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Sting Break interrupted by gun scare
MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR
Students attending
the annual Sting Break
event on March 30 were
briefly evacuated from
Tech Square during what
many thought was an ac-
tive shooter incident.
According to a retroac-
tive statement issued by
GTPD, the police received
a report of an armed per-
son near the Georgia Tech
Hotel at 8:13 p.m. dur-
ing Sting Break. GTPD
promptly detained the per-
son and determined that
he was not armed but just
carrying a cell phone in a
manner that led others to
believe it was a weapon.
At roughly the same
time, students began bolt-
ing out of the area, with
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shouts of armed shoot-
er and gun travelling
through the crowd. The area
was quickly pedestrian-free,
though it took more time
to evacuate those who were
on and in line for rides.
Word of the incident
spread through social me-
dia, with reports ranging
from an armed person be-
ing arrested to shots having
been fired and bomb threats
being made. Even as people
rushed from Tech Square, it
was unclear to many what
was actually happening.
Im about to give my
ticket to a vendor because I
had gotten there a few min-
utes before all of this start-
ed, but I see people sprint-
ing towards me and then I
see two GTPD officers, who
are making people run away
and screaming at everyone
to move towards campus,
Life 10
said Urvi Narang, fifth-year
EE. I start running away
and lose my friends, and
then while Im running, I
hear people screaming ac-
tive shooter, active shooter!
So I start running even fast-
er and these scary thoughts
ran through my mind.
Students line up for Sting Break on March 30, pri-
or to the false alarm regarding an active shooter.
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I ran all the way to Van
Leer and I guess by then ev-
erything had been resolved
and the suspect had been
[apprehended], but me and
my friends had been too
busy running for our lives
to even look back to see the
See STING, page 2
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OPINIONS
Show support for
smaller coffeeshops
BEATRICE DOMINGO
LAYOUT EDITOR
Small-business coffee
shop owners can oversee
the coffee process from
start to finish: visiting the
farms, overseeing the roast-
eries, grinding and brewing
the coffee and placing it in
the hands of a customer. In
doing so, small businesses
ensure sustainable and
farms. Large corporations,
clientele. On the con-
trary, large corporations
dont prioritize coffee
sourcing, which is key for
long-term sustainability.
Local coffee shop own-
ers seek out and build rela-
tionships with individual,
family-owned coffee farms.
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They become loyal custom-
ers and allow farmers to
grow their own businesses.
Because owners trade with
farmers they know person-
ally, they pay them well
enough to grow and process
coffee sustainably with
ethical practices, natural
fertilizers and shaded areas.
Consequently, growing cof-
fee in shaded areas ensures
conservation of the ecosys-
tem that surrounds coffee
like Starbucks, only meet
the bare minimum ethi-
cal and environmental re-
quirements of the industry.
BRASH Coffee main-
tains relationships with
coffee farmers from El
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TRISTEN ALLEN
STAFF WRITER
BILLS GOING TO DEALS DESK
March 30 marked the
40th and last day of this years
Georgia General Assembly legisla-
tive session.
Known as Sine Die, the 40th
day is the last chance for bills to
pass before session begins the
next year.
On Sine Die, several pieces
of legislation faced last-minute
changes and votes that deter-
mined whether or not the mea-
sures would continue on to the
governors desk this year.
Traditionally, no action in the
legislature is allowed after mid-
night, but lawmakers this year
opted to continue until 2 a.m. on
March 31.
Three major pieces of legisla-
tion faced action on Sine Die,
including another campus carry
bill, a measure updating adoption
regulations from the 1990 Geor-
gia law and a bill which would al-
low a small number of additional
medical conditions to be treated
with medical marijuana.
The campus carry measure
passed the House at 11:59 p.m.
on March 30 and will now move
to the governors desk for either a
signature or veto. This bill is a re-
introduction of last years version,
which was vetoed by Governor
Deal, and marks the fifth consec-
utive year that campus carry was
proposed.
Should Gov. Deal sign it, the
bill will allow any licensed indi-
vidual over 21 years of age to carry
a concealed handgun on Georgia
college campuses, with the excep-
tions of on-campus day care cen-
ters, areas where high schoolers
take classes on campus and stu-
dent housing.
The Senate approved a bill that
expanded the number of condi-
tions allowed to be treated with
cannabis oil, a limited form of
medical marijuana. Patients with
Alzheimers disease, AIDS, severe
autism, epidermolysis bullosa, pe-
ripheral neuropathy or Tourettes
syndrome will now be able to re-
ceive cannabis oil as treatment. In
addition, any patient in a hospice
program will be able to receive the
medicine. The measure is antici-
pated to be signed into law.
A bill which would have over-
hauled Georgias 1990 adoption
practices failed to pass on Sine Die
due to the inclusion of a religious
freedom amendment.
The amendment would have
allowed private adoption agencies
that receive state funding to reject
state referrals for adoptions on a
basis of faith or other priorities, a
practice that opponents claimed
would allow adoption services
to discriminate against same-sex
couples seeking adoption.
Both Governor Deal and LG-
BT-advocacy groups called for
immediate removal of the amend-
ment when it was added.
The adoption overhaul legis-
lation had been in development
for two years and was over 100
pages long. The amendment add-
ing the controversial language
was passed just two weeks before
Sine Die.
All bills that passed the legis-
lature must either be vetoed or
signed into law within 40 days
of Sine Die. Should Deal fail
to sign or veto a bill within that
time period, it will automatically
become law.
STING FROM PAGE 1
state of Sting Break, Narang
said. I read [later] that Sting
Break was back on but that they
were checking cars for bombs or
something. I dont know if any of
that was true but it was unnerving
that anyone would think of going
back there.
The first official Institute
comments were issued through
GTPDs Twitter account at 9:30
p.m., with a tweet indicating that
reports of an armed person were
unfounded but that a person of
interest was in custody; a clarifica-
tion tweeted at 10:37 p.m. stated
that the person of interest was de-
tained until video evidence con-
firmed that he was not armed.
Students on social media
voiced concerns regarding the lack
of a Georgia Tech Emergency No-
tification System (GTENS) alert,
given the degree of misinforma-
tion and confusion surrounding
the situation.
They probably should have
used it to tell everyone that there
was no danger since it became
such a widespread rumor, said
/u/EForReal12 in a Reddit thread
on the subject.
We know now that there was
no shooter, but there was a 1020
minute lag (at least) between when
masses of people were shooed out
confirmed anything about the
situation, said /u/tictacker in the
same thread.
Several others in the thread,
however, agreed that a GTENS
alert would not have been re-
quired in this particular situation.
GTPD, in its retroactive state-
ment posted on social media, in-
dicated that the lack of an armed
person and thus a present dan-
ger to campus as well as the
speed with which the incident was
resolved rendered a GTENS alert
unnecessary.
SCPC had worked with GTPD
prior to the event to ensure that an
emergency plan was in place.
During the event, there were
at least eight GTPD officers there
for protection and to be there for
emergency situations, said Katie
Hampton, third-year BA and Fes-
tivals Chair for SCPC. As soon
as GTPD contained the situation,
we waited for them to give the all
clear for us to allow people back
in, so as soon as GTPD told us we
could let people back in we did.
We waited to post on social me-
dia until GTPD posted their of-
ficial post, as only GTPD actually
knew what had happened.
We also had the evacua-
tion plan for if severe weather
were to occur, and we enacted
that at the end of Sting Break,
Hampton said.

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ach week , this sec tion of
News will include coverage
of different aspects of bills
and resolutions that have passed
through Student Government. This
will include the Undergraduate
House of Representatives, Graduate
Student Senate and the Executive
Branch of both government bodies.
TOKU SHI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A-CAPPELLING CASE of Tech Square and when an of- GTPD was unable to be
Infinite Harmony, Techs co- ficial GTPD source publicly reached for comment.
ed a cappella group, applied for
funding for equipment upgrades
and replacements. Several of their
microphones were worn out from
use. Other tools, like monitors
and cords, needed to be replaced
or upgraded; organization rep-
resentatives told the UHR that
these equipment upgrades would
last the organization for another
five to 10 years.

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SilverWings National 18-0-0 30-0-0 an event to promote awareness
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Infinite Harmony Equipment $3,356.00 18-0-1 32-0-0 pus by encouraging students to
Aarohi Open-Mic Night $194.00 19-0-1 30-0-0 save every piece of garbage they
Qurbani Bollywood $5,331.52 15-4-0 29-2-2 produce for a week. Students will
Pride Alliance Parade $1,295.00 10-0-3 30-0-3 be provided with reusable cutlery
Relay for Life $0.00 0-11-1 3-29-0 and napkins, natural snacks, a
SGA/RHA Flag Football Game N/A 32-0-0 mason jar and a one-gallon plastic
$230.00 bag to carry all the trash that they
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Sustainability Committee $1,302.06 N/A 28-1-1 the end of the week. Students line up at Sting Break on March 30, prior to an
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Races for executive SGA positions end, transitions begin
MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR
This years Student Govern-
ment Association (SGA) elections
for undergraduate and graduate
executive positions have ended,
with the president- and vice pres-
ident-elects now beginning their
transition periods.
Sujay Peramanu and Richard
Wang will be next years under-
graduate student body president
and executive vice president, of-
ficially entering office on the first
day of finals.
Im just extremely excited
because SGA has given so much
to me and I love giving back to
the organization, Wang said af-
ter results were announced on
March 30.
Im ecstatic. This one month
has been an amazing experience
thanks to Leanne, Apollo, Lizzie
and Connor. They were amaz-
ing competitors, Peramanu said.
Im just excited to get this year
started. All of those students who
voted for us, who believed in us,
who supported us, we thank you
so much. This is an incredible
opportunity for us to really give
back to a community thats given
us so much.
The runoff election between
Peramanu/Wang and Lizzie
Lisenby/Connor Brogan ended
in the winners taking 51 percent
of the student vote. 1529 students
voted for Peramanu/Wang versus
1431 for Lisenby/Brogan, result-
ing in a net 2,960 votes. In the ini-
tial race, 3,258 ballots were casted
with 1232 for Peramanu/Wang,
1,040 for Lisenby/Brogan and
985 for Leanne Francis/Apollo
Liu; last year, turnout for the run-
off election dropped off similarly,
with 2,707 voting in the runoff
versus 3,296 in the initial race.
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Peramanu and Wang ran on
a platform addressing numerous
facets of the student experience,
including community engage-
ment, sustainability, academic af-
fairs, diversity and wellness.
There were no serious elec-
tions code violations or sanctions
placed on candidates during the
runoff; reports of campaigning
in the computer clusters, which
could potentially violate the elec-
tions code if activity took place
within 50 feet of the computers,
were filed but unpublished.
Graduate SGA elections ended
on March 31. For the contested
position of Graduate SGA presi-
dent, Skanda Prasad won with
129 votes to Muhammad Fahad
Razzaqs 112. Vineet Ravi Tiru-
vadi ran uncontested for the po-
sition of vice president and ended
with 162 votes. No violations were
reported.
Prasad, a third-year Ph.D.
student in Electrical and Com-
puter Engineering, ran on a three-
pronged vision of advocacy on
behalf of graduate students, re-
source improvements and collabo-
ration with undergraduate SGA
and departmental student organi-
zations. He has served as a gradu-
ate student senator since Jan. 2015
and as vice president of Graduate
Life since Sept. 2016.
Tiruvadi is a fourth-year MD/
Ph.D. student in Biomedical En-
gineering in the joint program
between Tech and Emory. He has
served as a graduate student sena-
tor at Tech since Aug. 2016, and
as an Emory University senator
since Aug. 2015.
His platform aimed to en-
sure that graduate students are
engaged, especially those whom
political uncertainties target,
and that services such as financial Photo by Maura Currie Student Publications
help, health care and academic as- Sujay Peramanu and Richard Wang won this years Undergraduate SGA executive elections.
sistance are readily available. They, along with Skanda Prasad and Vineet Tiruvadi, are now transitioning into SGA leadership.
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Tech professor chimes Diversity task forces issue updates
in on I-85 collapse
JONATHAN JEFFREY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
I-85, which collapsed in a fiery
blaze last week Thursday, has re-
ceived an expedited timeline for
its repairs.
In a news conference this past
Tuesday, Georgia Department of
Transportation officials said they
plan to complete I-85 bridge re-
pairs and reopen it by June 15.
That estimate means that if
repairs stay on schedule, Atlanta
commuters will have to manage
reroutes and delays for 10 weeks.
The I-85 bridge collapse has
placed a tremendous strain on
Atlantas road infrastructure, ac-
cording to Michael Hunter, as-
sociate professor of transportation
systems engineering in the School
of Civil and Environmental Engi-
neering.
Youve got 240,000 cars a day
driving through that part of 85,
Hunter said. Thats a lot of folks
who are going to have to find new
paths through the city or around
the city.
Hunter says two effects might
help mitigate some of the conges-
tion over the months when I-85
is down: the increased usage of
alternative transportation modes,
such as riding MARTA, biking or
walking; and the use of GPS and
other travel software to find less-
known but more efficient routes to
drive through the city.
Theres a system utilization
that in past examples [of trans-
portation infrastructure crisis]
did not occur, because drivers,
cyclists didnt have available
at their fingertips the ability to
do what can be a fairly compli-
cated route through the city.
Now they have [that ability],
Hunter said.
According to several reports,
MARTA has already seen a large
uptick in ridership as some com-
muters attempt to avoid road traf-
fic. For the past weekdays, MAR-
TAs Twitter page has been alight
with alerts about full parking lots
as parking space at stations fill up.
In addition to funding to re-
build I-85, Gov. Nathan Deal is
seeking federal financial assis-
tance for MARTA and the Geor-
gia Regional Transit Authority
(GRTA) to cover costs of increas-
ing their capacity and services to
meet increased demand over the
upcoming months.
Hunter says the key to improv-
ing Atlanta transit is not building
more lanes and more roads, but
to continue to diversify modes of
transportation: pedestrian, cyclist
and public transit.
However, Hunter says its an
open question whether any
changes in travel behavior are
going to stick after I-85 comes
back online.
Clearly over the next three
months when theyre fixing this,
travel behavior is going to change
a lot, Hunter said. The ques-
tion is, as part of that, are some
people going to discover: hey,
I really like taking the train.
... Will they keep that [as] a
permanent change?
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general students and Greek mem- guidelines for hiring and promo-
EVAN GILLON bers and developed the Multi- tion were offered and created for
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR cultural Center. The task force administrators, respectively.
additionally created a series of ini- Additionally, Tech conducted
In the fall of 2015, President tiatives to showcase accomplish- salary equity studies for fac-
G.P. Bud Peterson put in mo- ments by faculty and students. ulty and staff, created multiple
tion two efforts to address diver- The gender equity imple- leadership programs for tenured
sity issues on Techs campus. The mentation committee identified faculty and women staff leaders
first was the creation of a Black four areas of focus for improve- and, similar to the BSE policies,
Student Experience (BSE) Task ment: hiring, promotion and ten- introduced programs to promote
Force to examine issues facing ure; professional and leadership successes by women at Tech and
the black community at Tech, development; leadership appoint- events relating to gender equity.
and to suggest solutions to make ments; and recognition and in- The committee is also work-
campus welcoming, inclusive creased visibility. ing on developing the same dis-
and supportive. In hiring, promotion and crimination reporting system as
Then, President Peterson host- tenure, the committee created the BSE committee, which will
ed a series of listening sessions programs centered on introspec- be available as a Tech portal when
to address inclusivity and gender tiveness; implicit bias testing and complete.
equity issues with a focus on eval-
uating biases in employment prac-
tices and increasing visibility of
achievements by women. The BSE
Task Force and the gender equity
listening sessions each resulted
in 11 initiatives to move towards
their goals. President Peterson ac-
cepted all 22.
Last week, committees headed
by faculty and students represent-
ing multiple executive offices at
Tech announced the first updates
on implementing these policies.
The BSE implementation com-
mittee broke down suggestions
into four categories: programs,
trainings, physical spaces and
planning and assessments. Among
the most notable achievements are
the expansion of OMEDs Chal-
lenge program enrollment from 75
to 105, the creation of a reporting
system for students and faculty to
anonymously submit experiences
they have with discrimination and
the introduction of diversity edu-
cation programs to be included in
Techs orientation process. Photo courtesy of Institute Communications
The committee also created Several members of the Black Student Experience Task Force
a series of training programs for converse outside. The group released updates this past week.
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how does sga give organizations funding?

