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SGA hosts debate for campus political organizations
JONATHAN JEFFREY
NEWS EDITOR
A week and a day before Elec-
tion Day brings Americans to-
gether to vote on the future of the
country, members of four different
political organizations on campus
had the chance to challenge each
other and discuss a broad range of
topics in a debate held in the Stu-
dent Center Theater.
Some of the topics discussed
included election system security,
freedom of speech on the Internet
and whether current policies that
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block undocumented immigrants
from Georgia’s top universities are
just.
The event, which lasted from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, was
hosted by the Student Govern-
ment Association (SGA) Govern-
ment Relations committee and
boasted a solid attendance of stu-
dents sprinkled across the theater.
Four political organizations —
the College Democrats, College
Republicans, Young Democratic
Socialists of America (YDSA)
and Young Americans for Liberty
(YAL) — were able to each place
two representatives on the panel.
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NEWS
A total of six questions were
fielded to the debaters. Each
party was allotted two minutes
to answer each question and ex-
plain their position, after which a
seven minute open discussion pe-
riod would ensue — leading to an
overall two hour long event.
The first question touched on
the issue of election reform and
students discussed whether elec-
tronic ballots are robust enough
for use in elections.
Georgia is one of only four
states across the country that uses
an electronic ballot without any
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LIFE
Students
react to
Pittsburgh
shooting
JAIMEE FRANCIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On Saturday, the nation was awo-
ken to the way in which unchecked
intolerance still plagues international
society. Eleven lives were lost at the
hands of a prejudiced gunman who
burst into a synagogue on the congre-
gation’s day of rest with the deliberate
intent of terrorizing the Jewish com-
munity in Pittsburgh.
To commemorate this event, the
Tech community gathered around the
Campanile on Sunday evening for a
memorial service. Members of the Jew-
ish organizations Hillel and Chabad
led the community through prayers,
and numerous participants shared
their insight on the events that oc-
curred in Pittsburgh. In keeping with
a traditional Jewish custom, all in at-
tendance lit their own candle as a sym-
bol of remembrance for those who have
departed.
To some, there exists no relation-
ship between the two distant cities of
Pittsburgh and Atlanta; Pittsburgh is
just any other city, hundreds of miles
away. But for others, Pittsburgh is right
here, in thoughts and hearts. For those
who hold on to the tragic events of
Pittsburgh — which was the deadli-
est attack on the Jewish community in
the entire history of the United States
— moving on with daily life has been
challenging.
Jessica Hertzberg, Pittsburgh native
and student president of Hillel at Geor-
gia Tech, talked about her thoughts
See SHOOTING, page 9
Photo by Samta Brahmbhatt
All eight representatives of campus political organizations, two
per organization, sit in anticipation and prepare for the debate.
News
JONATHAN JEFFREY
NEWS EDITOR
NORTH AVENUE BURGLAR
On Sunday, Oct. 14, a student
living in North Avenue Apart-
ments (NAA) North woke up in
his bedroom to a strange sight:
some guy he did not recognize,
standing in front of his desk.
The intruder said he was look-
ing for his brother and quickly
left the room. The student who
was awoken by the intruder called
Georgia Tech Police Department
(GTPD) and an officer was dis-
NEWS EDITOR:
Jonathan Jeffrey
news@nique.net
patched to NAA North at 2:38
p.m. in order to investigate.
Upon investigation, it was dis-
covered that the intruder had en-
tered at least three rooms — one
in NAA North and two in NAA
East — and stolen multiple items,
including $60 of assorted mon-
ey, $400 worth of jewelry and a
$150 Bluetooth speaker. A key
for a room in NAA West was also
taken.
In total, six students were af-
fected. The intruder, who was
found to be a minor and not a
Tech student, was placed under
arrest and charged for burglary,
no forced entry.
FIELD OF DREAMS
On Saturday, Oct. 13, at 4:38
a.m., two GTPD officers observed
several people inside Chandler
Field. All gates of the baseball sta-
dium were locked and no one was
supposed to be inside the stadium
at that time.
When the GTPD officers ap-
proached, everyone dispersed.
Two of the individuals trying to
escape crawled under the park-
SGA Holds Four-Party Debate
The College Republicans, College Democrats,
Young Democratic Socialists of America and
Young Americans for Liberty duke it out 44
ing gate, and took off running, underage possession of alcohol
but were followed by the GTPD and for burglary, no forced entry.
officers.
Although the GTPD officers BENCH-BARFING
told the two males to stop run- On Saturday, Oct. 13 at 5:43
ning, they continued to run be- a.m., a GTPD officer was called to
fore eventually stopping. As he a freshman residence hall to assist
stopped running, one of the in- with a student who was lying on a
dividuals attempted to discreetly bench in his own vomit.
hide two baseballs and a tennis The student was intoxicated,
ball from the officers, but one of and an ambulance was called to
the officers noticed the motion. check on the student. The medi-
The males, who were both cal unit chose to transport the
identified as students, were de- student to a nearby hospital for
scribed by the incident report as further monitoring.
“extremely uncooperative, lying The student was given a stu-
to officers multiple times about dent code of conduct violation for
both what they doing, and that underage possession of alcohol.
they were not with anyone.”
The line of questioning eventu- DERBY DRONE
ally revealed that the students had On Friday, Oct. 12 at 5:20
stolen the two baseballs and the p.m., over the crowds of the Mini
tennis ball from the locker room 500 Derby, a drone was whizzing
area of Chandler Field, and had around, drawing GTPD officers
been drinking underage. to the scene. GTPD officers spoke
Adhering perhaps to a code of to the president of the Beta Theta
omertà, they did not let slip, how- Pi fraternity, who directed them
ever, who the other people with to the person flying the drone.
them at the stadium were. The student flying the drone
Both students were given stu- said he had been “hyped up” by
dent conduct code violations for others to fly the drone over the
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race to capture footage of the
Mini 500.
When questioned by GTPD,
the student said he was unaware of
the current Drone Policy on cam-
pus that governs when and how
individuals can operate drones.
The Tech Policy Library, which
can be navigated online, has a
draft section titled “Unmanned
Aircraft — Campus Operation”
that governs the operation of all
unmanned aerial vehicles, includ-
ing drones.
A key part of the policy is that
anyone who wants to operate a
drone on campus must commu-
nicate and cooperate with GTPD
from beforehand.
“A Flight Plan must be submit-
ted to, and approved by, the Geor-
gia Tech Police Department prior
to every flight,” the policy reads.
Individuals can submit flight
plans for drones on GTPD’s web-
site www.police.gatech.edu.
The student flying the drone
was issued a student code of con-
duct violation for reckless conduct
and advised on steps to receive a
drone flying permit.

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ach week , this sec tion of TECH YOUR SHOT
News will include coverage The Alpha Phi Omega (APO)
of different aspects of bills service fraternity chapter on cam-
and resolutions that have passed pus approached the Graduate
through Student Government. This Student Senate (GSS) with a bill
will include the Undergraduate for funding for their event, Tech
Your Shot. The event is in partner-
House of Representatives, Graduate
ship with Soccer in the Streets and
Student Senate and the Executive will include a soccer tournament
Branch of both government bodies. in the Campus Recreation Center
and a tour for high school stu-
CASEY MILES dents from low income areas. The
MANAGING EDITOR bill requested money to pay for
fees associated with background
BILL SUMMARY checks needed for the volunteers
and renting Stinger buses for
BILL AMOUNT GSS UHR transportation for the event.
HFES UI Tenets & Traps Card Decks $333.33 26-1-0 28-0-3 According to the organization
representatives, Tech requires spe-
YJSP Project Development Funding $7,250.00 27-0-0 30-0-0 cific vendors be used for transpor-
Alpha Phi Omega Youth Outreach $1,785.00 25-2-1 30-0-0 tation for on-campus events and
of those options the Stinger buses
ATL Tamishq Fall Competition $2,171.76 22-4-1 32-0-0 are the cheapest.
(need UHR minutes info for more) However, the Joint Finance
Committee had struck the line
n/a item for Stinger buses because it
* Bill line items amended in conference between GSS and UHR did not meet the Student Govern-
ment Association (SGA) require-
ment that transportation within
100 miles of Tech had to happen
more than once for SGA policy to
approve it.
The graduate senators felt that
since APO met almost all of the
requirements, including the main
requirement of being a service or-
ganization, that they could waive
policy to fund the buses.
After waiving policy to fund
the Stinger buses, GSS turned
their focus to the background
check request.
Due to a misunderstanding
with the organization complet-
ing the background check, APO
needed more funding for some of
the background checks of their
volunteers. Instead of the initial
$14.50 requested for 30 people,
APO wanted to request $14.50 for
15 people and $75 for another 15
people.
Early discussion on the request
was split. Some senators wanted
to the increase to meet APO’s re-
quest, but other senators recalled a
resolution they had passed a cou-
ple weeks ago regarding funding
of background checks. The reso-
lution, bill 19J098, set forth that
SGA will only fund up to $15 per
student, for 40 students in an or-
ganization’s first request for non-
criminal background checks.
Once the recent policy was
brought up, along with the bad
precedent it would set by waiving
it, senators decided to drop that
discussion.
However, since APO was tech-
nically able to request $0.50 more
per person, a senator suggested
raising the amount requested to
$15 for the 30 people. However,
since UHR passed the $14.50 per
person, passing the bill at $15 per
person would send the bill to con-
ference thus creating a delay for
the funding.
Not wanting to delay APO
before their event, the senate
dropped the idea and passed the
bill in an identical fashion to
UHR with a vote of 25-2-1.

