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OPINIONS

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ENTERTAINMENT

LTE: Reassess stigmas


Opinions 6

Life 10

p8 Cinderella at the Fox


Entertainment 14

p16

Sports 24

NPHC DANCE OFF STOMPS THE COMPETITION p11


LIFE

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SPORTS

WAGES CARROLL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
I like to believe that everyone on this earth grew
up knowing an adult other
than a family member
whom they loved and admired a friendly, hospitable neighbor whose

congeniality rivals that of


Ned Flanders, a close family friend that you always
assumed was a relative until
you mistakenly asked him
why he was never at the
family Christmas party; a
caring teacher who always
knew how to make you
feel appreciated; or maybe
a coach or instructor that
went out of his or her way
to provide for you.
Most people did have
or can at least imagine
the relationship that I
am describing, and as for
me, I admired one of my
dads church league softball teammates. His name
is Don Stevens, and he had
the heart of a lion.
My relationship with
Big Don Stephens began
with sporadic outings to my
dads church league softball

games. As a child, I played


Little League baseball and
adored the Atlanta Braves,
and on any given night of
the week, my dad would
make me the happiest kid
alive by taking me to his
games where I got to sit in
the dugout, run after foul
balls and bring the bat back
after base hits.
In reality, I was just a kid,
like many others, whose father let him into the dugout
during the games, but in
my mind, I might as well
have been playing alongside
the Atlanta Braves. And,
believe it or not, our church
team always did very well.
We never missed the playoffs, and we always had talented players.
My dad, of course, was
my favorite. He was one of
See TIMEOUT, page 23

Photo courtesy of Mike Stephens Dons Brother

Don Stephens was an avid fisherman, spending a majority of his time outdoors. He also enjoyed playing softball before he was diagnosed with ALS.

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ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
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SPORTS EDITOR:
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APOLOGY FROM THE EDITOR


DEAR READERS,
In the Oct. 30 issue of the Technique, we published an article discussing the Office of Student Integrity (OSI) experience
of a now-former Tech student. Our intention with this article was to give a voice to a Tech student about the fairness of
the OSI judicial process. However, within hours following the distribution of the issue, there was vocal feedback, and it was
clear that there were very obvious journalistic errors in the piece.
I would like to apologize for including an extremely one-sided piece. Publishing a piece like this is not aligned with the
journalistic standards to which we hold ourselves. The Technique prides ourselves on avoiding bias and always doublingchecking facts, but both were not evident in the noted article. Based on these crucial mistakes, I made the decision to pull
the piece from our website. This decision was not influenced by pressure from the administration.
We would like to apologize to the other person in the case discussed, who was not consulted or interviewed for the story.
Our oversight on this was a main contributing factor to the slant and untruthfulness in the piece.
We would also like to apologize for potentially triggering traumatic memories for anyone who read or saw the OSI article in
the paper this week. It was not our intent to silence survivors or create harm. We understand how difficult it is for victims
of sexual assault to come forward with their experiences, and it was not our intention to devalue the strength needed to
report their abuse.
For anyone needing support regarding sexual violence, you can find resources at voice.gatech.edu. There are also
advocates available 24/7 through GTPD.

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the associate vice president, Harrington will be responsible for


employee relations and support,
payroll, compensation, benefits,
talent acquisition and global human resources support. She will
play a vital role cementing Techs
status as the premier employer in
the Atlanta area.

HASIT DEWAN
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
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

NEW RESEARCH HUB


In conjunction with the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Tech will lead the
development of the South Big
Data Regional Innovation Hub.
This project falls under the National Science Foundations four
Big Data Regional Innovation
Hubs. The program will allow
Tech and UNC-Chapel Hill
researchers the opportunity to
work with academics, industry
experts and nonprofit groups to
address many issues that plague
the Southern states through
heavy use of data science. Concerns ranging from the disparity in healthcare to assessing the
risks of coastal storms and floods
will all be examined and researched through the lens of data
analysis. Tech will additionally
host a national data repository

meant to connect institutions all


over the country.
RETURN OF THE SHEEP
Until Nov. 10, students will
be able to count sheep as they
walk through campus. Facilities Management is bringing in
sheep to combat the extensive
kudzu threat that pervades the
campus. Kudzu is an aggressive weed that requires extensive
chemical pesticide for effective
control. However, as such chemicals can be harmful to the environment, alternatives had to be
found. Sheep, unlike chemicals,
pose no threat to students or the
environment and are surprisingly efficient at killing kudzu.
Their aggressive grazing tactics
combine with their sheer numbers to be a worthy foe for the
kudzu weed. Once the sheep
have finished grazing, the foliage
removal process will begin, followed by another sheep grazing
within a year.
MORE GROUNDSKEEPING
The Professional Grounds
Management Society (PGMS)
recently recognized Techs exceptional groundskeeping work

with the Honor Award as part


of this years Green Star Awards
competition in the category of
University and College Grounds.
The Grand Award was presented
to Penn State University Park
with five other Honor Awards
being presented, as well.
The PGMS was founded in
1911 with the purpose of education and economic advancement
with respect to the grounds managers of universities, parks, etc.
TREE MANAGEMENT
The Georgia Urban Forest
Council (GUFC) has awarded
Tech their prestigious Presidents
Award for 2015. This is being
awarded to Tech for its work in
assessing the status of the more
than 11,000 trees on campus,
studying and documenting the
environmental benefits of these
trees and managing its urban
forests well. Additionally, the
Arbor Day Foundation designated Tech to be the first Tree
Campus USA in Georgia.
The GUFC is a nonprofit organization that helps communities grow healthy trees, furthering efforts to make Georgia a
greener state.

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

WAKE UP SHEEPLE
As a former EIC, what is a trigger warning. A correction when
there were no factual errors?
NOVEMBER FIRST BREAKING OUT THE CHRISTMAS
MUSIC! NOT EVEN APOLOGETIC!
#redcupslove
The red cups being back are the first things to get me excited for
christmas #basic
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
just goes ITS SANTA, BITCHESSSSs!!!!!
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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debate will be held on Nov. 10 in


Milwaukee, Wis., on Fox Business
Network.

SHIVANA MEHROTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

CARSON SURGES IN POLLS


According to the NBC/Wall
Street Journal GOP horse race
survey, Republican Presidential
Candidate Ben Carson is shown
leading with 29 percent popularity, followed by Donald Trumps
26 percent. These results are analogous to New York Times/CBS
poll taken earlier last week, which
also demonstrated Carson in the
lead for the GOP.
Since the polls began being recorded in July, this is the first time
that Trump did not lead all other
Republican candidates in the time
leading up to the eventual primary. No other Republican candidates polling numbers approach
either Trumps or Carsons. The
next highest polling after Trump
currently is Senator Marco Rubio, who received eight percent
of the field, according to the New
York Times. Former Governor of
Florida Jeb Bush and former CEO
of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina
are tied at seven percent each.
The next Republican primary

FLIGHT 9268 CRASHES


Nearly 23 minutes after take
off, Metrojets Airbus A321-200
crashed en route from Sharm elSheikh, Egypt, to St. Petersburg,
Russia, killing all of the 224 passengers aboard.
Investigators are now trying to
piece together the moments that
led to the fate of Metrojet Flight
9268, determining whether mechanical failure was to blame
or if there was a bomb aboard
the plane.
Islamic militant group ISIS
claimed to have been responsible
for shooting down the plane with
a ground-to-air missile; however,
these claims have been discredited
as there was no apparent evidence.
Despite much speculation, it is
still too early in the investigation
to determine the exact cause of
the crash.
CHINA-TAIWAN MEETING
The Nov. 7 meeting between
Chinas leader Xi Jinping and
Taiwans President Ma Ying-jeou
will mark a historic moment
in the relations between China
and Taiwan.
This will be the first meeting between the leaders and will
take place in Singapore in order
to discuss and improve diplomatic
ties between the two countries.
Since the election of President
Ma, representing the pro-Beijing
Kuomintang party, Taiwans ties
with China have improved; however, according to President Ma,

