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up knowing an adult other
than a family member
whom they loved and admired a friendly, hospitable neighbor whose
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HUMAN RESOURCES ADDITION
Starting this week, Dr. Kim
D. Harrington will assume the
role of associate vice president
of Georgia Tech Human Resources. She arrived on campus
back in 2001, serving in a variety of leadership roles. In 2012,
she became the director of the
GT Student Center, a role she
served in until this past January
when she became interim associate vice president of Human
Resources. As an interim director, she helped the department
successfully navigate a series of
organizational restructurings. As
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there were no factual errors?
NOVEMBER FIRST BREAKING OUT THE CHRISTMAS
MUSIC! NOT EVEN APOLOGETIC!
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What ARE you supposed to do with a jack o lantern after Halloween?
Do you ever think that Santa comes down the chimney and then
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Silvering is my only joy
Im all for removing shoes for comfort, but if your feet smell like
the death of a thousands teenage locker rooms. Please keep your
shoes on.
Shame on the Technique for publishing Mens Rights Activists
and Reddit comments in the last issue, as well as being general
journalistic garbage
New fad diet: just eat pumpkin everything for two months
Endorsing just enough LinkedIn skills to help your buddy without seeming suspicious.
Can we just stop to remember how good of musical Hairspray is?
Also, can we remember how hot James Marsden is?
Forget Cyclops, Corny Collins <3<3<3
Music Listening Room circa 2005!
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NEWS EDITOR
At the beginning of October,
Tech and Morehouse College cohosted the third iteration of the
Platform Summit.
The conference, which took
place at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center on the campus
of Morehouse College, began on
Oct. 2 and lasted until Oct. 4.
Five main topics were explored
throughout the weekend: Go
Ahead, Fix Education ... I Dare
You, The Problem With The
Economy Is It Doesnt Need You
Anymore, The New Capital Is
Social, Living Happy, Healthy,
And Maybe Forever and WOW!
Whats Next ... Now!
For each of the aforementioned
topics, four to six speakers were
present to discuss various aspects
of the topics importance. One notable speaker was Ayanna Howard, a professor in Techs department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. Other speakers included Jack Dorsey, the CEO and
co-founder of Square as well as the
interim CEO and co-founder of
Twitter, David Drummond, the
senior vice president for corporate
development and chief legal office for Google, Aisha Bowe, an
aerospace engineer and Financial
Alchemist and Bernard Harris, a
former astronaut.
On the first day of the Summit, Tech hosted approximately
400 participants on campus. Venues utilized included the Student
Center Ballroom, and attendees
were allowed to interact with certain Tech inventors. InVenture
Prize finalists made up a large
portion of those present; they
// NEWS
NEWS EDITOR
Recently, the United States Air
Force Office of Scientific Research
awarded a grant worth $900,000
to a number of researchers at Tech.
The grant is intended to be utilized in areas of research relating
primarily to work with particles,
including atoms and molecules,
at very low temperatures. One of
the professors involved with the
work is Uzi Landman, a Callaway
Chair Professor in Techs School
of Physics as well as the director
for the Center of Computational
Materials Science (CCMS) at
Tech. Landmans work will proceed to encompass the activity of
small-scale systems of few atoms
and molecules. This area of research is also known as few-body
interactions.
One of the things that is most
interesting to us is how smaller
systems combine to make larger
systems, Landman said in a statement. We will study this from
the bottom up. Bringing atoms
together to make a new material
is the basis of chemistry, but here
we are synthesizing new materials through quantum mechanical forces. We expect to help lay
the foundation for a new theory
describing the chemistry of ultracold atoms. To do this, we will
develop a different type of computational theory.
CCMS also was able to complete the publication of the paper
THE
We can apply these methodologies of ultra-cold atom simulations to solve problems that we
cannot solve otherwise, Landman said in a statement. We
will attempt to revolutionize the
ability to compute things that
arent computable at this point.
Experiments with ultra-cold atoms emulate an analog-simulator
wave function anatomy and entanglement properties of the interacting fermions in the entire system parameter range. In this way,
we may address some outstanding
problem, like high-temperature
superconductivity, quantum magnetism, highly correlated quantum systems and chemistry at the
ultra-cold extreme.
The $900,000 grant, which was awarded by the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research, will go towards funding research regarding the behavior of molecules and atoms at ultra-cold temperatures approaching absolute zero.
