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Campus Life
Campus Sculpture
Best: The Campanile
Located in a large fountain outside of the Student Center,
the Shaft is a metallic obelisk like an abstract version of
Tech Tower. Originally constructed for the 1996 Olym-
pic Games, the Shaft is a prominent feature on campus
and in Tech branding. On football game days, the Yellow
Jacket Marching Band performs warm-ups around the
Shaft, pumping up football fans before the day’s main
event. In the past, the Shaft would even emit sounds to
mark the passing of the hour - it was even able to play the
campus fight songs. Now, the Shaft serves as a symbol of
Tech and is even a popular spot for graduation photos.

Worst: The Ovation Statue

What is there to say about the misshapen mass of matter
situated in front of the Ferst Center that has not already
been uttered in reference to the man-candy factor of Jab-
ba the Hutt? Truly, the purported “ice-cream” statue is
in no way near the level of desirability of even the worst
flavor of ice cream, artificial chemically-simulated straw-
berry. And the endlessly-repeated mantra lectured at
tour groups that the blob is a fixture on campus and that
everyone “appreciates” the horrendously colorful sticky
post-it strips affixed to it is deserving of nothing less than
a libel lawsuit.

Construction
Best: Atlantic Drive
After around two years of construction on the pathway
that leads from the center of campus to the BioTech
quad, forcing many to extend their daily routes to an un-
reasonable amount of time, Atlantic Drive is now acces-
sible to pedestrians. Bordered by a variety of plants and
lined with red brick, the path leads up to an open square,
bordered by Howey, Mason and the CoC. The park,
however, is much more than a relaxing place for physics
and civil engineering students to enjoy their lunches. It
is a model of the Seven Bridges of Koenigsberg, a math-
ematics problem solved by Euler that laid the foundations
of graph theory — the sign of a true Tech school.
Worst: The Library Construction
Students studying at Tech for the past few years may
have been disappointmented by the fact that the library
contains no books. However, student disappointment
has been taken to a new level upon the start of library
construction. While the facility is coming together, the
amount of time that construction has taken has been all
too taxing on students who spend more time looking for
a study spot than they do studying and who have class in
DM Smith and must bear the constant drilling noises.
Coming & Going
Best Campus Addition: West Village
Hahaha. Just kidding.
Saddest Loss: AEPi
Freshmen living on East Campus have surely noticed
the construction occurring at the base of Freshman Hill,
at the intersection of Techwood and Bobby Dodd. Un-
beknownst to them, that very corner used to be home
to the beloved house of Alpha Epsilon Phi. The house,
which had structural elements reminiscent of a motel,
was torn down in the summer of 2017. The Jewish fellows
inhabiting the old house could be relied upon to throw
down regularly, and occasionally even threw parties
that featured a neon Star of David shining proudly in
the background. The house was torn down to make way
for a new iteration of the AEPi home. The new building
will house 20 young men and was designed by Warren
Epstein & Associates. Epstein himself is a 1956 Tech and
AEPi alumnus. Upperclassmen lament the loss of the old
house and its associated tailgates and Friday night ragers.
There is still hope -- perhaps the new AEPi home will live
up to the legacy the former had.
SGA initiative
Best: Ramblin’ Reps
Last fall, the External Affairs Board of SGA announced
the creation of Ramblin’ Reps, which allows Tech stu-
dents to meet with state legislators at the Georgia Capitol.
Ramblin’ Reps allows Tech students to be more involved
in state politics and advocate for campus concerns and
student initiatives. In addition to traveling to the Capi-
tol, the Reps will attend a meeting of the Undergraduate
House of Representatives (UHR) and deliver a report to
both UHR and the Graduate Student Senate (GSS). As
Tech is directly affected by decisions made at the state
level, Ramblin’ Reps offers an opportunity for students
to make sure their voices are heard.
Off-campus Housing
Best: An Actual Apartment
Midtown offers apartments of various quality and price,
from the Biltmore to more upscale SQ5 to SHPE party
central UHouse. Treat yo’self to an actual apartment
with amenities like pools and gyms rather than dealing
with on-campus housing or sketchy Home Park and Cen-
tennial.
Worst: Home Park
The most common area for Clery Acts, the Home Park
neighborhood north of 10th Street features old homes
built in the first half of the 20th century. While rent is
low compared to other off-campus options, that famous
saying — you get what you pay for — holds true in that
Home Park tenants deal with lackluster landlords, de-
crepit dishwashers and appliances, and looming threat of
having their car broken into.
Public Transport
Best: Walking
When you want something done right, you do it your-
self. This nearly-universal axiom holds true within the
boundaries of Tech’s campus, where there are few modes
of transportation more reliable than putting one foot in
front of the other. Whether the distance is as close as the
Clough is to Klaus, or as far as the Paper Tricentennial
is from North Ave., one’s own two feet are the only all-
terrain vehicle that can and will get students from point
A to point B in the shortest distance possible. It may not
be as glamorous as Ubering or Lyfting to the next class,
but your calves sure will be after traversing the campus’s
bumpy hills and rolling paths over the course of the
school year.
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Outdoor Space
Best: Hidden Skiles Garden
Despite the chain smokers who occasionally frequent
the space, the hidden Skiles garden is the best outdoor
space on campus. Between classes, the benches beneath
the walls of ivy on the gravel pathways are a peaceful
blessing. In summer, the shade provided by the space is
essential to enjoying the outdoors when there are no seats
available in the courtyard, and in the winter, the scenery
is no less beautiful than in the spring. When you need
a minute of solitude, perhaps to eat between classes, do
some casual reading or just enjoy the outdoors, this gar-
den is right for you. Next time you’re around Skiles, make
sure to check out the garden; enjoy the blooming flowers,
the beautiful trees, and the quiet the area brings you.
Worst: The IC Lawn After Tug
Greek Week, which pits fraternity against fraternity and
sorority against sorority, graces Tech every April and
leaves its mark on West Campus in the form of a muddy
rut carved down the IC lawn. If you have ever felt the
urge to visit a trench dug for Greek warfare, look no fur-
ther than the IC lawn after Tug, a tug-of-war turned up
to eleven. The scene can be described in no other way
than distasteful to those that may feel an attachment to
a reasonable-looking landscape. And the scarring of the
ground will likely be apparent in at least some way for
a good amount of time following the initial assault on
mother Earth’s skin. At least the event does not cost too
much to put on. Oh wait ...
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Entertainment
Coffee Shop
Best: Nectar
Dancing Goats’ Batdorf and Bronson coffee blend is ar-
guably one of the best in the Metro-Atlanta area. Howev-
er, for many Tech students, it is not easy to make the trek
off campus to the location at Ponce or Peachtree Street.
Dancing Goats fans are in luck though, because Batdorf
and Bronson is being served up right in the Biotech quad.
Nectar, although best known for its juices and sandwich-
es, actually serves the Batdorf and Bronson blend. From
lattes to americanos to iced coffee, your favorite caffein-
ated drink can likely be found at the shop located on the
first floor of the Pettit Building on Ferst Drive. An added
bonus is the food: some of the best sandwiches on Tech’s
campus can be found here. Plus, the quiet atmosphere
and comfortable seats make for a nice study spot. It’s eas-
ily accessible to most classes, and the wait time is much
shorter than the Clough Starbucks. And, if for some rea-
son you can’t make it to the Biotech quad for a nice cup
of coffee, you’re still in luck. Nectar’s food truck is almost
always out on Tech Green during the week. Stop by the
Pettit location or the food truck to grab the best cup of
coffee on campus.
Worst: Revelator
With multiple locations around Atlanta, Revelator Cof-
fee is the fastest growing coffee shop that everyone loves
to hate. They bought out Octane and are known in the
area for disregarding the coffee community and culture.
They consistently overwork their baristas because they
are understaffed from employees frequently quitting af-
ter getting fed up with their uncooperative work environ-
ment. Revelator is not worth the price you pay, especially
when you consider the treatment of their employees and
their attitude towards the community.
On-Campus Food
Best Food Addition: Auntie Anne’s
Cinnamon sugar pretzels. Enough said.
Saddest Food Loss: Woodies
As many students pre-Fall 2017 will say, Woodruff Din-
ing Hall, affectionately referred to as Woodies, was
the least enjoyable dining experience on campus. Most
would have accepted any alternative — which was the
beginning of the end. Getting rid of Woodies was seen
as a dream come true, until it all came crashing down.
As West Village construction rose, so too did the hopes
of many. As soon as the doors opened, students realized
that Meal swipes were worth less in the new establish-
ment. West Campus soon realized exactly what was lost.
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Endless cheerios at two in the morning during Finals
week, a belly full of mediocre mashed potatoes and a
dessert bar usually stocked with the best cookies campus
dining had to offer will foreve have a place in the hearts
of West Campus students. As Joni Mitchell once said, you
don’t know what you got till it’s gone.
Off-Campus Food
Best: Babalu
Located a couple blocks from Tech Square, Babalu offers
tapas and tacos and, for those 21 and over, bottomless
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restaurant features delicious tacos, tapas, soups, salads,
and sandwiches. The queso blanco dip and guacamole
are strongly recommended.
Worst: The Varsity
This historical Midtown food stop is one of the most famous
restaurants in Atlanta but falls very short of the quality
expected from a long-standing institution. The hamburg-
ers and hot dogs are acceptable at best, while the onion
rings and fries cannot stand under the weight of their own
grease. The ice cream is good, if overpriced, and having
a Frosted Orange for the first time is an Atlanta tradition,
but the long wait times and chronic-disease-inducing
food make the Varsity one of the worst places to get food
around Tech.
SCPC Event
Best: Six Flags Night
It has been posited, perhaps not incorrectly, that if all
the world leaders gathered at Six Flags Over Georgia
rather than a randomly selected crowded city somewhere
on Earth for the G20 summit each year, we could all be
living in a far more peaceful world. Therefore, it should
be cherished and celebrated that the Student Center Pro-
grams Council continues to organize the annual night at
Six Flags for all Tech denizens to enjoy. I have no fear in
making the judgment that the event is solely responsible
for most of the happiness on campus during fall semester.
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Worst: Homecoming Concert
Once again, the homecoming concert in the fall failed
to live up to any sort of goals that one might have for
a purportedly fun event. The horrendous decision this
year involved the booking of Miami-zombie wannabe
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Lil Dicky to perform. I would have rather had no one
perform than endure the humiliation of having such a
painfully unskilled and unfunny artist appear.
Campus Crime
Most Memorable:
When confronted with a welfare check for being some-
what less than surreptitiously drunk, one enterprising
freshman felt that fabricating a story to a GTPD officer
would be the best course of action given the situation.
After giving the officer a fake name, the student made
a break for it; he ran off in a valiant attempt to elude
whatever the consequences might have turned out to be.
Unfortunately for the student, a few of his classmates had
noticed the commotion and entered into a conversation
with the GTPD officer, eventually revealing the student’s
real name. After discovering his true identity, the officer
set off to find his dorm room. After arriving, the officer
knocked and entered the room to find the student hiding
under his bed. The student was handcuffed so he would
not run away again.
Freshman-est Crime:
The bread and butter of campus crimes is a healthy dose
of underage drinking leading to Student Code of Con-
duct violations. No such incident truly exemplified this
than a group of students born in 1999 all were given stu-
dent code of conduct violations on the night of Jan. 13.
Each was unique in its own way: one student was being
carried home by friends, two of the students were found
vomiting in the dorms and the final student was passed
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Sports
Athlete
Best Male Athlete: Joey Bart
The hard hitting catcher for Tech is doing everything
he can to boost his MLB draft stock this season - Bart
was slashing .362/.468/.677 with 11 HR as of Wednes-
day. He’s definitely the best catcher in the NCAA right
now, and he’s probably a first round pick - following in
the trails of other Tech catchers to graduate to the ma-
jors like Matt Wieters and Jason Varitek. Bart may not
have the highest average on the team, but he serves as
the team’s powerhouse and he is steady behind the plate.
Enjoy his presence while you can.

