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NEWS
Top L: Photo courtesy of Taber Andrew Bain; Top R: Photo courtesy of Amazon; Above: Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
Yellow Jacket Flying Club invited to Blue Angels demo
ROSEMARY PITRONE
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
This summer, the Yellow Jacket
Flying Club was invited to visit
the Blue Angels Training Base
in Pensacola, Florida. The Blue
Angels are a flight demonstra-
tion squadron established in 1946
whom seek to inspire the next
generation of naval pilots with
their public demonstrations.
The invitation the Yellow Jack-
et Flying Club (YJFC) received is
a rare one. Former Blue Angel #8
Commander Todd Royles extend-
OPINIONS
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Censorship at Liberty
Opinions 6
ed the invitation to Elliot Boren-
stein, a certified flying instructor
for the club. Borenstein then orga-
nized for 15 members of YJFC to
fly to Florida to tour the facilities
and meet the Blue Angels.
YJFC has over 160 active
members, including current stu-
dents, alumni and faculty. Some
members are pilots and others are
simply aviation enthusiasts.
Members have the option to
take flying lessons from flying in-
structors who are contracted by
the organization.
The club owns four Cesna
172s and decided to fly three of
p9 Ordeal by innocence
Life 10
LIFE
their own planes to the event. On
the morning of July 5, the crew
headed to Pensacola. Seats for the
once-in-a-lifetime trip filled up so
quickly that the club had to ask
one of their flight instructors to
bring his own plane to accommo-
date more passengers.
Once they arrived in Pensac-
ola, the group drove to the Pen-
sacola Naval Air Station to meet
Royles. There, they were treated to
a tour of the National Naval Avia-
tion Museum.
“Todd himself — an ex-Blue
Angel — gave us a tour of the
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NEWS
Peterson
talks about
ethics
JONATHAN JEFFREY
NEWS EDITOR
“This is disappointing,” President
G.P. “Bud” Peterson said, sitting in his
office for an interview on Tech’s vari-
ous ethical abuses and his leadership
team’s response. “It’s disappointing to
me as President. It’s disappointing to
our alumni and I know it’s disappoint-
ing to students.”
Last Wednesday, on Aug. 13, Peter-
son struck similar tones in an update
letter to University System of Georgia
Chancellor Steve Wrigley, writing “the
past month, I have felt disappoint-
ment, anger and embarrassment over
the ethical lapses that have plagued us
at Georgia Tech.”
The memorandum attached to the
letter detailed, one by one, Tech’s re-
sponse to each demand made by Wrig-
ley in a July 20 directive sent to Peter-
son in the wake of the three damaging
ethics audits completed in the summer.
“As we agreed, lax management and
unethical behavior at Georgia Tech
have resulted in misuse of resources
and a failure to hold staff accountable,
and, as president, you are ultimately
responsible,” Wrigley wrote back to
Peterson on Aug. 20. “Bud, now the
work begins, the hourly, daily, weekly
decisions, small and large, on your part
and others at Tech, to create a culture
committed to ethical excellence. I ex-
pect this change to occur, and it must
be real and sustained.”
In other words, the pressure is on
from Chancellor Wrigley and the ex-
pectant Tech community for President
Peterson and others in his administra-
tion to fix the serious flaws in Tech’s
See ETHICS, page 5
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Swant DOCUMENTS reveal details of summer events

CASEY MILES
MANAGING EDITOR
A look into ethics discussions
among the Tech administration
leading up to the dismissal of
Steve Swant shows his involve-
ment with ethics efforts on cam-
pus and his actions leading up to
the day he was let go.
On April 13, 2018, Swant sent
an updated conflict of interest
management form to President
G.P. “Bud” Peterson detailing his
continued service on the board of
RIB.
The plan mentions a discus-
sion between Peterson and Swant
it which they agreed that Swant
should continue to serve on the
board “as it has strategic value to
Georgia Tech and falls within the
Institute’s guidelines.”
The form also includes poten-
tial conflicts that were raised by
Peterson. These were that Swant’s
participation on the board serves
the relationship between Tech and
RIB, a concern about remunera-
tion for his services and an offset
of losses for not taking payment
for serving the board. The biggest
change was that Swant would no
longer have a “Significant Finan-
cial Interest” in the company since
he would no longer be paid as a
member of the board.
The main point of conflict that
would develop surrounds the last
part of form when Swant states he
would disclose his membership
of the board in any discussions
regarding the hiring of RIB for
services at Tech.
As the report that was released
by the Board of Regents (BOR)
later in the summer showed, Swant
did not follow this practice when
speaking with his subordinates in
the past. Specifically shown is an
email from May 2017, in which
Swant is angered that someone
suggests that RIB should not be
used on a project.
“His definition of ‘best in class’
is flawed,” Swant’s email reads,
“his vision is short sighted, and
his bias is even more pronounced
than mine.”
On June 4, Swant sent an
email to President Peterson saying
that he would discuss a decreased
role on the RIB board with the
CEO to avoid an appearance of a
conflict of interest. The next men-
tion of his work with RIB comes
on July 12 when he forwards his
resignation from the board of RIB
to President Peterson.
Five days later, President Peter-
son received an email from John
Fuchko, Vice Chancellor for Or-
ganizational Effectiveness, with a
draft of the report from the BOR
detailing the conflict of interest
review for Swant. The same report
would later be released by Tech
officially on July 26. The day af-
ter receiving the report, President
Peterson received drafts for the
termination of Swant which he
would send out on July 19, effec-
tively ending Swant’s employment
at Tech.
Following the dismissal of
Swant, President Peterson made
sweeping changes regarding eth-
ics and reporting on campus. One
of those changes was the creation
of an interim Vice President for
Ethics, Compliance and Risk
Management (VPECRM).
In an email to the Tech com-
munity on Tuesday Aug. 21, Ai-
sha Oliver-Staley announced that
she would be filling the role of in-
terim VPECRM.
The email tells everyone the
avenues for reporting ethics vio-
lations through EthicsPoint and
emphasizes the ability to stay
anonymous. At the end of the
email, she discusses her role and
the fact that she reports directly to
President Peterson and asks that
everyone share all thoughts and
suggestions with her.
Following the ethics reviews of
GTRI and Campus Services, the
list of people that now directly
report to President Peterson has
grown in order to increase the
President’s awareness of possible
ethical issues when they arise in
the future.

MASON FAVRO
CORRESPONDING WRITER
OMS IN CYBERSECURITY
On Aug. 8, Tech announced
the creation of a new degree
program, the Online Master of
Science in Cybersecurity (OMS
in Cybersecurity), to be offered
through the edX online learn-
ing platform. The degree, which
will be jointly administered by
the schools of Computer Science,
Electrical and Computer Engi-
neering and Public Policy, will
cost $10,000 and is intended for
“working professionals who wish
to advance their skills without
putting their career on hold,” ac-
cording to Tech’s website. It will
join the Master of Science (MS) in
Cybersecurity currently offered by
Tech.
Similar to the MS in Cyberse-
curity, which launched in 2002,
the new OMS in Cybersecurity
has three different specializations
administered separately by each of
the three schools. Each specializa-
tion focuses on a different aspect
of the field, such as Technology,
Energy Systems or Policy.
Classes for the OMS in Cyber-
security will begin in the spring of
2019 with around 250 students.
According to Institute Communi-
cations, Tech expects that number
to increase in the coming years,
especially due to the growth of
the cybersecurity field. According
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
the number of cybersecurity pro-
fessionals working in the United
States increased by almost 50%
from 2012 to 2017, a figure which
highlights the nation’s need for
more comprehensive cybersecu-
rity education programs.
The new degree program is
much more cost-effective com-
pared to traditional MS programs,
which cost around $20,000 for a
year of classes and require the stu-
dent to live in the Atlanta area.
The new course is conducted en-
tirely online, so as to improve the
flexibility with which employed
students can take classes.
The OMS in Cybersecurity
will be the third OMS degree of-
fered by Tech, following the OMS
in Computer Science and OMS in
Analytics, which were respectively
introduced in 2014 and 2017.
JONATHAN JEFFREY
NEWS EDITOR
MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
On Tuesday, Aug. 14, GSS
held an emergency legislation ses-
sion in the Student Center SGA
conference room in order to vote
on the recent proposal from the
Mental Health Joint Allocation
Committee (JAC) to hold an
Intercollegiate Mental Health
conference. The bill passed in the
GSS emergency session and addi-
tionally was passed by UHR in a
separate session.
The background section of the
bill notes that the multiple mental
health initiatives across campus
— the Mental Health Task Force,
Tech Ends Suicide Together,
Health and Wellbeing, the Men-
tal Health Joint Allocations Com-
mittee and the Path Forward Ad-
visory Group — are “not enough”
to adequately address all the huge,
complex issue of mental health.
“This Conference represents
the opportunity to lead the na-
tional conversation on collegiate
mental health forward,” the bill
reads. “The Intercollegiate Mental
Health Conference aims to gather
best practices on mental health
from college campuses across the
nation. The conference will bring
together undergraduate, gradu-
ate, administration, and faculty
leaders from campuses across the
nation to share and develop solu-
tions to relevant issues.”
The conference is scheduled
to be held from Friday, Feb. 15,
to Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at the
Georgia Tech Hotel and Confer-
ence Center, and will have a total
cost of $52,358.97.
A list of invited schools is not
available, as the JAC is still wait-
ing to see which schools accept
their invitations; nonetheless, the
bill states that JAC expects 17
schools to come, with five schools
from Georgia.
In order to reduce costs, travel
subsidies will not be provided, but
all other aspects of the conference
will be paid for by JAC funds for
the conference attendees.
Each school invitation will
allow for seven slots, including
three for undergraduate students,
two for graduate students, and
two for faculty or administration.
The major topics to be dis-
cussed during the conference in-
clude education and awareness of
incoming and existing students
to resources on campus; coordi-
nation of students, faculty and
staff; and inclusivity of different
groups, including LGBTQIA+,
international, graduate, transfer
and low income students as well
as students with disabilities.
The results of those discussions
will be placed into a Best Prac-
tices Manual, which will “provide
Tech with a veritable road map of
ideas to pursue over the course, of
at least, the next five years.”
The conference will be de-
signed so that it can be repeated
in the future at Tech or elsewhere.