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Stacks of the Technique have gone missing from several stands around campus
over the past two weeks. While we encourage students to pick up copies of the newspaper, we do not condone people taking
large bundles of the newspaper and prohibiting others from reading the paper.
Stealing the paper is theft of thousands
of dollars of school property. Additionally,
part of the paper is funded through the student activity fee, which every student pays;
therefore, all students deserve weekly content. More critically, this is an illegal act
of censorship of the media.
As content creators of the Technique, we
have First Amendment rights to publish
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that is published weekly.
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you and engage in conversation.
The Tech community is being robbed of
the opportunity to take part in discussions
relevant to the campus. Students voices
cannot be heard, and thus, there can be no
call for change on our campus.
While there are many ways to deal with
dissatisfaction over published content, it is
incredibly childish and disrespectful to the
Technique staff, advertisers and the Tech
community to take away newspapers.
We are incredibly disappointed by the
actions of the individuals who thought it
was okay to take our work and voices and
not allow us to share it with our intended
audience. We hope that in the future, any
discrepancies will be handled maturely.
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Friday,
November 6, 2015
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will be meaningless since Georgia has been a majority republican state for 20 years. Because of
this, citizens in some states may
go their entire lives without having any influence on the presidential election. What kind of
democracy is that?
Since many states reliably
swing Republican or Democrat, almost exclusively, swing
states determine the outcome
of the presidential race. As a result, these states have an unfair
amount of control over the election, and candidates will distort
their campaign to unproportionally cater to the needs of
these states to garner votes.
This winner-take-all system can have disastrous conse-
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Mid-semester Blues
In an attempt to teach
students about the dangers
of phishing. OIT essentially
pranked students by sending
an email of their own. It turns
out, many students arent even
aware of what phishing is and
were fooled by this email. Hats
off to OIT for actively trying
to educate students on the
practices of online safety. To
all the students that didnt fall
for the prank, good job. Now
we can all be more aware.
Its that time in the semester when we are mentally finished but still have a few more
weeks of school left. At this
point, many of us probably
couldnt care less about Euler
circuits and Hamiltonian
paths ... wait what are we even
learning in combo now? But,
weve got to hang in there. Itll
be over soon. Slowly but surely.
Maybe. Theres no way to no
for sure. At least were all in the
struggle together, right?
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hundreds of thousands
of people who used the
services of this site to
cheat on their significant others. It seems
contradictory to defend
the morally ambiguous actions of members
of Ashley Madison and
condone the Impact
Team. However, the decisions people chose to
make in their romantic
and sexual endeavors are
their own, and should
not be available for public scrutiny. The leak ruined the lives of so many
people and even resulted
in deaths.
Hacktivists
have
also attempted to play
a hand in larger movements such as the shooting of Michael Brown
by releasing the names
of officers involved in
the shooting. Firstly, the
names released were incorrect. Once again, ruining the lives of those
individuals that were
called out. Secondly,
our nation has a judicial
process established to
handle these situations.
The process to go
through the proper
channels
to
incite
change is a long and
arduous one; however,
harassing people from
behind the confines of
a computer is cowardly
and unjust.
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Talking cybersecurity
with
Phyllis Schneck
SAMIRA BANDARU
LIFE EDITOR
working
with the institute
to contact the faculty listed on
their website, iisp.gatech.edu.
Tell them your interests and
background and they would try
to find a suitable research project
for you, Lee said.
The Technique had the opportunity to interview Dr. Schneck
about her experiences as deputy
under secretary of Cybersecurity and Communications for the
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, as a women leader in a
statistically male dominated field
and as a Georgia Tech graduate.
Technique: Why is cybersecurity so important, especially now
when its so universally impactful
because everything is linked to
technology?
Schneck: Cybersecurity is a
big part of Homeland Security,
and a big part of our job is to
make sure that we protect our way
of life, so that people can have fun
and enjoy our country and continue to innovate and keep our
national leadership. So cybersecurity, being interlocked with everything from the food we eat to
the cars we drive its important
that we understand that we need
to protect electronic connectivity.
Technique: Are there any specific infrastructures in the government that Homeland Security
specifically focuses on, or that are
really important?
Schneck: There are sixteen different
sectors
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such as
electricity,
water, government services, IT
and communications. All those,
it turns out, are linked together.