1 2 3
The Joint Finance Committee An approximate amount of money An adhoc committee makes
reviews the prior year's funding available for SGA to distribute is across-the-board cuts, applied to all
and spending in comparison to calculated based on estimated organizations, in order to meet the
the amount an organization has enrollment and the student activity target budget. The legislative bodies
requested for the upcoming year fee for the following year. may review effects to individual
and makes recommendations. organizations case-by-case.

4 5
UHR debates and determines GSS debates allocations for Tier
allocations, line item by line Two organizations. The body
item, for Tier Two organizations. reviewing requests second may
elect to debate knowing the other
body's decisions.
6
UHR debates and determines
allocations for Tier Three organiza-
tions, using "whatever is left" of
the funding pool after Tier Two.

7 8 9
GSS debates and determines A conference committee com- The final allocations are approved
allocations for Tier Three prised of three UHR members and by the Student Activities Commit-
organizations. three GSS members meets to tee, which is made of students,
resolve disputes and approve faculty and staff. The SAC may
final numbers. approve the budget or send it
back to SGA to make changes.

Tier Two organizations are deemed to be critically important or have the greatest impact on Tech students, and are the first priority
for funding allocations. These organizations include Dramatech, Greek Programming Board, ORGT, SCPC, the Student Publications
Board and Graduate/Undergraduate SGA. Tier Three organizations are all other student-chartered organizations. Tier One refers to
the CRC and the Student Center, which until this year needed to receive money through the student activities fee and are now
funded through a separate fee.

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OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion
A hard look at weather cancellations
Wednesdays storms prove need for clear policy
While the storms this past Wednesday Since Tech has no hard policy on what
failed to live up to some of the more apoca- conditions necessitate a cancellation of
lyptic predictions, they were still nothing classes campus-wide, it seems that now
to take lightly. Classes were not cancelled following an instructive bout with severe
across the board, and as a result many stu- weather would be a good time for it. We
dents had to walk to class in heavy rain and feel that in the case of any tornado warn-
thunderstorms to ensure they did not miss ing in the area surrounding Tech, classes
important lectures or tests. should be cancelled. Even if students on
Now, it is completely fair to make the campus are not directly in danger, any who
argument that a decision to cancel classes must commute through the affected areas
should not be made without careful consid- will be unnecessarily put in danger.
eration. There is the distinct danger of can- In addition, more attention needs to be
celling then later finding that conditions given to the use of GTENS in order to alert
do not warrant the cancellation. However, students of dangerous conditions. With
there was clearly severe inclement weath- the many recent GTENS tests, it has be-
er this past Wednesday morning. There come unclear when the alerts are used.
would have been no risk in cancelling Finally, in cases like we experienced this
classes or delaying school opening. The In- past week in which the inclement weather
stitutes decision not to do so resulted in an is expected and not a surprise, additional
increased risk for a significant number of bus service should be secured so as to pro-
people, especially those needing to com- vide better opportunity to navigate cam-
mute in conditions that could legitimately pus without getting absolutely drenched
be described as dangerous. or having to brave lightning.
The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the
Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.
technique editorial board
Vidya Iyer EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Nick Johnson MANAGING EDITOR
Maura Currie NEWS EDITOR David Raji OPINIONS EDITOR
Samira Bandaru LIFE EDITOR Monica Jamison ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
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TOGETHER WE STORM BY SAMIRA BANDARU
Feminism can benefit men too
Perhaps the Reason that Mens rights activists feel
the need to have a movement of their own is because
the feminist movement largely ignores mens issues.
Yes, there are feminists such as yourself who promote
feminism for all, but the majority of the momentum
behind 3rd wave feminism concerns itself with things
like the wage gap (which is based on the misuse of
an average earnings statistic), microagressions, and
marching against Donald Trump.
Abigail Blair
Quit being afraid of GMOs
At its roots, the anti-GMO movement is an anti-
CORPORATE movement. Its people who are overly-
emotional about the food they eat who entertain a
false impression that Organic Food is being planted
and grown by pleasant families wearing straw hats
and hand-tilling fields.
Geoff Hamer
Most GMOs have been genetically engineered to
withstand repeated applications of herbicides and/or
to produce pesticides. These poisons cant wash off so
people are eating these poisons hidden in our
food supply.
Debbie Owen
GMOs, along with toxic herbicides and pesticides,
pose a serious risk of disrupting ecosystems and
simply making diseases and pests more resistant
to our technologies. Its the same problem as with
antibiotic resistance and has the same solution.
Stop overperscribing antibiotics and stop
overproducing GMOs.

Nate
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What can be done to defeat
ROUNDTABLE climate change denial?
DAVID RAJI
OPINIONS EDITOR
It is no less than em-
barrassing that the issue of
climate denial has retained
its mainstream position of
legitimacy in the United
States. The ostensible rea-
sons for this are easy to see
for oneself and understand.
But doing anything in par-
ticular to directly counter-
act the forces keeping us
stagnantly in a zone of envi-
ronmentally harmful activ-
ity is much more difficult.
At the head of these
forces is most obviously the
fact that there are enough
people in this country that
buy into the ardent proc-
lamations that there is no
man-made climate change.
Whether that be a function
of their own station and
occupation in life or their
educational background is
likely greatly variable.
In any case, the ap-
proaches that could be
taken to assuage their con-
cerns about jobs and liveli-
hood would be to illustrate
the career opportunities of
burgeoning energy indus-
tries. If properly invested
in, the solar industry will
continue to see boom times
in the U.S. akin to those it
experienced at the end of
Former President Obamas
second term in office. And
the industry would likely
benefit from the volume of
workers no longer able to
find suitable work in sectors
like the coal industry. Mak-
ing efforts to implement
programs with the purpose
of identifying connections
between the skills needed
for solar jobs and those for-
mer miners were required
to have would streamline
the process to ensure that
skilled workers such as
those would need not be
concerned.
In addition, there most
likely does simply exist a
group of the population of
the U.S. that refuses to be-
lieve in the scientific con-
sensus on climate change
based purely on its merits.
This speaks to a dire lack
of a sufficient educational
system in this country that
has only continued to de-
cline. And the situation is
only likely to get worse with
a horrendously inexperi-
enced education secretary
that will fundamentally fail
to address the needs of less
privileged kids and families.
What can be done? First,
just make sure kids stay in
school. After-school pro-
grams for at-risk kids quite
literally save lives and serve
often to indirectly break
cycles of poverty. In addi-
tion, the onus for failure of
children to learn has to be
taken off of the teachers and
Potential solutions to the continued failure of
America to accept a scientific consensus
placed back on kids. Cur-
rently, teachers very much
are held liable by parents
and others for any kids fail-
ure to do well in a course, a
system which inspires great
teachers to become frus-
trated and quit. Teaching
is already a thankless job in
terms of financial compen-
sation. Making it emotion-
ally difficult as well is silly
and overwhelming.
In terms of the energy
executives that select to pro-
mote climate denial propa-
ganda and it would truly
be unfortunate to have to
do this a case could be
made to them that immense
profits also exist in the re-
newables industries. This is
likely a case which would
have to be constructed of tax
incentives and other slimey
policies such as those, but it
would likely work.
There is a very obvious
reason Al Gore called his
2006 documentary An In-
convenient Truth. Change,
by its very nature, invites in-
convenient circumstances.
But that cannot serve
as a stumbling block. Just
because climate change
is inconvenient for many
people does not mean that
the proper course of action
should be ignoring or deny-
ing it. Unfortunately, the
change that is occurring
today is far too important to
be stifled by inconvenience.
ZAHRA KHAN
STAFF WRITER
Theres a lot of things un-
American about combatting
climate change. During the
Cold War, American con-
servative think tanks were
combating the ideological
spread of communism. But
as communism faltered in
the 80s, another movement
was coincidentally gaining
momentum. One that hap-
pened to include many of
the social and public owner-
ship aspects of left-leaning
politics: environmentalism.
It was found during the
early 20th century that the
burning of fossil fuels and
the emission of other gases
was gradually affecting the
climate. As American con-
servatives celebrated private
ownership and their vic-
tory over the Soviet red
menace, they demonized
anything ideologically left-
leaning. That included pub-
lic ownership, high taxes,
regulation of the private
firms and increased gov-
ernment control over the
free market.
As a result, the conser-
vative political leadership
didnt face many challenges
undermining the envi-
ronmental movement that
started in the seventies.
As climate change
awareness increased dur-
ing the 1970s and 80s,
political stagnation in ad-
dressing global warming
issues meant that public
interest was never main-
tained either in the U.S. It
was simply more convenient
for the public to buy into
the governments lack of
urgency and continue with
the status quo.
In the late 1980s, Al
Gore pushed for govern-
ment action to address en-
vironmental problems and
climate change. People did
have increased access to in-
dependent information and
ideas; the fossil fuel indus-
try was keeping up. They
resorted to a favorite prac-
tice of the tobacco industry
pouring money into re-
search projects that chal-
lenged the harmful effects
of smoking. Thus, the fos-
sil fuel industry did what,
to this day, prevents urgent
action on climate change.
They effectively created
information that would
prevent the public from de-
manding regulation.
Today, the U.S. is one
of the few countries where
the public and their govern-
ment are debating the le-
gitimacy of climate change.
The ideological harm in-
flicted by misinformation
and doubt is to this day
prevalent in the country
and allows conservative
leadership to further stall
technique April 7, 2017 7
climate change action. To
many conservatives, climate
change is still a hoax created
to undermine private own-
ership and rob them of their
rights. People can often be
distracted by petty, bipar-
tisan politics and they see
climate change as nothing
more than another biparti-
san issue on which they are
allowed to have an opinion.
In order to defeat the de-
nial, we need to look back
at what caused it. That is,
misinformation and money.
The only way to get people
to care about the climate
is to raise awareness about
energy, climate and how
it affects them. The atmo-
sphere in the U.S. regarding
climate change is not con-
ducive to immediate harsh
government regulations on
the free market. Rather,
financial incentives for en-
ergy companies to shift
their focus from fossil fuels
to renewable energy would
create less of an uproar and
allow for a more gradual
change. These firms are of-
ten responsible for funding
research that supports their
activities, and they will fol-
low the money. Expecting
oil and gas corporations and
conservative politicians to
take the moral high ground
and cut their profits to pre-
vent further harm is a little
too idealistic given their
history.
8 April 7, 2017 technique // OPINIONS

