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Top L: Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications; Top R: Photo courtesy of Ed Gomez; Above: Photo by Monica Jamison Student Publications
Guiding students through the communication process
BOBBY GUILD
STAFF WRITER
When sharing technical re-
search and projects, bridging the
gap between in-depth knowledge
and a general audience is chal-
lenging, and can be made more
so through common mistakes in
communication. Luckily, Tech
and the College of Engineering
offer several resources to guide
students through the communica-
tion process.
Jacqueline Snedeker, the Di-
rector of the Technical Commu-
NEWS
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nications Program for the School
of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, works tirelessly to
make sure that students have the
tools and experience necessary
to overcome these obstacles and
common mistakes.
She works with students at the
beginning of their first year all
the way through graduate educa-
tion utilizing various programs,
a senior lab class and individual
advising to prepare and assist stu-
dents at all levels.
For students, the ability to ef-
fectively communicate ones tech-
nical background becomes impor-
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LIFE
tant right off the bat during their
first semesters at Tech.
Ive had a lot of younger stu-
dents come to me for help with
their resumes and cover letters, es-
pecially with the upcoming career
fair, said Snedeker of her recent
work with underclassmen.
However, no matter ones
stage in college or beyond, the
basics can never be over stressed.
Whether creating a presentation
for a group project, a lab report
or an internship application essay,
cogently sharing what you find to
be important truly matters.
See COMM, page 10
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Making
MARTA
smarter
MONICA JAMISON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Begun in 1965 with the Metropoli-
tan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Act and approved by a referendum on
the sales tax that funded it in 1971,
from its first days MARTA strived to
be transit for all. Prices of bus fares
dropped substantially, and the West-
East line was built before the North-
South line, signifying that the system
was not just for Buckhead to get to the
airport but for serving the greater city
of Atlanta.
Over the past decades, MARTA
has faced a variety of challenges that
have kept it from being proportional to
Atlantas size, such as suburban coun-
ties repeated resistance to expansion.
However, our public transport is
still better than people give it credit
for, and with support it can grow to be
what our car-centric city needs.
A common complaint is that MAR-
TA only goes to the airport, but those
who make this claim clearly have not
explored the many destinations, from
shopping to institutions to stadiums,
that are along the train lines.
Recently, more transit oriented de-
velopments have occurred, such as the
planned housing and retail at King
Memorial or the existing Five Points
Station Soccer.
Next, critics will inevitably say that
MARTA only goes in the four cardi-
nal directions. While this is simply not
true due to the north and northeast
split of the red line to North Springs
and the gold line to Doraville, those
who complain about MARTAs limited
reach overlook buses.
See MARTA, page 6
Photo by Noah Bryant Student Publications
The CommLab, which is located in Clough 447, offers resourc-
es to students seeking help in various multi-modal endeavors.
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ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
DIVING ON SOME BASES
On Friday, Sept. 1, at 9:30
p.m., a GTPD officer spied two
men with what he described as
strange haircuts sneak into the
Chandler Stadium, Techs base-
ball venue.
At that time the stadium was
closed to all visitors, which should
have been apparent from the fact
that every single stadium light was
off. Despite the darkened facade,
the pair chose to enter the arena.
His suspicions piqued, the of-
ficer called for backup and an
entourage of officers followed
the pair to Chandler Stadium
and tried to make contact with
the alleged trespassers. Once the
strangely-adorned men caught a
glimpse of the officers, they took
off running. The officers chased
on foot, and eventually stopped
and detained both men.
They were searched but found
to carry no weapons or contra-
band and had no warrants for
their arrest.
The trespassers explained that
they were members of the Georgia
Tech Swim and Dive Team and
had entered the stadium as part
of a scavenger hunt for said team.
However, they could not explain
why they attempted to flee when
they saw the officer.
The students were driven back
to their residence hall, but not
before they were being given stu-
dent code of conduct violations
and criminal trespass warnings
that ban them from entering
On Saturday, Sept. 2 at 9:30
p.m., Atlanta Police Department
advised that GTPD support was
needed at Rocky Mountain Pizza.
An officer explained that while
sitting with his coworkers and eat-
ing at the pizza joint, he smelled
the distinctive scent of marijuana
in the back parking lot.
Upon arrival, the GTPD offi-
cer detected a strong odor of weed
coming from the back parking lot
of Rocky Mountain Pizza.
He stated that he saw the driv-
er of a Honda Civic lighting and
smoking out of a brown bong be-
fore passing it to his passenger so
that his friend could do the same.
After making contact with the
pair and catching them in the
act, the officer detained both sus-
pects, confiscating a black grinder,
brown bong and a green leafy sub-
stance (read: marijuana).
The occupants were found to
be Tech students who did not have
any warrants or wants and were
given student code of conduct vio-
lations before being released from
the officers custody.
The brown bong, black grinder
and green leafy substance were
placed in an evidence bin to be
destroyed.
WINDOW SMASHERS
At 11:55 p.m. on Sept. 3, a sus-
pect smashed the windows of five
different cars in the McAfee Lot
and stole items whose value to-
taled to $402 dollars.
All cars belonged to students
but were fortunately insured.
While the theft was caught
on DVD, it was only first noticed
at 2:09 a.m. on Sept. 4 when an
officer passed by the lot and saw
broken car windows.
Among the items that the sus-
pect stole: two calculators (one of
them a TI graphing calculator),
one laptop, a Subway Gift Card,
a black M-16 style AirSoft gun,
two ID cards, a debit card and
a wallet.
Dean McLaughlin
discusses upcoming
goals for CoE
POLLY OUELLETTE
NEWS EDITOR
On Friday, Sept. 15, the Col-
lege of Engineering welcomed
Steve McLaughlin as the new
dean of engineering.
McLaughlin, the former Steve
W. Chaddick school chair for the
School of Electrical and Com-
puter engineering, hopes to make
a big impact on engineering pro-
grams at Tech as well as the sur-
rounding community.
I love doing big things,
McLaughlin said. I love complex
challenges, and when they have a
positive impact on people and on
the Institution, theres nothing
more rewarding than that.
One of McLaughlins goals as
he transitions to the deans office
is to scale these entrepreneur-
ship and innovation programs
much larger in order to maximize
their impact.
He thinks that Tech has been
doing great things with the CRE-
ATE-X entrepreneurship pro-
grams. McLaughlin remembers
that the aha moment for CRE-
ATE-X happened in his office,
when a student fresh out of the
Inventure Prize competition real-
ized that he did not know what
the next step for his company
was. McLaughlin is also proud of
Techs maker spaces and wants to
continue to develop them.
Above all else, McLaughlin,
who prefers people to call him
Steve, wants students to know
that his door is always open.
Id love for students to stop
by, McLaughlin said. Come see
me with good news or bad news.
I hope students will feel really, re-
ally comfortable to come and see
me and share their thoughts.
In addition to scaling up en-
trepreneurial programs, blended
learning formats are yet another
way to reach more and more
people in the Tech community.
Massive Open Online Courses
and other online programs will
increase in the coming years. He
sees it as Techs responsibility to
positively impact those who arent
even Tech students.
Whats our role either locally
or nationally in terms of making
society more technologically sav-
vy, more technologically literate?
McLaughlin said. I think people
really believe that the gap between
the haves and have-nots from a
technology standpoint is widen-
ing, and if you dont have those
skills youre going to be left be-
hind. I think youll see more and
more thought going into how we
engage society more broadly from
a technology standpoint.
McLaughlin says that his first
act as the dean will be to do a
lot of listening in order to create
a strategic plan for the next few
years in particular, one that
will focus on the education ex-
perience of both undergraduates
and graduates.
McLaughlin began his profes-
sional journey at Tech as a pro-
fessor in the School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering in
1996, when he was attracted by
the Institutes rapid advancement
and growth.
Over his time at Tech, dur-
ing which he has done research
Photo Courtesy of Institute Communications
in communications and informa-
tion theory, he has held a variety
of positions and received several
awards. He says that the turning
point in his career was his time at
Techs Lorraine campus, especial-
ly his eventual position as deputy
director of the program.
I really got an incredible ap-
preciation for the kinds of op-
portunities that we can provide
to students and more importantly
the impact that it can have on their
lives, their academic careers and
their job prospects, McLaughlin
said. Georgia Tech Lorraine re-
ally, really changed me in terms of
what we can do for students but
also what Georgia Tech can do for
the world.
For five years after he returned
to the United States, from 2007 to
2012, McLaughlin served as vice
president for international initia-
tives and the Steve A. Denning
chair in global engagement.
In 2011, he was awarded the
second-highest civilian honor
from the Republic of France: the
Chevalier dans l`Ordre Nationale
de Merite (Knight of the French
National Order of Merit). He was
the first professor from Tech to
receive the Presidential Early Ca-
reer Award for Scientists and En-
gineers, under President Clinton.
McLaughlin is the succes-
sor of Dean Gary May, who was
dean for six years and now serves
as the chancellor at the University
of California, Davis. McLaughlin
was chosen by a search commit-
tee that was comprised of fifteen
faculty and staff members and was
chaired by Julia Kubanek, associ-
ate dean for research.