Think about the electricity industry. You need electricity to
run water, for people to drink, to
understand how to spend money.
All of that is inextricably linked
So our job is to figure out where
those interdependencies are. If
you think about a power outage,
you have about three days on a
standard diesel generator, so in
three days are you going to have a
truck from the transportation sector bring you more diesel, or is the
power going to be back on? Part
of what we do is to work with the
private sector, so to get the electricity experts, the cyber experts.
Technique: What are your
thoughts on Techs role in the
field of cybersecurity?
Schneck: [Cybersecurity] is
very important to Georgia Tech.
Tech is a powerhouse for science
and community, so if theres one
place on the planet that I would
put my money on to help us solve
this problems, its where were sitting today. Georgia Tech is entering the map [of cybersecurity],
and I am very optimistic that we
will be a large part of how our
country succeeds.
Research is what makes Georgia Tech stand out. The job of
research is to say whats next
what should we be prepar-
$20
billion
ing to come?
So where is the next
technology going to come so that
we are ahead of the curve, but also,
what are the newer technologies?
How can we innovate, and how
can we get creative? Thats where
the students come in. Theres no
time in your life that you can be
more creative and I speak from
personal experience than when
youre a student.
And to put this many students
together is the way were going to
solve this problem with the power
of what Tech brings to the community, to building centers, to
working with other companies
and universities. Even the alumni
networks here speak worlds of this
because from the minute a student enters Georgia Tech, theres
a support system. And I think its
important that this school set that
example for so many others, both
in protecting your own security
and also helping others to more
innovative approaches.
Technique: What are your
thoughts on student innovation?
Schneck: I think students [at
Tech] have a lot of opportunities
for innovation because theyre exposed to so many different things
you have multiple classes,
multiple toys. Your phone can eat
the phone I had when I was here.
So all this being given to you at
a time when youre also working
with professors who have different kinds of exper-
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// LIFE
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On Friday, Oct. 30, Techs National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted its 8th annual Homecoming
step show. Of the nine sororities
and fraternities that are part of
NPHC, six participated Alpha
Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Omega Ksi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi
Beta. Half are sororities and half
are fraternities. The Step Show is
NPHCs biggest event all year as
it reaches out to the most diverse
audiences.
Alexandria Holloway, a fourthyear EE, President of NPHC and
sister in Techs Zeta Phi Beta
chapter, sat down to speak about
the step show. She played a large
role in the preparation of the show
through overseeing jobs, ensuring
sufficient funds, finding people to
host and DJ the show and keeping
up with tickets and scheduling.
She described it as a stressful and
exciting experience.
All chapters that are part of
NPHC participated in some way.
If they didnt step, they volunteered the day of the event or participated through some forum. As
most of these chapters at Tech are
small, each step team ranged from
about three to eight members.
Some of them took participants
from neighboring colleges. Planning for the event began spring of
2015 and some teams began practices as early as summer break.
Some of the teams with members
who were experienced with step
did choreography on their own,
while other teams took the guidance of step coaches.
Contrary to what some people
may think, stepping is not exactly
dancing. I call [stepping] a song
with your body. Its different from
dancing its like creating the
themes included Star Wars, basketball, haunted hotels, The Matrix and astronauts. One team
even did a theme with a message
that black lives matter. We wore
the concierge business attire,
and the team with the Star Wars
theme wore Jedi costumes. The
costume depended on the theme,
said Alexandria.
Eight judges from the National
Pan-Hellenic Council came. The
judges were step masters themselves. The top fraternity Phi
Beta Sigma and the top sorority Delta Sigma Theta were
each awarded a trophy as well as
one thousand dollars. The people
of NPHC both enjoyed the experience, and are relieved to have a
break from the planning.
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A group of students is induced to sleep by Kevin Hurleys suggestions. The hypnotized pantomimed driving a car and dancing at a party at Hurleys behest.
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plained. He started out by asking audience members to imagine a rubber band pulling their
fingers together to help identify
those with imagination, that being a key component of the show.
Were gonna go into their imagination. Everybody has a good
time watching peoples experience
when they use their imagination,
he explained before the show. Its
kind of like theyre daydreaming,
but Im the maestro, so Im telling
them what to daydream about and
they react to that.