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DEBATE FROM PAGE 1

bates — the rules that they’ve tive, criticized campaign finance sufficient transparency regula- vice; and that anthropogenic cli-
set for who is eligible for the de- law for breaking the electoral sys- tions governing donor disclosure. mate change was real and some-
paper trail for use in elections, bate I think are overly restrictive tem across America. The mixture of various opin- thing needed to be done about it,
meaning that there is no physical and don’t allow candidates who “An elite class of billionaires ions was typical of discussions of even if there were multiple policy
backup for election auditing. may better represent the views of has captured our electoral sys- later issues, where the political or- routes to approach that goal.
The electronic nature of Geor- American citizens.” tem and rigged it in their favor,” ganizations were asked to discuss The second trio of questions
gia’s election system, which might Riccardelli noted that al- Knauf said. “The Senate and the where to draw the line on what focused on issues particular to
contain exploitable vulnerabili- though Gary Johnson, the Libera- Electoral College were not in- speech is tolerated on social me- Georgia, and were given to panel-
ties, has been a concern among tarian Party nominee for the 2016 tended for this and they have been dia, and the U.S. foreign policy ists from before the debate so that
voters leading up to the election. presidential election, was on the molded over time to advance the response to climate change. they could prepare responses.
Abhishek Khandal, third year ballot in all fifty states, he still was majority rule of a minority of the In general, those issues brought Of those later questions, voices
AE and one of the representatives not allowed on the debate floor population.” a partial consensus: that speech on on the left and right most di-
of College Democrats, argued with major party candidates Hill- Knauf criticized campaign social media platforms should not verged on whether Georgia rules
that the country should shift to ary Clinton and Donald Trump. finance laws that allow large be impinged upon by government that prevent undocumented im-
paper ballots only. Nate Knauf, third year CS, amounts of money to be donated regulations, but companies had migrants from entering top state
“As we’ve seen recently in this chair of YDSA and College of to super political action commit- free range to remove users based universities unfairly deprive stu-
year’s elections, in the midterms, Computing student representa- tees — super PACs — without on violations to their terms of ser- dents of an education.
in Texas, voting machines have
been recorded as flipping votes
from not only just from Demo-
cratic to Republican, but also
Republican to Democratic, and
that’s obviously a major cause for
concern,” Khandal said.
“It is the 21st century and of
course we want to continue to
use technology to help ease all of
our systems, including voting,”
said Matthew Bowling, fourth
year BA, speaking on behalf of
the College Republicans. “An-
other thing to consider is that the
quicker you are able to vote with
technology incentivizes more peo-
ple to come out and vote. No one
likes long lines.”
Bowling, however, said that
there should a paper receipt for
recount purposes.
Nicholas Riccardelli, third
year BME and president of YAL,
shifted discussion on the ques-
tion on election reform away from
voting technology and to whether
third parties are treated fairly in
the process leading up to and dur-
ing Election Day.
“There is a level of, I think,
discrimination against third party
candidates within our electoral Photo by Samta Brahmbhatt Student Publications
system,” Riccardelli said. “The Representatives from the college Democrats, College Republicans, Young Americans for Liberty and Young Democratic
Commission on Presidential De- Socialists of America chat before the debate begins. The debate was organized by the SGA Government Relations committee.

What’s on the Georgia Ballot?

JEFFREY LUO
STAFF WRITER Outdoor Stewardship Fund Statewide Business Court
Amendment One concerns the Amendment Two would create
As Election Day approaches, students conservation of state wildlife state business courts that serve
and faculty should be aware of the candidates and habitats and parks, and will al- to settle complex disputes be-
issues for which they can vote. This year, in addi- locate up to 80 percent of the tween businesses. Unlike the
sales tax revenue collected by selection process for trial court
tion to two statewide referenda on tax exemption sporting goods stores to pro- judges, business court judges
policies for cities and non-profit housing for the tecting crucial water sources, would be appointed by the
forests, and wildlife sanctuar- governor rather than elected
mentally disabled, five different amendments to ies. This proposition does not by voters, leading to oppo-
the state constitution, each detailed here, will be change the sales tax rate, but nents raising concerns whether
rather will only reallocate reve- the business court would be
on the ballot for Georgia voters to weigh in on. nue from the existing sales tax. as accountable to the people.

Forest Conversation Taxes Rights for Crime Victims School Sales Tax Referenda
Amendment Three revises how Amendment Four provides Amendment Five will allow
taxes are calculated on large specific rights to crime victims school districts to hold referen-
properties used for forest land and borrows many aspects of da on tax policies. The proposi-
conservation and increases the the previously-passed Marsy’s tion would allow a district with
cap on assistance grants to lo- Law in California, including a majority of enrolled students
cal governments offering ad the right to be notified of and within a county to call a refer-
valorem tax reductions to such to be heard during all proceed- endum for a one percent sales
property owners. The amend- ings regarding the criminal. tax, imposed for up to five
ment also creates a tax subclas- The amendment allows the years. Supporters say this will
sification for timberland that legislature to develop and ex- fix the issue of small school
allows ad valorem taxes to be pand on victims’ rights, as well districts stalling referendums
tailored to timberland owners. as change their enforcement. to increase tax revenue gains.
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OPINIONS EDITOR: Jon Long technique

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Things don’t exist until
they exist.
— John Mulaney
November 2, 2018
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Friday,

OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

Does the News Media glorify terrorists?

America’s combination of mass violence and a view-hungry 24/7 news cycle
Beneath virtually every on-
line article about a mass shoot-
ing or terror attack there will be,
without fail, at least one comment
condemning the publication for
turning the transgressor into a
“celebrity” or “glorifying” the vio-
lence. These commenters, it seems,
would rather the outlet focus on
the victims of tragedy rather than
those responsible. This logic is
easy to understand on the surface:
giving nonstop publicity to mass
shooters could potentially validate
other would-be killers and help
send them over the edge.
If handled correctly, however,
taking a close look at the per-
petrators of America’s tragedies
can lead to meaningful dialogues
about what causes the country’s
widespread violence. Detractors
frequently shame news outlets and
lawmakers alike for “politicizing
tragedy,” but as the death count ris-
es it becomes more and more clear
that America has a problem that
desperately needs to be addressed.
This isn’t to say that narratives
about terror attacks are never
skewed to fit a political narrative.
When news of a tragedy goes out,
both sides of the political spectrum
scour through the rubble for any-
thing that can be used against the
other side.
Instead of taking this approach,
outlets should frame it like this:
here is the perpetrator of these
acts, here is the reason why he or
she committed them, here is what
drove him or her to this mindset
and here is what can be done to
minimize the chances of someone
going down the same path in the
future.
America’s hyperpolitical land-
scape complicates the situation im-
mensely. With the surge of right-
wing terrorism, a large portion of
the population refuses to accept
that a more extreme version of its
own ideology is the driving force
behind these attacks. They view
genuine attempts to analyze the
roots of far-right violence as “po-
liticizing tragedy.” If it goes against
their narrative, it isn’t a valid topic
of discussion.
The most glaring example of
this lies in the gun control debate.
A core tenet of the Republican be-
lief system is a staunch protection
of the second amendment — the
right to own firearms. A seemingly
nonstop stream of mass shoot-
ings has increased pressure on this
right, with many on the left point-
ing to lax gun laws as a major facili-
tator of gun violence.
Republicans, backed into a cor-
ner, then deflect attention to their
patented “lone wolf” narrative.
They argue that meaningful dis-
cussion about mitigating violence
is impossible because the person
behind the violence — typically a
white male — was simply an anom-
aly acting of his own accord. Yes,
he may have been radicalized by a
far-right ideology, and yes, he may
have been enabled by weak gun
regulations, but the “lone wolf” is
simply the product of a mentally
unstable young man being misun-
derstood by society.
This deflection allows Republi-
cans to deflect the narrative away
from gun control and the right’s
violent rhetoric and contain it safe-
ly in a compartment far away from
Republican principles. But when
“lone wolves” begin coming out of
the woodwork all across the coun-
try, the news media has to treat
them like a pack.
News outlets still deserve a
share of the blame. The 24/7 news
cycle has left stations hungry for
content, and America falls over it-
self for the gory details of a killer’s
life. To this extent, the News Me-
dia is complicit in glorifying vio-
lence. But if they focus the conver-
sation on the contributing factors
of mass violence and the tangible
steps that the country can take to
avoid it, they can still ride the wave
of tragedy while also sparking a
constructive dialogue.
A bigger issue, however, is the
trend of right-wing pundits fram-
ing this kind of conversation as
callous opportunism. They will
condemn the “mainstream media”
for using a tragedy to push for gun
control and anti-radical right agen-
da, completely missing the point
that these things would directly
stifle future attacks. In this way, the
problem doesn’t lie with the news
media and its coverage of events.
The problem lies with America’s
lack of honest self reflection.

