Where is

- rooms can be small

The Technique presents

- former home of
Olympic athletes

The Official Georgia Tech

Housing Guide
Location: West Campus
Pros: Close to CRC
Cons: Whats with the first floor?

2016

On or Off
Campus?

East
or
West ?
Pros of West: Quiet
Cons of West: Too quiet

Wings!

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On- Campus Housing

D

The adjoined twin buildings, Woodruff

North and South, were built in 1984,
with the Woodruff Dining Hall located in
between the north and south halls. They
are suite style double rooms that
share a common bathroom. Rooms are
not carpeted, but they are fully furnished.
Each floor in the buildings is equipped
with a community kitchen, which also
has a shared refrigerator for the floors
residents to use. Each building has 280
bed spaces and five floors. The cost of
living in either Woodruff North or South
is $3,365 per person per semester.

Crecine is located on the corner of Hemphill Avenue NW and Eighth Street NW on

west campus and has a Stinger bus stop
in close proximity on the same corner.
Built in 1995, Crecine has furnished and
carpeted apartment-style units with private bedrooms as well as shared living
rooms and kitchens in each unit. There
are 327 bed spaces in building spanning
across five floors. Additionally, Crecine
has a community space on the bottom
floor. The cost of living in Crecine for the
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 year is $4,500
per student per semester.

Located on 6th Street NW, Maulding is

another apartment-style option for students located on west campus. Maulding
overlooks the athletics field of the CRC,
making it one of the closest dorm buildings to the CRC. This building was built
in 1995 as well. It has carpeted rooms
and is fully furnished (minus the washer
and dryer, of course). Maulding has 249
bed spaces and four floors. There are
two-person and six-person apartment
options available. It costs $4,500 per
semester for each student, the same
price as other on campus apartments.

A
A

D
B

Formerly know as the Undergraduate

Living Center (ULC), Nelson-Shell was
built in 1992 and was last renovated in
2013. These apartments are located on
Turner Place NW on west campus across
the street from the parking deck, which
has basketball courts, a volleyball court
and charcoal grills for students to use
in their free time. The building has two,
four and six-person apartment-style
units available. There are 430 carpeted
bed spaces on four floors, all furnished.
The cost of living is $4,500 per semester
per person.

Fourth Street East is another building

that was built in 1995 and is located on
Techwood Drive NW on East campus.
This dorm is also part of the International House program for international
and exchange students. The building is
equipped with two-person suite-style
units as well as shared kitchens and
lounges for all the building residents.
Fourth Street East is smaller than its
counterparts, with only a total of 24 bed
spaces on three floors. The cost of living in Fourth Street East is $4,036 per
student per semester.

Built for the 1996 Olympics as athlete

lodging, this is the largest housing option on East campus. The North Avenue
Apartments are fully furnished and are
usually comprised of four rooms, a
kitchen and a living room. There are four
buildings: North, South, East and West,
with the last two renovated in 2011. In
descending size order: East (658 bed
spaces, 13 floors), South (586 bed spaces, eight floors), North (582 bed spaces,
10 floors) and West (170 bed spaces,
five floors). The cost of living in North
Ave is $4,500 a semester.

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HOUSING GUIDE

Interview with

Dan Morrison
LAYLA GHAZI

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

Technique: When does the
general housing application open
and also when does it close?
Morrison: The applications
open Feb. 2 and close at 11:59:59
p.m. on Feb. 28, so it is basically open the entire month of
February. The calendar will be
printed online for the major important dates.
Technique: Are there any
projects going to upgrade dorms
for this coming year or in near
the future?
Morrison: This summer we
are doing a number of things. We
dont really have one single renovation going on, but we have lots
of smaller, yet big, projects going
on. For example, we are re-doing
the HVAC system in Smith; we
are redoing the bathrooms on
campus. We are also doing lots of
things that, unfortunately, a lot
of people dont really see, such as
new boilers in the whole graduate family housing area, or new
chillers in some of the freshman
dorms for the air conditioning.
Technique: How does the
dorm assignments and room assignments work?

Morrison: There are two categories of students that participate in this new room selection
process: rising sophomores and
returning students. It is important that we distinguish that
when the department of housing
talks about class standings, we are
referring to matriculation dates.
Rising sophomores are treated
slightly differently than the rest
of the population, and that is
because we actually start to place
students based on credits earned
at Georgia Tech.
Then we go ahead and let the
older students utilize the database and assign themselves to the
rooms of their choice, which is
by a process known as self-assign.
They are given time tickets, where
they can go in and name your
roommates, and based on what
is available, they can put themselves in rooms. What happens is
that all of the returning students
do that, and then when we get to
the big chunk of rising sophomores, and at the point of which
we do those two things, there is
not enough housing for what the
sophomores want.
We ask that you have a little
bit of patience because you will
likely get the room of your choice
and with your roommates, but

we are going to fix the situation

of the rising sophomores after the
housing of returning students is
complete. It is really kind of two
pronged. As soon as things start
happening, housing is canceled,
so it keeps making spaces all
spring and summer, so we can get
the rising sophomores together.
On March 29, everybody can go
online and see where they are going to end up. Summer housing
applications go up after fall because many of the students who
are living on campus for the fall,
if their building were to be open
for the summer, would like to
stay there. During the month of
February, you can edit the application as much as you want.
Technique: I know there are
some universities, where their
housing departments are starting
to come out with gender-neutral
housing and more progressive
ideas. Do you think Tech will be
heading in that direction soon?
Morrison: Yes I do. We actually have a proposal in the legal
office right now that is starting to look at what can we do
to respond and react to those
kinds of requests. The thing that
makes Georgia Tech so unique is
that we have a lot more housing
than a school of 20,000 would

Brrrrr...the ULC
will have new chillers
for the AC!

Expect fresh paint

in Nelson-Shell

Timeline
Last day for
returning
students to
apply for Fall
2016 guaranteed
housing

who have needs that are typically

met by the Office of Student Disabilities and Dean of Students.
The question on the profile asks
if you need an accommodation,
and then from there it opens
many other questions. Using this
information, we can prepare the
rooms with the accommodations
much earlier than in August.
Technique: Anything you
want to include?
Morrison: We are really trying to maximize the space that
we have. We have more housing space in the undergraduate
space than we really need. This
past year was the first year in
14 years that we did not have a
building under renovation. Following 2007, we had a shortage
of housing until we obtained the
North Avenue Apartments from
Georgia State, which was 2,000
beds leaving us in a 1,000 bed
excess. Woodruff Hall has always
been our flexible space. We actually know we are going to experiment a little bit. We are opening
10 suites in Woodruff that we
will offer to students to allow
them have a single for double,
which means they would have the
suite to themselves because right
now, Georgia Tech is not projecting growth in the freshman class.

Crecine is getting
new furniture and
lightbulbs

Smith Hall gets new

beds and paint!

Returning
students may
apply for Fall
2016
campus
housing

have. Trying to figure out all of

the pushes and pulls (i.e. co-ops,
study abroad) is more difficult.
One of the things that we have
been asked before is for students
that are in recovery, from either
drug or alcohol problems. It is
not something we really know
about people, so we have not
been able to help them out. So we
worked with the counseling center, which has a support group for
both alcohol and drugs, and we
have now added a question to the
profile that asks if you would like
to be supportive of someone who
handles these issues.
The process keeps the disclosure private, but my guess is that
there will be more than a few
people who apply for these services. For example, any four people that find each other in that
of way, now their apartment can
kind of be a recovery space, but to
the outside, no one really needs to
know it. If you do indicate something on that profile, we reserve
the right to hold you to what you
said on the profile. Some schools
have done things like substance
free housing, but what we have
found that people here are weary
of what that means.
The other thing we have done
is answer the requests of students

Last day to
cancel Fall
2016 application without penalty

of

All of 10th and

Home is getting
roof repairs

Events

Self-assign
to your same
room for Fall
2016 will
open; please
wait for email

Fall 2016
Room
Assignments
are available
to for viewing

Online application for

Summer
2016
on-campus
housing
opens

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Off- Campus Housing

At the intersection of Spring Street and

fifth, these apartments are also made for
students. They offer an unrivaled proximity
to Techs campus as it is the only housing of its kind located right on Tech Square.
With direct access to Tech, residents have
the independence of off-campus living
with the convenience of on-campus proximity. Amenities abound with everything
from a rooftop swimming pool to a craft
coffee bar. Because prices are not disclosed on their website interested people
would need to inquire further for details on
possible rent.

Two blocks from Tech Square and across

the street from Publix Midtown, University
House has 19 floors of premiere student
apartments located on Spring Street NW.
The complex features a pool, fitness center and several lounges. Monthly rates are
estimated to be around $940 a month
per renter in a four-man apartment. Each
apartment has a kitchen and washer-dryer
unit, and many have a view of Techs campus and the Atlanta skyline. The Maverick
staff hosts several events each month,
including a chili cooking contest, fitness
competition and themed mocktails.

These trendy mid-rise apartments in Atlantic Station offer student living spaces
close to campus with a shuttle available
for transport to MARTA. The Flats are
also near a stop of the Green Route of the
Stinger Shuttle. With a plethora of amenities from private student study rooms
that have Internet access to free parking in
a parking garage you are steps away
from the glitz of midtown and the comfort
of the smorgasbord of shopping and eating
at Atlantic Station. Prices are not available
online, but can be inquired about through
the leasing office.

Located in West Midtown, these student

lofts offer a convenient stepping-stone for
those looking to phase out of dorm life.
Their most prized feature is the shuttle
service they offer to Tech. Reviews on
their website average 3.6 stars out of 5,
with some satisfied with their experience
and others with complaints about cleanliness and other service issues. A standard
two bed, two bath is economical at $730
per month per person for a 12 month
lease and, for a $99 fee, you can also get
all-inclusive utilities and amenities.

Located behind West campus on Marietta Street, these apartments are both
close to campus and relatively affordable.
Rent for a two bed, two bath ranges from
about $1600 to $2200, though a couple
of apartments types require interested
people to inquire for more details. Though
apartment units do not come furnished
nor do they have washer and dryer units,
the apartments are actually pet friendly
and the management team periodically
holds community events for residents to
help foster a community atmosphere.

These apartments are located at 1000

Northside Drive right outside of West Campus, and have direct access to the Midtown
MARTA station, just minutes from Tech.
They offer a plethora of community amenities, from a cyber caf to the option of
making rent payments online. At Tenside,
you will be a part of Atlantas revitalized
Westside community, complete with shops
and restaurants all geared towards hip
youths just like you. A two bedroom, two
bath starts at $1720 per month, and despite prices, units are going fast.

