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ATO FACES SUSPENSION, APPEAL PENDING p4

NEWS POLLY OUELLETTE
NEWS EDITOR

Following an investigation conduct-

ed by the Georgia Tech Police Depart-
ment and Office of Student Integrity
(OSI) into events that transpired in the
spring semester of 2017, the Alpha Tau
Omega (ATO) fraternity was issued a
notice of suspension on Friday, Aug. 25.
The fraternity is currently in the
process of appealing the suspension.
Months earlier, on March 9, just af-
ter 3 a.m., two GTPD officers arrived at
the ATO house in response to a broad-
cast on the Atlanta Police Zone 5 radio
that advised that there was a possible
fight in progress.
The victim, a brother in the fraterni-
ty, told the officers that he was involved
in a verbal fight over group text with
a fellow fraternity brother, who later
kept asking which room he lived in
and threatened to come into his room
and stab him with a knife, according
to the GTPD report of the incident.
The officers spoke with the individu-
al they determined to be the aggressor,
who was intoxicated and visibly upset.
This student claimed that he made the
threats because he was upset by homo-
phobic remarks made by the other stu-
dent. The aggressor told the officer that
he felt like if anyone should go to jail,
it should be him.
Upon inspection of the group
chat, the officer saw the conversation
that had instigated the incident. One
brother called the other a bitch, who
replied with I got called a bitch by a
dude who wore a crop top last night.
The officer thought that this was possi-
bly the homophobic remark the aggres-
sor was referring to.
Despite the victims attempts to
end the conversation, his intoxicated
fraternity brother continued to make
See ATO, page 4
Top L: Photo by Hanna Warlick Student Publications; Top R: Photo by Himanshu Dedge Student Publications; Above: Photo by Noah Bryant Student Publications

ENTERTAINMENT

Streaming exclusivity hurts artists legacies, industry

VES GRANTCHAROV
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In the years leading up to and
after the turn of the twentieth
century, musicians had been split
on an issue within their business.
Recordings had changed what it
meant to be an artist.
Some saw it as an opportunity
for their music to be spread to the
far corners of the world; others
who were used to making money
Photo courtesy of Roc Nation from performances feared that the
A supporter of music exclusivity, JAY-Zs album 4:44 released composition of music had been
on June 30 was available only to Tidal and Sprint customers. given a death sentence because it
would make it impossible to earn
enough money. John Philip Sousa,
a composer and noted doom-
monger, wondered if kids would
lose their souls to the phonograph.
While this crisis over the state
of the arts sounds myopic in ret-
rospect, it is not unlike the fears
labels and artists have about
streaming now. Though their anx-
ieties are the opposite of their ear-
ly twentieth century counterparts
as they fear performing until their
death, the complaint that the old
times were better continues.
In the last couple years, a solu-
tion has gained popularity: make
the music less available. Chance
the Rapper made a short term
exclusivity contract with Apple.
Taylor Swift leveraged her celeb-
rity to get what she wanted from
Apple then stayed exclusively with
them until she was suddenly and
mysteriously appeased by Spotify.
But the boldest bet came from
hip-hops unofficial CEO, JAY-Z,
when he bought and rebranded
his own streaming service. The
supporting argument posits that
while fans are put in a hard spot
and must pay more to listen to
everything they want, streaming
See STREAM, page 17
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NEWS EDITOR:
Polly Ouellette
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR:
Jonathan Jeffrey
news@nique.net
The three young women were in a
room at the fraternity house when
a brother of Alpha Tau Omega
burst into the room and became
enraged by the presence of one of
the girls.
The other two girls stepped up
to protect the last in their trio, and
were roughly pushed aside by the
fuming fraternity brother. One of
the protectors was knocked into a
wall, and the other hit her head on
a lofted bed. The two girls grabbed
their third friend, the subject of
the boys rage, and fled the scene
POLLY OUELLETTE to get to safety.
NEWS EDITOR The individual who was the
target of the brothers aggression
CHARGED BATTERY also stated that she and the young
While three females were at- man used to be close, but were not
tending a party at Alpha Tau anymore after he began acting ag-
Omega fraternity on Friday night, gressively when she was in the vi-
things got a little more serious cinity and texted her continually
than parties usually are. against her wishes.
At 2 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. After stating their story to the
23, an officer was called out to the officer, the ladies said that they
Phi Mu sorority, where the girls did not wish to press charges,
told the officer about their night. but simply wanted to make sure
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nique.net
Semilatus rectum? Ha! Damn near killed em!
TIL Tech started offering a social justice minor in 2015.
Also TIL what my hobby will be as an alumnus: having this
minor removed from the school.
A Haiku on Presentations: What am I saying? Reaching so
far up my ass, I should wash my hands. -Kale Salad
Kale Salad is the poet that this school needs, but not the one
it deserves right now.
I felt sympathy for Scout Schultz. Then I found out he was
a member of ANTIFA. Not so much anymore
quit whining and get back to studying
Really disappointed in the slow coverage of the shooting
and protests from the Nique crew. Even just twitter blurbs
would have been better than waiting til publish day
The LGBT communitys reaction to the events last week has
been very selfish, Im disappointed to see them attempting
to use a tragedy so quickly as a chance to force politics down
peoples throats
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2-FA deadline approaches technique
By Oct. 16, Georgia Tech's students will be
required to register for two-factor authenti- Friday,
2
cation in the interest of cyber security.45 September 29, 2017
the story was on the record. The well as two student code of con-
brother of Alpha Tau Omega duct violations.
was charged with two counts of
simple battery. VALUABLES STOLEN
Just after midnight on the
IN THE WEE HOURS morning of Saturday, Sept. 23,
In the early hours of the morn- several individuals flagged down
ing on Saturday, Sept. 23, a GTPD an officer who was passing the
officer observed a male individual intersection of Fowler Street and
urinating in the fire lanes behind Ferst Drive.
the fraternity Sigma Epsilon Phi. The group of four consisted
Upon approaching the individ- of two brothers from the Sigma
ual and asking for identification, Alpha Epsilon fraternity, one of
the officer concluded that the which was the fraternitys vice
young man was 18 years old and president. CASEY GOMEZ
a student at Tech. The individual They had with them another PHOTO EDITOR
was intoxicated and admitted to two male Tech students, whom
consuming alcohol at another they claimed had stolen an in- HC ARTIST ANNOUNCED
fraternity. flatable Coors Lite bottle from a On Thursday, Sept. 28 at 11
Since Grady had a high call party at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The a.m. around the Kessler Cam-
volume at the time, it was deter- coveted inflatable was returned panile, SCPC announced that
mined that the individual was in and it was determined that charg- Lil Dicky, a professional rapper,
good enough health that he could es would not be pressed against will be performing at this years
be released into the care of his the thieves. Homecoming concert. Lil Dickys
girlfriend. A student conduct code viola- style combines comedy with relat-
The student was charged for tion was issued to both of the in- able, lyrical rap. Famous for his
public indecency and possession dividuals who had been accused music videos he has over 1.7 mil-
of alcohol under the age of 21, as of thievery. lion subscribers on Youtube and
81 million views for $ave Dat
FORUM SUMMARY evaluate and improve various as- Money alone.
Tech President G.P. Bud Pe- pects of mental health and safety His video for Pillow Talking
terson came to the meetings of the on campus. released April 12th was the 49th
Undergraduate House of Repre- Four student action teams are most expensive music video of all
sentatives and the Graduate Stu- being announced Saturday, Pe- time at $700,000. The concert
dent Senate to reflect on events of terson said. The president is look- will take place on Friday October
the past week and introduce plans ing to increase the velocity with 13th from 6 to 10 pm and will be
going forward. which we approach these issues. free for all Tech students and fac-
On Tuesday, Peterson an- Some changes to resources on ulty with a valid Buzzcard.
nounced that in a joint effort with campus have already been made. Last year, Kid Ink and Time-
SGA, efforts will be made to im- Its an action team, not a flies played at the homecoming
prove mental health resources on task force, said Peterson, speak- concert. This lineup was a change
campus. A bill, currently in con- ing about the expedited timeline from the original, which included
ference committee, would provide these action teams are on. The Bebe Rexha. She cancelled just
$500,000 to the cause, and the In-
stitute would match this amount.
teams will work for 21 days to
come up with reports and propose
before the announcement of the
artists, and other arrangements
A joint committee formed by SGA solutions. had to be made.
representatives would make deci- Tech will make these reports The first homecoming event
sions on how to spend the com- public, and a response will be sent was held in June of 1920, when
bined total of one million dollars. out before the end of the semester. the Tech Alumni Association
Peterson wants SGA to use this Some students in the Undergrad- celebrated its reorganization. The
money to develop innovative and uate House of Representatives event now occurs in the fall se-
creative ideas to address problems raised the question of where fund- mester each year, and is now cen-
in the very, very near term. ing will come from for proposed tered around a football game.
In an email on Saturday night, initiatives from the action teams. The weekend serves as a time
Peterson also announced that a If a recommendation comes for many other Tech traditions,
$1 million endowment was re- forward and we decided it needs such as the freshman cake race
ceived to improve mental health to be implemented, we will find and the wreck parade, which hap-
on campus, and that four action the money for it, Peterson re- pen during the morning of the
teams would be created in order to sponded. game.
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MADDIE BRUNING
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
NUCLEAR PROJECT DELAYED
A project that began in 2006
to build two new nuclear reactors
at Plant Vogtle near Augusta,
Ga., has hit major setbacks that
have jeopardized its status.
The Vogtle Plant is a nuclear
power plant located in Waynes-
boro, Ga. There are two active
plants already, and Plants 3 &
4 have been under construction
since 2006. The original comple-
tion date for the plants was this
year but has been pushed to 2023.
The budget, too, has nearly dou-
bled from original projections to a
grand total of $25.2 billion.
Westinghouse Electric, the
former lead contractor of the
project, filed for bankruptcy in
March. Now jointly owned by
Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia and Dalton
Utilities, the Vogtle Plants future
is in question.
On Aug. 31, Georgia Power
submitted a recommendation to
the Georgia Public Service Com-
mission (PSC) to continue con-
struction. PSC officials are now
beginning a six-month review of
the Vogtle Plant, having approved
Georgia Powers proposed sched-
ule for hearings on Sept. 19.
The PSC will reach a final de-
cision no later than February of
next year. They will decide wheth-
er to terminate the project or al-
low construction to continue to
completion.
The doubt surrounding the
fate of the Vogtle Plant has been
strengthened by news in late July
of a similar nuclear plant in South
Carolina shutting down.
Critics of continuing construc-
tion of the Vogtle Plant chiefly
cite the costliness of the project
as their main issue. Georgia rate-
payers will face unprecedented
risk and significantly higher rates
while shareholders will be guar-
anteed a high rate of return for
decades, argued Liz Coyle, presi-
dent of consumer advocacy group
Georgia Watch, in an email to Sa-
vannah Now.
Proponents argue that nuclear
energy is the only carbon-free
source of renewable energy and
should therefore be continually
developed.
They also warn that leaving
the future of the industry to other
countries such as Russia and Chi-
na, who are expanding nuclear
power programs, could be a costly
mistake.
In its decision in Feb., the
PSC will primarily consider cost-
effectiveness and productivity in
its analysis of the plant, but their
eventual decision will undoubted-
ly be influenced by other political
and economic factors.
Peaceful discussion about Schultz
DAVID RAJI
MANAGING EDITOR
On Friday, Sept. 22, a gather-
ing was held in the area between
the Ferst Center and Smithgall
building to discuss topics related
to the death of Scout Schultz.
It had been anticipated that the
assembly would prove violent after
the Antifa Atlanta group posted
about it on its Facebook page.
Smithgall itself was closed to all
starting at noon Friday.
Yet, there no physical violence
of the vein that was seen during
the riots of Monday, Sept. 18.
Instead, a number of speakers ex-
pressed their feelings and views
on a range of issues, including
Schultzs passing, the response of
the Tech community and GTPD.
One individual, initially us-
ing a megaphone to address the
crowd, made his thoughts known.
First, lets all take a quick ten
seconds of silence to remember
Scout, he said. Nothing they
will do, nothing they can say,
nothing they can give us will ever
bring back Scout again.
Ive seen how, in this past
week, Ive had to deal with the
loss of my friend, the individual
continued. They silence us when
people hang banners from the res-
idence halls that say Thank you
GTPD for what you did. How
can we read that and not see that
[this] is thanking them for killing
our friend?
F*** antifa for creating this
division, said a passerby.
F*** you, sh*thead, said an-
other in the crowd in response.
Other individuals began to
speak as well.
I feel like youre not being si-
lenced Im sorry but GTPD is
keeping us safe, said one.
His words were met with a mix
of applause, boos and jeers.
Just kind of a question for
the broader crowd, does this guy
over here [referring to the first
speaker] threaten you? asked an-
other individual, this time from
within the inner crowd. Because
he doesnt threaten me. All I see
is a man grieving for a friend hes
lost, clearly trying to get his voice
heard out here, and I feel like peo-
ple are treating this as some kind
of threat to student safety.
Last Friday, a group, including some students, spoke out
about events surrounding the death of Scout Schultz.
technique September 29, 2017 3
Applause broke out from the
crowd.
So theres this weird idea go-
ing on, that, if you love somebody,
you dont hold them accountable,
right? began another individual.
You can love GTPD, and you
can think that they should have
handled the situation differently
Stop with the oh its either you
loved Scout or you love GTPD,
right? Because you can feel safe
around your college police depart-
ment and admit that they have
work to do, right? Loving some-
body does not mean not holding
them accountable for what they
do, and you need to stop with
that, because its dishonest.
After a few more individuals
spoke on related topics, the inner
segment of the crowd broke away,
and walked towards Tech green.
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
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ATO FROM PAGE 1
remarks such as I will stab you
between the ribs, Im sorry, I
wont stab, and Just a slash.
The student who made the
threatening statements was issued
a student code of conduct viola-
tion for behavior that endangers
any person(s), including self, and
was charged with one count of
terroristic threats. The victim de-
clined to press charges.
The morning after the incident
occurred, ATOs Judicial Board
held an internal review in order
to understand what had happened
and determine a course of action.
They placed the aggressor on tem-
porary suspension and social pro-
bation for a longer period of time.
The internal board obtained
eyewitness accounts of the nights
events to corroborate the narrative
included in the police report.
According to a transcript of
the fraternitys internal review,
the two individuals involved in
the fight had a history of not get-
ting along and regularly engaging
in verbal altercations. Allegedly,
the aggressor had been drinking
on his night out, and upon his re-
turn to the ATO house, grabbed
two knives so that the pair could
fight. He banged on the door of
the brother he intended to fight.
Another brother was able to even-
tually take the knives from him.
ATOs judicial board chose not
to immediately expel the aggres-
sor because they did not believe
he had any true intention to harm
his fraternity brother, and because
his actions that night were seen
as a symptom of a larger problem
concerning his mental health, ac-
cording to notes from their judi-
cial board meeting.
Both brothers were allowed
to remain living in the fraternity
house, but the one that was the
victim in the incident eventually
moved out because he felt unsafe.
In March, the fraternity was
placed on interim suspension by
the Office of Student Integrity
(OSI) and ordered to cease all so-
cial activities. On April 26, the
fraternity was notified that OSI
would be launching an investi-
gation into the events that had
transpired over a month earlier.
ATO was investigated by
the Undergraduate Judiciary
Cabinet (UJC) rather than an
administrator.
The investigation revealed that
the two fraternity brothers had
been at odds for quite some time,
and regularly had public, verbal
altercations about various top-
ics, such as social issues, personal
choices and the actions of each
other. It also revealed that the
fraternity had not gone through
the appropriate channels to notify
leadership following the incident.
Neither Institute officials nor the
national headquarters of the fra-
ternity were notified about the in-
cident in a timely manner.
UJC concluded that the fra-
ternity had indeed violated the
student code of conduct and was
found responsible due to a cul-
ture allowing bullying and antag-
onistic behavior to exist without
any proper mediation and con-
frontation measures, according
to their official recommendations.
Officials from OSI reviewed and
accepted this recommendation.
The fraternity was notified that
it was to be placed on disciplin-
ary suspension effective Aug. 25,
2017 until Aug. 3, 2018. ATO was
given five days to file an appeal to
John Stein, vice president of stu-
dent life and dean of students. If
Stein upholds the decision of OSI,
the fraternity can then appeal to
Tech President G.P. Bud Peter-
son. The Board of Regents will
hear any further appeals.
ATO is currently in this ap-
peals process.
OSI could not comment on the
investigation because it remains in
progress.
For the full story, see online at
www.nique.net.
Contrary Capital establishes venture
capital fund for Tech entrepreneurs
ADITYA PAREKH
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In the fall of 2016, Eric Tarc-
zynski, a 25-year-old Northeast-
ern University graduate, started a
road trip to visit 55 of the coun-
trys top research universities with
the goal of building a network and
recruiting students for a unique
venture capital firm. By the end
of his road trip, Tarczynski had
created a network of 100 students
from 55 schools, consisting of the
most connected students on each
campus for entrepreneurship.
This network of student in-
vestors across the country then
formed the backbone of Contrary
Capital, a company that was pub-
licly launched last week. Contrary
Capital is a decentralized, univer-
sity-focused venture capital fund
backed by the founders of Tesla,
SoFi, MuleSoft and Twitch.
Contrary Capitals vision re-
volves around identifying poten-
tial campus entrepreneurs and
providing them with the right
resources they need to thrive.
This includes between $50,000
and $200,000 of funding, access
to Contrary Capitals nationwide
network of student investors and
connections with the top tech en-
trepreneurs and venture capital
firms in the world.
Indra Sofian and Wesley Sam-
ples, both well-known campus
entrepreneurs, are Techs student
investors.
The Contrary partners at
Georgia Tech are responsible for
doing two main things: sourc-
ing and being a part of entrepre-
neurial communities, Samples
said. For sourcing, we meet with
three to four student founders
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each month to share information universities. At Contrary, were
about Contrary with them while building the first venture capital
learning about their companies. fund focused solely on backing
It is our responsibility to be a key the brightest individuals and most
member of startup communities bleeding-edge technologies com-
so that we can source these deals. ing out of universities.
Will Robbins, Contrarys chief Sofian and Samples believe
of staff, spoke about how a gap that Contrarys powerful tools
had developed between smaller can support the great student en-
university grant type funding and trepreneurs on campus and help
big league venture capital funding build the student entrepreneur
and how Contrary Capitals mod- community at Tech.
el aims to mitigate that divide and Theres a growing student
bring true venture capital seed entrepreneur community here at
funding to campus entrepreneurs. Georgia Tech thats been in devel-
Over the past five years, opment for the last several years,
theres been an explosion of entre- Sofian said. A lot of students who
preneurship at universities across start companies here are often
the U.S., Robbins said. Yet, we first-time founders theyve nev-
believe nobody is doing anything er started a business before. For
about it. Some of the most suc- the best entrepreneurs on cam-
cessful companies in the world pus, well fund their companies
like Google, Facebook, Drop- between $50,000 and $200,000
box, Snapchat and Paypal were and help them raise their next
founded by college students at round of funding.
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Contrary Capital, a new decentralized venture capital
firm that includes Tech investors, launched last week.
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Deadline approaches for two-factor login
JONATHAN JEFFREY
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The transition to two-factor au-
thentication for all Tech accounts
is in full throttle. Students on
main campus have until Oct. 16
to sign up for two-factor authenti-
cation, or they will be locked out
from online services until they get
around to registering, at which
point they will regain full access.
Students can ask anyone al-
ready enrolled in two-factor au-
thentication to help them register
using Passport. Once enrolled,
students have the option to choose
between using a push notification,
a phone call or a text message in
order to verify their identity.
Jimmy Lummis, chief in-
formation security officer with
Techs cyber security team, stress-
es that multi-factor authentication
is essential to protect students,
faculty and staff from having their
accounts compromised by online
ill-doers.
According to Lummis, ensur-
ing cybersecurity at universities
is a real and ongoing concern. He
shared that even this past week,
a top university in Virginia was
hacked and large amounts of
money were stolen from several
students accounts and transferred
to the hackers bank accounts.
The number one attack vector
that hackers use today is whats
called social engineering, Lum-
mis said. Social engineering es-
Picture yourself in France and beyond...
sentially is a scam, right? Its a
form of trying to trick a person
into getting what the bad guy
wants.
What the bad guy wants first
is usually credentials a login
and password, typically that
can get them access to financial or
other sensitive information.
Tech may be nationally ranked
for its academics, but its stu-
dents arent infallible when faced
with phishing attacks and other
threats.
A 2015 report released by the
Tech cyber security team found
that despite three years of efforts
to increase awareness on such
scams, when the first phishing
exercise was released in fall 2015,
nearly 22.1% of the Tech popula-
tion both clicked on and provided
The Office of Information Technology is one of the locations where students can go to
initiate their two-factor authentication process, which will be fully implemented by Oct. 16.
their credentials to a suspicious
link.
Students who went through
cyber security training sessions
only clicked on those links at a
rate of two to five percent, accord-
ing to Lummis. But he says even
that percentage is too high.
The problem with relying on
education and awareness is that
two to five percent of a school
that is about 35,000 people is
still a really large number, Lum-
mis said. As a student, you have
access all of your own personal
information, including your sen-
sitive personal information that
we store on your behalf your
banking information is stored in-
side of that system, if youve ever
made a payments to the Institute,
your student loan information
AN INFO SESSION
11am - 12 noon in CULC 131
September 26
October 3 & 10
has been there, including your
parents financial history, and
all those sorts of things. As an
exchange of information occurs
between the student to the Insti-
tute, we then become responsible
for protecting that information on
your behalf.
In response to these concerns,
the cyber security team began
to have discussions with the ad-
ministration on implementing
two-factor authentication in late
2013, and began using two-factor
authentication on administrative
and IT accounts soon afterward.
Tech chose to use Duo Securi-
ty, which allows second authenti-
cation through a tiny USB device
or hardware token in addition
to push notifications or codes re-
ceived by SMS, phone call or app.
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
COME TO
technique September 29, 2017 5
Duo allowed Tech the flexibility
to tailor the two-factor authenti-
cation process to fit the process.
After an initial testing period
with the College of Architecture
(which is now the College of De-
sign), the process of moving facul-
ty and staff over to use two-factor
authentication began in Jan. 2017.
Early discussions with student
groups made the team rework the
system so that students could help
each other register in the hopes
that it would speed up enrollment.
After initial success with facul-
ty and staff rollout, OIT moved to
students attending main campus
full-time in the fall semester, who
are the only students required to
enroll by Oct. 16.
Getting the word out has not
necessarily been straight-forward.
When informing faculty about
two-factor authentication, they
simply sent out emails. The stu-
dent body, on the other hand, is
much larger and not as responsive
to traditional communication
channels like email. Although
OIT has held tabling events and
put up paper and digital signage,
they say that the most effective
and universal method has simply
been adding an alert whenever
students login into their accounts.
Only approximately 11,000
of the 20,000 full-time students
on main campus have signed up.
They expect there to be a surge in
sign-ups as the Oct. 16 deadline
nears. More information can be
found at 2fa.gatech.edu.
Opinions
OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion
Giving a voice to those unheard
Bringing about real change through action teams
With Tech receiving national news cov-
erage after the events of the past few weeks,
a timely response was needed from the In-
stitutes administration to address issues
being brought up regarding the wellbeing
of students.
This came in the form of an email sent
out by President Peterson to the Georgia
Tech community earlier in the week. It
was revealed that four action teams will
be formed to address four issues: campus
culture, mental health, campus safety and
LGBTQIA issues on campus.
The teams are to be formed within the
week and will compile a report that will be
made available to the public and offer rec-
ommendations by Nov. 1. The short time
frame in which the teams will be working
is appropriate. It allows decisions to be
made quickly in order to ensure that the
community does not grow apathetic. It is
easy for teams and committees to get lost
in politics and for no real change to come
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
David Raji MANAGING EDITOR
Megan Eberle DESIGN EDITOR
Polly Ouellette NEWS EDITOR
Samira Bandaru LIFE EDITOR
Tristen Allen WEB DEVELOPER
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WHAT HAPPENED BY TONY WU
OPINIONS EDITOR: Zahra Khan
If you read the books that everyone
else is reading, you can only think
what everyone else is thinking.
Haruki Murakami
of it. What was not, however, yet revealed
was what exactly such action teams would
look like.
A concern may be raised in how the
members of such teams will be selected,
particularly the students. In order to be
as effective as possible, it should to be en-
sured that the majority of the students be-
ing chosen are not the ones who already
have an avenue to be heard and to intro-
duce legislative change.
Otherwise, there will be little to dif-
fer such teams from existing committees
and organizations, and little to expect
outside conversations that have already
taken place.
Rather, students should be selected in a
way, whether through application or nom-
inations by members of the community,
who may be considered influential and
well-connected to campus community.
We need to bring fresh faces to the discus-
sion if we want to see substantial change.
Zahra Khan OPINIONS EDITOR
Monica Jamison ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
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Friday,
September 29, 2017
YOUR VIEWS | Letter to the Editor
Why you should hire a
female engineer
Ive raised my hand and asked time job, my experience with ca-
a question in a computer engi- reer recruitment has been very
neering lecture only once. I asked numerical.
if a bus (a wire) on a schematic was Career fairs sought to compare
serial or parallel. candidate by GPA, and I didnt
I dont even remember what qualify for many interviews be-
the answer was. But it was winter cause mine isnt great. I wouldnt
time, and I could hear my class- say Im a poor student, but I want-
mates jackets rubbing loudly ed to get out as fast as possible,
against the fabric back of the lec- so I took as many classes that my
ture hall chairs as they turned, in body could physically handle each
unison, to look at me. semester, and I ended up with me-
The way I speak is kind of like diocre grades.
Laguna Beach I was sur-
meets Elle Woods. prised by employ-
Honestly, most GPA aside, there is ers quantifying
college girls I me because, even
know speak this no one more driven though Im an av-
way. than the person who erage student, I
But in comput- was a great intern.
er engineering, my perseveres adversity... Being in CompE
valley girl accent taught me how
is shocking. I am RACHEL BEDDOR to be firm and,
automatically la- FOURTH-YEAR CMPE even though I had
beled as stupid the clearly just turned
second I open my 20, I managed my
mouth. It might not be fair and projects like a full-time employee.
you might not want to believe it, To me, my desirability to em-
but you just cant argue that the ployers is reflected in my accom-
concepts of valley girl and aca- plishments from work: my com-
demia fit together nicely. pleted projects, published writing,
Being stared at while asking a and the magnitude of the work
question sounds like a pretty stu- my company trusted me to take
pid roadblock compared to other on. Having my accomplishments,
students problems. personality and drive ignored
But its indicative of a larger because of a number my grade
problem for me and my success point average doesnt actually
at Georgia Tech. Because if I ask offend me as much as it baffles me.
a stupid question, and everyone That said, my message to em-
turns around to look, then now ployers is this: if you want to
Im the stupid girl asking the stu- find a trail blazer, an innova-
pid question. tor, a disruptor, someone with
And because Im probably one drive, then recruit a female
of the only very feminine girls engineer. GPA aside, there is no
in the class, I perpetuate the ste- one more driven than the person
reotype that girls dont belong who perseveres adversity to pursue
in computer engineering that their passion. No disruptor abides
same stereotype that subtly pushes by the status quo. No one would
girls out of ECE in the first place. blaze a trail unless theyre willing
Im not going to give a sugges- to stick out.
tion on ways to push fewer girls Ultimately, if you want to grab
out. I honestly dont know. the worlds attention, start with
My message actually isnt to the girl who causes the entire
the university, its to employers. room to stare as soon as she opens
As I start the search for my full- her mouth.
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Donation for CREATE-X
Now if only we had that pledge for mental health resources.
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Is violence an effective tool