Though Hurley has been hypnotizing people for ten years, he
still has some incredulity towards
it. Its like pushing an elephant
up a bunch of steps. Think about
it it shouldnt work. A roomful
of people that dont know each
other sit down and go to sleep
on top of each other? It shouldnt
work, but it does. Its a phenemenon, he said.
Hurley hypothesized that most
people came to his performances
to see if his hypnosis would actually work. I would say that more
than half of the people that come
probably are skeptics, he said.
One such skeptic was Emma
Browning, a first-year IAML student who saw the show. Im not
sure what I think about hypnotism and I wanted to see a show
before I made a real decision, she
said before the show.
Once all was said and done,
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audience members could
decide
for themselves what exactly happened on stage.
// LIFE
SAA was noted for its ability to help both its students and
alumni to utilize the Georgia
Tech network and its focus on
philanthropy. Notably, SAA gives
an annual Gift to Tech. Last years
Gift to Tech was $38,000 to student mental health, an issue that
has become extremely important
to students, who vote on the annual recipient on campus for the
past several years.
That being said, SAA is accepting submissions for ideas for this
years Gift to Tech. Polls will close
on Nov. 13.
Pictured above is the Waffle House in Tech Square. Along with the Waffle House Dinner, SAA will host a holiday networking dinner called Thanksgiving Dinner Jackets.
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ATL FSA (above) were one of the more enthusiastic groups participating in the LiNK concert, dressed in pajamas while dancing on-stage last Monday. Lydia Paek (right), the main draw of the concert, performed the nights finale. Band Absolute (bottom right) was but one of the several opening bands.
HEYINN RHO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Aspiring artists and concertgoers within the Atlanta community have been counting down
the days until they would see each
other for the first time. Summoned by the Liberty in North
Korea (LiNK)s humanitarian
concern, both groups convened
in the Student Center third floor
Ballroom on Monday, Nov. 2.
LiNK is a non-governmental
organization which saved 154 refugees from North Korea thanks
to the ongoing fundraising effort of 331 rescue teams. This
non-profit boasts a one hundred
percent model in which the entirety of collected donations go
to refugee rescue, resettlement assistance, empowerment programs
and media advertising.
According to the website, rescuing a North Korean refugee and
ensuring that he or she leads a sustainable lifestyle costs $3,000. Because Tech has the largest number
of undergraduate students compared to the groups other participants, the LiNK rescue teams decided to host the concert at Tech.
The group hopes to set precedence
so that a greater awareness can be
established with potential donors.
This second annual Atlanta fall
concert built up the audiences
// ENTERTAINMENT
Othello
WRITER: Shakespeare
DIRECTOR: Keith Hinze
PERFORMER: Charlie Allen,
Mikael Bucknavage and
Alexa Carleo
LOCATION: DramaTech
DATE: Oct. 3031, Nov. 57,
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OUR TAKE:
TRISHNA CHANDARANA
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Characters Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio, Iago and Brabanzio reenact a scene in DramaTechs rendition of Othello. The work was uniquely presented as a play within a play.
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Rodgers + Hammersteins
Cinderella
WRITER: Oscar Hamerstein II
and Douglas Carter Beane
DIRECTOR: Mark Brokaw
PERFORMER: Kaitlyn
Davidson, Andy Huntington
Jones, Kimberly Faur, and
Aymee Garcia
LOCATION: Fox Theatre
DATE: Nov. 38
OUR TAKE:
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Kaitlyn Davidson, as Ella, ecstatically sings along with the rest of the townspeople when she hears that there is going to be a ball at the
Princes palace. She only later realizes that her stepmother, who calls her Cinder-Ella, will never let her actually attend the revelries.
// ENTERTAINMENT
OUR TAKE:
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ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Folk and pop musician Joanna Duff released her first album, We are the Lucky Ones, earlier this
year. Her acoustic guitar features heavily in her debut album, causing many songs to sound similar.