The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.

HUMAN STORIES BY LAUREN DOUGLAS technique editorial board

Samira Bandaru EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Casey Miles MANAGING EDITOR
Jonathan Jeffrey NEWS EDITOR
Polly Ouellette LIFE EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
Elizabeth Sit HEAD COPY EDITOR
Jon Long OPINIONS EDITOR
Josh Trebuchon ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Zoie Konneker ONLINE EDITOR
Tristen Allen WEB DEVELOPER
Casey Gomez PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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‘America First’ mindset holds some merit
“Where President Trump
goes wrong is in explaining
why the U.S. pays so
disproportionately for
global defense.”
JOSH TREBUCHON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The defining maxim of the the U.S. — often work tirelessly
Trump administration’s approach to poke holes in this view of the
to foreign policy, at least accord- world. Still, they struggle to put
ing to the president and his sur- together convincing arguments
rogates, is “America first.” to challenge President Trump’s
The underlying idea behind ‘America First’ worldview.
this slogan is that the U.S. pays far The reason it’s so difficult to
more for global security than any argue with the president’s points
other country and, in doing so, is that he’s not really wrong. The
disadvantages itself economically. U.S. does carry a disproportionate
Advocates of ‘America First’ poli- burden in paying for global secu-
cies argue that our allies, especial- rity, and this burden does disad-
ly those in Europe, take advantage vantage us economically.
of our willingness to provide for The U.S. accounts for 35% of
their security and use the money all global defense spending, eas-
they save on defense to improve ily more than any other country.
the quality of life of their citizens. The GDP of the U.S. accounts for
If nations around the world about 15% of global GDP, mean-
were to pay for their own defense ing that we do spend dispropor-
and maintain militaries large tionately on defense.
enough for the U.S. to reduce What’s more: If we consider the
its global military presence, they spending of only the U.S. and its
argue, the U.S. could be much allies — eliminating big spending
wealthier. rivals like China and Russia —
Those who seek to defend the situation becomes even more
NATO — and other internation- dramatic. U.S. spending accounts
al institutions which rely upon for 72% of the aggregate defense
the global military presence of budget of NATO’s 29 members.
The next biggest contributor, the
United Kingdom, accounts for
just 5.8% of total NATO defense
spending.
President Trump got a lot of
flak recently for claiming that the
U.S. “was paying for anywhere
from 70 to 90 percent of [NATO].”
Naturally, President Trump didn’t
get the facts completely correct.
Our defense budget does make
up about 70 percent of the com-
bined defense budgets of NATO’s
member nations, but this is not
money that the U.S. is directly
sending to NATO to be spent on
European defense; it is our entire
military budget. Still, the general
idea that he was expressing is not
incorrect.
The second part of the ‘Ameri-
ca First’ worldview is that the U.S.
could benefit economically if it
did not pay such a large share of
the cost of global defense. This is
also hypothetically true.
If the U.S. were to share the
financial burden of global defense
evenly with other countries, it
could reduce its military budget
significantly. If we were to direct
this spending to other programs
— things like healthcare, in-
frastructure or education — we
would more efficiently cycle gov-
ernment spending through the
economy, our overall GDP would
likely increase and the quality of
life in the U.S. would almost cer-
tainly be higher. Some have even
pointed out that the U.S. defense
budget is large enough to pay for
public college for all Americans.
It seems, then, that the ‘Ameri-
ca First’ worldview is pretty much
correct. Where President Trump
goes wrong is in explaining why
the U.S. pays so disproportion-
ately for global defense.
According to the administra-
tion, our allies take advantage of
us and our politicians are simply
too stupid to realize that they are
being duped. The reality is more
complicated and less convenient.
At the end of World War II,
Europe’s armies and economies
were decimated. The U.S. had
reached an unprecedented level
of military might and western
governments felt that they needed
immediate protection from the
Soviet Union. Throughout the
next few decades, the U.S. was
happy to provide economic and
military support to Europe to
contain the spread of global com-
munism, European governments
were happy to devote their efforts
to rebuilding their nations rather
than their militaries.
Today, our global military pres-
ence serves less to contain com-
munism than to safeguard U.S.
interests and influence around the
world. Still, Americans are not
keen on giving up the power and
security that comes with being the
world’s only true superpower.
In fact, the irony of the right’s
embrace of ‘America First’ foreign
policy is that conservatives are the
// OPINIONS
biggest proponents of protecting
America’s military superiority.
While President Trump is correct
in arguing that the U.S. pays more
for global security than any other
country, his solution to the prob-
lem is to force other countries to
pay more for their defense without
actually having the U.S. pay less
for it. In fact, the administration
continues to push for increases
in U.S. military spending while
complaining about being taken
advantage of by our allies.
If our allies increased their
military spending while our mili-
tary budget continued to rise, it
would benefit no one, and it could
even threaten global stability. At
the moment there is little risk of
war between major western pow-
ers because of our military supe-
riority over our allies. If European
nations began to increase their
standing armies, war in Europe
would become a genuine possibil-
ity for the first time since WWII.
While President Trump likely
does not care about whether or not
‘America First’ makes sense as a
foreign policy principle — as long
as it fires up his base, it is doing its
job — those who wish to debunk
the worldview should stop trying
to prove that the rest of the world
pays its share for defense and fo-
cus instead on asking whether or
not Americans really want to lose
the security and influence that
comes with being the world’s un-
disputed military leader.
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72.34%

Stacey Abrams
This May Sting
21.28% Stamps Health Services
is giving out free flu shots to
Brian Kemp members of the Tech commu-
nity in an attempt to reduce
the risk of a widespread cam-
pus outbreak. Though it may
6.38% seem like a good excuse to miss
class and turn in work late, a
Ted Metz sickness like the flu can make
an already difficult Tech work-
load into an almost-impossible
task. Protect yourself and your
classmates; go get vaccinated
YOUR VIEWS for the flu. It’s free, it will save
Georgia Gubernatorial Election you weeks of nonstop misery
and, despite what Facebook
ONLINE POLL says, it’s perfectly safe.
Stopped Stop
The Tech Trolley will no
longer stop at the Spring Street
Publix, leaving grocery-seek-
ing students with a longer walk
when running errands. While
the Tech Square stop will still
put riders nearby, a few blocks
can feel like an eternity with
pounds and pounds of grocer-
ies weighing you down, espe-
cially with the cold weather
approaching. Students living
at University House will also
be affected by this, as the gro-
cery shuttle would previously
take students just outside of
the apartment complex.