COFFEE however, is insignificant because

FROM PAGE 1
its online store, BRASH posts
short descriptions of their cof-
fee farmers. Octane sources its
beans from Central and South
America and Africa and also
posts descriptions of their farm-
ers. Revelator rotates its sources
seasonally and currently sources
from South America and Africa.
Are you living on- or These coffee shops offer single-
origin coffee beans, each batch
off-campus? from just one region or country.
Starbucks sources beans from
Central America and Africa, but
many of its coffees are multi-or-
How often can we stop
to chat with Starbucks
baristas? We cant, because
the line is so long ...
BEATRICE DOMINGO
LAYOUT EDITOR
Local coffee shops are also als, and they cultivate a place
typically more aesthetically perfect for being productive or
pleasing and foster a more pleas- meeting someone new.
ant atmosphere than corpo- Local coffee shops are also
rate-chain coffee shops. While designed for people to stay at
good coffee does not need addi-
tional sweeteners.
Additionally, Starbucks only
offers a drip coffee for all of
their roasts. Other coffee shops
provide many other methods
for brewing coffee, including
pour-over methods, such as
Chemex, V60, Kalita Wave, and
press methods, such as French
press and Aeropress. You can
get a fuller, more flavorful cup
of coffee by brewing the coffee
via these handheld methods
than through a machine. And
when local coffee shops do use

59%
igin, or blends, which are not
as uniquely flavored. Starbucks
also owns and operates a coffee
of students farm in Costa Rica for R&D,
which prevents the farmers from
responded maintaining their farms to suit
on-campus their needs best.
In regards to customer ser-
vice, in local shops, were re-
minded that baristas are peo-
ple too. Yesterday, a Revelator
barista greeted me immediately,
Why did you make the and we talked for thirty min-
decision to live either on- utes. How often can we stop to
chat with Starbucks baristas?
or off-campus? We cant, because the line is so
long that the barista takes your
order, asks for your name and
Proximity to Campus
then asks how you are paying.
Before your transaction is even
Price
completed, they move on to the
next person.
Starbucks generates more traffic,
it is overcrowded and struggles
to keep up with incoming or-
ders. Youll never wait more
than five minutes for your drink
at a small coffee shop, and each
shop has its own unique envi-
ronment.
Walk up to BRASH Cof-
fees shipping container shop
and find succulents lining the
wall behind the espresso ma-
chine. Or walk into Octane
at Grant Park and find movie
quotes printed on the large pane
windows. Youll sit next to a
fashion photographer editing
photos or across from a software
developer working on a startup
venture. Local coffee shops are a
hub for creatives, entrepreneurs,
students and young profession-
until they have finished their
coffee the baristas serve
your coffee in glasses or mugs
unless you specifically ask for your
coffee to-go. This significantly
reduces the waste produced
by the consumer-end of the
coffee industry, compared to
Starbucks disposable cups.
In terms of the coffee itself,
small coffee shops specialize in
highlighting the actual notes,
or flavors, of the coffee. In the
roasting process, single-origin
beans allow the roasters to have
more control over the notes
based on the region where the
beans come from. The benefit
of Starbucks blends is that they
offer a well-rounded flavor and
pair better with cream, syrups
and sweeteners. This benefit,
machines, it is to make smooth,
creamy espresso that will make
for beautiful, hand-crafted
espresso art. If nothing else, sup-
port local coffee shops in return
for the pretty Instagram photo
you can post of your latte.
So why pick small-business
coffee shops? You get better
coffee, better customer ser-
vice, and a better environment.
Your role as a consumer of ethi-
cally sourced coffee benefits the
environment, farmers, and
local businesses. And if none
of these reasons are enough to
convince you to support local
shops, think of all the times that
Starbucks baristas have
misspelled your name on cups.
That will never happen at a
small-business coffee shop.

Furnishings

Other
Dont try to force relationships
Kyle and I each had a bottle
Nearby Friends
of wine in our hands as we were
sitting on the MARTA. I was
friends with Mary from high
Proximity to Shopping
school and Kyle was roommates
with Sam. Mary and Sams meet
cute started off not so cute with
Mary drinking too much at a
tends to be the same the bad
The confounding variable times are really bad, but the
to finding happiness in love good times are really good.
Im no life guru, but holding
is compatibility. on to the memories of the good
ol times doesnt sound healthy.
VIDYA IYER I am aware that sacrifices are
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF necessary to sustain a healthy

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SOURYADEEP
BHATTACHARYYA
GRADUATE CHBE
On campus housing is ex-
tremely expensive especially
for international graduate
PhD students like me. If more
than 60% of your monthly GT
salary (after special institu-
tion fee and parking cuts) goes
just towards an accommoda-
tion at tenth and Home or
GLC what are we supposed
to do?
MEGAN MILLER
SECOND-YEAR BA
Mostly for the availability
for the quality of living I get
in North Avenue, I think it is
overpriced.
DANIEL STREVEL
FOURTH-YEAR ME
If I wanted to pay way too
New Years Eve Party Kyle had
hosted and threw up in Kyles
bed. Nevertheless smitten by her
charm, Sam pursued Mary. Fast
forward a year and half later and
we have a googley-eyed couple
inviting Kyle and me over for
dinner at Sams Buckhead apart-
ment.
We were sitting around a
table eating and drinking when
Sam mentioned that Kyle and I
should totally date. I brushed
it off and pretended not to hear,
but he didnt stop with that one
comment. He brought it up sev-
eral times throughout the night,
and Kyle and I just rolled our
eyes and laughed it away each
time he brought it up.
But I dont know why I
laughed because it was never
funny to begin with. And while
the comments may have been
well-intended, I was unable to
appreciate them.
I wish I could say that this
was an isolated incident of
someone intruding on my ro-
mantic life, but it wasnt.
For as long as I can remem-
ber, since my school days of run-
ning around in a playground
for our 30-minute sanctioned
recess time, I have always had to
partake in a conversation with
someone about their deluded
perceptions about love and re-
lationships. These conversation
want to. This conversation
would continue to marriage,
kids and a happily ever after.
And if a fifth grader could fol-
low a line leader, how difficult
could it be to follow these steps
for eternal happiness?
Obviously these conversa-
tions tended to be more juvenile
in 5th grade. While theyve got-
ten more complex as Ive gotten
older, I dont know if I can say
that people have more insight on
this concept because the conver-
sation typically concludes in be-
lieving that happiness is contin-
gent upon being in love or at the
very least being in a relationship.
The idea isnt novel, and
romantic comedies are not to
blame. Its a mindset that has
prevailed for generations. Even
my parents and other fam-
ily friends feed into it. Just the
other day, I was with my parents
when my mother brought up
how I should be thinking of and
be open to the idea of marriage.
My father chimed in saying the
ideal age at which one should
get married is in their mid-20s.
Howd they arrive at this
age? The same way most other
people do through reverse
planning. In order to have kids
in your mid-to-late 20s. But
why is there this push to follow
this pre-determined path when
it isnt what is best for everyone?
And more importantly, why isnt
there an emphasis on ensuring
you choose to be with the right
person as opposed to settling for
any person to pursue this path
towards a nuclear family?
By placing doubt in some-
ones singledom, it instills the
need to be wanted rather than
focusing on their own individ-
ual wants and needs. This re-
sults in people giving up parts of
themselves. This could mean in
a complete change in personal-
ity or more commonly, making
many small but significant sacri-
fices in ones personal life.
Ive observed it countless
times. His friends become her
friends, and her friends be-
come forgotten. She treats him
poorly, and he becomes tired of
the arguments, but they remain
together because maintaining
the passionless company of each
other is preferable to bearing the
pain of heartbreak. She is torn
about what to do after college
because hes moving away and
the distance will strain their re-
lationship. She stays with him
relationship and that the going
can get tough, but being on an
emotional roller coaster sounds
exhausting.
I believe that love is bound-
less and that people can and
should love as many people as
they can. But just because you
love someone, does not neces-
sarily mean that you are meant
to be together. Thats falsely as-
suming that love equates to hap-
piness. The confounding vari-
able to finding happiness in love
is compatibility.
Determining compatibil-
ity is one of those underrated
qualifications that people seem
to brush off. I think its because
the answer isnt always what
the heart wants in the moment.
But it is a fundamental aspect
to having a lasting and harmo-
nious relationship. Its why ar-
ranged marriages are believed
to result in being together lon-
ger. However, they seem to lack
the passion that love marriages
thrive on. Which is why com-
bining the two characteristics
seems like the winning combi-
nation.
But finding this combina-
tion in a partner takes time. Its
frustrating when those around
you seem to think that tak-
ing more time to find the right
person to be with is the wrong
move. Not everyones story is