Best Female Athlete: Zaire O’Neil

With the arrival of new talent, senior center Zaire O’Neil
was relegated to a bench role. She could have expressed
anger, put in less effort or shirked her duties as a leader on
the team. But in the tough, gritty fashion that has made
her a fan favorite in recent years, O’Neil stepped up to
the challenge of playing off the bench and delivered per-
haps the best season of her career. The senior was named
ACC 6th Player of the Year for 2017-2018 after averaging
9.9 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game. O’Neil
is the second Tech player to receive the honor, after Alex
Montgomery was awarded in 2010.

Performance
Best Performance: TaQuon Marshall
Yes, the season opener against Tennessee ended badly for
Tech football. Who could forget that two-point conver-
sion stuffed at the goal line, followed with what felt like
a never-ending rendition of “Rocky Top”? But that trau-
matic memory should not erase the display Marshall put
up that game, just hours after being named the starter.
44 rushing attempts for 249 yards, five rushing touch-
downs and a number of broken records in the process.
He never eclipsed that mark over the remainder of the
season, but in all fairness, it was an incredible bar-setting
performance to start the year.

Worst Performance: The Entire Tech Men’s Bas-

ketball Team Against Grambling State
Yes, star sophomore Josh Okogie was courtside in street
clothes instead of in the lineup. And yes, Ben Lammers
was nursing an injury. But Grambling State wasn’t just a
typical weak opponent; they left Atlanta and immediately
dropped a game to Grand Canyon by 34. The margin of
victory was an own-goal scored by a pair of Tech players
skying for a defensive rebound, and not even a barrage
of three-point shots from a limping Jose Alvarado were
enough to save the Jackets from their own ineptitude. All
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Game Moment Drama

Best Game:
Tech was sitting at 4-4. They needed to win two out of
their last three games to earn a bowl berth. Ahead was
a daunting challenge: a 7-2 Virginia Tech team. But af-
ter an early first-quarter field goal by Hokies kicker Joey
Slye, the visitors from Blacksburg would not lead again
until midway through the fourth quarter, thanks to a pair
of rushing touchdowns and a scoring pass, all courtesy of
TaQuon Marshall. And when Marshall gave up points
on a pick-six, he quickly got them back with an 80-yard
touchdown bomb to Ricky Jeune. The No. 17 Hokies
were vanquished.
Worst Game:
Tech’s 40-36 football loss to Virginia summed up what
was quite a disappointing season. It was not that Tech
was necessarily humbled by the Cavaliers themselves;
rather, it felt as though the team had humbled itself. Op-
portunities to win seemed to come at every turn, yet Tech
failed to capitalize on any of them, and it was only fitting
that this cold, miserable loss came on a cold, miserable,
rainy day in Charlottesville. The most impressive part
of Tech’s defensive performance was that they managed
to give up 40 points to an offense which seemed to drop
more passes than it completed. Ultimately it was the
closeness of this loss which puts it past other often more
embarrassing contenders for worst loss of the year.
Luckiest Moment:
Undefeated No. 11 Miami was down 14-13 at the half to
Tech. So they decided to start the second half unconven-
tionally: with an onside kickoff. But in improbable fash-
ion, Lamont Simmons was in perfect position to recover
the onside kick and then streak 42 yards downfield for
the score. Particularly because of the downpour, which
hurt both Miami’s pass attack and Tech’s toss-heavy run
game, those points seemed at the time like they could
make all the difference in sealing a surprise Tech victory
against a previously undefeated opponent, a win that
would certainly vault the Jackets into the Top 25.
Unluckiest Moment:
Later in the same game, the Jackets were up by only two
points. They had allowed Miami to drive to midfield by
running the same screen pass over and over and over
again, and Tech defenders, whether because of scheme
or because of fatigue late in the game, seemed equally
hapless each time. But Tech had placed Miami into a 4th
and 10 situation with only 42 seconds left. Hurricanes
passer Malik Rosier dropped back, looked around, and
threw it to a leaping Darrell Langham. A Tech defen-
sive back broke up the pass, only to send it fluttering
into Langham’s hands. Miami would go on to score the
game-winning field goal a few plays later, much to the
disappointment of Tech.
Best Drama:
Before the season spiraled into a nightmare, Tech men’s
basketball was up against a highly-regarded Northwest-
ern team at McCamish Pavilion in late November. With
seven seconds left on the clock, the Jackets were down
one in a game that had been tightly contested from the
start. Freshman Jose Alvarado dribbled downcourt and
passed the ball to Tadric Jackson outside the three-point
line with three seconds remaining. Jackson saw a gap be-
tween a couple of defenders in the paint and did what he
does best: score at the rim. His acrobatic layup rolled in
as the buzzer sounded, giving Tech the win in front of
the home crowd.
Worst Drama:
In a plot line that seemed to be more reminiscent of a
particularly ratings-desperate One Tree Hill episode
than of actual life, Tech basketball head coach Josh Past-
ner spent much of the year being tormented by friend/
mentee/convicted felon Ron Bell, who Pastner knew
from his days at the University of Arizona. Bell accused
Tech of minor recruiting violations, which Bell himself
caused (and which resulted in suspensions for Josh Oko-
gie and Tadric Jackson) and accused Pastner of sexually
assaulting Bell’s girlfriend (which has not resulted in any-
thing so far). Bell was recently arrested in Georgia, so the
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ASCE wins first place in annual conference
SAMIRA BANDARU
LIFE EDITOR
On a sunny Thursday morning
in April, members of the Geor-
gia Tech chapter of the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers
(GTASCE) drove in anticipation
to Duke University, where this
year’s annual 2018 ASCE Caroli-
nas Conference was held. Various
colleges in the southeast region
gather together to compete in civil
engineering challenges.
While Tech took home a va-
riety of awards for various com-
OPINIONS
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The end of the road
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petitions as they have in previ-
ous years, this year’s conference
was no ordinary event for GT
ASCE. Their total score allowed
them to win first place overall, a
feat that has not be accomplished
since 2002.
The conference is comprised
of various competitions, ranging
from Hydraulics, in which teams
must create a hydraulic lift to
move an object 45 feet up a slope
using the force of water, to Trans-
portation, in which teams were
tasked with creating a plan for
transportation improvements to
be implemented in Durham, NC
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to relieve traffic congestion and
improve the overall transportation
system in the city. The hydraulics
team was led by Mia Prendergast,
fifth-year CE, and won first place.
The transportation team, lead by
Juwon Drake, fifth-year CE and
vice president of meetings, won
first place for the second consecu-
tive year.
Other teams included Steel
Bridge, in which teams are tasked
with designing and building a 17
foot-long steel bridge that must be
capable of holding 2500 pounds.
“Unfortunately, we did not
place this year because of hard-
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ware issues that happened,” said
team lead Mihai Mavrodin,
fourth-year CE. “Even though the
team didn’t make it, everyone on
the team gained valuable experi-
ence and had a great time.”
The name is self-explanatory
for the Concrete Canoe compe-
tition — teams must design and
build a canoe made out of con-
crete. The criteria for this chal-
lenge are that the canoes must
float, hold up to four paddlers
and be able to race in sprints and
endurance events on the water.
Concrete Canoe, led by Michael
Waters, fourth-year CE, won
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second place in the co-ed Sprint,
second place in the Women’s
sprint in which Tech made a great
comeback against Clemson and
third place in Product Display.
This year, Tech’s canoe theme
was based off of the Swallowtail
butterfly.
Steel Bridge and Concrete
Canoe are the two most time-
intensive competitions of the con-
ference, as they require year-long
preparation.
“I think the biggest challenge
at Conference is simply getting
everything done in time,” said
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CASEY MILES
NEWS EDITOR
S_EAL _HE _
On March 20, GTPD was no-
tified of “T”s missing from various
construction site fences on cam-
pus, most notably ones near Van
Leer, the library and at the site of
the Kendeda building.
Of the three fences that fell
victim to one of the most tradi-
tional pastimes of Tech students,
only the fence at the site of the
Kendeda building was covered by
cameras, to the chagrin of GTPD.
GTPD began review of foot-
age and found that at around 1:30
a.m. on the morning of March
17, a group of seven individuals
left Woodruff residence hall and
made their way to the fence sur-
rounding the Kendeda building
construction.
As they reached the construc-
tion site the group split up with
six of the individuals acting as
lookouts for their last member,
who began cutting the T from
its place on the sign on the fence.
Soon after beginning to cut the T,
a police car began driving down
Ferst Drive. However, the group
was prepared for such an event
and the perpetrator began walk-
ing along the sidewalk before the
police could notice. After the car
passed, the individual finished re-
moving the T from its metaphori-
cal Tech Tower.
After retrieving the T, the
group returned to Woodruff,
where they scanned back into the
building, unknowingly revealing
their identities. By pulling records
of who buzzed into the building at
the time, GTPD was able to iden-
tify one of the perpetrators.
After returning from spring
break, the student met with an
officer, who explained they would
need complete honesty. After be-
ing shown the various sites of
missing Ts on campus, the stu-
dent admitted that he had indeed
helped steal the T from the Kend-
eda building fence. He did not
know who had taken the other
Ts, but said that seeing pictures
of said fences lacking T’s on a GT
Facebook page inspired him to
commit the crime.
The student did not think it
was that big of a deal, but that of-
ficer informed him that destruc-
tion of property is indeed a crime.
The student then identified the
fellow perpetrators. Of the others
involved were the student’s two
roommates, a University of Geor-
gia student, a Mercer University
student, a George Washington
University student and a Georgia
Southern University student.
The student told the officer
that he was still in possession of
the T and would return it the fol-
lowing day. In the following days
the other two Tech students were
called in and both admitted to
their part in the crime. All three
students were given student code
of conduct violations. The assessed
item value of the T they stole is $1.
DELIVERY GONE WRONG
At around 3:30 a.m. on April
6, an officer was dispatched to the
SAE fraternity house in regards to
a verbal dispute. A pizza delivery
woman was attempting to make
a delivery to the house when the
tire of her car was punctured by
broken glass, causing air to leak
out. There did not appear to be
evidence that the glass came from
activities at the house.
The woman began to become
agitated, stating that she was a
mental patient but that she did
not want to seek medical treat-
ment. As the officer was briefing a CASEY MILES
colleague who had arrived on the NEWS EDITOR
scene, the woman got in her car
and sped off. The young woman GOLDBART DEPARTS
who had ordered the pizza stated On Thursday, April 12, it was
that she did not want the case pur- announced that Paul Goldbart,
sued any further and would get dean of the College of Sciences,
her money back in the morning. will be departing Tech for UT-
Just a half hour later, the officer Austin (UTA). Goldbart has been
returned to the house. The deliv- named the dean of the College
ery driver had called the young of Natural Sciences at UTA and
woman who had ordered the pizza will begin his work in that role on
and allegedly said, “Don’t think I Aug. 1.
forgot about you. I am coming for Goldbart arrived at Tech in
you.” As disturbing as this was, 2011 after spending 25 years at
she did not want to press charges University of Illinois at Urbana-
and just wanted it on record. Champaign. In 2013, he was

