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Smoke clears on Thrones penultimate season
TELEVISION classic Chinese adage found
weight in the seventh season of
Game of Thrones HBOs Game of Thrones, clock-
NETWORK: HBO ing in with just seven action-filled
episodes instead of the usual ten.
WHEN: Aug. 27 Sundays 80-minute finale
STARRING: Peter Dinklage, capped off the highest viewed sea-
Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke son yet, and the episode ramped
up the tension as the show pre-
OUR TAKE: pares for its final six episodes next
year. But now that the dust has
settled, the million-dollar ques-
JON LONG tion can finally be answered: were
STAFF WRITER AT-LARGE seven episodes enough?
The shorter run brought with
The flame that burns twice as it a major financial advantage.
bright burns half as long. This Per-episode budgets skyrocketed,
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allowing for feature-quality fight the shows iconic dragons, drew
scenes, an extended finale and the comparison to the season five
best CGI dragons to ever grace climax Hardhome, which was achieve nearly the impact it could
the small screen. Every episode wildly expensive at the time. With
brought with it at least one major an increased per-episode budget,
set piece, leaving viewers excited moments of this caliber were de-
and engrossed in a show where livered on a weekly basis.
typically the majority of the dra- Unfortunately, the shows pac-
ma is political and psychological, ing did not benefit from the in-
rather than physical. creased budget. David Benioff and have been an interesting story of
The fourth episode of the sea- D.B. Weiss had a lot of ground to
son, which was director Matt cover this season, and squeezing
Shakmans first credit on the all of that development into seven
show, included one of the most hours left many of the shows sev-
visually intense sequences in the eral plotlines underserved.
show to date. This scene, a CGI- The single episode excursion
heavy battle between an army and beyond the Wall, for example,
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had little buildup and exposition.
Ultimately, the episode did not
have if it had been given a more
in-depth treatment.
Another painful feature of this
season was the pacing of the Win-
terfell plot, despite its ultimately
satisfying conclusion. What could
treachery and espionage turned
into a mess that was both confus-
ing and rushed.
Overall, the grandiose set pieces
served as a double edged sword.
Every episode included at least
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2 September 1, 2017 technique // NEWS

News
POLLY OUELLETTE
NEWS EDITOR
LIAR LIAR
At four in the morning on Sun-
day, Aug. 27, an officer was dis-
patched to a freshman residence
hall on East Campus in response
to a call from an on-duty peer lead-
er in reference to an intoxicated
female.
The peer leader informed
the officer that the female was
NEWS EDITOR:
Polly Ouellette
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR:
Jonathan Jeffrey
news@nique.net
vomiting in the restroom, had
vomited in her bedroom and that
the female was unclothed. Af-
ter asking another peer leader to
assist the student in putting
clothes back on, the officer asked
the student how old she was.
The student repeatedly insisted
that she was born in 1996, which
would make her of legal drink-
ing age, but the officer was not
buying it.
The female stated that she
needed to go to the restroom, but
on her way she mistakenly walked
into a peer leaders room and be-
gan vomiting on the floor.
After a delay due to lack of
staff, a Grady ambulance and
an Atlanta Fire Rescue en-
gine arrived on the scene. The
student was openly dishonest to the
paramedics.
It eventually was determined
that she could stay in her dorm
room for the remainder of the
morning instead of going to
the hospital.
CREATE-X Finale
The companies that participated in the Start-
up Launch summer program show off the
progress they made at the Fox Theatre.45
The officer, with the help of a County Jail without incident.
peer leader, determined that the However, the intake officers at
student was not in fact 22 but was the Fulton County Jail refused to
under the legal drinking age. take custody of the man due to his
The student received a stu- combating behavior and mental
dent code of conduct violation, state. Additionally, the State of
and was charged with underage Georgia refused to prosecute him.
possession of alcohol and giving The individual was released
false information to an officer. outside of the jail and was issued
his second criminal trespass no-
TECH TOWER TRASHED tice.
On the morning of Aug. 21, Later in the day, the officers
an officer was dispatched to the were again called to Tech Tower.
womens restroom on the first Innocent restroom-goers had been
floor of Tech Tower in reference surprised by graffiti covering both
to a homeless man inside. sides of the third stall of the re-
The officer encountered the stroom the homeless man had
man, escorted him outside the earlier occupied. The color of the
building and determined that graffiti was black, indicating that
he had no affiliation with the perhaps it had been drawn using a
Institute and was not authorized black Sharpie marker.
to be in the building. The offender was also charged
The man did not have any with one count of criminal
warrants out for his arrest, but damage to property.
had been issued a criminal
trespass notice on Aug. 8. NOT SO DRY WEEKEND
The man was placed under ar- At approximately 3 a.m., in
rest and transported to Fulton the early hours of Saturday, Aug.
technique
Friday,
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September 1, 2017
19, an officer was dispatched
to a freshman residence hall
located on East Campus in
response to a call regarding a male
student vomiting.
Upon arriving, the officer
made contact with the student,
who was alert and speaking. The
student explained to the officer
that he had been drinking mixed
drinks, particularly those con-
taining tequila and vodka, at a
fraternity house. The student
refused to reveal which house he
had been drinking at.
On Aug. 19, alcohol remained
prohibited at Greek houses on
campus due to fraternity and so-
rority rush events.
A unit from Grady arrived
on scene, and the student was
medically cleared.
The officer explained that the
student had violated the code of
conduct, and he was then charged
with possession of alcohol under
21 and a student conduct code
violation.

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Appointment of Exec Cabinet
Women in Architecture Beltline
Womens Soccer UF Tournament
Womens Rugby Scrum Machine
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ach week , this sec tion of As part of the Creating the
News will include coverage Next campaign here at Tech, this
of different aspects of bills session of the Student Govern-
and resolutions that have passed
ment Association (SGA) focused
on finding actions that can have
through Student Government. This
an immediate impact on student
will include the Undergraduate life. These goals would ideally be
House of Representatives, Graduate accomplished in the next zero to
Student Senate and the Executive five years.
Branch of both government bodies. One of the ideas is a compli-
mentary transcript from the Insti-
tute that would reflect member-
GRANT LARKIN ship and leadership in on-campus
SGA CORRESPONDENT organizations.
The project aims to give po-
tential hirees an official record of
on-campus involvement which are
AMOUNT GSS UHR not currently shown in the course
and GPA-focused transcript.
N/A N/A 37-0-0 Another idea: incentiviz-
ing innovation in education.
$36,259.34 6-1-0 35-1-0 Some teachers are hesitant to
make dramatic changes to the
$834.86 7-0-0 36-0-0 classroom because they fear an
overwhelmingly negative response
on their CIOS surveys.
$3,666 6-1-0 34-0-1
To fix this, SGA wants to form
relationships and generate incen-
classroom changes in the spirit
of innovation would not be pun-
ished. SGA representatives were,
however, light on specifics. SGA
also hopes to implement more
mid-semester CIOS surveys so
students can have their opinions
heard before the semester is over.
Another new idea is the con-
cept of a mini-mester course.
A mini-mester course sequence
would consist of three five-week
classes throughout the semester.
Mini-mester courses offer an op-
portunity to grow diversity in
available courses. Some ideas for
the classes include cybersecurity,
project management, leadership
and sociology of innovation. SGA
is looking for more recommen-
dations on courses that would fit
into this mini-mester, and is tak-
ing suggestions through a form in
the SGA facebook group.
ART ON THE BELTLINE
Women in Architecture is
an organization on campus that
tors and mentees as well as pro-
viding students with experience in
the industry.
This year, the group is partici-
pating in the Art on the Atlanta
Beltline competition. The orga-
nization representative claimed
that the $36,000 project benefits
Women in Architecture as well as
the Institute as a whole.
Competitions are also impor-
tant to the College of Design and
Georgia Tech as a whole. Partici-
pating in local competition shows
the strength of our school and ex-
poses the name of Georgia Tech,
said the bill.
If the project is chosen to be
displayed on the Beltline, it will
eventually return to Tech campus.
The structure will require 320
pounds of concrete and 7,000 feet
of steel wire, in addition to a vari-
ety of other supplies.
The project would be submit-
ted in the spring in hopes of being
accepted into the Fall 2018 collec-
tion and displayed on the Beltline.

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Peterson delivers Institute address Study reveals Techs
MAX KELLY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The 2017 Institute Address de-
livered by President G. P. Bud
Peterson on Thursday, Aug.
31 highlighted both the recent
achievements at Georgia Tech and
the goals of the Institute for the
coming year.
The president focused on nota-
ble achievements such as the suc-
cessful medical research projects
at Tech in 2017, the announce-
ment of the opening of a new cam-
pus in Shenzhen and the achieve-
ments of the incoming freshman
class. With regard to the future,
Peterson highlighted the improve-
President G.P. Bud Peterson delivers an annual Institute
Address that conveys his vision for the upcoming year at Tech.
ments on campus through plans
for new facilities along with the
focus at Tech on improving the
campus community.
There was a significant focus
on research achievements at Geor-
gia Tech in the past academic
year, with projects such as the
development of microneedle im-
munization patches in collabora-
tion with Emory University being
key advancements in the medical
field.
The president also reminded
the audience that the incoming
freshman class had a 45% Geor-
gia admit rate and a 23% overall
admit rate.
Peterson then transitioned to
the presentation of the Georgia
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Tech Scholars Program, which
allows automatic admission to
all Georgia valedictorians and
salutatorians. Peterson described
the program as a way to provide
students with belief that they can
come to Georgia Tech and noted
the importance of ensuring that
the very best arent precluded
from coming to Georgia Tech.
The topic of the new campus
in Shenzhen, China, was also dis-
cussed. The president highlighted
that Shenzhen is the fastest grow-
ing city in China and that the
new campus would further allow
Tech graduates to be good global
citizens. This expansion of the
global footprint is supported by
the fact that the mens basketball
team will play their second game
of the season against UCLA in
Shanghai, China.
A zero carbon footprint liv-
ing building on campus was one
of the new building projects fea-
tured in the address. Additionally,
the Library Next project plans to
replace book storage on campus
with modern learning spaces, sim-
ilar to those in the Clough Under-
graduate Learning Center.
The president continued on to
the topic of creating an inclusive
campus community. There are
plans to continue several extreme-
ly successful initiatives at Georgia
Tech into the coming year. These
include the Gender Equity Initia-
tive, Black Student Experience
Task Force, and the Staff Coun-
cil. Peterson said that these initia-
tives made him proud to be here
at Georgia Tech and that they
ensure a safe and inclusive com-
munity.