ROUNDTABLE
JON LONG
STAFF WRITER
While Tech is still
trying to heal after the
shooting of a student and
the violent demonstration
that followed, a different
conversation about protests
has found its way onto the
national stage.
This past Sunday
brought with it a unique
sight for anyone following
the NFL; during the na-
tional anthem, some players
stood, some opted to kneel
and others didnt leave the
locker room at all. This
showing stemmed from a
demonstration by former
49ers quarterback Colin
Kaepernick in 2016, in
which he sat during the na-
tional anthem to protest po-
lice brutality against people
of color.
These two acts of protest,
the torching of a GTPD
vehicle and the refusal to
stand for the national an-
them, embody two oppos-
ing schools of thought when
it comes to protest. A small
group of instigators, some
from the Tech commu-
nity and some not, turned
a peaceful demonstration
into an act of aggression by
bringing violence into the
equation. And though most
of campus agreed that their
actions are inexcusable,
some argue that violence is
a necessary part of bringing
underlying issues to light.
The point of a protest,
from my understanding, is
to demonstrate discontent
in an effort to enact some
kind of change. The former
was accomplished by last
weeks riot, but the latter
became even farther out
of reach.
Support for GTPD
was omnipresent on cam-
pus; Techs sidewalks were
adorned with chalk mes-
sages, signs in support of
the department sprung
up overnight and student
groups lined Hemphill to
bring offerings of support.
Here lies the big prob-
lem with violent protests:
nobody changes minds
for political activism?
With Antifa in the headlines, we question the le-
gitimacy of activists that rely on violence.
with blind aggression. My
personal and political views
wont change if you punch
me in the mouth. Antago-
nizing groups can only
make them more gung-ho
for their cause.
The case of Colin Kae-
pernick is different. There is
no hateful rhetoric or point-
ing fingers. A professional
athlete saw his position in
the public eye and chose to
use it to bring an issue to
light. When military vet-
eran Nate Boyer wrote to
Kaepernick accusing him of
disrespecting the flag, the
former quarterback didnt
meet his words with hate.
Kaepernick flew Boyer
out to San Francisco, took
him out to dinner and
worked out a plan to kneel
for the anthem rather than
sit in order to show respect
for the sacrifice of Americas
veterans.
Change is built on com-
promise and understand-
ing rather than division.
Stop setting things on fire
and listen to the people
around you.
ROHAN MATHEW
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A popular compari-
son people like to make
when discussing the use of
violence in movements is
that of the intentions of
Martin Luther King Jr. and
Malcolm X.
MLK believed that
the foundations for a bet-
ter society are founded on
respecting one another as
opposed to demonizing the
supposed enemy, and that
violence was an infinite
descending spiral of chaos.
On the other end,
Malcolm X was a big
believer of self-preser-
vation of black culture,
and that the centuries of
unpublished violence
against his race had to
be answered through
blood, and that otherwise
the movement would be
belittled.
Currently, we live in a
society that definitely draws
the line on violence in
political activism. Al-
though I was raised in a
mostly morally traditional
household, I genuinely be-
lieve that violence is crucial
to socially progressing a
movement.
Im fully aware that my
stance is a bit left field and
may come off as ignorant
and somewhat hateful, but
it takes the actions of Mal-
colm X for people to truly
immortalize the actions of
MLK.
A good example of this
right now involves the sui-
cide of Scout Schultz and
how they opened a window
for people to really look
at themselves and the sys-
tem that takes advantage
of them.
Scout was not the first
person to take their life
at Tech. Last year, I lost a
close friend to suicide but
the reception of the issues
involved was a lot more pas-
sive, eventually fading away
across the year. Many Tech
students in the past have
tried to fight for more men-
tal health, LGBTQIA and
safe space resources. What
those students got was a
student body that didnt re-
ally care about the issue.
When Tech tried to raise
tuition for health services
on campus, the vote failed.
When the LGBT office on
campus was reduced to a
refurbished broom closet,
people didnt come togeth-
er. And when organizations
try to push for more avail-
able safe spaces they get be-
rated for being too soft on
the student body.
The reality is right
now the violent suicide
of Scout followed by the
burning of a GTPD ve-
hicle at the vigil protest
has put a big spotlight on
the issues.
Bud Peterson and Tech
can no longer get away with
lip service emails, and many
individuals are still fighting
for critical change of which
we have the high possibility
of getting.
Im not someone who
promotes a violent culture,
but I refuse to let someone
tell me that it hasnt made a
positive impact.
8 September 29, 2017 technique // OPINIONS

Diary of a disenchanted Peer Leader

Being a Peer Leader (PL)
can have its ups and downs.
Despite sometimes regretting
becoming one, being a PL has
given me some good stories that
I have not been able to share,
until now. These stories will be
How do you cope with lacking names but will still,
hopefully, give you a taste
Hell Week? of how I was feeling in
these moments.
It was late one afternoon and
I was on my weekend duty shift.
For those of you who do not
know, weekend duty shifts are
24 hours long.
Anyway, I was in my room
when I received a call on the
duty phone, which is not unusu-
al. At this point in the day I was
expecting a lockout, maybe a
lost student, but least of all, I
was not expecting what I was
RICHARD NEWSOME about to hear when I picked up
THIRD-YEAR PHYS the phone.
Hello, I said ready for
I did a lot of studying with whatever was about to be said to
me, or so I thought.
my friends.
Hey Noah, its Samantha, I
am not in the dorm right now
but one of my residents just in-
formed me of poop all over one
of the stalls in the third floor
womens bathroom.
After pausing for a moment,
I responded.
Let me go check it out and
get back to you.
I then grabbed the duty
bag and started my walk up to
the third floor where this sup-
posed poop crime scene await-
ed me. Along my walk, I was
... being a Peer Leader
brings its own set of
challenges ...
NOAH BRYANT
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITOR
thinking of all the different
scenarios there could be where
there would be poop flung all
over the floor in a bathroom
stall. There werent many
situations where I could see that
ever being an option, except for
explosive diarrhea of course.
After I had arrived at the
bathroom and had some-
one make sure it was empty,
I went inside to investigate.
I walked down the long row of
stalls till I got to the one with a
large pink piece of paper taped
on the door that read Do
Not Use.
I could only imagine why. I
pushed open the stall door and
was taken aback at the sight.
There was no poop to be found
anywhere. After having another
person corroborate my story, I
called back Samantha to relay
the news.
Hey Samantha, so I went
up to check the bathroom, and
there was no poop to be found.
Hmm, that is really odd,
Samantha responded, sounding
confused over the phone.
I then hung up after explain-
ing it was clean, then went back
to my room. From that day on,
in my mind, that duty call will
always be called the Mysterious
Case of the Disappearing Poop.
I hope it goes without saying
that being a Peer Leader brings
its own set of challenges, but
when those challenges simply
disappear, you will not hear me
complaining.

Lets talk about the The inordinate power of

QUINCY STALEY
SECOND-YEAR BA
I realize Im just going to
do my best and not try and
do any more than that.
SEBASTION VALENCIA
FOURTH-YEAR CHBE
I award myself with about
a five minute nap when
sleepy anything more
than that is dangerous.
JAY KAMAT
FOURTH-YEAR CS
The best strategy is just to
plan in advance so that you
have pretty much every-
thing done a week ahead.
Photos by Casey Gomez Student Publications
Oklahoma condition a sensational headline
Every state has its own ste- icance to the rest of the popula- Its easy for me to get upset It is an essential, sometimes-
reotype, but few carry the ob- tion only worsens their current by the things I see in the news. forgotten core belief of jour-
scurity of those at the center of condition, especially as a sense Im too sensitive, too affected nalism that readers should be
the country. I would know: I of social division. Personally, by the terrible things that hap- permitted to gather facts and
am from Oklahoma, the state knowing that I am connected to pen to regular old people, people unbiased information in order
somewhere in between the wild a place where popular attributes just like me. A great quality in a to make their own informed de-
west or nowhere in particular. If nothing dissolves any state pride news editor, right? cisions about what they should
it was not for the OKC Thunder, I have, as well as any other de- The world is a scary place, believe.
I would have thought that U.S. sire to go back. I would not be and distressing things happen After that point, it is out of
maps had never updated to in- surprised if similar students had all the time. However, recent the hands of the journalists; but
clude the state. similar experiences especially events on our own campus have before, it is a journalists solemn
Whenever I admit to some- at a school like Tech where al- caused me to reconsider impact responsibility to provide these
one where I am from, I hope ready 68 percent of the popula-
for some small chance of a tion is from Georgia.
that headlines have on shaping facts.
our opinions and emotions. I understand that we live in a
connection, whether they have I have only met one other When I was reading the na- digital age, where every click on
driven through the area or are Oklahoman and a handful of tional media coverage detailing an article is another dollar in the
from somewhere close by. Truly, students from nearby states in the death of Scout Schultz, I was pockets of investors.
there is a special camaraderie at- my two years at Tech. There are astounded by the widely vary- The problem is that stories
tributed to regional similarities more students from states dif- ing and sometimes sensation- such as the one of Schultz are
when you are out ferent than us alist headlines extremely com-
of your comfort
zone and living There is no obvious than there are
the other way
of many of the
stories.
Scandal, crime, plicated. They
involve countless
a new life or dif- solution aside from around, so while Some were politics and invested parties,
ferent region.
But more of- encouraging a sense we have plenty of
opportunities to
misleading
taken out of
if
destruction are terrific various perspec-
tives that must be
ten than not, of potential and expand our per- context: Pro- at generating drama heard and dozens
the response is spective, most tests Erupt After
a vague sense of opportunity ... students do not. Tech Police Kill and fear. of details that
compete to be
knowing that For every one Pride Leader.
Oklahoma may WILL FINCH student that I Some simply ex- POLLY OUELLETTE included, each of
which could have
or may not exist. STAFF WRITER convince I did pressed an out- NEWS EDITOR an influence on
Moreover, this not grow up on right opinion: how the story is
kind of mentality for Oklahoma a farm, hundreds more may not Cop overreacted in shooting received by readers. That quan-
or other states deemed flyover be able to point to the state on a death of Georgia Tech student: tity of complex information is
country damages identity and map. Consequently, any sense of
highlights the much larger is- unison can be undercut by divi-
lawyer. Still others actually in- nearly impossible to include in
cluded false information: Vid- a single article, much less five to
sue of geographical diversity in sion through regional indiffer- eos show police officer fatally eight words emblazoned on top of
higher education. ence and obliviousness. shooting transgender Georgia a page.
Beginning with the college There is no obvious solution Tech student. The solution, which has be-
admissions process, as glori- aside from encouraging a sense My eyes were very quickly come all the more clear in recent
fied as college rankings are, it is of potential and opportunity opened to the fact that not every days, is not to believe everything
discouraging to not see a school that is not unique to New Eng- paper is as strict about editorial- you read in a headline without
from your state being considered land or southern California. izing or introducing their own educating yourself first. Click
one of the best in the country. Furthermore, making geo- take on what should be an unbi- the article. Open the paper.
The message students receive is graphic diversity a priority pro- ased report of an extremely im- Read as much as you can from
that real prestige and reputation vides students with the opportu- portant and serious occurrence. opposing points of view and,
at least by the list writers nity to subvert state stereotypes Logically, I understand why more importantly, from people
standards is only obtainable and increase a type of regional news outlets dramatize events who were directly involved in
in metropolitan areas on the east awareness among students. Stu- such as the death of Scout the situation.
or west coasts; meanwhile, there dents from flyover states like Schultz. Scandal, crime, politics We live in an age where the
is a sort of subtle intellectual Oklahoma deserve an opportu- and destruction are terrific at majority of information is read-
discrimination against those of nity to feel state pride outside generating drama and fear. Fear ily available at any moment we
us in between them. Such is the of their borders as opposed to sells papers. should want it. This is poten-
consequence of an empty repu- feeling under-appreciated by However, attention-grabbing tially dangerous in the hands of
tation: it is easy to outshine. the majority representation. headlines of an already dramatic those who strive to perpetuate
This is not to say that states Universities are praised for their event twist attention away from fear, but every single reader has
like Oklahoma are perfect by protection of diversity, and so reporting the facts and instead the power to combat it. The best
any stretch of the imagination. too should that diversity include advance a political agenda or thing that we can do is to fight
But fading into further insignif- geographic roots. make a tangential point. fear with knowledge.
// OPINIONS
Aid for Puerto Rico
Following Hurricane Ma-
rias destruction in Puerto
Rico, the Georgia Tech Puerto
Rican Student Association
(PRiSA) has been collecting
aid. The island territory is
in need of essentials, such as
drinking water, non-perishable
food, hygiene products and
first-aid supplies. PRiSAs do-
nation drive will be active up
until Oct. 5th and donations
can be made at various loca-
tions around campus.
$1 million pledged
This past week, Tech Presi-
dent G.P. Bud Peterson
announced the formation of
action teams to address four
different areas, which are stu-
dent mental health, campus
culture, LGBT+ community
issues and campus safety. In
addition, Peterson noted that a
commitment of $1 million had
been received to fund mental
health initiatives, campus
wellness programs and train-
ing for campus police.
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Women can finally drive in
Saudi Arabia. Does this mean
there is some sort of feminist
movement in the region, and
that Saudi Arabia is making
progress in terms of gender
equality? Not really. Women
are more independent than
they were before having the
right to drive. However, there
is much more that their leaders
must do. We cannot laud them
for providing women with the
bare minimum.
Home Park robbery
Early Sunday morning, a
group of seven Tech students
were mugged on Mecaslin,
North of 14th Street. The rob-
bers stole cell phones and wal-
lets from the victims at gun-
point. This is the third incident
in three weeks of students be-
ing robbed in and around the
Home Park neighborhood. At-
lanta Police Department must
address this persistent issue
and increase police presence in
the area.
The NFLs patriotic protests
Right now, the citizens of the
United States need to look
around and decide if were
going to be nationalistic
or patriotic.
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
This weekend, what was ini- disrespecting the anthem, the flag
tially just a drop in the bucket and those who fight to protect it.
became a deluge when many NFL Unfortunately, this view directly
teams and other professional ath- contradicts what the players have
letes knelt or locked arms during said, and the entire purpose of
the national anthem as a form of playing the national anthem at
protest. This coming together was sporting events.
sparked by a series of comments First, the players, Kaepernick
from the president regarding the specifically, have made it clear
continued protests of many NFL that he and others are protest-
players that began with Colin ing racial tensions between black
Kaepernick last season. people and police. In an exclusive
Many people have accused interview with NFL Media last
athletes like Kaepernick of being season Kaepernick said, I am not
disrespectful or unpatriotic, while going to stand up to show pride in
many others have supported their a flag for a country that oppresses
right to protest. From veterans black people and people of color.
to the common people this issue To me, this is bigger than football
has become huge; however, the and it would be selfish of me to
difference in opinion could not look the other way.
be simpler. It all stems from the Kaepernicks thoughts arent
difference between nationalism disrespectful, they bring up le-
and patriotism. gitimate points. As of recently,
Per Merriam-Webster diction- race relations have been high with
ary, nationalism means loyalty many cases of unarmed black peo-
and devotion to a nation; especial- ple being killed by police officers.
ly: a sense of national conscious- Unfortunately, the arguments
ness exalting one nation above all against Kaepernick do not stop
others and placing primary em- there, he and other athletes are
phasis on promotion of its culture told to simply do their job in-
and interests as opposed to those stead of making a statement. This
of other nations or supranational plays into my second point about
groups. the national anthem at sporting
On the other hand, patriotism events. Throughout Europe and
is defined as love or devotion to most of the rest of the world, na-
ones country. Most of the argu- tional anthems are only played be-
ments against the protests and fore games involving the national
for the boycott of these leagues teams of countries. In the United
and teams is that these players are States, however, the national an-
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them is played before every single
sporting event.
This tradition began during
the height of World War I in the
MLB. Since then it has been a
staple of many games, but is it na-
tionalistic or patriotic?
Unfortunately, the anthem has
been twisted into a nationalis-
tic piece of propaganda by many
citizens. Too often, the anthem is
seen as representing and confirm-
ing that the United States is the
greatest country on earth, when
in reality, it should be a sober re-
minder to everyone in the country
of what we have sacrificed to get
to this point.
All people complaining that
Kaepernick and others are disre-
specting the country are the ones
disrespecting what this country
represents. This country is a melt-
ing pot of many different cultures.
Some of those cultures, specifi-
cally minority cultures, are being
disrespected and judged by many
citizens, and especially police.
From Trayvon Martin to Freddie
Gray, there are a disproportionate
amount of cases of unarmed black
people being killed by the police.
The people claiming that Kaeper-
nick is being disrespectful are, in
turn, disrespecting those innocent
people who have died by failing to
stand for them.
Right now, the citizens of the
United States need to look around
and decide if we are going to be
nationalistic or patriotic. A pa-
triot can love their country but
understand the need for change.
A nationalist will continue to sup-
port a system that is in need of
adaptation.
In the end, it does not matter if
Kaepernick and other professional
athletes are right. What truly mat-
ters is that their voices should be
respected and heard, not attacked
and put down.
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HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
In October 2014, Tech
alumni Chris Doyle, MGT 07
MBA 11, and Jason Santama-
ria, MGT 06, opened Second
Self, a brewery on the Westside
of Atlanta. The name comes
from how Doyle and Santa-
maria worked on the project in
their spare time while still hav-
ing full-time jobs.
It all started with Georgia
law changing in 2004 to allow
beer to be over 5.9% alcohol.
This in turn opened the Geor-
gia market for craft beers and
especially IPAs (India Pale Ales)
which are more hoppy and bit-
ter than traditional beers.
Doyle and Santamaria,
along with a couple of their Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity brothers,
decided to see if they could
make it because, as Santamaria
put it, ...were Tech kids; we
want to make things.
After graduating from Tech,
they both got traditional day-
jobs, Doyle with GTARC and
Santamaria with Teradata (and
later IBM). It wasnt until 2009
that the pair started to seriously
think about starting their own
business a brewery.
In 2010 we went to the
Brewers Association Confer-
ence, which is the largest group
of brewers in the world, in Chi-
cago. We went there and we
were like alright were going to
learn how to start a brewery,
write a business plan and well
be open in like a year, two years
max, Santamaria said.
This timeline proved to
be overly ambitious and
the revised opening
date became July
2014, four years
later.
One of the first major chal-
lenges was fundraising.
You have no experience,
you have no reputation and you
have to convince banks and
people to give you money. Its
hard asking for it, something
I wasnt used to, Santamaria
said. One of our first investors,
I met at a Braves game and he
sat next to me.
The brewery also had
issues with licens-
ing and
other
bureaucratic
red-tape, start-
ing with the govern-
ment shutdown in 2013.
We sent our applica-
tion in, got a hard copy, got it
assigned to a person. And then
the government shut down,
Doyle said. So it sat there for a
period of time and everything is
contingent upon licensing.
After getting through the
government shutdown, there
were further delays.
[Our application] was as-
signed to someone. And then
she went on maternity leave.
Once its assigned to someone,
it cant be reassigned to anyone.
So she was gone for eight weeks.
Off the bat we had a 12 week
delay, Santamaria said.
The opening date was moved
from July to October.
Historically, one of the
worst times to open a brewery,
Santamaria said.
Licensing and other prob-
lems pushed back the date, but
the planned beers were still
geared towards summer. In fall,
beer sales tend to decline while
liquor sales increase as the holi-
days approach.
We didnt know any of
that. I mean we also just had to
get open because we had prom-
ised everyone all this stuff,
Santamaria said.
Second Self opened with
four beers, only one of which is
still in produc-
tion.
There
were defi-
nitely
things
that
were solve problems, Santamaria
c o m -
pletely out
of our control
that hit us hard,
Santamaria said.
On the flipside of
that, there were many
puzzle pieces that fell into
place to make their dream a
reality. There have to be other
side things going on near you
that really help push your busi-
ness up, said Doyle.
Through the tumultuous
years of planning, fundraising
and building, Doyle and San-
tamaria have remained good
friends and recognize their
humble Tech beginnings.
Doyle started as a chemical
engineer and Santamaria start-
ed as an industrial engineer.
They both later switched to
business, albeit somewhat late
in their college careers.
Santamaria got hands on
experience with consulting in
an industrial engineering co-op
and found it too limiting.
I realized thats not what I
can do the rest of my life, but
I was really enjoying the man-
agement classes so I switched
over, Santamaria said.
Doyle found he enjoyed the
engineering aspect but was not
as fond of the chemistry.
I wanted to apply myself
to something that I was good
at and I wanted to stay at Tech
doing it. So I fooled around
with IE again but I figured that
major [business] would eventu-
ally get me to the right place,
Doyle said.
Think about the end thing
you want to be doing. If you
want to create things, focus on
creating things. If you want
to manage people who cre-
ate things, focus your energies
on that, Doyle said. People
switch around a lot but if you
find the one style of life that
you want: focus on that.
The co-founders have tak-
en away a lot from their time
at Tech.
Tech taught me how to
said. A broader skill that I see
with anyone that comes from
Tech is knowing to look at five
sides of the problem and then
to ask for help if you need it.
More specifically, Doyle is
able to apply what he learned at
Tech directly to their business.
What I do day-to-day is op-
erations planning projections.
A lot of that is the baseline of
strategy and operations at Tech
and thats what I focused on for
my undergrad and my MBA,
Doyle said.
For me this is the ultimate
inspiration. So you know if I
have to work 80-100 hours I
have to work 80-100 hours.
Also something I learned at
Tech. Sometimes you just dont
sleep. And thats just what hap-
pens, Santamaria laughed. Its
a lot more time but you know I
dont mind doing it because I
know what Im doing is creat-
ing something and I believe
in it.
The pair stress that the key
to success, and in turn happi-
ness, is following your dreams.
Our whole business is
about living your dream. Its
about how we are living our
dream. We worked hard to do
it. And you know I encourage
everyone to do that, Santama-
ria said.
In college I didnt know. I
knew I wanted to have my own
thing at some point, but what
it was I had no idea. If you told
me it was going to be a brew-
ery, I would have probably
laughed, Santamaria said.
Second Self currently has 8
full-time employees and 5 part-
time employees.
Collectively, amongst ev-
eryone, we have literally a de-
cade of experience, Doyle said.
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// LIFE
Campus policies discussed at Teach-in
JON LONG
STAFF WRITER
Members of the Tech com-
munity packed into the Student
Center Theater last Friday to voice
concerns about police violence,
mental health and the importance
of community. Panels comprised
of faculty members and outside
community activists led the dis-
cussions in hopes of starting a
campus-wide dialogue about
changes that need to be made.
The idea for the forum, a type
of event typically called a teach-
in, stemmed from a conversation
between Techs own Dr. Anne
Pollock and Dr. Sherie Randolph
about student response to the fatal
shooting of a student by a GTPD
officer last week.
When we heard about the
events, and then saw the way the
Faculty members and community activists held a teach-in on September 22 in the Student
Center Theater. The event was in response to the fatal shooting of Scout Schultz by GTPD.
student protests were handled, we
thought a good thing to do would
be to create a forum for some help
contextualizing these issues and
to hear where students are coming
from, said Pollock, who is in her
tenth year at Tech. It felt impor-
tant for us to do something right
away because it was clear that the
students were not feeling seen.
The teach-in took place just six
days after the incident and four
days after a controversial protest
culminated in chaos on the streets
of Techs campus. Though the
main provocateurs of Mondays
violence were unaffiliated with
the Institute, the circumstances of
Scout Schultzs death left a large
portion of campus angry, emo-
tional and confused. Pollock and
Randolph feared that lack of ac-
tion by the faculty could poten-
tially fuel discontent on the part
of the students.
I think it was hard for [the
faculty] to hear how angry some
of the students were, Pollock
said. Its important for students
to feel like faculty care about
them. This is a student-serving
institution. It exists in order to
foster education. We need to keep
our eyes on that prize, and when
we are falling short we need to ad-
dress that.
The event was faculty-led, but
the organizers left plenty of time
between panels for the students
in attendance to ask questions
and voice their concerns. Several
times throughout the afternoon,
students stood to deliver impas-
sioned accounts of their experi-
ences at Tech and the ways that
administration have failed to
meet their needs.
We should all care about a
campus of mutual respect, of hu-
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Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
technique September 29, 2017 11
Talking mental health
with the counseling center
BOBBY GUILD
STAFF WRITER
Given recent campus events, it
is safe to say that mental health is
of the utmost importance while at
Tech and beyond.
However, it is not an easy thing
to define, or talk about, or change.
It means something different for
everyone, and manifests itself in
different ways.
It is important that mental
health is understood within the
context of ones own life, as well with understanding what it is.
as the community as a whole, so
that good mental health can be
practiced and discussed.
Mental health has been an
important aspect of ones whole
health for quite some time, but
recently a greater focus toward
fostering good mental health has
been taken.
Our society and our campus
communities are paying more at-
tention to mental health issues
than ever before, said Dr. Janice
Harewood, PhD.
Dr. Harewood is a licensed
psychologist and the Assistant Di-
rector for Outreach and Wellness
with the Georgia Tech Counsel-
ling Center.
We understand that good
mental health is essential to good
health overall, and we think a lot
more about how our minds and
our bodies are connected and how
we need to take care of both in or-
der to be well, she explained.
However, knowing that mental
health is important and connected
in key ways to ones total well-be-
ing is not enough.
In order to have good mental
health, and to facilitate discussion
about it, one must recognize the
factors that can influence it.
There is not any one trick or se-
cret to good mental health. Rather
it can be defined in many ways
each effected by ones life experi-
ences and beliefs.
A persons view of good men-
tal health will differ depending
on their values, abilities, cultural
identity or stage of development
in life, Dr. Harewood explained.
While these things change,
there are several factors that in-
fluence mental health, beginning
I like to think of good men-
tal health as having the ability to
respond to our environment with
our emotions, thinking and be-
havior in ways that help us adapt,
Dr. Harewood said. Its about
being flexible with our responses
depending on the situations we
are in, so that we can cope with
challenges and function well.
Being adaptable includes al-
lowing positive feelings and nega-
tive feelings to be part of your
emotions even though positive
feelings are often the ones associ-
ated with good mental health.
There are times when having
negative emotions are a reflection
of good mental health [and] feel-
ing dissatisfied about something
can lead us to take steps toward
change, Dr. Harewood said.
Ultimately, for many people
this boils down to, Feeling that
one is a contributing member
of society, having a sense of bal-
ance internally, having a sense of
meaning in life and connection
with others or having the ability
to work towards ones goals, Dr.
Harewood emphasized.
See HEALTH, page 13
12 September 29, 2017 technique
TEACH FROM PAGE 11
man dignity and thinking about
what keeps us safe as a campus
and what gives us freedom, Pol-
lock said. Im not saying to drop
everything to focus on this, but
part of being a member of a com-
munity is to care about how that
community is run. The purpose of
campus police is to keep students
safe, so how can we make sure
that happens?
Divided opinions on GTPD
may be keeping students from
healing, but the entire incident
reopened one of Techs most glar-
ing and persistent wounds: mental
health problems on campus.
Another thing to think about
is how we care for students in dis-
tress, Pollock said. Maybe not in
as dire a situation as Scout Schultz
was in on that fateful night, but
more broadly. How can we not
drive students to that level of
stress but also be there for them
when they are? A rigorous educa-
tion is not incompatible with an
education that addresses human
beings. It can be technically rigor-
ous and still foster thriving on the
part of the students. We arent just
linear algebra machines.
With mental health now at the
forefront of campus conversation,
entities of all kinds are coming to-
gether to put time and resources
into improving the situation of
everyone on campus. Thanks to
events like last Fridays teach-in,
the Tech community is one step
closer to finally recognizing and
addressing the underlying issues
facing both minority students and
the student body as a whole.
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News outlets in Florida are
usually the primary source Tech
students have regarding hur-
ricanes. However, on Sept. 11
and 12, Hurricane Irma passed
through Georgia. Although At-
lanta was relatively free of major
damage, the weather prediction
that Atlanta would be hit by the
eye of the storm panicked both
Tech students and other Atlanta
residents. For many, this was the
first time that a hurricane became
a real issue instead of some fantas-
tical phenomenon because it was
the first time many students were
directly affected.
For Steven Paul, EE 04, hur-
ricanes have always been captivat-
ing. Since he was a kid, he would
track hurricane movements on his
computer with his family. How-
ever, he did not envision himself
as a storm chaser working at the
National Oceanic and Atmo-
// LIFE
spheric Administration (NOAA) His job on the plane includes sections of the storm instead of
back then. operating and maintaining equip- the traditional radar images.
It is just kind of luck how ment. He usually operates the Recently, Paul has been having
I ended up here [at NOAA] Advanced Vertical Atmospheric many flight days. He has had
though, Paul admitted. Profiling (AVAP) System. over five flights in a row for Hur-
When the Warner Robins Air I drop scientific instruments, ricane Maria alone.
Force Base recruited him, Paul called dropsondes, into the Hurricanes get stronger as
was a recent graduate. He found storm, Paul said. These instru- they pass over warmer water, so
the listing while browsing and the ments have a parachute and float warmer oceans can lead to stron-
job description for an electrical to the surface, transmitting data ger storms, Paul said. It is un-
engineering position in the Air- the entire way down. They collect precedented for three category
craft Operations Center (AOC) pressure, humidity, temperature 4 storms to make landfall in
with NOAA piqued his interest. and wind speeds. the US in one season. The latest
I am fairly certain that the This data is then relayed back flurry of strong storms in the At-
reputation of GT as an engineer- and quality checked by a meteo- lantic (Irma, Jose and Maria) is
ing school had a big part in get-
ting me to the short list of candi-
rologist and later used by forecast-
ers, research scientists and weath-
also rare.
For Paul, hurricanes are a daily
dates as they made their selection, er models. reality. He purposely chooses to
Paul said. Earlier this week however, Paul go into hurricanes for science.
Although part of his job de- has been running Tail Doppler Luckily, for the danger connota-
scription is storm chaser, Paul Radar (TDR), which is a radar tion that storm-chasing has, he
compares his typical day to any installed in the tail of his aircraft. has yet to experience what he con-
other office job. The TDR produces vertical cross siders bad turbulence.
Our main mission is research
to better understand the storms,
Paul said.
This means answering ques-
tions about how and why they
form, strengthen and interact
with the surrounding environ-
ment in order to better predict
what hurricanes may do.
Pauls job strays from the typi-
cal office work due to what he
calls his flight days. On those
days, Paul embarks for his flight
on-site to the storm.
We preflight the instruments
and get the plane ready for the
mission, Paul said. We then fly
the mission, usually about 8 hours,
have an hour or so post flight to
shut everything down and copy
data, then go into mandatory 12- Photo courtesy of Steven Paul
hour crew rest to be ready for the Pictured above is storm chaser Steven Paul, EE 04. He now has
next days flight. a career at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
// LIFE technique September 29, 2017 13