much to live in a sub-par
apartment, Id live
on campus.
went something like this:
Oh my gosh! You and [some
random guy] would make such a
cute couple. You should totally
date. To which I would re-
spond, Uh no. I totally dont
by your late 20s early 30s,
one needs to get married, spend
a couple years in your honey-
moon phase and plan for kids.
This takes about three or four
years culminating in marriage
because shes afraid of being
lonely even though he tends to
be selfish.
And whenever I ask these
friends why they are still with
their partners, their response
going to start off like a romantic
comedy, but everyones story can
end with a happily ever after, if
we all just allow each other to
go at our own pace in our own
direction.
// OPINIONS
Campanile Refilled
After months without water
in its basin, the pool surround-
ing the campanile has finally
been refilled, and the fountain
is now in operation. The ad-
dition of water follows some
work that was done on the
structure last week. The period
during which it was empty
seemed to be longer than in
years past this time. In any
case, the pool would probably
been refilled regardless due to
the immense rain this week.
ACC Inventure Prize
The ACC Inventure Prize
Final took place last Friday
in the Ferst Center and was
broadcast live on television.
Unfortunately, the Tech team,
CauteryGuard, did not take
home the first place winnings
of $15,000, a sum which went
to the University of Virginia
team, Agrospheres. Cau-
teryGuard was, however, able
to secure the Peoples Choice
award, which came with a cool
$5,000.
North Avenue AC
This past weekend, the air
conditioning in some units of
North Avenue East were not
functioning. This led to rooms
becoming fairly hot and gener-
ally not the most comfortable
for the students that inhabit
them. Perhaps GT Housing
can find the reasons for the
large rate of exodus from cam-
pus housing to off-campus
options in the unfortunate
repetition of incidents like
this one.
Skiles White Powder
Around midday Wednes-
day following some of the
worst raining of the day, re-
ports came in of a white pow-
der-like material present from
an unclear source near the
Skiles transit hub. Responding
to a question on the subject on
Reddit, the GTPD announced
that officers did investigate the
substance. Apparently, a steam
pipe somewhere below the sur-
face of the ground was leaking
the material.
Small chances are big deals
when your life is on the line
life, I would hardly consider
something bad happening as
I have taken birth control pills
since I was 13 years old. I have
also taken several statistics classes.
Recently, those two facets of my
life collided rather unpleasantly.
I went to Stamps in mid-Feb-
ruary to get a new prescription for
my current supply of combina-
tion birth control pills, which I
use and have used for seven years
now to control the normal hor-
monal fluxes which for me lead
to migraines. Lots of other things
hot weather, fluorescent lights
and stress among them are
triggers for my migraine-with-
aura episodes, which are the
typical crippling pain and nausea
of migraines preceded by partial
or complete blindness. Sometimes
they even happen out of nowhere.
However, on birth control I can
ensure that I am not out of com-
mission for days at a time at my
ovaries behest.
Stamps, as it turned out, would
not prescribe me the combination
pills. The CDC, on a colorful
matrix of medications and medi-
cal conditions, ranks migraine-
with-aura coupled with com-
bination contraceptive pills as a
level four risk on a scale of four.
That box on the matrix is bright
red. Unacceptable health risk,
In any other facet of my
a 0.028 percent chance of
noteworthy.
MAURA CURRIE
NEWS EDITOR
method not to be used. Between
the neurological dysfunction that
leads to migraine-with-aura and
the synthetic estrogen present in
combination pills, my risk of hav-
ing a stroke is elevated beyond the
point that the CDC, the WHO
and most medical professionals
think is justified.
The average woman, according
to the most commonly cited data,
has a 1.3 in 100,000 chance of
having a stroke in any given year.
For women with migraine-with-
aura, that chance more than qua-
druples, putting the stroke risk
on par with the risk of dying in
a motor vehicle accident. Women
with that condition who take the
combination pill nearly quadruple
their risk again, coming out to a
28 in 100,000 chance of having
a stroke. Anyone with an under-
standing of numbers can confirm
that a 0.028 percent chance of
anything is essentially negligible,
but the unnecessary elevation is
not worth the potential benefits in
the minds of prominent doctors.
Somewhere in the back of my bad happening as noteworthy.
mind, the link between these three
things seemed familiar, but seeing
and hearing the facts in-person
was harrowing. No pediatrician
or gynecologist at any point in my
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life had seen fit to mention this
or abide by it, though whether
for lack of knowledge or lack of
concern it is unclear. As a young
woman who is otherwise healthy
and does not smoke, my other risk
factors for stroke may have been
low enough that the increased
threat feels negotiable. Even now,
in talking to three separate doc-
tors, it has been made clear to me
that I can elect to pursue the com-
bination pills if I (ideally in con-
junction with a neurologist) feel
that other options would drasti-
cally decrease my quality of life.
I know a woman who died
in a car crash and rationally un-
derstand that her death does not
mean I am beating the odds or
overdue for an ischemic episode.
But the fleeting thought, espe-
cially as I continue taking the pills
as an interim measure, continues
to find me. In considering other
options, I am not convinced that
something without supplemental
estrogen could provide the con-
trol and predictability that I have
grown used to. However, I am
also not convinced that the level
of control is worth it, much less
that it will be sustainable as I enter
my twenties and thirties.
I am not yet sure how my ap-
proach to migraine treatment will
change, if at all, though the plan
this summer is to consult with
more doctors and experiment with
alternatives. In any other facet of
my life, I would hardly consider a
.028 percent chance of something
However, maybe as a result of
the gravity placed on that number
by professionals, and maybe out of
the very human desire to not die,
this number feels different.
Life
GT ASCE stands out at regional conference
SAMIRA BANDARU
LIFE EDITOR
On a cloudy Thursday morn-
ing at Tech, the a concrete canoe
was loaded into a Penske rental
truck and last minute prepara-
tions were frantically made for the
Steel Bridge competition.
The Georgia Tech chapter of
the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) was bustling
with excitement in anticipa-
tion of the annual ASCE Caro-
linas Conference at UNC Char-
lotte from Thursday, March 30,
to Sunday, April 2.
This year, GT ASCE won
third-place overall in ASCEs an-
nual regional conference, com-
peting in several competitions
including Steel Bridge, Concrete
Canoe, Hydraulics, Transporta-
tion and Mead Paper. GT ASCE
received first-place in Transporta-
tion and Steel Bridge. They will be
attending Nationals in Oregon for
Steel Bridge in June.
All eyes were on our Steel
Bridge team at conference since
this was the first time in two
years that we had been able to
complete the project and bring
a bridge ready to compete, said
Caroline Stanton, third-year CE,
upcoming 20172018 GT ASCE
President. Once in Charlotte,
those of us on the bridge build
team practiced construction tire-
lessly, for a day and a half until the
competition. But all our practice
paid off as we built our bridge in
eighteen minutes and the bridge
passed the 2,500 pound load test
with flying colors! Georgia Tech
and NC State were the only two
schools whose bridges passed all
tests without breaking.
GT ASCE starts the prepara-
tion for the Carolinas Conference
as early as the beginning of the
school year.
Stamps offers services for variety of student needs
HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
Many students know that
the building next to the CRC is
the place to go when youre sick.
What students might not know,
however, is the extent of all that
Stamps has to offer.
Stamps Health Services pro-
vides healthcare to students and
their spouses or domestic part-
ners. The building itself is named
the Joseph Brown Whitehead
Building and was dedicated on
November 13, 1911.
It has grown from being able
to accommodate 27 patients at a
time when it first opened to now
treating 30,000 patients per year.
The building itself holds Tech
Dentistry, Psychiatry, Womens
Health, Pharmacy, Health Pro-
motion, Sports Medicine, Nutri-
tion, Immunization and Allergy,
Radiology, Laboratory Tests and
three primary care teams.
There are also classrooms, con-
ference rooms and a Medical Re-
cords desk.
LIFE EDITOR:
Samira Bandaru
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Hanna Warlick
life@nique.net
A lot of the first semester is
taken up with design work, said
Tyler Bishop, fourth-year CE and
current GT ASCE president. For
Concrete Canoe it means testing
material over and over, making
sure you get the strongest, lightest
concrete. Then for Steel Bridge,
its using a computer program to
design the bridge and do a struc-
tural analysis on it.
However, the conference was
not met without challenges.
The morning before we were
to leave Atlanta for Conference
in North Carolina, the bridge
team found an issue with how we
planned to construct the bridge in
competition, and we were forced
The Georgia Tech American Society of Civil Engineers Steel Bridge Team stands proudly with their first-place award, a feat after
the challenges they had previously faced in this competition. The team will be continuing on to Nationals in Oregon this June.
Most students are familiar
with the online appointment por-
tal. This can be used to make an
appointment with a primary care
physician if you need to see a doc-
tor for a fever, a persistent tender
muscle or a sore throat.
Health Promotion has recently
introduced LiveHealth Online,
which is a kiosk in the Student
Center Healthy Space. To use it,
you simply have to sign up and
youre connected to currently
available doctors who can help
you by giving medical advice or a
prescription.
The Womens Health Center
provides routine annual exams
and STI screening. This is also the
place to go if youre looking for
birth control or if you are simply
interested in talking about birth
control options with a licensed
professional. This center also of-
fers consultations on pregnancy,
eating disorders, sexual health,
and breast health to name a few.
You can call to schedule an ap-
pointment or update their system
with your chosen name or the pro-
noun you use.
technique
April Awareness
The Technique explores the awareness events in the month 10
Friday,
of April, ranging from Autism Acceptance to Earth Day and
Sexual Assault Awareness.413 April 7, 2017
to stay behind to try to come up According to the Steel Bridge ate student, Maya Goldman, who
with a solution, Stanton said. regulations, students competing will be continuing to Nationals
Luckily we fixed the problem in Steel Bridge must have a hard for the paper.
quickly and headed out a few hat, safety goggles, and boots. Within the region, Georgia
hours later, getting out just before Our faculty advisor is David Tech competed against Clem-
the major I-85 collapse. Scott, a professor in the School of son, Duke, UNC Charlotte, NC
During the Concrete Canoe Civil Engineering, Bishop said. State, Horry Georgetown, NC
competition, the teams were met Leading up to the competition, A&T State University, University
with bad weather on the lake cre- one of the students was missing of South Carolina, UGA and The
ating unsafe conditions, which a pair of boots, so Dr. Scott left, Citadel, along with international
was a let down for GT ASCE, who went to the store, bought a pair of chapters, including VIT Univer-
had put in so much time working boots, and came back so that they sity from India and Khalifa Uni-
on the project over the past year. could have a pair of boots for the versity from Abu Dhabi.
Not only did Tech perform competition to build a bridge. GT ASCE hopes to improve
well in their Civil Engineering Along with the Steel Bridge their conference performance
feats, but also in their general and Sportsmanship award, GT through increased preparation,
presence participating in the com- ASCE also won first place in beginning projects earlier and re-
petition, winning the Sportsman- Mead Paper, a research paper cruiting more people to be a part
ship award for the chapter. written and presented by gradu- of each team.
Photo courtesy of Jack Li
If youre looking for nutri- x-rays are provided at no charge if help meet most, if not all, of your
tion information, you can meet your student health fee has been healthcare needs.
for a 50-minute consultation for paid. However if you would like Next time you need a doctors
$5. Their dietitian will help you a copy of your x-ray, you can re- appointment for any reason from
analyze your current diet and can quest one for a minimal fee. lab tests to nutrition assistance,
give advice for losing or gaining While Stamps is located on dont forget about Stamps, located
weight or eating healthy on the the edge of campus, they can right down the street.
meal plan.
Inside Stamps you can also get
your prescription filled at their
pharmacy. The prescription can
be from a Stamps doctor or from
an outside doctor or pharmacy.
The pharmacy accepts most insur-
ance plans and provides prescrip-
tion and over-the-counter medica-
tions to students, staff and faculty.
Another service that Stamps
Health Services provides is labo-
ratory testing. Between in-house
testing and Quest Diagnostics,
their reference laboratory part-
ner, Stamps is able to conduct all
necessary tests. In-house, Stamps
can perform blood and urine tests
along with rapid strep tests and
mononucleosis tests along with
several others.
Stamps also houses a radiology Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
team that offers diagnostic x-rays Stamps Health Services is located on West Campus next to
from their two x-ray rooms. Most the CRC. It provides students with accessible healthcare.
// LIFE
Tech establishes Neuroscience major
POLLY OUELLETTE
STAFF WRITER
The best things in life often
take time. Thats why Georgia
Techs newest major has been in
the works for years. The much-an-
ticipated Bachelors of Science in
Neuroscience is the latest addition
to Georgia Techs offerings.
It is easy to forget how much
behind-the-scenes hard work goes
into putting something like this
together and making it a ben-
eficial and smooth addition to
the campus. Many faculty includ-
ing Dr. Tim Cope have tirelessly
worked to create a program that is
the most beneficial as possible for
students that might be interested
in neuroscience.
Dr. Cope is a faculty member
in the School of Biological Sci-
ences, a neuroscientist, and the
new director of the Neuroscience
Undergraduate Curriculum Com-
mittee. In collaboration with fac-
ulty members and administration
from across the schools on campus
as well as universities all over the
state, Dr. Cope and his colleagues
have created a program that is not
only meticulously crafted, but