OTHELLO
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
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9. Insulted a British and American journalist (6)
10. Hes found among entomologists (3)
11. See about unusually bitter book (8)
12. Thus employed drunk (6)
13. So old article offers comfort (6)
15. Some memory of what cobra has, you say? (8)
16. In court, one questions angry inspector (5-8)
20. Fellow always is hot, running high temperature
(8)
22. Chap, see, is punctual (6)
25. Pants and comes back to life? (6)
26. Isnt love misrepresented by ths writer? (8)
27. Some work is therefore cut short (3)
28. Lyricist is a beginner, its said (6)
29. Former partner rang and praised highly (8)
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2. Type of polecat is a diligent searcher (6)
3. Time to perform more infrequently? Thats unsubtle! (8)
4. Young girl soundly curses English student (6)
5. Vehicle picked up Pope in the outskirts of town (8)
6. Could be protected first off with smoke sensor? (8)
8. Trite conversation where brokers work (5,8)
14. Old, old city belonging to us (3)
16. Daily gets hold of second detergent perhaps (8)
17. Compliant with order to somehow end it (8)
18. Give incentive to team playing around four (8)
19. Ultimately people follow like sheep (3)
21. Put in stern, I work (6)
23. Slightly miffed at first by ruined idyll (6)
24. Taking part, journalist endeavours to pay attention (6)
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// SPORTS
YOUSSEF HAMMOUD
SWIMMER
ALISON LAVERY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Technique spoke with senior swimmer Youssef Hammoud
to discuss the current swimming
season and his transfer from Auburn last year. Originally from
Egypt, Hammoud specializes in
the freestyle and butterfly events.
Technique: When did you
start swimming and why?
Hammoud: I think I started
swimming when I was five. And
why is because my sister used
to swim, so I was around it all the
time. Shes four years older than
me. I was always with my mom
when she was with my sister at
practice, so I was always around
the pool. [My sister] started telling my mom that I should swim
too, so my mom put me in swim
lessons. Also, my uncle has a pool
at his house, and I always liked
to play around. But at the time,
I didnt know how to swim, and
everyone else was busy doing
something else. I really wanted to
get in, but nobody wanted to get
in with me. So my uncle got very
upset, stood up, held me and then
he threw me in the pool. He told
Senior swimmer Youssef Hammoud originally hails from Egypt and transferred to Tech from
Auburn in 2014. He hopes to put his Computer Science degree to good use back home.
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vs.
at a
all-Time Record
4-8
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glance
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50
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40
'09
30
'04
33%
33%
Home
Away
'14
'12
'08
20
'11
'10
10
'05
'13
'07
10
wins
losses
51 - 7
38-27
GT
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JACKETS
With three games left in the regular
season last year, the Jackets were 7-2, on
their way to winning the ACC Coastal
and demolishing SEC power Mississippi
State in the Orange Bowl. A year later,
Georgia Tech (3-6, 1-5 ACC) is one loss
away from being shut out of the postseason altogether. Coach Paul Johnson took
his fair share of the blame following last
Saturdays loss to Virginia, noting that
[hes] done a very poor job of teaching
[the young players] what it takes to win,
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The Jackets offense has proven wildly
inconsistent this season, liable to score in
spurts and then fall dormant for quarters
at a time. The offensive line is particularly culpable: their inability to pass-protect was apparent against Virginia, forcing quarterback Justin Thomas to escape
a collapsing pocket for minimal gains.
Perhaps the biggest revelation has been
the play of true freshman back Marcus
Marshall, who leads the team in yards
from scrimmage, averaging 8.3 yards
per touch. Combined with the impressive play of redshirt freshman Clinton
Lynch, Georgia Tech has a formidable
pairing for years to come. Should the
'08
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'06
'04
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'13
'11
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Hokies
Virginia Tech (4-5, 2-3 ACC) head
coach Frank Beamer made waves this
week when he announced that he would
retire at the end of the season. The
Mount Airy, N.C., native has coached
the Hokies for nearly three decades,
including all 11 seasons of ACC conference play. Needless to say, Hokies players
will be motivated to bring home a win
for their coach in what could be his final prime-time game, especially with the
team potentially on the brink of a 23rd
bowl berth.
On offense, the Hokies are led by
quarterback Michael Brewer, who started for the Hokies in an up-and-down
2014 campaign. An injury this season
pushed him out of the lineup in favor of
Brendan Motley, but Brewer has since
regained his starting spot. While the
Texas Tech transfer struggled with his
accuracy last season, throwing 15 interceptions against 18 touchdowns, he has
made significantly better decisions in a
limited sample size this year, leading to a
jump in his yards per attempt and passer
rating. The team still occasionally uses
the more mobile Motley in certain packages, meaning that Ted Roof will have to
prepare the Jacket offense for two signalcallers. In the run game, former quarterback Travon McMillian is a challenge to
deal with, having rushed for more than
95 yards in four straight games after only
reaching that total once in the first five
contests. Virginia Tech wont shell-shock
Georgia Tech with an offensive barrage,
but they have the weapons and mentality
to sustain long drives.