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Tech’s LGBTQIA Center comes out of the closet

ZOIE KONNEKER both Tech students on campus Kennedy described her im- Multiple speakers mentioned to show them the realized result of
ONLINE EDITOR and LGBT community members mense pride and excitement for how the tragic death of Scout the center expansion.
across the greater Atlanta area, the grand opening not only as a Schultz galvanized much needed In her speech, Parsons said she
In Smithgall on Thursday, can feel safe, included and heard. member of the Pride Alliance, but change on Tech’s campus, and hopes the center and the ideals it
Aug. 23, three flags — the trans Peterson reaffirmed Tech’s also as a student at Tech. Ken- that we should all hold a space in stands for will not be going away
flag, the gay pride flag and the bi- mission to “create the type of en- nedy joked the LGBT commu- our hearts for their family, friends anytime soon.
sexual pride flag — stood out in vironment and culture that we nity’s previous office put members and passions that caused them to The LGBTQIA+ Resource
the morning light among the rest, can be proud of,” and assured his “in the closet,” but the audience advocate for this type of expan- Center in the Flag building can
welcoming a new era for students audience he would provide an up- could see now that the members sion and celebration of diversity be visited weekdays from Mon-
on Tech’s campus. date on the Path Forward action of the community were finally out to occur. day through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
Over one hundred students, teams’ progress in his institute ad- of the closet and in the spotlight After Parsons cut the ribbon to 5 p.m. and will welcome visitors
staff, faculty and alumni congre- dress next month. — right where they belonged. the center, she lead a group inside of any kind, any time.
gated for the grand opening of the
new LGBTQIA Resource Center,
which began with an introduction
from Aby Parsons, the director of
the LGBTQIA Resource Center,
who described the center’s many
achievements since opening four
years ago.
Since its start, the small re-
source center staff has trained
over 1,700 students and staff in
inclusion, raised over $50,000 in
alumni and employee donations,
celebrated over 70 Lavender Grad-
uates and started over 20 new ini-
tiatives for fostering a more inclu-
sive environment. This year, the
center will double their staff with
the addition of a full-time coordi-
nator, Camilla Brewer.
The expanded center now in-
cludes a meeting space for dis-
cussions and study, a lounge for
viewing presentations, films and
hosting events, two professional
staff offices, a reception area and
“the Oasis,” a space meant for re-
laxation and supporting positive
mental health measures.
President G. P. “Bud” Peter-
son, Dean John Stein from the
Office of Student Life, Director
of Diversity and Inclusion Archie
Ervin and President of Pride Alli-
ance Genny Kennedy all spoke at
the ceremony, each with different
insights into the importance and
impact of the expanded center. Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
Peterson explained the need for Genny Kennedy, president of Tech’s Pride Alliance, speaks at the grand opening of the LGBTQIA Resource Center.
a center like this, where people, The opening of the significantly larger resource center marks a hopeful new era for LGBTQIA students on campus.

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ETHICS FROM PAGE 1
organizational structure and eth-
ics culture.
The first and perhaps easiest
step is restructure.
Administrative positions have
been altered and shuffled between
different branches of the organiza-
tional tree in a way that Peterson
said, in interview, he hopes will
“improve upon the structure we
had to try to help put mechanisms
in place to avoid or detect poten-
tial problems before they arise.”
Most of the major changes
center on the structure below
the executive vice president of
Administration and Finance
(EVPAR), whose previous ranks
had included Steve Swant, the for-
mer EVPAR who mishandled his
conflicts of interest, and further
down, Paul Strouts, the former
vice president (VP) of Campus
Services who wasted money along
with two others in Campus Ser-
vices, Lance Lunsway and Tom
Stipes.
The first of the Wrigley’s four
July 20 directives to Peterson was
to “elevate and centralize the role
of an ethics officer on campus …
[who] should report directly to
you and have sufficient authority
and responsibility” to investigate
all ethics-related matters across
Tech.
To meet that requirement, the
vice president of Legal Affairs and
Risk Management has been re-
moved from reporting to EVPAR
and has been rebranded as the VP
of Ethics, Compliance, and Risk
Management, which instead di-
rectly reports to the President.
The new position of VP of
Ethics, Compliance and Risk
Management will be filled by Ai-
sha Oliver-Staley, who assumes
the office on September 1, when
VP of Legal Affairs and Risk
Management Patrick McKenna’s
long-planned retirement goes into
effect.
In an effort to attempt to sepa-
rate vendor approval powers from
the campus services that select
them, Financial and Business Ser-
vices has been moved out of Cam-
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pus Services and into Institute
Planning and Resource Manage-
ment.
Left behind in Administration
and Finance is the Security and
Chief of Police, who used to be
under the VP of Legal Affairs and
Risk Management, but will now
report to the EVPAR directly.
Although these early organiza-
tional changes have already been
implemented, Peterson warns that
it might not be perfect.
“We’ve made these changes in
the past three weeks or so and put
people in place,” Peterson said.
“We’re continuing to evaluate it.”
The new structure means that
there are at least five major posi-
tions occupied in interim, includ-
ing the EVPAR (currently held by
James Fortner in interim) and two
of its direct reports. Each of these
roles will require extensive search
processes in order to find the right
people to fill them.
“It’s not a 30 day search. We’ll
get a search firm, do a national
search,” Peterson said, speaking
specifically about the search for
a new EVPAR. “So our [annual
Institute operating] budget is 1.9
billion, and this is the chief finan-
cial officer for a 1.9 billion dollar
budget, and chief administrative
officer … We want to make sure
we do it in a timely fashion, but
make sure we get the right peo-
ple.”
The goal is to fill positions top
down, so new hires in the upper
organization would have input
into who would work underneath
them.
The next step, and much harder
step: rectify Tech’s ethics culture.
“We’ve got a consultant that’s
coming in to try to assess what is
the awareness of our policies,” Pe-
terson said. “So they’re going ask
basically every employee, are you
aware of the ethics policy, do you
know how to report a potential
violation, are you comfortable.
They’re going to run a survey,
and we’re going to include every
employee in that survey, and that
will kind of guide us to determine
what training is necessary.”
But Peterson makes a distinc-
tion between the obvious actions
of enforcing and reinforcing com-
pliance, and the more nebulous
and difficult process of reforming
the members of the Tech commu-
nity into more ethical decision-
makers.
“It’s interesting to me, and this
is something that people don’t
think about, is you can’t legislate
ethics,” Peterson said. “You have
to have rules. I’m not saying rules
aren’t good. But at some point, I
have to be able to look at you and
say — you know what, what you
did is not acceptable.”
However, Peterson did not say
explicitly that he would remove
employees for decisions that, al-
though within compliance, were
clearly unethical.
“Obviously I want somebody
that follows the rules,” Peterson
said. “But more importantly, I
want somebody that makes ethi-
cal decisions and understands the
intent of the rules, as opposed
to just trying to always push the
limit a little bit.”
However, Chancellor Wrig-
ley’s Aug. 20 directive was stern
and more direct when it discussed
this issue.
President Peterson sat down for a candid discussion about recent ethics compliance violations
across Tech and his plans to improve Tech organizational structure and ethics culture.
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“You must lead an effort to
change the culture at Georgia
Tech,” Wrigley wrote to Peterson.
“A culture of high expectations
clearly pervades the academic
life of Georgia Tech; a matching
culture of high expectations for
administration must be created.
For those who cannot accept the
need for this change, you need
to decide promptly whether the
Georgia Tech family is the place
for them.”
Peterson is charged with up-
dating Wrigley’s office again on
Nov. 12 on Tech administration’s
progress on fulfilling this high
challenge.
That same week, from Nov.
11 to 17, members of the Tech
community will have the oppor-
tunity to engage in the University
System of Georgia (USG) Ethics
Awareness Week, for which Wrig-
ley, writing in his July 20 letter,
expects “a strong and visible pres-
ence and participation from [Pe-
terson and his] senior leadership
team.”
Associate VP and Chief of
Staff Lynn Durham is heading
up a 24-person committee to plan
Tech’s USG Ethics Awareness
September 1: Spring 2019 Exchange
Application Deadline
October 2: Study Abroad Fair
Beijing/Singapore Summer Program, Summer 2017.
technique • August 24, 2018• 5
Week events. According to Peter-
son’s Aug. 13 memorandum, the
committee is considering options
such as distributing video messag-
es, developing a values statement
and having faculty lead compre-
hensive discussions of ethics.
Peterson hopes that the past
events and Ethics Awareness Week
will be a learning opportunity for
students, who are seeing how dif-
ficult ethical issues pervade even
the administration of the school
they attend.
“Now, this is the hard way,
this is the hard way to learn that
lesson, there’s others ways that I
would have preferred that we do
it,” Peterson said. “Hopefully, we
can use this as a teaching moment
for our students, our faculty, our
staff, the people of Georgia Tech
… and try to garner as much posi-
tive out of a bad situation as we
can.”
Peterson will give an Institute
Address next week Thursday, Aug.
30. The address will allow him to
speak to the campus community
face to face on his and his ad-
ministration’s actions to improve
ethics, reporting and more at the
Institute.
Photo by Jonathan Jeffrey Student Publications
Photo Credit: Arthi Nithi, IE.
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OPINIONS EDITOR: Jon Long technique