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CampuspreppedforweatherbyOEP Diversity task force
POLLY OUELLETTE
NEWS EDITOR
In response to the approach of
Hurricane Irma, Techs Office of
Emergency Preparedness (OEP)
announced on Sunday, Sept. 10
that campus would be closed the
following Monday and Tuesday.
Days of discussion and months
of preparation precede each time
campus is closed or an emergency
is handled.
OEP coordinates with the
executive leadership team and
GTPD as well as facilities, hous-
ing, transportation, dining and
other services for each closure.
In the week before Hurricane
Irma made landfall on the eastern
coast of the United States, OEP
was briefed by the National Fore-
cast Office and kept up constant
communication with other emer-
gency preparedness services.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness works year round to
be sure that the Tech community is prepared for anything.
At this point, OEP reaches
out to the campus community
via social media in order to in-
form everyone that they are aware
of the situation and a decision
about the status of campus will be
made soon.
In this case, and in all other
weather emergencies, OEP begins
talking with executive members
of administration at Tech, such
as the president, various executive
vice presidents, the provost and
others, early on.
As we see things coming that
may impact the Institute and may
impact safety, we start letting a lot
of our different stakeholder groups
on campus know, said Will
Smith, director of emergency pre-
paredness. The big thing, besides
just giving them information, is
we start having conversations and
anticipating. With weather, we
have a little bit of an opportunity
to get ahead of it.
Photo by Maria Furukawa Student Publications
Eventually, the governor issued
a state of emergency for all coun-
ties in Georgia for Monday and
Tuesday, and Tech followed suit.
The logic behind closing
Monday and Tuesday was that if
we did get a significant impact, we
would need time early Tuesday to
do a true damage assessment and
really understand the impacts on
campus and in the greater com-
munity so that we could give a
full appraisal to the executive
leadership team on whether or
not the campus was ready to be
opened, Smith said.
Often, President G.P. Bud
Peterson and other executives are
highly involved in making the
closed-campus decision, and are
given the final say in whether or
not it stays open. Peterson himself
is known to walk around campus,
appraising conditions and keeping
an eye on safety issues.
When campus closures occur,
OEP is concerned with suspend-
ing operations on campus that
can wait, like classes, and retain-
ing essential services that feed and
house those that live on campus.
In most cases of severe weather,
OEP tries to keep people off the
roads in order to make way for ve-
hicles that will clean up from the
event as well as keep people safe.
Campus reopens only when
it is determined that campus
and the surrounding communi-
ties will provide a strong enough
infrastructure for students, staff
and faculty to return to campus
and class.
OEP is in the spotlight rarely
usually when Georgia Tech
Emergency Notification Services
issues an alert in a case that there
is an imminent threat and imme-
diate action is required. However,
OEP works throughout the year
to respond to, prevent and prepare
for the next challenge they have
to confront.
releases updates
MERRITT KENDZIOR
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Techs Institute of Diversity
partnered with the Division of
Student Life and Undergraduate
Education to create the Imple-
mentation Committee, which will
to carry out recommendations put
forth by the Black Student Experi-
ence Task Force in order to ensure
a welcoming, inclusive campus.
The committee features students
and leaders from Institute Di-
versity, Student Life and Under-
graduate Education and recently
released an update on its progress
to address 11 recommendations.
Updates on the progress of,
and with recommendations for
new actions, are released quar-
terly by the task force until the
end of the 2018-19 academic year.
The recommendations are sepa-
rated into the four impact areas,
including: programs, trainings,
physical spaces and planning and
assessments.
As we enter the second year of
implementation, our priorities are
to identify ways to substantively
impact bias education within the
campus community, said Vice
President of Institute Diversity
Archie Ervin, who chairs the task
force. The implementation com-
mittee is also looking more ex-
pansively at the recommendations
and connecting them to broader
campus issues.
Of the task forces 57 areas for
improvement, eight have been
completed to date, 30 are in prog-
ress and 19 are on the agenda to be
addressed before their three-year
cycle ends in 2019.
Four of the recommendations
released on Aug. 25 fall under the
programs category and include
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intercultural student and report-
ing system programs. The main
academic program, Challenge,
set a new goal of 175 underrepre-
sented minority and women stu-
dents by 2019. This past summer
the Challenge program welcomed
its largest group to Tech with 54%
women, 68% of whom were black.
The orientation programs fea-
ture changes to FASET and GT
1000 in an effort to identify a
broader orientation process be-
yond just FASET each year. This
includes showing videos high-
lighting Techs diversity at FASET
and conducting workshops on di-
versity and inclusion for GT 1000
instructors before classes begin.
In addition, the Implementa-
tion Committee plans to work
hand-in-hand with students in
efforts to gain feedback on com-
munity and climate issues that
they can then develop solutions
for. Lastly, the committee is work-
ing to develop a system where
students can report discrimina-
tion and harassment through an
updated EthicsPoint portal this
upcoming fall.
Both the trainings and the
planning and assessment impact
areas saw three recommendations,
each which feature changes to
community orientation and train-
ing, cultural inclusivity leadership
training, continued training and
support offered to Greek educa-
tion for training and initiatives to
continue and improve the strate-
gic plan, campus climate assess-
ment and institutional climate
change and growth.
For the physical spaces catego-
ry, the task force outlined goals of
identifying space and support for
the Multicultural Center as part
of the Student Center expansion.
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OPINIONS EDITOR: Zahra Khan technique

I set out to be a hero and a legend,
and ended up a lobbyist.
Lewis MacAdams
September 15, 2017
5
Friday,

OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

Making career fair a positive experience
Planning with the students in mind
As the postponed career fair approach-
es, students polish their resumes, prepare
their elevator pitches and work on their
portfolios. Tech fosters an atmosphere of
professional development, placing great
emphasis on students earning internships
and co-ops during their time here. Its clear
that career fairs hold great significance and
the all-majors one in particular attracts
over 5,000 students a year.
Considering the large number of
students who attend it, Techs policies
should not cause inconveniences for
those who wish to attend by having them
choose between academics and their
career prospects.
The new no bags policy in particular
does not consider students who may have
classes around the same time as the event.
Housing is often located a great distance
from the CRC, with many having to com-
mute to campus, making it difficult for
them to work on assignments, attend class-
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
Polly Ouellette NEWS EDITOR
Samira Bandaru LIFE EDITOR
Tristen Allen WEB DEVELOPER
Casey Gomez PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Elizabeth Sit HEAD COPY EDITOR
PROFESSOR S PREFERENCE BY TONY WU
es and participate in the fair. This is espe-
cially true as professors continue to assign
regular course loads during that time.
Perhaps shifting the focus from the all-
majors career fair to the majors-specific
ones could help make them a more posi-
tive experience. It would result in reduced
traffic and the number of bags in an already
crowded room at the all-majors fair. Fun-
neling resources towards the major-specif-
ic fairs, instead of the one encompassing all
majors, could also result in increased op-
portunities for underrepresented majors.
Several departments could benefit from
showcasing opportunities within their
own fields rather than having students at-
tend an event prominently geared towards
STEM majors.
We ask that some policies be reviewed
to make the career fairs that take place
effective and accessible to everyone,
and some consideration be shown for
the students.
Zahra Khan OPINIONS EDITOR
Monica Jamison ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
Zoie Konneker ONLINE EDITOR
Megan Eberle DESIGN EDITOR
Pursuing design in an
engineering world
Being an Industrial Designer information or a cool company
is tough, because no one out that you think you would like to
there takes you seriously enough. work for, only to find out that
Engineers seem to think you are 90% of the people there did not
just an artist, while artists tend even know your major existed. To
to drift towards the perspective be successful in Industrial Design,
that you are just a mediocre art- you have to go the extra mile,
ist. Trying to land that dream job? more so than many other majors
Think again. are pressured to do.
In my time at Tech, I have de- Personally, I have made about
veloped and acquired various skill five different online and print
sets and experiences. I have learned portfolios in my four years here
that it does not matter what the at Tech. I can totally assure you,
engineering majors think of you, there is no worse feeling you can
because at the end of the day you experience than when you spend
have to suck it up a couple of weeks
and work together We depend on each straight on hun-
before they real- dreds of arrange-
ize how much you other, and we also ments to present
are actually worth. have to push ourselves yourself to the
And the artists world, only to look
opinions do not individually to get to over your shoulder
really matter ei- where we want to go. at your classmates
ther because you far superior collec-
are probably going tion. It is okay to
to end up making
MEGAN EBERLE
more money than
DESIGN EDITOR want to cry.
But you pick
them anyway. yourself up, start
The thing that no one can real- over, and try again.
ly prepare you for, however, is that I would like to tell you that I
after all of the time and effort ex- have it all figured out, and that I
pended at this school, it is nearly am satisfied with what I have, but
impossible to land your dream job I cannot. I do not know if that will
right out of college. ever be true. But, unfortunately, I
You may start scrolling think that is what it takes to be in
through pages on LinkedIn or this field; you have to constantly
Glassdoor early on, trying to see push yourself more than others do
what options are out there for you. or will.
However you will quickly learn The one thing I can tell you is
that when you search industrial that there is also no better feeling
design jobs, nothing pops up and than when you get that call back
you will have to figure it out on or when you land that interview,
your own. knowing that someone else looked
Industrial design is such a cool at your work and thought you
major, in my opinion, because of were pretty awesome.
how diverse it is. There are essen- So here I am, approaching
tially limitless options for what graduation and I have no idea
we can do with our skills: graphic what I want to pursue as my ca-
design, interior design, product reer. That is okay.
design, packaging design, health- Even though there is this
care... the list goes on and on. looming pressure to find a job and
Although I choose to look start a career, I am more focused
optimistically at the broadness on coming to terms with what I
of this field, the realization of want to do with my life. Because
the downside does come heavily: I know that, being an Industrial
when you are trying to search for Designer, I can change the world.
that entry level position in your I may have poked fun at some
field after you graduate, you have of the engineers and artists earlier,
to know what you want to do with but in all honesty, we are all in
your life. Pretty scary, right? this together. We depend on each
There is only so much a project other, and we also have to push
in a studio course or that intern- ourselves individually to get to
ship you happened upon last sum- where we want to go.
mer can help you figure out about So look out, world. We are
your passion. coming at you with full force,
You can wander around the and I know it may not seem like
career fair aimlessly, looking for it now, but I will be ready for it.

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Are sanctions effective tools