promises to offer a student expe-
rience that no other school in the
state can offer.
Georgia Tech has a long tra-
dition in quantitative science and
applied science, so neuroscience
here will be more technologically
oriented, Cope said. Thats the
tradition and the expectation
on the part of the students and
faculty.
Students in neuroscience will
take required classes that will
bestow upon them knowledge in
three main focus areas: cellular
and molecular biology, systems
and behavior and cognitive sci-
ence. After they get the basics
down, students from a wide diver-
sity of interests and backgrounds
will largely be free to explore what
interests them the most about
neuroscience.
In an effort to facilitate this
exploration, the neuroscience
major will include ten Breadth
Elective Specializations, which
were designed by experts in the
field. These specializations are
biochemistry, biology, chemistry,
computer science, engineering,
mathematics, psychology, physics,
physiology and pre-med.
Cope says that this is one of
the virtues of neuroscience; it is
In collaboration with the departments across Techs campus, a Neuroscience major has been
created, and as a quantitative and applied science field, will be technologically oriented.
by nature multidisciplinary and
multidimensional, and can be in-
vestigated by a variety of avenues.
Techs program intends to utilize
many of these dimensions in a
unique way.
In order to understand how
brain and nervous systems work,
we have to understand psych, cell
biology, optics, physics, computer
science and mathematics, Cope
said. Our students will have all
of those things. Look at what a
rich intellectual environment that
is. We have to bring all the info
together, assimilate it and use it to
figure out whats going on.
It seems that neuroscience is a
rapidly evolving field, and will fit
right in with other advancing top-
ics at Tech. The faculty involved
are confident that graduates will
have no shortage of opportunities
when its time to look for a job.
There is no human activity
that I can think of that doesnt ab-
solutely include some reliance on
neuroscience, said Cope. There
are so many exciting technical
breakthroughs right now. There
is an evidence based expectation
that we are beginning to see some
really important discoveries.
See NEURO, page 13
great for breakfast and the occa-
for these meals.
dish cooked in a wok. Late night
Design by Samira Bandaru Student Publications
to find ingredients and make your
technique April 7, 2017 11
Make the Most
out of Your
Dining Plan
POLLY OUELLETTE
STAFF WRITER
As freshmen all over the coun-
try can tell you, sometimes dining
halls fail to satisfy your cravings
or provide a plethora of options.
Its no different at Tech, but the
good news is that there are a vari-
ety of ways to make the most out
of your meal plan.
Try out one of these sugges-
tions to make your dining experi-
ence a little tastier, a little healthi-
er, and a little more fun.
KNOW WHATS GOOD & WHEN
Different dining halls are great
for different things. Brittain is
sional burrito for lunch. Brittain
to-go is an option for those who
dont have the time to sit and eat
For dinner, North Avenue lets
you choose what you want in a
snacks at Woodys tend to be tasty
as well.
BE CREATIVE
Use the dining halls as a place
See TIPS, page 13
12 April 7, 2017 technique
A Different Perspective
SAMIRA BANDARU
LIFE EDITOR
Studying abroad can be a turn-
ing point in many students lives,
and at Tech, students have the op-
portunity to explore a plethora of
various programs abroad.
While some might stop at one
semester studying abroad, others
have been eager to burst through
the Tech bubble on the Atlanta
campus and go back for more.
Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL)
is one of Techs popular study
abroad programs, welcoming
hundreds of students to the Tech
campus in Metz, France every
year. At GTL, students can take
courses that, for the most part,
follow the Tech curriculum and
are taught by Tech professors.
Adam Forstall, a 2016 B.S. ME
graduate attended GTL twice, in
Spring 2015 and Spring 2016.
While some students who have
studied abroad twice may feel that
the first semester was more enjoy-
able than the second, Forstall feels
differently.
[The] first time, I wish I had
ventured out more on my own
and tried assimilating more,
said Forstall. The second time
around, I made some local friends
that made the time considerably
more enjoyable, though it was al-
ready great. In fact, Im going
back to Metz next week, and plan
on visiting several of them.
Aimee Gerold, third-year BME
and alumni of the French LBAT
program in Summer 2015 and
GTL in Fall 2015 feels similarly.
I preferred GTL over LBAT
because I made friends with some
Masters students at GTL, which
gave me increased exposure to the
French language and its culture,
Gerold said.
The second time around seems
to encourage students to not just
explore the physical terrain, but
also assimilate with the culture
and befriend the locals.
The first time is a culture
shock; the second time, you learn
to really appreciate another cul-
ture, Forstall said.
With the many opportunities
to study abroad offered at Tech,
there is a program for anyone.
I have done research, a co-
op, and a study abroad, Forstall
said. And hands down, the study
abroad was the greatest thing I
have done in college, and in my
life. Not to mention, it has come
up in every job interview. Every
single one. You cannot survive
over there without time-manage-
ment skills, people skills or com-
mon sense. If for whatever reason
you lack these traits heading over,
you wont when you return.
Others decided to get a feel for
entirely different continents.
Study Abroad:
Radhika Duvvuri, third-year
BME chose to study abroad in
completely different environ-
ments, the China Summer Pro-
gram in 2015, and the Oxford
Program in the summer of 2016,
which included traveling across
Europe for the first half of the
trip, studying art and music his-
tory, then settling down in Ox-
ford for the second half to take
curriculum courses.
On choosing where to study
abroad if youre considering go-
ing for more than one semester,
Duvvuri advises to go to two
completely different places un-
less youre super passionate about
exploring one particular place. I
think the point of studying abroad
is to gain an understanding of dif-
ferent parts of the world, and the
easiest way to do that is to go to
two different continents!
Unlike Forstall and Gerold,
Duvvuri preferred her first semes-
ter over the second, at the China
Summer Program, as it was an
entirely different environment
than what she had ever experi-
enced. She also advises students to
study abroad now that they have
the chance.
Youll probably never get that
kind of a chance to travel when
youre busy with your career and
family. ... The best piece of advice
I can give with regards to this is
to try to plan out what classes
youre going to take during your
four years, and try not to use up
all your humanities in one or two
semesters at Tech when you can
easily do those abroad. But dont
go overboard with this, because
you may want some buffer classes
for particularly tough future se-
mesters on campus.
Similarly, James Kane, fourth-
year ISYE studied abroad through
the Oxford Summer Program in
2014 is currently studying at the
Hong Kong University of Sci-
ence and Technology exchange
program.
I loved both the programs
I participated in, Kane said.
While it was amazing to travel
all through Europe on the Oxford
program with other Tech students,
I really am enjoying meeting local
students from Hong Kong and
other exchange students from all
over the world.
He believes that a variety of
new experiences is important for
self improvement.
It gives them new perspectives
on life, a sense of humility and an
appreciation for where they are
from, Kane noted.
The only regret he had from
his time abroad was that he didnt a foreign culture is an eye-opening
learn Cantonese before the trip.
I would have had a much
better connection with the local
people if I knew the language,
Kane said. And I would not have
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accidentally ordered a meal with
an eyeball in it.
But why stop at two programs?
Kristin Gao, third-year BME
studied abroad three times
GTL in Fall 2015, the BME Gal-
way Summer in 2016, and the
National University of Singapore
Exchange in Fall 2016.
Out of these three, her time in
Singapore was her favorite.
There were approximately one
thousand exchange students, so
I met people from all around the
world and gained lifetime friend-
ships. Additionally, Singapore is
on the other side of the world, so I
experienced a completely different
culture and gained a new perspec-
tive. While I got the opportunity
to travel around Southeast Asia
and Australia, the classwork in
Singapore challenged me like no
other. It was interesting learning
about the different education sys-
tem in Asia.
Whether you choose to study
for two consecutive semesters at
the same program, at different
programs, more than twice, or
on two different continents, there
isnt a doubt that immersing your-
self for more than one semester in
experience that pushes you out of
your comfort zone, allows you to
interact with people with varying
perspectives and creates long-last-
ing memories.
// LIFE
In the month of April...
HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
April is a busy month! Many
causes and organizations take
April as a time to get their mes-
sage out to the general population.
The Technique has chosen some of
the events relative to campus to
showcase below.
AUTISM ACCEPTANCE
While you may be tempted to
call it Autism Awareness, the
theme of acceptance focuses on
not just realizing that autism ex-
ists, but understanding it and
seeing that autistic people exist
and are perfectly whole people.
One in 88 people are autistic,
according to autismacceptanc-
emonth.com.
Acceptance is a constant pro-
cess that takes time and effort to
listen to those in the autistic com-
munity and work on making a
more receptive world. Autism is
a developmental disability that
causes them to see the world dif-
ferently but is not something that
needs to be cured. Rather, this
month it is important to take the
time to focus on not being afraid
of autistic people nor have low ex-
pectations of them.
Georgia Tech is home to the
Excel program which is a four-
year program for students with
mild intellectual and develop-
mental disabilities. Tech students
can currently apply to engage with
Excel as a student mentor for the
Fall 2017 semester.
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
Sexual Assault Awareness
month is part of the larger move-
ment to end sexual violence. In
the late 1970s, women in England
first started participating in what
they called Take Back the Night
marches. These marches were de-
signed to protest the violence the
women faced when they walked
the streets at night. Word spread
as the protests grew and starting
in 2000 the color teal became
associated with sexual assault
awareness with the U.S. first ob-
serving Sexual Assault Awareness
Month in 2001. The overall goal
is to showcase
the voices of
survivors and
educate the
community.
Tech held
its own Take
Back the
Night event
on Monday,
April 3. This
event included
a candlelight
vigil to honor
survivors of
sexual violence and there were
counselors and other resources
available while members of the
Tech community shared their
stories. Thursday, April 13 is the
fourth annual Georgia Tech Teal
Ribbon Day where students and
faculty are encouraged to wear a
teal ribbon and take the pledge to
be part of the solution to end sex-
ual violence. Ribbon pickup loca-
tions are listed at healthpromo-
tion.gatech.edu/voice/SAAM.
For year-round efforts for end-
ing sexual violence, the student-
led organization PAUSE (People
Against Unwanted Sexual Experi-
ences) has open weekly meetings
on Mondays in D.M. Smith.
EARTH DAY
The first Earth Day was on
April 22, 1970 with approxi-
mately twenty million Americans
participating. Now, more than
one billion people participate,
making it the largest civic obser-
vance in the
world. It focus-
es on spreading
information
about environ-
mental issues
that the world
faces.
The 20th
annual Geor-
gia Tech Earth
Day Festival
will take place
on Friday,
April 21 from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tech Walk-
way. The theme is One World
Together and includes infor-
mational, interactive booths by
Atlanta vendors. There are more
details and opportunities to vol-
unteer at earthday.gatech.edu.
NEURO FROM PAGE 10
Neuroscience at Tech has
already attracted a respectable
amount of attention, with close to
100 students expressing interest in
the program.
Cope says that one of their
biggest challenges at this time is
the unpredictability of how many
students will be interested, but he
and his colleagues are definitely
optimistic.
One student who jumped at
the chance to be one of Techs first
neuroscience students was Maria
Krakovski, first-year BIOL.
They tailored it super well,
so I didnt waste any credits, once in a while.
Krakovski says. I was really
happy to switch to it because its
basically directed toward my in-
terests more.
Krakovskis breadth elective
specialization is pre-med, and she
says she is pumped to be able to
take classes that help her learn
about the processes and systems of
the body and how the body and
brain communicate.
The major is now accepting
current Tech students who wish to
change their major, and will soon
welcome incoming freshmen.
The enthusiasm is really very
strong, Cope said. We are in-
terested in being very creative in
our delivery of the courses. We are
trying to develop active learning
and hands on experiences.
The various faculty members,
students and supporters of the
neuroscience major are anxious
for the upcoming semesters and
are excited to see their hard work
pay off.
technique April 7, 2017 13
TIPS FROM PAGE 11
own more interesting dish. Grab
some grilled chicken and put it on
your salad for a boost of protein.
Pour your hot coffee over ice for a
delicious iced drink.
Make your own peanut but-
ter and banana sandwich with the
provided bread, Wowbutter and
bananas.
SAY HELLO
You would be surprised how
far a smile or a how are you
goes. The dining staff are happy
and willing to help, so try to en-
gage them in conversation every
You may find yourself getting
an extra scoop of macaroni and
cheese pretty soon.
GO TO EVENTS
A few times a month, the din-
ing halls have special events when
they really pull out the stops.
The Christmas event came with
decorations and festive trees, and
Valentines Day event had melted
chocolate and fresh berries. With
only a few dollars more, attendees
at an event last month got lob-
ster and other seafood treats. The
schedule of events can be found
on the GT Dining website.
RATION YOUR DINING DOLLARS
Freshman meal plans come
with 200 dining dollars, and in a
15 week semester that works out
to about 13 dining dollars a week.
Make sure you keep your
Chick-fil-a purchases to around
that much a week to make sure
you dont run out too fast.
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Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Monica Jamison
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Lakshmi Raju
14
Friday,
entertainment@nique.net April 7, 2017