Floorplans courtesy of Square on Fifth, University House Midtown, The Flats, M Street Apartments, Tenside Apartments; Design by Brighton Kamen Student Publications

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OPINIONS

technique
News 2

ENTERTAINMENT

Changes to the Genome p10 Jazz Night at the High p15

Opinions 6

Entertainment 11

Sports 20

LEGISLATIVE HEARING QUESTIONS OSI PROCESS

NEWS

MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR

President G.P. Bud Peterson spoke

before a subcommittee of the Georgia
House Appropriations Committee on
Jan. 25 in contribution to a conversation about due process in collegiate judicial proceedings involving students.
The hearing was convened by State
Representative Earl Ehrhart, who
chairs an appropriations subcommittee
in the House which supervises university spending. Ehrhart had previously
expressed concerns regarding the Office
of Student Integritys (OSI) decision to
suspend Phi Delta Theta for one year
following an alleged racial incident.
In addition to state legislators, the
hearing was attended by numerous
Tech officials, including President Peterson and Director of Student Integrity Peter Paquette. Also in attendance
were numerous witnesses, including
the mother of a student found to have
violated Techs sexual misconduct and
alcohol policies and more than a dozen
members of Phi Delta Theta.
Georgia Tech is committed to
maintaining a learning environment
that is safe and affirms the dignity, respect and values of our campus community, President Peterson said in his
opening statement. We expect every
member of our community to practice
the highest ethical principles and standards of conduct. To this end, we periodically review and refine our policies
and procedures in order to ensure that
they represent the best practices nationally, Peterson said.
Our Student Code of Conduct creates a standard by which students are
expected to conduct themselves, and
violations of this code are separate and
distinct from criminal and or civil proceedings, with different procedures and
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See HEARING, page 4

SPORTS

Mens tennis looks to build on up-and-down 2016

WAGES CARROLL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Although Tech mens tennis
players has played in various tournaments, challenges, invitationals
and championships since last fall,
the crucial part of the season has
just begun and the Jackets are off
to a good start. Coming off of last
years opening round loss in the
NCAA tournament to Columbia,
who lost in the Sweet 16 to UVA,
the eventual champions, the 2016
Tech tennis team has already begun their journey back to the

tourney. With their only significant blemish at the hands of the

No. 12 UCLA Bruins, the Jackets
have accomplished far more than
their record thus far might suggest, with hope for future success.
Techs ability to accomplish
far more than the record shows is
encapsulated in its encouraging
performance at the teams own
Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational. Over the long weekend,
Tech played Ole Miss, Oklahoma
and UGA in a round robin tournament with no scores or winners. Since there were no scores
kept, the results of the invitational

dont add towards the teams season record, but Tech defeated
No. 17 Ole Miss 4-3, lost to No.
2 Oklahoma 4-3, and was narrowly defeated by rival and No. 6
Georgia 4-3.
Despite having lost more
matches than they won, the results were nonetheless impressive.
Over the course of three days, the
Jackets went to toe-to-toe with
three of the best programs in the
nation and held their ground.
That experience will strengthen
the group moving forward.
In Techs matches since that

See TENNIS, page 18

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Freshman Philip Gresk angles for a forehand at the MLK Invitational. Gresk is a crucial part of a young, talented Jackets team.

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Technology Accessibility will
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GTX UNVEILED
Many students may be familiar with educational platforms
like MITx, which publish course
materials which people can use
in their own personal academic
fulfillment. Some high schools
and community colleges use
these course materials to supplement learning materials for students. So, it may excite users
of such platforms that Georgia
Tech recently unveiled plans for
GTx, a similar concept to MITx,

HOPE-FUL LEGISLATION
Representative Jan Jones
has recently introduced a bill
to the Georgia Legislature that
would give some consideration
to students who are required to
take challenging courses in science, technology, engineering
and math.
Should this bill pass as is, students would get up to a half point
boost for each qualifying STEM
course in in their HOPE scholarship GPA calculation, similar to
certain boosts in high school.
Proponents of this bill hope
that, as a result, students will
no longer be deterred from taking difficult STEM courses by
financial concerns that HOPE
will be lost due to lower grades.

ach week, this section of News

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

HASIT DEWAN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BILL SUMMARY
BILL
DancetTech Spring Show
Society of Women Engineers
Conference Funding
Salary/Fringe Increases for
SGA Personnel

AMOUNT
$2,742*
$3,090.40

GSS
N/A
N/A

UHR
28-6-0
35-0-0

$759.20

24-0-2

35-0-0

*Indicates amount passed by UHR. GSS totals differ.

LACROSSE LA-CLOTHES
The GT Womens club Lacrosse team currently has 24
members, and may potentially
have 29 during the spring 2016
season. As a result, they requested money from SGA to help
cover the uniform costs. In past
years, the team received equipment due to a sponsorship from

Champion; however, Champion

has stopped sponsoring club
sports. Thus, they needed assistance from SGA to help funding.
The resolution passed.
GYM-NATIONALS
The GT club gymnastics team
will be travelling to Sacramento,
California to compete in the an-

NEW PROFESSORSHIP
In the world of academia, promotion is at least as challenging
as it is desired.
After typically going through
some time being a postdoc student, academics can be hired
as an assistant professor, an
associate professor and finally
a professor.
Tenure-track is determined
in part by funding and approval
for the professor positions. Recently, multiple academics made
the leap due to a decision by the
Board of Regents.
John Wise, previously an associate professor in the School of
Physics, was appointed to professorship with the establishment of
the Dunn Family Early Career
Professorship.
A new fund in the Scheller
College of Business has also
been established: the Elizabeth
D. and Thomas M. Holder
Faculty Fund.
BIKE MASTER PLAN
In a collaborative effort with
Capital Planning and Space
Management, Parking and
nual national competition. The
fees to attend are very expensive,
as are the other associated costs.
The team required funding
for the individuals national fee,
the team nationals fee, as well as
some travel expenses. The resolution passed without issue.
DANCE, DANCE, REVOLUTION
DanceTech Performing Company is planning to hold its
Spring Show on April 21, 2016
and sought $2,742 in SGA funds
to supplement their preparations.
Having already conducted
fundraising through dance classes open to the entire Tech student
body, and through a bake sale
on Skiles Walkway, DanceTech
received their additional SGA
funding with 28 for and six
against in the Undergraduate
House of Representatives.
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
In keeping with a plan approved by President Peterson last
fall, the salaries of full and parttime SGA personnel were adjusted to comply with the new campus minimum salary of $24,715.
Fringe benefits were also
raised to 30 percent in accor-

Transportation Services and

Campus Services among others,
Techs Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Committee released
the Bicycle Campus Master Plan
on Jan. 22.
The plan aims to alter Techs
approach to bicycle-friendliness
and accessibility through five key
strategies.
First, the master plan aims to
increase the visibility of bikes on
campus through expanded bikefriendly facilities; second, Tech
will work with the city of Atlanta
and other leaders to improve safe
bike access to, from and within
Techs campus; third, the organization of biking-oriented events
such as Ride with the President
will foster bike culture; fourth,
the establishment of specific
funding to achieve and maintain
the plans goals will be critical to
its success; and fifth, groups who
have expressed interest in bikefriendly practices on campus and
off must be engaged and encouraged to participate in the plan
as it moves forward in multiple
phases of concepts and eventually construction.
dance with the plan. The changes are considered as having been
active since Jan. 1 and will be active until June 30.
GRAD SURVEY APPROVED
The Graduate Student Senate
(GSS) passed a bill approving the
creation of a new Graduate Student Experience Survey, the first
of its kind at Tech.
The survey, having been developed in tandem by Graduate
Student Government and the
Office of Graduate Studies in the
past eight months, will ask graduate students about their satisfaction with various elements of
the graduate student experience;
these elements will include, but
are not limited to, advising and
mentor quality, qualifying exams
and finances.
The GSS appropriated $530
in funds to facilitate the purchase of flyers and posters from
GT Printing Services and Paper
and Clay respectively to advertise
the survey, whose development
was paid for in its entirety by the
Office of Graduate Studies.
The bill passed the GSS with
25 in favor, one student against,
and one student in abstention.

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Max Eastman

the pipes in the student center are sketchaf

GT Grindr... wow
id like to know how long the jell-o cups at brittain have been
sitting out but at the same time i also really dont want to know
Why is there only one working microwave in the student center?
I heard GSU got 8...
That moment when your TA stops in the middle of class blanking
only to say that shes sorry, but she didnt get to sleep last night.
#techlyfe
Class consensus when asked to provide a Drake lyric: something
about hotline bling
im ok i say as the blood drips from my eyes
adobe indesign is satan incarnate and needs to be destroyed
woodys is like a funeral
i am so dehydrated i;m becoming a scaly lizard who eats mice
I wonder if people who chew with their mouths open know that
theyre tearing me apart emotionally
im going to turn in my next assignment in english on wide-ruled
binder paper and its going to be written in crayon and nobody
can stop me
sliver seems like something peoople would think was really cool
in the 90s
hey suckaaaas
i would really like a dog
to the good samaritan who picked up a pink fitbit that was left in
the culc and turned it into the lost and found instead of stealing
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Tech scientists build playground for robots

SARA SCHMITT

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The playground is a piece of
childhood nostalgia, evoking in
many the urge to abandon adulthood and to return to the carefree
days of climbing and play.
Now, imagine a playground in
miniature, and instead of slides
and swings there is an open room
and dozens of robots ranging from
one square inch to nearly two
feet tall.
This is the vision that worldrenowned robotics professor Dr.
Magnus Egerstedt and graduate
student Daniel Pickem, along
with their ever-growing team,
have produced in the last year.
Their playground, the Robotarium, is to be the first of its
kind and is designed as a testing
ground for robotics researchers all
over the world a place for collaboration and in-depth research.
The project began as a single
testing room for multi-agent
systems, essentially robot teamwork, on the ground floor of the
Tech Square Research Building,
but traveling from the office several floors up was inconvenient for
the researchers.
They decided to build a miniature version of their room upstairs
on a small table for easier access
and then began building their
own small robots, each of which
is about one square inch by two
inches tall.
During this transition, the
pair hit upon a new idea in the
form of a remote-controlled testing ground that could be shared
among other researchers.
The goal here is to allow other
researchers to access [the Robotarium] remotely over internet and
then upload their code so they

can test the algorithms they can

currently only test in simulation,
Pickem said.
Since then, the National Science Foundation has taken an interest in their work and provided
them with grants totaling $2.5
millon, which will provide for
four more years of research and
production.
There are currently 4-5 professors working on the project alongside 10 graduate students from
Georgia Tech and a small fleet of
nine homemade robots.
Eventually, however, they hope
to have as many as 200 robots of
all shapes, sizes, and functions
including aerial drones.
The team has a classroom
picked out in Van Leer that will
have different sections for multiple
projects and glass walls so Tech
students can watch the robots carrying out the algorithms at any
time. Researchers will be able to
watch their projects via webcams
set up all around the room.
The hope is that [researchers]
upload the experiment descriptor file that tells you, I need this
many robots in these locations doing this control algorithm, and
the system is going to take care of
the rest, Pickem said.
One of the biggest challenges
the Robotarium team has faced
has been expanding the program
to be inclusive for many people.
We just want to have a large
target audience because users help
you build a better instrument.
Theyre not passive consumers of
information but they also give
feedback to help make it better,
Pickem said.
The plan is to eventually offer
use of the system to all levels of
education, from professional research all the way to high school
robotics programs.