Stacey Abrams Brian Kemp Ted Metz

“On the case of Kemp, he has a
serious, glaring conflict of inter-
est, the sort of potential corrup-
tion that should not be okay in
a democracy. Abrams appears
ready to fight for sustainability
in all forms in Georgia. I have
confidence that she’ll support
Georgia in its drive to become a
more progressive, future oriented
state.”
“Stacey Abrams is a stable mod-
erate Democrat with a pristine
record for supporting civil rights
and social welfare.”
“Kemp mindlessly supports
Trump without seeming to have
his own beliefs. I want a candi-
date who can think for them-
selves”
“Kemp isn’t the most couth can-
didate that the Republicans could
have fielded, but he seems willing
to follow through on pushing for
key agenda items that conserva-
tives in Georgia care about, more
so than most other Georgia GOP
politicians would be expected to.”
“It’s a tough decision, and I dis-
like that Kemp did not step
down as Secretary of State when
he won the primary. However,
the language of “equity” that ap-
pears on Abram’s website has no
place in America, so I have to vote
against her. For the uninformed,
equity means ‘equality of out-
come’ which is incompatible with
‘equality of opportunity’, which I
believe is a core American value...”
“Metz, despite some failings, has
policies that best approximate my
ideal policies. I generally support
small government and liberty-
based platforms, though the can-
didate need not be a Libertarian to
earn my vote, and Metz generally
supports the same things I do...
Additionally, I dislike the 2-party
system and prefer non-GOP and
non-Democrat politicians.”
“Sadly, I vote for Ted Metz only
because all other options have
been exhausted.”
“Because taxation is theft and
Ted Metz supports abolishing
state income tax. Also because he
supports personal freedom over
government intervention on all
issues.”
Loud Neighbors
Following closely behind
Canada, Mexico has decrimi-
nalized recreational use of
marijuana. Though it isn’t
technically full legalization,
the change will functionally
allow Mexicans to freely use
the drug. This puts the United
States in a strange position:
our neighbors to the north
and south have both taken a
progressive — though increas-
ingly mainstream — stance on
marijuana, and several states
currently allow it in a medical
or recreational capacity.
Cancelled Debate
With President Trump
making a campaign stop
in Macon around the same
time as the second debate be-
tween Brian Kemp and Stacey
Abrams, Kemp backed out of
the event with just one week
before election day. The two
could not agree on a new time
for the debate, meaning that
Georgians only had a single
opportunity to see Kemp,
Abrams and the libertarian
candidate, Ted Metz, debate
the issues of one of America’s
most closely watched elections.
Life
LIFE EDITOR: technique
Polly Ouellette A spooky design project
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Rosemary Pitrone
Students in the School of Industrial Design were chal- 8
Friday,
lenged to research an iconic artist and use their work to
life@nique.net inspire a design to be carved on a pumpkin. 410 November 2, 2018

Photos by Casey Gomez Student Publications

Finding fulfillment in fine arts

with Zachary Houillion
JACKSON MAIER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When life gets tough, it is healthy to find something that you really shattering it to pieces. Many people would be crushed after spending over
love to help the time go by more smoothly. Everyone has their passion, 20 hours trying to perfect such an intricate piece, but Houillion knows
be it sports, music, academics or other hobbies. Some such activities take this is just a part of making ceramics and keeps his head up anyway.
more training than others, and one of those is sculpting pottery. One stu- Even after suffering an injury that prevented Houillion from pursuing
dent of this art is Zachary Houillion, a third year CHBE whose creative sports, he did not give up. Instead, he spends even more time perfecting
outlet happens to be expertly crafting mugs, bowls and vases — and win- his works of art. Houillion uses his love for ceramics as an outlet, allow-
ning many awards for his designs. ing him to step back for a while, forget about his problems and fulfill
Houillion has been working hard since the beginning of high school his desires to become even more versatile with his pottery.
to make his craft what it is today. Houillion continues to make
Houillion has always had a deep appreciation for art, learning many and sell his ceramic designs on
classical Romantic pieces on piano from a young age. He knew and ap- Etsy and wants to stick with his
preciated beauty through many forms of art and wanted to find a way love for ceramics for the foresee-
to express his own creative tendencies through something truly his own. able future.
Initially he just wanted to fill an arts requirement for his high school “It’s been interesting,” he said
and intended to do that through drawing. After not getting into a draw- of running his own Etsy shop.
ing class, he began taking art history with a ceramics portion. The rest, “If people buy [my pottery],
as they say, is history. great; but, I plan on selling
“[My peers] were making pieces that were ridiculous,” Houillion said. them more in person.”
“I guess seeing my classmates’ work — which was incredible, we had one He has received many
of the best programs out there for high schools — [is] kind of where I accolades for his designs,
drew influence.” including winning two
In high school, Houillion worked until 9 p.m. after school every day, YoungArts Presidential
practicing the process of preparing clay, putting it on the wheel, letting it Scholar in the Arts
dry, trimming it, carving it, putting pieces into the kiln and so on, over merit awards and
and over. four National K-12
Houillion learned to put his own perspectives into his work, adding Exhibition awards.
many deeper meanings to his newfound skill. Houillion has a unique He has also been
perception of art, through which he sees mathematics, nature and art as featured on the front
one in the same. This is very evident in his pottery, where he uses fractal page of Reddit.
patterns combined with many nature-influenced designs, such as roses or Even with all of
tree branches. these successes, Houil-
“There’s certain uniformity to the way things flow in nature and the lion feels he has a lot
way things look — be it mountains, or trees or flowers — there’s patterns left to accomplish in the
in each one, and I just try to capture that,” he said. world of ceramics. Per-
However, he lets people choose their own interpretation of his works haps one of these things
for themselves, even though he does put a lot of his own personal mean- is teaching; he currently
ing in each and every piece. shares his skills by teaching
Even so, he is slow to become attached to his ceramic designs as he classes in Paper and Clay on
knows they are extremely fragile. Houillion learned this the hard way Wednesday evenings.
when one of his most intricate works was blown over by a gust of wind,
// LIFE
SHOOTING FROM PAGE 1
and reactions to hearing the news
of what occurred in her home-
town.
“The Pittsburgh community is
very strong, since we are so close-
knit. It’s very close and easy to be
supportive of each other,” Hertz-
berg said. “But it also means that
everyone is connected to the sad-
ness and the hardship.”
The Tech community has
come together in response to this
hardship. For example, the Mus-
lim Student Association held a
bake sale earlier in the week, from
which all proceeds were donated
to support the victims and their
families.
In addition, Hillel itself will
host a Charity Trivia night on
Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 8:30 p.m. at
Rocky Mountain Pizza in which
proceeds from all purchases that
night will go to Tree of Life Syna-
gogue.
Community building is one
tool that can be used for dealing
with such sadness and hardship.
Forming meaningful relation-
ships with others and sharing a
sense of coherence with them can
serve as a way to increase the well-
being of all involved. In times of
distress, it can provide comfort
and consolation to those who
grieve.
“The only thing we can do
moving forward is to stand strong
as a community and be there for
each other. We cannot let the ha-
tred of one individual continue to
terrorize us,” said Lauren Blazof-
sky, director of Hillel at Tech.
“The heart of the Georgia Tech
technique • November 2, 2018• 9
Jewish Community is with the American. The two are not in- Jewish minority that calls Ameri- just any other city, who is to say
Pittsburgh community.” compatible, which is the belief ca its home, and there is a danger that Atlanta is not the next city
It might be surprising that shared by the Pittsburgh shooter in thinking that. The events of to be fractured by a violent act
students at Tech have been so and unfortunately many others, Oct. 27 violate fundamental con- of intolerance? Why must it take
profoundly impacted by events as evidenced by the rise in hate stitutional rights. This violation a tragic act of violence for us to
that occurred so far away. Shifra crimes against Jews and other severely undermines our entire be awakened to the horror of un-
Sharfstein, co-director of Chabad minority groups such as the Af- system of democracy. What hap- reigned prejudice?
at Tech attributes this effect to rican-American or LGBTQ com- pened in Pittsburgh is therefore a Endless statistics reveal the
the way in which every individual munity. Such thinking is far too problem for every American, just way in which the democratic sys-
is linked ato each other and the simple as an individual cannot be as what happened in Charleston tem of the United States is con-
world. Chabad is a Hasidic move- so easily defined by just one aspect in 2015 when racial riots and in- tinuously being undermined —
ment which has an on-campus of his or her character. The narra- tolerance allowed for nine lives these numbers uncover a rise in
chapter. tive of an individual is complex. to be taken is a problem for every anti-semitism, hate crimes, racial
“People ask what’s my mes- It is not composed of singular American. The nine victims of the profiling and other traumatic in-
sage to the local Jewish com- elements, such as religion, race, Charleston attack were targeted cidents. However, these numbers
munity. The truth is there is no gender, sexuality or nationality, for their race by a perpetrator who are not the biggest factor at play.
local Jewish community, we are but of a story that weaves all these failed to understand the full nar- That is the people and their com-
all one. From Pittsburgh to Jew- elements and more together. rative and qualities of these indi- munities. People have the power
ish communities across the globe What happened in Pittsburgh viduals. To those who think that to change numbers. The numbers
we all feel the pain together as is not just a problem for the small Pittsburgh — or Charleston — is won’t change themselves.
one people,” Sharfstein said. “My
message to our united community
and especially all Jewish Georgia
Tech students is to come together
stronger than ever before. In the
place of 11 let every synagogue be
filled with hundreds more.”
Hannah Levy, second year
EAS, is one such example of an
individual who envisions the
strengthening of the community.
To her, this means coming to-
gether and celebrating the com-
munity’s heritage.
“I think right now what’s most
important to me is being around
other Jewish people. We are a
strong community, but we are
even stronger when we act togeth-
er,” Levy said. “I don’t think that
I’ve ever had more pride in my
Jewish identity than I do now.”
Having pride in an identity
such as a Jewish heritage is not Photo courtesy of Georgia Tech Hillel
mutually exclusive or in oppo- Above is shown the “Mourner’s Kaddish,” which is the main prayer said in Judaism to remember
sition to having pride in being those who have departed. It was said at the memorial held for the Pittsburgh shooting victims.
10 • November 2, 2018• technique // LIFE