“
”
Time is the most valuable thing in
life because it never comes back.
Life is what you make of it. Dream
big. — Stefan Karl Stefansson August 24, 2018
6
Friday,

OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

Effects of overenrollment on campus

The student population is growing, but can campus keep up?
Tech’s incoming freshman class
this year is larger than last fall’s by
approximately 130 students. This
may sound like an inconsequential
increase when we are dealing with
a population of over 20,000, but
when viewed in the context of long-
term trends, several potential issues
arise from consistent growth.
Tech’s undergraduate popula-
tion for the 2009–2010 academic
year sat somewhere around 18,000.
Since then, that number has grown
significantly to over 21,000. Growth
certainly has benefits for a univer-
sity, but problems can also arise if
proper measures are not taken to
prepare the school for a larger influx
of students.
With inadequate room to house
a larger freshman class, Peer Lead-
ers (PL) are being forced to share
rooms, taking away a perk of the
position. Registration is a Hunger
Games of hand speed, rewarding
quick clickers with ideal schedules
and leaving scraps for the rest. Stu-
dents in larger majors, like CS, are
watching class seats become in-
creasingly scarce and sometimes
even have to relegate required class-
es — and, by extension, graduation
— to future semesters due to dis-
proportionate numbers of students
compared to faculty.
While these issues are mostly
faced by freshmen and PLs, every
student is experiencing the negative
effects of overenrollment. Tech’s
population has grown in the past
ten years; Tech’s facilities have not.
Spaces are finding themselves over-
run by students at an increasingly
drastic — and annoying — rate.
Anyone in the student center
between the hours of 11 a.m. and
2 p.m. has seen this issue firsthand.
Lines have become so long that it is
often unclear whether students are
waiting for a chicken sandwich or
an eye exam. A student center ex-
pansion sits closely on the horizon,
but the consistent growth today
cannot be solved by a decade-long
construction project.
This is not to say that Tech itself
is at fault. Application numbers have
skyrocketed — a result of our adop-
tion of the Common App as well
as our growing reputation — and
the admissions office has no way
of realistically knowing how many
students will accept a spot at the In-
stitute. Growth also strengthens the
financial and intellectual resources
of a university; more students mean
more money for facilities and more
minds to use them for Tech’s cut-
ting-edge work.
It just becomes a matter of Tech
itself keeping up with this growth
and finding ways to facilitate a larg-
er student body.
Between the student center ex-
pansion, a renovated library and a
new GTPD building, Tech seems
to be headed in the right direction.
One has to ask, however: are we let-
ting in too many students too early?
Growth trends are bringing in stu-
dents much faster than facility im-
provements. Buses and trolleys are
becoming increasingly less effec-
tive. On-campus dining has become
an hour-long affair. Common areas
like Skiles Walkway appear more
and more like a parade ground every
year. Registration has become less
about creating a schedule and more
about playing an expensive game of
musical chairs. Growth is great, but
controlled growth is better.

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Voluntourism: service or
self-service?
“ ... instead, what we as young
adults need to do is delve
deeper into the needs of the
communities ... ”
KIRSTEN REYNOLDS
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
From trying to build safer areas are also hot spots for hu-
communities to going overseas for man trafficking, with the intent
mission trips, there are hundreds of bringing voluntourists to these
of organizations that advocate areas to increase economic gain.
their overseas opportunities to “Orphanage voluntourism” is a
help communities in need. How- real thing, too, where children
ever, is the work being done by who are not even orphans are sup-
these organizations harming these pressed to attract these suppos-
communities rather than helping edly well-meaning voluntourist
them? groups. Even the mere presence of
This is where the term “volun- these organizations reinforces pa-
tourism” emerges. Projects that ternalism in these communities.
target well-off individuals and This can shift the mindset of these
families looking to enact so-called communities into constantly be-
“change” might have ulterior mo- ing grateful that some “higher
tives for bringing voluntourists power” is coming to help, rather
into these rural areas. While these than helping them succeed in do-
well-off families believe that they ing these acts on their own.
are implementing change, in real- Research studies also argue
ity these communities profit off these voluntourism trips benefit
of the tourism that these volun- the facilitating organization and
teers bring while suppressing the the voluntourist more than the
change that the short-term visitors communities that they come to
enact and, ultimately, worsen the help, indicating that the motives
state of the communities that they for these short-term projects are
were originally trying to help. faulty, as they are often about the
Instead of improving these voluntourist “feeling good” about
communities, many of these themselves, rather than focus-
short-term trips place constraints ing on these areas that need real
on target areas that worsen their help and teaching the citizens of
situations. Hot spots for mission these communities valuable skills
trips and other projects are rural that can help influence the area
communities, often with children for years to come. This is a prime
that are in need of help. These example of the “savior complex,”
and is evident in many of these
voluntourism organizations that
enact short-term trips to pursue
some tangible goal in the commu-
nity rather than pursuing possibly
intangible goals that truly benefit
the community’s members.
I’m not saying that seeking
opportunities to volunteer in un-
derdeveloped communities or
searching for ways to better so-
cieties is not something we all
should actively seek. Instead, what
we as young adults who want to
improve our world need to do
is delve deeper into the needs of
the communities — as well as
the projects in which we partici-
pate. Choosing the right volunteer
project is crucial to enacting the
right change. When searching for
a project or an organization, focus
less on the voluntourism and more
on the volunteering. Ask, who is
organizing this project? What is
their motivation? If the organiza-
tion blatantly says “no experience
required,” ask yourself, “why are
they outsourcing help when they
could use local resources? Is it just
because they are looking for eco-
nomic gain?” What are the mo-
tives for going overseas, and what
are the motives for these project
organizations for outsourcing
help? Try to make time for longer
trips, where you can actually see
the progress being made and help
implement it into their society.
The purpose of this article is not
to say that all outreach programs
are malicious; however, before
jumping headfirst into joining a
project, do a little research first.
It could be the difference between
damaging the society you’re visit-
ing, and enacting real change.
Van Leer
The cocoon of construction
flanking Tech Green has given
way to the beautiful new itera-
tion of the Van Leer comput-
ing building. The renovated
facility houses a makerspace in
its iconic brick cylinder and a
beautiful common area nestled
in its adjacent green space. The
tasteful graffiti that used to
cover its bathroom walls may
be gone, but progress never
comes without a price.
New Year, New Look
Several of Tech’s facilities
got a facelift this summer,
be it a fresh coat of paint or
shiny new furniture for their
interiors. While many of these
updates affect administration
the most, student hubs like
the Smithgall Student Ser-
vices (Flag) Building are also
sporting new looks for Fall. It
is unclear whether the ancient
chalkboards throughout Skiles
are next in line for a makeover.
technique • August 24, 2018• 7
NextFuss
While students may have
returned to campus fresh and
ready for a new year, it appears
that Duo and NextBus did
not. Both Tech’s authentica-
tion service and bus tracking
app experienced outages this
week. Not only were students
barred from logging into Tech
services, but they also were un-
able to track when they would
be able to be turned away by
a bus teeming with freshmen.
State Street
State Street, a convenient
outlet between campus and
the 10th Street/Home Park
area, remains closed for con-
struction. A single lane has
been opened, but this tiny
concession has made the nev-
er-ending detour all the more
unbearable. Based on past
construction trends, students
can expect the road to reopen
in time for the 2024–25 aca-
demic year.
8 • August 24, 2018• technique // OPINIONS
// OPINIONS
Are college newspapers in
imminent danger?
It is no exaggeration to claim
that there is a full-fledged war
on journalism. The current presi-
dent rallies and uses his power to
threaten media organizations that
he feels do not massage his ego
enough, calling them “fake news”
while propaganda machines mas-
querading as reputable organiza-
tions publish truly “fake news”,
deliberately false stories designed
to inflame and divide. Most re-
cently, this war has found its way
into the halls of college campuses
across the nation, going after jour-
nalism at its core.
The recent event I refer to is
a report from World Magazine,
describing how the leadership
at Liberty University, a private
Christian college in Virginia, lo-
botomized the student newspa-
per after it published articles that
went against the personal values
of the president of LU, Jerry Fal-
well (Falwell is a friend and ally
of U.S. president Donald Trump).
Bruce Kirk, dean of the School
and Communication and Digi-
tal Content, interfered with the
newspaper’s operations by bluntly
telling the newspaper staff that
they should avoid running ar-
ticles that might portray LU in a
negative light, and eventually re-
structured the newspaper so that
student staff would have to run all
articles by a panel of staff mem-
bers and possibly the university
president himself. Furthermore,
any students on staff were required
to sign non-disclosure agreements
about communicating the goings-
on at the paper to other journalists
or on social media.
The most damning quote of all
from the report was from Kirk’s
mouth, in addressing the students
about their role at the paper: “Your
“Sugarcoating is for marketing,
not journalism, no matter
what Dean Kirk may say.”
JOHN EDWARDS
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
job is to keep the LU reputation information favorable to whoever
and the image as it is. … Don’t is in power, he is not at all fit to
destroy the image of LU. Pretty serve as dean of a communica-
simple. OK? Well you might say, tions school.
‘Well, that’s not my job, my job is But Kirk is not the root of this
to do journalism. My job is to be problem — it is Falwell, who is
First Amendment. My job is to go resulting to the same kinds of at-
out and dig and investigate, and I tacks on journalism and truth as
should do anything I want to do his friend, Trump. Falwell appears
because I’m a journalist.’ So let’s as cowardly and thin-skinned as
get that notion out of your head.” his governmental counterpart in
That the dean of the commu- that he has actively attempted to
nications school at LU evidently censor public knowledge of events
believes that student journalists or viewpoints that exist in opposi-
are in some way indebted to LU, tion to his own personal beliefs to
or even instruments to build up whatever degree that he can. Fal-
its reputation, displays a profound well is perfectly willing to trample
lack of knowledge of the purpose over the education of the students
of journalism. LU claims to run a who he should be serving to pro-
student paper, but in its current it- tect his own sniveling sensitivity,
eration, it may as well be printing journalistic integrity be damned.
advertising pamphlets. George LU’s journalists and audience
Orwell famously said, “Journal- deserve better than spineless lead-
ism is printing what someone else ership, too afraid of dissenting
does not want printed: everything opinion to even allow fair cover-
else is public relations.” age of opposing viewpoints. It
This is yet another backhanded is truly disgusting to watch this
attempt to deprive journalism of a happen to fellow student journal-
platform and neuter information ists and sickening to watch stu-
— but unlike previous attacks on dents taught that this what being
journalism, this incident occurred a newspaper is truly like, espe-
at an institute claiming to teach cially given the current landscape
aspiring journalists, a place where of journalism and news coverage
journalists are developed. If Kirk in the United States. Falwell, let
genuinely believes that the role of them practice journalism, not
a journalist is simply to publish public relations.
technique • August 24, 2018• 9
The right’s
fake outrage
They say that if you do some- are simply feigning outrage about
thing for 10,000 hours, you be- a topic they are unable to defend,
come unmistakably great at it. let’s take a look at one of America’s
By that logic, the United States most recent tragedies.
of America is a world-class talent A month ago, 20-year-old
in handling mass shootings. The Mollie Tibbets went missing in
seemingly-monthly cycle goes Iowa. After an intensive search,
something like this. it was found this week that she
Someone opens fire on a large was murdered by a Mexican man
group of people. working in the
Conser vative “For a political United States ille-
news outlets will gally. Within the
mention Islamic party that pretends same few days,
terror, and if the to embody moral Donald Trump’s
perpetrator turns former lawyer/fix-
out to be white, superiority, they sure er and his former
the online right- are hypocritical . . .” campaign man-
wing fake news ager were both
masses will post JON LONG indicted on seri-
doctored photos ous charges that
linking the shoot- OPINIONS EDITOR will prove damn-
er with commu- ing for the Trump
nism, Antifa, Hillary Clinton, etc. presidency.
These will all be proven fake, but One of these news stories can
by that point Republicans won’t potentially shake the entire foun-
care. Democrats will push for dation of our country; the other
gun reform in an attempt to pre- is a tragic murder that is unfor-
vent another tragedy. Republicans tunately a drop in the bucket for
will clutch their pearls and throw America’s current landscape. Rep-
feigned shame — or what Repub- utable news outlets covered both
licans think shame is, as I’m con- but obviously gave more focus
vinced they’ve lost all sense of the on the pressing political matters
idea — at the thought of ‘politi- at hand. Right-leaning sources
cizing a tragedy’. like Fox News, however, took
This is a rare example of genu- an interesting approach. ‘GIRL
ine human sympathy from a party MURDERED BY ILLEGAL
led by an unfeeling demented IMMIGRANT’ dominated the
bully. It takes a lot of emotional headlines. For a political party
intelligence for Republicans to that pretends to embody moral
understand that, in the wake of superiority, they sure are hypo-
such harrowing times, it may not critical when a tragedy fits their
be tactful to militarize them for narrative. Not only that, but they
political gain. actively use it to take attention
Just kidding. They’re just too away from their compromised
spineless to come up with genu- president and his legal blunders.
ine counter-arguments. To prove To their credit, I guess it is hard to
once and for all that Republicans be balanced without a spine.
Life
LIFE EDITOR: technique
Polly Ouellette Yellow Jackets and Blue Angels
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Rosemary Pitrone
The Yellow Jacket Flying Club flew to Pensacola on a spe- 10
Friday,
cial invitation from the Blue Angels flight demonstration
life@nique.net squadron. 411 August 24, 2018