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www.stingerette.com
Reservation system for nighttime shuttle rides, 6p.m. 7a.m. nightly

www.facebook.com/GeorgiaTechPTS
Important departmental news, service updates and contests

www.youtube.com/user/GaTechPTS
Informational videos about PTS products and services

www.twitter.com/gt_park_trans
Service updates and one on one customer service feedback

This project will eventually

have vast implications for the
entire field of robotics, especially
with regards to how robots interact with one another and with the
world around them.
Virtual obstacles can be programmed into the system to force
the robots to react to external
stimuli, as well as to one another
as they go about performing their
various tasks.
The system even comes with
virtual bumpers for the robots
to keep them from being accidentally destroyed by a collision
caused by a faulty algorithm.

Though the Robotarium proper has yet to be fully constructed,

a small test version was build and
tested in cooperation with robotic
scientists with the University of
California, San Diego.
The test lab is currently located near the office of Professor
Egerstedt, where Ph.D. students
and faculty alike test the setup
and perform tests of their own.
In the future, perhaps even as
soon as May 2016, Tech students
will be able to watch the program
grow in its new home in Van Leer.
The project is expected to be completed and operational by 2017.

Graduate students should also

keep an eye open for a robotics
class offered by Egerstedt that
will allow them to participate in
the research process by operating
miniature robots and conducting
research in the Robotarium.
Already, preemptive precautions are being taken to ensure
the safety of the robots in the
Robotarium. Aaron Ames, an
associate professor in the mechanical engineering department,
has developed an algorithm to
prevent errant robots from colliding with each other and damaging
themselves.

Photo by Sara Schmitt Student Publications

Miniature robots interact with one another in a controlled environment. Techs new Robotarium
will create a space for scientists all over the country and world to test code on captive robots.

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A state legislative hearing was convened on Jan. 25 to discuss the issue of due process in collegiate disciplinary cases. Tech President G.P. Bud Peterson was among those who spoke.

and currently under appeal, Peterson did not comment any further
on their specificities before concluding his statement.
At Georgia Tech, we place a
premium on developing students
as leaders, both during their time
with us on campus and after graduation, Peterson said.
We are also fully committed
to a campus environment that is
inclusive and safe for our entire
campus community. I want to
again thank the Committee for
the opportunity to appear before
you to discuss this important matter and outline what we are doing
to ensure a fair and equitable process for all concerned.
During his question-andanswer period, Peterson fielded
questions from legislators, many
of which were focused on the dynamic of state schools taking on

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appeal to the President.
The changes are, according to
Peterson, already having tangible
effects in several of Techs ongoing
and past cases.
We have contacted all of the
respondents in those cases where
the sanction of Suspension in
Abeyance is in place and have informed them of their right to appeal, Peterson said. Two of those
contacted have responded and requested an appeal.
One of the Suspension in Abeyance cases in which an appeal has
been requested is that of Phi Delta
Theta, which under the suspension had been collectively banned
from participating in Greek Week
and other campus events for one
year. Because the Phi Delta Theta
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tual investigation. The revised

Code of Conduct will now limit
the pre-charge review to a determination as to whether the facts,
as alleged, are sufficient to initiate
a conduct hearing.
Three, the issue of aggregating unrelated cases as a part of
a single student conduct panel
hearing needs clarification. The
revised Code of Conduct will now
clarify how the issue of multiple
charges against the same respondent should be handled.
Four, there is currently no
mechanism by which the accused
can challenge possible bias. The
revised Code of Conduct will now
provide a mechanism for recourse
in this situation.
Five, there is no appeal process for the case of suspension in
abeyance The revised Code of
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different levels of proof required.

As a result, students may be held
accountable to both legal authorities for violations of the law, and
to Georgia Tech for violations of
our Student Code of Conduct.
Peterson went on to outline the
current OSI processes before addressing the working group tasked
by the Board of Regents to review
Techs disciplinary policies and
procedures.
As a result of several recent
issues, last October, I requested
that Mr. Nels Peterson, who at
the time was the chief legal officer
and secretary to the Board of Regents, chair a working group to review our policies and procedures.
This review was completed on
Dec. 15, 2015, and found that in
the 95 percent of the cases where
the facts were not in dispute, the
policies and procedures in place at
Georgia Tech were consistent with
best practices nationally. They
did, however, recommend a number of refinements for the cases
where the facts were in dispute,
Peterson said.
On Dec. 23, 2015, I sent a
memorandum to our vice president for student life and vice president for legal affairs and risk management, asking them to address
the issues noted in the report and
to forward their recommendations to me.
Peterson then outlined the
specific issues the working group
identified and the respective
changes being implemented to address those concerns.
One, there is a lack of clarity
in the process for the five percent
of cases where the parties disagreed about the facts. The revised
Code of Conduct will now direct
the Office of Student Life to work
in consultation with the Office of
Legal Affairs to develop consistent
operating procedures.
Two, issues may arise if the
pre-charge review involves a fac-

criminal cases when law enforcement could be more heavily involved instead.
Would it not make more
sense, in cases of certain behaviors that touch criminal conduct
... that the University System not,
and purposefully not involve itself in [those investigations] and
get professional law enforcement
to investigate? I would think this
would be a relief to many administrators, said Representative
Rich Golick of Smyrna.
Representative Ehrhart concluded the hearing with a demand
for change across the board and
an allusion to the financial clout
of the House Appropriations
Committee: If youve got a bond
project, and you dont protect the
students of this state with due
process, dont come looking for
money. Period.
Ehrhart continued to criticize
Techs disciplinary practices following the hearing.
[The Jan. 25] hearing was instructive in many ways, and none
of them positive for the Office of
Student Integrity at Georgia Tech
... The elected Representatives of
the people of Georgia saw clear
evidence of not just lack of due
process on the Tech campus, but
a complete disregard for even the
slightest nod towards such.
They learned that even when
no evidence exists of a guilty party, and I quote Dean Stein, we
punish the collective. I am not
sure which totalitarian regime he
culled that from, but it is not the
law in Georgia ... We learned that
guilty until proven innocent is the
standard at Tech.
The Board of Regents announced last year that it was
seeking to develop consistent,
University System-wide policies
for sexual misconduct violations
and announced on Jan. 25 the
expansion of this development to
address other violations. The new
policies are expected to be unveiled within the next month.

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JUVENILE SENTENCES
The Supreme Court announced a 6-3 ruling on Jan. 25
which expands its ban on sentences to life in prison without parole
for juvenile offenders.
Having ruled in 2012 that sentencing killers under the age of 18
to life without parole amounted
to cruel and unusual punishment, the Supreme Court took a
step further by ruling that their
prior decision should also apply
retroactively.
As a result, approximately
2,100 prisoners who were convicted of murder and given life
sentences as juveniles prior to the
2012 ruling will now have an opportunity to apply for re-sentencing or parole.
Chief Justice John Roberts and
Justice Anthony Kennedy, both
conservatives, sided with the four
liberal Justices in the ruling. Louisiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania
are the three states with the most
prisoners who were convicted of
murder or homicide as juveniles.

DOOMSDAY NOT TODAY

The Doomsday Clock, a metaphorical representation of how
great the threat of a global catastrophe is, remains at three minutes to midnight following an
announcement from the Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists on Jan. 26.
Midnight on the clock indicates
that a disaster great enough in
scale to eradicate humanity is imminent or has already occurred.
The Doomsday Clock was first
created in 1947 as a reaction to the
growing threat of nuclear weapons. At that time, the clock was
set at seven minutes to midnight.
The first year in which the
clock moved closer to midnight
was 1953, following increasing
nuclear tests on both sides of the
Cold War. The clock was then set
at two minutes to midnight, before eventually being rolled back
to 12 minutes by 1963.
The Clock was moved to three
minutes from midnight in 2015 as
a reaction to unchecked climate
change as well as the continuing
proliferation of nuclear weapons.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has maintained that the decision not to move the hands of
the clock this year does not represent a reduction of risk. We,
the members of the Science and
Security Board of the Bulletin of
the Atomic Scientists, want to be
clear about our decision not to
move the hands of the Doomsday
Clock in 2016 ... is not good news,
but an expression of dismay that
world leaders continue to fail to
focus their efforts on reducing the
extreme danger posed by nuclear
weapons and climate change.

Wellness Director now on campus

Photo courtesy of Suzy Harrington

Suzy Harrington is Techs first wellness director. Her

programs will coordinate existing services with new messages.

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Techs newly-formed Center
for Community Health and Wellbeing welcomed its first Director
on Dec. 7 of last year. Suzy Harrington, with expertise in healthcare business and leadership with
a focus on health promotion, will
oversee the Campus Recreation
Center, Stamps Health Services
and Health Promotion.
Georgia Tech reached out to
me. It sounded like a wonderful
opportunity, the reputation of
Tech is tremendous, and the dedication to wellness was very exciting, Harrington said.
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newly created position, said Paul
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services. Her experience will
be critical in helping define the
new organization and in aligning
people, programs and funding for
maximum effectiveness.
Harrington, who previously
served as a wellness officer for
Oklahoma State University, is initially hoping to work with Tech
officials and students to get a better bearing on the status of wellness on campus.
I want to jump into the university culture, as all universities
have different cultures to assess
whats available and what the
needs are, Harrington said.
Harringtons career began

in the U.S. Air Force, where

she served as a nurse. She later
branched out to serve in various
government and healthcare organizations, including the Department for Health, Safety and Wellness and for the American Nurses
Association.
Harringtons long term areas
of focus will be oriented towards
four components: prevention
communication, prevention policy, prevention training and development and strategic programs.
Harrington hopes to spread a
message that wellness is a harmony, not a balance, in order to
be holistically the best we can be.
I want to make sure students
are involved or engaged with each
other. That were watching out for
each other and that were all struggling. We should be there to help
each other to build this resiliency
so that when we experience failure
we dont crash and burn, Harrington said.
We want to focus more on
who we are, not on what we do or
not do. For instance, we want to
talk about nutrition and lifestyle
rather than exercising when discussing physical well being, Harrington said.
The question is looking beyond becoming a successful graduate and really its about being a
successful parent, which is more
than being a student.
Harringtons strategy to implement her vision is to listen to the
force of the students, and use the
students in encouraging wellness.