For those that were not able
to attend this years Institute Ad-
dress, a recording of the speech as
well as a transcription will soon be
available on the Presidents web-
site.
economic impact
POLLY OUELLETTE
NEWS EDITOR
Potential students, donors and
business partners are often told
that Techs economic impact on
the state is large and beneficial
due to the research and talented
graduates that the school produc-
es. A recently-released study from
the University System of Georgia
(USG) details exactly how big
that economic impact is.
Tech specifically had the high-
est output impact of the 28 USG
institutions. Over $3.05 billion
of spending went back into the
community over the course of the
fiscal year.
This is an increase from Techs
impact of $2.87 billion in fiscal
year 2015. Tech still had the larg-
est impact in the state in this year.
The Institute created over
24,000 jobs, including positions
such as professors, staff, construc-
tion positions, student assistants
and a variety of off-campus jobs
that are a direct or indirect result
of Institute spending.
The University of Georgia had
the second-highest impact for fis-
cal year 2016 with $2.7 billion re-
turned to the economy. The other
institutions with the largest im-
pacts were Georgia State Univer-
sity, with $2.53 billion of impact,
and Kennesaw State University,
with $1.4 billion of impact.
Throughout USG, the eco-
nomic impact of colleges and
universities in Fiscal Year 2016
totaled over $16.8 billion.
Around $11 billion of these
dollars were spent by the colleges
and the students themselves. This
includes money that was used to
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pay professors, operating expenses
and that students spent on things
such as textbooks and living ex-
penses. The labor income totaled
about $8.2 billion.
The remaining sum of money
was the re-spending impact,
or how much money people who
were paid by an institution con-
tributed back to their local econo-
mies. This indicates that residents
from the communities in which
universities are located are im-
pacted greatly by the spending
from USG colleges.
This component in particular
was calculated through the use
of a multiplier. This takes into ac-
count the average amount of mon-
ey that is re-spent into the col-
leges community and the amount
that is leaked, or spent outside
of the original community.
In addition, 157,967 full- and
part-time jobs were created. Thir-
ty-two percent of these jobs were
on-campus and 68 percent were
based off-campus. This number
accounts for 3.6 percent of all of
Georgias nonfarm jobs.
The study included that the
results indicate that continued
emphasis on higher education is
essential for regional economies.
The study also indicated that in
the future, a more long-term look
at the economic impact of Geor-
gia colleges might be appropriate
since universities have extended
impacts on their communities.
The study was completed by
the Seling Center for Economic
Growth at the University of Geor-
gia by analyzing data collected be-
tween July 1, 2015 and June 30,
2016. The full report was done on
behalf of the Board of Regents and
can be found on the USG website.
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Genetic analysis reveals health data of ancients

to make analysis harder, the holes reconstructed genome, allowing genes appear much worse than need to be shifted a bit to the
JONATHAN JEFFREY in the data did not match up: dif- them to make direct comparisons our ancient ancestors. right ... they are worse off than we
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ferent individuals were missing between the genomic health of Because of the lack of are predicting.
different parts of their genes, each individuals who lived across dis- studies on changes in the human Evolution might have been so
How has human health genome like a jigsaw puzzle with tinct time periods and lifestyles. genome over the last millennium, effective that it simply knocked
changed over the ages? several lost pieces. For example, the group found it is difficult to determine whether out multiple disease alleles al-
While it is not possible to travel This meant that it was trickier that ancient pastoralists may have the uptick in disease alleles was a together, which is good for hu-
back in time to test ancient popu- to make comparisons between fared better than hunter-gatherers fluke or a real trend. manity, but less than ideal for
lations, researchers at Tech did the individuals, Lachance said. or farmers. I actually think the strong researchers like Lachance and his
next best thing: study the DNA of The way we solved this problem The GRS data also challenges genomic health of recent samples collaborators who are trying to
their remains. was by comparing each ancient the common idea that our genes is likely to be due to the fact that use changing genes to help peer
A three-person team in the genome to modern genomes have deteriorated over the mil- our set of known disease alleles into the past.
School of Biological Sciences ex- masking out the missing parts in lennia. On the contrary, on the is missing alleles that existed in That said, there is still the
amined the genomic health of modern genomes. long-term scale, genomic health the past only to be lost by natural case that modern lifestyles are
147 early hominins who lived After filling in the holes, the has clearly and strongly improved. selection, Lachance said. This causing alleles that used to be del-
thousands of years ago, including group computed the standardized All of this makes it even means that all of our estimates eterious to not have much of an
that of famous samples such as the genetic risk score (GRS) for each stranger to see that our modern of ancient genomic health might effect, Lachance added.
50,000-year-old Altai Neander-
tal and the 5,300-year-old Otzi
the Iceman.
Their results suggest that
although disease alleles in the
human genome have been steadily
dropping out over the millennia,
reducing our risk for diseases
like cardiovascular disease, there
has also been a recent uptick in
genetic risk for cancers and
neurological diseases.
However, their conclusions
are not set in stone (unlike where
their samples came from). That is
because the research relies on the
proper reconstruction of genetic
data thousands of years old.
The biggest issue we had to
deal with was the fact that many
genomes from ancient humans
are incomplete, said principal
investigator Joe Lachance, assis-
tant professor and corresponding
author of the study.
After the group initially down-
loaded all of the 449 publicly
available genomes of ancient hom-
inins, they discarded two-thirds
of those genomes because they
contained less than fifty percent
of the disease gene loci. Photo by Christopher Moore Institute Communications
Even the genomes they kept for A team of scientists from the School of Biological Sciences, which included Principal Investigator Joe Lachance (left), undergradu-
analysis had significant gaps, and ate researcher Taylor Cooper (right) and former researcher Ali Berens performed comparative analysis of genetics and health.
// NEWS
Startups strut their stuff at Startup Launch finale
MERRITT KENDZIOR
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On Aug. 30, over two dozen
startup companies pitched them-
selves in less than three minutes
to over 600 local investors, rep-
resentatives from companies, and
interested students.
The event at the Fox Theater
was the CREATE-X programs
fourth annual Demo Day, where
students, who were mentored for
the past two semesters, debuted
their companies.
Georgia Tech has been about
innovation since its start, Presi-
dent G.P. Bud Peterson noted,
stating that innovation at Tech is
something hes happy to see tran-
sitioning from something the fac-
ulty or institute did, to something
the students [are actually] doing.
Dr. Raghupathy Sivakumar,
the founding director of Techs
CREATE-X program, kicked off
Wednesday nights event by shar-
ing insight into the young start-
ups. From interviewing a team
who was abroad in South Korea,
to having to explain to building
security that a prototype product
wasnt a bomb threat, this years
groups were certainly what he
would describe as memorable
from the beginning. Of the 185
interviews with applicants they
conducted this year, the selected
27 teams members hailed from
28 different majors.
After pitching their groups,
the startups demonstrated their
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products in the Demo Pit while
answering questions and net-
working with interested compa-
nies. The packed room filled with
the sound of drums, the smells of
freshly brewed coffee and sounds
of astonishment gave a glimpse
into the work done by these teams.
The program provides
mentoring from faculty and
professionals, along with $20,000
in funding to help the groups on
their way. Stephen Schwahn from
Crescendo, one of the startups,
credits the mentorship aspect of
the program as one of the most
valuable resources, saying that
the program really enabled us to
have the best and brightest minds
in industry to be our personal
mentors, something he noted is
[not] easy to come by.
CREATE-X is designed to in-
still entrepreneurial confidence in
Techs undergraduate students.
CREATE-X students explore en-
trepreneurship by jumping head
first into launching their own
startup during a two semester
course.
With seed funding, legal as-
sistance and intensive coaching,
students who are accepted into the
program often go on to have suc-
cessful businesses and have even
found their way onto the Forbes
30 Under 30 list.
This years batch, or cohort,
of 27 is the largest the program
has seen and their rapidly growing
popularity is setting CREATE-X Photos by Nikita Peker Student Publications
up to reach their 300-startups-a- Startup companies pitch their ideas to local investors at Demo Day at the Fox Theatre.
year goal. The event is put on by the CREATE-X program to allow students to debut their companies.
Fall 2017
Opinions
OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion
Police oversight of Greek organizations
Dealing with growing misdemeanors and violations
This past Friday, the Georgia Tech Po-
lice Department took unprecedented steps
to prevent underage drinking and misde-
meanors at Greek organizations houses.
As the law enforcement department
serving the student body, it is obligated
to ensure their safety and wellbeing. After
several ambulances had been called the
previous year due to alcohol-related inci-
dents, the police department strictly en-
forced drinking laws last Friday.
GTPD enforced open container laws
and issued several MIPs (Minor in Pos-
session) to underage students holding
alcoholic drinks. Events at Greek houses
were shut down early and individuals were
charged with furnishing alcohol to minors.
Perhaps most invasive was when a Pub-
lic Safety Officer performed undercover
operations at multiple fraternities, charg-
ing some for furnishing alcohol to minors.
Through past actions and policies, the
Georgia Tech Police Department has suc-
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
Brighton Kamen EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
David Raji MANAGING EDITOR
Megan Eberle DESIGN EDITOR
Polly Ouellette NEWS EDITOR
Samira Bandaru LIFE EDITOR
Tristen Allen WEB DEVELOPER
Casey Gomez PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Elizabeth Sit HEAD COPY EDITOR
A NEW KIND OF MONOPOLY BY TONY WU
OPINIONS EDITOR: Zahra Khan
Dont point that gun at him. Hes an
unpaid intern. The Life Aquatic
with Steve Zissou
cessfully established trust between them-
selves and the student body. Although
GTPD has every right to enact the law,
and should do whatever is in their power
to protect the student body, a different
approach to the matter may allow them
to achieve that without jeopardizing
that trust.
Rather than aggressively clamping
down on perpetrators, the department can
shift their focus to preventing students
from committing misdemeanors in the
first place. That could translate to improv-
ing communication with students by no-
tifying them of increased police presence.
Informing Greek organizations about tac-
tics like random checks may also prove
to be more effective in discouragement,
whereas infiltrating them may only lead to
charges and arrests.
As it stands, students feel comfortable
reaching out to GTPD. Nothing they do
should compromise that.