Georgia Tech
Lorraine:
A Day in the Life
MEGAN KAISER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Thursday June 21, 2018

That day started out the same as every other day — with my
alarm blaring at 8 o’clock in the morning, waking me up for my
daily exercise regime. But who was I to complain? Each morn-
ing, I got to run three miles around a beautiful lake complete
with a swan and ducks near the Georgia Tech Lorraine campus
in Metz, France. I studied there for the summer, and this is a
little insight into what my life was like for those ten weeks.
After completing my workout, I went back to Crous, my
apartment building near campus, took a quick shower and ate
breakfast. Class started at 10:30 a.m. on the third floor of the
GTL building, but it was such a relief to walk there since it is
the only air conditioned building for miles, and we were in the
middle of a heat wave in France.
As a chemical engineer, I took two courses during the first
five weeks of the summer and another two during the second
portion. My fellow chemical engineers and I had just finished
our Thermodynamics II final yesterday and today was our first
day of Transport Processes I, the class we would be taking for
the remainder of the program. We were immediately thrown
into learning about fluid dynamics.
The transition was pretty rough as our new professor’s teach-
ing style was completely different and our homework almost
doubled. Even in France, Tech is still Tech.
After a long week, we were itching to get out for lunch at
12:30 p.m. The Crous cafeteria has tons of options for students,
if you can figure out what the options are (they’re in French).
Every day, they offer a French lunch with bread, cheese, an ap-
petizer, a dessert and a main course. After lunch, we made our
trek back to the GTL building to work on our transport home-
work.
After a four hour effort getting work done for the weekend
and my second class, an LMC course I was taking for my hu-
manities requirement, I was done and went back to my apart-
See GTL, page 12
Photos courtesy of Megan Kaiser and Samira Bandaru
// LIFE technique • August 24, 2018• 11

FLIGHT FROM PAGE 1

the museum,” said Vaibhav Ku-
mar, current crew chief for the
YJFC. Kumar earned a bachelors
and master’s (AE ‘16, ‘18) from
Tech. As a crew chief, he is in
charge of making sure the planes
“The Angels were so welcom-
ing,” Kumar said. “They know
most of us are aerospace engi-
neers, and most of us are pilots, so
they wanted to inspire us to go a
step above and become naval avia-
tors.”
As they talked, one of the Blue
lished three research papers about
the wing fence of the F18. For the
first time, he was able to see the
fence he studied in person.
YJFC noted how welcoming
and enthusiastic the Blue Angels
were and how fortunate they were
to receive this rare opportunity.

Monday
are safe.
“We walked through the ex-
hibits and saw the different mod-
LGBTQIA Student Welcome Reception els, and he told us the history
Location: Peachtree Room, Student Center
Time: 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
behind some of the airplanes,”
A reception welcoming new and old students to campus. Open Kumar said.
to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, After the museum tour, the
asexual and ally students group went to the hangar where
the F18s flown by the Blue Angels
Angels said that the thing he en-
joys most after every show is see-
ing the excited faces of children
on the flight line and knowing
that he might be inspiring them
to pursue a pilot’s license.
The group also had the op-
portunity to speak to Blue Angels
mechanics before the YJFC re-
“This event really illustrated
the level of passion for learning
and the stewardship that is present
in the aviation community,” said
student Weston Landis, ARCH
and CE ‘15. “There aren’t many
cooler examples of the benefits of
being a part of a strong communi-
ty like YJFC than being able to fly

Tuesday
are parked. turned to Atlanta at the end of the in and meet and greet with some
“We were so close to the air- day. They were invited to go inside of the most accomplished aviators
International Night planes. We were right on the flight some of the training planes. in the world.”
Location: Tech Rec line and the Angels walked right This experience had special sig- For more information about
Time: 6 p.m.–8 p.m. in front of us before the demon- nificance to Kumar, who has pub- YJFC, visit yjfc.org.
This night at the rec center in the Student Center will feature stration,” Kumar said.
coffee, tea, food, and activities. It is hosted by OIE and Tech’s While the demonstration was
International Ambassadors. open to the public, members of
RecFest YJFC were invited to a special
Location: CRC Leadership Challenge Course guest area to watch the demon-
Time: 4 p.m.–7 p.m. stration from a closer vantage
The CRC will hold their annual kick-off event that will feature point.
zip-lining and free food and shirts. “Throughout the training

Wednesday
show, Todd gave us live com-
mentary of what was happening.
Graduate Convocation
He was walking us through what
Location: McCamish Pavilion mistakes the Angels were making,
Time: 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. although to us, it looked perfect!”
New graduate students will be welcomed to Tech and introduced Kumar said.
to our traditions. “The F18s were literally 18
inches away from each other in
Thursday the sky,” he said. “That’s crazy. To
give a comparison, when you get
Institute Address your [pilot’s] license, certification
Location: Clough 152 standards require you to be within
Time: 11 a.m.–12 p.m. plus or minus 100 feet.”
The president will give his annual address to the campus about Following the demonstration,
current events and what he has planned. Royles introduced the group to Photo courtesy of Blue Angels
the Blue Angels pilots, an honor Six of the members of the Blue Angels flight demonstration
rarely bestowed. squadron march through the air base located in Pensacola.

