a few
more hits.
“You definitely feel [the hits]
while you’re in a game, but Coach
Johnson does a great job of preparing us for stuff like that. During camp and during practice he
makes sure we stay in shape, and
when it gets down to it, we have
our legs fresh and are ready to go,”
Allen said.
Seniors
from page 24
run to extend their lead, but Tech
came back within reaching distance of the lead, 21-17. Clemson
scored one more point than Tech
over the rest of the set, and won
the set, 25-20.
In the game’s final set, Tech
raced out to a 5-1 lead before
Clemson took a timeout. Not
wanting to get too far behind
early, Clemson used its timeout
wisely and soon found themselves
with the lead at 6-5.
The Jackets used a timeout of
their own to get the lead back.
Tech had two chances to finish
Clemson off, but the Tigers won
both of those points to extend
the match. Finally Tech won two
points in a row to win the set 1715, and the match, 3-2.
“I knew it was going to be a
battle. If we went in thinking
that it wasn’t, then we are crazy.
We told our kids to go out there
and play every point, and I just
thought that we did a good job of
coming up with the big play when
we needed it,” Johnson said.
Along with their seniors,
the Jackets used a great game
from Mead to help in the win.
Mead continued her stellar play
throughout the season by adding
19 kills and had a career-high 21
digs.
“[Mead] did a great job. I challenged her defensively to start
picking up some tips, and make
some big plays, and she certainly
did that… I think she is going to
do some great things for this program just like our seniors,” Johnson said.
Football
from page 24
drive when he ran for a score on
a fourth down play from Tech’s
one-yard line.
“[Green] has changed most of
the games that he has been in this
year. He is obviously a high quality player… He is hard to guard,
but Murray made some [good]
throws under pressure… That is
usually the difference in the game
when a quarterback steps up and
makes plays,” said defensive coordinator Al Groh.
Tech got the ball back, but
on the second play of the drive,
Washington tried to pitch the ball
to Jones on the option. Unfortunately, Jones was not able to catch
it and fumbled.
“The defender got there at the
same time as the pitch. I got my
hands on it, and I should have
probably caught it, but the guy
just made a good play,” Jones said.
UGA’s defensive end Justin
Houston recovered the fumble
and ran 18 yards for a touchdown
to give the Bulldogs a 14-point
lead.
The Jackets needed to score
on their next drive, and after 12
plays, Washington scored another
SPORTS
one-yard touchdown to cut the
lead to seven. Washington ended
the game with 73 yards on 23 carries.
Georgia had to punt on its next
drive and Tech got the ball with
eight minutes left in the game.
Allen ran five times on the next
drive including what would have
been a game tying touchdown.
Blair lined up for the extra point
that would have tied the game at
35, but Blair missed the kick wide
left.
“That’s the way football goes.
You are always one play away
from winning the game, and if
a [missed PAT] happens, it happens. You just have hope that it
doesn’t happen… We depend on
Scott a lot this year, and we want
him to keep his head up,” Allen
said.
Tech let Georgia score another
touchdown later in the game to
keep the game within one-score,
but Tech could not get the score
needed to tie the game. Georgia
went on to win the game 42-34,
their fifth win in six years in the
rivalry.
Tech will next play in a postseason bowl game that has yet to
be determined.
Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications
Orwin Smith fumbles the ball on the five-yard line in Saturday’s
game versus UGA. Smith’s fumble was one of four by the Jackets.
Orange
from page 24
shooting]… It’s just a matter of us
being mature,” said Head Coach
Paul Hewitt.
Rice led the team with 19
points and 11 rebounds, but the
main reason the Jackets won is
that they shut down UTEP’s star
player, Randy Culpepper, who
only had 13 points.
Oliver also helped lead the
team with 15 points and 12
boards.
“[Oliver and Rice] played like
mature players today, and that is
something that we have been talking to them about in this young
season,” Hewitt said.
Tech’s next game was against
the Syracuse Orange, and it was
Tech’s first game against a nationally ranked opponent.
The Jackets started strong as
Oliver hit a three on the game’s
opening possession. He added a
layup later in the half to give Tech
a 5-2 advantage. Oliver hit another three, then hit a long-range
jump shot to extend Tech’s lead to
five.
Holsey and Udofia dominated
the next few minutes of the game
by snagging rebounds and scoring
easy jumpers. Oliver hit another
three at the 12:21 mark to give
Tech the lead at 19-12.
Oliver, Miller and Rice all
made threes to round out the half,
but Syracuse’s C.J. Fair hit a three
with nine seconds left in the half
to give Syracuse a three-point lead
going into halftime.
Just like the first half, Oliver hit another three to start the
second half and another one two
minutes later to give Tech a commanding seven point lead, 47-40.
Oliver finished the game with a
career-high 32 points.