ID students design, carve spook-tacular pumpkins

about how to understand their de- “The first phase is research ID and winner of the Curator’s “I learned a lot about time
BOBBY GUILD sign philosophy, their design ap- where you learn about some- Award. “It was a lot of fun to see management and different design
STAFF WRITER proach and their design language thing,” Shankwiler said. “Then all the different ideas people had styles and how we can incorporate
and transfer that on to a pump- you take what you learned about the same artistic style.” those into our own work,” he said.
For freshmen students of the kin.” through that research phase and Wooten designed her pumpkin In the future, Shankwiler
School of Industrial Design, Hal- The project culminated the apply toward the design of a prod- in the style of Philippe Starck. hopes to incorporate projects
loween brought with it on more night of Thursday, Oct. 25 with uct, but in this case, we were carv- “Starck is known for favoring such as this throughout all levels
than just costumes and candy. a final judging of the pumpkins. ing a pumpkin.” aesthetic over function and likes of the School of Industrial de-
For the third consecutive year, The pumpkins were critiqued by By taking this approach, stu- his work to look dangerous, so I sign. Through this, students will
students utilized their spooky faculty members in the School of dents are given the opportunity incorporated lots of sharp edges not only keep the opportunity
season-inspired creativity to de- Industrial design. Following mu- to apply the design principles and and pointed parts and made the to have fun while learning, but
sign and carve pumpkins in the sic, games and snacks, the win- processes which they learn in class pumpkin unstable by putting it also be able to share what they
styles of various famous designers. ners of the Curator’s Award, Best and practice them in ways which on its side,” said Wooten of her have learned with those who are
This project, which culminated in in Show, the best in each design not only reinforce the concepts, design. younger and older in addition to
a public display and best-design group and the People’s Choice but also encourage them to bend Learning however wasn’t limit- showcasing the progress they have
contest, enabled students to break were announced. and stretch them so that they can ed to just to one’s own artist or just has been made.
from the monotony of class and For the School of Industrial be applied in new and innovative to design principles as first year This project shows that the
explore novel and exciting ways Design, projects such as this one, ways to a variety of scenarios and ID Ian Harmon, winner of the School of Industrial Design sure
in which design principles can be which seek to reinforce what is products. People’s Choice Award, shared. knows how to create a scary good
applied. learned through conceptual devel- “My favorite part of the project Voters had wandered around dur- learning experience that is both
“The idea is to take a week off opment and practical application, was the pumpkin carving,” said ing the evening, choosing which fun and productive for its stu-
of normal class projects and to are standard. Amanda Wooten, second year pumpkin was their favorite. dents.
do stuff that is a little more fun,
but that applies design principles
so that students learn a little bit
without really realizing it,” said
Kevin Shankwiler, professor and
undergraduate program coordi-
nator in the School of Industrial
Design.
Students began the project by
dividing into groups and choos-
ing a designer whom they wished
to study. After researching the
principles and common stylis-
tic choices of each designer, the
teams created posters to showcase
condensed, easily digestible syn-
opses of the project and what the
teams had learned.
With the background learning
out of the way, the real fun began.
Students got slimy and were arms
deep with orange pumpkin pulp
as they took the design principles
and well-known works of their
chosen designer and emulated
them in their pumpkin carvings.
“Students take what they
learned and carve pumpkins in
the style of the designer, or a de- Photos courtesy of Amanda Wooten (L) and Yaling Liu (R)
signer’s signature product,” said The winning pumpkin (left) of the contest was carved by Amanda Wooten and takes its inspiration from Phillippe Starck.
Shankwiler, “So, they’re learning Pumpkins were created as part of the third annual carving project and competition in the School of Industrial Design.
// LIFE technique • November 2, 2018• 11

stay at a comfortable temperature REPURPOSE SUMMER CLOTHES

all day. It’s important that each
layer is light and small so that it
is easily folded and stuffed into a
backpack.
Dressing in layers is also very
fashionable. You have lots of op-
tions to pair items like shirts,
jackets, sweaters and scarves. The
combinations are endless, and you
There’s no need to have two
separate wardrobes for summer
and fall, and there certainly isn’t
any room for that in tiny on-cam-
pus storage spaces. Pair summer
dresses with leggings and a cardi-
gan, or throw on a warm sweater
over your favorite collared shirt
for a preppy look. Transition to

Friday 11/2
Pumpkin Composting
Location: Brittain Dining Hall
Time: 6 p.m.–8 p.m.
Make a post-Halloween contribution to the en-
vironment by helping prepare, smash and com-
post pumpkins on east campus.
DramaTech Presents Cabaret
Location: DramaTech Theatre
Time: 8 p.m.–11 p.m.
Allow DramaTech to transport you to a 1920s
Berlin nightclub in their production of this 1966
musical.
Sunday 11/4
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Spring ahead, fall back! Take advantage of a
slightly longer weekend by setting your clocks
back one hour.
Mastering fall
fashion
POLLY OUELLETTE
LIFE EDITOR
Fall is an iconic time for fash-
ion. Magazines release important
issues that define fashion for the
year to come. Long-awaited cool-
er temperatures provide the op-
portunity to take out treasured
sweaters from where they have
long been hidden away.
However, living in Atlanta
poses a particular challenge for
can mix up the items you pair to-
gether in order to keep your look
fresh.
HAVE SOME GO-TO ITEMS
On busy mornings, you will
want to throw on some warm
clothes and head to the class you’re
already late for. Having some neu-
trally colored sweaters, jeans or
jackets on hand is a good strategy
to optimize your fall fashion.
Brown, grey or black jackets
go with just about everything. If
you want to spice it up, go for an
autumnal maroon or dark green
to feel more in the spirit of fall.
Scarves are also a great item to
grab on the way out the door to
keep yourself warm.
Don’t forget about other ac-
cessories, either. A nice watch or
necklace can elevate your look.
long-sleeved tees instead of short-
sleeved ones. Invest in some light-
weight pants that you will be able
to wear even as the weather gets a
little warmer.
FOCUS ON WARMTH
Invest in a fluffy hat or some
gloves in the unlikely event frigid
temperatures descend on Atlanta.
Some thick socks will keep your
ankles warm as you walk between
classes. Again, a scarf is key here.
This is also a great time to fully
lean into the stereotypical col-
lege uniform: sweatpants and a
Tech hoodie. Take those oversized
clothes and transform yourself
into a human ball of warmth while
expressing some school spirit.
THRIFT
Not everyone can afford to go

Monday 11/5
Free Student Flu Shot Clinic
Location: Stamps Health Services
Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Prevent the spread of influenza viruses by getting
vaccinated early. Flu shots are covered in student
health fees.
those excited to don their autum-
nal ensembles. Cool temperatures
in the morning quickly dissolve
in favor of warmish afternoons.
Residents of the city are often
surprised and taken aback by the
seemingly sudden transition from
summer to late fall. Here are some
tips to help you prepare your en-
sembles for long days and nights
DITCH THE FLIP FLOPS
If it’s cold enough to wear
pants, it’s too cold to be wearing
flip flops. Leave those shoes for
days when you want to kick your
shoes off and feel your toes in the
grass or sand. Even better, restrict
them to the shower.
We’re going for warmth here,
all out with buying new clothes
to correspond with new trends.
Luckily, those who replenish their
wardrobes frequently tend to do-
nate the clothes they are done
with, and you can take advantage
of that. Head to one of the many
thrift or consignment stores in the
Atlanta area. Some favorites are
Buffalo Exchange, Rag-o-rama