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Living with
your freshman
roommate
MADDIE SCHUSTER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Starting college is all about in-
dependence, except for one new
factor — the space you are shar-
ing with your new roommate.
That little room can be the source
of joy and friendship or pain and
discomfort.
This might be your first time
in close quarters or if you’re just
moving in with a new person, here
are some tips from the Technique
to help you be the best roommate
and keep the peace.
BRANCH OUT, GROW TOGETHER
Even if you do not have any-
thing in common, your room-
mate is one of the people you see
the most.
Try and reach out and invite
them to go do things, even if it is
simply walking to class or grab-
bing food.
A roommate can be your go-
to buddy for navigating campus
when you might not know anyone
else, but do not be afraid to be in-
dependent. The time will come for
you to explore your unique inter-
ests on your own.
You are invited!
Come find out more about
studying in France!
in CULC 152 Auditorium on Sept. 13 and Oct. 18 from 11-11:50am
// LIFE
COMMUNICATE GTL FROM PAGE 10 After the game, we all went out and then happened to stumble
Little things might be big in the streets in search of music. upon a French band playing clas-
things to your roommate. Be sure ment for dinner and to get ready As the horde of Tech stu- sical dancing songs. My friend
to let them know what things are for the main event of the evening. dents moved through the danc- dragged me into their line dance,
important to you from the begin- Today was Fête la Musique, a ing crowd, everyone was drawn which seemed like a modified
ning in order to ensure respect music festival where performers to an EDM concert and we all swing dance.
and understanding. You can head play music in the city streets all joined in the dancing in the It went well until everyone
off a lot of potential problems if night long. I put my favorite sum- streets. We formed a large mosh started switching partners. The
you make sure to be open and mery yellow dress on and headed pit and danced until we were out final dance started and I could see
honest with your roommate. to downtown Metz with all of my of breath. the annoyance on a older local’s
friends. All of a sudden, I got whacked face whose hand I held when the
BEING PEEVED First, we stopped to watch the in the head with something. Americans tried to join in their
For example, what you think second half of the Croatia versus French people were throwing dance. I think I got the hang of it
is no big deal might be their big- Argentina World Cup game at a flower crowns into the center of eventually.
gest pet peeve. Maybe you like to sports bar. There were at least 40 the pit. I caught two and gave one After a night on the town, we
set five alarms on full volume just Georgia Tech Lorraine students to a friend. took the bus back to the dorms
to make sure you make it to that
8 a.m. on time, but if your room-
already there. We rooted for Cro-
atia, and when they scored the
My friends and I decided to
leave and find more concerts hap-
around midnight. It was only one
of the many amazing nights we
mate doesn’t have the same plans,
then your alarm might be the
roar we generated each time was
unreal.
pening in the street. We saw rock
groups and alternative groups,
experienced during our magical
summer in Metz.
worst noise they have ever heard.
Also, what you consider clean
might not match your roommate’s
expectations. Everyone was raised
differently, so what you might
think is just a few cups lying
around might look like a landfill
to your roommate.
On the other hand, if you have
an excessively messy roommate,
try and help them clean up once
and awhile, which might help
them see how you like things
done.
ME TIME
Everyone needs some time to
be by themselves, but it can be
hard when you have busy days
and you both just want to be back
in your room. Workout a sched-
ule to find an hour or two a week
where you know roommate won’t
be there and you can enjoy a little
bit of me time.
SHOW APPRECIATION
Leave an encouraging note
when you know they have a test
or pick them up an extra Insom-
nia cookie if they’ve been study-
ing late. Your roommate has the
potential to be one of the most
important people in your life, so Photo by Samira Bandaru Student Publications
treat them like it. You might just Pictured above is Marche Couvert, the covered market hosting a variety of produce and meats
make a lifelong friend. in the heart of Metz. Metz is a town in France in which Georgia Tech Lorraine is located.
Georgia Tech-Lorraine Info Sessions
Thursdays, 11-11:50am, CULC 131
Have your questions
Sept. 6 Nov. 1 answered by previous
Sept. 20 Nov. 8 GTL students & hear
Sept. 27 Nov. 15 their travel stories!
Oct. 11 Nov. 29
BIG Info Sessions with student panelists
For more information, visit lorraine.gatech.edu
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Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Josh Trebuchon

Friday,
14
entertainment@nique.net August 24, 2018

New Death Cab for Cutie album is alternative perfection

MUSIC
Thank You for Today
Death Cab for Cutie
LABEL: Atlantic Records
GENRE: Alternative Rock
TRACK PICKS: “I Dreamt We
Spoke Again,” “Near/Far”
OUR TAKE: «««««

JOSH TREBUCHON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

On Aug. 17, Death Cab for

Cutie released its ninth studio al-
bum since the group first formed
in 1997, titled “Thank You
for Today.”
The album contains ten tracks
and comes in at a runtime of 38
minutes, and perhaps its greatest
strength is its consistent quality.
Alternative bands often strug-
gle to find the appropriate bal-
ance between material which is
varied and non-repetitive but also
stylistically and thematically con-
nected enough to form a coherent
and listenable album. The result
is that bands often release albums
with either too much stylistic
variation from song to song, re-
sulting in a fractured listening ex-
perience, or so little variation that Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records
the listening experience is boring The new album ‘Thank You for Today’ was released earlier this month by the group Death Cab for Cutie. It man-
and repetitive. ages to push past some of the most common pitfalls encountered by alternative bands, and provides fresh content.
On “Thank You for Today,”
Death Cab for Cutie strike up a tween tracks remain smooth and A great example of this is the very different from each other. more melodic, with guitar taking
perfect balance between the two. natural, never leaving the listener dramatic yet smooth transition The texture of the first is dominat- center stage and drawn-out vocals
No song sounds too much like the wondering if Spotify has automat- from the third track on the album, ed by percussion, with the rhythm replacing the staccato lyrics of the
last to be interesting and fresh- ically switched him to an entirely “Gold Rush,” to the fourth, “Your driven by drums, tambourines previous track.
sounding, but the transitions be- different artist. Hurricane,” two songs which feel and a piano. The latter is much See THANK, page 17

‘Ordeal by Innocence’ reinvents detective genre

TELEVISION
Ordeal by Innocence
NETWORK: Amazon
WHEN: Aug. 10
STARRING: Bill Nighy,
Morven Christie, Anthony
Boyle
OUR TAKE: «««««

JOSH TREBUCHON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Amazon recently released an

adaptation of Agatha Christie’s
1958 whodunnit “Ordeal by In-
nocence.” The novel follows the
struggle of the Argyles, an upper-
class British family, to determine
who among them is responsible
for the murder of the family’s late
matriarch Rachel. After an abun-
dance of twists, the true nature of
and motivation for the murder are
revealed to be rather ordinary.
In director Sandra Goldbach- Photo courtesy of Amazon
er’s take on the classic novel, the Bill Nighy (‘Love Actually’) stars as Leo Argyll in the new Amazon miniseries ‘Ordeal by Innocence.’ The series, set
setting is moved to an appropriate- 1950’s Scotland, follows the members of Argyll family as they discover who is responsible for their matriarch’s murder.
ly gloomy Scottish manor. While
the premise and characters remain When the three-part minise- an exceptionally dark tone and miniseries. It draws on a bit too feature of Goldbacher’s adapta-
largely unchanged (though “Ar- ries opens, the audience is intro- disorient the viewer. long and does too little to advance tion. Every set is immaculate. Ev-
gyle” is changed to “Argyll”), the duced to the Argyll family and While these clips do an excel- the story. ery shot perfectly set up. The se-
Amazon miniseries is a completely the horrible crime of which Ra- lent job of controlling the flow of Still, as soon as the viewer es- ries is a joy to watch if only for the
new beast, something much dark- chel Argyll has been the victim information to the viewer and set capes this sequence, they are im- beauty of its universe, and even
er and much more cynical than through a series of fast-moving them up for a strange tale, the se- mersed in the gorgeously vibrant viewers who are skeptical of such
anything Christie ever wrote. non-chronological clips which set quence is one of the weakest of the world which is perhaps the best See ORDEAL, page 16
// ENTERTAINMENT technique • August 24, 2018• 15

‘Slime Language’ demonstrates the danger of the feature

MUSIC
Slime Language
Young Thug
LABEL: YSL Records
GENRE: Hip hop
TRACK PICKS: “Scoliosis,”
“Gain Clout” and “Tsunami”
OUR TAKE: «««««
« Thug takes writing credits for
ELI HENDLER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On August 17, with little fan-
fare, reknowned Atlanta trap art-
ist Young Thug released his newest
album “Slime Language”. In the
past couple of years, Young Thug
has been seemingly unstoppable
with the solo releases of “Slime
Season 3”, “Beautiful Thugger
Girls” and “Jeffery”.
This release of “Slime Lan-
guage”, however sees Young Thug
go in a different direction. When
his brother went deaf, Young
Thug stated that he would not re-
lease any original music in 2018.
As a result, this new project
along with his early 2018 mixtape
“Hear no Evil” have not been solo
projects, but have heavily fea-
tured other artists. While “Hear
no Evil” included big names such
as Nicki Minaj, Lil Uzi Vert and
21 Savage, his most recent album
is a compilation of up and com-
ing artists affiliated with Young
Thug’s own YSL Records, includ-
ing artists previously featured
on Young Thug tracks, such as
Gunna, Duke, and Jacquees and
lesser known artists including
Young Thug’s sisters HiDoraah
and Dolly.
At first glance, the feature-
heavy nature of the album is con-
cerning given what Young Thug
is capable of on his own. Young
and does appear on almost every
song. His intent to maintain ar-
tistic control of the album truly
becomes evident on the first track.
The Young Thug solo “Tsunami,”
with a familiar sounding chorus
from Young Thug, quickly sets
high expectations for the remain-
der of the 15 song album.
The second song, “U Ain’t
Slime Enough” again starts off
with a couple lines from Young
Thug, but heads in the wrong di-
rection when on-again-off-again
Young Thug partner Karlae be-
gins her verse.
This verse signals the begin-
ning of a familiar pattern of
Young Thug’s proteges attempting
to mimick his sound and leav-
ing the listener feeling as though
he has heard a budget version of
Young Thug’s music.
That being said, the numer-
ous artists featured on the album
are by no means bad; on the con-
trary, they sometimes provide a
nice compliment to Young Thug’s
sound and serve to deliver an al- Photo courtesy of YSL Records
bum that is different than any- Young Thug poses for a promotional photo. The Atlanta native recently released his
See SLIME, page 17 newest album ‘Slime Language,’ a compilation featuring a wide array of collaborators.

