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STAR program confronts hidden poverty at Tech
ROSEMARY PITRONE
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR
Nearly every college student
worries about grades, employment
and the odds of making it to an 8
a.m. class on time. At Tech, these
are considered common con-
cerns that students openly discuss
amongst peers, faculty and staff.
Less openly discussed is the is-
sue of poverty and how it impacts
college students. It can be easy to
assume that every student has the
freedom to learn and succeed in
all aspects of college life. In real-
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ity, the lack of financial resources
affects the quality of life for many
students and prevents them from
succeeding in school. Some are
not able to afford adequate food,
housing or clothing. Others strug-
gle to pay medical bills or to afford
other personal expenses.
The Institute has resources in
place to alleviate some of the fi-
nancial stressors for students in
need. The Students’ Temporary
Assistance and Resources (STAR)
program coordinates between
four campus organizations that
provide aid: Klemis Kitchen,
Campus Closet, Dean Griffin Hip
p6 Musician’s Network
LIFE
Pocket Fund and an emergency
housing scholarship.
“STAR is basically the safety
net for students who have a finan-
cial crisis,” said STAR coordina-
tor Steve Fazenbaker. “It is hard
to get into Georgia Tech and it is
hard to stay at Georgia Tech. You
don’t want a little financial hiccup
to derail what would otherwise be
a pretty successful career here, so
our job is to help minimize the
distractions from any kind of hic-
cup that might come along.”
The STAR program was
founded as a project of the Pro-
See STAR, page 9
NEWS
p4
SPORTS
Rugby’s
family
aims high
HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
Sarah Violante walks in the room
with a noticeable limp, one of her
knees enveloped in an implement that
seems to be a cross between a brace and
athletic tape. How did she get hurt?
“I was rucking a girl,” she says.
Thus begins an investigation into
the hard-hitting, fast-paced, frankly
violent sport that is women’s rugby.
Rucking turns out to be a central as-
pect of the game: the way the ball is
retrieved from the middle of a cluster
of players using nothing but feet.
“When you ruck, you put your
shoulder into another girl’s shoulder,
and the ball’s beneath you,” she ex-
plains. Both teams fight to push the
other off the ball. Violante, resisting
the offensive efforts of the University
of Georgia’s team, caught the brunt of
a collision.
At a first glance at a live rugby
match — or a YouTube clip of one —
the sport looks a great deal like Ameri-
can football. Yes, it is more free-form;
there do not seem to be pre-set plays
nor are there 30-second breaks be-
tween short sprints. But players carry
an oddly-shaped ball downfield and
deftly pass it to teammates before be-
ing enveloped in a suffocating tackle.
It is not difficult to see the roots of the
United States’ most popular sport.
Yet rugby has not cultivated the
foothold in America that it enjoys in
other former British commonwealth
countries such as New Zealand or
Australia; the Philadelphia Fight, a
three-time national champion in the
USA Rugby League, counts less than
See RUGBY, page 19
Photo courtesy of Campus Kitchens
Nick Trinh, BCHM, serves food at a Campus Kitchens event, a
nationwide initiative that collaborates with Tech’s STAR program.
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NEWS EDITOR:
Jonathan Jeffrey
news@nique.net
Representative Knauf claimed
that there is currently “no offi-
cial line of communication be-
tween Musician’s Network and
student center,” and the joint ad
hoc committee would provide a
link between the student center
and GTMN. According to Knauf,
the committee would also be a
platform for SGA to support the
musician’s network.
The opposition stood their
ground, claiming that they still
UtC Out of the Picture? technique
Students in Musician’s Network and others
resist administration plans to leave Under Friday,
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the Couch out of the new student center 44 September 28, 2018
strengthen a sense of pride among SMOKIN’ RIDE
members. In order to cover the ex- On Sept. 14 at approximately
penses of starting a new event, the 1:30 a.m. an officer stopped a ve-
Pride Alliance asked for funding hicle due to a strong marijuana
for the banners and WREK radio smell emanating from the passen-
rental equipment. ger compartment. Upon stopping
The Pride Alliance also asked the vehicle, the officer discov-
for money to help fund an extra ered the driver had a significant
hour of rental equipment for the amount of marijuana, as well as
Pride Parade. In a vote of 34-1-0, a weapon, in his possession. The
the UHR passed the bill. man was placed under arrest and
charged with possession of an il-
HOMECOMING STEP SHOW legal substance.