Zahra Khan OPINIONS EDITOR
Monica Jamison ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
Zoie Konneker ONLINE EDITOR
Beatrice Domingo LAYOUT EDITOR
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Accepting the limits of
control over our lives
With the beginning of the impromptu speeches will make
semester upon us, lets talk about that choice yours.
control. Truth be told, there is nothing
I wont cite a dictionary defi- wrong with this realization. Ulti-
nition, because that would be a mately, it is much healthier to live
pretty clich way to start this edi- a life sobered by your understand-
torial (then again, talking about ing of how steep the odds are than
my editorial within the editorial deluded by visions of grandeur. I
itself is pretty clich, isnt it?), but write not to discourage you from
control is essentially having the pursuing lofty goals, even those
ability to exert absolute influence you realize are at the very fringes
over something. of your reach, because dreams can
I can control my television. I and do come true.
cannot control the weather. More accurately, I write this
These are admittedly truisms. editorial in this paper, for
But sometimes the line isnt so this student body (or whatever
clear. Take my subset is reading
grades, for exam- the campus pa-
ple. Do I control ... Let the outcomes per) because it
them? There are
you cant control isthatat Georgia Tech
certainly factors I I first began
control that ulti- motivate you to excel in to internalize this
mately affect the
scores I receive on the factors you can. lesson that
there were factors I
exams and proj- could control and
ects. I control how HARSHA SRIDHAR outcomes I could
much I study. I SPORTS EDITOR not. Sure, I knew
control how many during the college
classes I attend. I admissions process
control the degree of effort I put that there was no way to guaran-
into my work. tee my acceptance to any particu-
In a way, I am luckier than lar school.
many. After all, I do not experi- But at Tech, surrounded by
ence the roadblocks that inhibit bright, inquisitive, ambitious men
the control of some classmates. My and women, many of whom are
family is not in financial peril, so I aiming for the same opportuni-
dont have to read my textbooks in ties, it all began to come together.
between work shifts. I will never In a world of qualified, tal-
be forced to skip class because the ented individuals, there will be
alternative is going hungry. Most have-nots (or, probably more ac-
of us can say the same. curately, not-have-everythings).
Yet we have all probably expe- As students, we sometimes impose
rienced that feeling of hopeless- pressure upon ourselves to excel
ness when despite our best efforts, among our peers.
a test or quiz or presentation (or However, not everyone will
course) doesnt quite work out the work for the next hot startup or
way we would like it to. Maybe its earn admission to their childhood
a professor or a teammate or just a dream graduate school. But with
bad day factors over which we control exercised over the right
exercise virtually zero control. factors, we can all achieve at least
We feel this hopelessness be- once conception of success a
cause we are reminded that we are meaningful, stable life.
not a particularly relevant variable I cannot say that it has been
in every situation we encounter. easy to turn this realization into
Applying for an internship where something productive. You can
there are 15 spots for 1,000 appli- bet that I still keep a watchful eye
cants? You can certainly increase on my grades, and I have a pretty
or decrease your chances through clear idea of what I want next in
your resume and interview skills, my career. But knowing that the
but the ultimate decision is out of fact that the odds are against me
your hands. should not stop me, that there is
Want to be president despite no advantage to trying less hard,
no previous political experience, is always reassuring.
incomplete financials and a pen- So as you head into another se-
chant for saying intentionally out- mester, let the outcomes you can-
rageous things on camera? Your not control motivate you to excel
odds might be slightly better, but in the factors you can. And the
no number of campaign stops or rest will follow suit.
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ROUNDTABLE
ROHAN MATHEW
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Discussion over foreign
intervention is the geopo-
litical equivalent to talking
about steroids. Most believe
that both of these things
have contributed negatively
and it is within everyones
best interest if we suppress
these concepts to obscurity,
and for good reasons. Inap-
propriate intervention in
sovereign nations has yield-
ed disastrous results rang-
ing from the long-standing
ethnic separations in many
African nations, especially
those in Rwanda and South
Africa, to the unstable
transfer of power in Iraq.
Despite these failures,
foreign intervention is an
essential tool to stimulate
the global conscience.
Things of this nature
will lead to bad results if
you take them for instant
gratification or if you fail
to plan out the logistics.
Modern day imperialism,
such as that in Rwanda,
where many big companies
are controlled by Dutch
businesses, left a massive
wealth disparity between
the Tutsi, who were favored
by colonial imperialist, and
the Hulu.
This sort of intervention
was done only to benefit the
nation, without consider-
ing the serious trauma it
can leave. In the same way
the invasion of Iraq in 2003
was done based on skim ev-
idence of WMDs, the hor-
rifically unplanned relief
efforts after the invasion has
crippled the Middle East
in many ways. To this day
the United Nations is fully
aware that if the operation
were better managed and
took better consideration of
the UN charter such a dam-
aging power vacuum would
never have existed.
What to take from this
is that intervention aimed
to change things on a large
scale has little consideration
of the process. If you look at
foreign nations more care-
fully with some mindful
planning, you get some-
thing like the UN millen-
nium development goals.
They were a set of eight
standards that the UN mil-
lennium summit of 2000
had set in order to facilitate
the growth of under devel-
oping nations.
The plan took into con-
sideration the current eco-
nomic, educational, societal
and humanitarian state of
many nations and had giv-
en them a comprehensive
15-year plan to keep pace
with the global community.
By 2015 it had been a fairly
major success at reducing
poverty and inequalities
across the globe, even set-
ting a foundation for the
nations to continue their
growth long after foreign
aid gets pulled out.
Are countries obligated to
intervene in foreign issues?
With increasing globalization, countries are often
pressured to address unrest overseas
VIVIAN WANG
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
There is a phrase com-
monly cited by politicians
in the face of war or insur-
gency: pursue not a mili-
tary strategy of brute force
but rather one of winning
the hearts and minds of
the people.
A dangerously innocu-
ous type of rhetoric, win-
ning hearts and minds is a
string of words that sounds
morally irreproachable at
first but more often than
not only shields an ulterior
political agenda. It was fa-
mously used during the
Malayan Emergency when
the British provided medi-
cal supplies and food to the
indigenous people in an at-
tempt to bolster the peoples
trust and reduce a tendency
to side with ethnic Chinese
communists.
In the sixties, President
Johnson kick-started a sim-
ilarly worded Hearts and
Minds campaign in Viet-
nam, followed by yet an-
other Hearts and Minds
campaign that was carried
out during the 2003 in-
vasion and occupation of
Iraq. These two conflicts are
currently considered to be
some of the most spectacu-
larly drawn-out failures of
the American military.
The issue with this ex-
pression is that it demon-
strates the most ironic and
problematic aspect of Amer-
ican foreign policy: that as
we parade around with an
outward agenda of democ-
racy and freedom, many
times we twist the meaning
of humanitarian aid by us-
ing it as cover for strategic
nation-building according
to our own interests in
effect, we make aiding oth-
ers about aiding ourselves.
Naturally, this leads to a
question of whether foreign
countries are obligated to
intervene in humanitarian
crises abroad.
The politics of war is en-
trenched in the nature of
our election cycle and the
partisan attitudes that stem
from senators and officials
vying for re-election.
Foreign military involve-
ment also often disillu-
sions the American people.
It becomes easy for a false
sense of a binary us-them
dichotomy to circulate, cre-
ating a common rallying
point and inviting the use
of scapegoats at home.
In short, it is fair to say
that there are instances of
natural disaster and signifi-
cant human rights concerns
that the US could be of tre-
mendous aid to. Further, a
show of military force is of-
ten needed to prevent some
foreign leaders from taking
advantage of weaker areas.
But obligation is a word
that should be carefully
considered before taking
action abroad.
technique September 1, 2017 7
WILL FINCH
STAFF WRITER
The United States is the
self-declared sheriff of the
world. In consideration
of the recent plan to send
more troops to Afghanistan
being set in motion, our
country becomes further
ingrained in an ongoing
military conflict, all while
losing touch with a public
that struggles to remember
why we are there in the first
place. However, that does
not mean that the ethical
missions taken on to partic-
ipate in foreign aid are mis-
placed. On the contrary,
moral efforts are sometimes
misguided.
Stopping the threat of
violence from terrorism is
what America has made
its responsibility, not the
state of the targeted coun-
try thereafter. As a result,
U.S. invasions like that of
Iraq lead to the corruption
that America was hoping
to end. The power vacuum
that groups like ISIL fill is
a consequence of foreign
intervention, that, while
ethical in nature, lacks
any cultural context. As
soon as the smoke settles,
there is the same genera-
tional internal division and
civil unrest in the Middle
East that can be attributed
back to the original draw-
ing of borders by Britain
and France in 1915. Halt-
ing corruption, restraining
poisonous local dynamics
and reviving economies are
inherently difficult tasks
but they are the other half
of the aid that superpowers
can and should give foreign
countries.
Humanitarian aid
should be the crux of for-
eign intervention. Whether
it is a crisis as large as the
surge in Syrian refugees or
as threatening as govern-
ment corruption, other
countries ought to priori-
tize the humanitarian needs
of the victims. Such is the
intuitive result in todays
globalized society: in one
way or another, one coun-
trys problem is anothers
via political, economic or
cultural ties. Foreign inter-
vention is necessary because
it is inevitable.
As such, in no way
should the obligation rest
on a single country. Amer-
ica is not the only, nor the
best power, to address spe-
cific problems, and the
same can be said about
others. Rather, the moral
duty to resolve crises on
any level should be shared
so as to take advantage of
economic and cultural dif-
ferences and ensure that
conflict resolutions are not
superficial ones.
True assistance is more
than contributing to the
conflict it is eliminating
any need for assistance in
the future.
8 September 1, 2017 technique
Barcelona: a city transformed by tourism
Graffiti screaming TOURIST:
GO HOME! and F*** tour-
ism! line the walls on the
streets of the neighborhoods sur-
rounding Parc Guell. Barcelona
residents have gathered in rallies
in popular tourist spots to protest
mass tourism and the resulting
gentrification of neighborhoods
in the city. There have been rising
anti-tourism groups in Barcelona,
such as Al Poblenou Ens Plantem,
whose About page on Facebook
reads, Neighbors in danger of
extinction Stop the tourist
massification! and whose website
URL reads stop mass tourism.
The government has also be-
come involved in the anti-tourism
movement. Barcelona Mayor Ada
Colau introduced a plan, known
as PEUAT, or Special Tourist Ac-
commodation Plan, to regulate
tourist establishments, accommo-
dations and hostels.
This plan was established in
response to the need to make tour-
ist accommodation compatible
with a sustainable urban model
based on guaranteeing funda-
mental rights and improving the
quality of life for city residents.
PEUAT kicked off 2017 by ban-
ning all new hotels from opening
in Barcelonas city center, even if
an existing hotel closes, and aims
to prevent the creation of new
housing used for tourism (HUTs).
PEUAT implemented such a
plan in order to ease the pressure
of tourism, to respond to demands
from city residents, to maintain
balance and sustainability in tour-
ism and to guarantee the right to
local housing.
The purpose of PEAUT is to
improve the quality of life of Bar-
celonas citizens and build a city
for living in, a city with a balanced
mix of uses, where urban diversi-
ty, a city that conserves the qual-
ity of its public areas, and a city
with morphologically diversified
urban fabrics.