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ORDEAL FROM PAGE 14
things will begin to take notice of
Goldbacher’s meticulous use of
symmetry and powerful imagery
to create a haunting effect.
The viewer must be careful not
to let the overwhelming beauty of
the miniseries distract from the
complexity lurking beneath the
surface. Goldbacher’s work is far
from a simple adaptation of Ag-
atha Christie’s novel. She makes
deliberate changes to the plot and
characters which enhance the sto-
ry and change the tale from a tra-
ditional piece of detective fiction
into a postmodern thriller rife
with flawed characters, substance
abuse and moral ambiguity.
Every character in Amazon’s
“Ordeal by Innocence” is either
deeply flawed or struggles with se-
rious personal troubles, from drug
addiction to alcoholism to men-
tal illness. Few of the characters
are likable, but at some point the
viewer feels sympathy for each of
them. The cast deserves the credit
for portraying the characters con-
vincingly.
Perhaps the least likable char-
acter in the series is the one most
masterfully acted. The character
of Phillip Durrant, a former war
pilot who is paralyzed from the
waist down by a car accident, is
the Argyll family’s resident pro-
vocateur. Portrayed by Matthew
Goode (“The Imitation Game”),
he airs out each character’s doubts
about who has committed the
crime with detachment and brutal
honesty, as though he approaches
the consequential issue as a mere
intellectual exercise.
// ENTERTAINMENT
In the hands of a lesser ac- crime story, but it lacks the cen- has declined and largely died out chel Argyll’s murder, justice is still
tor, Durrant would come across tral moral voice which typically in western culture, in part because ultimately delivered; even if the
as a villain, but Goode’s perfor- defines that genre. Whereas tra- its moral framework is too black crime is a product of the perpetra-
mance highlights the character’s ditional detective fiction features and white for the world of con- tor’s circumstances, the criminal
brokenness and demonstrates a clear cut villain who is typically temporary literature. Goldbach- is responsible for his individual
that his cruelty is simply a meth- motivated by money or self-gain, er’s greatest accomplishment with actions and deserves punishment.
od by which he copes with his the flawed characters in “Ordeal this miniseries is reconciling the “Ordeal by Innocence” is posi-
own disability. by Innocence” are simply the genre with the morally ambiguous tively fantastic to watch, and the
Ella Purnell (“Churchill,” product of their environment. The values of modern thought. miniseries has the potential to rev-
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecu- series poses questions about what She treads the fine line of con- olutionize the crime fiction genre.
liar Children”) turns in an equally makes a person evil and what that temporary morality with plenty of If the impact of the series is that
superb performance as Hester Ar- means for the idea of justice. nuance. While the viewer and the viewers get to see more shows like
gyll. Purnell does an excellent job Since the midpoint of the 20th characters sympathize with the this one, the future of television is
of portraying her character’s in- century, the detective fiction genre circumstances which led to Ra- certainly bright.
ternal struggle over the possibility
that she may have murdered her
mother in a fit of rage. Hester is
also quite possibly the most likable
character in the entire miniseries.
She labors under the imposed bur-
den of her mother’s perfectionism,
trying desperately to please her
until she can simply no longer
stand to be at home. Just before
her death, Rachel’s excessive con-
trol over Hester’s life becomes so
unbearable that Hester later be-
lieves that she may have killed her
mother without realizing it.
Thematically, the most com-
pelling feature of “Ordeal by
Innocence” is the nuance with
which it treats the central mur-
der. One of the recurring motifs
in the miniseries is the idea that
“it could’ve happened to anyone.”
The characters can sympathize
with their mother’s murderer;
they understand that their mother
placed enormous pressure on ev-
eryone in her life and that any one
of them could have just as easily
been the one to snap.
This is what makes the series so Photo courtesy of Amazon
refreshing. Stylistically, it is very Anna Chancellor (‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’) portrays Rachel Argyll, the Argyll
similar to a traditional whodunnit family matriarch and the victim of the crime around which the miniseries centers.
// ENTERTAINMENT technique • August 24, 2018• 17

SLIME FROM PAGE 15
thing Young Thug has released in
the past.
On the third track, “Gain
Clout” some of the classic
complexity that Young Thug
beats have delivered on the past
couple albums is evident. Much
like on his last couple of albums,
Young Thug works closely with
producer London on da Track for
this song. The track displays the
beats supplemented by acoustic
instrumentation which have be-
come a cornerstone of London’s
style and which are prevalent on
Young Thug’s past albums “Jef-
fery” and “Beautiful Thugger
Girls.”
As the album progresses, the
features become more frequent
and it becomes more and more
evident that this is not the crown
jewel of Young Thug’s discogra-
phy. That being said, it is no doubt
a release that other artists would
envy and definitely deserves mul-
tiple listens.
It is difficult not to see the
album as a feature-heavy label
promo that includes a lot of small
name rappers simply as an excuse
to get them exposure. Young Thug
is on nearly every song, but some-
times it’s easy to forget that this is
a Young Thug album. It lacks the
musical complexity of his previous
albums. As a result, it fails to live
up to those albums’ artistic value.
All that being said, the verses
that Young Thug contributes him-
self and especially the solo track
“Gain Clout” are excellent, obvi-
ously the work of a star at the top
of his game.
Additionally, some of the fea- “Slime Language” will certain- THANK FROM PAGE 14
tures do add value to the album. ly not compete with the finest of
The best feature is frequent Young Young Thug’s albums, but it does The tracks have very different
Thug collaborator Gunna, who offer a few quality tracks, even sounds, but the effect is created
has appeared on tracks from if most of the material from fea- primarily through mixing; the
Young Thug’s last two albums. tured artists is a disappointment. same instruments are there, they
are just weighted differently.
As a result, the listener feels
as though he is hearing the same
band as before, now with a differ-
ent member taking up the domi-
nant role. The transition is not
jarring, and yet the album gains a
sense of variety.
Another demonstration of the
album’s consistency is the fact
that none of the songs stand head-
and-shoulders above the rest. The
first track, “I Dreamt We Spoke
Again,” is clearly meant to be the
most radio-friendly song on the
album with its to-the-point tempo
and brevity, but it is still not a sig-
nificant departure from the rest of
the album in style or quality.
Every song on “Thank You for
Today” feels as though it was pro-
duced with the intention of being
a single without compromising its
sense of artistic honesty.
“Autumn Love,” for instance,
has the polished feel of a com-
mercial track and even features a
catchy chorus and a radio-friendly
tempo.
Still, the song occupies the
thoroughly uncommercial sixth
slot on the album and feels like a
private conversation between the
artist and the listener in the way
deep cuts typically do.
Virtually every song on the al-
bum manages this superb balance
Photo courtesy of YSL Records between the polished production
Young Thug announced earlier in 2018 that he would not release quality of an early-release single
any solo albums during the year in honor of his deaf brother. and the sense of uncompromised
artistic honesty and freedom typi-
cally only found tracks from deep-
er in the album.
Lead songwriter Ben Gib-
bard somehow manages to write
songs which feel to each listener
as though they are written for him
without feeling as though they are
written for everybody else as well.
It is an intangible quality which
few songwriters can achieve in
their music and it is the defining
feature which makes this album
so enjoyable to listen to.
The only shortcoming with
“Thank You for Today” is that
it does not contribute anything
truly new to the alternative rock
genre. It is an excellent album, but
Gibbard clearly was not looking
to innovate with it. This record
will not set a new trend for the al-
ternative music industry, nor will
it mark a turning point in Death
Cab for Cutie’s long existence.
Still, it is apparent that Gib-
bard is not trying to reinvent him-
self on the album, and he has no
reason to. Death Cab for Cutie are
not growing old, they are reaching
the peak of their quality as a band.
The lack of innovation in
“Thank You for Today” means
that the album will never achieve
legendary status, but it also rein-
forces the idea that this is an al-
bum which is meant to be listened
to. The album is not intended to
change music, and the listener will
not find himself feeling changed
after listening to it.
Still, it is clearly an attempt to
perfect alternative rock, and the
listener will certainly find himself
enjoying music more than he has
in a long time.

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SARAH’S SCRIBBLES BY SARAH ANDERSEN

IN THE BLEACHERS BY STEVE MOORE

MR. LOVENSTEIN BY J.L. WESTOVER

// COMICS technique • August 24, 2018• 19

LUNARBABOON BY CHRISTOPHER GRADY PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CHANNELATE BY RYAN HUDSON SUDOKU PUZZLE

20 • August 24, 2018• technique // SPORTS

Tech Pros: Daniel Palka

When former Tech baseball player Daniel Palka was called up
to the MLB, that he started hitting and still hasn’t stopped should
come as little surprise — he’s done nothing but hit at every level of
play for his career. Even then, the former Jacket was a pleasant
surprise for the Chicago White Sox after bouncing from minor
league team to minor league team for most of his career, and
figures to be a part of their future for years to come.
Palka was an outstanding outfielder for Tech from 2011-2013,
slashing .314/.397/.581 for his career. In his last season in white
and gold, Palka posted an impressive .342/.436/.637 line, crush-
ing 17 HR and knocking in 66 runs, leading the team in most
offensive categories. Palka also spent a brief time on the mound,
hurling 17 innings his Tech career with a microscopic 0.52 ERA,
striking out 8.83 batters per nine innings.
On the back of a strong showing in the ACC, Palka, who had
previously been drafted in the 19th round of the 2010 MLB Ama-
teur Draft, found his stock rising and was selected by the Arizona
Diamondbacks with the 88th overall pick of the 2013 MLB draft.
Palka signed with the D-backs and continued to display an exem-
plary power bat, slugging .516 in his first professional season. He
was later traded in 2015 to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for
catcher Chris Hermann and kept on raking while working his way
up through the Twins’ minor league system.
Palka was added to the Twins’ 40-man roster in 2016, usually
an indication that a player will eventually join the major league
team, but opportunity never came knocking with the Twins, and
he was placed on waivers after the 2017 season, where he Photo by Kirsten Reynolds Student Publications
slashed a disappointing .274/.329/.431, a major power-outage
compared to his previous seasons. The White Sox picked up Pal-
ka off of waivers and he joined the major league team, making
his debut on April 25, 2018, going 0/4 with an RBI groundout.
Playing as designated hitter for the Sox, Palka has found his
power stroke once again – Palka ranks 27th in the MLB in isolat-
ed slugging among players with at least 300 plate appearances
with a .235 figure, a promising rebound indeed.
// SPORTS technique • August 24, 2018• 21

Contested: Does CPJ deserve the hot seat?