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Set your course by the stars, not by

the lights of every passing ship
General Omar Bradley

The Student Center expansion project

Should students say yes to the expansion?

Last week, the Student Government

Association voted on a student referendum that would allow students to vote for
or against the expansion of the Student
Center. There is no doubt that the Student
Center is need of a renovation. The perpetually overbooked rooms and overcrowded
lunch areas are proof enough that the Student Center, which is currently serving
thousands more students than originally
built for, needs to be expanded.
The upcoming student vote is crucial
to the continuation of the Student Center
expansion project. Unless the majority of
students agree that we need a better facility and more space, the Board of Regents
(BOR) will not provide the school with
any money to start the expansion.
However, without any mock-ups or proposed changes, it is unclear what we, as the
student body, are voting for. What if the
expansion does not live up to our expectations? We know that hiring contractors

to draw up concepts for the Student Center cannot be made without the nod from
the BOR. The logic behind this process is
circular in nature, as students do not want
to blindly vote without more information;
however, we cannot have access to the information only until after we vote on it.
This is by no means the Institutes fault,
but students still have concerns. Therefore,
we suggest that students will be guaranteed an opportunity for a second vote regarding the expansion should the upcoming vote pass.
As of now, while there are plans for another student vote, nothing is set in stone,
again due to the circular process. Having
a second vote will also allow students who
will actually be impacted by this project to
have a say in the final features of the new
facility, as the majority of students currently on campus will not be affected by
the expansion due to the long timeline envisioned for this project.

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

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Board of Regents overturns student expulsion

Yet another example of hour Georgia Techs student
judicial system needs to be overhauled.

John
Time with: Earlvin Solomero
Oh Cry moar [sic], will ya? There is always next year.
Stop living vicariously through your sports heroes.

Rick Day
Reexamining and addressing open racism
Telling those who disagree with you to shut up
(twice) is not generally a persuasive argument. I
expected better from the Technique.

Bill
You lost me at white privilege. But I guess its good
to know that the color of my skin renders my opinions
reflexively irrelevant. And to think I was about to try
and start a constructive dialogue. Yikes.

Jake Barnes
The lack of acknowledgment and understanding of
white privilege is key to the understanding why race
continues to be an issue today. Many people fail or
simply refuse to acknowledge that the color of their
skin is a major factor of the number of opportunities
youre afforded in this country, unfortunately.

Nicholas Johnson
Taking a second look at the southern racism ed
I hope youre right about it being meant as satire.
Thanks for another perspective.

Bill
Perfection is in the eye of the beholder
Every first student (aka Freshman) should this article,
print it, and read it again.

Jackie Birmingham
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Examining the democratic front-runners

Politics is my guilty pleasure. Actually, no, scratch that.
Politics is my passion; my quirky
way to alleviate stress; my go-to
pick me up when I am upset
and questioning everything. I
am openly involved in political
discussions, and I am not afraid
to shout from the rooftops that I
am a raging liberal.
All of the above being said,
many of my peers seem to avoid
politics depending on the
ideas of their parents or other
respected elders to help them
identify their political stances. I will not lie that my parents
had some amount of influence
on my political identity, but
after a certain point, I took the
initiative to become active. In
fact, it has gotten to the point
where I know more than both
of my parents what is going on
in Washington, and they oftentimes wish I would change
the subject.
So you can imagine that
given my political beliefs and
the upcoming election season,
which kicks off on Feb. 1 in
Iowa, I am, as the kids nowadays say, hyped. I openly support former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, but I am truly
fascinated by Senator Bernie
Sanders rise in the polls. In fact,
sometimes I worry about whether or not my girl is going to win
the nomination.

I openly support ... Clinton,

but I am truly fascinated by
Senator Bernie Sanders rise
in the polls.

LAYLA GHAZI

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

Unlike Clinton, Sanders is

an open socialist who is not
afraid to also be an idealist in
achieving his goals. He has been
pretty unwavering in his major
platform views of resolving income inequality, social justice
and small-scale economics since
his tutelage in the Capitol began
after his election to the House of
Representatives in 1991.
Both Clinton and Sanders are powerful individuals in
Washington who have by no
means kept quite or inactive on
the issues they and their constituents are passionate about.
Furthermore, it cannot be said
that neither politician has also
had his or her fair share of errors: Clinton most notably voting in favor of the Iraqi invasion
in 2003, and Sanders voting in
favor of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in
2005, which allowed gun manufactures to avoid lawsuits of

negligence if a crime was committed with their guns.

Interestingly enough, however, given the facts that both
politicians have had a fair share
of errors in judgments, Sanders
campaign has taken it upon itself to attack Clinton for a multitude of reasons including her
funding from Wall Street, her
vote to enter into military combat after 9/11 and, most recently, her ties to the institution
after Planned Parenthood and
the Human Rights campaigns
announced their support for
Clinton on Jan. 10.
Clinton is not the only one
with faults in prior political engagements. A little known fact
is that Sanders was elected to
Congress with a large portion
of funding from the National
Rifle Association (NRA) an
organization that has a strong
foothold in his native state of
Vermont. Recently in this elec-

tion, he has been dismissive and

avoiding the questions of his
affiliation to the conservative
organization.
Nonetheless, my purpose
in writing this article is not to
sway readers in the direction of
one candidate over the other. If
you want to support Sanders,
Clinton or OMalley, go for it. I
hope to see as many of my peers
involved in the political sphere
as possible, making decisions to
elect individuals who are capable of impacting positive change
on America (i.e. any candidate
that is not a Republican).
Knowing that many of the
voters my age, 18 to 24, support
Sanders, my only hope is that if
he does not win the democratic
nomination, voters are not discouraged from participating in
the general election.
The bottom line is that the
American public needs a Democrat to stay in office. Whether
you may like Clinton or not, she
provides many of the same policies as Sanders, just on a more
realistic and achievable level. If
Sanders does not end up winning the nomination, it would
be irresponsible of the voters to
opt out of the election because
their nominee of choice did not
win; doing so would be the exact
reason why a monster like Donald Trump or Ted Cruz would
win the White House.

Qualms pertaining to on-campus parking

In any metropolitan area,
parking is always at a premium.
This is especially true here on
campus, where we have students, staff, faculty, alumni and
visitors on campus every day.
With the campus parking facilities as trafficked as they are,
and as expensive as an annual
individual permit is, youd figure that Parking & Transportation Services (PTS) would try to
hold itself to higher standards to
please its customer base. Unfortunately, that isnt what happens
here. Techs parking services
are expensive, of an insufficient
quantity and are often doublerented due to events.
The prices for an annual individual permit (same price for
student/faculty/staff) for the
2015-16 academic year is $776.
This is an 18 percent increase
(approximately a 3.6 percent increase year over year) from the
$657 price in 2011. What exactly are we getting for this approximately 4 percent increase
each year? PTS has a colorful
chart on their website explaining where your permit dollar
goes, but there is something
missing. What exactly is the increase for? What new benefits do
these extra funds bring us? Sure,
they give you a breakdown of
percentages for utilities, personnel and loan payments but not
what is changing to justify the
year-over-year increase. I dont
see new parking decks getting
built. If anything, PTS is losing
parking spaces with all of the
construction going on around
campus. It seems as though they
are trying to make up for the decrease in space by bumping up
the prices. There is certainly no

Techs parking services are

expensive, of an insufficient
quantity and are often doublerented due to events.

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tangible benefit that we the people see from the increase.

If you are not one of the
lucky ones to get a permit in a
zone close to your residence hall
(provided you live on campus)
or close to your academic buildings, you are forced to either park
somewhere inconvenient or fend
for yourself in open parking areas such as Centennial Homes by
the North Avenue Apartments.
For example, look at the Student
Center. The small lot just southeast between the Transit Hub
and the Commons used to be
a visitor parking lot, but it has
since been converted into predominantly service vehicles and
handicapped spaces. The visitor lot on Bobby Dodd behind
the fraternity house of Alpha
Epsilon Pi was converted into
ER51-permit-only parking. E40
(Turner Street, behind Couch)
was also recently removed from
the list of approved after-hours
non-residential lots. One of the
most convenient places to park
when visiting friends on West
Campus as a non-residential lot
is now a prime spot for PTS to
give tickets to unknowing permit holders trying to use their
after-hours perks. With the
renovations in progress on Sixth

Street along the SAC fields and

the Burger Bowl, a decent number of WR29 spots have also
been removed in favor of a bike
lane and landscaping. The once
large lot between Woodruff and
Eighth Street was reduced in size
to make room for a storage area.
The number of people seeking
parking is increasing while the
supply of available spaces is decreasing. Who is to say that PTS
will not further bump up the
cost to make up for their losses
in revenue?
Once during my freshman
year, I parked in Peters Deck
(E52) since I lived in one of the
Freshman Experience dorms
across the street. Every week of
a home football game I would
await the email saying I had
to move my car because they
wanted to push out the permit
holders to make more money
for the football fans. The lots
that I, and the other hundred
or so other permit holders, paid
$700 to park in were turned
into additional profit for PTS
on top of what we already paid
them. In fact, for home football
games alone, over 40 percent
of the available lots on campus
are reserved for separate-paying
football fans. This does not even

account for the swimming and

diving events that take over
parking on West Campus or
events at the Ferst Center that
take up the Student Center deck
and surrounding areas. Permit
holders, in either of these cases,
are instructed to move their vehicles to some inconvenient lot
on the opposite side of campus
or face the wrath of their towing
company of choice plus a ticket.
For me, I usually ended up at
E70 by the GTRI conference
center on 14th Street.
All of these issues culminate
into a giant headache for the
car-owners on campus. They are
frustrated because the cost of
their parking permit is increasing without a clear explanation
why. Time is wasted driving
around trying to find parking
spots around campus because
parking lots and spaces are being reclaimed by construction or
re-zoning. Additionally, permit
holders are forced to relocate
their vehicles during events.
Greater transparency and detail in how the permit funds are
spent and the reasoning behind
the annual increases would go a
long way in reassuring individuals that the permits are worth
the amount they are paying for
them. Increasing fees for tangible benefits is one thing, but
without a clear reason, it raises
questions. Providing more convenient options for relocation on
game days would also be much
appreciated. If PTS would consider making small changes to
their operations for the better,
it would go a long way towards
improving the customer experience. For the amount we pay, we
deserve better.