The city council employs many
calculated regulations for curb-
ing tourism. Are these regulations
too harsh? Are they too small and
too detailed? Should Barcelona
locals continue the fight against
mass tourism?
This summer, I lived in an
area of the Eixample where cur-
rent numbers of existing HUTs
would be maintained. I was able
to walk 10 minutes toward Parc
de Ciutadella and the more tour-
ist-y parts of the city and enter
the red zone, where no develop-
ments of new HUTs were going to
be allowed.
... tourism has literally
carved out a distinct entity
of Barcelona ...
BEATRICE DOMINGO
LAYOUT EDITOR
When my friends visited me
at the end of June, I first proudly
showed them around my neigh-
borhood, neatly organized by
19th-century architect Cerda who
revolutionized the city-block lay-
out and octagonal intersections.
This grid-lock pattern defines
most of the modern and met-
ropolitan city, but their first re-
sponse to me was, This isnt what
I was expecting. The next morn-
ing, I took them to Ciutat Vella,
the old city of iconic winding
streets so narrow that perhaps a
tall person could touch both sides
of the street with their wingspan.
The old city, supersaturated
with tourists, souvenir shops and
overpriced tapas bars, was where
my friends immediately let out
sighs of relief and said, This is the
Barcelona that I had pictured!
Perplexed and flustered, it was
at that moment that I realized
that Barcelonas tourism has
literally carved out a distinct
entity of Barcelona, separate
from that of its true citizens.
I will be honest: I was under-
whelmed with the city when I
first arrived for the same reasons
that my friends were. I had moved
into a place where normal citizens
lived, away from tourist hubs and
among the normal hustle and bus-
tle of Catalonian life. I was ready
to see all the tourist attractions,
post photos to my Instagram and
explore the true Barcelona I had
seen all over Pinterest.
But the first few days consisted
of sleeping until 2 p.m. because
of jet lag, so I ended up wander-
ing around my neighborhood
alone. This proved to be fruitful,
because I walked into a coffee
shop and met a Barcelona local
who changed my perspective on
the fleeting nature of Barcelonas
people tourists and locals. He
asked how long I would be living
there, and I proudly answered,
Three months. DSLR cameras slung around
He flatly said that I was just
like everyone else in Barcelona,
only staying for a short amount
of time. A native of Seville,
Andalusia and Barcelona local
of two years, he assured me that
I could rid myself of the tourist
mindset and turn myself into a
pseudo-local in the few months
that I would be living there.
So as the weeks went on, I
attempted avoiding big tour-
ist attractions and tried to weave
myself into the social fabrics of
the local people. I did not visit
Parc Guell or the iconic Mercat
de La Boquera until the second
// OPINIONS
half of the summer, and I did not
visit Sagrada Familia until my
very last week in Barcelona. By
that very last week, I had become
hyper-aware of the differences be-
tween tourists and locals, between
tourist establishments and local
establishments.
I noticed that vendors at La
Boquera received nothing but
an endless rush of tourists tak-
ing photos of their products
without buying them. Residents
living by Parc Guell were con-
stantly disturbed by the rush of
tourists trekking through their
neighborhoods to get to the iconic
mosaic lizard.
Young local people drinking
beers at the top of the Bunkers in
El Carmel could not enjoy their
360-degree sunset views without
running into tourists with their
selfie sticks and obnoxiously large
their necks.
By the end of the summer, I
realized that there was definitely a
tourist problem in Barcelona.
While I do believe that tour-
ists have inevitably become a
part of the social fabric of Bar-
celona, I also believe that Barce-
lonas city council is justified in
implementing PEUAT.
Barcelonas true citizens,
infrastructure and urban fabric
deserve an environment safe from
tourism. I believe that locals have
every right to continue the fight
against mass tourism and preserve
their identity.
// OPINIONS
Game of Thrones
The school year started off
right with a finale that well
be talking about for the rest
of the year. Game of Thrones
wrapped up its seventh season
on Sunday concluding one of
the most exhilarating seasons
yet. As expected, its penulti-
mate season finale has now
succeeded in becoming the
most-watched episode in the
series yet. While the show may
almost be over, its legacy will
never die.
Terry Pratchett
Always know for his
levity, the late Terry Pratchett
reminded us all of his comic
roots by his final request being
fulfilled. The computer hard
drive containing his remaining
unfinished works was crushed
by a steam roller named Lord
Jericho ahead of an exhibition
on the authors work and life.
Even after his death in March
of 2015, the English author
still makes us smile in times
such as these.
New Class Schedule
For the perfectionists in
all of us, there is an unspoken
contentment in a consistent
daily schedule. That status quo
was overthrown and cast out
by the recent decision to radi-
cally change class times in such
a way that it has become as un-
intuitive as it is ugly to look at
on Courseoff. But hopefully
the increased time for breaks
means students making the
trek to Scheller are not quite
so rushed.
Fight Night
Mayweather versus Mc-
Gregor, or the alternate title:
ten rounds of predictable dis-
course between one of the best
boxers of all time and someone
who never boxed before only
made worse by the stream-
ing services being unable to
handle their Internet traffic.
Lawsuits are now ongoing that
epitomize disappointment on
multiple levels for what had
been one of the most hyped
nights of the year.
Houston shows resilience
in the face of disaster
Despite everything, Houston
residents have banded
together ...
CASEY GOMEZ
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
My family moved to Houston Church Central Campus has seat-
when I was four years old. I lived ing for 16,000 people and was
there for fourteen years until I finally opened to victims of flood-
came to Tech and in that time I ing on Tuesday. On the other
witnessed two hurricanes, several hand, many companies based in
tropical storms and many floods. Houston have aided greatly in
Even though we have stayed to disaster relief without prompting
weather the storm in the past, from social media. The grocery
my mom evacuated on Tuesday chain H-E-B sent disaster relief
after the first landfall. Like most trucks to provide food and medi-
people, my Facebook feed has cation, Gallery Furniture opened
been filled with photos of peoples their two locations as shelters and
homes full of water and roads col- Cheniere, a small oil company of
lapsing. Unlike most people, these only 1,000 employees, donated $1
are my friends homes and the million dollars.
roads I drove on to school. With the number of people
Despite everything, Houston displaced in shelters, some have
residents banded together and criticized Mayor Turner for not
donated millions of dollars as issuing an evacuation order.
well as opening countless build- Having lived in Houston I com-
ings as shelters for those who are pletely support his decision be-
displaced. Famous Houstonians, cause of the size of the city and
like Beyonce and JJ Watt, pledged problems that have occurred dur-
to donate to flood victims. The ing previous evacuations.
JJ Watt Foundation raised over One of the reasons people were
$7 million from an initial goal of not told to evacuate is because of
$200,000 and the owner of the the shear size of the area affected
Houston Rockets Leslie Alexan- and the number of people living
der donated $10 million himself. there. Houston is the fourth larg-
However, Joel Osteen, a est city in the United States. The
preacher of the prosperity gospel, greater Houston area includes 6.3
received a lot of backlash online million people and covers more
for not opening his church Lake- area than Rhode Island. Imagine
wood as a shelter. The former twelve times the number of people
home of the Rockets, Lakewood in Atlanta on the roads trying to
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Avenue
Review
technique September 1, 2017 9
leave the city. Snowpocalypse had
people on the roads for 16 plus
hours, but it is much more dan-
gerous to be stuck on the high-
way during a hurricane than a
light flurry.
When one considers the his-
tory and size of Houston, an
evacuation order seems incred-
ibly dangerous. People were told
to evacuate for Hurricane Rita in
2005; a few hours before the storm
made landfall, over two million
people fled the city. To avoid stop-
ping for gas or bathroom breaks,
people turned off the A/C in their
cars and refrained from drinking
water. Sixty-seven people died
from heat during the evacuation
and 23 perished in a bus fire. The
death toll from evacuations before
Hurricane Rita made landfall was
higher than any hurricane in Tex-
as, with the exception of the 1900
Galveston Hurricane.
Because of the heat and risk
of people on the road overnight,
Mayor Turner made the right call
in not evacuating the city.
Despite the devastation caused
by Hurricane Harvey, Housto-
nians have shown selflessness
and unity. Photos and videos of
strangers helping others have been
circulated on social media and
businesses raised over $72 million
for relief efforts.
One of the photos I have seen
repeatedly is the Be Someone pho-
to. It features a flooded underpass
with the words Be Someone
graffitied on the bridge overhead,
an image everyone from the area
is familiar with. I am proud to
be from a city so strong, people
can set aside their differences and
become someone great in a time
of crisis.
READ.
THINK.
SPEAK.
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Life
Astronomy club drives to totality point
ZOHA NAQAWE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
This was the moment that
some people anticipated for nearly
four decades, while others had
only heard of it a few weeks be-
fore. Some students thought of it
simply as the first day of classes,
while for other people Tuesday
was their first day of classes. On
Monday, Aug. 21st 2017, Tech
was in the path for 97 percent of
totality of the solar eclipse, which
meant at the peak of the eclipse,
the moon was covering 97 percent
of the sun.
Tech students reacted to this
natural phenomenon in a mul-
titude of ways. Some stayed on
campus to watch and others left
to witness 100 percent total-
ity. Astronomy buffs and plain
science-lovers alike flocked to
the path of totality where many
such locations could be accessed
at just a two-hour drive away
from Atlanta.
The president of the Tech
Astronomy Club, Darian Bender,
fourth-year PHYS, organized
an extensive club carpool event
for approximately 70 people, in-
cluding students who were not
organization members. Bender
is one of the people who knew
about the eclipse far in advance.
She, alongside the efforts of the
other officers of Astronomy Club,
arranged an overnight camping
trip to Tennessee the night before
the eclipse.
The Astronomy Club tried to
conduct outreach events starting
at the end of the 2016-17 school
year, she said. We knew that the
eclipse was the first day of classes
in Fall 2017, so we had to start
planning the event early so that
we can get people on campus and
West Village
AMY PATEL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
If you have been anywhere
near West Campus, the new West
Village, standing tall amongst
the residence halls, has surely
caught your eye. The three-story
construction, which opened in
August, houses a variety of ameni-
ties for students, faculty and staff.
Seen as a mini-Clough, it is home
to five new Georgia Tech dining
options, as well as two restaurants
found nationally.
On the first floor, a modernly-
designed Panera Bread is alluring
in its ability to invite visitors in for
LIFE EDITOR:
Samira Bandaru
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Hanna Warlick
life@nique.net
on the road the day before classes
started.
Bender had to deal with many
complications in planning the
clubs trip to see totality. She
had to find rides for dozens of
people, calculate costs, organize
reimbursement and find a suitable
campsite that could hold up to 80
people, as well as finding a way to
acquire enough solar eclipse glasses
and camping gear. There were also
participants who dropped out and
others who joined the trip at the
last minute.