no official agreements will be


made at the meeting.
CARGO PLANE CRASH IN JUBA
On Wednesday, Nov. 4, a
small Russian-built cargo plane,
with registration number EY406,
crashed shortly after taking off in
the capital of South Sudan.
The crash killed dozens of individuals who were onboard. Only
three people survived the incident.
The plane, which was an Antonov-12B turboprop plane according to Reuters, crashed at
a location along the bank of the
White Nile River, not very far
from the Juba airport from which
it took off. It was on its way to
Paloch, a city in South Sudan
north of Juba.
We have secured the site of
crash, and also we are in the stage
of recovering bodies and black
box, said Stephen Warikozi, the
chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority at Juba airport.
We are still now recovering the
dead bodies and we cannot give ...
the exact number.
Of the individuals on the plane
at the time of the crash, it has been
confirmed by South Sudanese
presidential spokesman Ateny
Wek Ateny that, of the 18 people
onboard, six were foreign crew
members. This crew was allegedly
comprised of five Armenians and
one Russian. According to Ateny,
all others on the flight were South
Sudanese in nationality.
TPP TEXT RELEASED
On Nov. 5 the Obama administration officially released the full
text of the Trans-Pacific Partner-

ship agreement. The highly controversial and closeted agreement


will be forged between the U.S.,
New Zealand, Japan, Australia,
Canada and Mexico among others and concerns everything from
human rights to copyrights.
Criticism so far has condemned the lack of transparency
and suspicion that the agreement
has been heavily influenced by
special interests. Wikileaks had
previously released sections of the
TPP, but now all of the 30 chapters, four annexes and roughly
55 related letter exchanges are
directly available on the ustr.gov
website. However, due to its significant length and density, the
agreement may take some time for
the media to understand.
MARIJUANA RULINGS
In a 4-1 ruling, the Mexican
Supreme Court allowed marijuana possession, use and growth for
recreational use. Though commercial growth and sale is still illegal,
marijuana activists in Mexico are
thrilled by the ruling and view it
as a step in the right direction.
Some believe this ruling will
help to reduce the influence of
cartels, as they will become less
competitive now that users can
grow their own. Cartels will also
be suffering from a loss of business
from American markets as legalization becomes more prominent
in the U.S. Marijuana sale makes
up roughly 20 percent of cartel income, so the loss of business could
be significant.
Adal Cadena Rosas, a Mexican pharmacist in her 20s, on
the other hand, voiced concern.I

mean, we already have so many


drug addicts, she said. This is
only going to make things worse.
Ohio citizens seem to agree to
with Rosass anti-marijuana sentiments. In a recent ballot, Ohioans
rejected the legalization. The ballot included provisions to give a
few growers a monopoly on state
marijuana growing, and opposition to this provision may have
been a deciding factor in the failure of the movement.
STUDENT STABBINGS
Earlier this week, a freshman
at UC Merced, Faisal Mohammad, stabbed four people: two
classmates, a construction worker
and a faculty member.
The suspect was a computer
engineering student and described
by roommate Andrew Velasquez
as being antisocial. Every time
I would try to say something, he
seemed like hed just ignore it,
Velasquez said.
The stabbings began before 8
a.m. in a classroom. Mohammed
first attacked a student, and then
a contract worker when he tried
to intervene. Mohammed left the
scene and attacked a staff member
and another student. Mohammed
was subsequently shot by police
who came to the scene. He was
pronounced dead at the scene.
The victims were subsequently
hospitalized and are expected to
all live. The staff member suffered
from a collapsed lung and had to
receive surgery. One student and
the construction worker were released from the hospital, and as
of Nov. 5 the other student is still
hospitalized but expected to live.

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ach week, this section of News


will include the coverage of
different 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.

DAVID RAJI

NEWS EDITOR

PASSED & FAILED BILL SUMMARY


BILL

AMOUNT

GSS

UHR

Equestrian Club Entry Fees


Allocation to Qurbani
Swim Meet Fees
Gymnastics Meet Fees
Engineers Without Borders
Tech The Halls Funding
Funding for GT Crew
SGA Funding to Thank Staff

$975
$793.33
$1,091.32
$390
$628.64
$1,023.34
$980
$441

26-1-0
32-7-3
39-3-1
20-4-2
18-0-2
18-1-0
20-0-0
N/A

35-0-0
35-0-0
37-0-0
35-2-1
38-0-0
38-0-0
37-0-0
38-0-0

Not listed are bills yet to see UHR, GSS or conference committees

DELTA SIGMA PI FUNDING


SGA considered bill 16J088,
which was a joint allocation to
Delta Sigma Pi, a business fraternity, in order to cover a one-time
charter fee.
Discussion in UHR mainly revolved around the point that the
organization was closed to nonbusiness majors. The organizational representative did bring up
the point that there was one electrical engineering major, but he
was a dual major. It was also discussed that the fraternitys events
are open to everyone.
The vice president of campus
organizations for SGA did remind
UHR that they do fund organizations that are only open to certain
majors. After several questions
from the body to the organizational representative, UHR voted
to postpone the bill for two weeks.

ALTERNATIVE SERVICE BREAKS


SGA considered bill 16J086,
a joint allocation for Alternative
Service Breaks.
The bill was regarding a fee
of $30 per person charged by the
Habitat for Humanity in Jacksonville, Fla. According to the bill,
the fee is entirely administrative
and does not pay for food or housing for the participants.
One member of the body
posed the question of when the
payment would be due to the organizational representative. The
representative responded that the
payment would be due on Nov. 11
but that it would be more flexible
due to their being a student organization.
Ultimately, UHR chose to
amend per JFC policy. Then,
UHR passed the bill with a vote
of 37-0-0.

Third Platform Summit


features notable speakers
DAVID RAJI

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

Director of Sustainability for


City of Atlanta comes to
Tech!
Join Engineers for a Sustainable World as
we host the Director of Sustainability for the
City of Atlanta, Stephanie Benfield at our last
general meeting.
A liberal arts major from UGA, Ms. Benfield
is a former state representative from DeKalb
County and a long time environmental
advocate.
Ms. Benfield has served as the executive director of GreenLaw for the
past three years providing legal and technical assistance to environmental
and community groups statewide. Prior to joining Greenfield, Ms. Benfield
served as a State Representative for 14 years. She also serves on the
Boards for the Green Chamber of the South, the Olmsted Linear Parks
Alliance and Earthshare of Georgia, and is a member of the Institute for
Georgia Environmental Leadership Class of 2013.

When: Tuesday - November 17, 2015, 11:00 12:00 PM


Where: Clough Commons, Room 125

included team members behind


projects such as Haplit, Shortweb and WISH for Wash.
The current ecosystem seems
to be based largely on meritocracy, said Hank Williams, founder
and CEO of Platform, in a statement. But ... people from underrepresented backgrounds almost
never have access to the networks,
resources and support necessary
to create homerun successes.
Thats why creation of indispensable social capital for and within
our community has always been
core to our mission at Platform
and why we created the Platform
Summit three years ago.

It was an honor to co-host


this years Platform Summit with
Morehouse College and host the
Platform Summit Reception, said
Archie Ervin, Techs vice president for Student Diversity, in a
statement. Our partnership with
Morehouse College has spanned
decades, and we all share a passion
for technology and what is next.
Techs partnership with Morehouse College extends back to
1969, which was the first when
students at Morehouse College
were presented with the opportunity to work with Tech to study
engineering through a special cooperative agreement program.

Photo courtesy of Max Gordon

The third annual Platform Summit was co-hosted by Morehouse


College and Tech. It featured a number of notable speakers.

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$900,000 grant awarded for ultra-cold research


DAVID RAJI

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

Double-Well Ultra-cold Fermions Computational Microscopy:


Wave-Function Anatomy of Attractive Pairing and Wigner-Molecule Entanglement and Natural
Orbitals. The publication was coauthored by Landman, Constantine Yannouleas, a senior research
scientist at CCMS, and Benekdit
Brandt, a graduate student.

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

mapping onto the requisite microscopic Hamiltonian, approaching


realization of Richard Feynmans
vision of quantum simulators
that will do exactly the same as
nature. In our work, we develop
and implement exact benchmark
computational microscopy solutions of the system Hamiltonian,
uncovering the spectral evolution,

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.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Magill

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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the lower I keep everyones
expectations. - Bill Watterson

Newspapers stolen around campus


Discussing the censorship of the media at Tech

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
whatever we want without any external input. Hence, we understand that not everyone is going to be satisfied with the content
that is published weekly.
And that is okay. In fact, we encourage
differences in opinion and ask that you
share these opinions with us. Students,

technique

OPINIONS EDITOR: Vidya Iyer

staff and faculty are encouraged to comment on articles through social media or
write letters to the editor. If you believe
that the issue is far too pressing to be handled in written form, then we at the Technique are more than happy to meet with
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.