Why do you think

Trump is leading in the
polls?

SHIVAM PATEL
SECOND-YEAR IE

Because a lot of Americans

fear job security.

ADA ODEY

THIRD-YEAR AE

Hes getting to the core of

peoples fears.

FRANCIS PONTEMAYOR
FIRST-YEAR ISYE GRAD

Says a lot of controversial

things that many people
agree with.

SAI GUNDLAPALLI
SECOND-YEAR CS

He resonates with a lot of

people.

Photos by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

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Being conscientious
citizens about our trash
... if we adhere to our weekly
routines of disposing plastic
bags ... trash is simply displaced
this is no magic act.
Bottled Water to Flint

There is always room for

improvement when it comes
to the career fair. To streamline the process this semester, a
new system was implemented
where students would sign up
for the fair at a specific time
slot. Unfortunately, students
blindly signed up for slots because the list of companies was
only released afterwards. This
was disappointing to students
who couldnt speak to companies they wanted.

Potential GPA Boost

MJ Was Not White

A bill has been proposed

that will allow students in
rigorous STEM programs
to receive a half a point GPA
boost. The intent of this boost
is to encourage more students
to study in these fields without the fear of losing the state
sponsored Zell and HOPE
scholarships. If this bill gets
passed, future students will be
able to have lower stress levels
than we do now. If only this
bill could be applied to us!

MARIA FURUKAWA

Career Fair Process

Residents of Flint, Mich.,

have been forced to live with
lead in their tap water. This
has left many poorer residents
without any alternative. To
ameliorate the crisis, CocaCola, PepsiCo, Nestle and
Walmart have delivered more
than 6.5 million water bottles
to the area. Their generosity
should certainly not be overlooked in a time when the government has neglected some of
its constituents.

So, why was a white guy

cast as Michael Jackson in an
upcoming British comedy? Is
that in and of itself supposed
to be a joke? Because it really isnt funny. Its perplexing that television still maintains its whiteness. Television
has the power to shape and
change peoples perception.
Its a shame that once again
media has forgone the chance
to be inclusive. When will this
change already?

ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

People go about their everyday

lives without too much concern
about trash. Paper, plastic bottles,
take-out containers and various
wrappers are thrown out without
their temporary owners giving a
second thought.
A small percentage makes it to
a recycling factory, but what really happens to all the other trash?
Does it really vanish when we roll
out the garbage can to the curb
every Thursday night?
However much we like to believe that our garbage just disappears, if we adhere to our weekly
routines of disposing plastic bags
filled with the physical-andplastic records of our week, trash
is simply displaced this is no
magic act.
After reading several chapters
of Garbology, the alarming
statistics and detailed accounts
of sightings and research was insightful and even shocking, especially the fact that a Great Pacific
Garbage Patch, a massive, swirling conglomeration of garbage of
various sizes, exists. This churning vortex of trash has the potential to seriously damage countless
ecosystems and environments,
including the environments
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The substance that is and will

be the source of such damage is
plastic, particularly in its smallest, physical form. These particles form as a result of the rough
churning of the ocean water in
the Pacific and can cause a myriad
of problems.
Scientists have discovered that
the plastic particles can starve
a creature, even if it has a full
stomach. Since they are not easily digestible materials, it blocks
the digestive tract and slowly
kills the organism. This discovery
poses great danger in that these
particles resemble free-floating
plankton that many small predators eat. These plankton doppelgangers, mistakenly consumed by
unsuspecting sea creatures, reveal
a great threat to the ecosystem involving humans.
Plastic, being an indestructible
substance to the digestive tracts of
many sea creatures, remains in the
tract until another organism consumes it. The new predator then
inherits the indigestible pieces.
As bigger creatures consume
smaller creatures, the amount of
plastic built up in the tract increases and increases.
If plastic particles continue to
exist in the food chain, it wont be

long until the fish we eat and the

water we drink will be contaminated by these minute and indigestible particles. Whats worse is
that plastic particles can also absorb toxins or pollutants dumped
in the water from illegal or accidental disposal.
The main problem causing the
buildup is our collective unawareness of where, by what methods,
and at what costs trash is disposed
after sent to the dump. Its easy to
brush away the thought of the Pacific Ocean becoming into a mush
soup of trash because it simply
does not directly affect us in our
daily lives.
Recently, Obama has signed
legislation that bans microbeads,
small plastic beads designed for
exfoliation, from cosmetic and
healthcare products. Recent discoveries have revealed that these
plastic beads appear in lakes and
rivers as a result of the particles
being too small to be filtered out
of waterways. The threats to water
quality and fish become a reality,
which as a result, incites change to
stop further damage.
The problem with trash has
been an issue for a while, but with
the growing population, it has
become even more important to
develop better ways of disposal
and limit the amount that ends up
in the ocean. Public awareness is
key to instilling change, as seen in
Humes Garbology and people
who have advocated for the ban
on microbeads.
Unless we want our future to
be these slow-killing plastic particles, we must be collectively aware
of the situation and contribute as
part of the solution, so that what is
damaged can be fixed and recovered before its too late.

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// OPINIONS

YES
TRISTEN ALLEN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

All new technologies bring

with them the potential for great
achievements and grave abuses.
To disregard the former in fear
of the latter is to restrict technological progress and suggest that
the technology is so inherently
dangerous that its costs vastly
outweigh its benefits. This is not
to say that regulation and sensible
restrictions have no place in technological progress far from it.
To ban its use altogether slows or
stops that progress, while denying
the public its potential benefits.
The editing of the human
genome is a delicate topic that
crosses previously insurmountable boundaries and changes. It
is a technique that could, theoretically, allow for the creation
of children that are genetically
predisposed to be more intelligent, athletic, or to exhibit specific physical characteristics. It is
a technology that has the potential to disrupt the current human
genome, therefore a dangerous
technology. Yet it is one, I would
contest, that is worth the risk.
There exist some single-gene
diseases that could eventually be
eradicated with this technique.
As our understanding of the human genome increases, this technology could be used to prevent
certain types of cancer, or alter
genes that induce diabetes. I do
not claim to have any special understanding of the genetics, but I
believe that constant research will

NO

eventually reveal patterns of genes

that this technique could target.
Waiting for these patterns to be
found before using and improving
the technology only increases the
amount of time we must wait for
cures to those diseases.
Another objection to the use
of this technology is of moral
concern. Do we have the right
to interfere in a process that has
driven millennia of human existence? We have never had to ask
ourselves this question before, because the technology has simply
not been viable. It is a personal
question that many will have to
ask themselves if this technology
ever reaches the point of commercial viability, but it is just that a
personal question. Denying others
the right to use of this technology
for personal moral reasons is, in
itself, immoral. That is not to say
that restrictions on the use of this
technology could be made. However, it is medical technology, and
denying access to such advancements is deeply questionable.
We must allow inheritable
changes to the human genome
because we have the moral obligation to do so. We may regulate it,
and we may individually elect to
not participate in its use, but we
cannot deny it. If it is not yet safe,
the only way to make it safe is to
allow the continuation of ethical
testing. If it is medically viable,
we must use it to treat currently
incurable diseases. If we choose to
be ignorant of its applications and
make our decisions based in fear,
then I suppose we must ban it.

VIDYA IYER

OPINIONS EDITOR

The bounds of science and

technology must always be pushed
in order for innovation to thrive
and for humanity to grow and develop. However, it is crucial that
we be conscientious of the impact such discoveries can make in
terms of both the long-term and
short-term. From the ability to
manipulate the superficial aspects
of a fetus to the eradication of genetic diseases, genetic modification has often been a topic that
has mystified the masses. With
the ability to play a nearly god-like
figure, there is no question that
this technology is powerful and
if used properly, can redefine the
existence of humanity especially
when we have the power to manipulate inheritable genes.
For the idealist, it would seem
as though the consequences of genetic modification outweigh the
benefits, because now well be able
to cure people ahead of time for
genetic diseases. This however, is
not necessarily the case. While we
have successfully mapped out the
human genome, we are still discovering the impact single genes
have on the rest of the body. It
would be remiss to assume that
manipulating even a single gene
would not affect the hundreds of
thousands of other processes in
the body because many things
about the body are still a mystery.
Furthermore, science is imperfect. Once popular beliefs can be
shattered with new discoveries. It

was once thought that the Earth

was the center of the universe, but
we know now that our planet belongs to a system more vast than
previously imagined. On that
note, there is more to the structure of the body than meets the
eye, so changing even the smallest
gene without fully understanding
the impact it can have can result
in unintended and perhaps even
irreversible consequences.
The use of this technology must
also be analyzed from an ethical
standpoint. The complexity of this
technology and impact it can have
lends itself to being a luxury that
can only be afforded by a few. By
introducing this to the public, the
rich will have a significant medical
advantage over the poor thus causing a greater divide between those
from different socio-economic
levels. Moreover, it seems unfair
that poor families will have to
continue passing down problemcausing genes which in the long
run could be more expensive with
doctors visits and medication as
opposed to a single fix.
Genetic modification has the
potential to positively impact the
human race, however in the present moment there simply is not
enough information that can ensure we will not regret the lasting
impacts such a technology can
have. Perhaps, with proper regulation and more extensive research,
genetic modification will be a
thing of the future, but at the current moment, making permanent
changes to the human genome
should not be accepted.