Students look up at the sky to view the solar eclipse in Athens, Tennessee. The next total solar
eclipse will occur in 2024, but many students took this opportunity to skip the first day back.
a meal. Unlike most commercial
restaurants on campus, this loca-
tion allows those who are din-
ing to use their MyPanera card,
and redeem offers, as they would
be able to do at any off-campus
Panera Bread location.
The seemingly Pinterest-in-
spired stairs lead up to the second
floor, where the main Tech din-
ing is housed. A wide range of
food selection is presented, with
The West Village complex, planned since fall of 2015, final-
ly opened to the student population of Tech this semester.
Got spare time?
Check out the Tech Rec, located on the first floor of the stu-
dents center to de-stress using bowling, billiards, foosball,
a gaming lounge, and more! 412
Bender was motivated by excite-
ment and her love for astronomy.
I knew it was a special event,
that few people have the chance
to see throughout their entire
lifetimes. I was lucky that [the
campsite] was only a short three-
to-four-hour drive away from to-
tality! At that time, the corona
is visible to the naked eye. It looks
absolutely stunning. The experi-
ence at 97 percent just isnt the
same.
The environment that everyone
at the Astronomy Club experi-
everything from food made on
the grill, upscale Italian pizza and
pasta and locally-grown poul-
try and produce, to breakfast
treats, vegan, peanut free options
and eclectic Middle Eastern and
Asian cuisine.
Students readily have ac-
cess to Starbucks on the third
floor. Joaquin Ramas, a first-year
Biochemistry major, notes, Its
convenient that I dont have to go
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
enced during their eclipse viewing
was a stark contrast to the situa-
tion back at Georgia Tech. While
the people on the overnight trip
slept under a shooting-star filled
designated dark sky, students
who stayed on campus spent the
night preparing for their first day
of classes.
Gen Tanno, second year AE,
was one such student. He only
got to see the eclipse because his
professor paused class for thirty
minutes to allow the students to
See ECLIPSE, page 13
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
to the middle of campus just to
grab some coffee.
While some study rooms are
available on the first floor, the
majority of them are situated on
the top floor. These spaces are
similar to the renowned breakout
rooms scattered across Clough,
but are available on a first-come,
first-serve basis.
Although there is no rooftop
garden, perhaps some of the most
notable features have been the
breathtaking views of Midtown
from the outdoor balconies and
the calming atmosphere set by
the water fountains in the green
space below.
Its a wonderful place to study
and spend time with friends, and
the views from the top floors are
incredible, said Sai Nakirikan-
ti, a second-year Neuroscience
major.
While many visitors have
been ecstatic about the addition,
returning students and West
Campus residents have mixed
opinions.
Many Yellow Jackets have
expressed concern over shutting
down Woodys to create West
Village. Woodys, formally
known as Woodruff Dining,
previously served as the only
See DINING, page 13
technique
Friday,
10
September 1, 2017
How to make
your dorm room
feel like home
KAMIL RAHHALI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Welcome to Tech! It is the be-
ginning of the new school year,
and this means new classes, new
experiences and new people to
meet. For a lot of people, it also
means getting accustomed to a
new home. Amid the chaos of new
surroundings and tough classes,
your dorm room may be your only
retreat and respite, so it is nice to
make sure it is not stress-inducing
and make it feel more like home
(unless that is what home was for
you).
Here are a few tips to get you
started on making your dorm feel
like home.
REARRANGE FURNITURE
Your dorm room comes with a
height-adjustable bed, a few ward-
robes and a death-machine (rock-
ing chair). Before you do anything
else, it is important to set these in
a way you and your roommate(s)
can navigate comfortably.
If you are in a quad, moving
all of the beds into one room al-
lows you to make a spacious living
room.
GET YOUR OWN FURNITURE
Experts (Kamil Rahhali) say
having a rug, chair (optimally
beanbag) or cushions boosts the
rooms comfort rating by over 90
times the initial comfort level.
Mini-fridges are (not) option-
al; it is always nice to have a stock
of ice cream for those late-night
cravings. For anything besides ice
cream to put in your fridge, go
grocery shopping at North Ave.
ADD YOUR STYLE
Have a few posters, books,
paper weights and whatever
else floats your boat. If you are
really into a sport or a show, let
that shine! You will be happier
surrounded by the things you
like, plus people that come to your
room will get to know you better
just by being there.
Decorating your room with
cool favorite pieces and memora-
bilia will make it truly unique and
yours alone (except for your room-
mate).
BEFRIEND YOUR ROOMMATE
Stuff your mini-fridge with
food, because that is how you are
going to buy them over.
Late night Insomnia Cook-
ies won me over. It is nice not
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Get your head in the game
with Tech Rec
BOBBY GUILD
STAFF WRITER
On any given day, one can walk into Tech
Rec and instantly forget about the stresses of
the outside world. Located inside the Student
Center and open Monday through Saturday,
the Tech Rec provides a place in the center
of campus where students can unplug and
become immersed in an entirely different,
exciting and social environment.
Tech Rec has a hugely positive impact on
the community, said Matt Jones, a Tech Rec
student manager. Its a place where you can
come and do something not school related.
You forget youre on campus, and you can
just relax and become part of the community
atmosphere.
As a student manager, Jones gets a first-
hand look at how Tech Rec is evolving and
how the space can affect individuals and the
whole community.
The launching of new initiatives and pro-
grams to make Tech Rec more accessible and
enjoyable for students has been part of the
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weve seen is that theres been a huge increase
in the number of people who come in to use
the space, a huge uptick in rentals.
Moreover, events such as the upcoming
Billiards Class and Bowling Class will be key
to helping continue this trend of success and
in making sure people can enjoy all that Tech
Rec offers.
Before, people didnt really know Tech
Rec was here, Jones continued. Now, we
see groups of people that had never been
here before coming in and playing a game of
bowling between classes, or just sitting down
to eat lunch.
This change in pace at Tech Rec, however,
has not been without plenty of work by the
staff. Since its opening in the 1970s, Tech
Rec has been constantly evolving to meet the
needs of the Tech community.
Whether it is new games, renovations or
activities, Tech Rec has needed to stay on its
toes to ensure that the space is useful and ex-
citing for students.
We have new paint, we just finished in-
stalling new TVs and we plan on upgrading
our gaming systems in the near future, Jones
said of the recent changes to Tech Rec. All
of these things help to engage the students
and make Tech Rec more inviting.
Central to keeping Tech Rec up-to-date
is feedback from students and other patrons.
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People really like bowling and they really
like billiards, while video games, for instance
arent as popular, said Jones. When we see
that, we either make changes that will hope-
fully make more people interested, or evalu-
ate if better use could be made of the space.
Actively working to make Tech Rec better
has been key to maintaining Tech Recs posi-
tive impact and is reflected in the feedback
given by students.
Weve been getting a ton of awesome
feedback from our surveys, and they show
that Tech Rec has been improving year after
year, Jones said. Its great to see our impact
increasing as we continue to add more fea-
tures and as people continue to find what in-
terests them at Tech Rec.
The diversity of opportunities and the
uniqueness offered by Tech Rec are what
make it so special and a place to be visited,
according to Jones.
Not that many schools have something
like this to offer right on campus that is so
accessible for everyone, Jones added. Our
programs, our events and our activities are
catered for students and make Tech Rec an
exciting and dynamic place to be.
Be sure to check out Tech Rec on social
media to stay up to date on upcoming events,
and stop in to enjoy a quick break from work
and forget about the stress outside.
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// LIFE
TIPS FROM PAGE 10
living with enemies who have
sworn vengeance upon you, plus
friends are heaps of help and fun.
ORGANIZE YOUR STUFF
While some of us are good at
this, many are not. Organizing
your room may not make it like
home for everyone, but it can
make it better.
Setting up dividers in your
drawers is really effective for orga-
nization; you will be able to order
and take out clothes quickly.
The trusty fridge tends to be
a conscious blindspot for organi-
zation. Group your consumables
based on shelf-life, and make sure
you can always see the back of the
inside of your fridge.
If you pack your fridge too
much, it is easy to hide and forget
about foods, which can end up go-
ing to waste.
You will end up saving a lot of
time by putting in some time to
organization, and saving yourself
from loads of stress.
WATCH THAT SMELL...
Have a bottle of your favor-
ite air freshener, always ready for
action. Your dorm should smell
like home, but not too much so.
TIME AND A GOOD NIGHTS REST
As you live it in, you will get to
know your room better and natu-
rally feel more and more comfort-
able there.
If you get healthy amounts of
sleep (and a mini-fridge) there,
your dorm room will provide you
with all of the necessities of life
and it is the closest to campus and
classes that you will ever be.
Try these tips, and you will
have a place where you can relax
before cramming yourself with
caffeine and textbooks of course.
technique September 1, 2017 13
ECLIPSE FROM PAGE 10 DINING FROM PAGE 10 Kajzer added, West Village do not have one. As an alternative,
needs to serve more fruit. In con- those living in apartments are eat-
go outside to the Instructional buffet-style dining hall on west trast, another freshman, Sunny ing significantly less healthy food,
Center Lawn. The Georgia Tech campus, similar to Brittain and Wang, approves of the restaurant since they do not always have
College of Sciences and some fac- North Avenue on east campus. known as Farmhouse. time to make a grocery run or
ulty from different departments For first-years, the concept of With a change in freshman cook their own meals, and spend-
prepared the university for the Woodys is highly unfamiliar, meal plans, students have ex- ing $8.00 to $9.00 on a meal ev-
upcoming natural phenomena by yet many wish that they could pressed frustration over not being eryday is not very feasible.
setting up a filtered telescope and have an unlimited meal plan, or granted unlimited swipes, which For the most first-years at least,
an eclipse livestream from the ob- that there was a restaurant within limits how much food they can West Village seems to be a unique
servatory and allocating eclipse- West Village that served only enjoy at West Village. asset to West Campus. Those who
viewing glasses around campus. breakfast. A meal swipe at West Village spent second dinners at Woodys
Tanno recalls waiting in line Nicole Kajzer, a first-year said, only covers meals up to $9.00 in on an unlimited meal plan dur-
for these glasses but giving up Theres breakfast? Oh, I just value, and for many, the portions ing the past year may feel that the
because the lines were too long. didnt want to wait in line for are extremely small. replacement could have been bet-
Luckily, the aerospace depart- thirty minutes. Nisha Detchprohm, second- ter. Regardless, there is a univer-
ment also gave out glasses. He was Students have consis- year ME, said, Closing Woodys sal consensus that the tech-savvy
impressed but says, I wish it was tently complained about the makes it more expensive for stu- construction is optimal for hitting
100 percent [totality], and there treacherous wait times for dents. Many have found West the books and relaxing at the end
were clouds so it wasnt good half their food, especially during Village to be pricey for a meal of the day. West Village, welcome
the time. prime hours. plan option, especially those who to Tech.