BREW FROM PAGE 10

Even with their limited experi-
ence, the altruistic pair make time
to stay connected to their roots
and give back.
We still do alumni tailgates
and stuff like that for the school.
Im doing a panel next month,
Santamaria said. We try to be as
involved as we can with Georgia
Tech. The skillset that we learned
and the people we met I mean
we met at Tech we wouldnt be
here without that.
In addition to just giving back
to Tech, Second Selfs tasting
room features local artists and
hosts monthly comedy nights
with Atlanta stand-up.
And thats kind of my policy,
Santamaria said. Im living my
dream and I want to help others.
So if people need any coaching,
Im happy to do it. Ive talked to
servers about having to help them
live what they really want to do.
So Im always willing to help and
happy to do it. I think its my goal
as a business owner to help other
people do that.
Everything about Second Self
is near and dear to its founders
hearts, from the award-winning
can designs to their special occa-
sion beer, Champenoise Saison.
Second Self will be celebrat-
ing their three-year anniversary
on Oct. 7. This event will feature
their special occasion beer, along
with food trucks like The Fry Guy
and Crepe Masters.
Its a beer made like cham-
pagne, Santamaria said. So its
taken 12 months to do. Its been a
labor of love for this beer.
Really this was our nights
and weekends, Santamaria said.
This was our passion project; this
is what we really wanted to do.
We wanted to have our own busi-
ness, wanted to create our own
mark on world and we wanted to
do something that we loved.
HEALTH FROM PAGE 11
As many things help create
good mental health, so too do
many things cause it to deterio-
rate. Stressors from daily life, or
from major life events can cause a one in a community plays a part
deterioration when not addressed
over a period of time or when
they arise in conjunction with
other factors.
Negative events and stressors
are not enough to cause mental
health problems by themselves,
but if stress is overwhelming and
not dealt with, this can result in
problems with emotions, think-
ing and behaviors, Dr. Hare-
wood said.
Knowing the factors that can
affect mental health is a necessary
part of knowing to foster better
mental health. Being proactive
can be a large part of ensuring
that you are armed with the tools
necessary to have and maintain
your mental health.
This can mean implementing
stress management and problem
solving skills, seeking support,
either professionally or from the
community, or developing a good
understanding of self.
Developing insight under-
standing our experiences and be-
ing honest with ourselves about
them can help us know when
there is a problem in our lives we
might need to deal with. ... Being
willing to seek out support and
help when it is needed, and being
willing to take a step forward to
begin to make changes are also es-
sential, Dr. Harewood said.
However, the buck does not
stop with the individual. Every-
in developing an environment
where good mental health is fos-
tered, and where issues can be
discussed. This is especially im-
portant given the proximity and
interconnectedness of those in the
Tech community. There are sev-
eral steps one can take:
First, taking care of our own
mental health puts us in a better
position to help people who might
need our support. Simply reach-
ing out to others and saying hi
can help people feel more con-
nected on campus and brighten
someones day. Continuing to be
aware of the mental health needs
on campus is important, and
learning how we can help others
whether by offering support
directly or referring them for care
is important too, Dr. Hare-
wood said.
With a better understanding of
mental health, students, faculty,
staff are able to work to foster
good health for themselves and
also within the Tech and larger
community.
By taking steps to make this
happen, the culture surrounding
mental health will continue to
change for the better.

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Chris Doyle (left) and Jason Santamaria (right) opened Second Self in October 2014 in the West-
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Unattributed play Edward explores history
SHOWS
The Reign of King Edward
the Third
WRITER: Unknown
DIRECTOR: Mary Ruth
Ralston
PERFORMER: Drew Reeves
LOCATION: The Shakespeare
Tavern Playhouse
DATE: Sept. 23 Oct. 1
OUR TAKE: introduced to the general state of
JAMIE RULE
STAFF WRITER
Today, it is generally accepted
that William Shakespeare wrote
37 plays, though some claim the
oddball tragicomedy of 1634,
Two Noble Kinsmen, as his
38th. None of these 37 or 38
plays, however, include The
Reign of King Edward the Third,
which was published anonymous-
ly in 1596.
It has since been speculated
that this play was written, at least
in part, by William Shakespeare
while others attribute the his-
tory play to his contemporary,
Thomas Kyd.
Since there is no real way to
know its origin for sure, Atlantas
own Shakespeares Tavern Play-
house can be forgiven for intro-
ducing their current performance
as probably William Shake-
speares The Reign of King Ed-
ward the Third.
The play opens with the news
that King Edward III of England
is, by some accounts, the rightful
successor to the French throne.
When word comes from John
LEGO Ninjango departs from franchise success
Lord Garmadon, voiced by Justin Theroux, conquers the city of
Ninjago in the beginning of the film and fuels familial drama.
II that he has become King of
France and wishes acknowledge-
ment from King Edward, Ed-
wards advisers and Edward him-
self are greatly incensed and opt to
invade France.
All is not well at home, how-
ever, and before seeing to foreign
affairs, King Edward must deal
with a besieged castle in northern
England. This background was
set up in a rather lengthy and dull
dialog at the opening of the play.
Once the audience has been
affairs, however, the play has more
freedom to be entertaining, leav-
ing the history lesson and trans-
forming into a love story of sorts.
When King Edward, played
by Drew Reeves, arrives at the be-
sieged castle, the attackers quickly
flee at the sight of a formidable
and well-organized army. The
triumphant army is promptly in-
vited into the castle by the Earl
of Salisburys wife (Kati Grace
Brown). Edward III is instantly
smitten by the countesss beauty
and professes his love to her.
The countess reminds King
Edward of his own wife and gen-
erally rebuffs his advances in every
way. Brown does an admirable job
of portraying a distraught woman.
Her character knows she can-
not continuously reject her king
without repercussions (most likely
of the death penalty variety) but
still ardently opposes his desires.
While the countess does not have
a terribly large role in the play
overall, Brown makes her limited
lines count.
The second half of the play fo-
cuses on the portion of the story
that had fallen by the wayside
during King Edwards short-lived
love story. Englands armies go
Photo courtesy of Warner Animation Group
Drew Reeves stars as King Edward III, the titular character of the history play covering the
Hundred Years War and forbidden romance. The play may have been written by Shakespeare.
to France where Edward (David
Sterritt), Prince of Whales and
son of King Edward III, is knight-
ed and shows his courage and
military prowess.
As there are many large battles
portrayed in The Reign of King
Edward III, observing how they
have been shrunk to fit on stage
is interesting. Several of the
conflicts are merely described by
messengers or commoners who
have witnessed the battles and
then are reporting the events to
their superiors.
FILM
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
GENRE: Animation,
Adventure
STARRING: Jackie Chan,
Dave Franco, Justin Theroux
DIRECTOR: Charlie Bean,
Paul Fisher, Bob Logan
RATING: PG
RELEASE DATE: Sept. 22
OUR TAKE:
MOHAR KALRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The LEGO Movie franchise is
an odd beast. Many pegged it to
fail with The LEGO Movie, and
others claimed that The LEGO
Batman Movie would surely
bomb. After all, how could a
movie series based on a toy be any
more than a soulless cash grab?
Despite the pundits, both mov-
ies were wildly successful. The
LEGO Movie is still one of the
most original, imaginative and en-
tertaining animated features to be
produced in the last seven years,
and The LEGO Batman Movie,
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Monica Jamison
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Joshua Trebuchon
entertainment@nique.net
Photo courtesy of The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse
Quite a few are intricately cho-
reographed fight scenes wherein a
multitude of actors brandishing
swords rush out onstage, take a
few swings and hurry off again
to emulate the shifting tides of
battle. The director Mary Ruth
Ralston and the fight captain Da-
vid Sterritt did a fantastic job of
translating the scripts fighting
into real actions onstage.
Performances of this little
known, anonymously published
play are few and far between in
the realm of theatre, and this per-
released earlier this year, garnered
praise as well.
The surprising success of the
franchise lies in energetic, humor-
ous animation that offers regu-
lar sight gags, poignant themes,
wonderfully meta humor and a
charmingly childish willingness
to pursue any joke no matter how
silly. In addition to appealing
to the children in audiences, the
LEGO movies seek to appeal to
the dormant child in many adult
viewers as well.
In some respects, The LEGO importance of perspective, their
Ninjago Movie is no different.
This debut feature by directors
Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and
Bob Logan stars Dave Franco
(Neighbors) as Lloyd Garma-
don, the estranged teenage son of
Lord Garmadon, a supervillain
who regularly terrorizes the island
city of Ninjago.
Lloyd struggles to fit in with
the townspeople of Ninjago due to
his lineage, but he finds purpose
in fighting his father as a member
of the secret ninja force. The se-
cret ninja force echoes the Power
Rangers, comprising of Lloyd as
the Green Ninja and five other
teens who all fight evil under the
tutelage of Sensei Wu, played by
Jackie Chan (The Karate Kid).
technique
Friday,
14
September 29, 2017
formance of The Reign of King
Edward III will only be per-
formed through Oct. 1, so anyone
interested only has a limited win-
dow of opportunity.
Then the venue will switch to a
play more credibly written by Wil-
liam Shakespeare and more fitting
of the month of Halloween, The
Tragedy of Macbeth. Shake-
speares Tavern has performed
this particular Shakespeare play
many times in recent years, and it
has yet to fail to garner audience
approval.
The film opens with the ninjas
failing to stop Lord Garmadon,
voiced enthusiastically by Justin
Theroux (The Leftovers), from
conquering Ninjago. In a desper-
ate attempt to rid the city of his
father, Lloyd uses a laser pointer
to summon a live-action cat that
completely destroys Ninjago.
The remainder of the film fol-
lows the ninja force and Lord Gar-
madon as they join forces to end
the cats reign of terror. Along the
way, the sextet learns about the
own individuality and family as
Lloyd and Garmadon attempt to
repair their relationship.
While there is much to appre-
ciate in this film, it is not quite as
funny as the previous installments
in the LEGO Movie franchise
despite having similar humor. In
a visually exciting style, the film
manages to ridiculously subvert
genre tropes in the same way that
other LEGO Movies have.
It is truly wonderful to watch
as six LEGO ninjas in six LEGO
robotic beasts are slowly shot out
of the sky by a meandering, in-
nocuous live action cat to the
screams of little LEGO people be-
low. Tongue-in-cheek scenes like
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Aquatic-themed Imagine grows without pains
ZAFIR SHARIF
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The pavement at Atlanta Mo-
tor Speedway lead to the stage at
Imagines 2017 Underwater fes-
tival. The same track that racecars
usually breeze through housed a
collection of stages, food trucks,
street shops and more.
Now completing its fourth
year, Imagine fell into its stride
as an authentic EDM festival by
bringing a collection of accom-
plished artists and good quality
production to the stage.
Imagines camping grounds
are a newer addition to the festival
and have helped to bridge Imagine
to its iconic peers like Tomorrow-
World and EDC (Electric Daisy
Carnival). The number of festi-
val attendees was overwhelming,
and the camping grounds were
decorated with the neon tops of
camping tents.
Water refill stations were ac-
cessible at all areas of the speed-
way, and the range in stage sizes
allowed fans to appreciate a
more personal vibe with some of
the smaller DJs. As for the large
stages, the number of speakers
and the sound they produced was
breathtaking.
Flames adorned one artist as
the ceiling of the stage was lit on
fire. All around the festival were
shaded domes, seating areas and
shops. The collection of vendors
was large, and the ten to fifteen
food trucks that attended the
festival offered a wide variety of
foods at acceptable prices.
Imagine was split into three
days, each featuring more than a
few noteworthy artists. Perhaps
the biggest name on Friday was
Tiesto. Known for heavy, indus-
trial beats, he truly delivered his
performance as a masterpiece on
the Oceania stage. Friday also fea-
With impressive laser effects, Zomboy performed on the Oceania stage on Saturday night. Over
50 EDM artists performed over three days at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Imagines fourth year.
tured a crowd favorite, NGHT-
MRE. NGHTMRE looks to
blend EDM with some trap ele-
ments. His set featured Mask-
off and the classic favorite Lam-
borghini Mercy.
A unique addition to Imagine
is the camping grounds silent
disco. Although one must have a
camping pass to attend, the silent
disco is now a tradition of Imag-
ine that begins at 3 a.m. on Friday
night. Saturdays set did not be-
gin until around 6 p.m., so much
of the festival kept its energy up
throughout the night.
Saturday was the centerpiece
of the entire festival. Most of the
crowd arrived around sundown to
attend some EDM big-hitter sets.
Zomboy and Flux Pavilion are fa-
miliar names to a lot of listeners,
so their sets brought out the larg-
est crowds.
After 6 p.m., the quality of
the artists became so consistent
that migrating to other stages be-
came unnecessary. Still, choosing
between two acts on competing
stages can be hard.
The closing set was Imag-
ines most adored musician,
Deadmau5. At the same time as
Deadmau5s performance, Pretty
Lights performed on the Amazo-
nia stage.
For a festival that features a lot
of artists that bring new sounds
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Photo by Nikita Peker Student Publications
and blends to the genre, Dead-
mau5s blackout performance
brought the audience back to
where EDM came from. Heavily
influenced by house music and the
dubstep wave, Deadmau5 provid-
ed the authenticity of Imagine.
Pretty Lights brought a fresh,
groovy feel to the stage with the
use of live instruments. After a
couple hours, all listeners seemed
as if they were in a trance, content
with the quality of the artists and
their production.
In terms of production as a
music festival, Imagine success-
fully executed its growing event.
The festival now operates in a
bigger league: with each succes-
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sive year, Imagine increases in fol-
lowing. The venue switched from
the Masquerade to the Speedway
last year to accommodate larger
crowds. With the newer site,
Imagine management were on
At one performance Friday
night, an excitable crowd rattled
and broke down the barrier that
separated them from the artist.
After a night of a crowd gone
slightly wild, the barriers were re-
inforced to take another beating
on Saturday.
Water carriers stood on the
sides of the stage and encour-
aged everyone to stay hydrated by
providing water. The garages that
usually house racecars overnight
became homes of VIP suites, con-
taining dancers on stilts and deco-
rated by neon lighting.
In the middle of the area open
to the public was a pool filled
with floating orbs. Shirtless fans
flopped belly first into the two-
feet deep pool, and everyone at-
tending was having the time of
their lives.
The speedway at night was a
different environment entirely. In
accordance with the underwater
theme, blue lights illuminated the
grounds and stage. As the night
progressed, crowds aggregated at
the larger stages, and as the set list
progressed, the volume from each
stage increased with it. At the end
of the night, the speedway became
the loudest it has ever been as it
dove once again into the silent
disco an ironic silence.
Sunday concluded the festival
with the last performances at 8
p.m. featuring Seven Lions, Big
Gigantic and Above and Beyond.
As the campers collected their be-
longings and returned to reality,
the speedway returned to normal.
The tarmac is now a simple black
instead of the blue of Imagine un-
til next year.
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16 September 29, 2017 technique
Opposition updates Colbert for new media
TELEVISION
The Opposition with
Jordan Klepper
NETWORK: Comedy Central
WHEN: Mon-Thurs 11:30 p.m.
STARRING: Jordan Klepper
OUR TAKE: over the internet.
JOSH TREBUCHON
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
In 1999, Jon Stewart took over
as the host of The Daily Show,
kicking off a revolution in the na-
ture and focus of late night tele-
vision. Before then, shows in the
genre focused on pop culture and
interviews with celebrities, but
Stewart developed a paradigm
that centered on political satire.
Soon, the field expanded with
the introduction of The Colbert
Report, a spin off from and the
fake political counterpart to The
Daily Show. Stephen Colbert
found success lampooning the
conservative talk shows; his nine-
year run as host of the show ended
only when he left to take over as
the host of The Late Show.
Since The Colbert Report
ended in 2014, Comedy Central
has lacked a conservative sat-
ire to counterbalance The Daily
Show. On Sept. 25, that role was
finally filled with the introduction
of Jordan Kleppers show The
Opposition. While Kleppers new
show satirizes conservative com-
mentary much like The Colbert
Report did, The Opposition is
not simply a rehashing of the old
series. Since 2014, the political
climate of the U.S. has changed
drastically, and with it conserva-
tive media have undergone a dra-
matic transformation as well.
In recent years, Americans in
the far right have begun turning
// ENTERTAINMENT
off their televisions and finding news is reported. The Opposi- that it too will mock the way in This unique focus on mocking
new voices in extreme online pod- tion seems to successfully carry which news is reported by sources news formats has become even
casts and websites like Alex Joness on in the footsteps of Colbert. on the right. Several times, Klep- more important than it was when
InfoWars and Steve Bannons Bre- Much like Fox News pundits per mockingly complimented his The Colbert Report began,
itbart News. Many of the most Bill OReilly and Sean Hanni- audience for their intelligence, as political comedy has become
conservative Americans no longer ty, Stephen Colbert built a cult claiming much like Alex Jones more common on traditional late
get their news and opinions from of personality around himself and other right-wing pundits do night shows with the introduction
Fox News, but rather from a host and his own ego. His audiences that their decision to watch his of Seth Myers version of Late
of fresh sources popping up all chanted his name during his en- show was evidence of their intel- Night and Colberts own itera-
trances, and his opening sequence ligence and political autonomy. tion of The Late Show.
The Opposition reflects this included images of him wield- Klepper then turned around If the writers can continue
shift in its format and tone. By ing an American flag. Through and insulted them in the next to parody the format of under-
claiming to be an independent charisma and stylistic choices, sentence, highlighting the way in ground conservative talk shows
truth-seeking organization look- Colbert highlighted the egotism which hard-right pundits compli- while focusing the content of
ing out for the American people, and narcissism of those whom he ment their followers while simul- the show on more current issues,
the show satirizes these new me- was mocking. taneously feeding them ridiculous The Opposition could turn out
dia. Some diehard Colbert fans The first episode of The Op- lies, which should offend their to be a worthy successor to The
may have been hoping that this position indicated to its audience intelligence. Colbert Report.
series would have the same feel
as The Colbert Report did, but
the differences in the two shows
are adjustments that needed to be
made for Comedy Central to keep
up with the times.
As far as content goes, the
first episode of The Opposition
mostly lived up to expectations.
The jokes were generally funny,
and Kleppers delivery through-
out the night was solid though
some lines felt over-practiced and
artificial.
Several memorable underhand-
ed shots at Alex Jones included a
funny gag that mocked the In-
foWars hosts recent custody bat-
tle, but overall the episode seemed
a little thin and not noteworthy.
Despite the slightly disappoint-
ing premiere, the shows jokes will
likely improve as the writers dive
into more topical content in the
coming days.
Perhaps the most promising
aspect of the episode was the em-
phasis that the writers seemed to
place on being more than just a
satirical late night show. Beyond
merely allowing its audience to
laugh at political news, the unique
strength of the The Colbert Re- Photo courtesy of Comedy Central
port was that it exposed the ab- Jordan Klepper hosts Comedy Centrals new political satire The Opposition. Klepper, who
surdity in the way in which the until recently served as a correspondent for The Daily Show, parodies conservative media.
// ENTERTAINMENT
STREAM FROM PAGE 1
exclusivity is actually a victory for
everyone since increased patron-
age for artists leads to more and
higher quality music. In the unre-
lated words of Joe Biden, this ar-
gument is a bunch of malarkey.
As a rule of thumb, it is unwise
to argue with JAY-Z on the topic
of business. The rappers intuition
has been built on years of expe-
rience and experimentation to
incredible success. However, the
major music label Universal dis-
agrees completely and instated a
policy that the company will not
sell exclusive streaming rights.
The label fears that the up-front
millions that come from the deal
will not make up for the smaller
audiences.
In the modern era, a new term
has been born: Pirate Platinum,
referring to when an album has
been downloaded illegally over a
million times. Notable examples
include Kanye Wests The Life of
Pablo and JAY-Zs 4:44, which used to come from the percent-
were Tidal exclusives at the time.
The cool name hardly makes up
for the money JAY-Z missed out
on. Even if he does end up the
winner in terms of financial gain,
he is actively killing his own lega-
cy as an artist.
Music fandom and music ob-
session have changed. What was
once territory reserved for super
fans of artists is now common-
place with the availability of entire
catalogs in one convenient, digital
place. As for those whose passion
or even profession is music, the
expected amount of knowledge is
dizzying. A light skim of sites like
Pitchfork and Noisey reveals content.
enough jargon to be nearly on-par
with that of lawyers.
This changed environment is
due precisely to the unbelievable
convenience of streaming, not a
newfound cultural mania. Just
ask anyone under the age of 25 to
name even three Aaliyah songs,
and it quickly becomes clear why
exclusivity can spell a death sen-
tence for a body of work.
Aaliyah, for all her impact in
the 90s and early 00s, has been
forsaken by her uncle and the
owner of the rights to her music,
Barry Hankerson, to a slow march
into oblivion. His refusal to allow
her music to live anywhere online
is an extreme case, but this situ-
ation fundamentally creates the
same problem as exclusive stream-
ing limited availability.
While artists have been able to
make up for the loss from royalty
checks by touring, that option is
not even available to many oth-
ers in the business. Independent
artists, label employees and back-
ground artists like producers and
writers, whose bread and butter
company views it as a step of
ages of songs and albums, have
had to get creative. Some beat-
makers for example have turned
to sites like The Drum Broker
to sell drum packs. Others have
picked up DJing gigs. Yet unlike
leading artists, the shifts in what
it means to be a musician has not
slowed down smaller players drive
to continue creating.
Highly fragmented streaming
is not unprecedented either: that
is the current state of musics sis-
ter industry, film. Netflix, Hulu,
Amazon and HBO all fight for
viewers attention and money
with little to no overlap in their
previous century, and todays un-
Cinephiles see streaming as a
blessing for obvious reasons, but
many also see it as a curse for the
effect it has had on the actual cul-
ture. Netflix has less than 50 mov-
ies made before 1970 while Hulu
has none.
Fans of classic cinema are
forced to find boutique services
like FilmStruck. It is easy to imag-
ine a world where music stream-
ing services are similarly split by
genre, age, label or any almost truly absurd. Certain live-action
arbitrary marker. While this re-
ality may sound ridiculous, it
may not be too far if exclusivity
practices continue.
Unsurprisingly considering its
history, Spotify, the first and larg-
est player in the space, has a strict
no-exclusives policy. Co-founder
and CEO Daniel Ek was the for-
mer CEO of Torrent, a company
that ran the peer-to-peer technol-
ogy that fuels piracy and that fu-
eled Spotify in its early days.
The pirate ethos stuck around,
and the company remains philo-
sophically opposed to the prac-
tice of exclusive streaming. The
pacing is uneven and inconsistent.
regression a cardinal sin in
technology.
However, Spotify has the priv-
ilege of being much larger than
Apple and Tidal, who are forced
to differentiate themselves. From
these companies perspectives,
exclusive streaming makes all too
much sense.
Why enter a perfectly competi-
tive market when there is an eas-
ier way to differentiate themselves
and to entice users while also play-
ing into artists fears of not mak-
ing enough money? In the years
to follow, however, the parallels
between angry musicians of the
satisfied pop stars will become all
too clear.
technique September 29, 2017 17
LEGO FROM PAGE 14
these that play on tropes like the
somber last stand and the grave and provides a clever subversion of
apocalypse are immensely fun
to watch.
Sometimes it feels as if the
screenwriters pursued jokes with
childish glee, unrestrained by
public perception to approach the
cut scenes interspersed through-
out the film are so extraordinarily
silly that one cannot help but grin.
While some jokes are too on-the-
nose to work, the film is still con-
sistently fun.
Unfortunately, the humor and
visuals are the only strong point
of the film. The plot meanders,
adopting the guises of a Kung
Fu satire, a coming-of-age film, a
family drama, an epic, a disaster
movie and many more. The film
has its own identity crisis and nev-
er settles on which genre it wants
to imitate.
Due to this uncertainty, the
Movies succeeded through their
Further, the film is bookended
by two cringeworthy live-action
scenes that depict Jackie Chan as
an aged trinket shop owner nar-
rating the films events to a wide-
eyed young boy. These scenes add
little to the film and only obfus-
cate the films tone.
The only characters developed
well are Lloyd and his father, but
Lloyds character is too bland and
plain to hold the audiences atten-
tion. Dave Francos Lloyd regu-
larly rattles off some tired lines
about not fitting in and hating his
father, but it ultimately amounts
to little substance.
Therouxs Garmadon, how- movies, planned to be released in
ever, is an absolute joy to watch.
Fickle, immature and completely
oblivious to the impact his actions
have on his son, Garmadon is a
constant source of comedic relief
the absentee father trope in many
heroes journeys. Therouxs per-
formance ties together the dispa-
rate strands of the plot and cam-
ouflages many of the gaping holes
in the narrative.
Unfortunately, none of the
other characters, played by such
renowned actors as Fred Armisen
(Portlandia), Kumail Nanji-
ani (Silicon Valley) and Olivia
Munn (The Newsroom), are
given much space to breathe in
the plot.
All of these faults would be for-
givable if the film had something
original to say. Unfortunately,
the film tries to unify itself the-
matically around some truly dry
and trite monologues by Lloyd
and Garmadon about the impor-
tance of family and staying true
to oneself.
Where the past two LEGO
originality, The LEGO Ninjago
Movie does not even try to reach
the same bar. The disappointing
finale reinforces how forgettable
the film as a whole is.
While there are many indi-
vidual scenes that are entertain-
ing, the film overall simply fails to
distinguish itself from the bulk of
cliche, moralizing animated films
that are produced every year.
As a kids film, The LEGO
Ninjago Movie may pass as ac-
ceptable. However, this install-
ment of the franchise does not live
up to the precedent set by the first
two LEGO movies. Future LEGO
2018 and 2019, may extend the
weakened franchise.
18 September 29, 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
// COMICS technique September 29, 2017 19