ROUNDTABLE for political leverage?
GRACE FLETCHER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Economic sanctions
have long been a part of
United States history. Gen-
erally used to punish or de-
ter a certain government or
entity, sanctions can come
in the form of tariffs, quotas
and more. While meant to
influence the policies and
decisions of the target, they
often have broader implica-
tions in terms of affecting
the economies of more than
just the target country and
affecting innocent citizens
more than the leaders.
A recent example of a
sanction causing harm is
in Venezuela, which is cur-
rently recovering from de-
pression. Within the past
month, Trump has issued
an embargo that will inten-
sify Venezuelas shortages of
food and other goods and
will limit their ability for
growth. Venezuelas infla-
tion rate over the past year
has been more than 600
percent, putting the coun-
try in an inflation-depreci-
ation spiral. Additionally,
now that the U.S. has ex-
cluded the country from the
international financial sys-
tem, Venezuelans will have
an even harder time restruc-
turing their economy. Aside
from Venezuela bearing a
great cost, this sanction can
increase costs for the U.S.
as well because Venezuela
is unable to sell or borrow
assets. This drawback could
potentially be prevalent in
any sanction, but it is par-
ticularly relevant here.
Another downside of
this sanction, and sanctions
in general, is the potential
for civil war within the tar-
get country or for a trade
war among involved coun-
tries. The escalated ten-
sion that comes with trade
blocks and exclusionary
practices introduces the risk
of bigger conflict down the
road. Generally speaking,
the global environment will
benefit more from peaceful
and collaborative negotia-
tion than it will from hos-
tile trading practices.
Economic sanctions fall
somewhere between diplo-
macy and war as they force-
fully attempt to shape the
policies of another nation
without direct violence. In
conclusion, the disadvan-
tages of sanctions tend to
outweigh the advantages,
making diplomacy a safer
and objectively more pro-
ductive alternative.
As threats increase, countries attempt to deter
North Koreas leader through economic sanctions.
VIVIAN WANG
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Contrary to Trumps
lackluster assertion that
North Korea would be met
with fire and fury like the
world has never seen, re-
cently the UN has stepped
up economic pressure on
North Korea, halting key
profitable exports. This begs
the question: will sanctions
like these prove effective
against resolute opposing
governments?
Since its inception, the
political tool of economic
sanctions has always fueled
controversy over efficacy.
Most commonly wielded
as a coercive tactic for re-
gime change, policy-makers
continue to incorporate
such sanctions into foreign
policy despite a buildup of
evidence that the economic
sanctions tend to backfire
long-term.
Even in the short-term,
economic sanctions are
inherently lose-lose in the
economic sense. Domestic
businesses are hurt by limi-
tations in the global market
and the target country is
deprived of key trade. Long
term, they may provoke tar-
geted countries to counter
with their own sanctions,
further enforcing a vicious
cycle that does little to dif-
fuse political tensions. Ad-
ditionally, by forcing do-
mestic companies to side
with their own country,
naturally the de-globaliza-
tion of trade ensues, further
costing the world economy.
However, strategic eco-
nomic action is not a zero
sum game. Ultimately, eco-
nomic giants will come out
on top, because they can af-
ford to weather the econom-
ic expense as a cost to their
political agenda and inflict
more damage than they will
sustain in return. That be-
ing said, embargoes do not
always have their intended
effect, often reinforcing
the undesirable political
behavior and escalating a
problematic response. Ad-
versaries may become more
extreme in their resolve to
politically and socially un-
dercut opposing countries.
Moreover, the policy-
makers and foreign officials
that engage in this kind
of mitigated warfare for-
get that they are playing a
surface-level political game
that has real-world con-
sequences for the popula-
tions affected by economic
downturn.
WILL FINCH
STAFF WRITER
One the loneliest
number is also the least
number of nuclear weapons
it would take to ruin your
day. Truly, its an admirable
goal to avoid having to use
weapons and even more
laudable to steer clear of
conflict altogether. Since
power belongs to the people
with big sticks just as much
as it does to the people
with big pockets, economic
threats can be just as influ-
ential as militaristic ones.
But over the past year,
as North Korea tested their
nuclear capabilities
against the wishes of the US
they further challenged
the relative power of eco-
nomic sanctions and forced
diplomats and coalitions
alike to consider wheth-
er sanctions are actually
effective.
Historically, economic
sanctions have been re-
sponses to militant action,
like when Russia invaded
Ukraine. There is evidence
that sanctions enacted by
the U.S. and the European
Union hurt Russias mili-
tary capabilities. Damages
to the countrys GDP led to
cuts in the defense budget.
Moreover, the increased
cost of military campaigns
due to sanctions deterred
additional aggression. Put
simply, sanctions exacerbat-
ed Russian macroeconomic
challenges to garner change
in policy.
However, economic
sanctions are by no means
passive. On the contrary,
they are a sort of diplomatic
strong-arming, taking ad-
vantage of market depen-
dencies to get a specific
policy. This kind of aggres-
sion does have the potential
to lead to a greater fallout,
especially for a country as
erratic as North Korea.
This is part of the reason
why China takes a softer
position for North Korea:
if the country collapsed, it
could either ignite a refugee
crisis or leave a foothold for
American presence in Asia
neither of which the
country wants.
However, considering
that sanctions are the sole
coercive instrument of pow-
er short of military action,
they should be used inter-
nationally and effectively so
as to minimize the damages
done to people and directly
target the rulers in charge
of the disliked regime.

Do not disparage your English MARTA FROM PAGE 1 events out there, like Atlanta United games
and Music Midtown, the ease and practi-
While buses can be a bit intimidating cality of taking a train renders cars obso-

class at Tech just yet to use the first time one ventures to try, lete. Maintaining special event level rider-
a few tips make it painless: tap your card ship on average days would transform the
after entering the front of the bus; if you system positively.
English classes at Tech get a bad rap. personal skills that can separate the great use cash, have exact change; pull the cord Sooner or later, the already-enormous
Students often consider them a free engineers and scientists from the merely to request a stop; and press the doors with amount of cars on the road in Atlanta will
class and do not put in the effort. However, good ones. At the same time, being able your palms to exit. most probably reach an all-too critical
like most classes in college, the real lessons to analyze content in the way that English For further last mile connectivity, bring breaking point. As we face a future where a
are subtler and not written out in the cur- classes analyze literature teaches critical a bike on the trains or on the buses, which greater and greater amount of people move
riculum. Calculus, for example, does not thinking and trains technical minds to un- have racks on the front, or rent a Relay bike to our city, the people of Atlanta have a
just teach difficult math, cover deeper meanings and from the many station-ad- choice to make. Instead
but rather how to structure The inspiration to detect patterns. jacent terminals. of bemoaning MARTAs
thinking to solve a prob- ... there is some flaws, we need to take own-
lem. solve STEM problems allyEnglish classes are usu-
only taught the first
I admit that MARTA is
not as extensive or efficient sense of solidarity and ership of it. The public sim-
Tedious classes teach does not always come year or two at Tech, as they as it should be, but its short- ply needs to believe in pub-
patience and challenging are core classes, and un- comings do not disqualify community in mass lic transportation and then,
classes teach work ethic. from a STEM-centered fortunately Techs packed it from being an enjoyable transit. crucially, act on that belief.
English classes, ideally, class. curriculum in every major experience. With a little While MARTA defi-
teach communication. leaves little room for fur- patience and planning, rid- MONICA JAMISON strides undernitely made some great
As Tech is an engineer- BRIGHTON KAMEN ther writing and communi- ing MARTA can be both
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR of General Manager Keith
the leadership
ing school, it is under- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF cation classes unless those individually rewarding and
standable that faculty and are major-related. This is communally beneficial as Parker, his recent departure
students prioritize STEM classes over a further shame because forcing students well, as we move toward a greener, more leaves questions for future leadership. The
communication-related ones. to work outside the skills they are most equitable city. 2016 referendum on a half-cent sales tax
However, one stumbling block tech- comfortable with in Techs case, STEM Personally, I savor that coffee shop supporting MARTA expansion was en-
nological innovation often encounters is skills gives them a more well-rounded feeling of being surrounded by people couraging to be sure, but citizens are going
reluctance from the general population, education and the ability to approach but not having to talk to them. Whether to need to continue to engage with improv-
sometimes because they do not fully grasp problems from multiple perspectives. with sleepy commuters on the train at 7 ing our own transit.
what that technology is. The inspiration to solve STEM prob- a.m. or with a bunch of tired folks escap- Through becoming educated about lo-
This is not entirely the general popula- lems does not always come from a STEM- ing the rain on the bus at 10 p.m., there is cal candidates transportation views and
tions fault many times, it is due to a centered class. Communication (and, by some sense of solidarity and community in voting in Novembers elections, volunteer-
break in communication, even a failure to extension, liberal arts classes) broaden a mass transit. ing with the MARTA Army to put up bus
explain. The engineers and scientists work- persons perspective and therefore their po- Getting outside of the Tech bubble stop signs all over town or simply by tak-
ing on these projects become so entrenched tential to find solutions. via public transportation is a healthy re- ing the train or bus once a month instead
in them that without the proper commu- It takes a different thought process to minder of the real world and makes you of calling an Uber, we can begin building