Many students expressed more
negative sentiments concerning
the viewing from Tech. There was
a large collective opinion that the
eclipse was over-hyped. Tanno
explains this is probably because
a lot of people simply jumped on
the bandwagon and were not in-
formed about what the experience
would actually entail.
Bender has met more people
who were awestruck by the eclipse.
I think the only people who
were unimpressed by the eclipse
were those who didnt get to see
totality. I dont know how you can
see the total eclipse and not be
impressed. However, some might
have been disappointed if it was
cloudy in their area. Additionally,
Im sure some were disappointed
that totality did not last longer.
Two and a half minutes felt much
shorter at the time. Id love it if
it lasted thirty minutes or so. Oh
well Ill just have to go see an-
other eclipse!
The next eclipse will occur in
April 2024 and some students, Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
like Bender, are already thinking The recently-opened West Village dining hall has been met with mixed reveiws
of the logistics to view it. from Tech students, mostly concerning the wait times for food and limited portions.

Entertainment
Jortsfest accessibly showcases local DIY scene
MERRITT TREASTER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Always free, always all ages,
always accessible was the rallying
cry that once again united musi-
cians, artists and hundreds of sup-
porting fans during last Saturdays
JORTSFEST 2017. As a hybrid of
a concert, art crawl and gala, the
event showcased a wide variety of
talents from across the Georgia
DIY scene, from singer-songwrit-
ers to graphic novelists. Simulta-
neously, JORTSFEST promoted
an atmosphere of unification and
complete accessibility.
The festival, now entering its
fifth consecutive year, was initial-
ly conceived in Techs own DIY
music venue, Under The Couch,
by then-student Maria Sotnikova.
Back in the summer of 2013,
I was enjoying a warm summer
day and jokingly remarked to Mi-
chael Leon, then Booking Man-
ager of Under the Couch, that we
should have a festival in honor of
everyones favorite summer attire:
Jorts, said Sotnikova. He took
that joke seriously, and here we are
five years later.
Soon after its founding,
JORTSFEST quickly rose in pop-
ularity, both in general attendance
as well as artist participation.
While the first three JORTS-
FESTs were all held at Under the
Couch, Sotnikova continued.
For the last two years we have
been at The Mammal Gallery due
to needing more space than Under
the Couch could offer.
Since its relocation, the festival
has found an ideal partner in The
Mammal Gallery. The venue, also
founded in the summer of 2013,
has proven itself a refuge for the
type of free artistic expression
and communal inclusivity that
JORTSFEST aims to heighten
Good Time challenges romanticized criminals
Connie (Robert Pattinson) sits on the couch with Crystal (Taliah Webster), one of the
many characters he meets on his wild night traversing the city to save his brother.
The fourth performance of the evening, Lunar Vacation played their signature pool rock.
To increase accessibility, each songs lyrics were projected against the back of the stage.
with its annual event. The space
is tucked beneath south Broad
Streets network of colorful fa-
cades and towering murals, which
were added during the ELEVATE
art festival to revitalize downtown
through the facilitation of public
art projects.
The Mammal Gallery contains
a wheelchair accessible, zero-step
entry concert space on the first
floor, which includes a staffed bar,
gender-neutral restrooms and am-
ple space for the events concert-
goers as well as its tabled artists.
Doors to the event opened at
4 p.m., and the musical perfor-
mances were scheduled to begin at
5:40 p.m. In the interim, attend-
ees were encouraged to explore
the space, sample the bite-sized
snacks prepared by Atlanta-based
vegan and vegetarian chef Raw
Mamacita and learn more about
the different artists and groups
stationed near the entrance.
Several Georgia-based non-
profits, including Georgia
ADAPT, Southern Fried Queer
Pride and Georgia Artists For
Progress, were represented along-
side local artists such as Cat Pow-
ers, Rayne Garnett and Lawson
Thomas Chambers.
The music portion of the
festival began with an excit-
ing performance from local
singer, songwriter, producer and
community activist TAYLOR
ALXNDR. ALXNDR, a co-
founder of the queer and trans arts
advocacy group Southern Fried
Queer Pride, performed a set of
electronically backed pop songs
from their debut EP Noise,
which was released on Jul. 27.
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ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Monica Jamison
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Josh Trebuchon
entertainment@nique.net
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Following ALXNDR, Yukons,
a DIY rock group from Atlanta,
played a set of fuzzy, memorable
and occasionally bilingual tracks.
Yukons is composed of Danielle
Dollar on drums, Hannah Len-
key on bass and Jos Joaqun Iza-
guirre on guitar and lead vocals.
Chelsea Shag, the third per-
former of the night, opted for a
more intimate experience. The
accomplished singer and guitar
player scaled back her typically
electric blend of funk, pop, jazz
and blues to nothing more than
her voice and acoustic guitar. She
invited the audience to sing along.
Shag was followed by Lunar
Vacation who, despite their rela-
tively young age, have already
pioneered the emerging genre
of pool rock while simultane-
ously cementing themselves as a
FILM
Good Time
GENRE: Crime Drama
STARRING: Robert Pattinson
DIRECTORS: Ben Safdie, Josh
Safdie
RATING: R
RELEASE DATE: August 11
OUR TAKE:
MOHAR KALRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hollywood loves to romanti-
cize the criminal: the good man
doing bad things. The thug with a
heart of gold, forced into crime, is
left with no options but to hustle
his way out of a predicament. In
their newest film, Good Time,
the indie filmmakers Josh and
Ben Safdie attempted to subvert
this prevalent archetype.
The film takes place over one
day in the lives of low-life New
York hustler, Constantine Con-
nie Nikas (Robert Pattinson,
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staple of the local DIY rock and
pop scene.
Athens hip-hop artist and self
described lunatic lady rapper
Lingua Franca gave an outstand-
ing performance as the fifth act
in the lineup, accompanied for
the show by DJ Reindeer Games
and Wesdaruler.
Nana Grizol, the Athens-based
indie folk outfit with connections
to Elf Power and Neutral Milk
Hotel, followed. They showcased
several songs from their album
Ursa Minor, released earlier this
year by famed Athens label Or-
ange Twin Records.
Atlantas own purveyors of
fun rock, BABY BABY deliv-
ered their usual brand of high
energy enjoyment as the nights
penultimate act. LONER, the
experimental post rock and jazz
group, closed the night out with a
set of hauntingly beautiful tracks,
many of which can be heard on
their most recent project In The
Tides Of Time.
In light of the successful fifth
JORTSFEST festival, the future
of the event appears promising.
Sotnikova and the JORTSFEST
team have impressive plans for ex-
panding the event.
This year we ran a Kickstarter
campaign to pay for JORTSFEST
2017 production costs, paying
performers and paying fees as-
sociated with incorporating as a
501c3 nonprofit, Sotnikova said.
By becoming a 501c3 nonprofit,
we hope to work with institution-
al powers, like local governments
to foster intentional inclusivity in
music and art communities, and
we look forward to applying for
grants to fund this mission.
For those who missed the fes-
tival this year but wish to stay
informed until next summers
event, they can learn more on the
JORTSFEST Facebook page.
Twilight), and his mentally dis-
abled brother, Nick (Ben Safdie,
Daddy Longlegs), as they deal
with the consequences of a rob-
bery gone pathetically wrong. Pat-
tinsons Connie is impulsive and
manipulative. While he is not that
bright, he establishes early in the
film that he views himself as his
brothers protector.
After forcibly ejecting the im-
pressionable Nick from an un-
comfortable therapy session in
the movies opening scene, Con-
nie leads the duo into a poorly
planned bank robbery where Nick
is arrested. The remainder of the
film follows Connie as he impro-
vises his way through the under-
belly of New York to scrounge up
$10,000 for his brothers release.
Connie is fashioned as the
films protagonist, and the Safdies
toy with viewers expectations of
his behavior to further their com-
mentary. As Connie scrambles
across Brooklyn, he picks up vari-
ous companions: his histrionic
girlfriend, a teenage girl, a drug
dealer and a recidivist with less
common sense than Connie.
See GOOD, page 16
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Queens of the Stone Age revive 70s rock
MUSIC
Villains
Queens of the Stone Age
LABEL: Matador
GENRE: Rock
TRACK PICKS: The Evil Has
Landed and Un-Reborn
Again
OUR TAKE:
JOSH TREBUCHON
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Mainstream rock fans lead
tough lives these days. While
there are still major tours from
classic bands, like The Rolling
Stones and The Who, and an end-
less stream of re-releases of classic
rock albums to look forward to,
no one is truly releasing new rock.
While there is a major release
every few years by bands like the
Foo Fighters, these albums are
few and far between. To find a
large scene with plenty of creative
minds making new and unique
music, one must resort to alterna-
tives. Luckily for the rock purists,
the Queens of the Stone Age exist.
On Aug. 25, the now 21-year-
old band released a new studio
album full of riff-centered, hard-
driving rock songs. On the album,
titled Villains, lead vocalist and
songwriter Josh Homme attempt-
ed to revive a traditional metal
sound that has largely been dead
since the 80s.
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The sound of the album be-
comes quite surprising when one
considers that it was produced
by Mark Ronson, the British DJ
responsible for Uptown Funk.
Fans may have been concerned
that Ronson would bring a more
poppy feel to the bands music,
but he has had the opposite effect.
The album is more stripped
and simplified than the Queens
other recent works, so it feels more
natural than just about anything
else produced nowadays. While
Villains is hardly garage rock,
the rawness of the music reminds
of the Foo Fighters 2011 album
Wasting Light, which was re-
corded in Dave Grohls garage on
analogue equipment.
While Villains draws most of
its influence from the proto-metal
riff-rock bands of the 70s, it is not
simply a cover album full of aim-
less nostalgia and denial. Rather
than trying to stall or halt the in-
evitable evolution of music, Josh
Homme combined a classic style Photo courtesy of Matador
with modern synthetic sounds to Josh Homme and the other members of Queens of the Stone Age pose in a promotional
adapt old music for a new world. photo for their new riff-rock album Villains, which they worked on with DJ Mark Ronson.