TECHNOBABBLE BY MOHAR K ALRA

CUBICLES

INFINITELY NO SOLUTIONS BY MILES HSU

SURPRISE GIFT

SARAHS SCRIBBLES BY SARAH ANDERSEN IN THE BLEACHERS BY STEVE MOORE

20 September 29, 2017 technique
Tech volleyball rolls to tumultuous start
EMILY DYKSTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Expectations for Tech vol-
leyball were relatively low when
the season began. Though senior
Gabriela Stavnetchei was named
to the 2017 Preseason All-ACC
team, the team itself was pre-
dicted to finish ninth within the
conference, a rather low mark. Yet
the team has more than met those
expectations in the early goings.
Their primary advantage has
been leadership, both on the court
and from the bench. Michelle
Collier is taking charge of the
Jackets for a fourth year as head
coach, while Stavnetchei and fel-
low seniors Sydney Wilson, Gabby
Benda, and Ashley Askin serve as
leaders to a large freshmen class.
Additionally, the team brought
on Claudio Pinheiro over the off-
season as an assistant coach. As a
competitor, he is the owner of two
gold medals with the Brazilian
national team, while serving as its
coach, an impressive resume.
The Jackets opened the sea-
son with two hard fought battles
against Auburn and Furman,
both of which ended in disap-
pointment. However, Stavnetchei
was able to record a career-high
of 11 kills during the Auburn
game, while four freshmen (Ales-
sia Del Romano, Cori Clifton,
Sam Knapp and Nicole Alford)
were able to experience their first
college competition. The Furman
matchup saw sophomore Kodie
Comby record a career high of
15 kills, while Stavnetchei post-
ed her first double-double of the
season with 14 kills and 16 digs.
// SPORTS
Although the first two games did
not have the outcome desired,
players showed resilience and the
ability to keep at it when the going
got tough.
The first win of the season
came against No. 17 Michigan
State at the end of August, which
was Coach Colliers first career
win over a top-25 opponent, as
well as the Jackets first win over a
top-25 opponent since 2013. Once
again, Stavnetchei stood out with
another double-double, along-
side the other senior women who
competed aggressively against the
Big 10 team. The team certainly
desires that the outcome of that
game represents a sign of things
to come.
Perhaps the most remarkable
match so far this season was a 3-0
sweep against North Dakota, who
had been undefeated until play-
ing the Jackets. The match saw
Stavnetchei and the seniors put up
great stats again, yet it was fresh-
man Sam Knapp who was able to Photo courtesy of Danny Karnik
start the ball rolling for the vic- Gabriela Stavnetchei prepares to hit the ball during a match versus Xavier. Stavnetchei, a
tory off of a serve that led to a cru- senior, will be depended upon down the stretch as Tech volleyball faces tough competitors.
cial 7-0 run.
The last two matches of August the Jackets bounced back with for a phenomenal comeback, giv- again tie her best number of kills,
turned the 0-2 start to the season their return to Atlanta, starting ing the teams home record an im- and Del Romano recorded her
upside down, giving the Jackets off the Georgia Tech Invitational provement to 5-2. first career kill.
the opportunity to bounce back with a win over Xavier. Most recently, the Jackets fell Tech volleyballs 6-7 start is
from two tough losses. Freshmen Tech finished with a season- to UGA in Athens, yet came back not particularly impressive, es-
Clifton, Alford and Knapp were high .273 attack percentage after to sweep Clemson in the ACC pecially for a team that won 24
able to create names for them- the Xavier game, while freshman Opener. The team was initially led matches last year. But with a
selves throughout the first month Nicole Alford recorded a career- by Grace Rigsbee, who marked a large contingent of veteran players
as the team built upon the mo- high 18 assists and Stavnetchei career high in kills, as well as Lau- looking for one more chance at a
mentum from each game. surpassed 100 kills overall, mark- ren Frerking, who tied her num- conference championship before
At the beginning of September, ing a team-high. Stavnetchei and ber of career highs. they graduate, there is no lack of
the women traveled to San Diego Askin led the team to another Still on the road, the Jackets urgency. With contributions from
to compete in the USD Tourna- win against North Florida, while traveled to compete against the players all across the roster and
ment, but fell short of their own Sydney Wilson and Kodie Comby Blue Devils where they were un- steady counsel from experienced
expectations with losses to San assisted the Jackets sweep. The able to repeat their victory; how- coaches, there is plenty of reason
Diego, Texas and Villanova. But Georgia Tech Invitational allowed ever, Frerking was able to once to expect an improvement.
// SPORTS
Students hack NBA at national competiion
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
On September 23 and 24, the
NBA hosted its second annual
hackathon at Skylight Modern
on 27th Street in New York City.
Four Tech students second-
year IE Nishant Reddy, third-year
CS Nikki Cantrell, third-year IE
Alan Lo and third-year CS May-
uri Mamtani competed in the
basketball analytics competition
and placed third out of more than
200 participants.
For the students, the road to
New York began over the summer.
I saw something about it on
Twitter from one of the basket-
ball writers I follow, Reddy said.
Then I told Alan about it because
I know hes pretty into basketball
analytics. And then he reached
out to Nikki and Mayuri because
theyre pretty good friends and
theyre good with CS.
The NBA would receive 900
applicants, of which, only 207
were accepted. While parts of the
application were optional, they
were strongly encouraged.
There was one question which
was covered in one of my ISYE
classes, so that was kind of cake,
Lo said. The rest of it was cod-
ing. The coding project required
the applicants to take box scores
from the 2016-2017 season and
determine when teams were elim-
inated from playoff contention.
The group, dubbed Team Alley-
Oops, did not finish the project,
but the incomplete work they sup-
ported was enough to convince
evaluators of their potential.
In late August, the group heard
back from the NBA that they
had been accepted; however, the
NBA did not provide travel, so
the group convinced the College
of Computing to sponsor their
travel. Going into the hackathon,
they did not know with what they
would be tasked.
After arriving early Friday
morning to explore the city, the
team began their new project
Saturday morning. Alley-Oops
decided to tackle a possible rule
change dealing with offensive
fouling, specifically dealing with
collisions around the restricted
area. Currently, the restricted
area, designated by a small arc
inside the paint, is four feet from
the basket. It is restrictive in that
no defender can force a charging
Nishant Reddy, Alan Lo, Mayuri Mamtani and Nikki Cantrell (left to right) pose with NBA deputy
comissioner Mark Tatum after successfully presenting their project at the leagues hackathon.
foul in the area, save for some oc-
casional exceptions.
What we planned to do was
expand that restricted area for
three reasons, Lo said. First, to
decrease the number of injuries
that might occur. More offensive
fouls mean more charges being
called, which can lead to an in-
creased risk of injury.
Second, he continued, was
to improve game watchability, in
the sense that nobody wants to
watch people drawing charges,
thats really boring. Youd rather
watch someone play defense.
technique September 29, 2017 21
Third, was to shorten game dura-
tion a bit because for people who
arent as familiar with basketball
the game seems kind of long and
boring and drawn out.
This was particularly apparent
to Cantrell and Mamtani, who
were not devout fans of the sport.
While the idea was solid on
paper, the team needed data to
back it up. This data came from
the large data pool the NBA had
given them a few days before.
We were given a bunch of
data and .csv files, Cantrell said.
And we used ... play-by-plays of
Photo courtesy of NBA/Getty Images
each game since 2007. We did
two things with it. First, we went
through and parsed the data and
looked at the number of offensive
fouls per game and the actual time
of the game, and we plotted that
to show that there was a steady
increase in offensive fouls as game
time increased.
With a clear relationship in
place, the group needed to show
where those fouls were occurring
to justify their arguments.
They gave us .xml files of
Sport View data which gives the
players location in the game very
half second, Cantrell said. We
looked at the time the offensive
foul occurred and then went into
the .xml file and got the location
of the player at that instance and
then wrote it back to an Excel file
so that we could graph that and
overlay it over top of a basketball
court. That gave us a heat map
of where all the offensive fouls
occurred.
Their heat map pointed to al-
most all offensive fouls occurring
just outside the restricted area.
They presented their findings in
front of a group that included
such figures as ESPN writer Zach
Lowe, members of senior manage-
ment for a few NBA teams and
FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief,
Nate Silver.
It wasnt really nerve-racking
for [Nikki and Mayuri], Lo said.
Because they didnt know any-
body. But, it was nerve-racking
for [Nishant and me] because
we actually knew who we were
talking to.
Their third place finish not
only won them a gift card to the
NBA Store and merchandise from
JBL but also the chance to meet
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver,
former player Shane Battier and a
host of league insiders. Not bad
for a weekends work.
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Much to be learned from ugly win over Panthers
JOHN EDWARDS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In a sloppy showing, Tech foot-
ball managed to overcome shoddy
ball-handling and trounced Pitt
35-17 on Saturday. Opening ACC
play, the Jackets were favored go-
ing into this matchup against a
reeling Pitt team, whose lone vic-
tory thus far this season came in
an overtime victory against FCS
Youngstown State. Giving up
four turnovers to one of the worst
teams in the ACC was not a good
look for the Jackets at all, particu-
larly for a team whose option of-
fense prizes ball-handling. That is
just one of a number of takeaways
after the game.
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE
Techs defense finally showed
up on Saturday, limiting the Pan-
thers to only 17 points and pre-
venting the Panthers from scor-
ing on any fumbles. Given how
important time of possession is
to the triple option, it was helpful
for the Jackets defense to get stops
and keep the ball away from Pitt.
Pitt averaged only 1:51 minutes
per drive, whereas Tech averaged
almost a minute longer, 2:41.
Techs strong defensive show-
ing moved the team from one
of the worst teams in the nation
defensively towards the middle of
the pack, a sign that the defense
may finally be catching up to the
offense. And the cycle is benefi-
cial: longer drives for the offense
give the defense more rest and im-
prove its performance down the
line, both within games and over
the course of the season.
BUTTERFINGERS
Speaking of the offense, Techs
scoring unit was hardly operat-
ing at peak efficiency Saturday.
technique September 29, 2017 23
The Jackets gave up four fumbles
to Pittsburgh, with B-back Kir-
Vonte Benson responsible for two
of them. Despite this, the Jackets
still scored 35 points, and the de-
fense prevented Pitt from capital-
izing off of any of the fumbles.
The Jackets became the first FBS
team to beat another FBS oppo-
nent while giving up four or more
fumbles since University of Texas
at El Paso gave up five fumbles en
route to a win over North Texas in
2015. That may be enough against
a stuggling Panthers team, but
their level of carelessness with the
football is untenable.
KIRVONTE THE KING
Despite the two fumbles, Ben-
son had a career day against Pitt,
racking up 196 yards and two
touchdowns against the Panthers.
The 196 yards were the most by a
B-back in Paul Johnsons tenure,
and the 8th most by a Tech rush-
er since 2000. After losing both
Marcus Marshall and Dedrick
Mills at the B-Back position prior
to the start of the season, Benson
has locked down the position and
excelled, averaging 5.2 yards per Photo by Himanshu Dedge Student Publications
carry and registering 346 rushing TaQuon Marshall seeks the edge against the Pittsburgh defense at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
yards. Unlike Mills, who lacked Marshall has put up numbers worthy of national recognition over the first three weeks.
breakaway speed, Benson has
shown the ability to turn on the passer rating of 206.2 is also third tionally, having registered 1181 stumbling en route to the Cham-
jets while remaining exceedingly in the country among QBs with at yards in three games. Of the pionship Game. Meanwhile, the
difficult to take down. least 20 pass attempts. teams ahead of them, only Navy Coastal Division looks too close
While Marshall, who received (1182 yards) has played in only to call. Pitt, UVA and UNC look
TAQUON FOR HEISMAN? only a single Heisman vote in the three games, as the rest Army, out of the picture already, but
Junior QB TaQuon Marshall first week of the season and none Tulsa, Alabama and Arizona Duke, VT, Miami and GT all
has cooled off slightly since his since, appears very far outside of have played in four games. have a chance at facing off against
hot opener against Tennessee, but the Heisman picture, his perfor- Clemson in the postseason.
picked himself back up against mance has been nothing short of AROUND THE CONFERENCE As in many years, there is no
Pitt, recording 112 rushing yards exemplary for Tech. He lacks the In a stunner Saturday, NC obvious titan blocking the Jack-
on 18 attempts, and averaging a national branding of Lamar Jack- State defeated FSU 27-21, dashing ets from success in the Coastal
season-best 6.2 yards per carry. son and Saquon Barkley, but the FSUs hopes of competing with and a berth in the conference
Marshalls 386 rushing yards for production speaks for itself. Clemson in the Atlantic division championship game. Whether the
the season rank third among QB of the ACC. Clemson has a clear team can correct its mistakes and
in the nation, behind Ahmad IN A RUSH path to the championship game, capitalize on the advantages it has
Bradshaw (Army, 439) and Zach Tech now ranks No. 6 among and as the consensus best team in staked out over the first few games
Abbey (Navy, 471). Marshalls FBS teams in rushing yards na- the ACC, it is difficult to see them remains to be seen.
Sports
SPORTS EDITOR:
Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
Casey Miles
sports@nique.net
Tech vs. UNC
tech wins if:
1. The ground game rolls on.
Tech currently ranks number one in the nation
in rushing yards per game with a whooping 394
yards per game. After star linebacker was injured
against Louisville, the Heels front seven looks
weak. This is as good a matchup as any for Tech.
2. The defense keeps it up.
If you forget about the second half of the sea-
son opener, the defense has looked great, sti-
fling plays and picking up turnovers. If they
keep up their 23 points-per-game pace against
UNC, Tech is in good shape to come out on top.
3. UNC continues its trajectory.
The Tar Heels have started their season on the
wrong foot with a 1-3 start after a devastating loss
to Duke, one of their biggest rivals. The teams
morale is low while Techs is high coming off a
win against the Panthers. Tech has the advan-
tage in momentum, a potentially decisive edge.
Final prediction: tech 31, unc 21
Jackets Hack It technique
Four Tech students thought the NBA
could use some improvement. So they
24
Friday,
did something about it.421 September 29, 2017
by Rohan Kansara
Photo by Mark Russell Student Publications
unc wins if:
1. Tech fumbles it away.
Tech has done a poor job of securing the ball, allow-
ing four turnovers last game against the Panthers.
Its rare that a team can pull off a win after that many
turnovers, so dont expect Tech to be able to recover
if they dont protect the ball better this time around.
2. Chazz Suratt comes up big.
The passer has already thrown for 847 yards, and
while primary target Austin Proehl is injured, he
has proven that he can make plays throwing to
anyone. Though he hasnt led the team to many
wins, he will surely test the Jackets secondary.
3. They finally get a close one.
Although UNC has lost three of its last four games,
two of these losses were by 10 or less. UNC is a
better team than their record suggests, and with
a couple different plays in these close games,
their record could be much better. They come
into this game hungry, desperate and ready.
News
NEWS EDITOR:
Polly Ouellette
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR:
Jonathan Jeffrey
news@nique.net
The three young women were in a
room at the fraternity house when
a brother of Alpha Tau Omega
burst into the room and became
enraged by the presence of one of
the girls.
The other two girls stepped up
to protect the last in their trio, and
were roughly pushed aside by the
fuming fraternity brother. One of
the protectors was knocked into a
wall, and the other hit her head on
a lofted bed. The two girls grabbed
their third friend, the subject of
the boys rage, and fled the scene
POLLY OUELLETTE to get to safety.
NEWS EDITOR The individual who was the
target of the brothers aggression
CHARGED BATTERY also stated that she and the young
While three females were at- man used to be close, but were not
tending a party at Alpha Tau anymore after he began acting ag-
Omega fraternity on Friday night, gressively when she was in the vi-
things got a little more serious cinity and texted her continually
than parties usually are. against her wishes.
At 2 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. After stating their story to the
23, an officer was called out to the officer, the ladies said that they
Phi Mu sorority, where the girls did not wish to press charges,
told the officer about their night. but simply wanted to make sure
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ach week , this sec tion of
News will include coverage
of different aspects of bills
and resolutions that have passed
through Student Government. This
will include the Undergraduate
House of Representatives, Graduate
Student Senate and the Executive
Branch of both government bodies.
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nique.net
Semilatus rectum? Ha! Damn near killed em!
TIL Tech started offering a social justice minor in 2015.
Also TIL what my hobby will be as an alumnus: having this
minor removed from the school.
A Haiku on Presentations: What am I saying? Reaching so
far up my ass, I should wash my hands. -Kale Salad
Kale Salad is the poet that this school needs, but not the one
it deserves right now.
I felt sympathy for Scout Schultz. Then I found out he was
a member of ANTIFA. Not so much anymore
quit whining and get back to studying
Really disappointed in the slow coverage of the shooting
and protests from the Nique crew. Even just twitter blurbs
would have been better than waiting til publish day
The LGBT communitys reaction to the events last week has
been very selfish, Im disappointed to see them attempting
to use a tragedy so quickly as a chance to force politics down
peoples throats
The good thing about using powerful ultraviolet spectros-
copy techniques is that you dont look pasty after five hours
in lab
Dont fuck your exs best friend
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2-FA deadline approaches technique
By Oct. 16, Georgia Tech's students will be
required to register for two-factor authenti- Friday,
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cation in the interest of cyber security.45 September 29, 2017
the story was on the record. The well as two student code of con-
brother of Alpha Tau Omega duct violations.
was charged with two counts of
simple battery. VALUABLES STOLEN
Just after midnight on the
IN THE WEE HOURS morning of Saturday, Sept. 23,
In the early hours of the morn- several individuals flagged down
ing on Saturday, Sept. 23, a GTPD an officer who was passing the
officer observed a male individual intersection of Fowler Street and
urinating in the fire lanes behind Ferst Drive.
the fraternity Sigma Epsilon Phi. The group of four consisted
Upon approaching the individ- of two brothers from the Sigma
ual and asking for identification, Alpha Epsilon fraternity, one of
the officer concluded that the which was the fraternitys vice
young man was 18 years old and president. CASEY GOMEZ
a student at Tech. The individual They had with them another PHOTO EDITOR
was intoxicated and admitted to two male Tech students, whom
consuming alcohol at another they claimed had stolen an in- HC ARTIST ANNOUNCED
fraternity. flatable Coors Lite bottle from a On Thursday, Sept. 28 at 11
Since Grady had a high call party at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The a.m. around the Kessler Cam-
volume at the time, it was deter- coveted inflatable was returned panile, SCPC announced that
mined that the individual was in and it was determined that charg- Lil Dicky, a professional rapper,
good enough health that he could es would not be pressed against will be performing at this years
be released into the care of his the thieves. Homecoming concert. Lil Dickys
girlfriend. A student conduct code viola- style combines comedy with relat-
The student was charged for tion was issued to both of the in- able, lyrical rap. Famous for his
public indecency and possession dividuals who had been accused music videos he has over 1.7 mil-
of alcohol under the age of 21, as of thievery. lion subscribers on Youtube and
81 million views for $ave Dat
FORUM SUMMARY evaluate and improve various as- Money alone.
Tech President G.P. Bud Pe- pects of mental health and safety His video for Pillow Talking
terson came to the meetings of the on campus. released April 12th was the 49th
Undergraduate House of Repre- Four student action teams are most expensive music video of all
sentatives and the Graduate Stu- being announced Saturday, Pe- time at $700,000. The concert
dent Senate to reflect on events of terson said. The president is look- will take place on Friday October
the past week and introduce plans ing to increase the velocity with 13th from 6 to 10 pm and will be
going forward. which we approach these issues. free for all Tech students and fac-
On Tuesday, Peterson an- Some changes to resources on ulty with a valid Buzzcard.
nounced that in a joint effort with campus have already been made. Last year, Kid Ink and Time-
SGA, efforts will be made to im- Its an action team, not a flies played at the homecoming
prove mental health resources on task force, said Peterson, speak- concert. This lineup was a change
campus. A bill, currently in con- ing about the expedited timeline from the original, which included
ference committee, would provide these action teams are on. The Bebe Rexha. She cancelled just
$500,000 to the cause, and the In-
stitute would match this amount.
teams will work for 21 days to
come up with reports and propose
before the announcement of the
artists, and other arrangements
A joint committee formed by SGA solutions. had to be made.
representatives would make deci- Tech will make these reports The first homecoming event
sions on how to spend the com- public, and a response will be sent was held in June of 1920, when
bined total of one million dollars. out before the end of the semester. the Tech Alumni Association