Thursday 11/8
Free Student Flu Shot Clinic
Location: Stamps Health Services
Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Prevent the spread of influenza viruses by getting
vaccinated early. Flu shots are covered in student
health fees.
on campus.
LAYERS
Those wide variations in tem-
perature can turn a crisp morning
to a sweaty afternoon if you have
to keep the same heavy jacket on
all day. An easy solution is to layer
on several light items of clothing.
As the day warms up, you can shed
layers. With this strategy, you will
so invest in some closed toed
shoes. Fall is a great time to try
out some new boots. Rainy days
lend themselves to rain boots,
where you can get a little more
fun on sunny days with sneakers,
flats or another choice of shoe.
Crunching through fallen leaves
is just no fun when you are getting
leaf pieces stuck between your ex-
posed toes.
and one of many Goodwill loca-
tions. With any luck, you’ll be
able to stock your wardrobe with
fall-ready clothes for a relatively
cheap price. Just be sure to throw
those clothes in the wash before
you take your turn wearing them.
Overall, Atlanta weather is
likely to surprise you, and it’s
best to be completely prepared for
whatever it might throw at you.

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Entertainment
Young the Giant rocks out at the Coca-Cola Roxy
PERRINE KEMERAIT
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Coca-Cola Roxy concert
hall was teeming with energy as
people gathered to watch indie
rock band Young the Giant per-
form. It was the Saturday night
before Halloween, which was
made obvious by the concert-go-
ers clad in costumes. The air was
heavy with the aroma of woody
incense and anticipation as the
audience in the sold-out venue
awaited the commencement of the
band’s performance.
Finally, at ten minutes after
nine o’clock, the lights in the
concert hall dimmed, and the
audience erupted with shrieks of
excitement as the five members
of Young the Giant appeared on-
stage. The stage was awash with
purple light as the band opened
with their song “Mirror Master,”
the twelfth track on their newest
album of the same name. With
their trendy, eclectic image and
a sound that can go from dreamy
to danceable, it’s no wonder why
Young the Giant has claimed the
hearts of countless fans.
Young the Giant’s concert was
an hour and a half-long journey
that explored tracks from “Mir-
ror Master,” the band’s newest
album that was released on Oc-
tober 12, as well as older favorites
‘Bodyguard’ provides guaranteed entertainment
TELEVISION
Bodyguard
NETWORK: Netflix
WHEN: Oct. 24
STARRING: Richard Madden
and Sophie Rundle
OUR TAKE: «««««
JOSH TREBUCHON
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Netflix recently released the hit
BBC crime-thriller “Bodyguard”
in the U.S. The six part series fol-
lows a British police officer tasked
with protecting a high-level cabi-
net minister as he thwarts and
investigates attempts on the min-
ister’s life.
The series stars Richard Mad-
den (“Game of Thrones”) as Da-
vid Budd, the central police of-
ficer, and Keeley Hawes (“The
Bank Job”) as Julia Montague, the
Home Secretary and the charge
under Budd’s protection. These
two stars provide the best acting
in the series, with Madden por-
traying a veteran struggling with
post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) vividly and convincingly
and Hawes bringing to life the ar-
chetype of the morally conflicted
politician.
The highlight of the rest of
the cast is Sophie Rundle (“Peaky
Blinders”), who plays Budd’s wife,
Vicky. Vicky cares for David, en-
couraging him to seek treatment
for his PTSD and remaining close
to him for his sake and the sake
technique
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Josh Trebuchon
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Eli Hendler Friday,
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like “Cough Syrup” and “Silver- [they’re] not,” which ties into the view ourselves. Gadhia preaches formed made it impossible to
tongue.” The beauty of Young the meaning behind the album “Mir- the message “Only you are the look away. Their enthusiasm was
Giant’s music lies in the diversity ror Master.” The album delves into master of what comes next” in the everywhere: painted across their
of their song styles. Their songs how individuals are often influ- hope of liberating people from the faces, echoed by the cheers of the
range from vibrant and electrify- enced by other people’s opinions confines of society. audience and living within the
ing, bolstered by dynamic percus- of them, but ultimately, we are the The passion expressed by music. Although the band’s music
sion and snappy guitar solos, to ones who are in control of how we Young the Giant while they per- See YOUNG, page 15
soulful and chill-inducing, lush
with satiny falsetto and synth-
produced bells.
In addition to performing the
original versions of their music,
the band also played two songs in
a style they dubbed “In the Open”
in which guitarists Jacob Tilley
and Eric Cannata traded in their
electric guitars for acoustic ones.
When their music was stripped of
its synth tones and electric guitar
chords, the audience could experi-
ence the full effect of the raw emo-
tion behind the songs’ lyrics.
Aside from their music, what
attracts people to Young the Gi-
ant is their sense of freedom, their
undeniable passion for perform-
ing and the gratitude they express
to their fans. From lead singer Sa-
meer Gadhia’s spontaneous, care-
free dancing to the music’s spacey,
psychedelic sound, the band’s
unwillingness to fulfill societal
expectations is apparent.
In between songs, Gadhia ex-
plained to the audience how the
band is “embracing [their] ver-
sions of [themselves]” and how Photo by Perrine Kemerait Student Publications
“[they didn’t] want to be put into Sameer Gadhia, the lead singer of the alternative rock group Young the Giant, during a recent per-
a box and made to be something formance. The band recently performed at Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Roxy as part of their latest tour.
of their children despite the two
having separated due to David’s
instability. The character risks
falling into the sexist archetype of
the woman who exists exclusively
to support the hero, but Rundle’s
performance saves the character,
bringing nuance and strength to
the role.
Other than those three actors,
the acting in the series is unre-
markable — while the other per-
formances are not distractingly
bad, they are nothing noteworthy.
The biggest strengths of
“Bodyguard” are its writing and
plot. The series is fast-paced and
suspenseful, always drawing the
viewer in and providing a seem-
ingly endless stream of twists and
revelations.
From the beginning, the series
is full of action and tension. The
pilot opens with Budd thwarting
a suicide bombing attempt on a
train, convincing the bomber, a
teenage middle eastern girl, to sur-
render herself and have the bomb
diffused. Immediately the viewer
sees Budd as a dedicated cop who
take his job incredibly seriously
and is willing to risk his own life
to save others.
The plot picks up quickly, with
Budd almost immediately be-
ing assigned to protect Secretary
Montague.
One tool that series writer Jed
Mercurio (“Line of Duty”) uses
to keep the show interesting is
setting up false storylines for the
reader to follow. These are not
exactly twists, in that Mercurio Photo courtesy of Netflix
does not explicitly promise one se- Anjli Mohindra plays Nadia, a member of a terror cell that attempts to bomb a train in the pilot
See GUARD, page 15 episode of “Bodyguard.” The plot is foiled when David Budd convinces Nadia to stand down.
// ENTERTAINMENT
‘Legacies’ is just another supernatural teen drama
TELEVISION
Legacies
NETWORK: The CW
WHEN: Thursdays at 9 p.m.
STARRING: Matt Davis and
Danielle Rose Russe
OUR TAKE: «««««
ERIK TISCHER
ENTERTAINMENT STAFF WRITER
This fall, the CW Television
Network released the newest en-
try in their supernatural teen dra-
ma franchise with the long-await-
ed series, “Legacies.” As a spinoff
of both “The Vampire Diaries”
(TVD) and “The Originals,” the
show picks up where the previous
left off in the same universe filled
with vampires, witches and were-
wolves trying to coexist in a world
littered with humans.
There are few genres with a
more entrenched fan base than
supernatural dramas. With the
release of “Legacies,” the CW is
pushing to open up their fan base
and attract a new set of viewers
looking to get engrossed in teen
gossip enhanced by superpowers.
So far, the show excels at being
able to welcome those not fully
versed in the series’ fandom.
Series writer and producer, Ju-
lie Plec, who also worked on TVD
and “The Originals,” seeks to add
a new twist on this tired franchise
with a ‘Monster of the week’ for-
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powers never seen before in TVD tore, it is obvious the show will cen- cally gifted teen conflict. happens next.
realm. While this has yet to be ter around raging teen hormones, Throughout the first episode, it “Legacies” can take multiple
seen in the pilot, it could turn out breakups and heartbreaks. Alaric’s becomes clear Landon and Hope paths with this interesting mix of
to be a powerful tool to keep view- daughters, Josie Saltzman (Kaylee had known each other before this fantasy concepts. Although the
ers on their toes, waiting for the Bryant) and Lizzie Saltzman (Jen- chance encounter. Most of the show tries to break away from its
next episode release. ny Boyd), are tasked with giving pilot was focused on establishing predecessors with the hope of of-
Plec brings back a few of the Rafael a tour of the school, and this budding romance while also fering a supernatural teen drama
more beloved characters from the Lizzie immediately starts to try expanding the cast, introducing set in a Hogwarts style magic
prior shows with Alaric Saltzman and flirt with Rafael which turns plenty of other Salvatore students school, the pilot mainly develops
(Matt Davis) as the strict head- out less successful than she had and providing expository to those characters while falling short with
master at the Salvatore School for hoped. With multiple romances who are new to the franchise. Fin- a lack of plot details to really push
the Young and Gifted. The series and ex-lovers involved, “Legacies” ishing the episode with a secret new fans into watching more and
is set to capitalize on the popular- will surely deliver the relationship about Landon is all the pilot gives following the storyline.
ity of gifted schools like those in
“X-Men” and “Harry Potter” to
weave some new life into the over-
used supernatural drama.
While the acting leaves much
to be desired, it is refreshing to
see actual teenagers and young
adults playing the roles of these
supernatural high-schoolers.
Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose
Russe), another returning char-
acter, becomes the main focus of
the show as the only tri-breed of
a witch, werewolf and vampire to
ever exist.
The pilot, “This Is The Part
Where You Run,” starts out fol-
lowing two foster brothers living
in Mystic Falls, Rafael Waithe
(Peyton Alex Smith) and Landon
Kirby (Aria Shahghasemi), as they
learn Rafael has developed into a
werewolf. Their foster parents,
not understanding supernatural
beings, try and exorcise Rafael
which forces him into wolf form.
Hope and Alaric show up soon af- Photo courtesy of the CW
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The Struts look for voice on sophomore effort