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

Friday,
November 6, 2015

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Whoever smelt it dealt it. So that beer is yours officer.

Adam and Eve were the first people to agree to the


Apple Terms and Conditions without reading them
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If you mix Taco Bell sauce into your ramen, it tastes
exactly like poverty.
Do you ever think that Santa comes down
the chimney and then just goes ITS SANTA,
B*TCHESSSS!!!!!
Endorsing just enough LinkedIn skills to help your
buddy without seeming suspicious.

Isnt it odd that humans have created specific areas


to defecate, but when we are still embarrassed to
poop in public? I mean everyone poops.

technique editorial board

I saw a video of a British chef. I was more attracted to


his sharp knives than to his accent.

Brenda Lin EDITOR-IN-CHIEF


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Max Kaltman BUSINESS MANAGER
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// OPINIONS

Doing away with the electoral college


In roughly one year I will
send in my absentee ballot to
vote in the 2016 presidential
election. This will be the first
presidential election I will have
ever had the pleasure of voting
in, since in 2012 I was frustratingly four months too young. I
am excited to participate in this
nations wonderful democratic
system and make my mark on
the political landscape. Except
for that I wont be, and maybe
this nations democratic system
isnt quite so wonderful.
Unfortunately, here in the
States we the Electoral College.
Its a winner-take-all system
where our congressional representatives vote the president
for us, rather our votes directly
counting (with the exception
of Maine and Nebraska who
have a proportional representation system). This means that if
the majority of Georgians want
a Republican candidate to be
president, all of Georgias 16
electoral votes are given to the
Republican candidate.
In fact, Georgian Democrats can be fairly confident that
when they go to the polls on
Election Day 2016, their vote

...maybe this nations


democratic system isnt
quite so wonderful.

ALEXIS BRAZIER

HEAD COPY EDITOR

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-

quences, such as the election of


a president who was not elected
by the popular majority. This
happened in the 2000 election,
when George Bush won against
Al Gore. Bush received a majority of electoral votes and became
the leader of our country, despite not being representative of
the majority populations views.
Finally, the electoral college
makes it impossible for third
parties to win elections. Candidates like Ralph Nadar and
Gary Johnson had the potential
to have a meaningful impact
on past elections, but ended
up receiving no electoral votes
in the final election, despite
coming in third place in the
popular election. This percent-

age popular vote was probably


disproportionately low as well,
considering that voters know
their votes will not count unless their candidates achieve a
majority, disincentivizing third
party votes. Though a popular
election would not solve the
two-party issue, the Electoral
College makes third parties
completely irrelevant.
The idea of the Electoral
College may have made sense in
the 1800s, when country-wide
transportation and communication was primitive, and it was
hard to accurately count citizens
votes. This more representative take on our representative
democracy would have allowed
the more informed electors to
make important decisions regarding the livelihood of their
state. In 2015, however, we have
reliable methods of informing
citizens about candidates and
tallying their votes, eliminating the need for the electoral
system. There should be no reason we rely on such antiquated
methods of deciding our President, and denying millions of
people in the US their influence
in the presidential election.

What is your favorite


place to study?

DEBAPRIYA BHATTACHARJEE
FOURTH-YEAR ME

Being involved with


clubs.

Cooking adventures in Life lessons from mans


my apartment
best friend
GT 1000 should have a unit situations in the cookhouse: egg
on How Not to Burn Down noodles gluey enough to serve
Your Kitchen. One of the first as a mild adhesive, the aforethings you have to know how to mentioned exploding banana
do when living away from your bread and an oven hot enough
parents is how
to fry off your
to feed yourself,
eyebrows if you
and by exten...like most things look at it funny.
sion, not send
We also work
in college, you figure around the possthe kitchen up in
a pillar of flame. things out by trial and essed microwave
You learn to
clock,
which
error. exists in an alwatch the oven
so your banana
ternate universe
BRIGHTON KAMEN were daylight
bread does not
explode or how
DESIGN EDITOR saving is an urto navigate your
ban legend and
cramped kitchen
no matter how
where one is company, two is a many times you set it forward,
crowd, and three is a fire hazard. it will revert back like nothing
And, like most things in col- happened.
lege, you figure things out by
But for every curveball the
trial and error.
kitchen launches at us, my
Not everyone comes to Tech roommates and I have improon equal footing, whether that is vised a hit. No double boiler?
by number of credit hours, time Fashion one out of a colander
management skills or knowl- and pot. Want to make muffins
edge of how to work a laundry but dont have a muffin tin? Use
machine. Cooking is no differ- the waffle maker though be
ent some people have been warned, because over-excited
whipping up meals all their life, muffin mix will overflow and
while others (like me) cannot at- ooze across the counter. Despite
tempt a meal without creating the lopsided stove tops and unthe kind of horror that keeps reliable microwave clock, the
Gordon Ramsey awake at night. kitchen has yet to throw someMy first brush with respon- thing at us that we cannot hansibility in the kitchen involved dle. Weve had to think on our
myself, an unlucky loaf of bread, feet, and handling yourself in
and the freezer. Pro tip for those the kitchen is no different from
who are getting used to stocking handling yourself at Tech or in
a fridge themselves: even if you the outside world: you figure
are in a rush, make sure you put out what works, learn from your
everything in its place and away mistakes and become a little
from the ice maker, especially more self-sufficient each time
the bread. Otherwise bread will you mess up and fix something.
get sucked into the ice maker Being able to navigate the kitchand your ice cubes will have en is only one small segment of
fragments of carbohydrates for a college life, but part of growing
week. And you will have to dig up isnt just waking up and realfrozen bread and plastic out of izing youre an adult its the
the ice maker yourself.
little steps along the way that
As the year has worn on, teach you to think for yourself.
my roommates and I have enI still swear that microwave is
countered all sorts of Code Red possessed, though.

Back home in South Caro- special way of saying hello.


lina, youll find my two sevBoth of the dogs are also peren-year-old golden retrievers, sistent. They usually wake my
Captain and Lilly, either on dad at around 5:00 a.m. each
my front porch sleeping or run- morning to go out to walk. He
ning around in
usually
wakes
the yard chasing
up on his own,
each other.
Captain and Lilly, both but they have
Captain,
devised a plan in
in their own special case he doesnt.
the brother of
the family, is a
way, convey many My dad wears
pretty big dog.
the same pair of
important
life lessons. shoes when he
When hes not
inside
sleeptakes them out,
ROSS LINDSAY and puts them
ing or lounging around, hes
WEB DEVELOPER in the same
outside playing
place each time.
with Lilly, or
The dogs have
swimming in the pool or chas- figured this out. If hes feeling
ing another animal (one of our sleepy and rolls over, Lilly will
cats or otherwise). Whenever I jump on the bed and paw him
come home over breaks, he sees until he wakes up. Meanwhile,
me get out of my car and im- Captain goes to his closet, grabs
mediately runs down to greet the shoes and brings them to
me. In the most affectionate him. At that point, he has no
way possible, he puts his mouth choice but to take them to walk,
around my arm until I rub his or face further affection by pethead, then he lets go and pants ting and growling until he subhappily. Hes also gotten into mits to their desires.
the habit of sleeping in my bed
Captain and Lilly, both in
when Im home since he misses their own special way, convey
me so much. He either curls many important life lessons.
up next to me or down by my First, hard work pays off. By
feet. Either way, his presence is being persistent they take the
always noticed.
needed action and get their
Lilly, the sister of the family, desired outcome. Some things
is much smaller about half take time, but by sticking with
the size of Captain but not it they get rewarded in the end
lacking in personality. Most of whether its a walk, a dog
the time, shes not too hyper; treat,or a promotion at work.
shes just a happy bundle of joy
They also exemplify that its
that wants nothing more than to okay to be different. Not every
have you pet her. Shes perfectly dog is going to bark in the same
content with simply relaxing and way. Not everyone has the same
looking adorable.
interests, likes the same foods or
Like Captain, she also has chases the same mailman. Lilly
a special way of showing her shows her affection by channelexcitement. When I get home, ing her inner Chewbacca, and
she joins Captain outside and thats perfectly fine. Does that
instead of barking, she makes make her different? Absolutely
this ... noise. The closest thing I but thats just Lilly and her
can relate it to is Chewbacca in unique personality. We all need
Star Wars. Its a cross between a a bit of the unconventional in
growl and a roar. Thats just her our lives.