Peterson wants SGA to use this Some students in the Undergrad- celebrated its reorganization. The
money to develop innovative and uate House of Representatives event now occurs in the fall se-
creative ideas to address problems raised the question of where fund- mester each year, and is now cen-
in the very, very near term. ing will come from for proposed tered around a football game.
In an email on Saturday night, initiatives from the action teams. The weekend serves as a time
Peterson also announced that a If a recommendation comes for many other Tech traditions,
$1 million endowment was re- forward and we decided it needs such as the freshman cake race
ceived to improve mental health to be implemented, we will find and the wreck parade, which hap-
on campus, and that four action the money for it, Peterson re- pen during the morning of the
teams would be created in order to sponded. game.
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MADDIE BRUNING
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
NUCLEAR PROJECT DELAYED
A project that began in 2006
to build two new nuclear reactors
at Plant Vogtle near Augusta,
Ga., has hit major setbacks that
have jeopardized its status.
The Vogtle Plant is a nuclear
power plant located in Waynes-
boro, Ga. There are two active
plants already, and Plants 3 &
4 have been under construction
since 2006. The original comple-
tion date for the plants was this
year but has been pushed to 2023.
The budget, too, has nearly dou-
bled from original projections to a
grand total of $25.2 billion.
Westinghouse Electric, the
former lead contractor of the
project, filed for bankruptcy in
March. Now jointly owned by
Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia and Dalton
Utilities, the Vogtle Plants future
is in question.
On Aug. 31, Georgia Power
submitted a recommendation to
the Georgia Public Service Com-
mission (PSC) to continue con-
struction. PSC officials are now
beginning a six-month review of
the Vogtle Plant, having approved
Georgia Powers proposed sched-
ule for hearings on Sept. 19.
The PSC will reach a final de-
cision no later than February of
next year. They will decide wheth-
er to terminate the project or al-
low construction to continue to
completion.
The doubt surrounding the
fate of the Vogtle Plant has been
strengthened by news in late July
of a similar nuclear plant in South
Carolina shutting down.
Critics of continuing construc-
tion of the Vogtle Plant chiefly
cite the costliness of the project
as their main issue. Georgia rate-
payers will face unprecedented
risk and significantly higher rates
while shareholders will be guar-
anteed a high rate of return for
decades, argued Liz Coyle, presi-
dent of consumer advocacy group
Georgia Watch, in an email to Sa-
vannah Now.
Proponents argue that nuclear
energy is the only carbon-free
source of renewable energy and
should therefore be continually
developed.
They also warn that leaving
the future of the industry to other
countries such as Russia and Chi-
na, who are expanding nuclear
power programs, could be a costly
mistake.
In its decision in Feb., the
PSC will primarily consider cost-
effectiveness and productivity in
its analysis of the plant, but their
eventual decision will undoubted-
ly be influenced by other political
and economic factors.
Peaceful discussion about Schultz
DAVID RAJI
MANAGING EDITOR
On Friday, Sept. 22, a gather-
ing was held in the area between
the Ferst Center and Smithgall
building to discuss topics related
to the death of Scout Schultz.
It had been anticipated that the
assembly would prove violent after
the Antifa Atlanta group posted
about it on its Facebook page.
Smithgall itself was closed to all
starting at noon Friday.
Yet, there no physical violence
of the vein that was seen during
the riots of Monday, Sept. 18.
Instead, a number of speakers ex-
pressed their feelings and views
on a range of issues, including
Schultzs passing, the response of
the Tech community and GTPD.
One individual, initially us-
ing a megaphone to address the
crowd, made his thoughts known.
First, lets all take a quick ten
seconds of silence to remember
Scout, he said. Nothing they
will do, nothing they can say,
nothing they can give us will ever
bring back Scout again.
Ive seen how, in this past
week, Ive had to deal with the
loss of my friend, the individual
continued. They silence us when
people hang banners from the res-
idence halls that say Thank you
GTPD for what you did. How
can we read that and not see that
[this] is thanking them for killing
our friend?
F*** antifa for creating this
division, said a passerby.
F*** you, sh*thead, said an-
other in the crowd in response.
Other individuals began to
speak as well.
I feel like youre not being si-
lenced Im sorry but GTPD is
keeping us safe, said one.
His words were met with a mix
of applause, boos and jeers.
Just kind of a question for
the broader crowd, does this guy
over here [referring to the first
speaker] threaten you? asked an-
other individual, this time from
within the inner crowd. Because
he doesnt threaten me. All I see
is a man grieving for a friend hes
lost, clearly trying to get his voice
heard out here, and I feel like peo-
ple are treating this as some kind
of threat to student safety.
Last Friday, a group, including some students, spoke out
about events surrounding the death of Scout Schultz.
technique September 29, 2017 3
Applause broke out from the
crowd.
So theres this weird idea go-
ing on, that, if you love somebody,
you dont hold them accountable,
right? began another individual.
You can love GTPD, and you
can think that they should have
handled the situation differently
Stop with the oh its either you
loved Scout or you love GTPD,
right? Because you can feel safe
around your college police depart-
ment and admit that they have
work to do, right? Loving some-
body does not mean not holding
them accountable for what they
do, and you need to stop with
that, because its dishonest.
After a few more individuals
spoke on related topics, the inner
segment of the crowd broke away,
and walked towards Tech green.
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
4 September 29, 2017 technique
ATO FROM PAGE 1
remarks such as I will stab you
between the ribs, Im sorry, I
wont stab, and Just a slash.
The student who made the
threatening statements was issued
a student code of conduct viola-
tion for behavior that endangers
any person(s), including self, and
was charged with one count of
terroristic threats. The victim de-
clined to press charges.
The morning after the incident
occurred, ATOs Judicial Board
held an internal review in order
to understand what had happened
and determine a course of action.
They placed the aggressor on tem-
porary suspension and social pro-
bation for a longer period of time.
The internal board obtained
eyewitness accounts of the nights
events to corroborate the narrative
included in the police report.
According to a transcript of
the fraternitys internal review,
the two individuals involved in
the fight had a history of not get-
ting along and regularly engaging
in verbal altercations. Allegedly,
the aggressor had been drinking
on his night out, and upon his re-
turn to the ATO house, grabbed
two knives so that the pair could
fight. He banged on the door of
the brother he intended to fight.
Another brother was able to even-
tually take the knives from him.
ATOs judicial board chose not
to immediately expel the aggres-
sor because they did not believe
he had any true intention to harm
his fraternity brother, and because
his actions that night were seen
as a symptom of a larger problem
concerning his mental health, ac-
cording to notes from their judi-
cial board meeting.
Both brothers were allowed
to remain living in the fraternity
house, but the one that was the
victim in the incident eventually
moved out because he felt unsafe.
In March, the fraternity was
placed on interim suspension by
the Office of Student Integrity
(OSI) and ordered to cease all so-
cial activities. On April 26, the
fraternity was notified that OSI
would be launching an investi-
gation into the events that had
transpired over a month earlier.
ATO was investigated by
the Undergraduate Judiciary
Cabinet (UJC) rather than an
administrator.
The investigation revealed that
the two fraternity brothers had
been at odds for quite some time,
and regularly had public, verbal
altercations about various top-
ics, such as social issues, personal
choices and the actions of each
other. It also revealed that the
fraternity had not gone through
the appropriate channels to notify
leadership following the incident.
Neither Institute officials nor the
national headquarters of the fra-
ternity were notified about the in-
cident in a timely manner.
UJC concluded that the fra-
ternity had indeed violated the
student code of conduct and was
found responsible due to a cul-
ture allowing bullying and antag-
onistic behavior to exist without
any proper mediation and con-
frontation measures, according
to their official recommendations.
Officials from OSI reviewed and
accepted this recommendation.
The fraternity was notified that
it was to be placed on disciplin-
ary suspension effective Aug. 25,
2017 until Aug. 3, 2018. ATO was
given five days to file an appeal to
John Stein, vice president of stu-
dent life and dean of students. If
Stein upholds the decision of OSI,
the fraternity can then appeal to
Tech President G.P. Bud Peter-
son. The Board of Regents will
hear any further appeals.
ATO is currently in this ap-
peals process.
OSI could not comment on the
investigation because it remains in
progress.
For the full story, see online at
www.nique.net.
Contrary Capital establishes venture
capital fund for Tech entrepreneurs
ADITYA PAREKH
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In the fall of 2016, Eric Tarc-
zynski, a 25-year-old Northeast-
ern University graduate, started a
road trip to visit 55 of the coun-
trys top research universities with
the goal of building a network and
recruiting students for a unique
venture capital firm. By the end
of his road trip, Tarczynski had
created a network of 100 students
from 55 schools, consisting of the
most connected students on each
campus for entrepreneurship.
This network of student in-
vestors across the country then
formed the backbone of Contrary
Capital, a company that was pub-
licly launched last week. Contrary
Capital is a decentralized, univer-
sity-focused venture capital fund
backed by the founders of Tesla,
SoFi, MuleSoft and Twitch.
Contrary Capitals vision re-
volves around identifying poten-
tial campus entrepreneurs and
providing them with the right
resources they need to thrive.
This includes between $50,000
and $200,000 of funding, access
to Contrary Capitals nationwide
network of student investors and
connections with the top tech en-
trepreneurs and venture capital
firms in the world.
Indra Sofian and Wesley Sam-
ples, both well-known campus
entrepreneurs, are Techs student
investors.
The Contrary partners at
Georgia Tech are responsible for
doing two main things: sourc-
ing and being a part of entrepre-
neurial communities, Samples
said. For sourcing, we meet with
three to four student founders
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each month to share information universities. At Contrary, were
about Contrary with them while building the first venture capital
learning about their companies. fund focused solely on backing
It is our responsibility to be a key the brightest individuals and most
member of startup communities bleeding-edge technologies com-
so that we can source these deals. ing out of universities.
Will Robbins, Contrarys chief Sofian and Samples believe
of staff, spoke about how a gap that Contrarys powerful tools
had developed between smaller can support the great student en-
university grant type funding and trepreneurs on campus and help
big league venture capital funding build the student entrepreneur
and how Contrary Capitals mod- community at Tech.
el aims to mitigate that divide and Theres a growing student
bring true venture capital seed entrepreneur community here at
funding to campus entrepreneurs. Georgia Tech thats been in devel-
Over the past five years, opment for the last several years,
theres been an explosion of entre- Sofian said. A lot of students who
preneurship at universities across start companies here are often
the U.S., Robbins said. Yet, we first-time founders theyve nev-
believe nobody is doing anything er started a business before. For
about it. Some of the most suc- the best entrepreneurs on cam-
cessful companies in the world pus, well fund their companies
like Google, Facebook, Drop- between $50,000 and $200,000
box, Snapchat and Paypal were and help them raise their next
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// NEWS
Deadline approaches for two-factor login
JONATHAN JEFFREY
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The transition to two-factor au-
thentication for all Tech accounts
is in full throttle. Students on
main campus have until Oct. 16
to sign up for two-factor authenti-
cation, or they will be locked out
from online services until they get
around to registering, at which
point they will regain full access.
Students can ask anyone al-
ready enrolled in two-factor au-
thentication to help them register
using Passport. Once enrolled,
students have the option to choose
between using a push notification,
a phone call or a text message in
order to verify their identity.
Jimmy Lummis, chief in-
formation security officer with
Techs cyber security team, stress-
es that multi-factor authentication
is essential to protect students,
faculty and staff from having their
accounts compromised by online
ill-doers.
According to Lummis, ensur-
ing cybersecurity at universities
is a real and ongoing concern. He
shared that even this past week,
a top university in Virginia was
hacked and large amounts of
money were stolen from several
students accounts and transferred
to the hackers bank accounts.
The number one attack vector
that hackers use today is whats
called social engineering, Lum-
mis said. Social engineering es-
Picture yourself in France and beyond...
sentially is a scam, right? Its a
form of trying to trick a person
into getting what the bad guy
wants.
What the bad guy wants first
is usually credentials a login
and password, typically that
can get them access to financial or
other sensitive information.
Tech may be nationally ranked
for its academics, but its stu-
dents arent infallible when faced
with phishing attacks and other
threats.
A 2015 report released by the
Tech cyber security team found
that despite three years of efforts
to increase awareness on such
scams, when the first phishing
exercise was released in fall 2015,
nearly 22.1% of the Tech popula-
tion both clicked on and provided
The Office of Information Technology is one of the locations where students can go to
initiate their two-factor authentication process, which will be fully implemented by Oct. 16.
their credentials to a suspicious
link.
Students who went through
cyber security training sessions
only clicked on those links at a
rate of two to five percent, accord-
ing to Lummis. But he says even
that percentage is too high.
The problem with relying on
education and awareness is that
two to five percent of a school
that is about 35,000 people is
still a really large number, Lum-
mis said. As a student, you have
access all of your own personal
information, including your sen-
sitive personal information that
we store on your behalf your
banking information is stored in-
side of that system, if youve ever
made a payments to the Institute,
your student loan information
AN INFO SESSION
11am - 12 noon in CULC 131
September 26
October 3 & 10
has been there, including your
parents financial history, and
all those sorts of things. As an
exchange of information occurs
between the student to the Insti-
tute, we then become responsible
for protecting that information on
your behalf.
In response to these concerns,
the cyber security team began
to have discussions with the ad-
ministration on implementing
two-factor authentication in late
2013, and began using two-factor
authentication on administrative
and IT accounts soon afterward.
Tech chose to use Duo Securi-
ty, which allows second authenti-
cation through a tiny USB device
or hardware token in addition
to push notifications or codes re-
ceived by SMS, phone call or app.
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technique September 29, 2017 5
Duo allowed Tech the flexibility
to tailor the two-factor authenti-
cation process to fit the process.
After an initial testing period
with the College of Architecture
(which is now the College of De-
sign), the process of moving facul-
ty and staff over to use two-factor
authentication began in Jan. 2017.
Early discussions with student
groups made the team rework the
system so that students could help
each other register in the hopes
that it would speed up enrollment.
After initial success with facul-
ty and staff rollout, OIT moved to
students attending main campus
full-time in the fall semester, who
are the only students required to
enroll by Oct. 16.
Getting the word out has not
necessarily been straight-forward.
When informing faculty about
two-factor authentication, they
simply sent out emails. The stu-
dent body, on the other hand, is
much larger and not as responsive
to traditional communication
channels like email. Although
OIT has held tabling events and
put up paper and digital signage,
they say that the most effective
and universal method has simply
been adding an alert whenever
students login into their accounts.
Only approximately 11,000
of the 20,000 full-time students
on main campus have signed up.
They expect there to be a surge in
sign-ups as the Oct. 16 deadline
nears. More information can be
found at 2fa.gatech.edu.
Opinions
OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion
Giving a voice to those unheard
Bringing about real change through action teams
With Tech receiving national news cov-
erage after the events of the past few weeks,
a timely response was needed from the In-
stitutes administration to address issues
being brought up regarding the wellbeing
of students.
This came in the form of an email sent
out by President Peterson to the Georgia
Tech community earlier in the week. It
was revealed that four action teams will
be formed to address four issues: campus
culture, mental health, campus safety and
LGBTQIA issues on campus.
The teams are to be formed within the
week and will compile a report that will be
made available to the public and offer rec-
ommendations by Nov. 1. The short time
frame in which the teams will be working
is appropriate. It allows decisions to be
made quickly in order to ensure that the
community does not grow apathetic. It is
easy for teams and committees to get lost
in politics and for no real change to come
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
David Raji MANAGING EDITOR
Megan Eberle DESIGN EDITOR
Polly Ouellette NEWS EDITOR
Samira Bandaru LIFE EDITOR
Tristen Allen WEB DEVELOPER
Casey Gomez PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
WHAT HAPPENED BY TONY WU
OPINIONS EDITOR: Zahra Khan
If you read the books that everyone
else is reading, you can only think
what everyone else is thinking.
Haruki Murakami
of it. What was not, however, yet revealed
was what exactly such action teams would
look like.
A concern may be raised in how the
members of such teams will be selected,
particularly the students. In order to be
as effective as possible, it should to be en-
sured that the majority of the students be-
ing chosen are not the ones who already
have an avenue to be heard and to intro-
duce legislative change.
Otherwise, there will be little to dif-
fer such teams from existing committees
and organizations, and little to expect
outside conversations that have already
taken place.
Rather, students should be selected in a
way, whether through application or nom-
inations by members of the community,
who may be considered influential and
well-connected to campus community.
We need to bring fresh faces to the discus-
sion if we want to see substantial change.
Zahra Khan OPINIONS EDITOR
Monica Jamison ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
Zoie Konneker ONLINE EDITOR
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Friday,
September 29, 2017
YOUR VIEWS | Letter to the Editor
Why you should hire a
female engineer
Ive raised my hand and asked time job, my experience with ca-
a question in a computer engi- reer recruitment has been very
neering lecture only once. I asked numerical.
if a bus (a wire) on a schematic was Career fairs sought to compare
serial or parallel. candidate by GPA, and I didnt
I dont even remember what qualify for many interviews be-
the answer was. But it was winter cause mine isnt great. I wouldnt
time, and I could hear my class- say Im a poor student, but I want-
mates jackets rubbing loudly ed to get out as fast as possible,
against the fabric back of the lec- so I took as many classes that my
ture hall chairs as they turned, in body could physically handle each
unison, to look at me. semester, and I ended up with me-
The way I speak is kind of like diocre grades.
Laguna Beach I was sur-
meets Elle Woods. prised by employ-
Honestly, most GPA aside, there is ers quantifying
college girls I me because, even
know speak this no one more driven though Im an av-
way. than the person who erage student, I
But in comput- was a great intern.
er engineering, my perseveres adversity... Being in CompE
valley girl accent taught me how
is shocking. I am RACHEL BEDDOR to be firm and,
automatically la- FOURTH-YEAR CMPE even though I had
beled as stupid the clearly just turned
second I open my 20, I managed my
mouth. It might not be fair and projects like a full-time employee.
you might not want to believe it, To me, my desirability to em-
but you just cant argue that the ployers is reflected in my accom-
concepts of valley girl and aca- plishments from work: my com-
demia fit together nicely. pleted projects, published writing,
Being stared at while asking a and the magnitude of the work
question sounds like a pretty stu- my company trusted me to take
pid roadblock compared to other on. Having my accomplishments,
students problems. personality and drive ignored
But its indicative of a larger because of a number my grade
problem for me and my success point average doesnt actually
at Georgia Tech. Because if I ask offend me as much as it baffles me.
a stupid question, and everyone That said, my message to em-
turns around to look, then now ployers is this: if you want to
Im the stupid girl asking the stu- find a trail blazer, an innova-
pid question. tor, a disruptor, someone with
And because Im probably one drive, then recruit a female
of the only very feminine girls engineer. GPA aside, there is no
in the class, I perpetuate the ste- one more driven than the person
reotype that girls dont belong who perseveres adversity to pursue
in computer engineering that their passion. No disruptor abides
same stereotype that subtly pushes by the status quo. No one would
girls out of ECE in the first place. blaze a trail unless theyre willing
Im not going to give a sugges- to stick out.
tion on ways to push fewer girls Ultimately, if you want to grab
out. I honestly dont know. the worlds attention, start with
My message actually isnt to the girl who causes the entire
the university, its to employers. room to stare as soon as she opens
As I start the search for my full- her mouth.
YOUR VIEWS | Online Comments
Donation for CREATE-X
Now if only we had that pledge for mental health resources.
Anna Harrison
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// OPINIONS technique September 29, 2017 7