MUSIC
Young & Dangerous
The Struts
LABEL: Interscope
GENRE: Alternative Rock
TRACK PICKS: “Body Talks,”
“Freak Like You” and “Ashes
(Part 2)”
OUR TAKE: «««««

ELI HENDLER
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

On the heels of a successful

tour with the Foo Fighters and a
performance in front of 80,000
people while opening for the Roll-
ing Stones, the Struts released
their second full length album
“Young & Dangerous,” a record
full of stadium-ready rock an-
thems anchored by heavy guitar.
The album is essentially two
projects in one. The halves are
capped by the songs “Fire (Part
1)” and “Ashes (Part 2).” The first
half comes out swinging with two
singles “Body Talks” and “Prima-
donna Like Me.” These singles are
full of influence from other bands.
“Body Talks” could easily be Photo courtesy of the Interscope
something off of a Strokes album Struts frontman Luke Spiller at a during a recent performance. The English alternative rock group, which formed in 2009,
stitched together with the open- recently released their second studio album, a mix of stadium anthems and soft-rock tracks titled ‘Young & Dangerous.’
ing riff of Jet’s “Are You Gonna
Be My Girl.” That being said, the some loud guitar riffs characteris- does one of his best impressions of easily be imagined to have been Overall, “Young & Danger-
song is full of energy, making it a tic of the first half of the album childhood idol, Freddie Mercury. released by a different popular ous” is a great second effort from a
great choice to open the album. It and tones them down just a little. Beyond that though, the song is band. In fact, some of the melo- band with lots of talent and prom-
is fast, fun and sets a great tone for This softer rock carries into and is truly an epic piece that Mercury dies seem to be heavily inspired ise. It is stuffed with great, enter-
the rest of the first half. characteristic of the second half of and the rest of Queen would be by, if not almost lifted from ear- taining songs that have the capac-
Much of the first half of the the album. proud of. lier hits. ity to provide for fantastic live
album toes a line between alterna- This softer tone is more remi- Generally, “Young & Danger- That is not to say that the al- shows. Still, one hopes that this is
tive rock and hard electric guitar- niscent of a band like Train, but ous,” represents the Struts taking bum is bad. On the contrary, the not the end of the developmental
driven rock reminiscent of the for the aggressive vocals of singer steps beyond their freshman effort songs are complex and get better road for the struts.
70s and 80s. Beyond the Rolling Luke Spiller. This new style is no and truly shows off the time that with each successive listen. Also, The formula for “Young &
Stones, the influence of Queen, better exemplified than by the they have spent touring with big there are many instances where Dangerous” is a winning one al-
Led Zepplin, Journey and other first song after “Fire (Part 1)” names, learning and improving the voice that the Struts continue ready, but throw in some more
70s rock bands is prominent. called “Somebody New.” on their craft. to develop shines through, and originality and a real compelling
“Fire (Part 1)” provides a tonal The song “Tatler Magazine” That being said, the album those are some of the most com- reason to listen to this over its in-
shift in the album. The song it- is one of the most interesting on leaves something to be desired. pelling and promising parts of the fluences, and the Struts will truly
self takes the heavy baseline and the album. On the track, Spiller Most, if not all of the songs can new album. have an amazing act.
// ENTERTAINMENT
GUARD FROM PAGE 12
quence of events and then provide
another. Rather, he simply fore-
shadows certain plotlines which
never materialize.
Early in the series Mercurio
foreshadows a conflict between
Montague’s hawkish politics and
Budd’s disdain for war. There is
palpable tension between the two
that surfaces occasionally in the
series, but the viewer’s concerns
about Budd’s loyalty always fizzle
out as the officer proves that he
will do anything to protect the
Home Secretary.
Richard Madden plays British police officer David Budd in the Netflix show. Budd is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan
who is tasked with protecting Julia Montague, the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, from multiple threats to her life.
These storylines keep the view-
er from guessing what will happen
next, not by employing shock-
ing and unbelievable twists, but
rather by hiding the truth among
several false leads.
Every episode in the series is
intense and gripping, making the
show virtually impossible to turn
off. In an entertainment world ob-
sessed with things that are “binge-
worthy,” “Bodyguard” is a perfect
fit for Netflix.
The show is immaculately
structured, spreading the action
and plot perfectly over the six-ep-
isode run, but Mercurio does slip
up on the finale. The episode con-
tains an absurdly long segment
in which Budd, wearing a suicide
vest strapped on him by the antag-
onists, attempts to convince the
police that he is not a threat and
that they should help him diffuse
the bomb rather than shooting
him. The scene is well written and
intense, but it drags on for far too
long — around 36 minutes. The
viewer may be kept on the edge of
his seat, but after half an hour the
tension becomes exhausting.
Another major mistake is the
inclusion of a final twist, in which
one of the characters turns out to
technique • November 2, 2018• 15
have been deceiving the viewer
all along. The twist — which is
reminiscent of the famous one in
“The Usual Suspects” — is unex-
pected and jarring, but it is sim-
ply unnecessary; the show already
feels resolved and settled, and the
shock ending is too unbelievable
for an such a realistic series.
Other than these two weak-
nesses, “Bodyguard” is an excel-
lent show. The viewer gets exactly
what they want and expect, and
there is something refreshing
about a show that is well-written
and well-produced, but looks to
do nothing more than entertain.
Photo courtesy of Netflix
YOUNG
FROM PAGE 12
is already exceptional, hearing it
live made it exponentially better.
What elevated the excellence of
the songs was having the ability to
witness the group’s emotion with
every lyric sung and note played.
Young the Giant performed in
such a way that made one feel
wholly present in the moment; it
was as if nothing else mattered
but being a witness to the music
and sharing the experience with
people who were ablaze with an
identical fervor for it.
Much to the audience’s dis-
appointment, at 20 minutes to
eleven o’clock, Gadhia announced
that the band was about to play
their final song of the night.
Young the Giant concluded their
concert with one of their first-ever
singles, “My Body”, which the
crowd sang along to without miss-
ing a word. As the song ended,
Gadhia looked skyward with his
eyes closed as if he were reflecting
upon how fortunate he was to be
in his position: to be able to live
his dream, express his passion and
spread a positive message. He was
also incredibly vocal about his
gratitude, which he conveyed by
thanking the audience numerous
times. After the show, the band
members tossed drumsticks and
other items into the audience.
Young the Giant’s concert was
stellar not only because of the mu-
sic, but because the members are
outstanding performers who know
how to captivate an audience. Al-
though the backdrop was simply
a grid of equally-spaced lights, the
luminous effects contributed per-
fectly to the band’s style of music.
Aside from the phenomenal sound
of the group’s new album “Mirror
Master,” it also comes with the
message of being one’s own person
and not conforming to society’s
expectations.
Overall, Young the Giant pro-
vided their audience with a show
that did not disappoint.
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IN THE BLEACHERS BY STEVE MOORE