nication skills, they are unable to explain uncover themes in literature than it does face Atlantas continuing problems, like a MARTA that is truly smarta from the
them to a broader audience or have trouble to solve an engineering problem. Although staggeringly high income inequality and ground up.
working with people not used to a STEM- engineers and scientists do not need to gentrification. If you want to truly take the plunge,
centered mindset. be able to tell the difference in literature Pragmatically, MARTA riders can do you can buy a student or faculty monthly
Communication skills, especially writ- movements or types of poetry, the com- something productive or relaxing instead pass from the Buzzcard office.
ten communication skills, benefit every munication skills an English class teaches of experiencing the stress of Atlantas infa- Dont get me started on the ludicrous
student and working adult. The ability gives them the ability to connect with oth- mous traffic or fighting for a pricey park- decision to build SunTrust Park not near a
to convey a point clearly is one of those ers and better share their ideas. ing spot. Especially for some of the larger station. Try the 12 bus to get home!
// OPINIONS
Slipping N Sliding
Some hide from danger;
others laugh in its face such
was the attitude of those who
slipped and slid across the
drenched ground in the Bowl.
Students in swimsuits with
skim boards glided across the
lawn with ease in the torren-
tial winds and rain. As scary as
Tropical Storm Irma seemed
to students unfamiliar with
hurricane weather, the fun-
loving students couldnt help
but put a smile on our faces.
New at the Market
What better way to sup-
port your community and lo-
cal small businesses than at
the Farmers Market on Skiles
Walkway! The tradition on
campus has even more to of-
fer this year with new stands
that offer anything from quick
bites to eat, sweets to snack
on and coffee to fuel your day
after your weekly Tuesday all-
nighter. It just goes to show
the impact that Tech has in the
community.
Power Outages
Even though a fraction of
what hit Florida came through
Atlanta, Irma still managed to
affect a great deal of locations
close to campus. Power outag-
es swept through several hous-
ing areas, including Home
Park and Midtown, preventing
students from enjoying their
days off. Though minimal,
damage to Tech and the rest of
the city is as unfortunate as it
is inconvenient and headache-
inducing.
iPhone X Price Tag
Apple unveiled their lat-
est iPhones, and many are not
impressed. The iPhone 8 and 8
Plus are similar to what weve
known in the past few models.
The star of the show is the
iPhone X, a $1000 smartphone
with a different screen, larger
more detailed display and no
home button. For a company
that values itself as being on
the front-line of innovation,
the price tag does not excuse a
few bells and whistles.
Livestock: the hidden
catalyst of climate change
... we have to realize that
there is no way to sustainably
raise enough cattle to keep up
with the worlds demand for
meat.
SAMIRA BANDARU
LIFE EDITOR
Trust me, I love burgers. So crease in proportion to the worlds
much so, I spent this summer go- rapidly growing population. In
ing to (almost) every burger joint fact, meat production is projected
in Atlanta to see which was the to double from 229 million tons
best burger, from Farm Burger to from 2001 to 465 million tons in
Yeah! Burger to Cypress Pint and 2050. According to the Nation-
Plate (Grindhouse wins). How- al Resources Defence Council,
ever, the point of this article isnt the production of beef causes 34
to talk about my burger eating times more greenhouse gas pol-
endeavors, but to bring to light a lution than producing legumes.
more controversial issue. I was re- This isnt even including the cows
cently exposed to a problem that farmed for milk production.
I did not know existed until the The worlds population is not
end of this summer, an issue that getting any smaller and neither
if fixed could change the course of will the production of livestock
our planet for the better. if there isnt a behavioral change
While transportation, factories among people who choose to
and power plants are undoubtedly consume meat. And while this is
a concern for the massive amounts not everyone, a large portion of
of pollution on our planet, theres Americas culture includes over-
one trivialized factor that is a sure- eating, to gorge oneself on meat
fire contributor to earths quickly and cheese, which also has effects
warming atmosphere and expo- other than just climate change.
nentially increasing carbon diox- Edging towards a non-meat-based
ide levels. Whos to blame? Cows. diet would also bring ethicality,
And not just cows, but the humanitarianism and health back
whole livestock industry, dairy into society. The choice to cut
included. down could be a win-win.
This isnt to say that everyone The destruction doesnt just
should become a vegan, but to come from cow farts. It comes
consider the basic principle of sup- from waste disposal from the mas-
ply and demand. And because of sive amounts of livestock being
this principle, the number of cows produced and the deforestation of
being farmed for meat is growing rainforests for grain and soy pro-
exponentially, and will only in- duction for cattle to be fed. Eighty
technique September 15, 2017 7
percent of rainforests in Brazil are
being destroyed for cattle grazing,
and if we took the grain that were
feeding to animals and turned it
into food for humans, we could
potentially alleviate poverty. We
have to keep up and adapt to the
changing demographic and cli-
mate. The earth isnt what it was a
century ago, and we have to real-
ize that there is no way to sustain-
ably raise enough cattle to keep up
with the worlds demand for meat.
The same goes for dairy. Mar-
cus Benedetti, the President of
Clover Stornetta Dairy, said out-
right, I think its too much to
expect that the world can be fed
with dairy in a sustainable way. If
this is coming from the president
of a dairy production company, it
must be time for change.
So why isnt anyone talking
about this? Why arent major en-
vironmental organizations speak-
ing out? Why dont we hear about
it as much as we hear about buses
and cars and planes polluting
earths atmosphere? The answer
is simple and selfish it causes
a disruption in the profits in the
animal industry.
The purpose of this is to bring
to light a factor of global warm-
ing that isnt addressed as much as
other factors like fossil fuels, but is
rapidly becoming an equivalent in
carbon emissions to all modes of
transportation combined. Theres
more to climate change than just
fossil fuels. If everyone reduced
their consumption of meat, per-
haps wed be able to push back
humanitys imminent demise. Its
something that can quickly (but
not easily) be fixed, a sharp turn
from the destructive course were
on now.
Life
ity Sym
Divers
l
Annua
th
sts Nin
ech Ho
T day, Sept. 6 at
HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
Diversity is part of what helps
college campuses thrive.
The blending of backgrounds,
cultures and experiences creates
the most innovative and novel
ideas possible. Tech is commit-
ted to diversity and even has the
Diversity Institute, which helps
ensure compliance with equal op-
portunity policies.
In addition to the Diversity
Institutes official policies, they
organize and host the annual Di-
versity Symposium. This years
symposium was held on Wednes-
LIFE EDITOR:
Samira Bandaru
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Hanna Warlick
life@nique.net
posium
the Global Learning
Center and the Georgia Tech
Hotel and Conference Center in
Tech Square.
This year saw the ninth itera-
tion of the symposium with guest
speakers like John Quiones, the
host and creator of What Would
You Do? The Technique spoke
with Dr. Archie Ervin, the Vice
President and Chief Diversity Of-
ficer for Institute Diversity.
Technique: How has this
years symposium differed from
previous years?
Ervin: Each year, the Diversity
Symposium Planning Committee
attempts to identify contempo-
rary and germane diversity, eq-
uity and inclusion issues that can
serve as the theme or focus of each
years symposium. The 2017 Sym-
Why We Love Tech
The Technique dives into the complex and simple reasons
Tech students call this place home. 49
posium theme
focused on the impact
of race and class on our efforts to
build an inclusive and welcoming
community at Georgia Tech and
beyond.
Given the national discus-
sions about how to balance free
speech with ensuring a welcom-
ing community... the Diversity
Symposium Planning Committee
thought a day focused on these
issues at Tech would provide a
forum for a healthy discussion of
these issues on our own campus.
Technique: What is the major
goal of the symposium and other
events like it?
Ervin: The goal of the Diver-
sity Symposium and all commu-
nity conversations is to provide a
forum for civil, respectful discus-
sion of issues that are often diffi-
cult to talk about openly but need
to be talked about as a communi-
ty. Our Georgia Tech values and
support of a di-
verse and inclusive com-
munity is part of our DNA and
we should be able to have discus-
sions that allow all voices in the
campus community to be heard.
Technique: Could you elabo-
rate on having John Quiones,
host and creator of the TV show
What Would You Do? as a
speaker for this event?
Ervin: Mr. Quioness ap-
proach and work on revealing the
private thoughts that people have
on issues like race, ethnicity and
gender identity is done in a non-
threatening way which allows
people in the audience to become
a part of the discussion and to
think more deeply about some of
the issues he raises. In fact, he was
selected to be the first speaker of
the day because his story-telling
style allows his audience not to
feel threatened and to participate
in the discussion which allows
more views to be heard on some
of the difficult issues he identifies
during his talk.
technique
8
Friday,
September 15, 2017
Te c h n i q u e :
What is the one main
takeaway you want students and
faculty to get from the annual
symposium?
Ervin: I hope that those who
attended the Diversity Sympo-
sium realize that courageous con-
versations about race, class and
other important personal identi-
ties we have as individual mem-
bers of Georgia Tech are impor-
tant to our aspirations to be an
inclusive campus where diversity
is embraced and is viewed as a
strength and asset to our campus
community.
Technique: How do you sug-
gest students, faculty and staff
deal with intolerance in society
and on-campus?
Ervin: I believe that we all
should engage these issues and
seek to find ways that we can have
our voices heard and listen to oth-
ers whose voices may represent di-
vergent perspectives. Engaging in
these conversations will allow us
to build linkages across the great
diversity of GT and make us a
welcoming community to every-
one who is a Yellow Jacket.
Photos courtesy of Digital Pictureworks
// LIFE technique September 15, 2017 9