Tei Shi establishes her unique female sound

MUSIC
Crawl Space
Tei Shi
LABEL: Downtown
GENRE: Alternative Indie
TRACK PICKS: Keep
Running, Justify, Como Si
OUR TAKE: go to out of fear of the dark.
AYO ALADESANMI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For an album titled Crawl
Space, the music on the debut
solo album by Tei Shi seems to
suggest everything except for
what the image of a crawl space
conjures. If anything, Crawl
Space represents a deliberate and
extensive exploration.
The chill alternative pop album
is the type that begs a follow-up
effort in a few years. During those
years of anticipation, a few more
collaborations with the likes of
artists like Glass Animals might
happen to keep the name of a tal-
ented, up-and-coming musician
in listeners heads, so they do not
miss her impending rise to fame.
Valerie Teicher, known as Tei
Shi, has been making music since
the beginning of 2013, shortly af-
ter finishing her life as a student
at the Berklee College of Music
in Boston. Throughout her child-
hood she lived and subsequently
relocated to many different cities
across the world, starting in Bue-
nos Aires, then moving to Bogota,
then Vancouver, then Montreal,
and finally settling in the city of
Boston to start off her adult life.
After releasing a string of suc-
cessful singles and EPs in 2013
and 2014, she spent 2015 on the
road, making appearances at mu-
sic festivals like Electric Forest and The same notion rings true native rock sound created with the joys and realities of a unique
Coachella, as well as serving as an for Tei Shi on Crawl Space. the innovative use of guitar, bass, and eventful childhood.
opener for other alternative acts. Interestingly enough, songs like drums, keys and synth to hip-hop With Crawl Space, Tei Shi
Finally, in 2017, all of Tei Shis Baby and How Far sound like influenced beats that sound like has earned her spot amongst the
experiences have culminated into they could have been bonus tracks those of behind-the-board genius ranks of great female alternative
her debut album, and not just the on HAIMs Days are Gone. Pharrell Williams. pop artists. For the past few years,
experiences that she has had as a However, Tei Shi makes creative With a runtime of 47 min- she has tested the waters to see if
musician. The title Crawl Space strides of her own with the elec- utes, Crawl Space provides just there is room for her music in the
functions as a reference to a child- tronic cascades and tenderly sung enough music for Tei Shi to make alternative and pop genres. With
hood crawl space that she would verses of Justify, the Spanish a complete and confident first the undeniable appeal of honest
track Como Si and the albums step into the music industry. This themes and well-crafted music,
Similar to how rap and hip- flagship single Keep Running. length also allows listeners to feel Crawl Space inserts itself into
hop albums often feature exten- The sounds that Tei Shi created that they have been part of a nice the library of contemporary pop
sive use of mid-song skits to get range from the traditional alter- conversation with Tei Shi about music as an unique debut album.
their points across, Tei Shi places
recordings of herself as a child
throughout the album. As the al-
bums mature music and lyrics are
juxtaposed against the sounds of
a young childs stories and con-
fessions, the album evokes both
strong feelings of nostalgia and
an appreciation for the process of
growing up.
The best part about Crawl
Space is that, although inexpli-
cable, there is just something un-
deniably cool and alluring about
great alternative music made by
women. Beyond the musical acts
that are 4 or 5-piece bands helmed
by a central female singer with
strong pipes, the truly unique mu-
sic is written and performed ex-
clusively by the women involved.
Few exist in the music indus-
try today, but the best example of
this structure is the band HAIM,
made up of sisters Danielle, Este
and Alana Haim. With a debut
album that was released to critical
acclaim and cross-genre contribu-
tions to Childish Gambinos mix-
tape ROYALTY and Kid Cudis
Indicud, the three sisters that
comprise HAIM write, produce
and perform their own music.
This setup allows the themes and
execution of the music to be in- Photo courtesy of Pooneh Ghana
herently different, and in the case Tei Shi poses with a mirror sculpture. Her first full length album Crawlspace features im-
of HAIM, immensely enjoyable. agery of a tarantula in the album cover and in some music videos for songs on the album.