HARSHA SRIDHAR,
JOHN EDWARDS
SPORTS EDITOR,
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Editor’s note: ‘Contested’ is
the Sports section’s latest fea-
ture, a dialogue between the
editor and assistant editor. This
week, the topic is the future of
Tech football head coach Paul
Johnson as he enters his eleventh
season at the helm.
Harsha: So John, the Alcorn
State game is just over a week
away, which means it’s time to get
back to college football season.
Tech has new uniforms, a quar-
terback with a year of experience
under his belt, and let’s not forget
new defensive coordinator Nate
Woody from Appalachian State.
But the one constant over the
last 10 seasons has been head
coach Paul Johnson. I know fans
blamed Ted Roof for a lot of the
team’s collapses over the years,
and for good reason. Who could
forget the fact that Miami almost
exclusively threw screen passes
on their game-winning drive last
season? But if Tech underachieves
this season — let’s say they fail to
get a bowl berth for the third time
in the last season — should that
be the end of the road for CPJ?
John: I’ve always thought that
CPJ deserves a lot of leeway —
seven straight bowl games should
give you that. Last year was noth-
ing short of a letdown, but be-
yond the scoreboard, Tech had a
very strong team: they went 5-6,
and lost three of those games by
a combined total of six points. If
the needle swung the other way,
Tech would have been a Coastal
contender if they had taken down
Miami, and we wouldn’t even be
having this conversation. Tech got
very unlucky last year, and I don’t
think it’s right to crucify Johnson
for how lucky or unlucky he is.
Harsha: I agree that there were
some bad bounces of the ball, but
at the end of the day, someone
has to be accountable for failures
on the offensive side of the ball.
That’s supposed to be Johnson’s
calling card, right? Tech hasn’t
broken thirty points per game
since their magical 2014-15 Or-
ange Bowl campaign, and they
have finished two straight years
in the bottom half of FBS teams
in scoring and points per game.
We can talk about the offense be-
Paul Johnson coaches offensive players during a night game at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Johnson has completed a decade at Tech with dramatic highs and difficult lows.
ing clock-management focused or
whatnot, but the ball just is not
getting into the end zone at the
rate you would expect for a pro-
gram that has traditionally hung
its hat on a dominant offense and
an adequate defense.
Maybe the assumption to
make is that TaQuon Marshall
is going to become a better pass-
er this year, by which I mean he
will not be the most statistically
underwhelming passer in school
history. Or should we expect the
A-backs and B-backs to step up
in their stead? What am I missing
when it comes to the Tech offense
moving forward?
John: The point of the triple
option is not to run up the score-
board on your opponent, it’s to
steal as much time from them as
possible while efficiently scoring -
and Tech was 28th out of 130 FBS
teams in red-zone conversion rate
last season — so from my view,
Johnson’s offense has done exactly
what has been expected of it.
Tech’s main weakness last sea-
son was their defense. NC State
did everyone at Tech a favor by
hiring former defensive coordina-
Photo by Samuel Stewart Student Publications
tor Ted Roof away, saving John-
son and Tech the uncomfortable
role of firing a coach, but the end
result is that it allowed Johnson to
improve his defensive staff, which
he did with a stellar hire of Nate
Woody, former DC at App State.
Johnson recognized his main
weakness and made the necessary
moves to improve this offseason
— which to me, is the hallmark of
a great coach.
Harsha: On one hand, I do
have to commend Johnson for
moving on from Roof, and I think
it was clear over the course of the
season during press conferences
and interviews that he was pretty
unhappy about the defense. It’s
one of the things that makes cov-
ering Johnson more interesting
than covering a typical football
coach: he speaks his mind, even if
that gets him in trouble occasion-
ally. At the same time, hard as it
may be for fans to believe, Roof’s
defenses had been above-average
among FBS teams for a number of
years prior to last year’s disastrous
campaign.
How about on the recruiting
side? Some fans argue that Tech
can’t recruit well because of Paul
Johnson and the triple option.
Others would argue that the triple
option works at Tech because the
school can’t recruit elite talent.
Which side of this chicken-and-
egg situation do you think is right?
John: Tech’s out-of-state ac-
ceptance rate was 19 percent this
year, one of the lowest rates in
the country. Tech is an extremely
competitive environment that
places a larger emphasis on edu-
cation for student athletes than
many other colleges in the ACC
(one cannot help but remember
UNC’s scandal), so it’s tricky to
find the right mix of student ath-
letes who will succeed at Tech in
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Tech-UCF game rescheduled for 2022 season
ROHAN KANSARA
STAFF WRITER
School is back in session, and
with it comes a brand new season
of college football. While last sea-
son’s defensive woes and ultimate-
ly bowl-less season are blocked
off in most Tech fans’ minds, one
storyline from last season remains
relevant: the cancelled University
of Central Florida game.
Last September, the Jackets
were scheduled to travel down to
Orlando, Florida to take on the
UCF Knights in what was then a
highly anticipated matchup. Un-
fortunately, Hurricane Irma hit
the Caribbean and southeastern
United States the week the Jackets
were scheduled to play, affecting
the UCF campus. As a result, after
much deliberation about potential
alternatives to playing in Orlando
such as moving the game to Bob-
by Dodd Stadium or postponing
the game to later in the season, the
match was indefinitely postponed.
On August 17, Tech Football
announced on Twitter that the
game has been officially resched-
uled for September 24, 2022.
While the scheduled game is four
years away and feature new ros-
ters on both sides, UCF still poses
an interesting matchup for the
Jackets, especially considering the
circumstances surrounding last
year’s postponed game.
Although at first glance the
cancelled match does not seem to
have had a significant bearing on
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last season as a whole, if the game
had been played, it could have
been a season-changer for either
team that won. The Jackets fin-
ished 5-6 last season, which left
them one win shy of bowl eligibil-
ity. But had Tech faced off against
the Knights and brought home
a win, the resulting 6-6 record
would have qualified Tech for a
bowl game — a hallmark of a suc-
cessful season for many programs.
On the other side of the field,
UCF finished the season unde-
feated with a perfect 13-0 record
after their Peach Bowl win over
Auburn. They finished 6th in the
AP rankings as the only unde-
feated team in the top 25. Despite
their perfect record, however, they
did not qualify for the College
Football Playoffs due to a weak
strength of schedule. Could a win
over Tech have pushed them over
the edge into the elite four teams
that qualify to compete for a na-
tional title? No one can say for
sure how the scenario where Tech Photo courtesy of KnightNews.com
and UCF did play last season UCF defender Shaqueem Griffin tackles Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham in the Peach
would have affected the fate of ei- Bowl, played at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. UCF’s win capped an undefeated season.
ther team, but it’s undeniable that
the game could’ve had major im- fense in the country a run for their positions. Scott Frost, who led the success that UCF enjoyed last
plications for the winning team. money. Their offensive playstyle is the team to their perfect record year as an undefeated team, it is
Despite what could have been, a direct contrast to Tech’s, as the in 2017, left the organization to hard to imagine that these coach-
fans still have something to look Jackets feature a run-first style of- coach at Nebraska this offseason, ing changes will bring about ma-
forward to in the 2022 game. Even fense through the triple option - replaced by Josh Heupel, ex Heis- jor changes in the team’s playstyle.
though the Knights aren’t in a in that sense, the matchup should man runner-up and former Mis- However, after four years of per-
“Power 5” division to which most at least be an entertaining one. souri offensive coordinator. As a sonnel changes and the coaches
successful D1 teams (the Power Even though UCF is coming part of this coaching transition, grooming the team dynamic to
5 divisions are the SEC, ACC, off a historically successful sea- Heupel is hiring Randy Shannon their liking, the Jackets will be
Big Ten, Big Twelve, and Pac 12), son, they are undergoing coach- (Florida’s defensive coordinator/ facing off against a new and, if
UCF boasts a high-scoring, pass- ing changes in both the head interim head coach) as UCF’s they continue on their trend, ex-
first offense that can give any de- coach and defensive coordinator new defensive coordinator. With citing opponent.
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GOLF FROM PAGE 24
ishes in the Monroe Invitational
and The Dogwood, respectively.
Additionally at the Monroe Invi-
tational in New York, Howe and
red-shirt freshman Ben Smith tied
for No. 31 and No. 58 in the field
standings, respectively.
As many Tech students had
busy summers abroad and com-
pleting internships, golf took full
advantage of the break, continu-
ing to compete and conquer over
the summer months.
With the loss of a bid to the
NCAA national tournament fresh
in the returners’ minds, they will
surely be after a place in that tour-
nament this season. Heppler will
undoubtedly do his best to pre-
pare the team, as he has over the
last 23 years, but in the end, it is
in the competitors’ hands.
A fourth straight year left
out of the cold when the NCAA
Tournament rolls around would
be a heavy burden for the players
and coaches alike, especially given
the Jackets’ regular season success.
With the influx of new talent and
strong new members, however, it
seems that this may be the year
the streak is broken.
gttower.org
CPJ FROM PAGE 21
both football and academics, and
so recruiting efforts can be handi-
capped. In that sense, I think the
triple option helps with recruiting
in that Tech does not need to land
fifteen five-star recruits in every
class to be a competitive team. For
the foreseeable future, competi-