STEVEN SPIEGEL
FIFTH-YEAR IE

Slow and steady wins


the race.

PAYAM MOKHTARIAN
FIFTH-YEAR IE

Starbucks.

IMAN HAQUE

FOURTH-YEAR ME

Cross fit.

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// OPINIONS

OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT

Falling for Phishing

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?

VOICE PEER EDUCATORS AND PAUSE


(PEOPLE AGAINST UNWANTED SEXUAL EXPERIENCES)
mate or teammate is capable of
harming another person in an awful way. Its hard to admit when
the people we thought we knew
or trusted disappoint us or show
us a side of themselves we never
thought possible, and this cognitive dissonance is hard to resolve.
But when a survivor gathers
the courage to reach out for support and share their experience,
we as a community have a responsibility not to further harm
them. Publicly shaming one survivor creates a ripple effect that is
detrimental to all of the survivors
in our community. After experiencing sexual violence, survivors
often already feel shame and selfdoubt, and by contributing to a
conversation that questions the legitimacy of their experiences, even
more harm is done.
This negative cycle of victim
questioning and blaming is a
problem that extends beyond the
Tech community it is a part of
American culture as a whole and
is perpetuated by the media. Because this cycle has been normalized for us in every aspect of our
lives, we often dont think twice
about participating in or further
perpetuating it.
The cycle does not have to con-

tinue on our campus. We dont


have to accept this as a definitive
way of thinking about sexual violence; we can resist a world where
rape culture is the norm.
We, as a community of Tech
students, faculty, and staff, can be
better supporters of survivors and
be at the forefront of changing the
way our society talks about sexual
violence. We can work harder to
not just be the best at cutting-edge
research, but also the best at showing survivors that we believe them
and not tolerating victim shaming
in our community.
To all survivors of sexual violence at Georgia Tech and beyond, we have one message for
you you are not alone and we
believe you. If you need immediate, confidential support or information, Victim-Survivor Advocates are available 24/7 through
Health Promotion. Call them at
404-385-4464 or 404-385-4451
or visit voice.gatech.edu for further information and resources.
For anyone who wants to be a
part of this change in conversation and culture, we invite you to
join us. Survivors in our community need our support, and there
is too much at stake for us to remain silent.

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The passing of Halloween


means the death of many of
our friendly Jack-o-lanterns. It
is certainly very saddening to
see these smiling guys go, but
its a necessary departure. The
death of the pumpkins means
the holiday season is upon us.
People have already started
playing holiday music. Dont
worry pumpkins, we wont
forget you, though. Well still
be enjoying all the pumpkin
spiced foods.

This progress, however, can be threatened


by conversations that inaccurately reflect the
experience of sexual violence and the process
through which perpetrators are held accountable by
the Institute.

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The Orange Death

Twitch TV has blessed the


world by playing every single
episode of Bob Rosss Joy of
Painting. The name of this
show is a little off, though. It
should be renamed, Joy of
Watching Bob Ross Paint,
because it is. This gentle, afrohaired man has an incredible
soothing voice and gentle personality. It is truly mesmerizing to watch him paint beautiful images of nature in just
thirty minutes!

In recent weeks, there has been


increased attention surrounding sexual violence on campus
and the Office of Student Integritys response to such. As student
organizations who strive to prevent and raise awareness about
sexual violence, we want to address the implications of these
conversations.
As a campus, many members
of the Tech community are committed to creating an environment
that is friendly and supportive to
survivors of sexual violence. For
many years, VOICE has existed
as an initiative to respond to and
prevent sexual violence at Georgia
Tech. Recently, the Institute has
hired two Victim-Survivor Advocates who work solely to support
survivors and their allies. Many
students and organizations have
worked to become educated on
the issue by requesting trainings
and workshops on prevention and
survivor support. We are inspired
by our growing memberships.
This progress, however, can be
threatened by conversations that
inaccurately reflect the experience
of survivors of sexual violence and
the process through which perpetrators are held accountable by the
Institute. Conversations like these
contribute to a culture that constantly questions the legitimacy
of survivors trauma and assumes
that they are lying.
Sexual violence on a college
campus can be particularly difficult to understand or see. Sometimes our default response is incredulity for survivors and their
stories, instead of acceptance and
acknowledgement that they are
telling the truth. No one wants
to believe that their friend, class-

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YES
RYAN BIRMINGHAM
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

This world is punctuated with the effects


of imbalanced power.
Some people dont feel
the differences, but
many do. Even though
we have free speech and
the freedom of press,
finding a voice can be
quite difficult. Often
this inequality and corruption is embedded
within media as well.
This is the world as
seen by some hacktivists, and, I believe they
are justified in their
beliefs. While hacktivist groups suffers from
lack of direction and
consistency their work
is certainly not immoral
when used correctly.
Hacktivist groups,
such as Anonymous, are
responsible for movements such as Operation Tunisia, the involvement in the Arab
Springs and Operation
Ferguson the responses to the Michael
Brown shooting.
Operation Ferguson,
as the most recent of the
examples, is the easiest
to relate to. When Ferguson police, authority
figures, blatantly disregarded their duties as
civil servants to protect
the members of their

community, and instead


adopted the perspective
that their citizens were
the enemy, Anonymous,
the so-called internet
hate machine, demanded better police protection by taking down
Fergusons website.
Anonymous
also
played a role in the
Tamir Rice shooting by
releasing the video of the
killing which the police
department aimed to
suppress. The actions of
Anonymous were not
immoral. If anything,
they helped the world
see the truth that we are
so often hidden from.
How many other times
have we been lied to?
Isnt it our right to know
all the facts to make the
right decision?
In general, fitting a
group such as Anonymous into a moral structure is difficult due to
the amorphous nature
of both Anonymous
and ethics. As society
progresses these alternate forms of power and
voice will become more
important. Though less
traditional, Anonymous
has a voice and power
in the society of the 21st
century. A lack of action
from hacktivist organizations is more immoral
than using this power to
incite change.

VIDYA IYER

NO

OPINIONS EDITOR

The modern world is


all about speed and efficiency. Our generation
is truly spoiled, which
isnt necessarily a bad
thing. Were able to do
so much with so very
little. With just a mere
click, we can take professional-looking photographs, deposit checks
and even shop for groceries. We even want
this to be implemented
in all aspects of our lives
including the social
justice process.
Hacktivists are people that take advantage
of the vast amount of
instantaneous knowledge available to spur
change within society
through
sometimes
not-so-legal means. The
whole vigilante aspect
of this sounds very cool
and makes it seem like
hacktivist organizations
are morally justified in
their actions, when in
fact they are not. I believe that such organizations use bullying tactics to coerce positive
change when it is not
their place to do so.
A recent example of
this is the Ashley Madison incident, in which
a group known as the
Impact Team named of

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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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MASTERS CS

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JOAN CHEN

THIRD-YEAR CS

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Friday,
November 6, 2015

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Talking cybersecurity
with

Phyllis Schneck

SAMIRA BANDARU
LIFE EDITOR

On Oct. 28, Georgia Tech held


its annual Cyber Security Summit
(GTCSS), marking the release of
the Georgia Tech Emerging Cyber Threats Report, presented by
the newly launched Institute for
Information Security and Privacy.
Here to inaugurate the new department were keynote speakers,
Tom Noonan, the founding partner of a technology investment
firm called TechOperators, and
Tech alumni Dr. Phyllis Schneck,
who serves as the deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity and
communications for the National
Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD).
The newly launched institute is
co-directed by Bo Rotoloni, who
currently is the director of Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate at GTRI, and Dr. Wenke
Lee, a Tech professor in the College of Computing. The institute
will be promoting student participation in research on cybersecurity. Come to our research talks
and participate in our activities,
Lee suggests. For example, the
Demo Days, where you can come
see the latest research projects by
students or showcase your own,
and hacking competitions where
you can learn and practice cyber
attack and defense skills.
Lee also advises students
interested in

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

$75

cost of a scanner that capture


sensitive information from
wearable devices

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

the expected market for cyber


insurance by 2025

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-

tise, and at a school that quite


frankly prides itself on finding
the best professors from the best
research programs bringing
all that together creates a set of
four or five years for an undergrad
thats unmatched. The ideas that
come out of here, I believe, will
set us to leadership in the future
as a country.
Technique: Youre a very successful woman in the tech industry, and unfortunately only
five percent of women who hold
leadership positions in departments such as yours. To what do
you owe your success and how
would you encourage other young
women who are pursuing specifically cyber security and IT fields
to succeed.
Schneck: I learned computers from my dad. Thats what he
did and thats what I learned and
was curious about growing up.
So thats where I ended up. I was
lucky I kind of grew up with it
and I was encouraged to do whatever I wanted. And I love it. There
are actually a lot of people in our
department. The example I have
every day is amazing I work for
an amazing leader, the honorable
Suzanne Spalding, the undersecretary of National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD).
We work with the director of Immigration and Customs Enforce-

See CYBER, page 13

Quick Facts
on cybersecurity

150

trillion

devices expected to connect


over networks in 2025

billion

potential security attacks are


filtered by Dell SecureWorks
daily

Facts from Emerging Cyber Threats Report 2016,

Georgia Tech Cyber Security Summit 2015

technique November 6, 2015 11

// LIFE

Greeks step to the rhythm


SHWETA BHAT

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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

music on your own. Its great, explained Alexandria.