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ach week , this sec tion of CLIMATE CHANGE fee. Although it was discussed to of Sciences. Additionally, he has
News will include coverage UHR spent a significant convert the bill to a joint bill, the served as the inaugural Betsy Mid-
of different aspects of bills amount of time discussing a representatives ultimately decided dleton and John Clark Sutherland
and resolutions that have passed resolution reaffirming the stu- to keep the resolution as an under- chair since 2016.
through Student Government. This dent body’s commitment to ac- graduate bill, as well as retain the With his departure, Goldbart
will include the Undergraduate
celerating Tech’s transition to a wording in support of a green fee. will take his research in statistical
carbon-neutral future and asking After VP of External Affairs and soft matter physics, nanosci-
House of Representatives, Graduate
the administration to do more Evan Gillon raised concerns that ence, quantum fluids and solids,
Student Senate and the Executive to become carbon neutral “much the resolution was not clear when quantum information and law
Branch of both government bodies. sooner” than the 2040 target. it asked the Ramblin’ Reps to and economics.
While all representatives increase lobbying for green ini- Under his watch as dean, the
JONATHAN JEFFREY agreed with the resolution’s mes- tiatives, the representatives em- College of Sciences has added two
NEWS STAFF WRITER sage concerning climate change barked on a quest to edit the last doctoral programs, Quantitative
and Tech’s need to lower its car- line of the resolution. Parliamen- Biosciences and Ocean Science
bon emissions more, contention tarian Matthew Daigle placed a and Engineering, and a bachelor’s
AMOUNT GSS UHR arose on whether the resolution motion to delay the resolution to degree in Neuroscience.
should include a line in support of next week, but this was denied. As part of his departure, Gold-
$1,322.74 0-0-0 29-0-0 adding a green fee that all students After more discussion on bart’s wife, Jenny Singleton, will
$835 0-0-0 29-0-0 would pay to help support green which wording was proper, the also be leaving for UTA. Single-
initiatives across campus. The representatives settled on a final ton is currently a professor and
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Statue commemorating Rosa Parks unveiled Leah Miller, president of
POLLY OUELLETTE
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
On Thursday, April 5, hun-
dreds of visitors and members of
the Tech community gathered in
Harrison Square for the dedica-
tion of a statue commemorating
the life and accomplishments of
Rosa Parks titled “Continuing the
Conversation.”
The statue depicts two repre-
sentations of Parks sitting: one
at age 42, and one at age 92. In
between the figures is an empty
chair, meant for viewers of the me-
morial to sit, feel the presence of
Parks and continue the dialogue
surrounding the civil rights move-
ment. The sculpture is the first on
campus that depicts a woman.
Harrison Square was chosen
as the home for “Continuing the
Conversation” because the area is
named for former Tech President
Edwin Harrison, who held office
during the civil rights movement
in the 1960s. Under his leader-
ship, Tech began accepting black
students in 1961, making the In-
stitute the first in the South to
desegregate without a court order.
The ceremony had several
special guests, including sculp-
tor, Martin Dawe; the donors of
the statue, Rodney and Michelle
Atkins; members of President
Harrison’s family; and a number
of relatives of Parks. A relative
of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., attended as well.
the African American Student
Union, third-year BA, kicked off
the ceremony.
“Like most of my peers, I am
two generations removed from
these change-makers of the civil
rights movement,” Miller said.
“Today, we will hear the context
for and celebrate a new piece of art
Michelle and Rodney Atkins, pictured above, donated a sculpture entitled “Continuing
the Conversation.” The statue of Rosa Parks was created by sculptor Martin Dawe.
that has been added to the heart
of the Georgia Tech community.”
After some words from Archie
Ervin, vice president for insti-
tute diversity, and Provost Rafael
Bras, Urana McCauley, the great
niece of Parks, shared some stories
and thoughts.
“My aunt ended up spending
her whole life working as an activ-
ist, not knowing that the actions
that she did while she was young
were going to prepare her for that
tremendous act of defiance and
courage on December 1, 1955,”
McCauley said. “My hope is that
this sculpture will inspire and cre-
ate conversations that turn into
action, and people will want to
get involved.”
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
technique • April 13, 2018• 3
Dawe took the stage to give
some insight into the process be-
hind the sculpture and the role
that technology has played.
“As a sculptor, technology has
become a major part of my prac-
tice,” Dawe said. “The granite
which you will see in the sculpture
was carved in Elberton, Georgia,
and was carved by a machine that
was run by a computer.”
He said that he watched many
videos of Parks and studied many
photos to better understand the
woman.
“I fell in the love with the way
she spoke, and that strong, sub-
dued character to her voice,” said
Dawe. “For me, this sculpture
is not just a monument to Rosa
Parks. It’s an interactive sculpture
installation. In the same way that
she was the spark that ignited the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, she is
the vehicle for transformation in
this piece. I hope that viewers will
sit quietly, which won’t happen
today, and they will be moved by
the experience as they think about
the issue of fairness, whether it’s
social, economic or political.”
As Dawe finished speaking, he
was moved to tears, as were others
in the crowd at times during the
ceremony.
After a few further comments,
the statues were unveiled and
Parks relatives took turns sitting
between the two depictions of the
woman sometimes referred to as
“The Mother of the Civil Rights
Movement.”
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Campus political groups come together for debate
JONATHAN JEFFREY
STAFF WRITER
On Monday afternoon, mem-
bers from four different po-
litical student groups around
campus met in the DM Smith
lecture hall for the Quad-
Partisan Panel.
The groups featured were GT
Young Americans for Liberty
(representing Libertarians), Col-
lege Republicans at Georgia Tech,
College Democrats of Georgia
Tech and Young Democratic So-
cialists of America (YDSA) Geor-
gia Tech.
Eight students, two from each
organization, sat in the front of
the room and answered questions
fielded by the moderator and au-
dience within the broad topics
of immigration, economic policy
and foreign policy.
First up was immigration.
The College Republicans, rep-
resented by Jacob Chambers, sec-
ond-year CS, and Brice Edelman,
third-year IE, said that while legal
immigration provided economic
benefits, illegal immigration into
the U.S. needed to be stopped.
Edelman was receptive to amnes-
ty for undocumented immigrants
currently living in the country,
but only if the U.S.-Mexico bor-
der is completely secured first.
“Once we’ve secured our bor-
der,” Edelman said, “then we can
look to a path for illegal immi-
grants who are currently living in
the country, you know, as long as
they aren’t part of a gang or com-
mitted any other heinous crimes
that would merit deportation.”
Instead of spending money
to double down on border secu-
rity, YDSA, represented by Nikhil
Pailoor, a graduate ECE, and
Sumter Alton, second-year PHYS/
MATH, thought the border
problem could be solved through
strengthening Mexico.
“Secure borders require pros-
perous countries, and a border
has two countries on both sides,”
Pailoor said. “We would like to
work with Mexico to bring stabil-
ity to the areas there and reduce
the incentives for immigration,
so we support assisting Mexico in
development and fighting the car-
tels there. ”
The Libertarians, represented
by Jackson Morgan, fifth-year
CM, and Thomas Wang, second-
year CHBE, pushed against the
idea of using government funds
to support economic programs
directed toward Mexican citizens.
Instead, they argued border fric-
GT Young Americans for Liberty, Young Democratic Socialists of America Georgia Tech, the
College Republicans and the College Democrats met for a panel discussion this past week.
tion should be removed altogether
by making it as easy as possible for
people to immigrate.
“The big concern I’m see-
ing here is the fact that every-
one thinks that government is
the only solution,” Morgan said.
“Opening up quotas and letting
the free market decide where peo-
ple go gives people the maximum
freedom and can enhance the
country the most.”
When asked by Pailoor if he
believed all foreign aid stimulus
programs fail, despite the success
of the Marshall Plan after World
War II, Morgan stumbled slight-
ly, describing the Marshall Plan
as an exception because it was a
“military policy.”
The Marshall Plan provided
large economic aid to European
countries to purchase goods as
well as funds for reconstruction.
The College Democrats, repre-
sented by Justin Deal, second-year
PUBP, and Chaselyn Baca, third-
year CS, spoke for relatively less
time during the discussion phase
of immigration policy, but specifi-
cally questioned the Republicans’
motives for supporting Trump’s
proposed merit-based system.
Deal worried a merit-based sys-
tem could exclude qualified ap-
plicants who nonetheless do not
meet the standard.
“If it’s similar to Trump’s mer-
it-based plan, even I couldn’t be
an American citizen,” Deal said.
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The discussion of refugees
proved a segue for the conversa-
tion into discussing the topic
of economic foreign policy. The
Republicans justified the record
reductions in the number of
Middle Eastern refugees by cit-
ing that the threat of terror meant
that the modern sociopolitcal
situation is not analogous to pre-
vious refugee crises that have
taken place.
“We’re talking about people
traveling across, you know, the
Atlantic Ocean, all the way past
the Mediterranean and to the
United States, from a complete-
ly different background, and a
completely different system,”
Chambers said.
Instead, Chambers supported
relocating refugees to countries
within the Middle East, such as
Saudi Arabia.
When asked about the defini-
tion of economic success, the dif-
ferent political groups presented
different answers. While the Lib-
ertarians and Republicans said
that each member of society needs
to determine their own answer,
the Democrats said there was
some value in looking at aggregate
measures.
“Like the Republicans said,
we need to make sure that every-
one has a basic standard of living,
everyone’s fed,” Deal said, “but
more than just making sure, we
need to actually make sure it’s
implemented. We can’t just look
at stats like wealth disparity, and
income inequality, and stuff like
that, and take note of it. There has
to be active policies.”
While, by the end, no group
had shifted their position by a
large margin, the panel ended
on a positive note, with multiple
panel members expressing that
they would enjoy doing a similar
panel again.
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Spending the summer wisely Pitfalls of a 24/7 library

Revisiting summer semester in light of new rates.
With the new, lower tuition rates in
place for the summer, many students can
now reconsider staying at Tech during
their summer break and making the most
of what the campus has to offer. The new
rates allow students to pay by credit, rather
than full-time and part-time tuition rates
and registration for the semester is still
open for those who have flexible plans.
One of the best reasons to stay is that the
summers are less crowded than the spring
and fall. Many students opt to intern, work
or simply head home to take a break. The
lack of students crowding the campus li-
brary, the Clough and other study spots is
something to relish. It is often overwhelm-
ing to be surrounded by other tense Tech
students, and the relaxed atmosphere can
allow students to take classes without the
induced stress and anxiety that comes
with being perpetually surrounded by oth-
er students in the same boat. For students
looking to boost their GPA, or get a dif-
ficult class out of the way, this is the ideal Even if students were not in the library, they would be else
time to do it. where. Thankfully we have this secure space to use if students
More than anything, it is a produc- chose to do so.
tive way to spend summer, especially for
those who are considering a minor or have
changed their majors. It allows students to Maggie Kelley
stay on track to graduate, especially with
more schools offering minors that can be
completed within one summer semester.
It was once like that, when the Tech library wasn’t 24/7.
For students who already have plans for
Student pressure changed that to what it is today.
part of the summer or who are still trying
to figure out the rest of their plans, the ear- Leave it as it is. You even addressed it in the latter of half of the
ly short summer semester could be an op- opinion, “The second solution is that students need to take
tion that allows them to take compressed some responsibility for their own healthy habits.”
classes for a few weeks in the first half.
If you are a first or second year, the A student’s failure to “take some responsibility for their own
summer is a great time to take classes in healthy habits” should not be the reason to restrict a resource
a less stressful atmosphere, reach out for for others.
research and look for work around cam-
An aside - I would like to see my alma mater continue to
pus. Although campus is a bit less event-
develop and make readily available student wellness resources
ful, there are many more things happening
for those who need it.
around the city, like concerts and festivals,
for students to explore.