Is violence an effective tool

ROUNDTABLE
JON LONG
STAFF WRITER
While Tech is still
trying to heal after the
shooting of a student and
the violent demonstration
that followed, a different
conversation about protests
has found its way onto the
national stage.
This past Sunday
brought with it a unique
sight for anyone following
the NFL; during the na-
tional anthem, some players
stood, some opted to kneel
and others didnt leave the
locker room at all. This
showing stemmed from a
demonstration by former
49ers quarterback Colin
Kaepernick in 2016, in
which he sat during the na-
tional anthem to protest po-
lice brutality against people
of color.
These two acts of protest,
the torching of a GTPD
vehicle and the refusal to
stand for the national an-
them, embody two oppos-
ing schools of thought when
it comes to protest. A small
group of instigators, some
from the Tech commu-
nity and some not, turned
a peaceful demonstration
into an act of aggression by
bringing violence into the
equation. And though most
of campus agreed that their
actions are inexcusable,
some argue that violence is
a necessary part of bringing
underlying issues to light.
The point of a protest,
from my understanding, is
to demonstrate discontent
in an effort to enact some
kind of change. The former
was accomplished by last
weeks riot, but the latter
became even farther out
of reach.
Support for GTPD
was omnipresent on cam-
pus; Techs sidewalks were
adorned with chalk mes-
sages, signs in support of
the department sprung
up overnight and student
groups lined Hemphill to
bring offerings of support.
Here lies the big prob-
lem with violent protests:
nobody changes minds
for political activism?
With Antifa in the headlines, we question the le-
gitimacy of activists that rely on violence.
with blind aggression. My
personal and political views
wont change if you punch
me in the mouth. Antago-
nizing groups can only
make them more gung-ho
for their cause.
The case of Colin Kae-
pernick is different. There is
no hateful rhetoric or point-
ing fingers. A professional
athlete saw his position in
the public eye and chose to
use it to bring an issue to
light. When military vet-
eran Nate Boyer wrote to
Kaepernick accusing him of
disrespecting the flag, the
former quarterback didnt
meet his words with hate.
Kaepernick flew Boyer
out to San Francisco, took
him out to dinner and
worked out a plan to kneel
for the anthem rather than
sit in order to show respect
for the sacrifice of Americas
veterans.
Change is built on com-
promise and understand-
ing rather than division.
Stop setting things on fire
and listen to the people
around you.
ROHAN MATHEW
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A popular compari-
son people like to make
when discussing the use of
violence in movements is
that of the intentions of
Martin Luther King Jr. and
Malcolm X.
MLK believed that
the foundations for a bet-
ter society are founded on
respecting one another as
opposed to demonizing the
supposed enemy, and that
violence was an infinite
descending spiral of chaos.
On the other end,
Malcolm X was a big
believer of self-preser-
vation of black culture,
and that the centuries of
unpublished violence
against his race had to
be answered through
blood, and that otherwise
the movement would be
belittled.
Currently, we live in a
society that definitely draws
the line on violence in
political activism. Al-
though I was raised in a
mostly morally traditional
household, I genuinely be-
lieve that violence is crucial
to socially progressing a
movement.
Im fully aware that my
stance is a bit left field and
may come off as ignorant
and somewhat hateful, but
it takes the actions of Mal-
colm X for people to truly
immortalize the actions of
MLK.
A good example of this
right now involves the sui-
cide of Scout Schultz and
how they opened a window
for people to really look
at themselves and the sys-
tem that takes advantage
of them.
Scout was not the first
person to take their life
at Tech. Last year, I lost a
close friend to suicide but
the reception of the issues
involved was a lot more pas-
sive, eventually fading away
across the year. Many Tech
students in the past have
tried to fight for more men-
tal health, LGBTQIA and
safe space resources. What
those students got was a
student body that didnt re-
ally care about the issue.
When Tech tried to raise
tuition for health services
on campus, the vote failed.
When the LGBT office on
campus was reduced to a
refurbished broom closet,
people didnt come togeth-
er. And when organizations
try to push for more avail-
able safe spaces they get be-
rated for being too soft on
the student body.
The reality is right
now the violent suicide
of Scout followed by the
burning of a GTPD ve-
hicle at the vigil protest
has put a big spotlight on
the issues.
Bud Peterson and Tech
can no longer get away with
lip service emails, and many
individuals are still fighting
for critical change of which
we have the high possibility
of getting.
Im not someone who
promotes a violent culture,
but I refuse to let someone
tell me that it hasnt made a
positive impact.
8 September 29, 2017 technique // OPINIONS

Diary of a disenchanted Peer Leader

Being a Peer Leader (PL)
can have its ups and downs.
Despite sometimes regretting
becoming one, being a PL has
given me some good stories that
I have not been able to share,
until now. These stories will be
How do you cope with lacking names but will still,
hopefully, give you a taste
Hell Week? of how I was feeling in
these moments.
It was late one afternoon and
I was on my weekend duty shift.
For those of you who do not
know, weekend duty shifts are
24 hours long.
Anyway, I was in my room
when I received a call on the
duty phone, which is not unusu-
al. At this point in the day I was
expecting a lockout, maybe a
lost student, but least of all, I
was not expecting what I was
RICHARD NEWSOME about to hear when I picked up
THIRD-YEAR PHYS the phone.
Hello, I said ready for
I did a lot of studying with whatever was about to be said to
me, or so I thought.
my friends.
Hey Noah, its Samantha, I
am not in the dorm right now
but one of my residents just in-
formed me of poop all over one
of the stalls in the third floor
womens bathroom.
After pausing for a moment,
I responded.
Let me go check it out and
get back to you.
I then grabbed the duty
bag and started my walk up to
the third floor where this sup-
posed poop crime scene await-
ed me. Along my walk, I was
... being a Peer Leader
brings its own set of
challenges ...
NOAH BRYANT
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITOR
thinking of all the different
scenarios there could be where
there would be poop flung all
over the floor in a bathroom
stall. There werent many
situations where I could see that
ever being an option, except for
explosive diarrhea of course.
After I had arrived at the
bathroom and had some-
one make sure it was empty,
I went inside to investigate.
I walked down the long row of
stalls till I got to the one with a
large pink piece of paper taped
on the door that read Do
Not Use.
I could only imagine why. I
pushed open the stall door and
was taken aback at the sight.
There was no poop to be found
anywhere. After having another
person corroborate my story, I
called back Samantha to relay
the news.
Hey Samantha, so I went
up to check the bathroom, and
there was no poop to be found.
Hmm, that is really odd,
Samantha responded, sounding
confused over the phone.
I then hung up after explain-
ing it was clean, then went back
to my room. From that day on,
in my mind, that duty call will
always be called the Mysterious
Case of the Disappearing Poop.
I hope it goes without saying
that being a Peer Leader brings
its own set of challenges, but
when those challenges simply
disappear, you will not hear me
complaining.

Lets talk about the The inordinate power of

QUINCY STALEY
SECOND-YEAR BA
I realize Im just going to
do my best and not try and
do any more than that.
SEBASTION VALENCIA
FOURTH-YEAR CHBE
I award myself with about
a five minute nap when
sleepy anything more
than that is dangerous.
JAY KAMAT
FOURTH-YEAR CS
The best strategy is just to
plan in advance so that you
have pretty much every-
thing done a week ahead.
Photos by Casey Gomez Student Publications
Oklahoma condition a sensational headline
Every state has its own ste- icance to the rest of the popula- Its easy for me to get upset It is an essential, sometimes-
reotype, but few carry the ob- tion only worsens their current by the things I see in the news. forgotten core belief of jour-
scurity of those at the center of condition, especially as a sense Im too sensitive, too affected nalism that readers should be
the country. I would know: I of social division. Personally, by the terrible things that hap- permitted to gather facts and
am from Oklahoma, the state knowing that I am connected to pen to regular old people, people unbiased information in order
somewhere in between the wild a place where popular attributes just like me. A great quality in a to make their own informed de-
west or nowhere in particular. If nothing dissolves any state pride news editor, right? cisions about what they should
it was not for the OKC Thunder, I have, as well as any other de- The world is a scary place, believe.
I would have thought that U.S. sire to go back. I would not be and distressing things happen After that point, it is out of
maps had never updated to in- surprised if similar students had all the time. However, recent the hands of the journalists; but
clude the state. similar experiences especially events on our own campus have before, it is a journalists solemn
Whenever I admit to some- at a school like Tech where al- caused me to reconsider impact responsibility to provide these
one where I am from, I hope ready 68 percent of the popula-
for some small chance of a tion is from Georgia.
that headlines have on shaping facts.
our opinions and emotions. I understand that we live in a
connection, whether they have I have only met one other When I was reading the na- digital age, where every click on
driven through the area or are Oklahoman and a handful of tional media coverage detailing an article is another dollar in the
from somewhere close by. Truly, students from nearby states in the death of Scout Schultz, I was pockets of investors.
there is a special camaraderie at- my two years at Tech. There are astounded by the widely vary- The problem is that stories
tributed to regional similarities more students from states dif- ing and sometimes sensation- such as the one of Schultz are
when you are out ferent than us alist headlines extremely com-
of your comfort than there are of many of the Scandal, crime, plicated. They
zone and living There is no obvious the other way stories. involve countless
a new life or dif- solution aside from around, so while Some were politics and invested parties,
ferent region.
But more of- encouraging a sense we have plenty of
opportunities to
misleading
taken out of
if
destruction are terrific various perspec-
tives that must be
ten than not, of potential and expand our per- context: Pro- at generating drama heard and dozens
the response is spective, most tests Erupt After
a vague sense of opportunity ... students do not. Tech Police Kill and fear. of details that
compete to be
knowing that For every one Pride Leader.
Oklahoma may WILL FINCH student that I Some simply ex- POLLY OUELLETTE included, each of
which could have
or may not exist. STAFF WRITER convince I did pressed an out- NEWS EDITOR an influence on
Moreover, this not grow up on right opinion: how the story is
kind of mentality for Oklahoma a farm, hundreds more may not Cop overreacted in shooting received by readers. That quan-
or other states deemed flyover be able to point to the state on a death of Georgia Tech student: tity of complex information is
country damages identity and map. Consequently, any sense of
highlights the much larger is- unison can be undercut by divi-
lawyer. Still others actually in- nearly impossible to include in
cluded false information: Vid- a single article, much less five to
sue of geographical diversity in sion through regional indiffer- eos show police officer fatally eight words emblazoned on top of
higher education. ence and obliviousness. shooting transgender Georgia a page.
Beginning with the college There is no obvious solution Tech student. The solution, which has be-
admissions process, as glori- aside from encouraging a sense My eyes were very quickly come all the more clear in recent
fied as college rankings are, it is of potential and opportunity opened to the fact that not every days, is not to believe everything
discouraging to not see a school that is not unique to New Eng- paper is as strict about editorial- you read in a headline without
from your state being considered land or southern California. izing or introducing their own educating yourself first. Click
one of the best in the country. Furthermore, making geo- take on what should be an unbi- the article. Open the paper.
The message students receive is graphic diversity a priority pro- ased report of an extremely im- Read as much as you can from
that real prestige and reputation vides students with the opportu- portant and serious occurrence. opposing points of view and,
at least by the list writers nity to subvert state stereotypes Logically, I understand why more importantly, from people
standards is only obtainable and increase a type of regional news outlets dramatize events who were directly involved in
in metropolitan areas on the east awareness among students. Stu- such as the death of Scout the situation.
or west coasts; meanwhile, there dents from flyover states like Schultz. Scandal, crime, politics We live in an age where the
is a sort of subtle intellectual Oklahoma deserve an opportu- and destruction are terrific at majority of information is read-
discrimination against those of nity to feel state pride outside generating drama and fear. Fear ily available at any moment we
us in between them. Such is the of their borders as opposed to sells papers. should want it. This is poten-
consequence of an empty repu- feeling under-appreciated by However, attention-grabbing tially dangerous in the hands of
tation: it is easy to outshine. the majority representation. headlines of an already dramatic those who strive to perpetuate
This is not to say that states Universities are praised for their event twist attention away from fear, but every single reader has
like Oklahoma are perfect by protection of diversity, and so reporting the facts and instead the power to combat it. The best
any stretch of the imagination. too should that diversity include advance a political agenda or thing that we can do is to fight
But fading into further insignif- geographic roots. make a tangential point. fear with knowledge.
// OPINIONS
Aid for Puerto Rico
Following Hurricane Ma-
rias destruction in Puerto
Rico, the Georgia Tech Puerto
Rican Student Association
(PRiSA) has been collecting
aid. The island territory is
in need of essentials, such as
drinking water, non-perishable
food, hygiene products and
first-aid supplies. PRiSAs do-
nation drive will be active up
until Oct. 5th and donations
can be made at various loca-
tions around campus.
$1 million pledged
This past week, Tech Presi-
dent G.P. Bud Peterson
announced the formation of
action teams to address four
different areas, which are stu-
dent mental health, campus
culture, LGBT+ community
issues and campus safety. In
addition, Peterson noted that a
commitment of $1 million had
been received to fund mental
health initiatives, campus
wellness programs and train-
ing for campus police.
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Women can finally drive in
Saudi Arabia. Does this mean
there is some sort of feminist
movement in the region, and
that Saudi Arabia is making
progress in terms of gender
equality? Not really. Women
are more independent than
they were before having the
right to drive. However, there
is much more that their leaders
must do. We cannot laud them
for providing women with the
bare minimum.
Home Park robbery
Early Sunday morning, a
group of seven Tech students
were mugged on Mecaslin,
North of 14th Street. The rob-
bers stole cell phones and wal-
lets from the victims at gun-
point. This is the third incident
in three weeks of students be-
ing robbed in and around the
Home Park neighborhood. At-
lanta Police Department must
address this persistent issue
and increase police presence in
the area.
The NFLs patriotic protests
Right now, the citizens of the
United States need to look
around and decide if were
going to be nationalistic
or patriotic.
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
This weekend, what was ini- disrespecting the anthem, the flag
tially just a drop in the bucket and those who fight to protect it.
became a deluge when many NFL Unfortunately, this view directly
teams and other professional ath- contradicts what the players have
letes knelt or locked arms during said, and the entire purpose of
the national anthem as a form of playing the national anthem at
protest. This coming together was sporting events.
sparked by a series of comments First, the players, Kaepernick
from the president regarding the specifically, have made it clear
continued protests of many NFL that he and others are protest-
players that began with Colin ing racial tensions between black
Kaepernick last season. people and police. In an exclusive
Many people have accused interview with NFL Media last
athletes like Kaepernick of being season Kaepernick said, I am not
disrespectful or unpatriotic, while going to stand up to show pride in
many others have supported their a flag for a country that oppresses
right to protest. From veterans black people and people of color.
to the common people this issue To me, this is bigger than football
has become huge; however, the and it would be selfish of me to
difference in opinion could not look the other way.
be simpler. It all stems from the Kaepernicks thoughts arent
difference between nationalism disrespectful, they bring up le-
and patriotism. gitimate points. As of recently,
Per Merriam-Webster diction- race relations have been high with
ary, nationalism means loyalty many cases of unarmed black peo-
and devotion to a nation; especial- ple being killed by police officers.
ly: a sense of national conscious- Unfortunately, the arguments
ness exalting one nation above all against Kaepernick do not stop
others and placing primary em- there, he and other athletes are
phasis on promotion of its culture told to simply do their job in-
and interests as opposed to those stead of making a statement. This
of other nations or supranational plays into my second point about
groups. the national anthem at sporting
On the other hand, patriotism events. Throughout Europe and
is defined as love or devotion to most of the rest of the world, na-
ones country. Most of the argu- tional anthems are only played be-
ments against the protests and fore games involving the national
for the boycott of these leagues teams of countries. In the United
and teams is that these players are States, however, the national an-
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them is played before every single
sporting event.
This tradition began during
the height of World War I in the
MLB. Since then it has been a
staple of many games, but is it na-
tionalistic or patriotic?
Unfortunately, the anthem has
been twisted into a nationalis-
tic piece of propaganda by many
citizens. Too often, the anthem is
seen as representing and confirm-
ing that the United States is the
greatest country on earth, when
in reality, it should be a sober re-
minder to everyone in the country
of what we have sacrificed to get
to this point.
All people complaining that
Kaepernick and others are disre-
specting the country are the ones
disrespecting what this country
represents. This country is a melt-
ing pot of many different cultures.
Some of those cultures, specifi-
cally minority cultures, are being
disrespected and judged by many
citizens, and especially police.
From Trayvon Martin to Freddie
Gray, there are a disproportionate
amount of cases of unarmed black
people being killed by the police.
The people claiming that Kaeper-
nick is being disrespectful are, in
turn, disrespecting those innocent
people who have died by failing to
stand for them.
Right now, the citizens of the
United States need to look around
and decide if we are going to be
nationalistic or patriotic. A pa-
triot can love their country but
understand the need for change.
A nationalist will continue to sup-
port a system that is in need of
adaptation.
In the end, it does not matter if
Kaepernick and other professional
athletes are right. What truly mat-
ters is that their voices should be
respected and heard, not attacked
and put down.
Life
LIFE EDITOR:
Samira Bandaru Hunting Hurricanes
technique
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Hanna Warlick
Steven Paul, EE 04 has been interested in hurricanes ever
since he was a child. Now a storm chaser for NOAA, he Friday,
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HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
In October 2014, Tech
alumni Chris Doyle, MGT 07
MBA 11, and Jason Santama-
ria, MGT 06, opened Second
Self, a brewery on the Westside
of Atlanta. The name comes
from how Doyle and Santa-
maria worked on the project in
their spare time while still hav-
ing full-time jobs.
It all started with Georgia
law changing in 2004 to allow
beer to be over 5.9% alcohol.
This in turn opened the Geor-
gia market for craft beers and
especially IPAs (India Pale Ales)
which are more hoppy and bit-
ter than traditional beers.
Doyle and Santamaria,
along with a couple of their Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity brothers,
decided to see if they could
make it because, as Santamaria
put it, ...were Tech kids; we
want to make things.
After graduating from Tech,
they both got traditional day-
jobs, Doyle with GTARC and
Santamaria with Teradata (and
later IBM). It wasnt until 2009
that the pair started to seriously
think about starting their own
business a brewery.
In 2010 we went to the
Brewers Association Confer-
ence, which is the largest group
of brewers in the world, in Chi-
cago. We went there and we
were like alright were going to
learn how to start a brewery,
write a business plan and well
be open in like a year, two years
max, Santamaria said.
This timeline proved to
be overly ambitious and
the revised opening
date became July
2014, four years
later.
One of the first major chal-
lenges was fundraising.
You have no experience,
you have no reputation and you
have to convince banks and
people to give you money. Its
hard asking for it, something
I wasnt used to, Santamaria
said. One of our first investors,
I met at a Braves game and he
sat next to me.
The brewery also had
issues with licens-
ing and
other
bureaucratic
red-tape, start-
ing with the govern-
ment shutdown in 2013.
We sent our applica-
tion in, got a hard copy, got it
assigned to a person. And then
the government shut down,
Doyle said. So it sat there for a
period of time and everything is
contingent upon licensing.
After getting through the
government shutdown, there
were further delays.
[Our application] was as-
signed to someone. And then
she went on maternity leave.
Once its assigned to someone,
it cant be reassigned to anyone.
So she was gone for eight weeks.
Off the bat we had a 12 week
delay, Santamaria said.
The opening date was moved
from July to October.
Historically, one of the
worst times to open a brewery,
Santamaria said.
Licensing and other prob-
lems pushed back the date, but
the planned beers were still
geared towards summer. In fall,
beer sales tend to decline while
liquor sales increase as the holi-
days approach.
We didnt know any of
that. I mean we also just had to
get open because we had prom-
ised everyone all this stuff,
Santamaria said.
Second Self opened with
four beers, only one of which is
still in produc-
tion.
There
were defi-
nitely
things
that
were solve problems, Santamaria
c o m -
pletely out
of our control
that hit us hard,
Santamaria said.
On the flipside of
that, there were many
puzzle pieces that fell into
place to make their dream a
reality. There have to be other
side things going on near you
that really help push your busi-
ness up, said Doyle.
Through the tumultuous
years of planning, fundraising
and building, Doyle and San-
tamaria have remained good
friends and recognize their
humble Tech beginnings.
Doyle started as a chemical
engineer and Santamaria start-
ed as an industrial engineer.
They both later switched to
business, albeit somewhat late
in their college careers.
Santamaria got hands on
experience with consulting in
an industrial engineering co-op
and found it too limiting.
I realized thats not what I
can do the rest of my life, but
I was really enjoying the man-
agement classes so I switched
over, Santamaria said.
Doyle found he enjoyed the
engineering aspect but was not
as fond of the chemistry.
I wanted to apply myself
to something that I was good
at and I wanted to stay at Tech
doing it. So I fooled around
with IE again but I figured that
major [business] would eventu-
ally get me to the right place,
Doyle said.
Think about the end thing
you want to be doing. If you
want to create things, focus on
creating things. If you want
to manage people who cre-
ate things, focus your energies
on that, Doyle said. People
switch around a lot but if you
find the one style of life that
you want: focus on that.
The co-founders have tak-
en away a lot from their time
at Tech.
Tech taught me how to
said. A broader skill that I see
with anyone that comes from
Tech is knowing to look at five
sides of the problem and then
to ask for help if you need it.
More specifically, Doyle is
able to apply what he learned at
Tech directly to their business.
What I do day-to-day is op-
erations planning projections.
A lot of that is the baseline of
strategy and operations at Tech
and thats what I focused on for
my undergrad and my MBA,
Doyle said.
For me this is the ultimate
inspiration. So you know if I
have to work 80-100 hours I
have to work 80-100 hours.
Also something I learned at
Tech. Sometimes you just dont
sleep. And thats just what hap-
pens, Santamaria laughed. Its
a lot more time but you know I
dont mind doing it because I
know what Im doing is creat-
ing something and I believe
in it.
The pair stress that the key
to success, and in turn happi-
ness, is following your dreams.
Our whole business is
about living your dream. Its
about how we are living our
dream. We worked hard to do
it. And you know I encourage
everyone to do that, Santama-
ria said.
In college I didnt know. I
knew I wanted to have my own
thing at some point, but what
it was I had no idea. If you told
me it was going to be a brew-
ery, I would have probably
laughed, Santamaria said.
Second Self currently has 8
full-time employees and 5 part-
time employees.
Collectively, amongst ev-
eryone, we have literally a de-
cade of experience, Doyle said.
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// LIFE
Campus policies discussed at Teach-in
JON LONG
STAFF WRITER
Members of the Tech com-
munity packed into the Student
Center Theater last Friday to voice
concerns about police violence,
mental health and the importance
of community. Panels comprised
of faculty members and outside
community activists led the dis-
cussions in hopes of starting a
campus-wide dialogue about
changes that need to be made.
The idea for the forum, a type
of event typically called a teach-
in, stemmed from a conversation
between Techs own Dr. Anne
Pollock and Dr. Sherie Randolph
about student response to the fatal
shooting of a student by a GTPD
officer last week.
When we heard about the
events, and then saw the way the
Faculty members and community activists held a teach-in on September 22 in the Student
Center Theater. The event was in response to the fatal shooting of Scout Schultz by GTPD.
student protests were handled, we
thought a good thing to do would
be to create a forum for some help
contextualizing these issues and
to hear where students are coming
from, said Pollock, who is in her
tenth year at Tech. It felt impor-
tant for us to do something right
away because it was clear that the
students were not feeling seen.
The teach-in took place just six
days after the incident and four
days after a controversial protest
culminated in chaos on the streets
of Techs campus. Though the
main provocateurs of Mondays
violence were unaffiliated with
the Institute, the circumstances of
Scout Schultzs death left a large
portion of campus angry, emo-
tional and confused. Pollock and
Randolph feared that lack of ac-
tion by the faculty could poten-
tially fuel discontent on the part
of the students.
I think it was hard for [the
faculty] to hear how angry some
of the students were, Pollock
said. Its important for students
to feel like faculty care about
them. This is a student-serving
institution. It exists in order to
foster education. We need to keep
our eyes on that prize, and when
we are falling short we need to ad-
dress that.
The event was faculty-led, but
the organizers left plenty of time
between panels for the students
in attendance to ask questions
and voice their concerns. Several
times throughout the afternoon,
students stood to deliver impas-
sioned accounts of their experi-
ences at Tech and the ways that
administration have failed to
meet their needs.
We should all care about a
campus of mutual respect, of hu-
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technique September 29, 2017 11
Talking mental health
with the counseling center
BOBBY GUILD
STAFF WRITER
Given recent campus events, it
is safe to say that mental health is
of the utmost importance while at
Tech and beyond.
However, it is not an easy thing
to define, or talk about, or change.
It means something different for
everyone, and manifests itself in
different ways.
It is important that mental
health is understood within the
context of ones own life, as well with understanding what it is.
as the community as a whole, so
that good mental health can be
practiced and discussed.
Mental health has been an
important aspect of ones whole
health for quite some time, but
recently a greater focus toward
fostering good mental health has
been taken.
Our society and our campus
communities are paying more at-
tention to mental health issues
than ever before, said Dr. Janice
Harewood, PhD.
Dr. Harewood is a licensed
psychologist and the Assistant Di-
rector for Outreach and Wellness
with the Georgia Tech Counsel-
ling Center.
We understand that good
mental health is essential to good
health overall, and we think a lot
more about how our minds and
our bodies are connected and how
we need to take care of both in or-
der to be well, she explained.
However, knowing that mental
health is important and connected
in key ways to ones total well-be-
ing is not enough.
In order to have good mental
health, and to facilitate discussion
about it, one must recognize the
factors that can influence it.
There is not any one trick or se-
cret to good mental health. Rather
it can be defined in many ways
each effected by ones life experi-
ences and beliefs.
A persons view of good men-
tal health will differ depending
on their values, abilities, cultural
identity or stage of development
in life, Dr. Harewood explained.
While these things change,
there are several factors that in-
fluence mental health, beginning
I like to think of good men-
tal health as having the ability to
respond to our environment with
our emotions, thinking and be-
havior in ways that help us adapt,
Dr. Harewood said. Its about
being flexible with our responses
depending on the situations we
are in, so that we can cope with
challenges and function well.
Being adaptable includes al-
lowing positive feelings and nega-
tive feelings to be part of your
emotions even though positive
feelings are often the ones associ-
ated with good mental health.
There are times when having
negative emotions are a reflection
of good mental health [and] feel-
ing dissatisfied about something
can lead us to take steps toward
change, Dr. Harewood said.
Ultimately, for many people
this boils down to, Feeling that
one is a contributing member
of society, having a sense of bal-
ance internally, having a sense of
meaning in life and connection
with others or having the ability
to work towards ones goals, Dr.
Harewood emphasized.
See HEALTH, page 13
12 September 29, 2017 technique
TEACH FROM PAGE 11
man dignity and thinking about
what keeps us safe as a campus
and what gives us freedom, Pol-
lock said. Im not saying to drop
everything to focus on this, but
part of being a member of a com-
munity is to care about how that
community is run. The purpose of
campus police is to keep students
safe, so how can we make sure
that happens?
Divided opinions on GTPD
may be keeping students from
healing, but the entire incident
reopened one of Techs most glar-
ing and persistent wounds: mental
health problems on campus.
Another thing to think about
is how we care for students in dis-
tress, Pollock said. Maybe not in
as dire a situation as Scout Schultz
was in on that fateful night, but
more broadly. How can we not
drive students to that level of
stress but also be there for them
when they are? A rigorous educa-
tion is not incompatible with an
education that addresses human
beings. It can be technically rigor-
ous and still foster thriving on the
part of the students. We arent just
linear algebra machines.
With mental health now at the
forefront of campus conversation,
entities of all kinds are coming to-
gether to put time and resources
into improving the situation of
everyone on campus. Thanks to
events like last Fridays teach-in,
the Tech community is one step
closer to finally recognizing and
addressing the underlying issues
facing both minority students and
the student body as a whole.
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News outlets in Florida are
usually the primary source Tech
students have regarding hur-
ricanes. However, on Sept. 11
and 12, Hurricane Irma passed
through Georgia. Although At-
lanta was relatively free of major
damage, the weather prediction
that Atlanta would be hit by the
eye of the storm panicked both
Tech students and other Atlanta
residents. For many, this was the
first time that a hurricane became
a real issue instead of some fantas-
tical phenomenon because it was
the first time many students were
directly affected.
For Steven Paul, EE 04, hur-
ricanes have always been captivat-
ing. Since he was a kid, he would
track hurricane movements on his
computer with his family. How-
ever, he did not envision himself
as a storm chaser working at the
National Oceanic and Atmo-
// LIFE
spheric Administration (NOAA) His job on the plane includes sections of the storm instead of
back then. operating and maintaining equip- the traditional radar images.
It is just kind of luck how ment. He usually operates the Recently, Paul has been having
I ended up here [at NOAA] Advanced Vertical Atmospheric many flight days. He has had
though, Paul admitted. Profiling (AVAP) System. over five flights in a row for Hur-
When the Warner Robins Air I drop scientific instruments, ricane Maria alone.
Force Base recruited him, Paul called dropsondes, into the Hurricanes get stronger as
was a recent graduate. He found storm, Paul said. These instru- they pass over warmer water, so
the listing while browsing and the ments have a parachute and float warmer oceans can lead to stron-
job description for an electrical to the surface, transmitting data ger storms, Paul said. It is un-
engineering position in the Air- the entire way down. They collect precedented for three category
craft Operations Center (AOC) pressure, humidity, temperature 4 storms to make landfall in
with NOAA piqued his interest. and wind speeds. the US in one season. The latest
I am fairly certain that the This data is then relayed back flurry of strong storms in the At-
reputation of GT as an engineer- and quality checked by a meteo- lantic (Irma, Jose and Maria) is
ing school had a big part in get-
ting me to the short list of candi-
rologist and later used by forecast-
ers, research scientists and weath-
also rare.
For Paul, hurricanes are a daily
dates as they made their selection, er models. reality. He purposely chooses to
Paul said. Earlier this week however, Paul go into hurricanes for science.
Although part of his job de- has been running Tail Doppler Luckily, for the danger connota-
scription is storm chaser, Paul Radar (TDR), which is a radar tion that storm-chasing has, he
compares his typical day to any installed in the tail of his aircraft. has yet to experience what he con-
other office job. The TDR produces vertical cross siders bad turbulence.
Our main mission is research
to better understand the storms,
Paul said.
This means answering ques-
tions about how and why they
form, strengthen and interact
with the surrounding environ-
ment in order to better predict
what hurricanes may do.
Pauls job strays from the typi-
cal office work due to what he
calls his flight days. On those
days, Paul embarks for his flight
on-site to the storm.
We preflight the instruments
and get the plane ready for the
mission, Paul said. We then fly
the mission, usually about 8 hours,
have an hour or so post flight to
shut everything down and copy
data, then go into mandatory 12- Photo courtesy of Steven Paul
hour crew rest to be ready for the Pictured above is storm chaser Steven Paul, EE 04. He now has
next days flight. a career at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
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BREW FROM PAGE 10