Rehearsal for the show began
at the Ferst Center at 2:00 in the
afternoon and lasted until 5:00.
The ladies had to dress up in costume and wigs. I had my wig
on when I was running back and
forth between backstage and the
front of the Ferst Center, said Alexandria. The doors for the show
opened at 6:30 p.m.
There were a total of seven
step performances, one for each
participating team in addition to
the intermission piece. This year
an impressive high school team
performed the intermission number. Every year each team tells a
story of a certain theme through
its stepping. This year the team

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.

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

Performers display their moves at the Homecoming Step Show.


Each of the shows was arranged around the a certain theme.

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SGA showcases transparency


during promotional week
CHRISTIAN SHAHEEN
STAFF WRITER

This past week the Student


Government Association (SGA)
was dedicated to showcasing what
they have been doing this past
year and highlighting future plans
for the upcoming year. Each day
of the week was dedicated to a different theme and representatives
were available on Tech Walkway,
or in the Student Center depending on the weather, to discuss
these plans with students.
Over the course of the week,
SGA highlighted the issues of
campus safety, academic affairs,
mental wellness and school spirit.
They also addressed campus services like the bus systems and the
dining experience on campus.
Monday included a Campus
Safety talk, which highlighted
how SGA works with GTPD to
ensure campus safety and allowed
students to voice concerns and
ask questions on the subject. On
Tuesday, students were able to express gratitude to professors and
teaching assistants who had been
an exceptional resource in their
learning. Wednesday promoted
the campus inclusivity pledge
with a photo booth that allowed
student to take a picture with the
pledge. The week concluded with
SGA day on Thursday and a spirit
day on Friday, where students
were able to answer trivia questions on Tech Walkway to test
their knowledge.
SGA day embodied the purpose of the entire week, which was
to give the students a look at what
SGA has been coordinating, how
they plan to implement it, and
to promote transparency. SGA
member Kaili Lynn explains,
The idea is to make SGA more

accessible to students and to their


organizations. We know SGA is a
bit confusing to anyone who isnt
involved, and we want students to
feel free to ask questions. SGA
day highlights this idea by trying
to explain the bureaucracy of the
system to the students.
The transparency day also tried
to directly answer questions students have and to give students
a future avenue to further their
understanding of SGA after the
week is over.
Lynn explains further We also
want students to know who they
can talk to and give them an opportunity to do so. The hope is
that after this week is over, students will be more involved in
voicing their concerns directly to
members of SGA.
In an attempt to connect directly with SGA members for
future contact, students had the
opportunity to get coffee and a
donut with a UHR representative and talk with them about any
concerns that they had.
Spirit day concluded the week
by celebrating the exceptionality
and diversity of the student body
with Tech Trivia and giveaways.
Though the weather presented
a challenge to their original plans,
SGA was able to rearrange events
to fulfill their agenda. In a society
where communication between
the governing body and the people is hard to facilitate, SGA is
going out of their way in order to
breach the gap between the student body and our student government by making direct contact
with the student body and providing avenues for future concerns.
The students who took advantage
of this years SGA week will know
what is going on around campus
and will be able to voice their concerns in the future.

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// LIFE

Hypnotist taps into students imaginations


ALEX COVINGTON

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR


In an arc of chairs, a group of
20 students is seated on stage with
their hands clasped in front of
them. While ethereal music drifts
in and out of the background, a
man describes the physical sensations they are about to experience.
The man is tall, personable,
and relaxed. His speech is both an
invitation and a command an
invitation to relax, have fun, and
try something new, provided that
they let him be in charge. As he
counts higher, he explains, they
will find their clasped hands becoming constricted around each
other more and more tightly, as if
he coated them with super glue,
as if he had put them in a vice.
Knuckles whiten. Wrists tremble.
Then he explains he can release
them with a simple touch of his
finger. One by one, as he goes
around, the pairs of hands relax
and fall down.
The man is Kevin Hurley, the
most recent entertainer brought
by SCPC to perform for Georgia
Techs student body. He has spent
the last several years touring colleges and other locales across the
nation demonstrating his stage
hypnotism.
Once the students are under
his will, Kevin uses hypnotic suggestions to delight the audience.
One boy among the hypnotized
became a nine-months-pregnant
woman whose water had just

broke, and another became a doctor of 25 years who would safely


deliver the baby. He conjured for
each of them a bottle of hypnosis in lotion form, which they all
rubbed on themselves, with one
girl going so far as to rub it thoroughly into the skull of her compliant neighbor.
Hurley ended the night with a
dance competition, for which the
reward for the winner was a microphone stand transformed into

the girl of his dreams. He invited


the winner to dance with the girl,
resulting in an intensely physical
display of affection.
After the performance, Kevin
released his hold on the students
with a word. The students stood,
looking a bit dazed, to thunderous applause from the audience.
Afterward, they reported different experiences while under hypnosis. I couldnt not do what he
said, explained Bridget Leigh-

ton, first-year CHBE, who was


one of the 20 on stage. Though
she was aware of what was going
on, others confessed amnesia. I
just remembered going to sleep a
few times, said Muswele Lundy,
third-year AE. [Now I] feel lost.
Its like waking up from a night
of really bad drinking, when other
people are telling you that you did
stuff you dont remember.
What happened on stage
wasnt coercive, as Hurley ex-

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

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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those with imagination, that being a key component of the show.
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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
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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
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// LIFE

SAA to host holiday networking dinner


CHRISTIAN SHAHEEN
STAFF WRITER

The Student Alumni Association (SAA) is exuding the


Thanksgiving spirit this season.
Dinner Jackets is utilizing the
annual feasting season by having two events that will allow
students to network with Tech
alumni while eating amazing
holiday food.
One of these events is the second annual Waffle House Dinner
Jackets. Fourth, fifth and sixth
year SAA members have the opportunity to have dinner with
Tech Alumni and Waffle House
CEO, Walt Ehmer, IE 89. Word
on the street is that he will also be
giving lessons on how to flip an
egg WaHo style. The event will
take place on Nov. 15, and there
will be two seatings so that the
maximum number of students
can take advantage of this opportunity. The event will take place in
the Waffle House on Tech Square
and will shut down the restaurant
for only the second time in its history (the first was last years inaugural event).
The other event that SAA
is sponsoring this season is
Thanksgiving Dinner Jackets.
On Thanksgiving Day, students have the opportunity to
share a meal with two different
successful alumni.
The first is Eric Pinckney, ME
86, MS 93, who manages the operations on the Integral Groups
comprehensive revitalization of
communities and the development of mixed-income, mixed-use
developments. With 24 years of
experience in real-estate industry
through a myriad of skills, Pinckney is an amazing resource for any
student interested in city planning, real estate or development
of urban communities.

The second is Joel Cowan (IM


58) who is currently the director
of the EastWest Institute in New
York and is the owner of the investment company Habersham
& Cowan, Inc. Any students who
have an interest in investments,
entrepreneurship or servant leadership will find that Cowans
years of experience investing in
his community with both his time
and money are helpful resources.
Though SAA has only been
around for the past five years,
events like these have set them
apart on a national level. The

Council for Advancement and


Support of Education named
Techs SAA an Outstanding Organization for Advancement and
Support of Education at the 42nd
annual CASE ASAP (Affiliated
Student Advancement Programs)
convention this past August. The
former SAA President and recent
graduate Chad Sims, BA 15, was
also recognized as the nations
Outstanding Student Leader. The
awards are given out on a district
and national level. Our local SAA
was recognized both times on the
national level.