tive football at Tech means the
triple option, like it or not.
Harsha: I actually agree with
you on this one. I do not think
there are legions of four and five-
star recruits who would attend
Tech but have decided not to be-
cause we run the triple option. If
you are looking for proof, look no
further than the defense, which
ran a pretty conventional scheme
under Ted Roof (and had the ben-
efit of Roof, a former college head
coach, on the recruiting trail.)
They were not getting top high
school players left and right.
Sure, there are some head
coaches who have such powerful
offensive philosophies that they
can convince recruits that scheme
matters. Chip Kelly in his Oregon
days, for example, was a visionary
offensive mind. But those coaches
are not coming to Tech.
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And that brings me to the
other issue with CPJ potentially
being fired, though I absolutely
think that should be on the table.
In my opinion, it wouldn’t be a
great vacancy as Power Five head
jobs go. The Jackets have had rela-
tively recent success (the Orange
Bowl season) so a new head coach
doesn’t get celebrated for making
them nationally relevant again.
Not to mention that a new coach
would need at least three or four
years to get his personnel into the
program and developed. For ex-
ample, he might need a tight end,
which we don't have right now.
In fact, I would say the Nate
Woody hire is pretty indicative of
what we would likely get in a head
coach. A relatively high-achieving
non-Power Five coach who isn't
courted by the big-name, blue-
chip programs.
What would it take, short of an
Urban Meyer/D.J. Durkin situ- Photo by Mark Russell Student Publications
ation (let us hope it never comes Paul Johnson grimaces after a game. Johnson’s teams
close to that), for CPJ to be justifi- have failed to make bowls in two of the last three years.
ably fired at the end of this season?
John: I think it would need to falls apart - and the Jackets pick tively, and 10-2 generously (losses
be a failure with the football pro- up a few non-conference Ls along to Clemson and UGA). Even a 7-5
gram on all fronts. Tech loses ev- the way too. I don’t think that will season with a bowl game victory
ery conference game except UVA realistically happen though —I should be enough to keep John-
and Louisville while the defense think Tech can go 7-5 conserva- son’s seat secure.
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Adidas, Tech football release new uniforms
HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
Nearly a year after the Georgia
Tech Athletic Association final-
ized a deal with Adidas, making
the latter the official apparel pro-
vider for Tech sports, the football
team’s jerseys have officially been
unveiled to the public.
The debut took place on Aug.
3 in the rooftop lounge at the Hil-
ton Garden Inn Atlanta Down-
town, where invited fans mingled
with Tech athletic director Todd
Stansbury, head men’s basketball
coach Josh Pastner and a slew of
football alumni, including former
Tech running back and current
ESPN sideline reporter Roddy
Jones. Professional wrestler and
former Tech defensive lineman
Leati Anoa’i, also known as Ro-
man Reigns, modeled the team's
new look.
While the event was sparsely
advertised, the reception has
been largely positive. Surveys
among high school football re-
cruits named Russell Athletic as
the least desirable outfitter, while
Adidas placed second on that list.
Likewise, Adidas ranked third in a
2018 survey of American consum-
ers’ go-to apparel brands, among
the favorite brands for 42.14 per-
cent of respondents. That number
bodes well for the Tech bookstore
as well; offerings under the Rus-
sell contract included clothing
from Under Armour, Nike and a
litany of others. In combination
Men’s golf primed and ready to take final step
EMILY DYKSTRA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Tech men’s golf team enters
this season just as they entered
last season — with a chip on their
shoulder. After finishing out the
season with its seventeenth ACC
Championship win in North Car-
olina, the ninth title in the past 13
years and the twelfth under cur-
rent head coach Bruce Heppler,
the Jackets lost a spot in the na-
tional tournament by one stroke,
a bit of deja vu for the team, who
the year before had also lost a spot
in the event by a single stroke.
Tech will return three All-
ACC members this year: Noah
Norton, Luke Schniederjans and
Tyler Strafaci all received the hon-
or last season and are set to return
this season under ACC Coach of
the Year Heppler. Chances favor
that the Jackets will progress this
year to the next level with more
experience under their belts and
the hunger that comes with an
opportunity denied.
Along with the returnees, Hep-
pler has brought in three new ath-
letes for the class of 2018. Connor
Howe, Luka Karaulic, and Bart-
ley Forrester all will add serious
depth to the roster while learning
from those that have been around
a little bit longer.
Howe hails from Ogden, Utah
and signed his letter of commit-
SPORTS EDITOR:
Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
John Edwards
sports@nique.net
A Tech football players models the team's new home jersey and gloves, whose interlocking
pattern mimics that of a yellow jacket. Tech unveiled its new look in early August.
with the athletic department’s
April decision to select a single
shade of gold as its standard, the
Adidas contract will likely provide
greater consistency.
The uniform itself is not a
marked step away from tradi-
tional Tech uniforms, perhaps a
relief to some. Adidas, after all,
has demonstrated no hesitation
in changing the jerseys of historic
programs, often to much-panned
results. In 2012, Michigan foot-
ment back in November along
with Karaulic. Howe was ranked
as high as No. 41 in his class and
helped his high school team to
two state championships. Howe
consistently finished in the top 10
of multiple junior golf events in
the past year and has his sights set
on the PGA Tour in the future.
Karaulic ranked No. 180 in his
class and No. 7 in his home state
of Georgia. A Lawrenceville na-
tive, he may yet draw some local
fans to Tech’s matches. His last
two years of high school resulted
in an all-county selection, as well
as showing as a Daily Post Super
Six pick. While transitioning to
his college career, Karaulic tied
for 23rd at the Southeastern Ama-
teur in Columbus, GA over this
past summer. Karualic’s athletic
nature runs in his blood — his
father, Branislav Karaulic, was a
1988 Olympian for Yugoslavia in
the 400-meter hurdles.
Forrester is another Geor-
gia native, traveling down south
a little further to Atlanta from
Gainesville, who signed his letter
of intent last April for the Jack-
ets despite interest from some Ivy
League schools. Forrester’s name
may sound familiar to Tech golf
fans — Bartley Forrester is the
nephew of Carlton Forrester, a
former Jacket All-American in
the same sport. In the younger
Forrester’s junior career, he was
ranked as high as No. 76 nation-
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Hurricane Irma cancelled Tech
football's 2017 contest against UCF. In
2022, that changes.422
Photo courtesy of Karl Moore GTAA
ball’s classic maize-and-blue jer- tures from their traditional navy-
seys saw the addition of curved and-gold outfits.
stripes above the nameplate and But Tech’s uniforms remain
the replacement of side numbers highly recognizable. On the home
with the signature M. A year later, jerseys, dark blue numbering has
the Wolverines left for Nike. Be- been replaced by a gold pattern,
fore their departure to Under Ar- one that Adidas says is modeled
mour, Notre Dame was similarly after the body pattern of actual
plagued by garish designs; they yellow jackets. Save for stingers at
wore canary-yellow pants for their the neck and shoulder levels, the
rivalry game against USC in 2007 uniform is remarkably clean. On
and two-toned helmets against the whiteout jerseys, which will
Miami in 2012, both far depar- also be used for road games, the
ally and won multiple champion- an All-American scholar, across
ships, including the Hall County the three of them. Although there
Boys Championship, the Coal will be growth and learning to be
Mountain Golf Classic, and the done, the three can expect to con-
Athens Junior Classic. tribute to the team from the get go
The three incoming Jackets while growing accustomed to the
will add fresh talent to the roster collegiate playing field.
and should be sufficient in replac- The Jackets were ranked among
ing the talent of Chris Petefish, the top 10 teams in the nation in
Members of Tech’s golf team look on during a tournament at The Golf Club of
Georgia. The team returns experience and talent as it aims to win a national title.
technique
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Friday,
August 24, 2018
traditional dark blue numbering
returns with gold trim. Adidas
will also present an alternate jer-
sey, to debut either later this year
or next, per The Atlanta-Journal
Constitution. That may be a navy-
colored jersey, one offered by Rus-
sell but not yet by Adidas.
Athletic director Todd Stans-
bury’s tenure is young yet, but
the Adidas contract has been his
best chance at a tenure-defining
moment so far. While it is not an
on-field decision like hiring a new
coach or adding recruiting staff,
Stansbury spoke of Tech athletics’
brand image as a key point of con-
cern at the time of his hire, and
a new apparel partner is a signifi-
cant step in that regard.
The contract is not particularly
rich as Power Five athletic deals
go, but for a football program that
has not found itself ranked in the
top 25 in the last two years and a
basketball program that has a long
way to go till it achieves national
relevance, that was to be expected.
The Jackets will not capture the
interest of Nike, Under Armour or
Adidas the way a national cham-
pionship contender like Alabama
or Clemson would.
What the new apparel deal has
the potential to provide, though,
is immeasurable — an increase
in brand value among fans and
recruits.
The early returns on that front
look good for Tech. Before the
first kickoff or tip-off, the athletics
department seems to have scored
a victory.
the latest polls by Golfstat (No. 6)
and the Golfweek/Sagarin Index
(No. 8). Over the summer, Stra-
faci became the first undergradu-
ate Jacket to compete in the U.S.
Open in 20 years, while juniors
Andy Ogletree and Luke Schnie-
derjans each posted top 10 fin-
see GOLF, page 23
Photo courtesy of Danny Karnik
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