Favorite things
about Tech
ROSEMARY PITRONE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In the midst of the effects of
Hurricane Irma earlier this week
and the imminent approach of
midterms, it is important to re-
flect on the aspects of Tech that
students are most thankful for.
No matter how hectic and
challenging student life may be,
many are able to remain optimis-
tic with the help of great friends,
engaging classes and the comfort
of specialty foods.
Many students favorite thing
about Tech is the positive learning
atmosphere that the institute fos-
ters. Everyone is passionate about
something here on campus. It just
makes the campus a much more
exciting place it really is a great
quality of Tech students, said
Ryan Jacobs, fourth-year ME.
Students across all majors
feel the same and often, tak-
ing tough classes and being sur-
rounded by motivated peers helps
students achieve their goals. One
of my favorite things about Tech
is that everyone here is really mo-
tivated, said Meghan Toler, fifth-
year MSE. Its something thats
really different from the type of
high school that I came from
its really nice to be surrounded by
people who have the same kinds
of goals and motivations for the
same types of things that I have.
Toler thanked Techs positive at-
mosphere for helping her strive to
complete her degree.
She elaborated: Being an
MSE major, its really, really small
which is really nice. Everyones
willing to help each other out
and study together, and its not
cutthroat. Everyone is just re-
ally helpful and really positive,
and everyone is there to help you
succeed. She said that many stu-
dents in her major also use plat-
forms like GroupMe to help each
other out with homework and
test preparation.
For those who have endured
challenging transitions at Tech,
the intersection of passion for aca-
The weekly farmers market brings students a variety of foods, fresh produce and coffee.
Its one of the many opportunities Tech offers to relax and creates a sense of community.
demics and compassion for others
is invaluable. I started off at Tech
and fell flat on my face, but I was
able to turn it around. My friends
helped me get back up on my feet,
and I switched my major and re-
alized what my passions were. Its
nice to always have a support sys-
tem that I feel like I never really
had before, said Kaley Findley,
fifth-year CS.
Tech has definitely challenged
me in a way that Ive never been
challenged before, Findley con-
tinued. Id never been around
people that were this smart be-
cause I came from such a small
town in Florida, and most people
just wanted to stay in town. That
challenge definitely motivated
me to improve myself and realize
that I could do a lot more than I
thought I could. I didnt think I
was all that smart when I came
here everyone has, like, been
coding since before they could
read or something. I didnt even
know what computer science
was until I came here, and then
I realized that I could actually be
pretty good at it and I never
would have noticed that if I didnt
have people around me challeng-
ing me, said Findley.
In addition to feeling sup-
ported by each other, Tech stu-
dents also feel supported by our
stellar faculty. Theres a lot of
things I really love about Tech,
but I have to say my favorite thing
is the faculty that Ive interacted
with. Theyre all so passionate,
theyre all so happy to be here, and
they want the best from us, said
Maryellen Malone, third-year
BCHM. The chemistry depart-
ment as a whole, in particular, has
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something coming up, you can
How to be
Productive
AMY PATEL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With the first round of exams
near, many of us are being hit
with the reality of having a hell
week. Having multiple exams,
quizzes or assignments due in one
week can be stressful, but tack-
ling one at a time in an efficient
manner can certainly help to pre-
vent the common feeling of being
overwhelmed.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
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quicker. We all like to get the easy
busy work out of the way, but that
may mean youll be exhausted by
the time you actually get to a task
that requires the most effort. Start
with and complete the tough-
est task on your list first, and at-
tack the rest of your day with an
achiever attitude.
BE PROACTIVE
If you know you have dead-
lines coming up, put them in
your calendar weeks or even
months in advance if you can.
That way, if you know you have
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10 September 15, 2017 technique
COMM FROM PAGE 1
For some students, one chal-
lenge is that they havent been
immersed in writing since high
school, Snedeker said. So they
may need a refresher on the ba-
sics of writing that they learned
years ago such as proper organi-
zation of paragraphs, sentence
structure and even grammar and
punctuation.
They also have to learn how to
communicate concisely and clear-
ly with a technical audience that
wants the bottom line first.
Yet, this is just scratching the
surface of effective communica-
tion. As the director of technical
communication, Snedeker works
with undergraduate students in
her senior level course, Unit Oper-
ations Lab. In this class, Snedeker
uses her experience as a technical
writer in industry, as well as her
15 years of experience at Tech, to
work with students and to refine
their communication processes.
It is here that Snedeker sees
communication addressed in a
meaningful way.
At this point in their college
careers, students understand the
importance of communication
skills because they have used
them on the job, whether through
internships or co-ops, and are mo-
tivated to practice and become
more effective communicators,
Snedeker said.
It is with similar motivation
that Snedeker seeks to direct the
enthusiasm of her students in the
many facets of communication.
Through projects such as posters
detailing technical findings, tech-
nical reports and short explana-
tory videos, Snedeker combines
the benefits of modern technol-
ogy with the basics of effective
communication.
With the way writing has
changed over the past 10 years
because of social media and cell
phones, Ive had to adapt the way
I present material and change the
ways students work is shared,
Snedeker said.
However, while it is easy to
become accustomed to the casual
interactions of modern life, the
basics of writing reports and com-
municating via email are still very
important.
Writing is a constant. I often
remind students that they need to
know how to write a report, how
to write an email. With friends,
you probably dont often send
each other emails, but in the cor-
porate environment, communica-
tion via email is regular, Snede-
ker explained.
Snedeker sees classroom in-
struction coupled with individual
advising as being the foundation
of clear, effective communication.
I spend a lot of time work-
ing through drafts with students,
and thats really how communica-
Pictured above is the Communications Lab, which helps students with technical writ-
ing, from projects such as lab reports, grant proposals, senior design papers and resumes.
tion is taught. Each student is on
their own level, and through in-
dividual conferencing, Im able to
meet with students and work with
them on what they need specifi-
cally, she said.
Past undergraduate education,
Snedeker works with graduate
students to help with thesis pre-
sentations and research reports,
and has more plans in the future.
I give lectures on effective
communication skills in an in-
troduction to research class for
our graduate students, and I ad-
vise students on applications for
prestigious fellowships, said
Snedeker of her involvement with
graduate students.
Thus, by beginning with un-
derclass students and by working
all the way through graduate stu-
dents, Snedeker helps to create a
foundation and build upon it to
create a unique, powerful form of
communication.
Together with her colleagues
in other schools, and with the
various campus resources, such
as the Communication Center
in Clough and the Language In-
stitute, Snedeker works to make
a student body better prepared
to face whatever challenge may
await in the ever-changing realm
of communication.
The College of Engineering
is proud of its many in-house
technical communications pro-
grams. The directors of these
programs, all faculty members in
their schools, are experts in the
field of technical communica-
tions including Dr. Brandy Blake
(ISYE), Ms. Christina Bourgeois
(ECE), Dr. Jeff Donnell (ME),
Dr. Amanda Gable (MSE) and
Dr. Lisa Rosenstein (CEE).
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// LIFE
TIPS FROM PAGE 9
plan around events or assign-
ments. The key is to put all test,
quiz and homework dates on a
calendar that you are able to look
at regularly. This can be an app or
a physical calendar on your desk
at home find what works for
you and keep using it.
KNOW YOURSELF
While you can stay organized
by allocating time slots to specific
activities, just making a schedule
is not enough. Be aware of when
you are most driven. If you can
focus well in the evening, make
time to study then, and maybe
hit the gym or do something fun
earlier in the morning. Make your
schedule and stick to it.
GET HELP
We have all helplessly been
stuck on a problem before. When
professors say give it a try, that
does not mean for days. The
sooner you go to office hours, tu-
toring or a help desk, the better
you will understand material that
builds on that particular concept
and move on from there. Do not
be afraid to form study groups in
your more challenging courses.
STAY FOCUSED
Once you set your mind on
completing a task, tune out the
voice in your head telling you to
check Facebook, that craving for
a donut or the urge to have an
unproductive study party with
your friends. If you need some
help, there are plenty of apps and
productivity planners you can
use to change things to-do into
real accomplishments and start
knocking items off your to-do list.
As with any other change,
dedication is key. While each one
of these is not necessary to see
improvement, if you pick one or
two and stick to them you will be
navigating your way through the
hurdles of Tech in no time.
// LIFE
FAVORITE FROM PAGE 9
just been amazing. Ive had great interac-
tions and theyve really pushed me to be my
best and provided me with opportunities I
dont think I wouldve had anywhere else,
continued Malone.
Malone also gave a shout-out to Dr. Li-
otta, one of her organic chemistry profes-
sors. I love him! Hes amazing; hes such
a great teacher. He made it make a lot of
sense for a lot of the people I took that class
with, she said.
Tech students appreciate the faculty
members in every department on campus.
Third-year CMPE Alison Kennedy re-
counted similar experiences:
Ive had a lot of professors that actually
helped keep me at this school its not
normal how good our professors are.
She also praised one professor in partic-
ular. Dr. Wills in my coding class helped
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me and brought me into her office so many
times just because she genuinely cared,
said Kennedy.
Robert Leon, third-year BIOL, shared
similar sentiments.
If youre interested in learning more in
a field or doing research, most professors are
more than willing to help you any way they
can, said Leon.
Tech also has an abundance of resources
on campus for students seeking to go be-
yond class requirements.
The Invention Studio is great you
dont have to be an engineering major to
use all its resources, Leon said.
In addition to the features that make
Tech a top-ranked academic institute, our
campus also has plenty of beloved recre-
ational features. Sporting events are a great
time for students to socialize and support
their fellow Yellow Jackets, as well as to par-
ticipate in traditions like singing Tech fight
songs. Harshil Shah, first-year CS, was par-
ticularly enthusiastic about one such tradi-
tion. I love Buzz! I love all the things he
does during the games I want to find out
who Buzz is, Shah said.
Students also love recreational sports on a time where students can meet each other
campus, and it is not a surprise why: the
CRC, our fully equipped fitness center, is
available to use every day of the week. Shrey
Jain, first-year AE, said:
My favorite thing is playing at the CRC
with my friends, and meeting new people
and having fun over there. Its really cool; always fun getting stuff from food trucks
I play badminton in the Badminton Club,
and I also like to play basketball and rac-
quetball with my friends.
Of course, in order to participate in
such a variety of sports and academic pur-
suits, students need sufficient fuel; thank-
fully, fueling up is easily achieved through
the various food venues around campus.
Madhu Sridhar, third-year ME, is a fan of
technique September 15, 2017 11
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Blue Donkey coffee in the Student Center;
in addition, she is one of many who en-
joy the weekly Farmers Market on Tech
Walkway. My favorite thing at Tech is the
Farmers Market every Wednesday, since its
and socialize, and also try out different
kinds of foods, said Sridhar.
Food trucks are another favorite around
Techs campus.
I really like the food trucks at Tech.
There are a lot of different options and its
with my friends, said Jack Amling, third-
year MSE. He recommended Bento Bus
and Pickle as quality food truck choices.
As the semester continues to roll full
steam ahead, it is important to take advan-
tage of all that our school has to offer
from food trucks to academic support
and to be thankful for the people and places
that make Tech so great.