Even with their limited experi-
ence, the altruistic pair make time
to stay connected to their roots
and give back.
We still do alumni tailgates
and stuff like that for the school.
Im doing a panel next month,
Santamaria said. We try to be as
involved as we can with Georgia
Tech. The skillset that we learned
and the people we met I mean
we met at Tech we wouldnt be
here without that.
In addition to just giving back
to Tech, Second Selfs tasting
room features local artists and
hosts monthly comedy nights
with Atlanta stand-up.
And thats kind of my policy,
Santamaria said. Im living my
dream and I want to help others.
So if people need any coaching,
Im happy to do it. Ive talked to
servers about having to help them
live what they really want to do.
So Im always willing to help and
happy to do it. I think its my goal
as a business owner to help other
people do that.
Everything about Second Self
is near and dear to its founders
hearts, from the award-winning
can designs to their special occa-
sion beer, Champenoise Saison.
Second Self will be celebrat-
ing their three-year anniversary
on Oct. 7. This event will feature
their special occasion beer, along
with food trucks like The Fry Guy
and Crepe Masters.
Its a beer made like cham-
pagne, Santamaria said. So its
taken 12 months to do. Its been a
labor of love for this beer.
Really this was our nights
and weekends, Santamaria said.
This was our passion project; this
is what we really wanted to do.
We wanted to have our own busi-
ness, wanted to create our own
mark on world and we wanted to
do something that we loved.
HEALTH FROM PAGE 11
As many things help create
good mental health, so too do
many things cause it to deterio-
rate. Stressors from daily life, or
from major life events can cause a one in a community plays a part
deterioration when not addressed
over a period of time or when
they arise in conjunction with
other factors.
Negative events and stressors
are not enough to cause mental
health problems by themselves,
but if stress is overwhelming and
not dealt with, this can result in
problems with emotions, think-
ing and behaviors, Dr. Hare-
wood said.
Knowing the factors that can
affect mental health is a necessary
part of knowing to foster better
mental health. Being proactive
can be a large part of ensuring
that you are armed with the tools
necessary to have and maintain
your mental health.
This can mean implementing
stress management and problem
solving skills, seeking support,
either professionally or from the
community, or developing a good
understanding of self.
Developing insight under-
standing our experiences and be-
ing honest with ourselves about
them can help us know when
there is a problem in our lives we
might need to deal with. ... Being
willing to seek out support and
help when it is needed, and being
willing to take a step forward to
begin to make changes are also es-
sential, Dr. Harewood said.
However, the buck does not
stop with the individual. Every-
in developing an environment
where good mental health is fos-
tered, and where issues can be
discussed. This is especially im-
portant given the proximity and
interconnectedness of those in the
Tech community. There are sev-
eral steps one can take:
First, taking care of our own
mental health puts us in a better
position to help people who might
need our support. Simply reach-
ing out to others and saying hi
can help people feel more con-
nected on campus and brighten
someones day. Continuing to be
aware of the mental health needs
on campus is important, and
learning how we can help others
whether by offering support
directly or referring them for care
is important too, Dr. Hare-
wood said.
With a better understanding of
mental health, students, faculty,
staff are able to work to foster
good health for themselves and
also within the Tech and larger
community.
By taking steps to make this
happen, the culture surrounding
mental health will continue to
change for the better.

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Unattributed play Edward explores history
SHOWS
The Reign of King Edward
the Third
WRITER: Unknown
DIRECTOR: Mary Ruth
Ralston
PERFORMER: Drew Reeves
LOCATION: The Shakespeare
Tavern Playhouse
DATE: Sept. 23 Oct. 1
OUR TAKE: introduced to the general state of
JAMIE RULE
STAFF WRITER
Today, it is generally accepted
that William Shakespeare wrote
37 plays, though some claim the
oddball tragicomedy of 1634,
Two Noble Kinsmen, as his
38th. None of these 37 or 38
plays, however, include The
Reign of King Edward the Third,
which was published anonymous-
ly in 1596.
It has since been speculated
that this play was written, at least
in part, by William Shakespeare
while others attribute the his-
tory play to his contemporary,
Thomas Kyd.
Since there is no real way to
know its origin for sure, Atlantas
own Shakespeares Tavern Play-
house can be forgiven for intro-
ducing their current performance
as probably William Shake-
speares The Reign of King Ed-
ward the Third.
The play opens with the news
that King Edward III of England
is, by some accounts, the rightful
successor to the French throne.
When word comes from John
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II that he has become King of
France and wishes acknowledge-
ment from King Edward, Ed-
wards advisers and Edward him-
self are greatly incensed and opt to
invade France.
All is not well at home, how-
ever, and before seeing to foreign
affairs, King Edward must deal
with a besieged castle in northern
England. This background was
set up in a rather lengthy and dull
dialog at the opening of the play.
Once the audience has been
affairs, however, the play has more
freedom to be entertaining, leav-
ing the history lesson and trans-
forming into a love story of sorts.
When King Edward, played
by Drew Reeves, arrives at the be-
sieged castle, the attackers quickly
flee at the sight of a formidable
and well-organized army. The
triumphant army is promptly in-
vited into the castle by the Earl
of Salisburys wife (Kati Grace
Brown). Edward III is instantly
smitten by the countesss beauty
and professes his love to her.
The countess reminds King
Edward of his own wife and gen-
erally rebuffs his advances in every
way. Brown does an admirable job
of portraying a distraught woman.
Her character knows she can-
not continuously reject her king
without repercussions (most likely
of the death penalty variety) but
still ardently opposes his desires.
While the countess does not have
a terribly large role in the play
overall, Brown makes her limited
lines count.
The second half of the play fo-
cuses on the portion of the story
that had fallen by the wayside
during King Edwards short-lived
love story. Englands armies go
Photo courtesy of Warner Animation Group
Drew Reeves stars as King Edward III, the titular character of the history play covering the
Hundred Years War and forbidden romance. The play may have been written by Shakespeare.
to France where Edward (David
Sterritt), Prince of Whales and
son of King Edward III, is knight-
ed and shows his courage and
military prowess.
As there are many large battles
portrayed in The Reign of King
Edward III, observing how they
have been shrunk to fit on stage
is interesting. Several of the
conflicts are merely described by
messengers or commoners who
have witnessed the battles and
then are reporting the events to
their superiors.
FILM
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
GENRE: Animation,
Adventure
STARRING: Jackie Chan,
Dave Franco, Justin Theroux
DIRECTOR: Charlie Bean,
Paul Fisher, Bob Logan
RATING: PG
RELEASE DATE: Sept. 22
OUR TAKE:
MOHAR KALRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The LEGO Movie franchise is
an odd beast. Many pegged it to
fail with The LEGO Movie, and
others claimed that The LEGO
Batman Movie would surely
bomb. After all, how could a
movie series based on a toy be any
more than a soulless cash grab?
Despite the pundits, both mov-
ies were wildly successful. The
LEGO Movie is still one of the
most original, imaginative and en-
tertaining animated features to be
produced in the last seven years,
and The LEGO Batman Movie,
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Monica Jamison
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Joshua Trebuchon
entertainment@nique.net
Photo courtesy of The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse
Quite a few are intricately cho-
reographed fight scenes wherein a
multitude of actors brandishing
swords rush out onstage, take a
few swings and hurry off again
to emulate the shifting tides of
battle. The director Mary Ruth
Ralston and the fight captain Da-
vid Sterritt did a fantastic job of
translating the scripts fighting
into real actions onstage.
Performances of this little
known, anonymously published
play are few and far between in
the realm of theatre, and this per-
released earlier this year, garnered
praise as well.
The surprising success of the
franchise lies in energetic, humor-
ous animation that offers regu-
lar sight gags, poignant themes,
wonderfully meta humor and a
charmingly childish willingness
to pursue any joke no matter how
silly. In addition to appealing
to the children in audiences, the
LEGO movies seek to appeal to
the dormant child in many adult
viewers as well.
In some respects, The LEGO importance of perspective, their
Ninjago Movie is no different.
This debut feature by directors
Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and
Bob Logan stars Dave Franco
(Neighbors) as Lloyd Garma-
don, the estranged teenage son of
Lord Garmadon, a supervillain
who regularly terrorizes the island
city of Ninjago.
Lloyd struggles to fit in with
the townspeople of Ninjago due to
his lineage, but he finds purpose
in fighting his father as a member
of the secret ninja force. The se-
cret ninja force echoes the Power
Rangers, comprising of Lloyd as
the Green Ninja and five other
teens who all fight evil under the
tutelage of Sensei Wu, played by
Jackie Chan (The Karate Kid).
technique
Friday,
14
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formance of The Reign of King
Edward III will only be per-
formed through Oct. 1, so anyone
interested only has a limited win-
dow of opportunity.
Then the venue will switch to a
play more credibly written by Wil-
liam Shakespeare and more fitting
of the month of Halloween, The
Tragedy of Macbeth. Shake-
speares Tavern has performed
this particular Shakespeare play
many times in recent years, and it
has yet to fail to garner audience
approval.
The film opens with the ninjas
failing to stop Lord Garmadon,
voiced enthusiastically by Justin
Theroux (The Leftovers), from
conquering Ninjago. In a desper-
ate attempt to rid the city of his
father, Lloyd uses a laser pointer
to summon a live-action cat that
completely destroys Ninjago.
The remainder of the film fol-
lows the ninja force and Lord Gar-
madon as they join forces to end
the cats reign of terror. Along the
way, the sextet learns about the
own individuality and family as
Lloyd and Garmadon attempt to
repair their relationship.
While there is much to appre-
ciate in this film, it is not quite as
funny as the previous installments
in the LEGO Movie franchise
despite having similar humor. In
a visually exciting style, the film
manages to ridiculously subvert
genre tropes in the same way that
other LEGO Movies have.
It is truly wonderful to watch
as six LEGO ninjas in six LEGO
robotic beasts are slowly shot out
of the sky by a meandering, in-
nocuous live action cat to the
screams of little LEGO people be-
low. Tongue-in-cheek scenes like
See LEGO, page 17
// ENTERTAINMENT
Aquatic-themed Imagine grows without pains
ZAFIR SHARIF
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The pavement at Atlanta Mo-
tor Speedway lead to the stage at
Imagines 2017 Underwater fes-
tival. The same track that racecars
usually breeze through housed a
collection of stages, food trucks,
street shops and more.
Now completing its fourth
year, Imagine fell into its stride
as an authentic EDM festival by
bringing a collection of accom-
plished artists and good quality
production to the stage.
Imagines camping grounds
are a newer addition to the festival
and have helped to bridge Imagine
to its iconic peers like Tomorrow-
World and EDC (Electric Daisy
Carnival). The number of festi-
val attendees was overwhelming,
and the camping grounds were
decorated with the neon tops of
camping tents.
Water refill stations were ac-
cessible at all areas of the speed-
way, and the range in stage sizes
allowed fans to appreciate a
more personal vibe with some of
the smaller DJs. As for the large
stages, the number of speakers
and the sound they produced was
breathtaking.
Flames adorned one artist as
the ceiling of the stage was lit on
fire. All around the festival were
shaded domes, seating areas and
shops. The collection of vendors
was large, and the ten to fifteen
food trucks that attended the
festival offered a wide variety of
foods at acceptable prices.
Imagine was split into three
days, each featuring more than a
few noteworthy artists. Perhaps
the biggest name on Friday was
Tiesto. Known for heavy, indus-
trial beats, he truly delivered his
performance as a masterpiece on
the Oceania stage. Friday also fea-
With impressive laser effects, Zomboy performed on the Oceania stage on Saturday night. Over
50 EDM artists performed over three days at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Imagines fourth year.
tured a crowd favorite, NGHT-
MRE. NGHTMRE looks to
blend EDM with some trap ele-
ments. His set featured Mask-
off and the classic favorite Lam-
borghini Mercy.
A unique addition to Imagine
is the camping grounds silent
disco. Although one must have a
camping pass to attend, the silent
disco is now a tradition of Imag-
ine that begins at 3 a.m. on Friday
night. Saturdays set did not be-
gin until around 6 p.m., so much
of the festival kept its energy up
throughout the night.
Saturday was the centerpiece
of the entire festival. Most of the
crowd arrived around sundown to
attend some EDM big-hitter sets.
Zomboy and Flux Pavilion are fa-
miliar names to a lot of listeners,
so their sets brought out the larg-
est crowds.
After 6 p.m., the quality of
the artists became so consistent
that migrating to other stages be-
came unnecessary. Still, choosing
between two acts on competing
stages can be hard.
The closing set was Imag-
ines most adored musician,
Deadmau5. At the same time as
Deadmau5s performance, Pretty
Lights performed on the Amazo-
nia stage.
For a festival that features a lot
of artists that bring new sounds
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Photo by Nikita Peker Student Publications
and blends to the genre, Dead-
mau5s blackout performance
brought the audience back to
where EDM came from. Heavily
influenced by house music and the
dubstep wave, Deadmau5 provid-
ed the authenticity of Imagine.
Pretty Lights brought a fresh,
groovy feel to the stage with the
use of live instruments. After a
couple hours, all listeners seemed
as if they were in a trance, content
with the quality of the artists and
their production.
In terms of production as a
music festival, Imagine success-
fully executed its growing event.
The festival now operates in a
bigger league: with each succes-
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sive year, Imagine increases in fol-
lowing. The venue switched from
the Masquerade to the Speedway
last year to accommodate larger
crowds. With the newer site,
Imagine management were on
At one performance Friday
night, an excitable crowd rattled
and broke down the barrier that
separated them from the artist.
After a night of a crowd gone
slightly wild, the barriers were re-
inforced to take another beating
on Saturday.
Water carriers stood on the
sides of the stage and encour-
aged everyone to stay hydrated by
providing water. The garages that
usually house racecars overnight
became homes of VIP suites, con-
taining dancers on stilts and deco-
rated by neon lighting.
In the middle of the area open
to the public was a pool filled
with floating orbs. Shirtless fans
flopped belly first into the two-
feet deep pool, and everyone at-
tending was having the time of
their lives.
The speedway at night was a
different environment entirely. In
accordance with the underwater
theme, blue lights illuminated the
grounds and stage. As the night
progressed, crowds aggregated at
the larger stages, and as the set list
progressed, the volume from each
stage increased with it. At the end
of the night, the speedway became
the loudest it has ever been as it
dove once again into the silent
disco an ironic silence.
Sunday concluded the festival
with the last performances at 8
p.m. featuring Seven Lions, Big
Gigantic and Above and Beyond.
As the campers collected their be-
longings and returned to reality,
the speedway returned to normal.
The tarmac is now a simple black
instead of the blue of Imagine un-
til next year.
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16 September 29, 2017 technique
Opposition updates Colbert for new media
TELEVISION
The Opposition with
Jordan Klepper
NETWORK: Comedy Central
WHEN: Mon-Thurs 11:30 p.m.
STARRING: Jordan Klepper
OUR TAKE: over the internet.
JOSH TREBUCHON
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
In 1999, Jon Stewart took over
as the host of The Daily Show,
kicking off a revolution in the na-
ture and focus of late night tele-
vision. Before then, shows in the
genre focused on pop culture and
interviews with celebrities, but
Stewart developed a paradigm
that centered on political satire.
Soon, the field expanded with
the introduction of The Colbert
Report, a spin off from and the
fake political counterpart to The
Daily Show. Stephen Colbert
found success lampooning the
conservative talk shows; his nine-
year run as host of the show ended
only when he left to take over as
the host of The Late Show.
Since The Colbert Report
ended in 2014, Comedy Central
has lacked a conservative sat-
ire to counterbalance The Daily
Show. On Sept. 25, that role was
finally filled with the introduction
of Jordan Kleppers show The
Opposition. While Kleppers new
show satirizes conservative com-
mentary much like The Colbert
Report did, The Opposition is
not simply a rehashing of the old
series. Since 2014, the political
climate of the U.S. has changed
drastically, and with it conserva-
tive media have undergone a dra-
matic transformation as well.
In recent years, Americans in
the far right have begun turning
// ENTERTAINMENT
off their televisions and finding news is reported. The Opposi- that it too will mock the way in This unique focus on mocking
new voices in extreme online pod- tion seems to successfully carry which news is reported by sources news formats has become even
casts and websites like Alex Joness on in the footsteps of Colbert. on the right. Several times, Klep- more important than it was when
InfoWars and Steve Bannons Bre- Much like Fox News pundits per mockingly complimented his The Colbert Report began,
itbart News. Many of the most Bill OReilly and Sean Hanni- audience for their intelligence, as political comedy has become
conservative Americans no longer ty, Stephen Colbert built a cult claiming much like Alex Jones more common on traditional late
get their news and opinions from of personality around himself and other right-wing pundits do night shows with the introduction
Fox News, but rather from a host and his own ego. His audiences that their decision to watch his of Seth Myers version of Late
of fresh sources popping up all chanted his name during his en- show was evidence of their intel- Night and Colberts own itera-
trances, and his opening sequence ligence and political autonomy. tion of The Late Show.
The Opposition reflects this included images of him wield- Klepper then turned around If the writers can continue
shift in its format and tone. By ing an American flag. Through and insulted them in the next to parody the format of under-
claiming to be an independent charisma and stylistic choices, sentence, highlighting the way in ground conservative talk shows
truth-seeking organization look- Colbert highlighted the egotism which hard-right pundits compli- while focusing the content of
ing out for the American people, and narcissism of those whom he ment their followers while simul- the show on more current issues,
the show satirizes these new me- was mocking. taneously feeding them ridiculous The Opposition could turn out
dia. Some diehard Colbert fans The first episode of The Op- lies, which should offend their to be a worthy successor to The
may have been hoping that this position indicated to its audience intelligence. Colbert Report.
series would have the same feel
as The Colbert Report did, but
the differences in the two shows
are adjustments that needed to be
made for Comedy Central to keep
up with the times.
As far as content goes, the
first episode of The Opposition
mostly lived up to expectations.
The jokes were generally funny,
and Kleppers delivery through-
out the night was solid though
some lines felt over-practiced and
artificial.
Several memorable underhand-
ed shots at Alex Jones included a
funny gag that mocked the In-
foWars hosts recent custody bat-
tle, but overall the episode seemed
a little thin and not noteworthy.
Despite the slightly disappoint-
ing premiere, the shows jokes will
likely improve as the writers dive
into more topical content in the
coming days.
Perhaps the most promising
aspect of the episode was the em-
phasis that the writers seemed to
place on being more than just a
satirical late night show. Beyond
merely allowing its audience to
laugh at political news, the unique
strength of the The Colbert Re- Photo courtesy of Comedy Central
port was that it exposed the ab- Jordan Klepper hosts Comedy Centrals new political satire The Opposition. Klepper, who
surdity in the way in which the until recently served as a correspondent for The Daily Show, parodies conservative media.
// ENTERTAINMENT
STREAM FROM PAGE 1
exclusivity is actually a victory for
everyone since increased patron-
age for artists leads to more and
higher quality music. In the unre-
lated words of Joe Biden, this ar-
gument is a bunch of malarkey.
As a rule of thumb, it is unwise
to argue with JAY-Z on the topic
of business. The rappers intuition
has been built on years of expe-
rience and experimentation to
incredible success. However, the
major music label Universal dis-
agrees completely and instated a
policy that the company will not
sell exclusive streaming rights.
The label fears that the up-front
millions that come from the deal
will not make up for the smaller
audiences.
In the modern era, a new term
has been born: Pirate Platinum,
referring to when an album has
been downloaded illegally over a
million times. Notable examples
include Kanye Wests The Life of
Pablo and JAY-Zs 4:44, which used to come from the percent-
were Tidal exclusives at the time.
The cool name hardly makes up
for the money JAY-Z missed out
on. Even if he does end up the
winner in terms of financial gain,
he is actively killing his own lega-
cy as an artist.
Music fandom and music ob-
session have changed. What was
once territory reserved for super
fans of artists is now common-
place with the availability of entire
catalogs in one convenient, digital
place. As for those whose passion
or even profession is music, the
expected amount of knowledge is
dizzying. A light skim of sites like
Pitchfork and Noisey reveals content.
enough jargon to be nearly on-par
with that of lawyers.
This changed environment is
due precisely to the unbelievable
convenience of streaming, not a
newfound cultural mania. Just
ask anyone under the age of 25 to
name even three Aaliyah songs,
and it quickly becomes clear why
exclusivity can spell a death sen-
tence for a body of work.
Aaliyah, for all her impact in
the 90s and early 00s, has been
forsaken by her uncle and the
owner of the rights to her music,
Barry Hankerson, to a slow march
into oblivion. His refusal to allow
her music to live anywhere online
is an extreme case, but this situ-
ation fundamentally creates the
same problem as exclusive stream-
ing limited availability.
While artists have been able to
make up for the loss from royalty
checks by touring, that option is
not even available to many oth-
ers in the business. Independent
artists, label employees and back-
ground artists like producers and
writers, whose bread and butter
company views it as a step of
ages of songs and albums, have
had to get creative. Some beat-
makers for example have turned
to sites like The Drum Broker
to sell drum packs. Others have
picked up DJing gigs. Yet unlike
leading artists, the shifts in what
it means to be a musician has not
slowed down smaller players drive
to continue creating.
Highly fragmented streaming
is not unprecedented either: that
is the current state of musics sis-
ter industry, film. Netflix, Hulu,
Amazon and HBO all fight for
viewers attention and money
with little to no overlap in their
previous century, and todays un-
Cinephiles see streaming as a
blessing for obvious reasons, but
many also see it as a curse for the
effect it has had on the actual cul-
ture. Netflix has less than 50 mov-
ies made before 1970 while Hulu
has none.
Fans of classic cinema are
forced to find boutique services
like FilmStruck. It is easy to imag-
ine a world where music stream-
ing services are similarly split by
genre, age, label or any almost truly absurd. Certain live-action
arbitrary marker. While this re-
ality may sound ridiculous, it
may not be too far if exclusivity
practices continue.
Unsurprisingly considering its
history, Spotify, the first and larg-
est player in the space, has a strict
no-exclusives policy. Co-founder
and CEO Daniel Ek was the for-
mer CEO of Torrent, a company
that ran the peer-to-peer technol-
ogy that fuels piracy and that fu-
eled Spotify in its early days.
The pirate ethos stuck around,
and the company remains philo-
sophically opposed to the prac-
tice of exclusive streaming. The
pacing is uneven and inconsistent.
regression a cardinal sin in
technology.
However, Spotify has the priv-
ilege of being much larger than
Apple and Tidal, who are forced
to differentiate themselves. From
these companies perspectives,
exclusive streaming makes all too
much sense.
Why enter a perfectly competi-
tive market when there is an eas-
ier way to differentiate themselves
and to entice users while also play-
ing into artists fears of not mak-
ing enough money? In the years
to follow, however, the parallels
between angry musicians of the
satisfied pop stars will become all
too clear.
technique September 29, 2017 17
LEGO FROM PAGE 14
these that play on tropes like the
somber last stand and the grave and provides a clever subversion of
apocalypse are immensely fun
to watch.
Sometimes it feels as if the
screenwriters pursued jokes with
childish glee, unrestrained by
public perception to approach the
cut scenes interspersed through-
out the film are so extraordinarily
silly that one cannot help but grin.
While some jokes are too on-the-
nose to work, the film is still con-
sistently fun.
Unfortunately, the humor and
visuals are the only strong point
of the film. The plot meanders,
adopting the guises of a Kung
Fu satire, a coming-of-age film, a
family drama, an epic, a disaster
movie and many more. The film
has its own identity crisis and nev-
er settles on which genre it wants
to imitate.
Due to this uncertainty, the
Movies succeeded through their
Further, the film is bookended
by two cringeworthy live-action
scenes that depict Jackie Chan as
an aged trinket shop owner nar-
rating the films events to a wide-
eyed young boy. These scenes add
little to the film and only obfus-
cate the films tone.
The only characters developed
well are Lloyd and his father, but
Lloyds character is too bland and
plain to hold the audiences atten-
tion. Dave Francos Lloyd regu-
larly rattles off some tired lines
about not fitting in and hating his
father, but it ultimately amounts
to little substance.
Therouxs Garmadon, how- movies, planned to be released in
ever, is an absolute joy to watch.
Fickle, immature and completely
oblivious to the impact his actions
have on his son, Garmadon is a
constant source of comedic relief
the absentee father trope in many
heroes journeys. Therouxs per-
formance ties together the dispa-
rate strands of the plot and cam-
ouflages many of the gaping holes
in the narrative.
Unfortunately, none of the
other characters, played by such
renowned actors as Fred Armisen
(Portlandia), Kumail Nanji-
ani (Silicon Valley) and Olivia
Munn (The Newsroom), are
given much space to breathe in
the plot.
All of these faults would be for-
givable if the film had something
original to say. Unfortunately,
the film tries to unify itself the-
matically around some truly dry
and trite monologues by Lloyd
and Garmadon about the impor-
tance of family and staying true
to oneself.
Where the past two LEGO
originality, The LEGO Ninjago
Movie does not even try to reach
the same bar. The disappointing
finale reinforces how forgettable
the film as a whole is.
While there are many indi-
vidual scenes that are entertain-
ing, the film overall simply fails to
distinguish itself from the bulk of
cliche, moralizing animated films
that are produced every year.
As a kids film, The LEGO
Ninjago Movie may pass as ac-
ceptable. However, this install-
ment of the franchise does not live
up to the precedent set by the first
two LEGO movies. Future LEGO
2018 and 2019, may extend the
weakened franchise.
18 September 29, 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
// COMICS technique September 29, 2017 19