The Hokies stop unit is slightly
above-average, allowing 24.3 points per
game; however, the team is winless when
opponents score more than 24. The biggest disappointment in the group is
redshirt senior end Dadi Nicolas, who
racked up 8.5 sacks and 18 tackles for
loss last season on his way to being voted second team All-ACC. This year, he
has managed only a single sack and 4.5
tackles for loss. In his plays, linebacker
Deon Clarke has stepped up, leading the
team in both categories, along with tying for second on the team with 4 pass
deflections. If the Jackets offensive line
is unable to provide Thomas strong protection, though, it would be damning
evidence of the regression the team has
been seeing this season.
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CROSS COUNTRY
The mens and womens cross
country teams competed in the
ACC Championship meet Friday
morning. The men finished 10th
and the women finished 14th out
of the 15-team conference. Brandon Lasater, Jeremy Greenwald
and Nahom Solomon were the
top three Tech runners on the
mens side, while Hayley Keady,
Melissa Fairey and Sarah Bowles
were the three fastest Tech women. The teams next competition is
the NCAA South Regional meet
on Friday, Nov. 13, where they
will vie for a spot in the National
Championship.
MENS TENNIS
Four members of the mens
tennis team travel to Lake Buena Vista, Fla., to compete in the
USTA Clay Court Invitational
this weekend. Nathan Rakitt,
Cole Fiegel, Daniel Yun and Andrew Li will compete against a
field of 13 other schools in the
four-day event.
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WOMENS BASKETBALL
The womens basketball team
soundly defeated Division II West
Georgia, 77-35, in an exhibition
match on Monday. The regular
season begins on Nov. 13 against
Loyola-Chicago.
Sports
SPORTS EDITOR:
Jon Long
Joe Sobchuk
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technique
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Friday,
November 6, 2015
SPORTS EDITOR
The fall has been good to this
seasons Tech golf team. Closing
out their schedule last weekend at
the Kiawah Classic, Tech finished
its 2015 fall season placing No. 10
or better in every tournament they
played in. Led by Jacob Joiner
and Vincent Whaley, the Jackets
ended the season ranked No. 9 in
the nation.
The eight-man team began the
fall in Rocky Face, Ga., where
they played in Septembers Carpet
Capital Collegiate at The Farm
Golf Club. Tech entered the final
day of the tournament in third
place out 15 schools but ultimately
slowed to a still-respectable fifth
place finish. Joiner, however, finished the weekend four strokes
under par to squeeze past Clemsons Stephen Behr and Austin
Langdale by one stroke and secure
the number one spot on the individual leaderboard.
Later that month, the Jackets traveled to Kingston Springs,
Tenn., to compete in the Dicks
Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup, a tournament they
had won a year prior. Whaley and
sophomore James Clark shone
in the Volunteer State, entering
Saturday tied for No. 16 and No.
8, respectively. Clark tapered off
with an 81 on the final day to
finish in a tie for No. 36, while
Junior Vincent Whaley is one of only two upperclassmen on this years golf team. He has assumed a crucial leadership role and has posted great scores in Techs four fall tournaments.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
score to 26-26. In the last moments of the set, however, sophomore outside hitter Ashley Askin
and junior middle blocker Annika
Van Gunst brought in two points
for a Jacket victory to bring them
the initial lead.
The Jackets started game two
with less vigor, trailing behind the
Eagles for most of the first half.
After a fight to bring the game
to 18-18, Tech gained momentum and scored four unanswered
points to go up 22-18. The Eagles
rallied to keep game two just as
close as the first, splitting the next
few points. The Jackets were up
by one point and feared a second
set tie when junior outside hitter
Teegan Van Gunst brought in the
match winning point with a kill,
one of the 19 kills she tallied during the match. After two hardfought sets against the Eagles,
Tech went into the break with
a 2-0 lead.
Boston College entered the
third set with hopes of a comeback, quickly jumping to a four
point lead on the Jackets. Tech
eventually found some traction in
the third set, but not soon enough
to bring their total lead to 3-0.
With another close score of 25-23,
the Eagles brought their deficit to
a single set and got some momentum behind them.
Game four proved to be another nail-biter. Tech came out
with a renewed sense of urgency