Entertainment
Argha Noah brings fresh ideas to Grant Park
MONICA JAMISON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Art can be a powerful force in
a community, connecting people
and revitalizing urban space. The
Technique talked to Kyle Mo-
rais, a member of Argha Noah,
about how temporary art proj-
ects and installations act as an
interactive means of community
development.
Technique: How would you
describe Argha Noah?
Kyle Morais: Argha Noah is
an artist-run civic engagement
platform that transforms unused
urban spaces into pop up com-
munity art spaces. Were a plat-
form, an initiative, rather than a
physical space. We travel to dif-
ferent sites This space [at Harp
Transmission] is our first project,
but the whole idea is for them to
be temporary projects to act as
models for architecture, urban de-
sign and planning for community
development.
Technique: How frequently
are you planning on moving to
different spaces?
Morais: We have this space
until Nov. 1, but we might get an
extension for the remainder of the
year. The next plan is to work with
the city, including Tim Keane, the
Commissioner of City Planning
and also MARTA to figure out
what the next space should be. We
want to work with the City more
often than working with develop-
ers because we want to be a
representation for a new thinking
when it comes to urban design,
community development, arts
and culture for the city.
We are trying to be mindful
and aware of the spaces we inhabit
Kings It returns with novel narrative framework
Bill Skarsgard terrorizes moviegoers as Stephen Kings
iconic evil clown Pennywise in Andy Muschiettis new film It.
Visitors to Argha Noahs Harp Transmission space on Memorial Drive watch a film
screening outdoors. The inner space has been used for performances and exhibits.
next because our whole goal is to
serve the community We can
act as a forum and a central hub
to talk about problems in other
parts of the city and come up with
solutions. So were here to provide
solutions to problems but also just
provide fun in the community.
Technique: How did you all
get started?
Morais: We started out with
eight people, and we now have six
people I had this idea about
doing something called the Ur-
ban Theme Park of the Future. I
wanted to take the idea of what
a theme park is or the model of a
fair: coming in temporarily and
putting up this extravagant ex-
perience that becomes like a city
Photo courtesy of New Line Cinema
the acting of the Losers Club,
whirlwind or a city wonder for the
time being. These events bring in
all this fresh energy and give this
fantastical experience.
The theme park then was sim-
plified to become Argha Noah.
At first, we questioned, What is
Argha Noah? Is it a space? Then
we came up with the concept of
Argha Noah as an artist-run civic
engagement platform. The spaces
are the projects.
This is our first year, and were
testing out to see how much im-
pact weve made, what projects
did complete, what did we not
We went through many different
planning stages, visited various
communities and went to differ-
ent neighborhood meetings to
FILM
It
GENRE: Horror
STARRING: Jaeden Lieberher,
Bill Skarsgard
DIRECTOR: Andy Muschietti
RATING: R
RELEASE DATE: September 8
OUR TAKE: nywise in their adolescence.
MOHAR KALRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The latest iteration of Stephen
Kings iconic horror novel It hit
theatres last week, capitalizing on
the timely homicidal clown theme
while simultaneously bringing
equal parts of horror and humor
to the big screen.
Attempting to translate the ter-
ror of the novels thousand pages
down to a two-hour film is an
ambitious undertaking, but audi-
ences will be delighted by what
Bill Skarsgard (Allegiant) brings
to the supernatural evil clown
Pennywise.
Equally delightful to watch is
deranged clown).
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Monica Jamison
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Joshua Trebuchon
entertainment@nique.net
Photo courtesy of Argha Noah
hear whats happening in other
communities.
We specifically focused on
Grant Park, and I went to a cou-
ple neighborhood meetings here
to speak about the development
of this project and talk about fu-
ture development of this site. We
let the community know that
we were doing a pop up com-
munity art space here. Weve
seen a lot of great support from
the community, but wed like to
see more.
Technique: What organiza-
tions have you partnered with?
Morais: We have partnered
with the Atlanta Underground
Food Market Grow Where You
Are and Truly Living Well, which
the band of seven children tasked
with defeating Pennywise by over-
coming their own personal hor-
rors. They overcome these obsta-
cles with hilarious quips and the
bonds of friendship.
While the novel and previous
adaptations have flipped between
the present day and the future,
this version of It stays in 1988
to 1989, presenting the first part
of how the Losers confront Pen-
including the hilariously pro-
The film opens the same way
the novel does with an adorable
six-year old Georgie Denbrough
(Jackson Robert Scott) chasing a
wax-covered boat as it floats down
into a drain, where Pennywise
charms him until poor Georgie
disappears to tragically also float
down here with It and the
rows of terrifying sharp teeth that
hide beneath his clown mask.
Skarsgard absolutely nails the
role of Pennywise. While witness-
ing a clown attempting to be terri-
fying will inevitably involve some
degree of absurdity, Skarsgard
manages to bring a deeply chilling
vibe to each scene and interaction.
He does so without going over the
top (or at least as not over the
top as one can get when playing a
technique
Friday,
12
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are farms in the West End the
Atlanta Housing Authority and
the Plate Sale, a local culinary din-
ing group. We have talked about
partnering with Atlanta City Stu-
dio, a pop up urban design studio
produced by the Department of
Planning My goal is to partner
with more civic-oriented organi-
zations who are focused on alter-
native forms of education for kids.
APS is one of the lowest funded
school systems per child.
Technique: How are you
funded?
Morias: We had an Indiegogo
campaign. Our goal initially was
to raise $25,000, which would
have allowed us to finish our proj-
ects and allow the space to be open
to the public more We are al-
ways accepting donations online,
and our main source of income is
events. We do 90% free program-
ming and 10% paid. With the
donation-based programming,
the suggested donation is $5 or
$10. We will be having some tick-
eted events coming up, and we are
working on fundraising.
Technique: How can people
get involved?
Morais: People can get in-
volved by volunteering for events,
such as managing on site tasks or
taking photographs. Artists can
help us install exhibitions, writers
can cover us on blogs and small
organizations can come host an
event here.
If you have a new concept or
idea about art, music, education,
recreation or agriculture and how
that affects cities, then contact us
and we would love to speak with
you and work with you. We are
looking to speak with more pro-
fessors at universities about this
See ARGHA, page 15
He lures the Losers into his
world of nightmares in a coquett-
ish, manipulative manner and
delivers a fully respectable perfor-
mance to a challenging monster
to portray.
Georgies older brother Bill
(Jaeden Lieberher, Midnight
Special) begins investigating his
brothers disappearance, refusing
to admit Georgie could be dead.
His original gang of friends,
fane Richard (Finn Wolfhard,
Stranger Things), asthmatic
mamas boy Eddie (Jack Dylan
Grazer) and the anxious Stanley
(Wyatt Oleff), expands to include
the overweight new kid Ben (Jer-
emy Ray Taylor), the fantastically
performed spunky-sole-female
Beverly (Sophia Lillis), and the
homeschooled only-black-kid-in-
town, Mike (Chosen Jacobs).
Thus assembled, the seven
investigate the mystery of the
missing children, and each must
confront their own personal
nightmares on their journey to
face the source of the evil cursing
the town of Derry, Maine: It.
Watching the Losers evokes
the endearing connection felt by
the groups in Stand by Me or
See IT, page 14
// ENTERTAINMENT
Destiny 2 improves on originals weaknesses
GAMES
Destiny 2
CONSOLE: Xbox One, PS4
GENRE: First Person Shooter
DEVELOPER: Bungie
RATING: Teen
RELEASED: September 6
OUR TAKE: quel had players wondering what
JON LONG
STAFF WRITER AT-LARGE
The release of Bungies Destiny
in 2014 was something of a cul-
tural phenomenon. Rarely does a
game generate that level of hype;
Bungies reputation for creating
the lauded Halo franchise put
Destiny in the spotlight from the
second it was announced.
As details about the game be-
gan to slowly trickle out, people
following Destiny began to dream
of a Halo-esque multiplayer RPG
that would turn the genre on its
head. Bungie tacked on a prom-
ising gameplay trailer at 2013s
E3 conference and essentially
laid claim on $60 from everyone
watching. Destiny was going to be
the game to buy in 2014.
That September, stores across
the globe moved copies of Destiny
like it was the McRib. It easily
became the largest new franchise
launch of all time. Techs streets
seemed empty: its students were
packed into dorm rooms and fra-
ternity houses to experience this
new game. It was beautiful, it was
novel and, after a week it
was stale.
Although Destiny went on to
become one of the most popular
games of both the last and the
current console generations, it
came from unexpectedly humble
beginnings. Upon release the
game offered little beyond its re-
petitive story missions and com-
petitive multiplayer mode. After
a single playthrough, many un-
derwhelmed players put the game
away and never returned.
Only after a series of post-re-
lease content updates and expan-
sions did Destiny find its stride.
By the end of its lifespan, the
game had become one of the big-
gest and most robust time-sinks in
the gaming world.
The announcement of a se-
public events to keep players oc-
Destiny 2 could bring to the table
that another one of the originals
game-transforming expansions
did not. Would Bungie learn from
its mistakes and launch a fully
fleshed-out game rather than a
barebones foundation?
Bungie undoubtedly handled
the launch of Destiny 2 different-
ly than the original. Complaints
that plagued the first game, such
as nitpicks about end-game con-
tent and creating a full game
world, have been virtually non-
existent since the sequels release.
Bungies new online multiplayer first person shooter Destiny 2 features stunning 4K graphics
and an excellent original score along with well designed maps and exciting gameplay.
The open-world mechanic has
been completely redone to allow
for a more cohesive experience,
allowing each area to serve as a
hub of sorts in which players
take on missions and do side-
quests without constantly return-
ing to their ship.
The world has been fleshed out
with dozens of hidden chests, se-
cret boss fights and team-based
tori, famous for the iconic Halo
cupied in between main story
missions or competitive matches.
Free-roaming through the games
planets and moons a boring
and tedious aspect of the original
no longer feels like a chore.
Bungie filled the game to the
brim with things to do, and the
bad taste that the original Destiny
left in players mouths is all but
nonexistent.
Destiny 2 marks the franchises
first appearance on PC, though
mouse-and-keyboard players will
have to wait a few more weeks to
technique September 15, 2017 13
get their hands on it. The PS4 and
XBox One releases are both opti-
mized for 4K, so graphically the
disparity between console and PC
will not be as big an issue.
The games environments look
stunning in 4K, and the wide va-
riety of weapons and abilities all
take advantage of the improved
hardware of this console genera-
tion. Composer Michael Salva-
the original bored, while the end-
soundtracks and the original
Destiny, returned to provide the
games stellar score.
The original games competi-
tive multiplayer mode, referred
to in-game as the Crucible, gave
players the gameplay they had
craved since the days of Halo 3.
The Crucible is back this time
around with seemingly balanced
maps and gameplay features.
While there are currently few
player-vs-player options, future
updates promise to bring back
fan-favorites like Trials of Osiris.
Photo courtesy of Jon Long Student Publications
throughout the virtual solar sys-
The Crucible is quite fun; doing
battle with other guardians is
tense and rewarding. Much time
can also be sunk into the main
quest missions themselves.
Destiny caught flak for its con-
voluted and often repetitive story,
and one of the sequels biggest
strengths is a more tightly-focused
and accessible plot. The politics of
intergalactic warfare left players of
less menagerie of characters made
it hard to become invested in the
games overarching conflict.
Destiny 2 sifts all of this down
into the essentials, bringing back
popular characters from the origi-
nal and framing the story as a
revenge tale rather than a lore-
heavy snoozefest.
The games most glaring issue
is barely an issue at all, but it still
gives reason to worry about the
future of the franchise. A new
marketplace, called the Eververse
was added to the game that uses
real-world currency to buy items
in-game.
Many popular games have ad-
opted a micro-transaction model,
simply because it makes them
more money. If the Eververse
proves to be popular, Bungie could
be tempted to monetize more
parts of the game in an attempt to
milk players for even more cash. It
i s 2017: at this point, our udders
are tired.
If a games biggest flaw is an
unlikely hypothetical future situ-
ation that relates even tangen-
tially to the word udders, it is a
great game sure to engage former
players and earn new ones.
Bungie kept everything good
from the original and refined al-
most every aspect of the gameplay
to create a fun, content-filled ex-
perience.
There is no doubt that Destiny
2 has some real staying power;
guardians will be doing battle
tem for years to come.
14 September 15, 2017 technique // ENTERTAINMENT