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Kara Pendley

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Jamie Rule

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The Ponce City Market

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11

Friday,
January 29, 2016

Experience
By Josh Miller, Contributing writer

Just a short five minute drive from Tech

is Ponce City Market, an expansive combination of dining, shopping, office space and
apartments housed in the historic Sears,
Roebuck & Co. building across from the Old
Fourth Ward Park.
Upon arrival, visitors will be asked to pay
$2 per hour for parking, which is common
in the Atlanta area though the parking lot
was only half full. On the positive side, the
first $1 is donated to the Atlanta Beltline, a
concept first introduced in a thesis by former
Tech student, Rayan Gravel.
Once out of the parking lot, it is impossible not to notice the beauty of the renovated
Sears, Roebuck & Co. building. Ponce City
Market really is quite a remarkable environment in which to eat or shop. Built in 1926,
the building provides a certain nostalgic feel
for anyone who enjoys architecture.
Having arrived late for dinner, most of the
shops were closed; however, it was obvious
that there was a vast selection of shops and
visitors could find most of what they would
want. In fact, the market is so large that it
takes several minutes to get to the Central
Food Hall that is advertised as similar to the
legendary food hall at

Chelsea Market in Manhattan, which Ponce

City Markets developers also own. The best
way to describe the food hall is to say it was
like an urban, hipster food court.
Trying to find a place to eat that would
provide a full stomach and a full wallet was
about as challenging as trying to schedule
Fridays off as a freshman. After spending
20 minutes looking at different restaurants
menus and leaving seeing $40 steaks and $6
beers, El Super Pan, a Latin-inspired sandwich restaurant by Atlanta chef Hector Santiago, appeared to be within the price range
of a typical college student while providing
some solid food. Substantial in quality and
quantity, the Cuban sandwich is an excellent
choice for around $12.
While most of the restaurants were expensive for those on a budget, the Market should
be commended for its diverse selection. In
addition, most of the restaurants had a decent
sized selection at the bar.
For consumers who are willing to spend
the money, the market is a good place to go for
an afternoon. It has high quality food, plenty
of selection and an interesting environment
with tons of stores in to shop. If strapped for
cash, a discerning consumer will find that the
Market is still a great experience.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Love needs no words in modern silent movie

KARA PENDLEY

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The winner of Best Story, Best
Directing and Best Lyrical Music at the Faith Film Fest 2015,
Providence is a redemptive love
story told in a silent cinema style,
but it has a more indie feel, featuring an eclectic blend of music
by independent artists tied together by cinematic scoring. The
dramatic film will be releasing
in theatres Feb. 14 with director,
Fred Wilharm, and writer and director, Sharon Wilharm, in attendance at the 6:30 p.m. screening
at the AMC Barrett Commons in
Kennesaw, Ga.
A love story 40 years in the
making, the dramatic opening
scene begins when Rachel Cartwrights beloved Grandma Rose
dies, leaving a painful void in her
young life. The pain is made worse
when Edith, Rachels mother,
tosses the Bible given to Rachel by
Grandma Rose. Young Mitchell
Little purchases the Bible from a
thrift store and as a result, embarks on a journey towards a life
of ministry. Rachel, on the other
hand, spends her time searching
for unconditional love like she had
with Grandma Rose.
Throughout high school and
adulthood, Rachel and Mitchell
find themselves drawn together by
tragedies then separated by misunderstandings and insecurities.
It takes forty years before the two
can finally work through the confusion of their lives and connect as
soulmates.
The expansive story of Providence spans from 1974, when
Rachel receives the Bible as a
Christmas present, to 2014, when
she receives it again, this time as
part of a proposal.
The movie stars Emily Knapp
(The Good Book), Stacey
Bradshaw (Touched by Grace)
and Juli Tapken (Mission Improbable) as Rachel throughout
the years and Chase Anderson
(Where Hope Grows), Josh Allen (Home Sweet Bus) and Rich

Swingle (Beyond the Mask) as

Mitchell through the years. Irene
Santiago (High School Musical,
Iron Man 3) manages to pull off
an impressive feat, portraying the
various ages of Edith throughout
the movie. The movies soundtrack
includes an impressive collection
of instrumentals by Sean OBryan
Smith as well as original indie
vocal titles.
The Technique had the privilege to interview the films writer
and director, Sharon Wilharm.
Technique: What is the message you hope to achieve in Providence?
Wilharm: Providence is a
story of hope, that its never too
late to find love. Our desire is that
it will speak to and encourage
anyone who is feeling discouraged
and alone or whos waiting and
wondering if love will ever come
to them. Its also a story of second
chances, that despite the mistakes
we may have made in the past,
theres still hope for the future.
Technique: What did you
hope to achieve by using the style
of silent cinema?
Wilharm: Providence is actually our second silent cinema
film. When we did our first one,
The Good Book, our goal was
to avoid cheesy dialogue by literally showing rather than telling.
We also realized that without dialogue it could transcend cultural
and language barriers. We had no
idea how people would respond,
but The Good Book became a
festival darling, gathering almost
40 accolades in festivals around
the world.
The idea of Providence was
conceived a number of years, but
as we discussed the technicalities
of doing a movie that spanned
forty years, we concluded it would
be logistically impossible. Surprisingly, after doing The Good
Book, we realized that the Providence story worked better as a
silent film. We have three actors
for each of the two leading roles
and without dialogue; it helps for
them to seamlessly blend together
into one character.

Photo courtesy of Mainstreet Productions

Rachel Cartwright and Mitchell Little reminisce. This silent film is open to interpretation as the two
main characters, portrayed by several different actors, grow closer together throughout their lives.

Technique: With the lack of

dialogue, is there any room for
interpretation of the meaning of
the film?
Wilharm: Definitely! Viewers fill in the dialogue in a way
that makes sense to them. Its interesting when people talk about
what the movie is about, they
interpret it in uniquely different
ways. Thats what makes it special.
Providence is a simple love story,
but it has a lot of different layers
so viewers are going to pick up on
whichever layer speaks to them
personally.
Technique: So much of silent
film is driven by the music. What
is the genre of the music chosen
for this film?
Wilharm: We try to take advantage of the resources that we
have and create films that only we

can tell in a way that only we can

tell it. Living in Nashville, we have
access to an incredible selection of
amazing talent. Our music supervisor Sean OBryan Smith works
with musicians of every genre
and so we told him we wanted an
eclectic soundtrack with an indie
feel. And thats what weve got.
The soundtrack includes jazz, pop,
gospel, rock, a little country and a
lot of acoustic guitar. We primarily have Nashville songs and musicians, but we also ended up with a
Canadian artist and an Australian
artist as well.
Technique: Where can audiences preview the music?
Wilharm: The entire playlist is on the Providence IMDb
page under Did you know?
Soundtrack. Also, we produced
music videos for many of the

songs. They include artist performance footage intercut with

scenes from the movie. The music
videos can be found on the Providence website, www.providencemovie.com.
Technique: Do you have any
plans for future films of this type?
Wilharm: As much as we
enjoy doing silent films, I think
weve exhausted it for now and are
looking forward to doing a talkie next.
Technique: What is your next
project?
Wilharm: Im working on a
new script that is completely different than anything weve attempted before. It is a period piece
taking place in the 1930s. Im
looking forward to making period
costumes and my husband is looking forward to the period autos.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Superheroes: saving the future, not the audience

TELEVISION

DC Legends of Tomorrow
NETWORK: The CW
WHEN: Thurs. 8/7c
STARRING: Arthur Darvill
and Casper Crump

OUR TAKE:
JAMIE RULE

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

On Jan. 21, the CW show
DCs Legends of Tomorrow
premiered, adding itself to the
ever expanding DC television
universe alongside Arrow, The
Flash and the cancelled Constantine. This newest installment
is reminiscent of the Terminator
franchise down to the narrator
(Victor Garber, Titanic), who
will be playing Professor Martin
Stein, humanitys last hope. Its
introduction reveals what the rest
of the plot is trying to avoid. In
the first episode, the characters
go so far as to nearly repeat Sarah
Connors mantra verbatim No
fate but what we make. Despite
the writers of this franchise going
to great lengths to show that their
universe is almost identical to ours
(even including Star Wars references) no one in the show seems to
notice the Terminator similarity.
The show centers on Rip
Hunter (Arthur Darvill, Doctor
Who), a time traveler from 2166,
who comes to 2016 in order to recruit eight individuals in his fight
against Vandal Savage (Casper
Crump, Almost Perfect), an immortal who has successfully taken
over the world after attempting
to do so for a mere four thousand
years. While Hunter explains that
he does not wish to destroy his
history by changing the past, he
also wishes to stop Savage from

taking over the world, which implies changing his history and,
thus the past, leaving one to hope
that Hunter is not the brightest
fellow the future has to offer.
The heroes Hunter recruits include both halves of Firestorm, the
Atom, formerly dead Sara Lance,
and the only two people who can
actually kill Savage. Since each
of the characters has been in the
other DC shows, Legends of Tomorrow decided to only show
an introduction for Rip Hunter,
discouraging new viewers from
starting with this series instead
of watching The Flash or Arrow from their beginnings. The
lack of introduction, though,
was not particularly harmful to
the premier episode as it was already overflowing with exposition, and the viewer was mostly
concerned with wondering how
Hunter could be oblivious and
nave enough to leave two career
criminals and a morally ambiguous Lance unwatched in the 70s.
Hunters team of eight, as the
time traveler himself conveniently
points out, could have been chosen from any point in history so
it is quite surprising that he happened to choose eight people who
not only lived in the same century,
but who know one another. Aside
from the shows creators wishing
to tie in with the rest of their DC
universe, there is no given reason
why Hunter did not simply go
find the four most battle-ready
incarnations of Hawkgirl and
Hawkman for his team of eight
since only one of those two can
actually destroy Savage.
Odd choice of partners aside,
the powers and personalities of
the team suggest that the first
episode was just a preview of what
the show hopes to deliver: action scenes with nifty special effects interspersed with exposition

in the form of strained conversations between characters who, for

various reasons, do not really like
each other.
Near the beginning of the
show, it is noted by the time machines computer that Hunter
prefers to work alone, begging
the question as to why he decided
on eight people to help him in
the first place. This might be answered by simply noting that he
only had eight spare chairs in his
time machine, which would also
explain the death of the tenth person to board, who was never given
a lifesaving chair to sit in nor did
the plot provide a death-proof
need for him to be there, as was
the case with Sara Lance.
Of course, with time travel involved, these characters can die or
fail as often as the writers would
like. As long as Hunter survives,
he can just keep going back in
time and saving himself and his
recruits from making the same
mistake. This would make for an
interesting show, but would completely defeat the point as viewers
know that their success is a certainty from the start.
It would then boil down to an
exercise in perseverance and determination. Unfortunately, despite
it being made quite apparent that
this will not happen, nothing has
been provided to explain why the
time travelling hero does not
plan to do so.
Perhaps the most amusing part
of this show could easily be written off as an error in math, and
therefore not actually amusing at
all. At one point, near the end of
the first episode, Hunter offhandedly refers to his own time as being nearly a hundred years in the
future. This is slightly confusing
as 2166 is 150 years in the future,
but then again, since they were
just in 1975, it is really two cen-

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl continue their millennia-long fight against

Savage. Hunter has recruited a team of lesser-known characters.

turies away. This is either a nice

touch showing how no one, not
even a Time Master such as Hunter, can really get used to the idea
of time travel, or merely a goof in
the script that no one noticed.
In general, stories which involve time travel tend to create
giant plot holes that everyone
blissfully ignores. Unfortunately,
Legends of Tomorrow seems
to be yet another to fall victim

to its own plot. Though there is a

chance that future episodes could
redeem the show, in its current
state, it seems like a failed attempt
to profit from the success of other
DC shows while off-loading superfluous characters from The
Flash and Arrow. It is, however,
nice to know that leather trench
coats never go out of style, being
perfectly acceptable in 2166 as
well as 1975.