“I saw they played out higher,
so I knew that I could hit deeper
threes than what I usually take,
but I just saw the opportunity at
times. I got hot,” Oliver said.
Later in the half, Syracuse went
Jason Morris dribbles down the court in a recent home game.
Morris had a career-high 10 points against No. 8 ranked Syracuse.
on a 15-2 scoring run that lasted
almost seven minutes. Udofia finally ended the run, but Syracuse
extended their lead to 13 shortly
after.
Tech fought to get back in the
game and went on a 10-3 thanks
to Shumpert’s first five points in
the game. In the end, Tech just
ran out of time. Syracuse hit five
of six free throws down the stretch
to end Tech’s hopes of a comeback.
The Jackets continued their
road trip on Nov. 30 by taking on
Northwestern.
The Jackets jumped out early
with Rice leading the charge. He
made the first basket for Tech
when he dunked the ball with one
hand, and finished off an 18-5 run
with back-to-back threes.
Northwestern would come
back with a 10-2 run that was
highlighted by open three-pointers from Drew Crawford and John
Shurna. That would be a recurrent
theme throughout the contest.
Tech and Northwestern traded
baskets for much of the first half,
and Tech held a small lead until
the 7:45 mark when Crawford hit
another three to tie the game at
30. Shurna followed with a three
and then Morris cut the Wildcat’s
lead to one.
Tech would not score for the
next three minutes, and Northwestern added nine points to their
lead.
The second half started slowly
for both teams but within six
minutes, Crawford had extended
Northwestern’s lead to 14 at 6046.
Later in the half, freshman
center Nate Hicks slammed down
a dunk to cut the Wildcat’s lead
down to six, but Tech could never
get closer than that.
“I thought the young player
[Nate] Hicks came in and established [the post]. We started going
in there, we actually gave ourselves a chance with the pressure,
but we just didn’t make enough
shots,” Hewitt said.
Tech started fouling Northwestern’s shooters at the five-minute mark. The shooters kept making their free throws to ensure a
win for the Wildcats.
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SPORTS
Staff Picks
Week of december 3, 2010
Lee Hoffman Cappetta Mitchell Prasadh
(69-54) (66-57) (66-57) (70-53) (71-52)
Staff
(69-54)
#1 Auburn (-7) v. #19 South Carolina
AU
SC
AU
AU
AU
AU
#2 Oregon (-16) @ Oregon State
Ore.
OSU
OSU
OSU
Ore.
Ore.
Neb.
Neb.
OK
OK
Neb.
Neb.
#11 Boise St. (-43) v. Utah St.
Ut. St.
Ut. St.
Ut. St.
Boise
Boise
Ut. St.
#15 Va. Tech (-4) v. #21 Florida St.
FSU
FSU
FSU
VT
VT
FSU
#17 Nevada (-14) @ Lousiana Tech
Nev.
LT
Nev.
Nev.
Nev.
Nev.
Push
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
WVU
Rutgers
#25 Northern Ill. (-14.5) v. Miami (OH) NIU
Miami
NIU
NIU
NIU
NIU
#9 Oklahoma (Pk) v. #13 Nebraska
#24 West Virginia (-21) v. Rutgers
South Florida (Pk) @ UConn
UConn
USF
USF
UConn
UConn
USF
USC (-7) @ UCLA
USC
UCLA
USC
USC
USC
USC
push
south carolina
south florida
West Virginia has choked
away its chances to win the
Big East in the past, and it
may happen yet again. Still,
Rutgers is middle of the pack
once again, and they will not
be able to take advantage of
the opportunity to play spoiler. When you have a choice
between West Virginia and
Rutgers, do you really have
to choose one of them? Luckily, in picking these games, it
is possible to not choose either.
Gene Chizik continues to
use the most amazing smoke
and mirrors trick I have ever
seen, even mystifying the
great Nick Saban. Steve Spurrier is a good enough coach
to know what to do a second
time against an opponent.
He will likely be able to know
how to stop Cam Newton
this time and be able to ruin
the SEC’s chance of another
national championship. Take
the Gamecocks for the win.
The Big East is a very weak
conference this year, and anybody is eligible to go to a pretty big bowl, even with a bad
record. South Florida will be
looking for this win to boost
its bowl status and will come
out playing hard to support
its case. USF is a team full
of bigger, stronger and faster
Florida athletes. The Bulls will
win a close one due to their
roster’s tough nature and superior athleticism.
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Alex Montgomery
Photo courtesy of Tech Athletic Department
Senior Guard Alex Montgomery
By Wayne Bishop
Contributing Writer
Technique: When did you
first start playing basketball?
Alex Montgomery: I started
in the 4th grade with my older
sister Jasmine.
Technique: Who’s your favorite pro basketball team?
Alex Montgomery: The Phoenix Suns. I love Steve Nash.
Technique: Are you a fan of
music? Do you have a favorite
genre?