Baldwin fails to save predictable animated film

FILM up with what basically any person
would come up with in about 15
Boss Baby minutes, given the premise as a
GENRE: Animated writing prompt.
The writers seem to be just a
DIRECTOR: Tom McGrath single step above the types of peo-
RATING: PG ple who recite memes in real life
instead of coming up with their
RELEASE DATE: March 31
own jokes. As a rule of thumb,
OUR TAKE: if every joke of the movie has the the only effective source of humor
same punchline, it is not a good
movie. Everyone knows he is a
VES GRANTCHAROV baby and a businessman, and yet
CONTRIBUTING WRITER that is as far as the comedy goes.
There is one fantastic part to
Boss Baby is one of those this movie though, and that is
movies that could have had some Alec Baldwin (30 Rock). His
sort of real potential if it had been role as the baby himself is basi-
directed by a creative powerhouse, cally a parody of his now legend-
like the Pixar of the late 2000s. ary role in Glengarry Glen Ross,
Instead, it feels like a short movie and the writers knew this. He pro-
extended to 97 minutes of aggres- vides every meager chuckle Boss
sively mediocre Hollywood drivel. Baby had to offer and seems to
It joins a long list of films that run have been the only comedic mind
on the belief that children are, at involved with the project.
their core, willing to buy anything The supporting cast provided
shiny enough. various levels of disappoint-
The film has a fun and light- ing performances. Lisa Kudrow
hearted premise: the protagonist, (Friends) gave a lukewarm but
an unreliable narrator, must deal passable impression as a zany
Photo courtesy of Dreamworks Animation with a ruthlessly corporate new mother. Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy
Timothy Templeton stares down his infant brother, played baby brother. The problem is that Kimel Live), on the other hand,
by Alec Baldwin, in the new animated film Boss Baby. the writers of Boss Baby came somehow found a way to sound
even more annoying than usual
within just a couple minutes.
The film also had one scene
that was skillfully executed in
which a classic Tom and Jerry
style chase takes place. Along
with a couple other physical gags
sprinkled throughout the movie,
this situational comedy scene is
outside of Baldwins performance.
Perhaps the film could have been
a wonderful silent feature in an-
other reality.
Animated movies from big
studio names like Dreamworks,
Disney and, unfortunately as of
late, Pixar have started falling into
a pit of extreme predictability.
Some have even reached the point
of following tropes more than bad
romantic comedies.
Critics seem to have been worn
down by and have accepted the
fiction that children simply can-
not understand more complex plot
structures. The irony, of course, is
that children are then expected to
feel and understand more com-
plex emotions.
Just because of how babies
and the real world work, it should
See BOSS, page 17
// ENTERTAINMENT
Java Cats owner overcomes challenges to open
MONICA JAMISON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The newest addition to At-
lantas crowded coffee scene offers
a unique pairing: while sipping
cappuccinos, patrons can pet cats.
On Monday, March 27, owner
Hadyn Hilton opened Java Cats
Caf, located in Grant Park.
The first of its kind in Atlanta,
the cat caf has a fully functioning
coffee shop separated by double
doors from the cat lounge. Visitors
can either watch the cats through
windows ideal for those with
allergies or trying to get some
work done or enter the cat
room if they have a reservation.
The reservation system is in
place so that the cats do not be-
come overwhelmed by a barrage
of people. At a cost of $10, the
reservation includes a tea or cof-
fee and helps fund the care of
the cats. The first week has gone
smoothly, with the exception of
some customers being unaware of
the reservations.
If visitors fall in love with a cat,
they can adopt that cat. To achieve
their goal of providing cats with
socialization and eventually per-
manent homes, Java Cats has col-
laborated with PAWS, Georgias
oldest no kill animal shelter.
While many people go to
PAWS to adopt dogs, their cats
often do not receive as much at-
tention. PAWS was the first shel-
ter Hilton reached out to, and the
partnership worked out perfectly.
As of Wednesday, April 5, 11
adoptions have occurred through
Java Cats.
Additionally, Java Cats offers
food from the nonprofit Gather-
ing Industries, a local organiza-
tion that employs homeless people
and teaches them culinary skills.
Hilton was the Gatherings pho-
technique April 7, 2017 15
tographer and videographer for a
few years, and she love[s] the idea
of partnering to help homeless
cats and homeless people in the
same building.
While the business has a phil-
anthropic focus, the coffee pro-
gram does not disappoint. Ebrik,
the Turkish coffee shop based in
downtown Atlanta and Decatur,
trained Hilton for 7 months in
managing and being a barista.
They have curated Java Cats cof-
fee offerings and have continued
to offer guidance.
The usual espresso-based
drinks are offered with a slight
naming twist: cat-related puns
that, depending on ones sense of
humor, are cringe worthy or cute.
Almond and soy milk are offered,
and the food produced off site by
the Gathering includes gluten free
and vegan options.
Hilton first came across the
concept of cat cafes in a media
class at Georgia State, where
she was a film major. As she was
studying the phenomenon of cat
YouTube videos, she became inter-
ested in cat cafes in Taiwan and
Japan and researched locations in Photo by Beatrice Domingo Student Publications
the U.S. While she found many A cat explores the engaging environment in the cat lounge at the Java Cats Cafe in Grant
on the west coast, there were none Park. The new cafe offers interactions with cats alongside the usual coffee and food.
in Atlanta and few in the South-
east. Along the path to bringing ways receive me differently, and I disheartening, it helped her real- charge for the cat caf. According
her dream to fruition, Hilton en- could tell. No one would take me ize that this is a concrete problem. to Hilton, the current price of $10
countered various challenges. seriously, especially with an idea The young cat caf may soon is reasonable, as it is lower than
After overcoming the initial like a cat caf. have competition: Happy Tabby most cat cafes across the country,
hurdle of a lack of business experi- When she called some loca- Cat Caf plans to open in Old and they currently need to charge
ence, Atlanta lost my plans four tions she was interested in and Fourth Ward in April. Hilton in order to take care of the cats.
times, which delayed us by several requested a viewing, they asked thinks that are both enough cats She wants Java Cats to live
months. Dealing with the city was for her financial references and and enough people to support two beyond the hype and excitement.
very difficult and very unwelcom- records. However, when her hus- cat cafes in Atlanta. She wants the Her goal is to make an impact
ing I learned very quickly that band called, the same locations most cats possible to find homes, on the community and to be a
its not easy opening a small busi- would want to schedule a showing so she wishes Happy Tabby owner place where people can leave feel-
ness, she explained. whenever he wanted. April Hill all the best. ing good about where their money
Furthermore, she overcame dif- Hilton explained that while Hiltons long term plans in- is going.
ficulties specific to being a young she had supported womens move- clude being able to have the cat The cafe is opens at 9 a.m.
female entrepreneur. The 25 year ments in the past, she had not di- lounge free. If the caf side does every day and closes at 10 p.m.
old said that being at my age and rectly felt the effects of sexism in well enough, they could financial- Monday through Saturday. On
being a woman, people would al- her life. While the experience was ly support having no admission Sundays, they close at 9 p.m.
16 April 7, 2017 technique
Writers fail to bring Nobodies to full potential
TELEVISION the writers probably expected to
be home runs generate cringes,
Nobodies not laughs.
NETWORK: TV Land In the pilot, the writers do little
more than recycle classic clichs.
WHEN: March 29 From Larry Dorfs fictionalized
STARRING: Hugh Davidson, version of himself, who fits the
Rachel Ramras incompetent but groundlessly op-
timistic archetype found in many
OUR TAKE: sitcoms, to a cringe-worthy bas-
ketball scene that drags up from
JOSH TREBUCHON the depths the motif that nerdy
STAFF WRITER comedians cannot play sports,
it seems that every tired sitcom
On March 29, the pilot episode staple is represented in the show.
for Melissa McCarthy (Mike & The dialogue between the three
Molly) and her husband Ben central comedians, while smooth
Falcones (Tammy) new sit- and natural, is simply not as fun-
com Nobodies premiered on ny as it should be. The dialogue
TV Land. between the comedians and other
The show follows Hugh Da- characters, on the other hand, is
vidson (Robot Chicken), Ra- downright awkward and still
chel Ramras (Mike Tyson Mys- not funny.
teries) and Larry Dorf (The The show does show some
Looney Tunes Show) as three promise in the strength of its cast.
unsuccessful comedians. Hugh Davidsons performance is
These titular nobodies at- excellent, and his character, who
tempt to make a film script they is probably the least absurd of the
have written more attractive three, is quite funny.
by pitching it to Melissa Mc- While Larry Dorfs character
Carthy, with whom they have a is the weakest aspect of the show,
loose friendship. this shortcoming is due purely to
The premise is promising: a the way in which he is written.
show which follows three come- The writers devote far too much
dians as they struggle to gain rec- effort to getting him into awk-
ognition should be funny on the ward situations and not enough
strength of its dialogue alone. Un- on developing him. Dorfs perfor-
fortunately, the show falls short in mance, however, is solid, and his
translating a strong premise into delivery strong; if the writers can
strong writing. While there are tone down his characters absur-
a handful of funny moments in dity, he might prove to be an asset
the pilot, most of the jokes that to the show.
Picture yourself in France and beyond...
Rachel Ramras character is
plagued by similar problems as
those that sink Dorf. The char-
acter is painfully awkward when
interacting with characters out-
side the central trio, and Ramras
does not shine as a comedian in
these situations.
Still, Ramras is much funnier
when bantering with the other
main characters, and if the writ-
ers start putting her in these sce-
narios more often rather than fill-
ing most of her screen time with
clumsy exchanges, she too could
become a highlight of the show.
While the pilot indicated that
the show needs serious improve-
ment as a sitcom, it also pro-
vided glimmers of hope that the
show may transcend its genre
and deal with the concept of ce- he complained that writers are
lebrity in a fresh way. In the pi-
lot, the writers placed great em-
phasis on how celebrity seems to
corrupt friendships.
The episode opened with a
group of the main characters for-
mer friends, all of whom are more
successful comedians, mock-
ing the trio for their lack of suc-
cess. Throughout the rest of the
episode, the comedians try to le-
gitimize their movie script by at-
tempting to get it to celebrities.
They first leveraged their
friendship with Melissa McCar-
thy and her husband to try to
convince her to join the cast of
the would-be film. McCarthys
husband Ben Falcone (played by
himself) stymied this effort when
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ing to communicate to audiences
always pitching movie scripts to
him during social events.
Later, the trio tried to gain ac-
cess to Jason Bateman through a
friend who plays a weekly pickup
basketball game with the star.
This effort is doomed from the
moment Bateman realized that
they were simply there to ask him
for favors.
These scenes illustrate just how
difficult it can be for celebrities
to develop true friendships. Bate-
man could not even play basket-
ball without being intruded on
by people who wanted something
from him, and even friendships
that McCarthy had for years were
corrupted by her stardom. Mc-
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that life as a celebrity, while of-
ten romanticized, can be lonely
and frustrating.
This message is made even
more acute by the juxtaposition
of true stars (McCarthy and Fal-
cone) with aspiring comedians
(Dorf, Ramras and Davidson).
The three want celebrity more
than anything else, and in their
blind ambition they fail to ap-
preciate the true friendships they
have with each other.
If the writers of Nobodies
can continue to build on this
theme, and if they can distance
themselves from the tired clichs
that ruin the pilot, they might cre-
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Investigative podcast strikes universal chord
MONICA JAMISON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
From Serial and This
American Life, the new podcast
S-Town investigates the town
of Woodstock, Alabama, through
the lens of its disgruntled life-long
resident John B. McLemore. Bri-
an Reed, the veteran This Ameri-
can Life producer who has won
a Peabody Award for his work,
acts as the host and executive pro-
ducer of the podcast, which took
over three years to develop. Julie
Snyder, who was the co-creator
of Serial, is the other executive
producer of S-Town.
As the most listened-to podcast
in history, Serial was instru-
mental as a revival of audio broad-
casting, especially drawing in
listeners of younger generations.
Its first season, which focused on
the death of Maryland teen Hae
Min Lee and the person in prison
for her death, Adnan Syed, was
a deep dive into a complicated
situation that engaged listeners
week to week with suspense, un-
certainty and fundamental moral
questions.
The second season took the
show in a different direction, in-
vesting a figure who had already
received national attention: Bowe
Bergdahl. While the story of this
American soldier, who walked off
into Afghanistan and was a pris-
oner of the Taliban for years be-
BOSS FROM PAGE 14
not be a spoiler that in the end,
the Boss Baby is just a baby
that is actually the protagonists
younger brother.
Throughout the film, he has
the mind of a grown man, so the
films climax is his decision about
whether or not to stay with the
family. Since the decision is lit-
erally a guarantee by the premise
of the film and clearly evident to
anyone watching the movie re-
gardless of age, Boss Baby ac-
tually managed to achieve a new
level of predictability.
Having added zero nuance,
complexity or anything interest-
ing at all, the film can in its en-
tirety be described by the joke
Imagine if you made Alec Bald-
win a baby. There is no punchline
either, just as this movie has no
humor or intrigue. Neither satis-
fied audiences nor awards seem to
be in the future of Boss Baby.
ThoughBoss Baby is now
showing in major theaters, such
as Regal Atlantic Station, it pre-
miered as part of the Atlanta Film
Festival, which took place from
March 23 to April 2,
The Atlanta Film Festival is an
international festival that show-
cases a highly diverse set of narra-
tive and documentary films. The
Oscar-qualifying festival takes
place in different theaters around
the neighborhoods of the metro-
Atlanta area.
The annual event has hosted
award winning films, big block-
busters and darling indies alike.
The conferences also act as a key
component of the festival, creat-
ing a space where aspiring stu-
dents and fans of the medium can
learn more about the art and craft
of filmmaking. Boss Baby, how-
ever, likely did not make a lasting
impact to viewers at this festival.
fore arrangements were made to
bring him home, had many com-
plications and judgement calls
like the previous season, many
listeners did not receive it as well.
The focus more on the character
of a single person and less on a tra-
ditional crime made it less engag-
ing to those who appreciated the
suspense of the first season more.
By breaking away from the
name of Serial, S-Town has
carved its own space to form a
unique identity. While incorpo-
rating elements of both seasons
of Serial, the podcast is free to
deviate from the former structures
without constant comparisons.
S-Town begins with Reed re- Occasionally, the out of order pre-
sponding to a request for an inves-
tigation of an unpunished murder
in Johns small town, which he
refers to as the eponymous Shit-
town. The podcast spirals out-
ward, turning into a character
study of John, a survey of rural
Southern life, and an exploration
of issues both universal and deep-
ly personal.
While suspense was built about
the original murder case, a surpris-
ing early reveal causes the theme
of the show to pivot. While press-
ing questions remain throughout
the rest of the season, S-Town
becomes less of a true crime show
and more of a personal narrative.
This shift, however, was positive
as the murder case was harder to
get invested in without the inter-
views of those directly involved.
DanceTech showcases student talent
EVENTS
DanceTech Spring
Showcase
PERFORMERS: DanceTech,
GTDC, Seoulstice, Tekstyles,
Impact ATL
LOCATION: Ferst Center
DATE: April 2
OUR TAKE:
LAKSHMI RAJU
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
DanceTech, a Georgia Tech
dance company, held their Spring
Showcase at the Ferst Center on
April 2. The event was a chance
for DanceTech to perform new
choreography from this semester,
as well as a chance to celebrate
dance at Tech overall.
Invited groups included Seoul-
stice, Tekstyles and Impact ATL.
Of the performing groups, two,
DanceTech and GTDC, are com-
panies that have a number of
styles in their repertoire while the
others are all hip-hop groups.
The show had 13 dances cho-
reographed by DanceTech. The
dances all averaged to a minute;
the performances were short. They
cut songs to shorter lengths to ac-
commodate the brief choreogra-
phy routines. A lot of their pieces
incorporated red background
lighting and black costumes. It
seemed to be a favorite as the
contrast is quite dramatic. How-
ever, the overuse of this powerful
combination lessened the emo-
tional impact.
DanceTech had dances that
were based in modern, hip-hop,
Reed succeeds in building a
concrete sense of place but also
squarely positioning Shittown
within the larger picture, explor-
ing ideas of globalization, climate
change and widespread apathy
through conversations with and
about John. As Reed said, all the
world was a Shittown to John,
and he had every disgrace of that
world in his heart.
Interviews with a wide cast of
characters and extensive research
flesh out a well-developed and
constantly evolving story; listeners
feel as if they are discovering more
about and connecting emotion-
ally with the subjects as Reed is.
sentation of segments of the narra-
tive could be confusing, but other
times references across time were
used to effectively show changing
perspectives.
As was done in Serial, differ-
ent facets of the subjects were pre-
sented, often revealing back story
later and casting them in entirely
different light, and ultimately
listeners are left to come to their
own conclusions and judge which
interviewees are reliable narrators.
Reed as a host effectively summa-
rized conversations when neces-
sary and weaved together inter-
views in a cohesive way.
With heavy subject matter, the
release of the seven episode sea-
son all at once was ill-suited. The
week-by-week release of Serial
would have worked better for S-
Members of DanceTech performing Move in the second act of the Spring Showcase at Ferst.
The event featured student dancers from a number of organizations showing off their skills.
tap and ballet. The stamina and
energy the dancers exhibited for
the hip hop dances was compa-
rable to some of the other pieces
by solely hip-hop groups.
Two of the companys dances
were solos, and while they were
done well, did not really stand
out. Many of the dances utilized
popular songs, such as Seven
Nation World, Disturbia and tients with different ailments that
Run the World.
In the show this semester,
GTDC had three pieces: modern,
ballet and tap. The modern piece
was the best dance in the show
because it utilized a fast paced
tempo that the large number of
dancers managed to keep up with.
The dance, choreographed by Em-
ily Miller, was set to Coldplays
Every Tear Drop is a Waterfall. ergy was lost in their story.
Both GTDC and DanceTech
had tap pieces, but sadly, due to
Brian Reed (This American Life) interviews a man during the
research and production process that lasted over three years.
Town, as binging this podcast is
emotionally overwhelming, and
building interest over time could
have garnered a wider audience.
The music brought the story
to life from the theme by Daniel
Hart to songs explicitly referenced
in the show, which ranged from
country to opera. The imagery
of clocks, referencing Johns long
time job as a horologist and the
frequent subject of the passage of
time, is perfect for the one visual
most listeners associate with S-
Town: the image that accompa-
nies the podcast in listening apps.
the volume of the music, the tap-
ping was not quite audible. The
brief moments that were clear
made the dances much more en-
joyable and light hearted.
Impact ATL aims to spread
the word of God through dance.
The dance group tries to do this
by dancing a story. L.I.G.H.T,
the dance, told a story of three pa-
all get cured. The dance pieces
multiple song clips together, mak-
ing it quite long.
The dance came off as corny
because they tried too hard to tell
the story with unnecessary props
like a doctors lab coat and a clip-
board. It was disappointing since
the dancers had the most hip-hop
skill as a whole, and so much en-
are a great way to let students to
Seoulstice had the best hip-hop
dances of the night. The length of
technique April 7, 2017 17
Photo courtesy of S-Town Podcast
The podcast succeeded when
it explored many big issues, in-
cluding mental health, race and
sexuality, through the engag-
ing case study of John and his
world. Questions from what is a
meaningful life to the nature of
relationships may leave listeners
reflecting not only the citizens
of Shittown but also reflecting
on their own lives. Ultimately, as
Brian Reed said, trying to under-
stand another person is a worth-
while thing to do, and S-Town
delivers seven captivating hours of
this worthwhile endeavor.
Photo by Lakshmi Raju Student Publications
the dances were a few minutes,
and they clearly enjoyed dancing.
The last group to dance be-
fore intermission was Tekstyles.
They had multiple songs, ranging
from Latin beats to hip-hop. The
dancers formed a dance circle,
letting each other show off their
skills to the music. The dancers
were clearly having fun as they
jumped up and down and popped
and locked.
Overall, the showcase was an
upbeat and fun experience. From
the joyous hip-hop to the pumped
up modern dances, this was a
comprehensive snapshot of Techs
versatility. These dancers spent the
semester learning, choreograph-
ing and practicing while studying
for classes. Performances like this
indulge their creative sides while
working towards technical jobs.
18 April 7, 2017 technique // COMICS