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Art and jazz music collide at the High Museum

NICK JOHNSON

MANAGING EDITOR
Friday Jazz has returned to
the High Museum of Art, retaking the third Friday of each
month. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.,
live performers play in the Robinson Atrium while guests crowd
around the floors. The event is free
for museum members and also
free with $10 half-price museum
tickets, meaning guests can tour
the museum while listening in on
the music. The Highs own parking deck is available to park in for
$5 but fills up rather quickly. The
Promenade across the street provides additional spaces for $10.
Jazz used to be the tune of third
Fridays until mid-2014 when the
program was changed to Friday
Night Music Remix, which featured a variety of genres of music.
A common criticism was that
participants had trouble hearing the music over the din of the
large crowd. However, for the Jan.
15 performance, music could be
heard from any nook or cranny in
the Stent Family Wing. Evidently,
the High has resolved this issue in
the interim.
Although the music is audible
now, the performers are not always visible. Several tables and
chairs are set up on the lower
level, but these are first-come,
first-served. There is plenty of
standing room in the atrium, but
it may be a competition to get a

THE

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Mike Walton performs the saxophone last week at the High Museums monthly Friday Jazz. Every third Friday of the month, the High hosts a new jazz artist to entertain the Atlanta populace.

decent view. At the cost of volume

and clarity, there are spaces on the
upper floors with a line of sight
to the performance, though large
support pillars obstruct many of
these zones.
Jan. 15s Friday Jazz featured
Mike Walton, a saxophonist from
Atlanta. Having graduated from
Valdosta State in Music Performance and from Georgia State
with a Masters in Jazz Studies,
Walton has played the sax since
age 10. He has played at the High
thrice before, but that Friday was
the first time he brought his own
crew: Darren English on trum-

pet, Tyrone Jackson on piano,

Shawboxx Shaw on bass and
Chris Burroughs on drums. The
group played a variety of tempi,
from smooth jazz to fast-paced
to rocking out and making sure
all of Stent Wing could hear over
the crowd. Walton and English
played individually, together, or
not at all, giving different feels
and flows to the music with each
interchange. True to the genre,
the group added improvisation to
their setlist.
All the tunes that we did,
we kind of pre-planned, Walton
said during an intermission. But

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as far as the improvisation goes,

thats not necessarily planned.
Weve already practiced the tune;
we already know where the harmony and things are going so the
rest of it is playing off of what the
rest of the group is doing.
One might expect the crowd to
follow the intersecting stereotypes
of museum and jazz, and there
were indeed many older, wealthier
guests. However, the college-aged
crowd had a strong showing.
A lot of times, it is an older
crowd, Walton said, but it is
definitely a good thing to see folks
around my age. Either theyre

jazz fans themselves or theyre

being exposed to it for the first
time. Hopefully, they like what it
is that Im doing, [not like] Oh,
that guy sucks. I hate this. I definitely enjoy that its a large crowd,
... but I do like the fact that its a
much more mixed crowd than
anything else.
Feb. 19s performers have not
yet been chosen at the time of
writing, but March 18 features
Brazilian Jazz Experience.
With the departure of
Habsburg Splendor, the High
has welcomed Iris van Herpens
cutting edge fashion design in
Transforming Fashion. van
Herpen uses modern technology,
such as 3D printing and polymer
chemistry to create unique fashion statements.
Coming at the end of February
are exhibits featuring works from
Vik Muniz, a Brazilian photographer and artist who has used electron microscopy in his art and art
and rare notebooks from Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American artist.
Transforming Fashion departs before May 20s jazz night,
but the latter exhibits depart at
the end of May. This leaves several
opportunities to get the full music and museum experience before
the spring semester itself departs.
Its people who love the music, and we need more of that,
Walton said. We need folks who
enjoy the music because its amazing music, and its not dead its
nowhere near dead. Its still alive.

READ.
THINK.
SPEAK.

northavereview.com

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XKCD BY RANDALL MUNROE

ZIGGY BY TOM WILSON & TOM II

CLASSIC
FOXTROT BY BILL AMEND

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS
7. Rogue cant hope for memorial (8)
9. I sat outside when ready (6)
10. Obese, gobbling seconds? Dont eat! (4)
11. Free of suspicion, hence trial collapsed (2,3,5)
12. Sounds like education cut (6)
14. One likely to lose is urged on anyhow, maintaining decorum initially (8)
15. Bag of cash confused alien (6)
16. Going up a trail (6)
19. Limit a large towns size (8)
21. Shrink cured loony with drug (6)
23. Passing on work to representatives (10)
24. American police hit heavily (4)
25. Subtle changes creating a stir (6)
26. Find out ones caught in port (8)

SMBC BY ZACH WEINERSMITH

LAST WEEKS SOLUTION

DOWN
1. Money back for a beer thats off about time (6)
2. Disease giving a taste of France? (4)
3. Artist, one into ballet, shows brilliance (8)
4. Add a couple of pages to conclusion (6)
5. Loved one is riling Fred unfortunately (10)
6. Begin attack (3,5)
8. Strongly attack greeting by solicitor (3,3)
13. Escort a man around state capital (10)
15. Bet placed on unfashionable police operation (53)
17. Sees runs hit with certainty (8)
18. Army Id assembled is countless (6)
20. One magazine starts to employ sexy pictures (6)
22. Top of columns black and yellow (6)
24. Display is partly British owned (4)

BY ALBERICHCROSSWORDS.COM

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DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMS

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

CLASSIC
CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CLASSIC
CALVIN & HOBBES BY BILL WATTERSON

SUDOKU PUZZLE

BY JAMIE RULE,

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

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TENNIS FROM PAGE 1

point, there are a few players who
have stood out above the rest.
Most notable is sophomore Jacket
and top singles player Christopher
Eubanks, who has not dropped a
match all year. Not only is he the
Jackets best player, but he is No.
6 nationally. Eubanks, who did
not play against UGA during the
MLK invitational, has won every
single set this season, including
those against Oklahoma and Ole
Miss. Simply put, Eubanks has
been consistently excellent at what
he does.
In addition to Eubanks, the
Kay brothers, senior Casey and
sophomore Michael, have started
the season off strong. They are
Techs top doubles team and are
ranked No. 36 in the nation. The
siblings have not lost a match
this season. Michael and Casey
also occupy the third and sixth
singles spots, respectively. Other
key players include junior Carlos
Benito in singles and senior Nathan Rakkit in doubles.
As the season presses onward,
the schedule only gets tougher.
After road trips to play against
South Carolina and No. 6 UGA,
the Jackets will proceed to the
National Mens Tennis Indoor
Championships. Once the championships are over, Tech will have
four more non-conference games
before entering into conference
play. Seven of Techs 12 conference opponents are ranked inside
the top 35, but Techs returning
talent provides it with the valuable
advantage of experience.
Given their returning, talented
players, countless matches played
last fall and the experience they
got against quality opponents
during the Martin Luther King
Invitational, the Tech mens tennis team has a unique edge on
many of their opponents that
could prove to be a decisive factor
in many of the upcoming matches
this season.

HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR

If the Carolina Panthers are

half the team I think they are,
next weekends Super Bowl may
not be a particularly close. Cams
Panthers are too everything: too
young, too fast, too balanced and,
despite a fluke loss to the Atlanta
Falcons, too difficult to solve.
The team on the other sideline
next Sunday will be a very different group. A team that has been
buoyed by an elite defense, that
hasnt found success moving the
ball and that has won despite,
rather than because of, its Hall of
Fame quarterback. That quarterbacks name is Peyton Manning,
and if common wisdom holds
true, chances are significant that
he will take the football field for
the last time in his career at Levis
Stadium. The biggest stage in
Mannings sport would be an appropriate end to his career, one
that was revived in the face of
overwhelming odds.
When Manning didnt play
during the 2011 season, there was
reason to believe that the veteran
would see it fit to hang up his
cleats. After all, he had made significant achievements: an MVP
award, a Super Bowl trophy, start
after start miraculously uninterrupted by injury and a virtually
airtight case for the Hall of Fame

Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Beall

Peyton Manning huddles with the offense prior to the play. Next Sunday could well mark the final
time Manning takes the field in his career. The Super Bowl would no doubt provide a fitting stage.

a few years down the line. His spinal fusion surgery left him without any guarantee of returning
to playing shape, let alone to the
transcendent talent he was prior
to the operation.
But Manning played on.
When it was apparent that the
Colts would draft Andrew Luck
with their first overall pick, a sign
that the team was ready to move
on to a younger face at the helm,
he left to Denver, a team that had
delt with a glut of mediocrity at
quarterback since John Elway
years prior. And there, he has
transformed himself into a savvy
veteran dependent on his acuity
and good instincts to lead plodding drives across the field.
This season has been a microcosm of that transformation,
the growing realization of an ag-

ing star that the game does not

come quite as easily as it used to.
Benched for an extend period due
to injuries and general ineptitude,
Manning returned not as the superstar his contract might indicate, but as a steady presence.
Yes, Peyton Mannings mind
still writes checks that whatever
remains of his arm cant cash.
Each week, he seems more and
more human, making throws we
expect from lower echelon signalcallers but certainly not from an
athlete in the conversation for
the greatest player of his generation. His athletic ability, never his
forte, is virtually nonexistent. He
depends on the play of receivers
like Emannuel Sanders and Tech
alum Demaryius Thomas (players who likely grew up watching
Manning, incidentally), not to

mention a star-studded defense.

But even a casual football fan can
appreciate the effort expended by
a man who admits he cant feel his
fingertips anymore, an individual
who has jeopardized his wellbeing
to provide us a spectacle.
So come next Sunday, Ill be
rooting for the Broncos. Not just
because I think Cam Newton is
a little arrogant and Josh Norman talks too much for my liking
(though thats part of it), but because were watching the final descent of a legendary career. Theres
a chance that it will be turbulent,
a real chance that Luke Keuchly
and the opportunistic Carolina
defense make life difficult for No.
18, providing an unceremonious
end to what has been an unusual
season. Nevertheless, heres to a
smooth landing.