TNTs Will fails to revive Shakespeare IT FROM PAGE 12

TELEVISION
Will
NETWORK: TNT
WHEN: July 10
STARRING: Laurie Davidson
OUR TAKE: ible when it comes to accurately
JAMIE RULE
STAFF WRITER
Fans of The Bard beware. TNT
has deemed William Shakespeare
worthy of his own TV series. Ten
episodes later, they recanted and
cancelled the show.
Will follows a destitute
country writer seeking his for-
tune in a big city. Leaving his wife
and three children behind, Will
Shakespeare (Laurie Davidson,
Vampire Academy) travels to
London with nothing more than
his aspiration to be a playwright
and a letter to his cousin, a per-
secuted Catholic priest who some-
times wears a rosary as a necklace.
When this letter is stolen, the
second main plot commences
as the audience is introduced to
Richard Topcliffe (Ewen Brem-
ner, Black Hawk Down). He is
another historical figure, who has
declared war on all Catholics in
the name of the Queen.
Meanwhile, despite having
stellar actors, James Burbages
theater is struggling to stay open
and is in need of new writing tal-
ent. With his quick wit, which is
painfully displayed in a local tav-
erns pseudo rap battle, and inno-
vative writing style, Will becomes
the theaters savior.
Throughout the shows ten
episodes, the theatre and religion
converge on Wills unwilling
character who simply does not
want any part of the religious war
nor does he wish to conform to ac-
cepted practices on the stage.
Will is extraordinarily flex-
portraying history, and its psyche-
delic color pallet and punk rock
music are shockingly out of place
in Elizabethan England. Despite
the historical accuracy of the show
being less credible than reports of
a successful snipe hunt, there are
sufficient nods to reality to keep
the average Shakespeare enthusi-
ast at least grudgingly interested.
At various moments, the char-
acters will spew lines from Shake-
speares plays verbatim, no matter
how out of context or jarring. The
entertainment for knowledge-
able viewers lies then with guess-
ing which play was just forcibly
quoted, as anyone familiar with
the English language would be
able to identify that those words
were not originally intended to be
spoken where the show deigned to
place them.
Will appears to be the re-
sult of throwing The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare, a akin to the annoyance of an un-
list of heinous offences committed
by 1900s prisoners and the blog
of a cosplaying punk-rock fan into
a blender without a lid. The re-
sulting mess on the ceiling then
becomes the shows script. Admit-
tedly, this is quite a unique take
on a subject oft labelled boring by
innumerable high school students.
Considering that its subject
matter is rife with pedophilia,
torture, orgies and executions, it
Laurie Davidson stars as struggling playwright William
Shakespeare in TNTs short-lived drama series Will.
would be hard to blame the cam-
era for hiding behind walls, stair-
cases, clothing racks and other as-
sorted obstructions. However, the
cinematography for Will seems
less like a valid artistic choice and
more like the consequence of poor
planning and sets too small to ac-
commodate the camera crew.
The resulting effect is more
domly shows up on occasion.
ruly video game perspective than
whatever the shows creators
might have been hoping for.
Will seemed undecided
about itself. One moment, it
would extoll Shakespeares cre-
ative genius or follow a developing
romance; the next, it wallowed
in the harsh reality of the Black
Death or showing the sadism of
Topcliffes religious crusade. The
concept of the show had potential,
the book as much justice as one
Photo courtesy of TNT
pact felt during the underground
but it went in so many directions
that it overwhelmed itself. For
example, Christopher Marlowe
(Jamie Campbell Bower, The
Twilight Saga) searches for an al-
ternative to the Protestant-Cath-
olic divide while working on his
mass-recognized play. The subplot
has little impact on the show be-
yond explaining why Bower ran-
tations of their worst nightmares
While plotlines of Will could
have been better interwoven, each
subplot had an adequate conclu-
sion as viewers were left with few
questions. Perhaps the most press-
ing of these was why they had sat
through ten episodes of bizarre
anachronisms, misplaced Shake-
speare quotations and a consider-
able amount of footage dedicated
solely to earning a For Mature Au-
diences rating.
Stranger Things, bringing back
the nostalgia and unique humor
of childhood friendships.
The decision to keep this chap-
ter of It contained entirely to
this time frame made a more cap-
tivating and cohesive story, driven
by the character development of
sharing the Losers backstories.
This narrative framework does
can expect when removing the
horror story from the theatre of
the mind and manifesting it on
screen. Although It will inevita-
bly disappoint those who seek the
level of fear achieved by the novel,
the special effects in this version
of It are far superior to former
attempts. Pennywises revelation
of his true nature and the Losers
entrance into the haunted house
display technological superiority.
Despite the lessening in im-
climax of the film, watching the
Losers face their fears instead of
fleeing It makes for a classic tri-
umph that manages to not feel
weary in its unfolding.
It is less about a supernatu-
ral clown and more about fear.
Specifically, It is about the fears
that plague children on the cusp
of growing up, who are confront-
ed by both Pennywises manifes-
and the horrors of reality itself.
Muschiettis film highlights
the terrors from monsters beyond
this world but also the horror of
being attacked by a bully, the grief
of an unexpected loss and the pain
of an abusive family.
For fans wanting to see more
of the book brought to life, the
ending credits suggest that more
chapters of It may float to the
big screen in the future.
// ENTERTAINMENT
Southern Blood punctuates influential life
MUSIC Of course, Allmans biggest in-
spiration for this album was surely
Southern Blood his looming departure, but the al-
Gregg Allman bums producer has been quick to
LABEL: Rounder Records note that the album is not wholly
a reflection on death. Allman
GENRE: Rock wanted to use the work to reflect
TRACK PICKS: Going Going on the significance of his entire
Gone and Song for Adam life, not merely on the end of it.
This intention does show up
OUR TAKE: in the final product: the tone of
the album is not one of pain or
self-grieving but of appreciation,
JOSH TREBUCHON calmness and, ultimately, ac-
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR ceptance. Allman made it clear
that he enjoyed life and was not
On May 27, Gregg Allman pleased with his coming demise
passed away from liver cancer, on tracks like I Love The Life I
officially closing the door on a Live and Willin.
50-year musical career that in- Allman shifted the focus from
fluenced many and inspired even his death and reflected on tour life
more. Luckily for the musical in My Only True Friend and
world, Allman had one last gift on bittersweet love in Love Like
to leave behind. On Sept. 8, the Kerosene. In reality, however,
musicians last studio album, nothing Allman sang about on
Southern Blood, was posthu- the album shifted the focus from
mously released. death as effectively as the form of
The work consists almost en- the album: covers.
tirely of covers. The only excep- The album is not one of songs
tion is My Only True Friend, a composed by Allman about his fi-
powerful ode to music and tour- nal days; instead, the album serves
ing that Allman penned with his as a book of standards. Allmans
guitarist Scott Sharrard. recorded celebration is a farewell
The album was recorded just to the musical tradition in which
a few months before Allmans he lived. Incredibly, the album is
death at FAME Studios in Muscle not about Allman at all: it is about
Shoals, the Alabama town respon- what survives him.
sible for such classics as the Roll- Allmans cover of Bob Dylans
ing Stones Sticky Fingers, Bob Going Going Gone, the emo-
Segers Night Moves and Lynyrd tional and musical climax of the
Skynyrds Street Survivors. album, is a song about feeling
There could be no more appro- oneself slipping from the world.
priate place to record this album Had Allman written the song for
than Muscle Shoals, a locale that the album, it would have been a
has become synonymous with narrative about his coming death.
southern blues-rock. The inspira- However, since the song is a
tion that Allman undoubtedly felt cover, the story is about how in
while recording in the iconic stu- this stage of his life, just like in ev-
dio shines through every track of ery other, Allman found the words
the album. to describe his situation in music.
While the song is about death,
the cover is about music. Allman
played the same trick even more
effectively on the final and most
mournful track on the album, a
cover of Jackson Brownes Song
for Adam, which features a guest
appearance from Browne himself.
While the song, as written
by Browne, recounts the tragic
death of Brownes friend Adam is not just a good album, it is a
Saylor, Allmans performance of
the song became a record of how
music helped him digest his own
demise. Brownes appearance on
the track further intensifies this
effect, which allowed Allman to
celebrate his musical colleagues
and the help he received from
them throughout his life.
While most of Allmans album
is potent and inspired, it does get
bogged down in the middle of its
track listing. Songs like Black
Muddy River, Blind Bats and
Gregg Allman poses on a motorcycle for a promotional photo.
Allmans final album was released posthumously on Sept. 8.
Swamp Rats and Out of Left
Field can fade into the back-
ground as Allman delivers his fi-
nal tribute to blues-rock.
Still, the listeners attention is
soon snatched back by Love Like
Kerosene and Song for Adam,
ensuring that the beginning and
end of the album are engaging.
In aggregate, Southern Blood
eas, but were trying. And now is a
great album.
As time goes on, one can ex-
pect to see more rock legends fad-
ing and dying off, and the process
will be punishing. In this com-
ing world of grief, one needs a
soundtrack to keep up morale, to
remind him that while the musi-
cians will die, their music never
will. Southern Blood is that
soundtrack. Listeners will not
soon forget Gregg Allmans final
shout into the void that the rock
world is quickly becoming.
their vision. Were grateful to
Photo courtesy of Rounder Records
technique September 15, 2017 15
ARGHA FROM PAGE 12
project and they can come speak
here in our space.
Technique: What does being
an Atlantan mean to you?
Morais: Theres so much op-
portunity here now; theres a lot
of growth happening. Theres also
a lot of gray areas, a lot of areas
that havent been tackled, espe-
cially when it comes to education,
affordable housing and transpor-
tation.
We can do better in those ar-
crucial time, since Atlanta is bur-
geoning right now.
Atlanta as a whole is some-
times represented as an underdog
of a city, but we are a global city
and I enjoy seeing similar faces
in our very tight knit, integrated
community.
When youre an Atlantan, you
feel proud to be one: theres an en-
ergy thats within you to say This
is my city. Sometimes it can be a
bit rocky since Atlanta as a whole
is still discovering its identity, but
were very proud to be Atlantans.
Technique: How did you ac-
quire the Harp Transmission
space?
Morais: Pellerin Real Estate
and Clark Property R+D gave us
a six-month lease to introduce our
vision and projects. This site will
be developed in 2018, and you can
find more about it on harptrans-
misison.com. Theyre focused on
transit- and community-oriented
development, so we believe in
them for allowing us to activate
the space and manifest our ideas.
Technique: How can people
find out about your upcoming
events?
Morais: We have post on our
Facebook page and on our wes-
bite arghanoah.com. Events are
typically posted for the next two
weeks, and we will be announcing
some big events soon.
16 September 15, 2017 technique // COMICS