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technique editorial board GMO fears debunked

Brighton Kamen EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Most GMOs have been genetically engineered to withstand
Casey Miles NEWS EDITOR Zahra Khan OPINIONS EDITOR
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Elizabeth Sit HEAD COPY EDITOR Beatrice Domingo LAYOUT EDITOR our country has become sicker and sicker since GMOs were
snuck into our food supply in the mid 90s.
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// OPINIONS
Comfort zones do not have to be limitations
I remember restlessly brows-
ing Georgia Tech Class of 2018
Facebook page in the time be-
tween being accepted to Tech and
August 18, 2014. I spent much of
this time before the fall semester
started trying to plan for col-
lege as much as possible, includ-
ing making my desired schedule
(and a few backup schedules). I
found my freshman year room-
mate through the page by com-
paring our interests and sleeping
habits, among other things. It was
a completely new stage in my life
and I felt wildly unprepared. FA-
SET helped transition me from
nervous to excited, but there
were still a lot of unknowns that
I wanted to make certain. Transi-
tioning to college went smoother
than expected and I was able to
fall into the routine of a typical
Tech student — drinking coffee,
The beginner’s guide to not being good enough
When I first learned that I was
to become the Technique editor-
in-chief, my first thought was, “I
hope this isn’t going to be a total
dumpster fire.”
To be fair, the job is mostly
putting out small fires — manag-
ing a staff of 50, operating with
the looming threat of getting the
budget slashed to oblivion, deal-
ing with the random problems
that pop up like whack-a-mole set
to fast forward.
My constant companions —
aside from sleep deprivation and
the memes posted in the staff
Slack — were the ever-present
nagging thoughts that I had no
idea what I was doing and that I
really was not qualified to be in
this position.
Most students at Tech, regard-
less of their involvements and
backgrounds, have felt some-
thing similar at one point or an-
other: We just are not enough.
Not smart enough to get A’s. Not
competent enough to balance
classes. Not experienced enough
to land internships and jobs. Not
involved enough in commitments
or connected enough to friends or
[insert here] enough feel worthy as
a person.
Carving a place for the battle royale style in esports
Esports is a fast-growing indus-
try. Unlike traditional sports, the
growth of esports also comes with
new types of games every year.
Imagine if a sport like blerns-
ball from Futurama was suddenly
added to the everyday lineup of
ESPN. In esports, an event like
this is commonplace. The most
recent of these additions is the
battle royale style game. While
the battle royale style game mode
has existed for quite a while, there
hasn’t really been a push for them
to take a place in esports until the
last few years.
While other styles of games
like Real Time Strategy (RTS)
and Multiplayer Online Battle
Arena (MOBA) have cemented
themselves as members of the es-
ports community, battle royale
seems to be having a bit more
trouble.
There are a few reasons why:
first and foremost, there needs to
be one title that takes over a large
staying up late and spending way
too much time in the dining halls
and the study room in Brown. I
made friends and I got involved
and I generally felt like things had
stabilized and I was comfortable.
Then I studied abroad at Geor-
gia Tech Lorraine. I had to travel
approximately 4,500 miles by
myself to a country where the
native language wasn’t English.
I did a lot of research including
talking to friends who had done
study abroad but I still didn’t feel
prepared to face this new experi-
ence all on my own. Of course
everything ended up fine and, as
anyone who has studied abroad
will tell you, it was one of the best
and most rewarding experienc-
es in my life and I walked away
with some great friendships and
memorable stories. Later on in
my Tech career, I started under-
“ ... at some point every
student will feel like an
imposter, like they are a
fraud surrounded by more
qualified people ... ”
BRIGHTON KAMEN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Tech, even with the steps taken
to improve student mental health
in the last decade, will mess with
your concept of self. Freshman
year is a transition from top of
the class to top of the bell curve,
with high school valedictorians
and gifted students seeing a drop
in grades and self-esteem. People
who barely had to study previously
might find themselves scrambling
to pull off a C. By sophomore
year the biggest improvement you
might see are your coping mecha-
nisms.
There is even a psychological
term for it: Imposter syndrome.
Individuals with imposter syn-
drome tend to be high-achieving
but feel like they do not deserve
their success because everyone
share of the market and keeps fans
interested. For RTS games there
is Starcraft, for MOBAs there
is League of Legends (LoL) and
DoTA and for First Person Shoot-
ers (FPS) there is Counter Strike
(CS) and Call of Duty. For battle
royale there has only been a rotat-
ing cast so far.
It began with H1Z1, which was
then toppled by Player Unknown
Battlegrounds (PUBG), which
is in turn currently fighting with
Fortnite. While this currently is a
problem, it has an easy fix. I can
see Fortnite and PUBG being two
coexisting leaders in the brand
and launching successful esports
leagues and tournaments.
The next biggest problem I see
is a tough one for esports: format.
First, you have to figure out if
the 100 people dropping into the
game are going to be on small
teams or squads, or if it’ll be a solo
fight to the top. For now, it seems
that PUBG and Fortnite have set-
“... I know that even when I
feel unprepared, I have done
just fine. ”
HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
graduate research. I pretty much
did this because ‘it’s what you do.’
While eventually quite reward-
ing, it started off rough. There’s
not much preparing you can do
besides trying to delve into your
research professor’s published pa-
pers. The world of research felt
wildly over my head with com-
plex topics I could never dream of
wrapping my mind around.
around them is as accomplished.
Personal issues at Tech range from
caffeine addiction to severe men-
tal health struggles, but at some
point every student will feel like
an imposter, like they are a fraud
surrounded by more qualified
people doing better than they are
at every turn.
The feeling worsens around
finals season when exams lurk
further down the calendar and
adding some 5-hour Energy to
your coffee actually seems like a
good idea. Here at the Technique,
we have a tradition of graduating
staff members publishing editorial
“swan songs” in the last issue of
the year, and, as I am blowing this
popsicle stand come May 5, here
are a couple ways of handling Not
tled on the squad format in a sort
of bastardized version of the clas-
sic FPS esports like CS. Instead of
battling over control of one single
objective against one other team,
teams will face off to be the last
team standing.
This leads into another issue
with format: watchability.
Even with games like Over-
watch, watchability has been a
concern. In the early stages of
Overwatch, people were con-
cerned about watching all the ac-
tion. In traditional sports, the ac-
tion is relatively straightforward:
a pitcher throws to the hitter, a
quarterback takes a snap and so
on.
In esports action is happening
in multiple places at once. This
makes it more difficult to show ev-
erything and can result in fans be-
ing disappointed that something
was not shown until later on. This
problem is magnified in the battle
royale game style since there are
There seems to be a repeating
pattern where I think I can’t do
something and I let it worry me,
even if it’s something realistically
I don’t have control over. I didn’t
really notice this pattern until I
started getting ready to graduate.
It feels as if I’m trying to look over
a precipice but it’s dark and foggy
and I cannot really make any-
thing out. I am faced with pack-
Being Enough, gleaned from four
years of trying not to be a total
dumpster fire.
First, reframe your competi-
tion. You have too many peers
with their own unique neuroses
and talents find consistent com-
parisons. How am I supposed to
compare my test grades with my
classmate, who I saw five Jell-O
shots deep at a party last week-
end? We all do not have the same
strengths.
Second, the real proof of im-
provement is how well you have
bested your past selves. College me
got a C in Calc, but high school
me would not even have passed.
Elementary school me would have
answered exams in crayon. Infant
me might have soiled myself. De-
spite pitfalls at Tech, the average
trends upward in the long haul.
Speaking of which, being an
average Tech student skews your
view of what is average. Some-
times it will take staying Face-
book friends with people you went
to highschool with and seeing that
they are now selling Herbalife to
realize it. You are part of a 25 per-
cent acceptance rate, which would
not be easy to do if you were of
only average intelligence.
“Imagine if a sport like
blernsball from Futurama
was suddenly added to the
everyday lineup of ESPN.”
CASEY MILES
NEWS EDITOR
so many more players compared
to other formats. In LoL it’s five-
on-five, in Overwatch it’s six-on-
six and in PUBG and Fortnite
up to 100 players battle it out to
be the last one standing. While
the action towards the end of the
game becomes more straightfor-
ward and easy to follow, early
game action, arguably some of the
most important stuff to happen all
game, is much harder to track.
Finally, the last problem with
format has to do with deciding a
technique • April 13, 2018• 7
ing up all of my belongings, mov-
ing and essentially starting over in
a new city.
The next chapter of my life
once again involves heading into
the unknown, with a brand new
routine to settle into. In reality,
I’ve always felt unprepared and I
probably always will. But I know
even when I feel unprepared, I’ve
done just fine. When things are
uncomfortable, it doesn’t neces-
sarily mean they’re bad. It means
you’re growing out of your com-
fort zone.
Reflecting on my time at Tech,
it’s obvious that I’ve learned a lot
about chemical engineering and
gained a broader perspective on
things. I know that I’ll continue
to learn, but one of the biggest
things I’ll takeaway from my time
at Tech is about myself — even
the things I think I can’t do, I can.
Finally, and most importantly,
the best cure can be other people.
I would not have lasted as edi-
tor without the Technique staff,
from the enthusiastic writers to
the edgelord design editor to the
full-time Tech staff to the cyni-
cal managing editor who gives
me rides back to my apartment at
three in the morning.
The most effective cure for feel-
ing like you don’t belong is finding
a group with common interests
and letting those shared interests
deepen into friendships. I ini-
tially joined the Technique to do
graphics, and four years later my
picture is on the Wall of Shame
in the office with everyone else’s
embarrassing middle school pho-
tos. One highlight of my junior
year was when the now-managing
editor admitted to me that I grew
on him.
Imposter syndrome will tell
you a lack of skill or worthiness is
what stands in your way, when re-
ally it is a lack of perspective, eas-
ily fixed by rephrasing the prob-
lem. It’s not “I am not enough,”
because you already are — it’s “I
know I will be better,” because
that will take you where you want
to be.
winner itself. Do you play a single
game in a winner-take-all sce-
nario? Do you average out places
across three to five games? Or do
you do something different en-
tirely?
These questions need to be
answered before the battle royale
style game can become a success-
ful esport. Until then it is simply a
game meant for streamers, which
isn’t necessarily bad; it just doesn’t
seem to be what is expected of the
games in the genre.
8 • April 13, 2018• technique
What is Jeopardy?
Rishab Jain, a first-year stu-
dent at Tech appeared on the
Jeopardy College Champion-
ship this past week and did
his peers proud. One of just 15
college students selected to ap-
pear from across the country,
he has advanced to the semi-
finals after winning his round.
Although he had a rocky start,
Jain made a comeback by the
end of the second round along
with some good decisions in
his final play.
InVenture finalist
Kolby Hanley, the win-
ner of Tech’s InVenture prize
advanced as a finalist to the
Atlantic Coast Conference
(ACC) InVenture Competi-
tion. Hanley’s creation was a
device called Starlight, used
for aiming in competitive ar-
chery. The scope is easier to
set up and uses an integrated
ultraviolet LED. Hanley, who
is a competitive archer himself
runs his company Ultra View
out of his dorm room.
GTWifi
Tech’s resident wifi net-
works has been going through
a rough patch this past week.
Students complained about
the usual issues: low internet
speeds and poor connectiv-
ity over the wireless network.
Tech will soon be switching
over to eduroam, an interna-
tional wifi service offered in
colleges and universities across
the world. We’re not sure how
that would affect the quality of
wifi, but let’s hope for the best.
Rubik’s Hoard
In exciting news, Erno
Rubik, the creator of the Ru-
bik’s cube and its lesser known
cousin, the Rubik’s snake, was
at Tech on Wednesday to give
a talk to students. Many stu-
dents were excited to hear from
him, especially since speed
cubing is a popular phenom-
enon on campus. However, it
resulted in students jamming
the two Clough halls for the
event to the point where it was
considered a fire hazard.
The importance of perspective
and the value of sacrifice
“My successes are built on
your sacrifices and courage,
and for that I will be
forever grateful.”
VIDYA IYER
EDITOR EMERITUS
I have had to climb a lot The question that would keep him
throughout my time in college up at night was, “How do I sup-
— every obstacle a treacher- port myself and my family?” He
ous mountain and every failure moved to the United States, and
a chasm waiting to swallow me like most, chased after the Ameri-
whole. Should I drop this class can Dream. After a couple years,
and risk a W on my transcript? my parents got married. In her
Is it too late for me to change my early twenties and married to a
major? Do I want to go to grad man she hardly knew, my mother
school? Can I even go to grad left everyone she knew behind to
school? Now it seems laughable, be in the States with my father.
but when I had to tackle my prob- Only having each other to de-
lems, each one felt like my own pend on, my parents had to get
personal Apollo Creed waiting to accustomed to the language and
knock me down just as I got up. lifestyle practiced here. Being
Is this really what the best time alone together was drastically dif-
of my life was supposed to be like ferent than growing up in a joint