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.

Photo by Joey Cerone Student Publications

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.

the techn

CYBER

FROM PAGE 10

ments, Sarah Saldana. There are


many women our privacy officer, Kara Newman, our head of
civil liberties, Meghan Mac. There
are so many women throughout
our department that are great examples of women leaders.
One of the coolest things I did
this summer was I went to speak
to Girls Who Code and had a
really good time. These are girls
that give up their summer to learn
computer programming. We need
this talent, so I brought them into
our operations center, which is
our number one spot for where all
the cyber threat indicators come
and where all the folks are for
Homeland Security. We got them
a special tour through the watch
floor that most people would
never see. Cyber doesnt mean just
computer programming. It means
operations; in some cases it means
understanding history and politics, but I want to bring these girls
in early and show them the excitement that should be theirs.
Technique: How has the
knowledge from Tech helped you
in your job now?
Schneck: Oh, its helped
me every day. I was a student of
Karsten Schwan, who passed away
a few weeks ago. One of the things
Karsten let me do was to integrate
cyber security I was the first
one to do a Ph.D. in cybersecurity
with a study of high performance
computing.
I still focus today on the power
of computing and how we bring
intelligence together using computer speed to make our networks
a lot less vulnerable and a lot less
willing to let adversaries take them
over. Theres a huge future based
on the power of computing that I
think Karsten let me experiment
with and do the first research here,
ever, on cybersecurity and cryptography. That allowed me to have
patents and start a company, and
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Friday,
November 6, 2015

LiNK hosts concert to highlight major crisis

Photo courtesy of Brave Public Relations

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

excitement by first presenting local student talent. These included


Band Absolutes five member
harmony, a dance by the Filipino
Student Association (FSA), Jamie
Na and Charlie Shins beat boxing
and popping dance combination
and Katie Vu whose sentimental
yet powerful memoir, presented in
the form of spoken word, washed
the crowd with highly relevant
concepts about liberty and society.
Two tactful emcees, Joon Lee
and Hyun Kim, provided comic
relief in between performances.
The two brought the night to
a close with Lydia Paeks performance. Lydia is a distinguished
Korean-American YouTube star
originally from Los Angeles, Calif. YG Entertainment in South
Korea recently signed her. She
interacted with the crowd in between the three songs that she
presented live.
I knew Lydia Paek from a GDragon song and Atlanta Filipino
Student Association, said Rebekah Sloan, a junior at Georgia
State University. Then I happen
to know Katie Vus work around
spoken words. I didnt know Katie
was performing. Also, the emcees
were very funny.
The show turned the audiences
attention to a brief video documentary introducing the history
of North Korean and its impover-

ished state. Young Soo Kim, the


club president, made an opening
remark and emphasized the importance of learning new facts
about North Korean refugees and
their living conditions.
About 50 VIP and priority
seats were set aside for sale. The
ticket purchase included not only
the entertainment but also Korean
food, fun trivia and even access to
a photo booth.
In addition to the one at Tech,
the LiNK rescue teams from Emory University, Kennesaw State
University and Northview High
School participated in facilitating
the event.
I think what attendees might
not notice is how much effort actually went into making this event
happen, said Alice Lee, the vice
president of logistics. I know it
seems like a two-hour event, but it
took the entire semester and multiple campuses to make this great
event happen.
Event staffs from Campus
Auxiliary Services ensured quality
audio system throughout. LiNK
acknowledges that the Korean
Undergraduate Students Associations from both Emory and Tech,
Kollaboration Atlanta, The Korea
Daily and Global Atlanta also
helped to develop the initial plan
for this event at the beginning of
the fall semester into a reality.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Othello interpretation puts spin on classic tale


SHOWS

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

Upon walking into the DramaTech Theater, a cynical student


might think that he or she wasted
a good $8 on some crummy read
through of Shakespeares Othello a first read-through as
stated by the director. Solo cups
and crumpled papers are strewn
about the dusty floor, and the set
is unpolished and practically nonexistent.
There is no real stage, save
for a small black box that could
hardly fit two people in a swordplay scene. It does not seem like it
will get any better when the actors
and actresses walk nonchalantly
onto the stage, clad in normal college student clothing, reading off
of their highlighted scripts, with
the occasional pronunciation correction from the director, Keith
Hinze, almost as if it truly was
their first read-through.

Photo by Michael Boatwright Student Publications

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.

However, even the most cynical of minds would be taken by


surprise by director Keith Hinzes
interpretation of Othello. In
a modern Shakespearian twist,
the DramaTech play starts as a
dreary run-through and, much
like the story within a story of
Mary Shellys Frankenstein,
gradually becomes a play within
a play or rather a play within

a read-through making it feel


as though the audience was peering into the imagination of each
of the actors and each conducted
his or her read-through.
As the play progressed, the
actors and actresses transformed
into their characters not only
by their mannerisms but also with
their props and clothing although the set pieces remained

sparse. It was not until the end


of the play, during the most climactic scene of Othello, that
the first new set prop the overhang for Desdemonas deathbed
was lowered down.
The gradual conversion to a
full-blown play was subtle yet
powerful, leaving the audience
in silence for 30 seconds after the
last scene, where the scope of the

play went back to the outer-frame


of the read-through. The unexpectedness of the final outcome
of the read-through combined
with Shakespeares profound and
introspective play made a rather
moving impression on the entire
audience some of whom were
moved to tears.
In addition to performing the
play as a run-through, DramaTech also managed to transform
Othello into a mini multi-genre
musical, complete with beat-boxing, rapping, singing and even the
playing of kazoos to the tune of
Taylor Swifts Shake it Off a
feat they managed to pull off with
audience participation.
Despite the fact that the play
included kazoos, getting drunk
off of Mountain Dew and some
intense rapping (because that is
what Shakespeare intended the
play is in iambic pentameter), the
original significance of the play
was certainly not lost in this rendition of Othello.
The play was, in fact, enhanced
by this rendition the violence
and hatred derived from Othellos
jealousy, Desdemonas love turned
to fear, Emilias detrimental loyalty to Iago and Iagos scheming ways all accurately reflected
Shakespeares original Othello
and its deeper implications.
Audience members do not
need to be Shakespeare diehards
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// ENTERTAINMENT

Broadway Cinderella cultivates supporting roles


SHOWS

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:

JAMIE RULE

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR


In keeping with other shows
of the current Fifth Third Bank
Broadway in Atlanta Series, Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella is scheduled to run Tuesdays
through Sundays. Originally intended for film, this musical was
rewritten for the stage in 2013,
when it first appeared as a Broadway production. The Fox Theatre
has hosted this reinterpretation of
a classic tale since Nov. 3.
Although there certainly was
no shortage of dress-clad girls in
the audience, a surprising amount
of tiara wearing adults were also
enthralled by this weeks Cinderella performance. The introduction of Prince Topher (Andy
Huntington Jones, Bullets Over
Broadway) set the mood for the
rest of the play.
Upon entering the stage and
slaying a bird-like monster, only
to be confronted by a dragon,
which was also slain easily by a
single arrow from his sling, the
prince declared, I just wish I was
doing something more important
with my life.
This production was a comedy
suited to a fairy tale ending, not a
rendition of the Brothers Grimms
noir-styled Cinderella.
While there were undeniably
more comedic elements in this
rendition than any of the more

Photo courtesy of Brave Public Relations

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.

conventional Cinderella stories,


or even the Disney version, the
musicals diverse group of spectators easily laughed with the
slightest provocation, reacting
more emphatically when the play
reached one of its comedic gems.
Josh Rhodes choreography
made excellent use of the limited
stage space, with actors bounding
across the stage or slowly spinning
in tight circles, depending on who
else was occupying the stage at
that particular moment.
Even the props seemed to be
well-thought-out. For instance,
when the Princes ball is taking
place, the stage is made to look
like a grand hall, seeming to
stretch farther back than physical space actually allowed. The
prop candle holders provide this
illusion nicely with shorter ones
placed in the back and a comically
large pair situated conspicuously
in the foreground.