LUNARBABOON PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

CHANNELATE BY RYAN HUDSON

SUDOKU PUZZLE
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TECHNOBABBLE BY MOHAR K ALRA

INFINITELY NO SOLUTIONS BY MILES HSU

SARAHS SCRIBBLES BY SARAH ANDERSEN IN THE BLEACHERS BY STEVE MOORE

18 September 15, 2017 technique
Talent, experience abound for Tech golfUS Amateur, the Jackets are also
JOHN EDWARDS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Few on the golf team are
strangers to big stages. After a
summer where a school-record
six golfers qualified for the US
Amateur, the golf team looks
primed for another season as one
of the top collegiate teams in the
country. Just ask golf coach Bruce
Heppler, who, following a win
at the Carpet Capital Collegiate
(CCC), praised the team.
This should be one of our
deepest teams. Weve had some
sporty groups ... but theyre im-
pressive, Heppler said. Five guys
who can drive the ball well, and
we started making some putts. Ev-
erybody feels like they were part
of it. After a disappointing previ-
ous two seasons, in which the golf
team was without a team title, the
victory at the CCC starts off the
fall season on the right foot.
The golf teams roster is rich
with talent the six students
who qualified for the US Amateur
make up half the teams 12-man
roster. Of those students, two of
them sophomore Luke Schnie-
derjans and freshman Noah Nor-
ton ranked among the top 200
amateurs in the world going into
the event, Schienderjans at No.
128 and Norton at 162. Norton
had a stellar showing at the event,
reaching the round of 16 before
falling to senior Theo Humphrey
of Vanderbilt.
With such a deep roster, it is
little surprise that the golf team
has already been pegged for suc-
cess in the pre-season coaches
poll from the Gold Coaches As-
sociation of America, they were
ranked No. 18 in the country
and fourth overall in the ACC.
Following their successes at the
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highly ranked individually. Nor-
ton and Schniederjans sit just out-
side the top 100 amateur golfers,
ranked 103 and 133 respectively,
and their teammates Tyler Stra-
faci, Andy Ogletree, Jacob Joiner
and James Clark also sit inside the
top 500 rankings. All are impres-
sive marks; a team with six play-
ers ranked in the top 500 is even
more exciting.
The victory last weekend was a
welcome change for the golf team,
as last season had ended in disap-
pointment for them. For only the
fourth time since the introduction
of the current NCAA golf tourna-
ment format, the golf team missed
qualifying for the NCAA Cham-
pionships, and did so in heart-
breaking fashion losing by a
single stroke to UNC. The feeling
was all too familiar, as the golf
team missed the championship
by four strokes the season prior as
well. There is reason to hope that
the team will take the next step.
With golf seemingly stuck on
the verge of success yet not quite
over the hill, the addition of Nor-
ton is a welcome boon the ic-
ing on the cake that could finally
catapult the team to the top of
the ACC. However, it is an uphill
climb; the golf team has a difficult
schedule every year, and this sea- Photo courtesy of Danny Karnik
son is no different. Senior golfer Jacob Joiner follows through on his swing during a practice round.
They will have little time to Joiner is a veteran presence on a team of experienced, talented Tech athletes.
rest on their laurels, as the Maui
Jim Invitational in Arizona awaits Championship and the NCAA response to the golf teams vic- such as Ollie Schniederjans, once
the golf team on Sept. 22-24. Lat- Championship, the pinnacle of tory at the CCC. It is hard not to the number one amateur golfer
er next month, they will host the team collegiate competition. be excited for this team. The golf in the world, his team has never
Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, It is a difficult slate of upcom- team is back with a chip on their captured an NCAA champion-
whose 15-team field stacks up ing tournaments for the golf team, shoulder, and theyve got plenty to ship. They achieved second-place
with 12 top-25 opponents, includ- but hopes are nonetheless high. prove, with all the tools to do so. marks in 2000, 2002 and 2005.
ing No. 3 Oklahoma State. In the Roberto Castro, golf-team alumni This year marks Head Coach 2017 may be the year Tech finally
spring, the golf team will travel to and one of many pro-golfers to Bruce Hepplers 22nd with the breaks through and hoists a cham-
Hawaii and Puerto Rico for tour- have taken the green for the Insti- team. His tenure in Atlanta out- pionship trophy of their own. No
naments, and hope to finish out tute, tweeted that this team could lives many of his players. But de- longer the bridesmaid, the Jackets
their seasons with the ACC Golf stack [victories] up this year in spite incredible individual talent seek to at last play the bride.
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Jackets offer bright spot to Irma evacuees
EMILY DYKSTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
As someone who grew up in
the Southeast, I am no stranger
to hurricanes and the havoc they
can wreak on parts of the coun-
try. With torrential amounts of
rain and high speed winds, these
massive storms can rip through
counties and entire states, leav-
ing destruction and hopelessness
in their wake.
As a large public university in
the midst of one of the largest cit-
ies in America, Tech felt a sense of
responsibility in helping those af-
fected by the hurricanes currently
tearing through the southeast re-
gion, including Irma and Harvey.
Although efforts to help the areas
affected are still underway, Tech
was able to implement helpful ini-
tiatives such as handing out free
tickets to those displaced by the
natural disaster.
Through the Jackets With-
out Borders program, nearly one
thousand tickets were given out
to those who found themselves in
the Atlanta area. The program is
a recently created student-athlete
initiative that aims to disperse
student-athletes into the world
to make a difference in the lives
of those around them. This past
summer, Jackets Without Borders
took off on a trip to Costa Rica
with the goal of building a multi-
purpose athletic court with an or-
ganization called Courts for Kids.
The program was implemented
by Athletic Director Todd Stans-
bury as part of the Total Person
Program within the Athletic As-
sociation, which aims to aid stu-
dent-athletes in their growth into
well-rounded people. The Jackets
Without Borders program is led
not only by Stansbury, but also
by Leah Thomas, who spearheads
the Total Person Program, as well
as Associate Athletic Director Jo-
eleen Akin. Both programs work
to give back to the communities
that may not necessarily be as
fortunate as those to which Tech
students and athletes are accus-
tomed, while giving athletes a
chance to expand their experience
in volunteer activities and use
their influence for good.
On Saturday, the Jackets
played Jacksonville State Univer-
sity, a smaller Division I school
from Jacksonville, Ala. Faculty
from the athletics department, as
well as members of the Student
Volunteers from Tech athletics hand out tickets for the Tech-Jacksonville State football game
to residents of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, many of whom were Irma evacuees.
Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB),
including myself, worked to dis-
tribute tickets to those wishing
to attend the game that had been
displaced by Irma. All we asked
for was a valid piece of identifica-
tion that linked a recipient from
each party to Florida, Georgia or
South Carolina.
Although there were a few peo-
ple who chose to cheer on the Jack-
ets by themselves, most showed up
with family, some with small chil-
dren in tow. It was rewarding to
give the children the opportunity
to experience, for some, their first
college football game. The day
technique September 15, 2017 19
was bright and cool, with a bit of
a breeze that made for nearly per-
fect gameday conditions a far
stretch from the conditions which
the families were fleeing.
A thought that occurred to
me was that the adults present
were fully aware of the implica-
tions that the storms may hold for
their futures, but the kids prob-
ably just were enjoying having a
few days off from school. Football
cannot mend the damage that the
storms brought, but it helped cre-
ate a sense of family and togeth-
erness in a time of need for the
evacuees in town.
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
As tickets were passed out,
I had the opportunity to speak
with some of the families about
where they were coming from and
their journey from their homes.
Some had traveled for as long as
20 hours due to the traffic coming
from Florida up the coast as the
whole state evacuated.
To hear the length of time that
many families had traveled and sat
in traffic gave me a new perspec-
tive on Atlanta traffic, which
itself is renowned. It is one thing
to sit in traffic daily due to conges-
tion while traveling to work or to
run errands, yet another to experi-
ence complete standstill while not
knowing what is going to happen
to your belongings and those you
know from the place which you
are leaving.
It was intriguing to realize how
many Tech students had connec-
tions to those affected by the hur-
ricane, as students were bringing
friends to our tent to receive their
tickets. Even in times of need, col-
lege students find a way to band
together and create fun experi-
ences for themselves. Tech alum-
ni also reached out by donating
season ticket seats and spreading
the word of the charitable event
amongst their networks.
The distribution of free tick-
ets to a collegiate football game
was gratifying, yet there is more
that we as a population can do
as a whole. Within the upcoming
months, various groups at Tech
will be working to collect items
and money to send to those af-
fected by the natural disasters,
so keep an eye out for those op-
portunities to reach out to those
in need. The athletic department
is working to organize a drive of
some sort in accordance with the
student body and will be looking
to send supplies or donations in
the near future.
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SPORTS EDITOR: Off the Field technique
Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
Casey Miles
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to help familes escaping from Hurri-
20
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Irma says bye to Tech football

With UCF tilt cancelled, Jackets turn to conference slate
ROHAN KANSARA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hurricane Irma brought more
than widespread power outages
and two days off from school to
Tech the Jackets upcoming
football game against the UCF
Knights has been cancelled. Tech
reached out to Central Florida, of-
fering to host the Knights at Bob-
by Dodd on Saturday in return
for playing in Atlanta in 2020,
but the two teams could not reach
an agreement. In fact, many col-
lege football games and even an
NFL game (Miami Dolphins vs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers) were can-
celled this past weekend due to
the inclement weather.
As for Tech, this cancellation
brings good and bad news to the
team. On one hand, they can now
treat this week as a bye week. This
means more time to game plan
for an upcoming match against
the Pittsburgh Panthers as well
as more rest for players, some of
whom looked sluggish against
Jacksonville State. Coaches often
use bye weeks to conduct extra
research on the opposing team
by breaking down film and iden-
tifying weaknesses of the other
team that the Jackets can exploit.
For example, if the Panthers have
a particularly weak cornerback
starting, coaches might plan out
plays to force the ball to the re-
ceiver being covered by that cor-
nerback next Saturday. An extra
week to strategize can prove very
valuable against a tougher oppo-
nent like the Panthers.
Furthermore, although Tech
players have only played two
games, being a full-time student-
athlete can be very tiring and hav-
Ricky Jeune jaunts towards one of his two touchdowns last Saturday against Jacksonville
State. Jeune, along with the rest of the offense, will begin preparations for ACC play.
ing a week without a game can
help players feeling fatigued to
replenish their energy by the time
they face off against the Panthers.
The bad news is that players get
one less week of valuable experi-
ence playing a real game. No mat-
ter how hard they practice, game
experience is something that can-
not be emulated yet is so crucial
to winning tough games. Less
experience may be a factor in the
teams contest next Saturday.
One cannot help but wonder
what could have been in Techs
game versus Central Florida.
The Knights are a tough team to
analyze given that their previous
game against Memphis was also
cancelled, meaning that they have
only played one game this year
against a mediocre FIU Panthers
team. Given the limited data sur-
rounding their team this year, take
their theoretical game against the
Jackets with a grain of salt.
One thing that stands out
about the Knights is that while the
Tech offense is run-heavy, their
offense is very pass reliant. In their
game against the Panthers, quar-
terback McKenzie Milton threw
for 360 yards on just 16 comple-
tions and four touchdowns. While
they did put up these numbers on
a relatively weak secondary, theres
Tech alumni in the Orlando
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
no doubt the Knights would have
given Techs corners and safeties a
great challenge, especially in cov-
ering the deep ball. The Knights
offense is also quite aggressive, as
even though they led against FIU
almost the whole game, they went
for a fourth down conversion and
succeeded all three times. This ag-
gression would test Techs defense
in high pressure situations.
In terms of offense, the Jackets
actually matched up well against
the UCF defense. Their front sev-
en is a relatively weak unit, allow-
ing 5.2 YPC against the Panthers,
that triple option rushers TaQuon
Marshall and KirVonte Benson
would thrive against. As long as
the Jackets could have dominated
the time of possession with our
clock-eating run game, they could
control the pace of the game and
keep the Knights on their toes.
While fans (particularly
area) may be saddened by a sud-
denly clear Saturday afternoon
football-watching schedule, the
extra week off may mollify Paul
Johnson. Johnson has previously
complained that teams facing the
Jackets face an unfair advantage
when a number of them are al-
lowed byes the week prior (see be-
low graphic). The option offense
Tech runs is unlike anything else
run at the FBS level, save for the
offenses of service academies and
Georgia Southern. With an extra
week to scheme for it, opponents
can defeat much of the strategic
edge it provides.
But with an extra bye week to
rest players and devise tactics of
their own before launching into
ACC play, Tech may fair better
than expected within the confer-
ence. Offensive lineman Parker
Braun admitted after the Jackson-
ville State game that much of the
team was fatigued entering the
game against the Gamecocks, and
that fatigued showed early and
often during a sluggish contest
at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Such is
to be expected when a team plays
nearly 100 offensive snaps in a
double-overtime game and plays
a follow-up a mere five days later.
Tech footballs first two games
have yielded vastly different re-
sults, but both have shown a team
that has plenty of flaws defen-
sively and a good enough offense
to make noise. Now, those lessons
will be tested at the ACC level.

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