Alex Montgomery: I only listen to rap. A little R&B here and
there. Some country music too.
Technique: Do you have a
favorite song to listen to before
games?
Alex Montgomery: “Bill
Gates” by Lil Wayne.
Technique: Do you have a
food you like to cook?
Alex Montgomery: I love to
cook pork chops, fried chicken,
macaroni and cheese. More of
soul food type dishes.
Technique: Do you have any
hobbies?
Alex Montgomery: Not really,
just shopping.
Technique: Are you a reader?
Do you have a favorite book?
Alex Montgomery: No. I
skim through magazines. I don’t
really like to read.
Technique: Do you have a favorite board game?
Alex Montgomery: I love
playing Monopoly with my little
brother and sister. We’re real competitive.
Technique: Are you a bicyclist
or a walker?
Alex Montgomery: Walker, I
can’t do the bike.
Technique: If you could go on
vacation anywhere, where would
it be?
Alex Montgomery: I’d like to
go to Jamaica and enjoy the water
and the weather.
Technique: So you’re a fan of
warm weather over cold weather?
Alex Montgomery: Oh yes,
warm weather over anything.
Technique: If you could describe yourself with one word,
what would it be?
Alex Montgomery: Competitive.
Technique: Where do you see
yourself 10 years from now?
Alex Montgomery: I see myself having a successful job and
still playing basketball somewhere. But a successful job is one
of my dreams.
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Alex Mitchell
Carrying the load
See who has been the key player on
offense for Tech's football team this
season421
Tech football falls to UGA, 42-34
By Alex Mitchell
Sports Editor
On Nov. 27, the Tech football team traveled to Athens,
Ga. for its annual game against
rival Georgia. In a sloppy game
where each team fumbled four
times, UGA came away with
the victory, 42-34.
The game could not have
started better for the Jackets,
as senior kicker Scott Blair’s
kickoff hit the ground without
being returned. The Jackets
dove on the loose ball, setting
up great field position for the
offense’s first drive.
Tech ran three different
running backs with little success on its opening drive and
ran into a fourth down. The
Jackets called a timeout to
talk over whether they should
go for the first down or kick
a field goal. Head Coach Paul
Johnson elected to go for a first
down, and sophomore A-back
Orwin Smith got stuffed at the
line, giving UGA the ball and
early momentum.
UGA could not take advantage of the turnover on downs
and punted three plays later.
Junior safety Jerrard Tarrant
returned the punt 19 yards,
giving the Jackets great field
position again. After a long
drive, Smith fumbled inside
UGA’s 10-yard line, and UGA
recovered.
This time, UGA took advantage of Tech’s lack of focus.
After two catches by receiver
A.J. Green, quarterback Aaron
Murray hit receiver Kris Durham on a crossing pattern on
third down. After scampering
66 yards down the sideline,
Durham was in the endzone,
and UGA held an early 7-0
lead.
A block in the back penalty
halted Tech’s ensuing drive,
and the Bulldogs got the ball
back. Murray delivered two
more accurate passes before
throwing to his tight end
Orson Charles who was in
one-on-one coverage. Charles
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December 3, 2010
Men’s basketball
loses two of three
non-ACC games
By Alex Mitchell
Sports Editor
caught the pass behind senior
cornerback Mario Butler and
found himself with an open
path to the endzone.
“We were trying to put
pressure on Aaron Murray, but
we had to drop guys into coverage. Hats off to Murray for
stepping up and making the
plays with our defenders in his
face,” Butler said.
Six strong runs from senior
B-back Anthony Allen set up
a one-yard touchdown run by
sophomore quarterback Tevin
Washington, cutting the lead
to seven with 13 minutes left
in the half.
Murray found Charles with
another long pass on UGA’s
next drive. The gain put the
Bulldogs in the redzone for
the first time, but they could
not capitalize as Murray was
stopped on a fourth down play
on Tech’s five-yard line.
Feeding off of the defense’s
big stop, Washington orchestrated a 14-play drive that included a 22-yard run from junior A-back Roddy Jones and
a 12-yard pass to Smith. Jones
finished off the drive with a
rushing touchdown to tie the
game.
The game was not tied for
long as UGA found a running
attack for the first time in the
half. Running back Washaun
Ealey ran for 47 yards on
only two carries, and Murray
passed for his third and final
touchdown of the first half.
Tech got the ball to start
the second half and junior Aback Embry Peeples scored a
19-yard touchdown that was
set up by a 44-yard pass to
sophomore receiver Stephen
Hill.
“We had been running
the toss and running the ball
inside all night, and that was
the first play-action pass that
we threw. They bit on it really hard, so it was wide open,”
Washington said.
Georgia got the ball back
but fumbled the ball away two
plays later. Tech only managed
one first down on its next drive
before punting the ball away.