— sleepless nights and anxiety at- family household. The loud fam-
tacks? A single doubt in any of my ily chatter was replaced with the
decisions felt like a loose thread I sound of the television which they
could keep pulling. would watch to better understand
It was easy to get consumed by English. I remember my mom
my problems, and if I did not have once told me that when she first
my parents I think I would have heard about Ellen DeGeneres she
kept pulling that thread until I would wonder who this Ellen lady
completely unraveled. was and why she was so generous.
So, let’s flashback to a brief With limited contact to back
history of my parents. Both of home (international calls were
my parents were born in South expensive back then), my parents
India around the 60s and 70s. were lonely and ready to pack up
They grew up knowing struggle in and move back to India. However,
a way I would be lucky to never knowing that their kids would
know. As a result, my father, like have a better life here, they de-
me, had his own set of worries cided to stay in Georgia and face
growing up except his were direr. their struggles head on.
// OPINIONS
Without trivializing my prob-
lems, knowing the struggles
and sacrifices my parents went
through put things into perspec-
tive. Since then, I have come to re-
alize my doubts and fears are nor-
mal, and quite honestly, I’m lucky
to only have to worry about these
completely normal problems. Un-
like my parents who had to think
about supporting their families, I
get to selfishly worry about me.
I am fortunate to be so selfish
because of the sacrifices my par-
ents made for me and my siblings.
Which brings me to my second
point about the importance of
perspective. The struggles that
seem so big and unsolvable are
only temporary. There’s always
a bigger picture. Knowing this
helps keep the anxiety at bay and
allows one to make more logical
decisions.
So, to all of you who are still at
Tech, I impart some advice. Talk
about your struggles and anxiet-
ies because you’re not alone, and
it helps make your own problems
more manageable. I cannot stress
how much I wish to see more open
dialogue happen at Tech. Sec-
ondly, sacrifices have to be made
throughout college and beyond.
Know that each of theses deci-
sions have a profound impact and
will payoff sooner or later even
though you cannot see it yet.
I would be remiss, if I did not
take a moment to thank my par-
ents. My successes are built on
your sacrifices and courage, and
for that I will be forever grateful. I
can only hope that when the time
comes I will be as brave as you to
make the right decisions and one
day be able to achieve a fraction of
what you have accomplished.
Life
Sting Break seeks alternative locations
HANNA WARLICK
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
In order to lessen the sting of
spring break ending, SCPC an-
nually presents a spring carnival,
“Sting Break.”
Inclement weather did cause a
delay of the event from its planned
date. But on April 5, Tech Green
and the Student Center Park-
ing lot saw around 3,000 Tech
students enjoying carnival rides,
food, games and prizes.
Previous years have seen Sting
Break take place in Tech Square
and on the 5th Street Bridge,
though this year, a more central
location was chosen.
The Technique spoke with
Chris Harwell, SCPC’s festivals
committee chair. The Festivals
Committee is in charge of put-
ting on Sting Break and other
campus festivals.
“Logistically, this year’s Sting
Break was fairly challenging to
pull off in time,” Harwell said.
“The change of location essential-
ly invalidated most of the work we
had put into our planning over the
first third of the process. The ad-
ditional process of scouting new,
potential locations monopolized a
significant portion of February.”
The location change was in
part due to issues with the Geor-
gia Department of Transporta-
tion, who has jurisdiction over 5th
Street Bridge.
Behind the scenes with GT Cable Network
BOBBY GUILD
STAFF WRITER
Watching television is easy. Sit
down on the couch, grab the re-
mote and flip to a favorite chan-
nel. But behind the scenes, a
plethora of work is being done to
provide a quality visual and audi-
tory experience.
At Tech, the Georgia Tech Ca-
ble Network (GTCN) is respon-
sible for creating and producing
this content for the campus com-
munity to enjoy.
“Basically, the goal is to pro-
duce interesting and informative
content for the campus commu-
nity through the internet and
campus cable,” said Kyle Olson,
fourth-year ME and member of
GTCN student staff.
As a video production assistant
with GTCN, Olson is primarily
responsible for producing videos
for GTCN YouTube page and the
campus cable channels.
“I am a video production as-
sistant,” Olson explained. “Spe-
cifically, I host a show called ‘GT
Spotlight’ where we showcase
clubs around campus and usually
get involved with club activities.”
In addition to Olson, there are
many more people who are in-
volved in the process and who are
doing tasks ranging from schedul-
ing to graphic design. Together,
this team of dedicated individuals
works hard to bring interesting
content to air.
LIFE EDITOR:
Samira Bandaru
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Hanna Warlick
life@nique.net
“Approximately three or four
weeks into our 12-week planning
process, our GDOT permit was
denied,” Harwell said. “We were
told we would not be allowed to
place mechanical rides on the
bridge this year, even though
each Sting Break in recent student
memory has utilized the bridge
for ride space.”
Harwell speculates
GDOT may be implementing
that
Pictured above is the student center visitors lot, where a portion of Sting Break was
held. SCPC is currently looking for alternative locations for Sting Break in future years.
“Most of the time, we are in
the office editing our videos or oc-
casionally writing funny things on
the white board,” Olson shared.
“When we’re not in the office, we
are out visiting clubs and getting
footage for our show.”
Twenty years ago, GTCN be-
gan the production of an analog
network with only a few chan-
nels. They have now expanded to
Olson sets the camera to prepare to film an interview with Chris Eubanks for an On the Flats
episode. GTCN seeks to create informative and interesting content for the campus community.
TEDx Georgia Tech
Check out some ideas worth spreading and speakers worth
listening to at TEDx Georgia Tech’s latest event that took
place on Saturday, April 7. 411
greater restrictions on bridges af-
ter the collapse of I-85 last year,
coincidentally on the same night
as Sting Break. The Festivals
Committee looked at many dif-
ferent campus locations before
settling on Tech Green.
“Each location had its own
challenges and a different set of
requirements necessary to receive
administrative approval, with
Tech Green ultimately offering us
provide a myriad of digital cable
channels to all of campus.
Since their founding, GTCN
has faced several challenges such
as the busy signal space of Atlanta
and the need to continually find
new material.
Because of this, GTCN has
been fluid and is constantly
changing to meet the needs of the
campus whether that means film-
the greatest opportunity and the
least cost,” Harwell said. “Even
then, regulations regarding me-
chanical rides on grass led us to
split our largest rides from the
rest of the event, which was one
of the more difficult compromises
to make.”
Another change to this year’s
Sting Break was with the registra-
tion form and check-in process.
See STING, page 10
Photo by Jon Long Student Publications
ing new shows, or updating to
new technology.
“GTCN is always adding new
student shows,” Olson said. “In
the time since I’ve been at GTCN,
I’ve also seen many updates to the
studio, including a new green-
screen and tricaster.”
GTCN’s willingness to change
has enabled it to provide a greater
See GTCN, page 11
Photo courtesy of GTCN
technique
9
Friday,
April 13, 2018
Unwritten rules
DAVID RAJI
MANAGING EDITOR
The great majority of students
that end up at Tech go through all
kinds of orientation programs and
the like, the ostensible objective
of which being sufficient acquain-
tance with the ins and outs of this
college. Yet, despite all of this, it is
almost guaranteed that there will
be some information that is left
out. Some of it is worth knowing
about, and it will be attempted
here to provide some important
bits of this kind.
STUDY SPACE
With finals approaching,
searching for a nice space to pore
over a semester’s worth of notes is
sure to soon become a necessity for
many students. Everyone knows
that Clough and the library hold
many spots for such activity, but
what about other places? Mason,
the CE building, has a student
lounge on the first floor complete
with divided desks, each with its
own outlet. Just make sure to fully
close the glass door; failure to do
so will set off the alarm and earn
you disdainful looks. Many are
familiar with the newly-renovated
south wing in Boggs’ basement,
but the building also boasts more
secluded studying areas. The sec-
ond floor of the main building
contains several large couch-filled
rooms perfect for group work.
Another building likely foreign
to many is Groseclose, one of
the two adjacent buildings to the
much-beloved Instructional Cen-
ter. The ground floor is filled with
tables, chairs and outlets, and it is
seldom full to capacity.
HYGIENE & ETIQUETTE
This is a simple point, and for
many it will go without mention.
But I have seen too many people
at Tech skip washing hands after
using the bathroom to say noth-
ing. While one might be fine with
sneezing onto his or her hands
and wiping the expelled material
into his or her sleeve, that per-
son should remember that it is
highly unlikely that they will be
completely segregated from all
for the remainder of the day, and
that poor hygienic choices on the
part of one can negatively affect
others. This type of consideration
should be extended to other ar-
eas, like public space cleanliness.
It is a pain to sit down at a table
in Clough, only to see it littered
with eraser shavings and tainted
by dried coffee stains. I hope that
those who leave such messes might
someday realize that someone else
has to clean up after them because
they did not feel like doing so.
10 • April 13, 2018• technique
ASCE FROM PAGE 1
Caroline Stanton, fourth-year CE
and President of GTASCE. “I
know most of our teams worked
right up until it was time to leave
for Duke. Balancing coursework
and extracurriculars is always
hard, and I am overwhelmingly
impressed with the level of dedi-
cation shown by our students.”
The Environmental Competi-
tion, led by Caroline Efferth, sec-
ond-year CE, involved simulating
a landfill liner that prevents leads
of leachate from a simulated land-
fill and won first-place.
Pictured above are members of the Steel Bridge team. At the annual ASCE Carolinas Con-
ference, GT ASCE participated in nine different competitions, winning first-place overall.
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“Pre-conference preparation
was key,” said Efferth. “When I
looked around the room at the
other teams, their designs could
have easily been modified in order
to work had they tested them be-
forehand and fixed the flaws. I’m
glad that the GT team tested be-
forehand and worked from there.
It just goes to show that prepara-
tion pays off.”
Mead Paper was a prompt-
based competition, in which one
student from each ASCE chapter
was required to write a paper and
complete an oral presentation on
how the personal and professional
use of social media relates to the
ASCE Code of Ethics. The com-
petition was completed by Alesa
Stallman, Conference Chair and
second-year MSCE, and won sec-
ond place.
In the Surveying competition,
led by Sam Dennard, Vice Presi-
dent of membership and fifth-
year CE, the teams were required
to compete in three events related
to the field of surveying — pac-
ing and estimating the length of
an unknown horizontal distance,
estimating a vertical elevation
using simple mathematical tools
and determining unknown angles
Photo courtesy of Vy Lee
and distances using modern sur-
veying equipment. The team won
third place.
“I decided to lead this team
after watching one of our teams
borrow equipment from UGA
two years ago to even be able to
compete,” said Dennard. “They
had not charged the batteries for
their equipment before the com-
petition, much less even prac-
ticed. I organized three weeks of
practice for the team before the
competition and motivated them
with the simple goal to compete
for our first top three finish since
2012. I believed in our capabilities
in my teammates to perform, and
they came through for me at our
competition.”
Concrete Cornhole, led by
Danny Maciolek, fourth-year CE,
won third place and was based
on constructing a cornhole board
out of concrete and then playing a
cornhole game.
Stanton hopes that in order to
continue the legacy, underclass-
men attending the competition
this year will step up to take on
leadership positions at the next
conference.
“Turnover in clubs is always
difficult, but after watching all of
our younger students do such an
amazing job at Conference I think
the legacy and future of GT ASCE
is in good hands,” said Stanton.
“This group of students ex-
emplifies the very best that
Georgia Tech has to offer,” said
Dr. David Scott, Georgia Tech
ASCE’s Faculty Advisor. “They
amply demonstrated the type
of quality found in the Institute
student body.”
// LIFE
STING FROM PAGE 9
The lines for getting into Sting
Break can be exceedingly long.
Around one third of Sting Break
attendants filled out the waiver
online ahead of time, reducing
check-in wait times.
“OIT developed an expedited
check-in system specifically for
those students at Sting Break to
ease congestion,” Harwell said.
Overall, SCPC is satisfied with
the event.
“From what I saw through-
out the evening, most people ap-
peared to be enjoying themselves,”
Harwell said. “Many students
seemed to appreciate the more
central location, and we didn’t see
a significant depreciation in atten-
dance from years past.”
Moving the location of Sting
Break to Tech Green may not be
only for this year.
Other possible locations for
the future include campus park-
ing lots, the Burger Bowl or the
IC Lawn.
“Tech Green is a great, cen-
tralized location on campus that
can accommodate large outdoor
events, but it has its limitations.
We’ll take time to more exten-
sively scout potential locations for
next year’s Sting Break, as well as
examine feedback from students,”
Harwell said. “Ultimately, every-
thing came together....It was a
challenging experience to balance
all the moving parts, but thanks
to the help of numerous staff and
faculty members, administrative
departments, our advisors and the
members of the Festivals commit-
tee, we pulled it off.”
// LIFE technique • April 13, 2018• 11

TEDx Georgia Tech conference held GTCN FROM PAGE 9

degree of programming and to
Currently, GTCN is work-
ing to complete a few behind-the
scenes-videos.

at the Historic Academy of Medicine provide it across more platforms.