SMBC BY ZACH WEINERSMITH XKCD BY RANDALL MUNROE

SARAHS SCRIBBLES BY SARAH ANDERSEN IN THE BLEACHERS BY STEVE MOORE

MR. LOVENSTEIN BY J.L. WESTOVER

// COMICS technique April 7, 2017 19

LUNARBABOON PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CHANNELATE BY RYAN HUDSON

SUDOKU PUZZLE
20 April 7, 2017 technique
Bart steps up big in early goings of baseball season
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
This year, the Tech baseball
team got off to a hot start behind
the hitting it has historically been
known for under coach Danny
Hall. An unexpected flag bearer
has come through to lead that
charge at the plate: sophomore
catcher Joey Bart.
As a freshman, Bart appeared
in 43 games for the Jackets, put-
ting up 47 hits in 157 for a .299
batting average. He finished with
one home run that came in a game
against UConn at the NCAA
Gainesville Regional.
This year, Bart has already
matched or surpassed his totals
from last year in just over half
as many games. He is currently
batting .339 with a team-leading
11 home runs, 31 RBIs and .704
slugging percentage. Bart attrib-
uted this to the time he spent in
the Cape Cod league this past
summer.
I met a guy up [at Cape Cod]
who kind of cleaned my mind,
Bart said. I just took the game
from a different perspective, and
now I just try to come out here
and have fun.
While he may be on a hot
streak right now, Bart is anything
but complacent.
[I need to work on] my pitch
selection. Im an aggressive hitter,
Bart said, acknowledging that he
still has work to do.
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Joey Bart swings big during a home game. Bart has performed well in the first few weeks
of the season; after hitting one home run last year, he has hit 11 through 27 games in 2017.
Bart currently sits at 25 strike-
outs on the season. While hitters
who hit more home runs also tend
to strike out more often, Bart is
still sitting above two other start-
ers in the stat. As the season wears
on, pitchers will give him more
respect, meaning that he will also
have to adjust accordingly.
[I cant] miss any pitches be- when my career made a turn-
cause Im not going to get too
many, Bart said.
Bart may be a presence behind
and at the plate right now, but a
few years ago, he was unsure of
what sport he would be playing.
He is grateful to his role model, a
man who coached him at age 14.
Michael Barrett, he was a
catcher for the Chicago Cubs
for like 10 years. ... I think thats
Georgia and Clemson. At the
around, Bart recalled. I was
between [baseball] and football.
Photo by Casey Miles Student Publications
Then I wound up with him and
grew a little bit. Things started to
click, and I cleared my mind out.
He showed me the right perspec-
tive of how to take the game in.
After he was set on the sport,
he still had to make a choice on
a school.
My three schools were Tech,
Tech baseball winning key games
time, [their] coaching staffs were
kind of shaky.
// SPORTS
But the decision soon became
clear to him.
I remember one day, I was
hanging out at school, and it just
hit me. I was wondering why I
hadnt already committed.
He soon did.
Barts value at Tech is clear
now that he is halfway through
his second season. Having a leader
in a position such as catcher is
highly important for successful
baseball teams.
I made the [pitch] decisions in
high school, Bart said. Im mak-
ing the decisions here now, and
thankfully I can do that. I feel like
the catcher is the most important
guy out there, and I like to put
myself in that position.
The mindset that he possesses
is ideal for the position he plays. If
a quarterback is a game controller
in football, the catcher is the game
controller in baseball.
Finally, Bart discussed what he
thought the team needed to do to
bring their performance to as it
was earlier in the season.
We just need to be consis-
tent, Bart said plainly. [Tuesday]
night, we played a good game, but
we had one crazy inning. We just
have to eliminate those big in-
nings, and if we can do that well
be fine.
Barts relaxed tone and friend-
liness belie his fierce competitive
nature. That will be crucial to
as the competition gets tougher
and the season wears on.
// SPORTS
Spring football practice brings positional battles
NISHANT REDDY
STAFF WRITER
Inclement weather on Monday
and Wednesday could not keep
the Jackets from spring football
practices. Tech normally practices
on Rose Bowl Field, but a wet field
caused them to move indoors to
the John and Mary Brock Foot-
ball Practice Facility.
Practice on Monday featured
the Jackets in pads for the second
time this spring. Full contact was
allowed, and there were 21 peri-
ods of 11-on-11 drills. The Jack-
ets are returning several impact
players on both sides of the ball,
but there was a general focus on
fundamental drills throughout
the practice, courtesy of myAJC.
com. Presumably, this allows for
the younger players to keep up,
and it helps the veterans focus on
their basic skills.
On offense, the biggest depar-
ture comes with the graduation of
quarterback Justin Thomas. Tech
fans will not soon forget his tre-
mendous contributions to the pro-
gram, and he has left some huge
shoes to fill. Luckily for the Jack-
ets, the soon-to-be redshirt junior
and presumptive starter Matthew
Jordan is not shy on confidence.
Jordan has rushed 65 times for
243 yards and six touchdowns in
his career, and arguably his best
TENNIS FROM PAGE 22
and grit that has made their goals
easily achievable and not the other
way around. Either way, Tech is
on the road to ACC and NCAA
championship competition, the
goal for virtually every team as
the season nears its critical point.
The end of the semester is the
most stressful time of year for all
Tech students. Yet, this season
moment came in an upset over
No. 18 Virginia Tech last season.
He started while Justin Thomas
was injured, and he rushed 32
times for 121 yards and two
touchdowns. During Mondays
practice, Jordan also flashed much
improved passing abilities. Jordan
found running back Qua Searcy
Redshirt freshman quarterback Jay Jones winds up to pass in the John and Mary Brock Practice
Facility. Jones is a number of players competing for reps in the wake of Justin Thomas graduation.
the Jackets have proven that they
will not bend under strain. With a
13-match winning streak already
in the bag and a roster full of
athletes that have no intention of
losing a single match for the rest
of the season, five more matches
shouldnt be too taxing for Tech.
However, it seems the best
has been saved for last this sea-
son. Three of the five remaining
opponents are ranked in the top
for deep passes, courtesy of ram-
blinwreck.com.
The rest of the offense features
an assortment of upperclassmen
and younger players. While center
Freddie Burden and tackle Eason
Fromayan are gone, Parker Braun,
Will Bryan and Shamire Devine
look to be more than ready on the
five of the ACC standings, which
means the Jackets will not get any
reprieve this month. Such is life in
the Atlantic Coastal Confernce,
one of the most difficult gauntlets
any team must face nationally.
Before beating UNC and
Wake Forest, Tech was stuck in
the middle of the ACC stand-
ings, below many of their remain-
ing opponents. They must fight
tenaciously every match if they
interior offensive line. At tackle,
Andrew Marshall, Kenny Cooper
and Jahaziel Lee are all competing
to start, the first and last of whom
were impressive last year.
Leading rusher Dedrick Mills
and A-backs Clinton Lynch and
Qua Searcy are returning as well.
At wide receiver, Ricky Jeune and
Photo by Mitchell Williams Student Publications
want to defend their position in
the standings. If Tech can con-
tinue their winning streak, they
will be formidable contenders for
an ACC Championship title and
even an NCAA title.
There is still a long way to go
to reach that point. An unfortu-
nate injury or an untimely slump
can be the difference between
holding a championship trophy
and watching another team hoist
technique April 7, 2017 21
Brad Stewart are back and will
look to be reliable targets for their
new starting quarterback.
Although Tech will return
eight starters on defense, it will no
doubt be challenging to replace
the production of players like
defensive tackle Patrick Gamble
and linebacker P.J. Davis. Anto-
nio Simmons, who led the team
in quarterback hurries last sea-
son (12) is penciled in to start at
defensive end. On Monday, Sim-
mons rushed from the left side
and came down with two key
sacks in the 11-on-11 period. Ris-
ing sophomore defensive tackle
Brandon Adams also stood out in
the padded practice sessions. At
linebacker, Tech will likely count
on Vic Alexander, Brant Mitch-
ell and Terrell Lewis to take on a
much larger workload. All three
played in most games last season.
In the secondary, the Jackets
return all players. Lance Aus-
tin, A.J. Gray, Lawrence Austin,
Step Durham, Corey Griffin and
Shaun Kagawa will all return to
their cornerback and safety spots.
Kagawa has notched three in-
terceptions in the last week, and
Lance Austin added another in-
terception of his own on Monday.
So far, the Jackets look to be
on the right track in their prepa-
ration for the 2017 Spring Game
on April 21, a chance to showcase
their progress to fans.
it, particularly when the level of
competition is so high.
But there is something special
about this team. Demonstrating
wisdom and patience beyond their
years and keeping expectations si-
multaneously ambitious and mea-
sured will ensure that Jones and
the rest of Techs womens tennis
team are prepared for the most
rigorous, trying stretch of the sea-
son. It begins now.
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Womens tennis maintains dominance
ALISON LAVERY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
If nothing, a Tech education
teaches its recipients to strive for
more. This season, that effort
has paid off for womens tennis.
Championship competition is
drawing nearer.
Though the season is coming
to an end, theres not much room
for melancholy feelings at the top
of the ACC leaderboard. Current-
ly first in the conference, the Jack-
ets have been victorious in every
conference match this season.
Not far removed from their re-
cent victory over UNC, the Jack-
ets have five matches left before
the ACC Championship Tourna-
ment at the end of this month.
Techs victory over UNC broke
a 36-match ACC victory streak
for the Tar Heels. Thought by
many to be the toughest match-
up of the year, the UNC match is
now history.
Tech will not lose its focus as
the team prepares for ACCs and
the NCAA championship be-
yond. Their success throughout
the rest of the season will require
maximum effort from each and
every team member.
With half the lineup in their
debut season, there may have been
some worries about inconsisten-
cies throughout the season. How-
ever, there is not one freshmen in
the lineup who did not enter her
debut season without a history of
success on the court. That success
has been carried through the sea-
son to bring the Jackets to their
19-2 overall record.
The success Tech has had this
season is not all that surprising,
despite the number of young play-
ers thrust into major roles. The
four incoming freshmen were
all ranked in the top 40 recruit
Freshman tennis player Kenya Jones follows through on a shot. A highly-touted talent
coming from college, Jones has far exceeded even the high expectations placed upon her.
rankings by Tennis Recruiting
Network. With the help of more
experienced collegiate tennis play-
ers, they have become a nearly un-
stoppable force on the court.
I would say my teammates.
The upperclassmen on my team
really helped me adjust, fresh-
man Kenya Jones said when asked
about the transition she had to
make from high school to colle-
giate tennis. Of course, going in,
I knew the schoolwork was going
to be hard, but just like with ten-
nis, they told me to balance it out
and not put as much emphasis on
it in the fall. So, just kind of focus
on my schoolwork first and then
get in to the tennis.
Whether it is the support sys-
tem that helped them adjust or the
natural skill that they possessed
well before stepping foot on a col-
legiate court, Jones and her fresh-
men teammates have helped to
make Tech tennis into a team to
watch on the national scene.
The ascension of Tech tennis
will depend on Jones continued
development. Ranked first in the
state of Tennessee and third in the
southwest region as a high school-
er, Jones has continued to improve
throughout the season. Similar to
Christopher Eubanks, Jones en-
tered her collegiate career with a
blue-chip prospect from the Ten-
nis Recruiting network.
Just like Eubanks, Jones has
become an important part of
Techs line up. This week she was
named ACC Womens Tennis
Player of the Week after going
an unblemished 3-0 last weekend
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against UNC and Wake Forest,
both quality opponents.
Jones plans to push herself in
a specific direction. Though she is
young, her aspirations are clear.
Describing her goals, Jones
said, Well, I would like to not
lose another match. Thats defi-
nitely my goal. Especially playing
at fourth spot and playing doubles
with Paige [Hourigan], I would
like to not lose another match in
the ACCs and NCAAs. I know its
tough, but thats what I would like
to accomplish. As a team, making
it to NCAAs and doing pretty
well at ACCs [is the goal].
Perhaps it is setting achievable
goals that has done so much good
for the Jackets this season, but it is
more likely that positive attitude
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HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
VOLLEYBALL PLAYS HOST
The volleyball team will play
host to the Beijing Automotive
Volleyball Club on April 11, one
of a series of matches the lat-
ter will play against teams from
across the United States.
Per the organizations website,
the club is sponsored by BAIC
Group, one of the largest car
companies in China. The team
is considered one of the best in
the country, finishing well in the
League A standings.
WILLIS EARNS HONORS
On Wednesday, A-back Isaiah
Willis was named to the National
Football Foundations Hampshire
Honor Society. Willis garnered
the award thanks to his work in
the classroom and on the field.
Willis was not heavily recruit-
ed out of high school. He walked
on to the football team and was
put on scholarship before the start
of his junior season. Coach Paul
Johnson bestowed Willis with the
teams High Effort award after
the season.
BASEBALL UPSETS AUBURN
Tech baseball is hardly a
slouch, but playing No. 7 Auburn
in their home stadium posed a sig-
nificant challenge. However, the
Jackets rebounded from allowing
the Tigers an eight-run third in-
ning to winning by a remarkably
comfortable 11-8 margin.
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Basketball loses WNIT in triple-OT
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The womens basketball teams
season ended in a slugfest against
Michigan in the Womens NIT
finals on April 1. Early in the sea-
son, Tech faced the Wolverines at
home in the ACC/Big Ten chal-
lenge. The game was extremely
one-sided with Michigan taking
the impressive 92-52 win.
Five months later, the Jackets
went to triple overtime with the
Wolverines, eventually falling 89-
79. It was the culmination of five
previous impressive postseason
performances by the Jackets.
Their road in the WNIT start-
ed March 16 against Jacksonville
with a 71-55 win. Sophomore
Kaylan Pugh led the team with
13 points, with two others finish-
ing in double figures. The Jackets
would then get lucky enough to
host their remaining games in
McCamish until the finals. That
home support helped carry them
through to the finals.
Their second-round game
pitted Tech against the UCF
Knights, a game they won 63-51.
ACC Freshman Player of the Year
Francesca Pan put up 21 points,
also leading the team with four
three-pointers.
Tech then faced Middle Ten-
nessee State and Alabama, beat-
ing them 70-57 and 76-66 to set
up a semifinal matchup against
Washington State. The Jackets
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had never faced the Wildcats in
the history of both programs, yet
the game played out like a classic
rivalry game.
With 3:49 left in the third
quarter, Washington States Alex-
ys Swedlund made a layup to give
Washington State a 54-43 lead.
But Techs defense clamped down.
Moving into the fourth quarter,
the Jackets continued to hold the
Cougars scoreless until 3:48 left
Tech womens basketball huddles before a game. Their close-knit nature took them to the
Womens National Invitation Tournament finals, where they lost to the University of Michigan.
in the quarter. Ivana Kmetovska
scored to finally break the Wash-
ington State scoring drought.
Overall, in the fourth quarter,
the Jackets outscored the Cougars
20-7, cruising to a 69-61 victory
and a spot in the WNIT finals.
The finals took place in Callihan
Hall in Detroit, Mich.
Even before the teams could go
to overtime, the game was neck
and neck. The teams traded leads
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throughout the game. Heading
into the first overtime, the teams
were tied at 67 points.
Those first two overtime pe-
riods were low-scoring, with the
teams scoring three points each in
the first and six points each in the
second one. The third period saw
a valiant Tech team finally tire,
with the Jackets ending at a 22-
15 mark, with plenty of optimism
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ly signed by the Orlando Magic
for the remainder of the season,
courtesy of myAJC.com.
Stephens said he is ready and
willing to continue his career
abroad. Perhaps China or Japan,
he said. Maybe Europe.
It is entirely possible that Ste-
phens career will veer away from
athletics. His boss at Morgan
Stanley last summer urged him to
treat his senior year as a time for
networking, advice that inspired
him to reach out to donors at the
Alexander-Tharpe Fund and at-
tend career-focused social events
at Tech.
A quick glance at his LinkedIn
profile is a reminder that Stephens
is keeping busy, from completing
internships to volunteering in the
Atlanta community. He is looking
to build on a fall semester that saw
him make Deans List while si-
multaneously balancing training,
practice and games. His ability to
understand motivations, he said,
makes him a compelling candi-
date for a number of positions.
But no matter which path Ste-
phens chooses basketball or
business the other will remain
a key part of him. Perhaps that is
his greatest strength.
As he finished the interview
and headed out, a GTAA writer
approached him, saying, We
cant wait to do a feature on you
when you come back to campus
one day.
Whether that feature will cover
sports, corporate America or per-
haps both is entirely in the hands
of Quinton Stephens.
majors
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HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
To an outsider, Quinton Ste-
phens seems to be two people. Is
he the outside-scoring threat who
served as a leader in Tech basket-
balls improbable National Invita-
tion Tournament run? Is he the
budding investment banker with a
resume and immaculately selected
wardrobe to boot? The answer, it
seems, is both.
Yet Stephens has not segregat-
ed these aspects of his life: each
has influenced the other. With his
collegiate athletic career at its end,
graduation nearing and questions
as to what might be next for the
charismatic senior, it is worth rec-
ognizing the progress he has made
in his four years at Tech.
Through his first three seasons,
Stephens was a role-player. He
would play minutes off the bench
against opponents second units.
A credible threat from beyond the
three-point arc and a high-energy
defender, Stephens was the type of
athlete former head coach Brian
Gregory could count on to spell
his starters, game after game.
After Gregory was fired after
one underperforming season too
many and a number of his key
starters graduated, the Jackets
could not afford to let Stephens
sit any longer. The Marist School
graduate was Techs leading re-
turning scorer, with five points per
game in the 201516 campaign.
Then-athletic director Mike
Bobinski hired Josh Pastner to
replace Gregory, precisely the
type of coach who would appreci-
ate Stephens style of play. While
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Stephens identifies Gregory as an son-high was a 23-point outburst around with the guys that maybe further than redshirt freshman
excellent tactician, he commends in his final game at McCamish it just takes me that much longer Sylvester Ogbonda, who will no
the approach that Pastner brought Pavilion against Belmont. His to get to the NBA. doubt see more time on the court.
to the team. seven double-doubles were cru- There is no doubt that the The next steps are uncertain.
From his first day, [Pastner] cial, especially for a team that guys will miss Stephens, the wily Stephens is currently choosing
made it a lot about energy, Ste- lacked big men. veteran who has been a source of an agent to represent him at the
phens said. He knew that we If there is one mark that defines inspiration and levity for his team. professional level. While his name
would have to adjust to him. As Stephens contributions, it is this: But Stephens is confident that has not generated significant buzz
an athlete, its easiest when a he is Tech basketballs all-time leaders will step up. in NBA circles, there is recent
coach tells you exactly what hes leader in games played. Through Josh Okogie, he said, is ready precedent for talented Tech play-
expecting from you, and youre ei- streaks and slumps, he has always for more responsibility. Ben Lam- ers joining the NBA. Guard Mar-
ther doing your job or youre not. done his part. Characteristically, mers is not the most talkative but cus Georges-Hunt showed signifi-
Those expectations meant changes he downplays it. will make himself heard when it cant promise with the D-Leagues
for Stephens, a gangly forward I guess when I first heard it, matters. Looking for an enforcer Maine Red Claws and was recent-
who often struggled to keep up his I was like, How? I was joking in the mold of Heyward? Look no see STEPHENS, page 23
weight during the season.
Once I realized the way we
were going to play, I said, Man,
were going to do a lot of run-
ning, Stephens said with a laugh.
We didnt know who would be
playing the most minutes. But I
knew that my body would have to
be fueled for the amount of run-
ning we were going to be doing.
Nutrition was huge.
As much as Stephens was fu-
eled, he fueled his team. Along
with guards Corey Heyward and
Josh Heath, Stephens was ex-
pected to serve as a leader for the
team. He did. While Heyward
was more vocal, Stephens was a
pillar, helping the team through
tough stretches in games and dur-
ing the season. The key was learn-
ing to accept his new role.
You almost have to take a step
back. Its like, Man, I may not
like my role, but I believe in my
coach and his system. I feel like if
Im fulfilling my role, Ill be help-
ing my team.
Stephens role was not that of
a dynamic scorer those shoes Photo by Casey Miles Student Publications
were ably filled by All-ACC fresh- Quinton Stephens looks to block an inbound pass attempt during the regular season home finale
man Josh Okogie. Stephens sea- against Pittsburgh. Stephens effort epitomized Tech basketballs high-energy play in 2017.