Georgia fumbled the punt, but
then Jones fumbled again for
Tech four plays later.
UGA took the ball at its
own 36-yard line, and Murray connected with Green on
three straight passes for 48 total yards. Ealey capped off the
On Nov. 26, the Tech men’s basketball
team traveled to Atlantic City, N.J. for two
games in the Legends Classic at Boardwalk
Hall. Tech beat UTEP, 71-61, but fell to No.
9 ranked Syracuse, 80-76. On the following
Tuesday, the Jackets traveled to Northwestern to take on the Wildcats in the ACCBig Ten Challenge. Northwestern used its
63 percent shooting from behind the arc to
dominate the Jackets, 91-71.
Tech’s first opponent of the week was
against the Miners of UTEP. Tech started
the game off slow and trailed the Miners,
6-2. Sophomore guard Mfon Udofia then hit
a three to cut UTEP’s lead down to one before UTEP hit a three of its own to spark a
7-0 run for the Miners.
Sophomore Kammeon Holsey got an
offensive rebound following a missed three
from sophomore guard Glen Rice Jr. Holsey
then passed the ball to junior guard Iman
Shumpert, who layed the ball in. The hustle
play led to an 8-0 run for the Jackets that
Rice capped off with a dunk.
The two teams traded baskets and the lead
for the next few minutes, but then UTEP
broke open the game with a 10-0 run.
More traded buckets throughout the half
saw the Jackets down by eight with two minutes left to go in the half. The Miners got
into foul trouble for the remainder of the
half, and Tech made the free throws allowing the Jackets to get within four before the
half ended.
Tech came out strong to open the second
half and actually took the lead at the 17:57
mark. Rice led the charge with another
dunk, and a free throw that gave the Jackets
the lead at 38-37. Freshman forward Jason
Morris added a dunk of his own and Shumpert had a layup before UTEP finally scored
for the first time in the half.
UTEP re-took the lead at 48-47 when
Christian Polk hit a three. Tech then went on
a 12-point run consisting of three pointers
from sophomore forward Brian Oliver and
lay-ups from Shumpert.
Tech played good defense down the
stretch and made its free throws to ice the
game.
“We can do [defense and free throw
See Football, page 22
See Orange, page 22
place on Tech’s all-time assists
list.
“It was very important for
us as a coaching staff to let
[McCullers and Tippins] believe that they were great players. They have done that and
,most importantly, they have
passed that down onto the
younger [players]. The [players] just thrive on that,” said
Head Coach Tanya Johnson.
In the match’s first set,
Tech jumped out to a 5-1 lead,
but the Tigers came roaring
back with a 5-1 run of their
own. An impressive 7-2 run for
the Jackets extended their lead
to 13-8. The two teams traded
points for the remainder of
the set, but Tech’s seven-point
cushion allowed them to win
the first set 25-19. The Jack-
ets used their superior hitting
(.303) to dispatch the Tigers
who only hit .226 for the set.
Clemson dominated the
match’s second set en route to
a match tying 25-18 set victory.
Clemson jumped out early
in the set, scoring the game’s
first six points. The Jackets
went on a small four-point
run of their own, but Clemson
used its four blocks in the set
to extend its lead out to nine at
one point in the set.
From this point, it was clear
that the match would become
a back-and-forth like match
similar to the two teams’ 3-2
match earlier this season.
“I knew it was going to be
a typical Georgia Tech versus
Clemson match with the game
coming down to five sets. I’m
just proud that our players
could [continue to] bounce
back after a tough weekend
last weekend,” Johnson said.
Tech started the third set
in similar fashion to the way
the Tigers started the second set. With the match tied,
Tech started the crucial third
set with a quick 5-0 run that
included kills from sophomore rightside hitter Monique
Mead. Clemson tried to come
back, but a 15-5 run from the
Jackets closed out the match at
25-12, in favor of Tech.
The fourth set was a backand-forth type set until Clemson took the lead at 10-6.
Clemson went an eight-point
Tevin Washington gets stuffed at the line by a group of UGA defenders. Washington
performed well in his third game as a starter with 101 yards passing and 73 yards rushing.
Volleyball beats Clemson 3-2 on Senior Night
By Alex Mitchell
Sports Editor
On Friday, Nov. 26, the
Tech volleyball team hosted
Clemson on Senior Night in
the team’s final home game
of the season. It took five sets,
but the Jackets sent off their seniors with a win, 3-2.
Senior libero Jordan McCullers had six assists in the
game and finished her Tech
home career by recording 13
digs, moving her into fourth
place in Tech’s record books.
Senior setter Mary Ashley
Tippins, who was named to
the All-ACC team the day
before, was also instrumental
in the victory as she had 52
assists and 15 digs. The 52 assists moved Tippins into third
See Seniors, page 21
Jordan McCullers celebrates a point in her
last game at Tech. McCullers had six assists.

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