KAMIL RAHHALI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The 2018 TEDx Georgia Tech
conference was held at the His-
toric Academy of Medicine on
April 7, gathering distinguished
and knowledgeable people from
all niches of science, academ-
ics and hobbies for the purpose
of sharing those ideas with the
world. The “x” in TEDx means
that it is an “independently or-
ganized TED event,” in this case
planned and carried into action by
Tech students. Forming teams for
event setup and managing logis-
tics, TEDx Ambassadors worked
throughout the past semester and
more to make this TEDx confer-
ence a success. For this day, these
students managed to set up a
beautiful building for their event
and invite speakers from a variety
of backgrounds.
Welcoming guests and hosting
the event was Alex Weber, “Moti-
vational Comedian and U.S. La-
crosse Coach of the Year,” who is
known for hosting programs for a
number of different networks in-
cluding NBC and FX.
Peppy and high spirited, We-
ber introduced the first speaker of
the day, Will Courreèges-Clercq.
Courreèges-Clercq, fourth-year
BA at Tech, spoke from his intern-
ship experience with SunTrust
and shared his insight on what
sustainability means, why it is so
important and how individuals
can use the merits of sustainabil-
ity to positively impact the world.
During his time at SunTrust,
where he will work full time,
Courreèges-Clercq’s task was to
reduce the company’s carbon
expenditure and spending with-
out greatly disrupting the exist-
ing system or infrastructure. He
realized that revising even one
percent of a major source of emis-
sions could lead to more impact
than complete overhauls in more
minor sources ever could.
See TEDX, page 12
This allows GTCN to have a
greater impact on the campus
community by reaching and af-
fecting more of those at Tech.
The desire to meet the needs
of viewers has been particularly
evident in Olson’s dedication to
his work, which requires hours of
sifting through video to provide a
fluid and entertaining show.
“The way our show is format-
ted, the editing takes forever
because we like to have as little
structure as possible,” Olson said.
“We try to make the episode
feel as natural as possible so we
just keep the cameras rolling for
two hours or so. The extra work
is worth it though, because most
of the time we can get some fun
and interesting moments in there
that show what campus life is
like, while not seeming staged or
rehearsed.”
“We’re getting some behind
the-scenes-videos out soon,” Ol-
son said. “The behind the scenes
are usually pretty funny for our
show because we try to get extra
involved with the clubs we visit. ”
GTCN has been recognized
by several awards including: five
Gold Auroras, four Silver Inter-
national Daveys, two Communi-
cators and an AHECTA Student
production award.
Even amidst the quality of his
own work and that of GTCN, Ol-
son is looking for ways to improve
the viewer experience.
“I’d like to see GTCN do
more live student shows. I’d also
like to see the YouTube channel
get a little more of a following,”
Olson shared.
Be sure to tune in to channels
2.2 or 2.3 for a refreshing burst of
Tech creativity and quality pro-
gramming.