The track Un-Reborn Again,
which could serve as the thesis for The Evil has Landed, per- the song employs tempo shifts For a listener unfamiliar with
the whole album, is a defiant re- haps the most traditional of the to reinvent itself constantly for the music of Led Zeppelin or
fusal to ever stop changing. In the songs on the album, features a six and a half minutes, resulting Black Sabbath, Villains may
song, Homme admits that return- heavy metal riff straight out of in a piece that is both nostalgic sound completely new and fresh,
ing to ones past is a temptation, 1971, married perfectly to drum and refreshing. a listening experience that is both
but drinking from the fountain licks from 1972 and a synthesizer This unique combination of rare and pleasant. For a lover of
of youth eternally freezes a per- from 1973. The only departure early metal sounds with the kinds proto-metal, however, this album
son in time. Homme sums this from the 70s Led Zeppelin style of shifts and variations in struc- will feel like both a revisitation
idea up with the powerful repeat- is the constant variation in struc- ture that only became common and a reinvention of a long lost
ed declaration that everybody ture; the track does not just drone with the introduction of modern and much beloved genre, an expe-
was drowning in the fountain on for six and a half minutes, as it electronic music makes this al- rience that is even more rare and
of youth. would have 45 years ago. Instead, bum a unique and exciting listen. even more pleasant.
16 September 1, 2017 technique
THRONES FROM PAGE 1
one white-knuckle, heart-pound-
ing action sequence rife with
high-end CGI and borderline gra-
tuitous killings. This kind of scene
is what viewers expect from a sea-
son finale or, at the very least, an
episode that has been built up to
contain a major battle.
While these sequences made
every episode feel intense and en-
gaging, the stumbling plotlines
underneath kept the season from
being everything it could have
been. The writers were playing Te-
tris with the plot and just barely
managed to pull it off.
On the other hand, even a
ten-episode run may have been
plagued by the same pacing issues.
This season had the task of unit-
ing several unrelated storylines,
and by the end of episode seven,
only a handful of main factions
remained. Several characters miss-
As tensions rise in the seven kingdoms, Bronn (Jerome Flynn) consults with Jaime Lannister
(Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in the penultimate season finale of HBOs Game of Thrones.
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ing from seasons past made a re-
turn as well, giving Benioff and
Weiss even more ground to cover.
In the end this reviving of old
plotlines was necessary, as viewers
now have no questions about the
state of any given character going
into the final season.
The Greyjoys, for example,
have finally returned to the Game
and add some much-needed depth
to the fight for the Iron Throne.
Alfie Allens (John Wick)
ever poignant performance as
Theon Greyjoy finally holds some
weight, and his larger role heading
into the final season gives a reason
to finally become invested in his
character once again.
The shows ensemble cast was
as its best, making the clunky pac-
ing all the more bearable. Sophie
Turner (X-Men: Apocalypse)
and Maisie Williams (Cyberbul-
ly) have grown into their roles as
the wise-beyond-her-years matri-
arch and jaded supernatural killer.
Isaac Hempstead Wright (The
Awakening) brought the appro-
priate cold numbness to his role as
the now-omniscient Bran Stark.
The often-lauded performances
by Peter Dinklage (X-Men: Days
of Future Past), Emilia Clarke
(Me Before You) and Kit Har-
ington (Pompeii) held up to the
Emmy-calibre standard set in the
previous six seasons.
This season marked an impor-
tant shift in the creative direction
of the series: creators Benioff and
Weiss are no longer adapting their
show from concrete source mate-
rial. Since George R.R. Martins
sixth novel in the series is still un-
finished, Benioff and Weiss were
tasked with moving the story for-
ward themselves.
The result, though poorly
paced at times, is one of the most
engrossing seasons of TV in
recent memory.
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GOOD FROM PAGE 14
He consistently manages to
abuse, manipulate and aban-
don all of them as he wings his
way from place to place, trying
to enact some farfetched plan to
save his brother and evade incar-
ceration himself. Yet, the audi-
ence still manages to root for
him: viewers believe him to be
better than his victims. He is
fighting for a noble cause for tion. As the music drones and
his brother and that must ex-
cuse all of his misdeeds.
Much of the performances ap-
peal falls on the talented shoulders
of Pattinson, who has, over the
past few years, cemented himself
as one of the most capable actors
in indie cinema right now. Trans-
formed by a scruffy goatee and
unkempt bleached hair, he hu-
manizes the foolish Connie, por-
traying him at once as both sin-
cere and irredeemably corrupted
by a life of crime that he cannot
seem to escape.
However, most of the films
power and emotional heft stems
from its phenomenal soundtrack
and direction. The camera is
anxious and restless; it bobs and
weaves, shakes and shivers. A sig-
nificant portion of the shots in
the movie are close-ups, further
cementing the heightened sense
of awareness and desperation that
both Nick and Connie experience.
Simultaneously, the prevalence
of close shots also highlights how
oblivious Connie can sometimes
be to the impacts of his impulses
on himself and others. He is driv-
en only by rabid desperation to
evade arrest and free his brother,
unaware of the ultimate futility of
his actions.
This anxiety is only height-
ened by the color palette that the
Safdies chose. The film, taking
place largely at night, is awash
with neon hues and half-shad-
ows. Pale reds and greens trace
the characters, and police sirens
// ENTERTAINMENT
illuminate the night. Much of the
movies light sources are police
sirens, exemplifying how Connie
and criminals like him truly have
no place even in the underworld
they used to call home. Adorned
in neon frenzy, Connies despera-
tion translates into constant thrills
for the audience.
The soundtrack, produced by
Oneotrix Point Never, is a haunt-
ing, frenetic electronic composi-
swells, it tracks Connie through
each twist and turn of the plot,
overwhelming both viewers and
characters with sensation until
there are no more twists to take.
These technical aspects of the film
are exhilarating. The soundtrack
burrows under ones skin and into
ones bones.
The film stresses viewers and
makes them jitter because, as
much as they desperately hope
that there may be a way out for
Connie and his kind of roman-
tic criminal, there is none. By the
films ending, viewers realize that,
for all his delusions of nobility and
self-sacrifice, Connie is a selfish
man whose life of crime harms all
he touches, especially his brother.
There is nothing romantic about
Connies actions.
While the Safdies made this
point clear by the end of the film,
the plot occasionally meanders,
jumping on distractions that add
unnecessary levity to an otherwise
somber film. Occasionally, the
plot twists simply for the sake of
twisting, and these diversions oc-
clude a narrative that otherwise
could have been very powerful.
These gaps in the overall com-
mentary could have been avoided
if the Safdies had produced a
slightly stronger and tighter script
that better focused on Connies
flawed character. Nonetheless,
Good Time is thrilling ride
that all cinephiles should watch at
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
or Regal Atlantic Station.
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Mobile Games
As a Tech student, time management is critical, so one might decide that console or PC video games are too time consuming or
inconvenient to be enjoyed on a regular basis. The solution is mobile games, which can be played on-the-go and tend to have
conveniently short levels or frequent stopping points. While there will always be a place for in-depth storytelling and well-rendered
graphics in console games, sometimes the situation simply does not call for such extravagance. For the decidedly low price of free,
quite a few mobile games are worth a try.

Zlatan Legends
Isbit Games AB released Zlatan Legends (Aug. 17), an interesting homage to Zlatan Ibrahimovi, a soccer
player for Manchester United. He is a top-notch athlete in every single universe of the games multiverse setting.
The game centers on the game DriftBall, which does not follow the physics of the real world; however, after
getting used to them, the controls are basic and easy to use. The best part of the game is its highly repetitive
arcade-style music, but even this acoustic backdrop fails to make the game interesting. Perhaps those who are
fans of Ibrahimovi would appreciate the game more.

Fast Track
Nathan Malvilles Fast Track (Aug. 17) foregoes story entirely. With its upbeat music and minimalist graphics,
this mobile app is quite enjoyable. Originally released Aug. 16, this app has already been updated twice. Within
the game, each level is a track with various obstacles and collectables. The player is in control of the horizontal
movement of a bland white arrow, jutting up from the bottom of the screen and eagerly traversing the track
before it.

Piece Out
Kumobiuss Piece Out (Aug. 14) is a puzzle game reminiscent of Rush Hour. The plastic cars and trucks have
become Tetris pieces with arrows to show which way they are allowed to move. With seemingly endless puzzles,
Piece Out can easily keep one occupied for days on end. While the puzzle game does offer audio, the tranquil
music in the background can start to grate after a while, so headphones are not even necessary.

Jazz smash
Mamaus Jazz Smash (Aug. 16) is, strangely enough, exactly what it claims to be. The players hit a variety of
objects with a virtual baseball bat in rhythm with a rather uncreative jazz song. There is an option to instead play
to the tune of something labelled Rock, but that change hardly improves matters. Unless trying to improve
ones sense of rhythm, this app seems to be entirely pointless.

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Without Mills, uphill climb for offense
HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
The popular saying is next
man up. Football is a game of
attrition; players inevitably get
hurt over the course of a gruel-
ing season, and the team must be
ready to replace them.
Yet, starting B-back Dedrick
Millss dismissal from the team a
few weeks ago leaves a hole larger
than any other players might.
Tech was ready to count on Mills
as a significant contributor in a
year when the team debuts a new
starting quarterback. Deadspin
projected Mills as one of the con-
ferences premier running backs
in its season preview of the Jack-
ets. Indeed, his 12 rushing touch-
downs as a true freshman were a
truly impressive contribution for
Dedrick Mills breaks through a crowd of Vanderbilt defenders for a touchdown. The Jackets
will be hard pressed to make up for the loss of Millss tough, hard-charging running style.
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a player just learning the ropes
against ACC defenses.
With Mills transferring to
Garden City Community Col-
lege in Kansas, a program that
produced former NFL running
back Corey Dillon, Tech coaches
can no longer entertain visions
of Mills trucking over hapless
defenders en route to an ACC
Champion-ship berth.
Attention must now turn to
who will shoulder the load left
behind by Mills. The easy answer
is redshirt sophomore KirVonte
Benson, who was promoted to
starter in anticipation of the sea-
son opener against Tennessee.
Benson brings a different aspect to
the offensive backfield than Mills;
he is about 15 pounds lighter and
as a former high school track star,
likely quicker, a key quality with
A-back Clinton Lynch banged up.
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There is also the question of
Bensons fit into a chemistry-based
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offense. Successful execution of
the option requires a quarterback
to not only trust his blockers but
also the A-backs and B-backs.
Without an extended period of
Without quarterback
time to build a rapport with Ben- Justin Thomas and
son, it would not be surprising to B-backs Dedrick Mills
see early offensive foibles during
the season opener.