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FULL-COURT

PRESS
AALIYAH WHITESIDE
FORWARD

JOE SOBCHUK

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Senior Aaliyah Whiteside has
done it all for the Jackets in her
four-year collegiate career. She
regularly starts at both the guard
and forward positions and is currently leading the ACC in scoring
with 21.8 points per game. Whiteside is far from a one-year wonder, being in the top five all time
in Techs annals for free throws
made in a season, free throw percentage and points by a junior. If
Tech is to make a push towards
the postseason, there is little
doubt that Whiteside will play a
major role in that effort. She sat
down with the Technique to share
her thoughts on the teams current
situation and reflect on her career.
Technique: How is the team
preparing to face No. 3 Notre
Dame [last] Thursday?
Whiteside: Well, we had a
day off [Monday], so were just
getting our minds prepared for

it. I know well have a gameplan

to go over for the next couple of
days. I think we will just have
to go out there and put it all on
the court.
Technique: Is it any different
compared to a usual game because
of their ranking?
Whiteside: No, I think you
have to prepare for everyone in
the ACC in the same way because
any team can beat any other team
on any night. I think you just have
to bring your A-game every night
and just be mentally prepared and
locked in.
Technique: The team [was]
2-5 in conference play, but every
loss has been competitive. Can
the team learn something from
those losses to help them moving
forward?
Whiteside: Those five losses
have all pretty much been ... tied
until the last five minutes of the
fourth quarter. Right now we just
have to focus on finishing the
game. I think if [stepping] up my
leadership in those last five minutes would help because we are a
young team. But we have to finish, so some of those losses will
come the other way.
Technique: How would you
compare the talent level on this
years team compared to past Tech
teams that youve been on?
Whiteside: This team is definitely very talented. I think were
working through the growing
pains, and were really starting to
see our identity. This is really one
of the most talented teams I have
been on.
Technique: Do you think this
team is capable of reaching the
NCAA Tournament?
Whiteside: Yeah. Thats always one of our goals as a team,
and I am always going to believe

that until the final buzzer. I will

keep fighting for that until then,
and I know we all will the
coaches, everyone.
Technique: How would you
describe your leadership role on
the team?
Whiteside: Its just to lead us
offensively and be a vocal leader
defensively. Its just to get us going
whatever we need. If we need
a basket, Im going to get it for
the team.
Technique: Looking back on
your sophomore season, was it difficult for you to transition to the
forward position?
Whiteside: Yeah, it was definitely difficult. I think at times it
had its positives, but it was definitely difficult. I think Im way
more comfortable now at the
guard position.
Technique: Youre scoring
nearly 22 points per game, which
is the best in the ACC and No.
14 in the nation. What would
you say is the biggest reason for
your success?
Whiteside: I would have to say
the coaches, definitely. Coach Jo
([head coach MaChelle Joseph])
has been pushing me since Ive
been a freshman. I think from
my freshman year to now, Ive
improved a lot, and it has a lot to
do with her. Also, my teammates
have supported me; they believe in
me, and she believes in me. All of
that combined with me working
hard off the court in the offseason too; its just a culmination of
everything.
Technique: Do you think you
can keep up this scoring pace
through the rest of the season?
Whiteside: Yeah, I think its
coming naturally since its my role
on the team to score, and Im definitely going to go for it.

Aaliyah Whiteside, already leading the ACC in scoring this season, looks to lead the Jackets to national significance in 2016.

Growth is going to be the

main goal of the spring, not only
for Joiner, but for the entire golf
team. The Jackets were unable to
secure higher than fifth place in
their four fall tournaments. By
the end of the fall season, Tech
had lost its No. 9 spot in the
Golfweek rankings. Head coach
Bruce Heppler and his assistant
Jeff Pierce explained this poor fall

performance to Matt Winkeljohn

of ramblinwreck.com with some
statistical analysis.
Pierce, also new to Tech but
well-versed in both golf and statistics, was able to track some inconsistencies in each golfers data.
Heppler is now requiring that the
Jackets pay more attention to the
numbers in order to understand
their tendencies better and im-

prove any recurring issues they

might have.
In most of Techs fall tournaments, the Jackets teed off in fine
standing and managed to stay
ahead for most of the first two
rounds. However, it only took one
round for the Jackets to lose their
footing, and the rest of the tournament was a struggle, a trend
that cannot continue.

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

Golf applying analytic techniques to build on youth

ALISON LAVERY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With a roster full of fresh faces,
the Tech golf team is looking to
improve as they tee off in February this spring. With three freshman, four sophomores and only
one junior, the Jackets have a bit
of room to grow and improve.
Such a new roster can take
some time to grow into the collegiate athletic world. Last fall, the
Jackets seemed to be finding their
place in collegiate golf, but there
was some lack of consistency in
their competitive performances.
The Jackets hope to overcome
these growing pains and perform
at a consistently high standard in
the coming season.
With some notable performances already under his belt,
freshman Tyler Joiner of Leesburg,
Ga., joined the Jackets roster last
fall. Joiner was the No. 1 golfer
in the state of Georgia and No.
35 on the Junior Golf Scoreboard
during his senior year in high
school. Representing the Jackets
during his first fall at Tech, Joiner finished No. 62 in the Carpet
Capital Collegiate Tournament
last September and No. 41 in the
United States Collegiate Championship last October.
His growth throughout the
fall is visible in his improvement
from his first to his second tournament as a Jacket. Tech golf fans
can look forward to hearing more
about Joiners growth throughout
the spring as he continues to gain
collegiate experience.

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

Mens golf accepts congratulations for its 2015 ACC Championship. The Jackets have used
novel methods to attempt a repeat of that success this season, with good returns early on.

For players that are more inexperienced with collegiate golf,

the debut season can be one of
the biggest learning experiences of
their collegiate careers. Hepplers
new numerical approach should
help Techs golfers develop stronger strategies in the spring.
On Feb. 4, the Jackets trade
Atlantas cool, rainy weather for
a weekend of warmth and sunshine in Waikoloa, Hawaii, at
the 25th Annual Amer Ari Invitational, held at the Waikoloa
Resort. The resort has two luxury
courses: the Beach Course and
the Kings Course. The invitational hosts many of the top collegiate golf teams, the likes of
Auburn, USC, Stanford and, of
course, Tech.
Last February, the Jackets performed well at the invitational,
moving from a tie at 15th in
round one to tied for seventh in
the third and final round. Jacket
fans have high hopes that Tech
will be able to put the growing
pains behind them and perform
very well in their first invitational
of the spring.
The Jackets enter the invitational this year No. 26 in the USA
Today Mens Team Collegiate
Rankings. Auburn is ranked first.
Stanford comes in at No. 5, and
USC tallies in at No. 8. At a high
level of competition, any semblance of an advantage can prove
decisive, the difference between a
successful day on the course and a
losing effort. If the team converts
its statistical understanding into
results, analytics could give Tech
the edge.

Sports

By the Numbers

SPORTS EDITOR:

Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:

Joe Sobchuk

sports@nique.net

Techs golf team uses analytics to

improve practice strategies and
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TECH EAGER TO END SLUMP

Pivotal home matchup against Duke starts gauntlet for Gregory and a Tech team on the brink.

Photos by John Nakano Student Publications

Tech basketball must quickly shake off its recent frustrations as it goes toe-to-toe with a wounded but dangerous Duke team next Tuesday at McCamish Pavillion. Coach Brian Gregory (top) will be tasked with the challenge of preparing his team to turn around its poor ACC fortunes under his tenure thus far.

AKSHAY EASWARAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

At the start of the 2015-16 season, Jackets fans pegged next Tuesdays matchup
against the Duke Blue Devils as a signature
game, a barometer of sorts for the teams
performance moving forward. Duke was
coming off a season that ended with a national championship over formidable Wisconsin. Tech came up a mere six points
short against the Blue Devils last season
in the ferocious atmosphere of Cameron
Indoor Stadium, offering a benchmark to
compare this seasons contest.
While it is not a real surprise to see
the Jackets enter this game devoid of momentum after all, Brian Gregorys
teams have rarely fared well against a difficult conference schedule Coach Mike
Krzyzewskis Duke squad is facing a similar
run of misfortune, leading up to what could
be a pivotal game for both teams.

The Blue Devils (15-5, 4-3 ACC) have

played uncharacteristically poorly as of late,
dropping four of their last five games. In the
last two weeks, Duke has fallen from No. 9
in the Associated Press Poll to No. 24, suffering losses to Clemson, Notre Dame and
Syracuse. The three losses came by an average of 3.7 points, each tougher to stomach
than the last. Duke fans are unaccustomed
to taking solace in moral victories.
The team has been handicapped since
rebound machine Amile Jefferson broke
his foot in a mid-December practice; his
presence inside has been sorely missed.
Brandon Ingram and Grayson Allen have
led the charge for the Blue Devils on offense, averaging 20.4 and 21.4 points per
game, respectively.
The defending national champions
battled back against NC State (an 88-78
victory), but struggled in their 69-80 loss
against No. 15 Miami. Junior Matt Jones
commented on the Blue Devils recent lack
of momentum after the former game, em-

phasizing that the Blue Devils realize

as a team that [they]re not going to just
wake up and win, courtesy of espn.com.
The Blue Devils losing streak has loosened
their grip on the eighth and final seed in
the ACC tournament, and they march into
McCamish Pavilion hoping to climb the
ACC standings before the tourney begins
in March. The team has yet to face the meat
of its schedule; after games against Tech
and NC State, they face No. 16 Louisville
twice, along with No. 11 Virginia and No.
2 UNC. The path to resurrecting their season begins at McCamish Pavillion.
Once again, Tech aims to play spoiler.
The Jackets (12-8, 2-5 ACC) come into
this weekend having dropped five of their
last seven games, including a one-point
heartbreaker against Virginia Tech and a
four-point thriller against No. 16 Louisville, both at home. However, senior guard
Marcus Georges-Hunt has been a light in
the dark for the Jackets during the month
of January, now averaging 15.8 points per

game and making almost 45 percent of his

shots after a 23-point outing against Louisville which saw him foul out on a controversial call with 1:01 remaining in the game.
Despite the teams progreess, there remains work to be done if Tech wants to
shake things up in the ACC and compete in
the NCAA tournament. Techs lone conference win was its major upset of then-No. 4
Virginia. The Jackets currently sit at No. 12
in the ACC, four spots out of a conference
tournament berth.
If Tech wants to appear in the NCAA
tournament for the first time under Brian
Gregory, it needs to start finishing games
down the stretch, rather than letting sizable leads slip away at key moments as it
has in all too many recent games. The clock
is ticking on Techs season, despite a torrid start. With 11 games left to go before
the ACC tournament, it is now or never for
Gregory, Georges-Hunt and a Jackets team
that will not likely be this close to contention for years to come.