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TEDX FROM PAGE 11
“Change one percent to change
the world,” Courreèges-Clercq
said in his talk, as he explained
that reducing one percent of trav-
el, the largest carbon emission by
SunTrust, will lead to hundreds of
thousands of gallons of reduced
emissions per year.
The event had a theme of em-
powerment, as many of the talks
spoke of the impact individuals
can have on the world and the
ways they can remove limits they
place on their abilities.
Deborah Riley Draper, an
award-winning filmmaker, was the
second speaker of the day. Drap-
er’s talk discussed “greenlight[ing]
yourself,” which is to put thoughts
to action regardless of opposition
or low chances of success and to
bring success to yourself by put-
ting in “hustle” in times when a
person may otherwise just “wait.”
“As a filmmaker, it’s about
spreading ideas and sharing it, de-
bunking myths and misrepresen-
tations,” Draper said. “Sometimes
culture impacts us and sometimes
we impact culture, but what we
create is a gift, and it’s a gift worth
sharing and spreading for sure.
“ ... the ability to go out there
and tell an amazing, compelling
story is accessible to everyone,
and I want everyone to greenlight
themselves to exactly that,” Drap-
er explained about her motivating
philosophy.
Following next was Allen Gan-
nett, the founder and CEO of
TrackMaven, who talked about
the notion people have that cre-
ativity is a latent ability that peo-
ple either have or do not, and why
that notion is wrong.
Instead, he introduced creativ-
ity as a system and a skill rather
than a supernatural trait. The key
to it, he claimed, was repetition
and hunger; only by devouring
massive amounts of content is a
person able to produce anything
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ity must be practiced in order to a proper answer. Glibkowski ex- due to that impairment,” Aslam Ending the day was a talk on
form a creative “taste,” and the plained that there are six types of went on. “A handicap is the in- the contagiousness of courage by
way to do this is by putting in answers which meet the six types ability to fulfill a societal or en- Mallory Hagan, a current con-
hours of exposure to whatever of questions; answering with a vironmental role because of this gressional candidate who had in-
your interest may be. story, theory, concept, procedure, impairment. We use these defi- spired others to action during her
Following the intermission action or metaphor to the ques- nitions to compartmentalize and time with Miss America. Hagan
that featured food, mingling and tions who, why, what, how, when structure our view of individuals used her title to create a national
the SympVibes Acapella, was and where. These answer types with impairments ... Our ideas of momentum for women who were
Chris Strouthopoulos, a pro- appeal to either the creative and what these people can and cannot facing mistreatment at work to
fessor of student success at San logical aspects of the brain and do are largely already made up. speak up.
Juan University. can communicate ideas power- Limits on their abilities automati- Her initial courage of making
His talk related his experience fully when used in combination. cally surface their minds.” public complaints against offen-
with leading mountain climbing Until this point, a ramp, placed He spoke of how society is as- sive leaders of the Miss America
groups to how fear holds us back, during intermission, had gone un- tonished today by individuals with Organization spread to women
especially fear of judgement in so- used. It had been prepared for Dr. impairments who become suc- who found themselves dealing
cial settings, and offered specific Hammad Aslam, who rolled his cessful. The impairment, Aslam with similar predicaments, who
strategies to build trust and allow way up it on to the stage where told, is often emphasized by soci- were then able to speak up on
for higher performance. he turned to share his experiences ety, which unconsciously tries to their own situations. “I work with
“When students choose not of facing unconscious discrimina- place limitations on people with SafeHorizon, and speak on their
to ask a question in class because tion due to his being in a wheel- impairments. His goal for the day behalf, testify for them or change
they’re afraid of judgement from chair. He started off his talk with was to let more people realize the laws, or change awareness for the
peers, they’re actually choosing to a definition, “An impairment is restrictions they place on others cause,” Hagan told the Technique.
get a worse score on their test over the actual structural or functional through a lack of expectation, and TEDx Georgia Tech provided
being judged by classmates,” said abnormality. For me, it’s my spi- he strongly urged becoming con- a rare setting where TEDx speak-
Strouthopoulos. nal injury. scious of this fact and removing ers could interact with the audi-
Strouthopoulos emphasized “A disability is the inability these barriers, which have greater ence, making future TEDx Geor-
the importance of taking small to perform a task normally com- significance than may be felt by gia Tech Conferences something
initial steps in sharing ideas to pared to the average population the self. to eagerly anticipate.
get used to sharing more intimate
ideas, and the necessity of creat-
ing a group where psychological
safety is established and high risk
questions are asked.
“In my classroom, the experi-
ence is about creating a feeling of
safety and trust,” Strouthopoulos
said. “On day one, it’s about get-
ting [students] talking to each
other, so we set the tables up in
groups. We’re not in rows and
we do activities that build trust
in the group. We start with low
emotional stuff and each session, I
ramp up what I ask them to share
so we build up that trust to create
a high performing group where
they are willing to really ask those
tough questions and are not wor-
ried about other people telling
them otherwise.”
Brian Glibkowski, Ph.D., fol-
lowed up by discussing the ability
of good communication and how
American society emphasizes ask- Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
ing questions, but is in fact lack- Pictured above is Dr. Hamad Aslam, one of the TEDx speakers at the Georgia Tech
ing in knowledge on how to give TEDx Conference on Saturday, April 7. He spoke on society’s perception of disabilities.
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GENRE: Horror
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STAFF WRITER
“A Quiet Place” is not a par-
ticularly ambitious film. Directed
by novice director John Krasinski
(“The Office”), the film neither
attempts to redefine the horror
genre nor offers viewers some pro-
found social commentary. Rather,
“A Quiet Place” seeks to carve a
niche out for itself within the con-
fines of the horror genre, and to
that end, “A Quiet Place” has been
remarkably successful.
Set in a dystopic future, the
film follows the Abbott family as
they try to survive in a world over-
run by extraterrestrial predators.
Though they are blind, the seem-
ingly invulnerable creatures have
extremely sensitive hearing, ca-
pable of tracking down and con-
suming any human who makes a
sound louder than a cough within
minutes.
Tactfully, Krasinski does little
to explain the creatures or how
this silent dystopia came to be,
dropping viewers into the Abbott
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family’s story on what is declared
to be Day 89 of the apocalypse.
Krasinski plays Lee Abbott,
the even-tempered patriarch of
the family, and his wife Emily
Blunt (“Sicario”) plays on-screen
wife Evelyn. The Abbott children
are two sons and a deaf daugh-
ter, Regan (Millicent Simmonds,
“Wonderstruck”).
When viewers first meet the
Abbotts, they are rummaging
through an abandoned conve-
nience store, tiptoeing barefoot
through the deserted aisles, past
rows of potato chip packets that
would be too loud to open in this
world. The family communicates
in sign language and the only
sounds heard are the tense breaths
and the soft pitter-patter of bare
feet on linoleum.
Krasinski carefully establishes
the oppressive pressure of silence,
sometimes even using sub-bass
tones to keep audience members
on edge. When the sound of the
youngest Abbott’s toy rocket ship
cracks through the tenuous hush,
the galloping, ungainly creatures
are summoned, immediately and
violently establishing the dire
stakes the Abbotts are facing.
A year later, the story picks up
at a secluded and heavily modified
farm stronghold that the remain-
ing Abbotts now call home. Ev-
elyn is almost at term with their
fourth child. The children find
themselves stifled and perpetually
fearful: their youths are colored by
precaution. When Evelyn’s water
breaks prematurely, the Abbotts
must defend themselves again.
Krasinski does not rely on
jump scares as much as he ratch-
ets tension with dramatic irony.
In a world where simply being hu-
man — being fallible, expressive,
clumsy — can spell one’s doom,
viewers are forced to reconsider
the dangers inherent the Abbotts’s
world. Timers, nails, lamps are
sources of trepidation, and Kra-
sinski astutely clues viewers in to
the thorns that the Abbotts will
ensnare themselves in later. So,
John Krasinski stars in and directs the new horror movie ‘A Quiet Place.’ The film, also directed
by Krasinski, centers on a family living in a dystopic world full of violent aliens sensitive to noise.
Photo courtesy of Koury Angelo
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Monica Jamison
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Josh Trebuchon
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the terror that afflicts audiences
stems not from the unexpected
but from the Abbotts’s slow march
towards the inevitable.
Much of the discomfort that
Krasinski is able to elicit comes
from his strong use of visual
storytelling, avoiding much of
soundtrack to visually engage
viewers in this silent world. Cin-
ematographer Charlotte Bruus
Christensen captures the Ab-
botts’s lives in soft tones with
JON LONG
STAFF WRITER
Keen eyes may have recog-
nized Atlanta’s own Tabernacle as
the locale for comedian Bill Burr’s
2014 Netflix special, “I’m Sorry
You Feel That Way.” After four
years, the Boston-born comic is
returning to A-Town on April 28
as part of his latest tour.
Having recently become a fa-
ther, Burr believes that his new
perspective will bring something
fresh and different to his act when
he takes the stage at the Fox The-
atre later this month.
“This new 90 minutes I came
up with has been a lot more per-
sonal,” Burr explained. “Becom-
ing a dad made me realize a lot
of shortcomings that I have. A
lot of people worry about having
a kid and becoming soft. But the
level of fear you have about some-
thing happening to your kid can
definitely feed your act. I look
at robots and stuff in the future,
and it’s unsettling. I don’t know if
that’s because I’m right about it or
because I’m just freaking out as a
parent. It’s probably a little bit of
both. Just a lot of stuff like that.”
Aside from his stand-up ma-
terial, Burr is also well known
for both his podcast, “Bill Burr’s
Monday Morning Podcast,” and
his animated Netflix series “F is
for Family.” His podcast began as
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gentle shadows caressing each
character’s form, lending a sense
of intimacy and frailty to their in-
teractions.
Yet it often feels as if Krasin-
ski, as a first-time director, is too
afraid to fully commit to his sty-
listic conceit. For all of the visual
storytelling, there are also expo-
sition dumps that clumsily at-
tempt to explain the nature of the
creatures, robbing them of their
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a simple 30-second message on his
MySpace page in 2007; since then,
it has grown into one of the most
popular podcasts in the world.
“It was back in the MySpace
days,” Burr said. “The comedian
Robert Kelly said, ‘Man, you
should really do a podcast.’ I said,
‘What the hell is a podcast?’ You’d
actually call up this service and
it would record it so you could
post it. It was just some way to
make your MySpace page cooler.
People could actually hear some
audio. You could be like ‘Hey
man, I am gonna be at the Fun-
nybone and blah blah blah.’ That
was the extent of it. My first one
was like thirty seconds long, then
it became five minutes, then seven
minutes, ten minutes, a half hour,
and now it’s an hour. It just kinda
grew that way.”
Burr eventually began record-
ing a second episode each week:
the “Thursday Morning Just-
Before-Friday Monday Morn-
ing Podcast,” which follows the
same format as Monday’s episode
in thirty minutes rather than an
hour. He claimed that this for-
mat allows him to maintain his
impressive level of content while
still working in both stand-up and
television.
“It’s easy,” Burr said of his pro-
cess. “I tape it in real-time. I don’t
have any guests so I just sit down,
turn on the microphone and start
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BURR FROM PAGE 13
and start running my yap.” His
podcast currently averages be-
tween 40,000 and 70,000 listen-
ers per episode on SoundCloud
alone. Building his audience took
time, but Burr posits that growing
a brand comes hand in hand with
delivering quality content.
“Whatever you’re doing, if
you’re doing it well, people are
going to find you,” Burr said.
“There are two ways to make it:
word of mouth because people are
responding to what you’re doing,
and doing some stunts and stuff.
And there is nothing wrong with
either one of those. People use
looks; people can do crazy things.
I’m not good at that at all, I’m not
a good looking guy. I also never
understand what people are go-
ing to respond to. I’ve never been
the flavor of the month, so I don’t
know how that works.”
On the TV side, Burr co-
created the Netflix animated se-
ries “F is for Family,” a favorably
reviewed show that is going into
its third season. He both writes
for the show and voices its main
character. Burr also had a role
in AMC’s hit drama “Breaking
Bad,” where he played Patrick
Kuby. Though he is established
in the world of scripted television,
Burr’s five stand-up specials high-
light his body of work.
“The time frame on which co-
medians are putting out specials
is insane,” Burr said. “It’s a very
prolific time. It’s totally changed
in the last two years. I haven’t felt
that pressure. If anything, I might
put them out slower, so it’s more
of an event. In whatever business
you’re in, you can get caught up in
what other people are doing and
think ‘Oh, I will do what they are
doing and then I will have suc-
cess.’ But the fly in the ointment
is that you’re not them ... ”
“You kind of have to figure
out what works best for you,”
Burr continued. “I remember
when Dane [Cook] was killing it
on MySpace, everyone was like ‘I
will get on MySpace, then I can
sell out Madison Square Garden.’
But people forget that they aren’t
Dane Cook. When Louis [C.K.]
started putting out a special every
year, he kind of blew up. Every-
one said, ‘Well I should do that,’
forgetting that they aren’t Louis
C.K. There is no rhyme or reason
to this business.”
No matter how the business
operates, it would appear that
Burr has found what works for
him. Despite his prolific career,
Burr still finds time to relax,
spend time with his family and
indulge his love of sports.
“At some point, I was just kind
of like ‘I just want to be happy.’
I have what everybody wants. I
have free time. So as long as I’m
not dumb and say yes to every-
body and fill it up trying to get on
some Forbes list or whatever the
hell everyone is supposed to be do-
ing, I’ll be really happy.”
Burr will be at the Fox The-
atre on April 28, and tickets are
on sale both online and at the
venue. For comedy fans looking
for entertainment without leaving
the house, four of Burr’s stand-up
specials are currently streaming
on Netflix.
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QUIET FROM PAGE 13
intimidating mystery. The more
that is revealed about the crea-
tures, the less plausible and engag-
ing the world becomes.
As the climactic horror set-
pieces unfold, characters’ actions
begin to feel a little contrived.
They begin to behave less reason-
ably, as if Krasinski is moving
them into place simply to maxi-
mize the trauma inflicted on char-
acters and viewers.
In addition, the soundtrack
composed by Marco Beltrami of-
ten feels out of place, adding ge-
neric horror sound bytes to jump
scares and tense scenes. These
audio elements serve to undercut
much of the innovative horror
tactics that Krasinski employs
elsewhere in the film.
Despite these flaws, the cast
are remarkably expressive, ensur-
ing that the lack of sound does not
hinder the audience’s emotional
engagement with the plot. Much
of the horror works so well be-
cause Krasinski and Blunt are able
to draw viewers into their charac-
ters’ lives to understand the duress
that weighs upon them.
Ultimately, “A Quiet Place” is
neither a particularly thought-pro-
voking movie nor a particularly
logical one. The narrative is often
uneven and the resolution feels a
little pat. Nonetheless, Krasinski’s
debut is surprisingly effective at
spiking its viewers’ heart rates. It
seems that “A Quiet Place” is hap-
py to temper its ambitions there.
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HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
This issue concludes my fifth
semester as the sports editor of
the Technique. If you are keeping
score, Tech athletics have largely
not turned out all that well in the
last few years. For the second time
in my three years here, football
did not make a bowl game, the
A fan holds up a sign for Tech athletics during a home football matchup against Wake
Forest, a game the Jackets would win on the legs of quarterback TaQuon Marshall.
sort of disappointment which was
unthinkable shortly before I ar-
rived on campus. Men’s basketball
followed up its most promising
season in years with an absolutely
snakebitten 2017–18 campaign.
The athletic director left for Pur-
due. The men’s basketball coach
was fired. The softball coach was