At midnight, as in most, if not


all, Cinderella stories, Ella (Kaitlyn Davidson) runs away from
the extravagant ball, leaving the
prince desperately looking for her.
Prince Topher, madly in love with
the lady that he had only just met,
orders his guards to follow her
golden carriage.
They obey, and a lengthy search
ensues with the party of searching guards even running into
and interacting with Cinderellas
Driver (a transformed raccoon
played by Chip Abbott) and Footman (a similarly transfigured fox
portrayed energetically by Tanner Ray Wilson), which no one
thought was the least bit strange.
As the search continued, Ella
was shown transforming back to
her original attire from her fabulous ball gown.
In all, it was a rather ineffective and circular search pattern,
despite being a stellar dance se-

quence; the lantern-wielding


guards are perhaps worse at their
jobs than those in charge of security at Hyrule Castle.
Dancing and props aside, the
live music was fitting and wellpracticed. Each of the songs in
Rodgers and Hammersteins
Cinderella was performed with
precision and dedication.
Despite the princes first song
in the play, in which he claims to
sing horribly off-key, Huntington
Jones shows remarkable range in
his singing voice. Davidson, who
is also an engaging performer,
complimented whomever her
character Ella sang with, be it her
love interest, the stepmother she
dislikes, her step-sister who might
not be evil, or the random people
she meets.
Perhaps one of the most notable differences between Rodgers
and Hammersteins Cinderella
and the countless other renditions

of this ancient tale is the inclusion


of Jean-Michel (David Andino), a
revolutionary who has dedicated
his life to the betterment of the
kingdoms downtrodden people.
While he is at first portrayed as an
oddball who will gladly talk himself hoarse, the character develops
throughout the play, eventually
becoming a character whom the
audience can agree with on more
than one point.
While the stepmother (Blair
Ross) is still a one-dimensional
character who is only seeking her
own betterment, her two daughters are shown to be actual people.
One of the stepsisters is even rather kind to Ella, especially as the
play progresses.
This particular casting for this
reinterpretation of Cinderella will
continue their performances in
Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 10 and has
announced their projected schedule through May 1 of next year.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Debut album is melodiously repetitive


MUSIC

We are the Lucky Ones


Joanna Duff
GENRE: Folk, pop
TRACK PICKS: Words,
Walk of Shame and We
Were the Lucky Ones

OUR TAKE:

TRISHNA CHANDARANA
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Joanna Duff, a 35-year-old


California native, started recording music with little intention of
creating a full-fledged album. After the death of her father, Duff
felt the need to turn her potentially four song extended play (EP)
into a more full-length composite
of eight songs.
Despite only having these
few songs approximately half
of an hour in length We are
the Lucky Ones is a surprisingly
good album. Each song in this album brings with it a hint of nostalgia, with their 90s and early
2000s feel. The album, which debuted on Oct. 13, is still new to
the music world and, therefore,
is not well-known, though it is
an impressive start for a musician
new to recording.
The nostalgic feeling brought
by the combination of Duffs vocals and a heavy acoustic guitar
is a common theme throughout
the album. While this nostalgia
is a positive aspect of each of the

Photo courtesy of Joanna Duff

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.

songs, each song induces the same


exact feeling, and similar musical
tones are incorporated into each.
The problem with this is that every song is easily interchangeable
with any of the others because
they are all so similar. Ignoring
lyrics, there is almost nothing
special or distinguishable in any
particular song in the album
nothing sets any song apart from
the rest of the album.

Another detractor of the album


as a whole is that it is often difficult to hear the vocals over the
guitar in the background. In general, this is not a major problem
because the songs are still worth
listening to and are calming. For
college students, Joanna Duffs
music would prove worthy of being relegated to study time music,
as her songs work well as background tunes.

Overall, this album is a decent


start for the musician, though she
would have nothing to lose by diversifying her music so that her
next album does not sound like
one long continuation of a single
song. We are the Lucky Ones
is an album that is reminiscent of
the past and is wonderfully relaxing to listen to, which makes it a
great album for those seeking to
de-stress from hectic lives.

OTHELLO

FROM PAGE 15

useful in understanding some of


the performances earlier scenes,
which were given without any accompanying acting. The unpredictably of the plot makes for a
play that is somewhat difficult to
follow, but this complexity is to be
expected of Shakespeare. Furthermore, without defining costumes,
actors playing multiple characters
were often confusing to identify.
The most significant detractor in DramaTechs rendition of
Othello was that Roderigo was
played by more than one actor.
Given that most of the actors were
playing more than one character, it was already slightly taxing
to keep up with who was who in
each scene. However, with multiple actors playing Roderigo, effectively confusing the audience, it
was much more difficult to understand with whom it was that Iago
was supposed to be conspiring.
Despite this confusion caused
by the multiple Roderigos, DramaTech has once again put on an
amazing performance. DramaTech proved that a play does not require a fancy set or elaborate props
in order to be spectacular.
With engaged actors who either put an immense amount of
effort into preparing the play or
are extraordinarily talented, a solid direction and a good plot courtesy of Shakespeare, DramaTech
was able to pull off one of Shakespeares timeless classics with a
modern twist.
DramaTechs Othello is being performed Nov. 57 and Nov.
1214 and is definitely a must
watch this semester.

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XKCD BY RANDALL MUNROE

ZIGGY BY TOM WILSON & TOM II

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS
7. French writer shows real bias unfortunately (8)
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)

CLASSIC
FOXTROT BY BILL AMEND

LAST WEEKS SOLUTION

SMBC BY ZACH WEINERSMITH

DOWN
1. Caught a straying coil of cloth (6)
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)
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 SUDOKUCOLLECTION.COM

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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

me you wanted to be in the pool,


now youre in the pool, you have
to figure it out, and that was the
first time I actually swam by myself I think.
Technique: Had you always
planned on attending university
in the U.S.?
Hammoud: At the end of high
school, yeah. I started seeing that
swimming in Egypt was not going
to be as good with college because
it is very hard back home to do
them both at the same time.
Technique: Why did you
transfer from Auburn?
Hammoud: The first reason
was that Auburn put too much
pressure on swimming. They made
it too complicated, I think, at least
for me. For me, I think I swim at
my best when Im enjoying it and
relaxed, and at Auburn I wasnt relaxed at practice, so I wasnt training at my best sometimes in the
year. The second reason would be
academics, of course. I mean Auburn is good, but Ive been learning way more in class here. Here,
we have more outreach to people
outside the university; we meet
a lot of people here that I didnt
get the chance to at Auburn. Im
meeting people who are successful, and thats building a great
network for me.
Technique: Was the transfer a
hard transition?
Hammoud: Yeah, I think it
was a hard transition in terms of
swimming. I came from one of
the best swimming programs in
the country at least throughout
the last twenty years to a decent
swimming program. The transition could have been harder, but
I adjusted very fast. I wasnt expecting it, but I did. It was hard
at some points, but being with the
team made it very easy for me to
adjust. I dont know how exactly,
but it didnt feel like freshman
year at Auburn. I think being in
college for two years already made
it not as hard as coming in as a
freshman. The challenging part
was accepting the change from

Photo courtesy of GTAA

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.

Auburn to here. In terms of academics, I though it was going to


be harder, honestly. I think here
is harder; it takes more work, but
there are also more resources. It is
challenging to do the work, and I
think thats the hardest part
just accepting the change, but it
was never miserable. Sometimes I
missed my two years there, but I
never had that point where I felt
like I hate this place and want to
go back.
Technique: Whats your favorite event?
Hammoud: 100-meter freestyle.
Technique: What are your
goals for this year?
Hammoud: First, I have to
qualify for NCAA, so I can make
my goal. Basically, you have to

be top 30 in the country or make


an A-Cut. Once I get that, Ill be
qualified for NCAAs, which is in
March next year. There, I would
like to be in the A-Final in the
100-Free, which is my favorite
race. Once youre in the final, you
have a very good chance of winning, and if I put myself in the AFinal, Im giving myself a chance
to win. It might not happen, but
my goal is to make 100-free final
for NCAAs.
Technique: Why did you
choose to pursue Computer Science for your major?
Hammoud: I think its the
most in-demand job right now.
It is the future; everything is going to be computerized at some
point. I think back home, its not
our strongest field of study or field

of applying anything. If I learn everything here and get some work


experience, I can go back to Egypt
and apply what I learned.
Technique: Do you have a favorite class so far?
Hammoud: Yeah, it was a
hard class, but Information Visualization.
Technique: Sounds hard, why
was it your favorite?
Hammoud: Because Ive
learned something real, not just
theories or small parts of big
projects. Something that I can actually use.
Technique: Do you plan on
continuing swimming after you
graduate college?
Hammoud: I would like to. I
dont know how far I would like to
go, but I would like to do it, yeah.