TECHNOBABBLE BY MOHAR K ALRA

CUBICLES

INFINITELY NO SOLUTIONS BY MILES HSU

SURPRISE GIFT

SARAHS SCRIBBLES BY SARAH ANDERSEN IN THE BLEACHERS BY STEVE MOORE

20 September 29, 2017 technique
Tech volleyball rolls to tumultuous start
EMILY DYKSTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Expectations for Tech vol-
leyball were relatively low when
the season began. Though senior
Gabriela Stavnetchei was named
to the 2017 Preseason All-ACC
team, the team itself was pre-
dicted to finish ninth within the
conference, a rather low mark. Yet
the team has more than met those
expectations in the early goings.
Their primary advantage has
been leadership, both on the court
and from the bench. Michelle
Collier is taking charge of the
Jackets for a fourth year as head
coach, while Stavnetchei and fel-
low seniors Sydney Wilson, Gabby
Benda, and Ashley Askin serve as
leaders to a large freshmen class.
Additionally, the team brought
on Claudio Pinheiro over the off-
season as an assistant coach. As a
competitor, he is the owner of two
gold medals with the Brazilian
national team, while serving as its
coach, an impressive resume.
The Jackets opened the sea-
son with two hard fought battles
against Auburn and Furman,
both of which ended in disap-
pointment. However, Stavnetchei
was able to record a career-high
of 11 kills during the Auburn
game, while four freshmen (Ales-
sia Del Romano, Cori Clifton,
Sam Knapp and Nicole Alford)
were able to experience their first
college competition. The Furman
matchup saw sophomore Kodie
Comby record a career high of
15 kills, while Stavnetchei post-
ed her first double-double of the
season with 14 kills and 16 digs.
// SPORTS
Although the first two games did
not have the outcome desired,
players showed resilience and the
ability to keep at it when the going
got tough.
The first win of the season
came against No. 17 Michigan
State at the end of August, which
was Coach Colliers first career
win over a top-25 opponent, as
well as the Jackets first win over a
top-25 opponent since 2013. Once
again, Stavnetchei stood out with
another double-double, along-
side the other senior women who
competed aggressively against the
Big 10 team. The team certainly
desires that the outcome of that
game represents a sign of things
to come.
Perhaps the most remarkable
match so far this season was a 3-0
sweep against North Dakota, who
had been undefeated until play-
ing the Jackets. The match saw
Stavnetchei and the seniors put up
great stats again, yet it was fresh-
man Sam Knapp who was able to Photo courtesy of Danny Karnik
start the ball rolling for the vic- Gabriela Stavnetchei prepares to hit the ball during a match versus Xavier. Stavnetchei, a
tory off of a serve that led to a cru- senior, will be depended upon down the stretch as Tech volleyball faces tough competitors.
cial 7-0 run.
The last two matches of August the Jackets bounced back with for a phenomenal comeback, giv- again tie her best number of kills,
turned the 0-2 start to the season their return to Atlanta, starting ing the teams home record an im- and Del Romano recorded her
upside down, giving the Jackets off the Georgia Tech Invitational provement to 5-2. first career kill.
the opportunity to bounce back with a win over Xavier. Most recently, the Jackets fell Tech volleyballs 6-7 start is
from two tough losses. Freshmen Tech finished with a season- to UGA in Athens, yet came back not particularly impressive, es-
Clifton, Alford and Knapp were high .273 attack percentage after to sweep Clemson in the ACC pecially for a team that won 24
able to create names for them- the Xavier game, while freshman Opener. The team was initially led matches last year. But with a
selves throughout the first month Nicole Alford recorded a career- by Grace Rigsbee, who marked a large contingent of veteran players
as the team built upon the mo- high 18 assists and Stavnetchei career high in kills, as well as Lau- looking for one more chance at a
mentum from each game. surpassed 100 kills overall, mark- ren Frerking, who tied her num- conference championship before
At the beginning of September, ing a team-high. Stavnetchei and ber of career highs. they graduate, there is no lack of
the women traveled to San Diego Askin led the team to another Still on the road, the Jackets urgency. With contributions from
to compete in the USD Tourna- win against North Florida, while traveled to compete against the players all across the roster and
ment, but fell short of their own Sydney Wilson and Kodie Comby Blue Devils where they were un- steady counsel from experienced
expectations with losses to San assisted the Jackets sweep. The able to repeat their victory; how- coaches, there is plenty of reason
Diego, Texas and Villanova. But Georgia Tech Invitational allowed ever, Frerking was able to once to expect an improvement.
// SPORTS
Students hack NBA at national competiion
CASEY MILES
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
On September 23 and 24, the
NBA hosted its second annual
hackathon at Skylight Modern
on 27th Street in New York City.
Four Tech students second-
year IE Nishant Reddy, third-year
CS Nikki Cantrell, third-year IE
Alan Lo and third-year CS May-
uri Mamtani competed in the
basketball analytics competition
and placed third out of more than
200 participants.
For the students, the road to
New York began over the summer.
I saw something about it on
Twitter from one of the basket-
ball writers I follow, Reddy said.
Then I told Alan about it because
I know hes pretty into basketball
analytics. And then he reached
out to Nikki and Mayuri because
theyre pretty good friends and
theyre good with CS.
The NBA would receive 900
applicants, of which, only 207
were accepted. While parts of the
application were optional, they
were strongly encouraged.
There was one question which
was covered in one of my ISYE
classes, so that was kind of cake,
Lo said. The rest of it was cod-
ing. The coding project required
the applicants to take box scores
from the 2016-2017 season and
determine when teams were elim-
inated from playoff contention.
The group, dubbed Team Alley-
Oops, did not finish the project,
but the incomplete work they sup-
ported was enough to convince
evaluators of their potential.
In late August, the group heard
back from the NBA that they
had been accepted; however, the
NBA did not provide travel, so
the group convinced the College
of Computing to sponsor their
travel. Going into the hackathon,
they did not know with what they
would be tasked.
After arriving early Friday
morning to explore the city, the
team began their new project
Saturday morning. Alley-Oops
decided to tackle a possible rule
change dealing with offensive
fouling, specifically dealing with
collisions around the restricted
area. Currently, the restricted
area, designated by a small arc
inside the paint, is four feet from
the basket. It is restrictive in that
no defender can force a charging
Nishant Reddy, Alan Lo, Mayuri Mamtani and Nikki Cantrell (left to right) pose with NBA deputy
comissioner Mark Tatum after successfully presenting their project at the leagues hackathon.
foul in the area, save for some oc-
casional exceptions.
What we planned to do was
expand that restricted area for
three reasons, Lo said. First, to
decrease the number of injuries
that might occur. More offensive
fouls mean more charges being
called, which can lead to an in-
creased risk of injury.
Second, he continued, was
to improve game watchability, in
the sense that nobody wants to
watch people drawing charges,
thats really boring. Youd rather
watch someone play defense.
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Third, was to shorten game dura-
tion a bit because for people who
arent as familiar with basketball
the game seems kind of long and
boring and drawn out.
This was particularly apparent
to Cantrell and Mamtani, who
were not devout fans of the sport.
While the idea was solid on
paper, the team needed data to
back it up. This data came from
the large data pool the NBA had
given them a few days before.
We were given a bunch of
data and .csv files, Cantrell said.
And we used ... play-by-plays of
Photo courtesy of NBA/Getty Images
each game since 2007. We did
two things with it. First, we went
through and parsed the data and
looked at the number of offensive
fouls per game and the actual time
of the game, and we plotted that
to show that there was a steady
increase in offensive fouls as game
time increased.
With a clear relationship in
place, the group needed to show
where those fouls were occurring
to justify their arguments.
They gave us .xml files of
Sport View data which gives the
players location in the game very
half second, Cantrell said. We
looked at the time the offensive
foul occurred and then went into
the .xml file and got the location
of the player at that instance and
then wrote it back to an Excel file
so that we could graph that and
overlay it over top of a basketball
court. That gave us a heat map
of where all the offensive fouls
occurred.
Their heat map pointed to al-
most all offensive fouls occurring
just outside the restricted area.
They presented their findings in
front of a group that included
such figures as ESPN writer Zach
Lowe, members of senior manage-
ment for a few NBA teams and
FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief,
Nate Silver.
It wasnt really nerve-racking
for [Nikki and Mayuri], Lo said.
Because they didnt know any-
body. But, it was nerve-racking
for [Nishant and me] because
we actually knew who we were
talking to.
Their third place finish not
only won them a gift card to the
NBA Store and merchandise from
JBL but also the chance to meet
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver,
former player Shane Battier and a
host of league insiders. Not bad
for a weekends work.
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Much to be learned from ugly win over Panthers
JOHN EDWARDS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In a sloppy showing, Tech foot-
ball managed to overcome shoddy
ball-handling and trounced Pitt
35-17 on Saturday. Opening ACC
play, the Jackets were favored go-
ing into this matchup against a
reeling Pitt team, whose lone vic-
tory thus far this season came in
an overtime victory against FCS
Youngstown State. Giving up
four turnovers to one of the worst
teams in the ACC was not a good
look for the Jackets at all, particu-
larly for a team whose option of-
fense prizes ball-handling. That is
just one of a number of takeaways
after the game.
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE
Techs defense finally showed
up on Saturday, limiting the Pan-
thers to only 17 points and pre-
venting the Panthers from scor-
ing on any fumbles. Given how
important time of possession is
to the triple option, it was helpful
for the Jackets defense to get stops
and keep the ball away from Pitt.
Pitt averaged only 1:51 minutes
per drive, whereas Tech averaged
almost a minute longer, 2:41.
Techs strong defensive show-
ing moved the team from one
of the worst teams in the nation
defensively towards the middle of
the pack, a sign that the defense
may finally be catching up to the
offense. And the cycle is benefi-
cial: longer drives for the offense
give the defense more rest and im-
prove its performance down the
line, both within games and over
the course of the season.
BUTTERFINGERS
Speaking of the offense, Techs
scoring unit was hardly operat-
ing at peak efficiency Saturday.
technique September 29, 2017 23
The Jackets gave up four fumbles
to Pittsburgh, with B-back Kir-
Vonte Benson responsible for two
of them. Despite this, the Jackets
still scored 35 points, and the de-
fense prevented Pitt from capital-
izing off of any of the fumbles.
The Jackets became the first FBS
team to beat another FBS oppo-
nent while giving up four or more
fumbles since University of Texas
at El Paso gave up five fumbles en
route to a win over North Texas in
2015. That may be enough against
a stuggling Panthers team, but
their level of carelessness with the
football is untenable.
KIRVONTE THE KING
Despite the two fumbles, Ben-
son had a career day against Pitt,
racking up 196 yards and two
touchdowns against the Panthers.
The 196 yards were the most by a
B-back in Paul Johnsons tenure,
and the 8th most by a Tech rush-
er since 2000. After losing both
Marcus Marshall and Dedrick
Mills at the B-Back position prior
to the start of the season, Benson
has locked down the position and
excelled, averaging 5.2 yards per Photo by Himanshu Dedge Student Publications
carry and registering 346 rushing TaQuon Marshall seeks the edge against the Pittsburgh defense at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
yards. Unlike Mills, who lacked Marshall has put up numbers worthy of national recognition over the first three weeks.
breakaway speed, Benson has
shown the ability to turn on the passer rating of 206.2 is also third tionally, having registered 1181 stumbling en route to the Cham-
jets while remaining exceedingly in the country among QBs with at yards in three games. Of the pionship Game. Meanwhile, the
difficult to take down. least 20 pass attempts. teams ahead of them, only Navy Coastal Division looks too close
While Marshall, who received (1182 yards) has played in only to call. Pitt, UVA and UNC look
TAQUON FOR HEISMAN? only a single Heisman vote in the three games, as the rest Army, out of the picture already, but
Junior QB TaQuon Marshall first week of the season and none Tulsa, Alabama and Arizona Duke, VT, Miami and GT all
has cooled off slightly since his since, appears very far outside of have played in four games. have a chance at facing off against
hot opener against Tennessee, but the Heisman picture, his perfor- Clemson in the postseason.
picked himself back up against mance has been nothing short of AROUND THE CONFERENCE As in many years, there is no
Pitt, recording 112 rushing yards exemplary for Tech. He lacks the In a stunner Saturday, NC obvious titan blocking the Jack-
on 18 attempts, and averaging a national branding of Lamar Jack- State defeated FSU 27-21, dashing ets from success in the Coastal
season-best 6.2 yards per carry. son and Saquon Barkley, but the FSUs hopes of competing with and a berth in the conference
Marshalls 386 rushing yards for production speaks for itself. Clemson in the Atlantic division championship game. Whether the
the season rank third among QB of the ACC. Clemson has a clear team can correct its mistakes and
in the nation, behind Ahmad IN A RUSH path to the championship game, capitalize on the advantages it has
Bradshaw (Army, 439) and Zach Tech now ranks No. 6 among and as the consensus best team in staked out over the first few games
Abbey (Navy, 471). Marshalls FBS teams in rushing yards na- the ACC, it is difficult to see them remains to be seen.
Sports
SPORTS EDITOR:
Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
Casey Miles
sports@nique.net
Tech vs. UNC
tech wins if:
1. The ground game rolls on.
Tech currently ranks number one in the nation
in rushing yards per game with a whooping 394
yards per game. After star linebacker was injured
against Louisville, the Heels front seven looks
weak. This is as good a matchup as any for Tech.
2. The defense keeps it up.
If you forget about the second half of the sea-
son opener, the defense has looked great, sti-
fling plays and picking up turnovers. If they
keep up their 23 points-per-game pace against
UNC, Tech is in good shape to come out on top.
3. UNC continues its trajectory.
The Tar Heels have started their season on the
wrong foot with a 1-3 start after a devastating loss
to Duke, one of their biggest rivals. The teams
morale is low while Techs is high coming off a
win against the Panthers. Tech has the advan-
tage in momentum, a potentially decisive edge.
Final prediction: tech 31, unc 21
Jackets Hack It technique
Four Tech students thought the NBA
could use some improvement. So they
Friday,
24
did something about it.421 September 29, 2017
by Rohan Kansara
Photo by Mark Russell Student Publications
unc wins if:
1. Tech fumbles it away.
Tech has done a poor job of securing the ball, allow-
ing four turnovers last game against the Panthers.
Its rare that a team can pull off a win after that many
turnovers, so dont expect Tech to be able to recover
if they dont protect the ball better this time around.
2. Chazz Suratt comes up big.
The passer has already thrown for 847 yards, and
while primary target Austin Proehl is injured, he
has proven that he can make plays throwing to
anyone. Though he hasnt led the team to many
wins, he will surely test the Jackets secondary.
3. They finally get a close one.
Although UNC has lost three of its last four games,
two of these losses were by 10 or less. UNC is a
better team than their record suggests, and with
a couple different plays in these close games,
their record could be much better. They come
into this game hungry, desperate and ready.