gone. That right there is more
than three years worth of tumult.
Yet at the end of every one of
those five semesters at the helm
(and countless times during those
semesters), I sit down and ask my-
self a question.
Why are they letting me do this?
Sometimes that feeling pops
up when I am sitting in a football
postgame press conference, sand-
wiched in between a reporter from
ESPN and one from the AJC.
Other times, it is in the press box
high over Bobby Dodd, or on the
floor at McCamish, or speaking
with a coach in his office. It is not
impostor syndrome. I know that I
work hard to be a good sports edi-
tor (whether I succeed is your de-
Photo by Katherine Shambaugh Student Publications
termination to make). I know that
I deserve the chance to be treated
like a member of the media.
But the fact that I do receive
that professional respect still
pleasantly surprises me every time.
So as I wrap up my penultimate
year occupying the ‘Sports Editor’
slot on this section’s header, I just
want to thank everyone who has
made this incredible, confusing,
rewarding situation possible.
Thanks to everyone at the
Georgia Tech Athletic Association
who has looked a college student
straight in the eye and promised
him an interview with the head
coach of the men’s basketball
team. Thanks to the national me-
dia outlets who have shown me
nothing but respect when our
paths cross. Thanks to John, Ro-
han, Josh, Emily and every other
writer. Thanks to you, for pick-
ing up this newspaper, turning to
these pages at the very back, and
reading the sports section.
You have made this possible
and I could not be happier.
JOHN EDWARDS
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
THE NEW DEAL
Tech and head football coach
Paul Johnson reached an agree-
ment to extend Johnson’s contract
with Tech through the 2022 sea-
son, Tech announced last week.
Johnson is entering his second
decade as Tech head coach, hav-
ing led the Jackets to a 76-54 re-
cord in that time along with eight
bowl games, the second most in
school history to Bobby Dodd.
Only Dodd has won more games
in his first decade of play at Tech
(84 wins).
Tech athletic director Todd
Stansbury called Johnson “one
of the most successful coaches in
[Tech’s] illustrious history.” John-
son’s unconventional triple option
has allowed the Jackets to remain
competitive while facing signifi-
cant recruiting obstacles, but Tech
is coming off a 5-6 campaign.
E-SPORTS SUCCESSES
Tech e-sports were busy this
week. As Collegiate Star League
tournaments progress, Tech teams
have made multiple top showings
against the best esports teams in
the country. Tech’s Dota II team
reached the round of 16 in the
CSL Dota II playoffs, knocking
out Pittsburgh in the first round
before falling 0-2 to Cornell’s
team, and after going undefeated
in the regular season. Tech will
also compete soon in a spring
Overwatch season.
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POLO FROM PAGE 20
new organization, the team faces
a substantial obstacle in recruiting
thanks to the lack of prevalence of
the sport at the high school level.
As a result, there’s a lack of visibil-
ity and a lack of experience in the
sport for students coming in. But
it’s fine if students come in having
never played before, says Cooper.
“A lot of people are ex-swimmers
… if you were a swimmer in high
school, that’s good experience.
And then the rest, we can teach,
as long as you can stay afloat!”
It’s not all competition all
the time for the team, however
— Cooper speaks glowingly of
the team as a tight-knit and sup-
portive community. “We want to
be competitive, but we also want
the team to benefit your physical
health and your mental health.”
For Cooper, playing water polo
serves as a major source of stress
relief — for dealing with the tri-
als and tribulations of Tech, water
polo can be a great outlet to let off
some steam and get a good work-
out in the process.
For many, water polo is a life-
long affair — for good reason, says
Cooper. Sports like baseball and
football have very limited utility
after graduation, unless a student-
athlete turns professional; the
former sport requires large parks,
expensive equipment and skilled
opponents. The latter is dangerous
and sees athletes decline dramati-
cally as they exit their physical
primes in their early thirties.
Water polo offers something
that neither sports possibly can:
the hope of lifelong enjoyment, at
Tech and, in many cases, far be-
yond.
“Even once [club members]
graduate, there are masters teams
that play water polo; there’s one
that plays at Georgia Tech! So
you can keep it going beyond just
a college thing. There are guys in
their forties and fifties who are
competitive — they beat me up in
the pool!”
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Swimmers excel at NCAA Championships
EMILY DYKSTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The swimming and diving sea-
son concludes with championship
meets, the highest level of which
is the NCAA Championships.
The women’s championships are
held a week before the men’s, but
both competitions often result in
new American records and times
that shatter previous barriers in
the swimming and diving realms.
The Jackets had five athletes in to-
tal compete at the meets — one
woman and four men that already
have their names spread across the
Tech Swimming and Diving re-
cord boards, even as two of them
are only freshmen.
After nearly three years of
competing for Tech and a near-
invitation to the national meet
last year, Iris Wang was invited to
the 2018 NCAA Championships
in Columbus, Ohio specifically
for her 100 freestyle, while also
having the chance to race in the
50 and 200 freestyle events. After
setting multiple school records
throughout the regular season,
the Chinese Olympian excelled in
her sprint freestyle events — the
50, 100, and 200 freestyle — at
the postseason meet.
Wang’s history of competi-
tion at the highest level not only
made her a fitting candidate to
be invited to the NCAA, but also
likely calmed her nerves. After
representing China in the Olym-
pic Games, Columbus was likely
less daunting.
Going into the meet, Wang
was ranked No. 17 nationally in
the 100 free, but ultimately fin-
ished in No. 19 overall with a
new school record of 48.21 sec-
onds. This race was preceded by
her other two races of the week,
the 50 free in which she broke her
own school record with a time of
22.54, and the 200 free in which
she raced to her third-fastest time
during the season. Her 50 free
placed No. 37 for the Jackets,
while her 200 free was awarded
No. 32 place overall, both impres-
sive marks at the national level.
Wang was the fifth female
swimmer to be invited to the
NCAA Championships in the
18-year history of Georgia Tech’s
Women’s Swimming and Diving
program. The Industrial Design
major will compete for the Jackets
one more year and can be expect-
ed to lower her own records while
leading the rest of the team as a
senior next season.
On the men’s side, the four
competitors consisted of one diver
Swimmers jump into the water at McAuley Aquatic Center during a Tech meet versus Emory. A
select group of Tech swimmers took their talents to the NCAA Swim and Dive Championships.
(Matt Casillas) and three swim-
mers (Christian Ferraro, Moises
Loschi, and Caio Pumputis). The
meet was held in Minneapolis,
Minn. the week following the
women’s championships so the
men knew how high the bar,
which Wang had set for them,
was. Loschi returned for his third
NCAA Championships, while it
was a new experience for the rest
of the Jackets.
The first day of the meet con-
sisted of the men acclimating
themselves to the environment
and pool while preparing them-
selves for the rest of the week.
Caio Pumputis and Christian
Ferraro, the two freshmen swim-
mers, took charge on the second
day of the meet with the 200 IM,
a race that tests all strokes and is
acknowledged as one of the most
interesting events to watch due
to the uncertainty of the win-
ner until the last 25 yards of the
race. Pumputis finished No. 36
with a time of 1:45.54, while Fer-
raro placed No. 45 with a time
of 1:48.24. Pumputis was eight
tenths off of his career-best time,
but had multiple events left to set
a new bar.
On the third day of the meet,
Pumputis and Loschi competed
in the 100 breaststroke, tying for
No. 34 place with a time of 53.53.
The team record sits at 52.86,
which the men will be working to
take down over the next year. Fer-
raro placed No. 35 in the 100 but-
terfly with a time of 46.67, rank-
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ing in the top 10 times by a Jacket
in the event.
The final day of swimming was
highlighted by top-25 finishes by
both Loschi and Ferraro in the
200 breaststroke and 200 butter-
fly, respectively. Both men placed
21st in their events, while Matt
Casillas placed 31st in the men’s
platform dive after placing a re-
markable sixth place at the Zone B
Championships a couple of weeks
prior to the NCAA Champion-
ships. Unfortunately, Pumputis
received a disqualification for his
200 breaststroke performance due
to a small butterfly kick towards
the end of the race.
Although Wang scored more
points at the NCAA Champion-
ships than those who competed
for the men’s team, the Jackets
had a strong showing overall at
the meet and are eager to improve
going into next year’s champi-
onship season. Swimming does
not have much of an offseason,
so these athletes will be train-
ing and competing through the
summer and preparing to blow
the next season out of the water.
The coaching staff was sure to
note how proud they were of the
athletes, yet how much improve-
ment can still be made moving
forwards. The incoming class of
athletes will have high expecta-
tions considering that two of the
five NCAA performers were fresh-
men this past season.
The goal of Tech’s swim and
dive team is to become a top 25
program in the nation on both
sides of the team in the near fu-
ture while achieving in the class-
room as well. As a team that is
often known for having one of
the highest average grade point
averages within the Georgia Tech
Athletic Association, it is clear
that the athletes are well on their
way to achieving that goal.
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Baseball heads upwards as semester ends
HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
It has not been without some
trademark Tech athletics volatil-
ity, but Jackets baseball is so far
well on its way to besting last
year’s middling 27-28 final mark
for the season.
The Jackets have put together
long series of wins and demoral-
izing strings of losses, but after the
dust settles, they are clearly a bet-
ter team than they were last sea-
son, both at the plate and in the
bullpen.
For proof, the statistics are
a clear indicator. Tech’s pitch-
ing staff has put together a 4.66
ERA this season. That number is
not good — it puts them above
only Wake Forest, Virginia Tech,
Notre Dame and Boston College
in the conference — but it is a
clear improvement over last year’s
gruesome 5.36 ERA mark.
An early instinct might be to
write off the difference in the two
marks based on quality of oppo-
nents faced; after all, the Jackets
have not yet wrapped up their
conference schedule, so their
numbers might be padded by
weak opponents. And indeed, two
of the three highest-scoring teams
in the conference loom ahead on
Tech’s slate.
But given that the Jackets’
ERA at this point last season was
an astronomical 5.57, there is like-
Women’s water polo fights for recognition
JOHN EDWARDS
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
One of Tech’s youngest club
sports is already taking root —
despite not existing before 2016,
the Women’s Water Polo club is
on the rise and making a name
for themselves. “This was the first
year that we’ve been recognized by
the [Collegiate Water Polo Asso-
ciation] and gone to official tour-
naments … as a women’s team, so
we’ve grown quite a bit!” says Ra-
chel Cooper, a fourth year who’s
been with the team since the be-
ginning.
For years prior, water-polo had
been a co-ed affair — women
who wanted to play water polo
had to join in with the mens team
and play with them instead. “But
spring 2016 was when the wo-
mens team got chartered — we
got enough women on the team
that the older girls on the team
decided, ‘Let’s try to do our own
thing’” — and hence, the women’s
water polo team was born.
Water polo, for the unac-
quainted, is like soccer — there
are goals and a goalie on each
team, and teams score points by
getting the ball into their oppo-
nent’s goal. Unlike soccer, how-
ever, the game is usually played in
a pool, and players pass and score
using their hands and not their
feet. It’s quite the physical and
rough and tumble sport, Cooper
describes: “Anything that the ref
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ly real improvement afoot. Tech’s
staff will not dominate many
games, but that is not their job.
And that pitching effort, while
not stellar, has been enough for
the Jackets to pull out an 8-7
record against conference oppo-
nents, thanks to one of the best
scoring attacks in the nations.
Tech ranks No. 11 nationally in
batting average, and a less impres-
sive but still solid No. 54 in runs
per game, with a 6.7-per clip.
Special mention must go to
junior Tristin English, who spent
his sophomore year rehabilitating
from Tommy John surgery. All
English has done since returning
from that injury, once a death
knell for athletes, has been im-
proving his numbers from fresh-
man year across the board. His
on-base percentage has increased,
and he is about to match his fresh-
man RBI production in about half
the games. And that freshman
campaign was good enough for
English to be named First-Team
All-ACC. English leads the Jack-
ets with 40 RBI — more than one
per game, and No. 7 nationally.
In some ways, Tech’s recent
series with Florida State was em-
blematic of their occasional bril-
liance and frustrating inconsis-
tency this year. In the first game,
the No. 6 Seminoles shelled the
Jackets, 10-2, behind an three-
RBI performance from the Semi-
noles’ Nick Derr. The Jackets put
one run on the board in the first
Tech water polo’s goalie lunges to save a shot on goal while a pair of defenders assist.
Despite being only a few years old, the team has gained repute in the water polo community.
can’t see goes … if you’re defend-
ing someone, you’ll keep your
hand on them at all times. There
are a lot fouls called — it’s like
hockey, where you can get kicked
out of the pool for a period of
time. It’s a pretty physical sport.”
Usually, a game of water polo
consists of four quarters, each
eight minutes long, and the team
with the most goals at the end of
the match wins. Players can only
Swimmers take NCAAs
Members of Tech’s swim and dive
team competed at the NCAA Men’s
and Women’s Championships.419
Sophomore Xzavion Curry delivers a pitch during a home game against BYU. Curry’s
6-1 record in eight starts has arguably been the highlight of Tech’s pitching this season.
inning and another in the eighth, the Jackets’ bats were quiet, but
but their offensive work was noth- thanks to a complete game from
ing compared to that of their visi- Connor Thomas, Tech eked out a
tors from Tallahassee. 2-1 win.
Whatever Coach Danny Those games set up a Sunday
Hall told his pitching staff in be- rubber match-up, a chance for
tween the first and second games Tech to either show that they were
of the series, it certainly worked. lucky to eke out a close win the
The Jackets allowed only one day before or deserving of respect.
run in their next outing. Again, They chose the latter, in a domi-
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
use one hand to pass, defend and — three players for each line. But
block, except for goalies who can if a player must leave the pool on
use both hands. The goalies try to a penalty in a 5 vs. 6 situation,
defend small nets, which either the team losing the player tends
float in the pool or are attached to to collapse into a line surround-
the side of the pool. ing their goal, serving as a wall to
Players tend to set up in dif- keep their opponents from scoring
ferent offensive and defensive until the penalized player can re-
configurations. The most popular turn.
configuration is known as the “3- On defense, teams work to re-
3”: a team lines up in two parallel gain possession by knocking the
lines facing the opponent’s goal ball away from the offense, and
technique
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Friday,
April 13, 2018
Photo by Casey Miles Student Publications
nating 16-3 win. The aforemen-
tioned Tristin English went six
innings and surrendered a single
run, and the offensive effort was
too strong to allow FSU a chance
at a comeback. Achieving that
level of performance every game
is unlikely, but it hints at what
the Jackets can be if they put the
pieces together.
staying between the goal and the
ball handler at all times, a task re-
quiring relentless effort.
As a result, water polo players
need to be in good shape. “A lot of
people that come in are ex-swim-
mers from high school,” explains
Cooper. “For practice, we start
out with a swim set, a half-hour
to forty-five-minutes of straight
swimming laps … then we’ll go
into leg specific conditioning to
get treading up.” Treading wa-
ter efficiently is one of the more
important skills in water polo —
athletes need to keep afloat while
tussling with opponents, and it’s
easy to tire out trying to keep your
head above water while playing.
The young women’s water polo
team has spent a good amount of
time finding their sea legs. Before
being recognized by the CWPA,
the team went to rec tournament
after rec tournament, but now
they get to play with elite com-
petitors. Despite being new to
the scene, the team is taking big
steps forward to be competitive.
“Our first tournament of this se-
mester, we went to a rec tourna-
ment at NC State, and we came
away with a 3-1 record — the first
time we had a winning record as
a women’s team in a tournament!
That was when we were like, ‘Hey
— we can actually do this!’”
But it is an uphill battle for the
team when it comes to recruit-
ing — in addition to all of the
additional challenges of being a
see POLO, page 18