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historic tech wins

'09

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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,
courtesy of ramblinwreck.com.
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

time come for the Jackets to air it out,


Thomas has proven himself more than
capable. While his stats have taken a hit
from last season his completion percentage is 8 points lower, he averages 1.5
fewer yards per attempt, and his passer
rating is 25 points lower he has performed admirably given the lack of established talent at receiver and the issues
on the offensive line.
Defensively, Georgia Tech ranks in
the middle of the pack, coming in at
No. 62 in points allowed per game at
26.1. Its unclear which team will show
up on a game-by-game basis, though;
after allowing 30-plus points to five
straight opponents, the defense has allowed 43 points combined over the past
two weeks, including a masterful performance versus Florida State. They have
proven stingy versus the pass, allowing
only 192.6 yards per game, but they can
be gashed by the run. This is particularly
true with lineman Adam Gotsis, linebacker P.J. Davis and cornerback Chris
Milton nursing injuries that could keep
them out of the game. In those three
players, the team not only loses skill but
experience at all three levels.

'08

20

30

'06
'04

'12
'09 '10

'14

'07

40

'13

'11

50

'05
60

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.

PREDICTION: Georgia Tech 20, Virginia Tech 28


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TIMEOUT FROM PAGE 1


the best players as well as a team
leader, but if we had a team captain, it was Don Stephens. He was
our centerfielder, our strongest
hitter, our biggest leader and my
role model.
Though it has been nearly a decade since I was last in the dugout,
I can still remember how much I
laughed every time he tried to
convince me that a noise he made
with his mouth was really coming
from a frog that he caught. I still
remember how he would simply
smile and shrug every time I asked
him how he hit his home runs so
far. I still remember how much he
loved having me at games. I still

remember walking into church


every Sunday morning to see Big
Don in his usual pew alongside
his family, and I will never forget
how brave he was throughout his
battle with Lou Gehrigs disease.
In the months following the diagnosis, family and friends rallied
around Mr. Stephens. The nickname Big Don, which was originally indicative of his strength and
physique on and off the field, adopted a different meaning. It became a reference to the size of his
heart and the strength of his faith.
While I thought he had set an example for me through his actions
in softball, his character during
his sickness gave me inspiration. It
inspired my dad too because when

Don Stephens passed away in the


fall of 2012, my dad, with the help
of other church members, brought
softball back to Wynnton United
Methodist Church for the first
time in six years, and, this time, I
was able to play.
However, our dream season
was not exactly what we had
hoped it would be. Many of our
players had aged a little since their
last outings, and I think we had
five total wins on the season, if
that. But my dad played every
game like it was his last. At shortstop, my dad was where ground
balls went to die, and at the plate,
my dad knew that he needed to
deliver a base hit nearly every atbat, which he did.

It went without saying: my dad


played that season in honor of
Don Stephens. We all did. Thats
what made it so special.
After having grown up in awe
of how Big Don treated others
with love and compassion while
playing a sport that he loved, I was
finally given the chance to try to
do the same: the chance to emulate Big Don, and, most importantly, the chance to love others in
the same way he did.
Sometime after the season had
ended, I reflected back on my time
spent with Big Don. I then realized that his success did not come
from his skill or talent but rather
the fact that to him, softball was
more than a game.

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.

Photo courtesy Jennifer Smits

Softball fields like this one are commonly used by recreational leagues throughout the United States. Some of the most important lessons in life can be learned on the softball field, and some of the most cherished memories can be made.

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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

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:

Joe Sobchuk

sports@nique.net

Battle of the Techs

The Technique previews Georgia


Tech's upcoming game against the
Virginia Tech Hokies.422

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24

Friday,
November 6, 2015

Jackets cap spectacular season in Kiawah


JON LONG

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

Photo courtesy of Danny Karnik GTAA

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.

Whaley played a bogey-free round


of 67 to jump 13 spots on the leaderboard and ended the weekend at
No. 3, his second career top-five
finish. The team finished in a tie
for No. 7 and lost on Sunday to
Florida in the conference challenge portion of the tournament
in which ACC teams are pitted
against those from the SEC.

Hot off of two top-ten finishes


and big rounds from a myriad of
its players, the team took the short
drive to Alpharetta to compete
in the United States Collegiate
Championship at the Golf Club
of Georgia. A lineup consisting of
Whaley, Joiner, Clark, Alpharetta
native Michael Pisciotta, Chris
Petefish, Tyler Joiner and Michael

Hines struggled in the first two


days of the tournament, ending
Saturday in a tie for No. 10 out of
17 schools.
Although it appeared that the
Jackets had were poised to settle
for a mediocre finish to 2015s
USCC, they got back into their
usual form on Sunday, posting
four scores under par and bring-

ing Tech to a solid No. 5. J. Joiner


led the charge, shooting 69 (-3) on
the day, followed closely by Clark,
Petefish, and Whaley at 71 (-1).
To close the fall, Tech participated in Aramarks Kiawah Classic, a first for the program. Clark
and J. Joiner opened the tournament one under par with a pair
of 71s, while an even 72 from
Petefish and a 79 from Whaley
brought the Jackets to a 293 (+5)
in the opening round. Coming
into the second day at No. 7, the
Jackets only saw a single subpar
round with a 71 from J. Joiner and
posted a 299 (+11) and fell to No.
10 in the 22-school tournament.
Heavy rains kept the squad from
another final round rally and kept
them at No. 10, the worst finish of
the teams spectacular fall.
This team, one of the youngest in recent memory, has shown
that they are capable of playing at
the high level that fans have come
to expect from the Jackets. With
the spring season and a senior
campaign ahead of Whaley and
at least two more years from every
current member of the team but
Hines, Tech is looking like a future NCAA powerhouse. Whaley
and J. Joiner have finally settled
into leadership positions after the
departure of two PGA-caliber
players, and the team should only
get better as a result. With a busy
spring on the horizon, fans should
be prepared to see the Jackets
shine in 2016 and beyond.

Volleyball moves to 15-9 after win in Boston


ALISON LAVERY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

Sophomore Ashley Askin along with junior Annika Van Gunst


played a large role in securing Techs initial lead on Sunday.

Balance, many would say, is


the key to success. Though it may
be hard for some to find, Tech
volleyball makes finding balance
look easy. The volleyball squad
has mastered a balance between
old and new, with a lineup packed
tight with talented younger students who have meshed well
with experienced upperclassmen.
This union of players both fresh
and seasoned has been conducive
to successful play, leading the
team to one of the hottest starts
in recent memory. The Jackets
are 15-9 after defeating the 1013 Boston College Eagles on
the Nov. 1, a rematch of a September game that also saw Tech
victorious, 3-2.
Head coach Michelle Collier
explained that she was happy with
the balance she saw on the court
during the match.
It was great to see our offense
more balanced, Collier said. I
felt like both serving and passing
were good and consistent, and we
were able to distribute the ball and
also to dig a lot of balls.
The Eagles were no pushovers,
giving Tech stiff competition in
each of the four games played.
The first set looked like it was
going to end tied as each team
traded points and brought the

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

and gained a three point lead early


in the set, but the Eagles fought
back to bring the score up to a 1010 tie. Continuing to trade points,
the teams brought the score to a
tie six times during the fourth set.
After winning the last 16 straight
matches against the Eagles, the
Jackets had no intention of giving up such a hard fought battle.
A team effort secured a fourth set
victory of 25-20 and a 3-1 overall
match victory for the Jackets.
With another victory under
their belt, the Jackets prepare to
take on Duke this evening. Tech
fans are hoping the home advantage is enough to gain a win
against the Duke Blue Devils, No.
7 in ACC volleyball.
Im proud of their resilience
on the road, and I am looking forward to next week as we focus on
continuing our improvement both
as individuals and as a team, Collier said after the match. There is
still so much room for growth,
and we need to be a better team
by Friday when we face Duke.
Improvement may seem like a
tall order for a Jacket team that
saw five players with ten or more
kills this Sunday, but it is beginning to seem that anything is possible under coach Collier. With a
team so young, it will be interesting to see how they fare against
the 12-10 Duke Blue Devils as
they move closer and closer towards postseason play.

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