SMBC BY ZACH WEINERSMITH

XKCD BY RANDALL MUNROE

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LUNARBABOON BY CHRISTOPHER GRADY PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

CHANNELATE BY RYAN HUDSON

SUDOKU PUZZLE

BY SUDOKUCOLLECTION.COM
18 • November 2, 2018• technique // SPORTS

Tech miraculously still in running for Coastal

JOHN EDWARDS
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Do not count Tech out of the
ACC Coastal division quite yet.
The Jackets’ win over Virginia
Tech on Oct. 25 helped keep alive
their chances of reaching the ACC
Championship Game.
Under the guidance of redshirt
freshman QB Tobias Oliver, Tech
thoroughly thrashed the Hokies
to the tune of 465 yards, all rush-
ing — the Jackets did not com-
plete a pass in the game, their first
time ever in the Paul Johnson era,
and nonetheless put up 49 points.
Tech’s seven rushing touchdowns
against Virginia Tech were the
most that the Hokies had allowed
since Alabama hung nine rushing
touchdowns on them in 1973.
But last Thursday’s victory
had more of an impact for the
Jackets than simply filling up a
stat sheet and demolishing their
Techmo Bowl rivals — which
feels less and less like a rivalry, as
Tech has walked away with three
straight in Blacksburg and four of
five overall. Tech’s victory helped
keep alive their hopes at the ACC
Coastal divisional crown.
Tech entered last Thursday’s
game just 1-3 in the ACC, with
the lone win against winless-in-
conference Louisville, tied for last
in the ACC Coastal with UNC.
But Tech’s victory over the Hok-
ies accomplished three things.
First, it knocked Virginia Tech
off from atop of the ACC Coastal
where they had resided with a 3-0
record. Second, after a chaotic
week within the Coastal division,
Tech climbed out of the basement
— Tech went from tied for last
to fifth, just a sneeze away from
Miami. Third, it ensured that the
Jackets would hold the tiebreaker
over Virginia Tech, a crucial out-
come if Tech stands any chance of
making the ACC Championship
game in Charlotte.
Currently, No. 23 Virginia
leads the ACC Coastal with a
4-1 record, followed by Virginia
Tech at 3-1, Miami at 2-2, and fi-
nally Tech at 2-3. As a scheduling
quirk, three of the teams in Tech’s
last four ACC games are ahead of
them in the standings, presenting
Tech with the unique situation of
being able to claw their way up the
standings down the stretch de-
spite a poor opening to ACC play.
Tech’s path to the postseason be-
gan with a win over Virginia Tech
Tech linebacker David Curry celebrates after returning a fumble for a touchdown versus Bowling
Green. Curry’s Jackets retain a real, if slim, chance of playing in the ACC Championship Game.
— if they can keep pace and win
out, the Jackets will finish with a
record of 5-3 while handing fur-
ther losses to Virginia and Miami.
If Tech runs the table, then if
Virginia Tech loses to No. 24 Bos-
ton College and Miami but beats
Pitt and Virginia, Virginia Tech
would also finish 5-3 as well. The
best record that Virginia could
finish with would be 5-3 too,
and Miami and Pitt would finish
at best 4-4 and 5-3, respectively.
Despite having lost to Pitt earlier
this season, the Jackets would win
a four-way or three-way tie by vir-
tue of having beat Virginia Tech
and, in this hypothetical, Vir-
ginia. Virginia Tech would also
have a 2-1 record against the tied
teams, but a loss to Tech. Tech
would still lose a two-way tie with
Pitt, but the Jackets have more
control of their own destiny than
their record might indicate. Given
that Miami has faltered down the
stretch and given that Virginia
looks over-ranked based on their
strength of schedule, it is not en-
tirely unrealistic that the Jackets
might be playing for a spot in the
conference title game.
Tech’s path to 5-3 might not
even be that treacherous — ac-
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cording to the ESPN Football
Power Index, Tech has a 76 per-
cent chance of winning their
game against UNC, a 45 percent
chance of winning against Mi-
ami, and a 69 percent chance of
beating of UVA, giving them a 24
percent chance of winning out in
the Coastal, assuming that these
are independent events. At the
very least, Tech’s odds of making
a bowl game appear much better
than they did earlier this season
when Tech was 1-3 — by FPI,
Tech has a highly reasonable 73
percent chance of winning at least
two games of their remaining slate
against North Carolina, Virginia,
Miami, and Georgia.
Tech’s path to an ACC Coastal
bid is all the more complicated
by the fact that Miami, Virginia,
Pitt, and Virginia Tech have some
slate of games against each other
coming up as well. Still, this may
yet play into Tech’s favor — if any
team is unable to separate them-
selves from the pack in the noto-
riously chaotic Coastal division,
Tech has the advantage in terms
of tiebreakers and may yet find
themselves facing off against the
Atlantic division winners — most
likely the Clemson Tigers, who
are still undefeated both within
the conference and overall. Tech
was thoroughly steamrolled by
the Tigers on Sept. 22 of this year,
49-21, but Tech still pegged the
third-most points on Clemson of
all of their opponents this year,
behind only Texas A&M and
Syracuse.
Still, it is an uphill climb, and
Tech cannot afford to make any
mistakes. Tech’s rocky road to
December continues this Satur-
day as Tech travels to Chapel Hill
to take on UNC. Tech is 29-20-
3 all-time against UNC and the
Jackets have won nine of their last
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This season has been an uphill

battle for the Jackets, who have played
to just a 2-3 record in the ACC and a
4-4 record overall, but Saturday offers
an opportunity to build momentum
down the stretch — Tech looks to have
a real chance at a bowl-game bid after
opening the season 1-3, possible with
how explosive the offense has locked
at times. Replicating their zero-turnover
performance from last week will almost
guarantee a win.

The Tar Heels enter this week trying

to bounce back from 10-point loss to
Virginia. With a struggling defense, a
hurting offense and a losing record, UNC
is vulnerable. The team is last in the ACC
coastal, and in their last game, the Tar
Heels gave up 425 total yards of offense.
Offensively, they have struggled to open
lanes in the running game, notching only
66 rush yards versus Virginia. If Tech can
keep UNC one-dimensional, expect to
see punter Tom Sheldon early and often.

Story by Graham Lewis

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Sports
SPORTS EDITOR: Down But Not Out? technique
Harsha Sridhar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
John Edwards
Tech football has had its fair share of
miscues, but the team is technically
20
Friday,
still a conference contender.418
sports@nique.net November 2, 2018

Tech adds two Tennessee five-star prospects

to the fold for this season: forward Elizabeth Dixon
from Germantown, and wing Elizabeth Balogun
from Chattanooga. Both players received glowing
evaluations as high schoolers; ESPN’s HoopGurlz
described Balogun as “among the elite small
forwards in the class of 2018” and Dixon as an
“ultra-athletic interior performer.” Last year, Kierra
Fletcher was a top performer as a freshman. The
year before, it was Rookie of the Year Francesca
Pan. Both freshmen will have a chance to shine.

Both Fletcher and Pan will undoubtedly be

important returning contributors, but they cannot
replace two more Jackets who have been key
players for the team for year. Graduated seniors
Zaire O’Neill — the reigning ACC Sixth Player of
the Year — and Elo Edeferioka provided significant
toughness and a dominating presence in the paint.
In this regard, the team will have to look to players
like Dixon to pitch in; she is the tallest player on
the team and was ranked No. 5 at her position in
the recruiting class.

At home, the Jackets are formidable against

nearly anyone. The team even nearly knocked off
then-No. 3 Louisville on December 28, a game
they would have almost certainly won if not for
the heroics of Cardinals superstar Asia Durr. On
the road, the 2017-18 team was a different story
altogether, winning only one conference game
on the road. This year’s team has the talent to
make the NCAA Tournament, but for that to
happen, they need to close out games away from
McCamish Pavilion.

Story by Harsha Sridhar

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