(left) and Marcus Mar-
Fortunately for the Jackets, shall, the Jackets must
much of the offense remains un- replace:
touched from last year the of-
fensive line and receiving corps
return intact, save for dependable
center Freddie Burden. While
quarterback and potential starter
59%
Matthew Jordan looked shaky as a
passer during his start against Vir-
ginia Tech last season, the only ex-
tended action of his Tech career so
far, he will likely be more potent
see OFFENSE, page 22
of 2016 rushing output
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rushing yards
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rushing touchdowns
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Womens hoops continues global trend
EMILY DYKSTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
While most students are able
to find a semester to escape on a
study abroad adventure, athletes
are often not so lucky due to their
rigorous training schedule, which
can keep them tethered to campus
training facilities. However, the
opportunity has arisen for a few
teams at Tech to travel together
not only for competition, but also
for enjoyment and cultural en-
richment in recent seasons.
This past summer, the womens
basketball team took off for Italy
with the plan of not only compet-
ing in four international games,
but also exploring the historical
and cultural offerings of a country
which two team members, Fran-
cesca Pan and Antonio Peresson,
call home. The team departed on
Aug. 6 to allow the women to fin-
ish any summer classes they had
been taking and give the team
time to return back on Aug. 19 for
the beginning of school. Heading
into the trip, the women looked at
it as a bonding experience while
Coach MaChelle Joseph voiced
her excitement regarding the
ability for the team to travel to a
new place.
The women of Tech learned
that just as the culture differs
overseas, so does the game of bas-
ketball. The ball is a little bigger,
the court a few feet shorter and
the three-point line significantly
closer, along with a 24-second shot
clock (unlike the 30-second clock
in NCAA womens basketball),
according to ramblinwreck.com.
The Jackets practiced the differing
aspects of the game to ensure that
they could take advantage of their
international experience.
The first game of the trip took
place in the town of Pordenone,
Peressons home. The Jackets
Tech Athletic Director Todd Stansbury responds to applause during a home football game
versus Clemson. Under Stansburys watch, the Jackets have continued to expand abroad.
played Bosnias U19 Orlovi Banja
Luka, finishing with a 101-31
victory. This was the first official
game in which freshmen play-
ers had the opportunity to shine,
with Breanna Brown contributing
13 points and Kierra Fletcher and
Daijah Jefferson earning nine and
eight rebounds, respectively. The
two teams rematched with the
Jackets earning a second decisive
victory against the Bosnians.
Competing in Pordenone one
last time, the womens basketball
team fought for another victory;
this time over a Slovenian team.
On the way to an 81-40 win,
Zaire ONeil contributed to the
win and led the women with 21
points. Although the competi-
tions took place close together, the
team soldiered on and did not let
their guard down.
The final game brought the
Jackets to Venice, where they
played against a professional
team, Celje Slovenia, and sealed
their international trip with a 60-
41 win. This game was the closest
of the four, but the Jackets were
able to pull ahead towards the end
to complete their winning streak.
Photo by Sara Schmitt Student Publications
The trip was not only a cultur-
ally enriching experience for the
team but also an extension of an
international focus that has con-
tinued under Athletic Director
Todd Stansbury. While last years
football season opener in Ireland
was the big-ticket event, mens
tennis matches in the Bahamas
and a mens basketball game ver-
sus UCLA in Shanghai will keep
the Jackets on the international
stage. If other teams acquit them-
selves as well as womens basket-
ball, it could be the beginning of
a strong Jackets footprint abroad.
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OFFENSE FROM PAGE 21
on that front after a full offseason
to work with receivers Ricky Jeune
and Brad Stewart. The same can
be expected for left tackle Jahaziel
Lee and left guard Parker Braun;
both played well in their freshman
campaigns but have a golden op-
portunity to demonstrate mean-
ingful improvement.
Of course, it is entirely pos-
sible that Jordan will not take the
first snap under center for Tech
on Monday night. While he is the
most senior member of the quar-
terback room and acquitted him-
self well last season, the Jackets
have yet to name a starter, plac-
ing Jordan along junior TaQuon
Marshall and redshirt freshmen
Lucas Johnson and Jay Jones. Re-
gardless, it will likely take a few
weeks for real stability in the Tech
offensive huddle.
Somewhat ironically, the play-
er who might be most affected by
this recent turn of events no lon-
ger plays for the Jackets. Junior B-
back Marcus Marshall transferred
to James Madison over concerns
that he would not receive playing
time. That was an understand-
able worry with the ascendance of
Mills, but if not for that decision,
Marshall may well have started
his season in the starting lineup
at Tech.
It is worthwhile to remember
that Mills ascendance as an ex-
cellent running back was almost
as surprising as his dismissal. It is
entirely possible that Benson im-
presses and the void of offensive
production left behind by his pre-
decessor is filled. Yet no team can
count on such an improbable rise.
Paul Johnson mentioned that
in Mills absence, he expect[s]
the other guy to have a great year,
whether its KirVonte (Benson) or
Quaide (Weimerskirch) or Jerry
(Howard) or (Jordan Ponchez-
Mason) or whoever it is, courtesy
of AJC.com. Whether his expec-
tations are grounded in reality
will soon be clear.
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Pastner thrives in midst of perpetual cycle
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
For Josh Pastner, there is no off-
season. When the buzzer sounded
in the NIT Championship Game
on March 30, his season was not
over. It was just beginning. While
a large portion of his job is coach-
ing during the season, an equal-
ly important part occurs when
no basketball is being played:
recruiting.
This years recruiting class con-
sists of four incoming freshmen,
a graduate transfer and a transfer
from the University of Tennes-
see, a pleasant surprise after losing
three seniors who had significant
roles during the 2016-17 season.
Ive said this all along that
were going to be our best in the
[Class of 2018-19] recruiting,
Pastner said. Were going to
have the chance to make deeper
relationships, [and] theyre going
to be able to see us play and have
data points on us.
Despite their own admission
that the timeline will be long-
term, Pastner and his coaching
staff were able to pick up what
look like solid replacements on
paper. Additionally, Pastner is not
necessarily expecting to rise to the
top immediately.
We have to be perfect in our
evaluations, he said, so maybe
we dont get the kid thats ranked
the 10th best player in the coun-
try, maybe hes the 110th, but
through our evaluation and de-
velopment he ends up being better
than the 10th ranked player in the
country through time.
Nowhere is that more apparent
than in the pickup of freshman
Moses Wright. The Raleigh native
flew completely under the radar of
most recruiters. The late bloomer
did not appear on the scene until
Josh Pastner patrols the sideline during a Tech basketball game. Beyond his responsibilities
during games, Pastner has significant roles in scouting and on the recruiting trail.
too late to really draw the atten-
tion of larger schools; however,
he is the type of the recruit that
Pastner and staff can foster and
develop, a chance to make up for
the five-star recruits who routinely
attend ACC rivals like Duke.
Pastners experience with
evaluations can be traced back to
before he even started college. In
high school, he was writing scout-
ing reports and began coaching
his fathers AAU team at the age
of 16, a prime opportunity to
learn talent development.
I have great relationships in
the grassroots world, he said,
Ive understood the grass roots
coaches because Ive sat in their
chair, Ive been there, I get it.
However, despite this connection,
he still feels recruiting is a whole
different game. One, its an
extremely inexact science. Two,
it is as competitive and cut-
throat as anything because three,
Photo by Casey Miles Student Publications
everyones going for a small
amount of fish in a large pond.
Based on that toughness, and
the class of 2017 he brought in,
Pastner is cautiously optimistic.
We could be better but not
have as many wins, he said.
Theres a realistic chance of that
happening. The toughest job
for Tech will be replacing the
three seniors Quinton Ste-
phens, Josh Heath and Corey
Heyward who saw the most
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playing time last year. The biggest
thing these seniors brought to the
team was stability, through good
times and trying ones.
They played steady and
they were just sound and solid,
Pastner had to say of them. While
they were not the highest scoring
bunch, they brought experience
that the team will be lacking in
this season.
The biggest gap that is not
clear in the stat sheet is the loss of
Heath. Last year, sophomore Jus-
tin Moore saw a lot of playing time
at point guard early season; how-
ever, his playing time dropped off
as conference play rolled around.
Techs season turned around un-
der the control of Heath and his
steady hand. If Moore or fresh-
man Jose Alvarado can step up
into the vacancy, Tech may con-
tinue to find success.
The biggest thing separating
Tech from the upper echelon of
the ACC last year was a third con-
sistent scorer. Besides Ben Lam-
mers and Josh Okogie, the third
leading scorer varied from game
to game. Pastner did not sugar-
coat who he thinks needs to step
up to fill that spot.
Its very simple: Tadric Jack-
ons got to be an all-league type
of player, he said, Hes shown
it where hes done it at different
games, its gotta be the consistent
part where he [performs at a high
level] night in night out where
we can depend on him to do it
night in and night out.
If Jackson can step up in that
role, Pastner and the Jackets can
look to continue the success they
saw last season. However, the
team is still a work in progress
and results are far from guaran-
teed. Their season starts in China,
a game against UCLA, and at this
point all Pastner can do is develop
the players he currently has.
Sports
SPORTS EDITOR:
Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
Casey Miles
sports@nique.net
Game Preview:
Tech vs. tennessee Wages Carroll and Calvin White, Contributing Writers
The Jackets
In a few short days, a nation starved of
football will turn its eyes to Atlanta, where
the Jackets meet the Tennessee Volun-
teers in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and
a once bitter rivalry is renewed. Although
the Jackets have not faced the Volunteers
since 1986, Tech is no stranger to SEC
East opponents, as the Jackets look to
continue last seasons impressive 3-game
win streak in the division against the
No. 25 Volunteers.
New B-back KirVonte Benson will make
his debut in the offensive backfield, along
with whichever quarterback head coach
Paul Johnson deems most ready to lead
the team. However, amidst this uncertain-
ty is consistency on the offensive line and
in the receiving corps.
Since 2001, Georgia Tech has won 10
of its 11 neutral site games. Though this
game may not technically be considered
neutral, look for the Jackets to continue
their trend and start the season off right
with a win on Labor Day.
The Replacements technique
What does life without star B-back-
Dedrick Mills look like for the Tech
Friday,
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The Volunteers
Over the last few years, the University
of Tennessee football program has been
one of the most unpredictable in all of
college football. Head coach Butch Jones
looks to bring Tennessee back into the
national spotlight in his fifth year with
the program. Following a string of top 15
recruiting classes, Volunteer fans are
clamoring for a return to the SEC elite.
Tennessee will be debuting many new
faces on offense, including the quarter-
back, running back and wide receiver
positions. Redshirt junior QB Quinten
Dormady is the presumed starter.
Another key player on the offense for Ten-
nessee is running back John Kelly. Kelly
shined in the latter portion of the 2016
season when he was forced onto the field
due to injuries.
On defense, the losses of defensive end
Derek Barnett and cornerback Cameron
Sutton will make life a bit more difficult
for the Volunteers, offering the Jackets
some potential early opportunities.
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