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ach week , this sec tion of
News will include coverage
of different aspects of bills
and resolutions that have passed
through Student Government. This
will include the Undergraduate
House of Representatives, Graduate
Student Senate and the Executive
Branch of both government bodies.
SAURAV GHOSAL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
UNDER THE COUCH COMMITTEE
Undergraduate Representative
Nate Knauf proposed the idea of
creating a joint ad hoc committee
with the Graduate Student Sen-
ate (GSS) to discuss the state of
Under the Couch inside the new
student center, which tentatively
will be known as the Wenn Cam-
pus Center. The current plans for
the Wenn Campus Center has
no dedicated space for Under the
Couch, which has ignited student
criticism and prompted action
from members of the Student
Government Association (SGA).
When opening the proposal
for further discussion within the
Undergraduate House of Repre-
sentatives (UHR), there was some
disagreement among members.
The opposition claimed they
did not understand the need for
a joint ad hoc committee, since
there is already a presentation
scheduled on the issue.
Supporters of the idea coun-
tered, explaining that the commit-
tee would give SGA the authority
to officially meet with the student
center and the Georgia Tech Mu-
sician’s Network (GTMN).
did not think the committee was
necessary with the prior scheduled
presentation. They refuted to the
supporters’ arguments explaining
how there was no need for SGA
to become involved as the middle-
man in the issue.
Supporters of the proposal re-
sponded by claiming that the ad
hoc committee could potentially
change the resolution’s language.
Another representative said that
Under the Couch was a “queer
space” and protecting Under the
Couch would be supported by the
LGBTQIA+ community.
Despite the debate within
UHR, in the end, the joint ad hoc
committee was created.
CELEBRATING OUT WEEK
The Pride Alliance, an advo-
cacy group for the LGBTQIA+
community, came to the Student
Government asking for funds to
support a new event they were
planning called Pridefest.
The festival will be held the
Friday before the Atlanta Pride
Parade, and will be a part of a
week long celebration of Atlanta
Pride. It is intended to increase
awareness and visibility of the
LGBTQIA+ community and
BILL SUMMARY
BILL
VSA Moon Festival*
Men’s Lacrosse Equipment 2019
India Club Inventory
NPHC Homecoming Step Show
Pride Alliance Out Week
* Bill line items amended in conference between GSS and UHR
The Georgia Tech National
Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), a
group of tight-knit sororities and
fraternities, came to the Student
Government looking for funds
to support the homecoming step
show.
The step show is a community
event for African-American Greek
organizations in which teams per-
form and compete in dance.
The overall goal of the event is
to promote unity among the Afri-
can-American student population
and empower the community.
The show is usually held at the
Ferst Center, but due to the Ferst
Center reconstruction, the Geor-
gia State’s Performing Arts Center
was chosen as a replacement.
Due to this change, the NPHC
needed funding to cover the costs
of booking the venue, a DJ and
a host. They were also looking
for money to help create flyers to
spread awareness of the event to
students.
Additional conversation of cov-
ering food expenses was brought
up but was quickly dismissed as
the representatives said there was
no need for catering at the event.
In a final vote of 32-0-1 in the
UHR, the bill passed.
AMOUNT GSS UHR
$3,933.11 14-0-0 25-0-0
$5,969.18 21-1-0 28-1-0
$18,985.00 19-0-0 34-0-0
$7,755.00 24-2-2 32-0-1
$452.00 23-1-1 34-1-0
HALEY PHILLIPS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
WALKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
A few minutes after 2 a.m. on
Sept. 15, a Georgia Tech Police
Department (GTPD) officer on
patrol spotted a female being sup-
ported by a friend, unable to walk
on her own, as they made their
way down Techwood Drive.
The female who was unable to
hold herself up was under 21 and
intoxicated to the point of vomit-
ing on the sidewalk. The officer
called an ambulance to attend to
the student.
The student was evaluated by
paramedics and taken to the hos-
pital, accompanied by a fellow
student escort.
Because she was drinking un-
derage, the student was issued a
student code of conduct violation.
TRAFFIC(KING) CONES PT. 2
Less than two weeks after an-
other incident with stolen traffic
cones, an officer spotted a male
carrying a GTPD traffic cone over
his head as he walked down the
street on Sept. 15 just after mid-
night.
Once the officer made contact
with the individual, the student
said it was a joke.
The student had removed the
cone from what appeared to be
a survey site at the corner of on
Ferst Drive and Fowler Street, due
to paint marks at the location.
The officer instructed the
student to return the cone to its
original location and the student
was also issued a student code of
conduct violation.
ANKLE ARREST
On Sept. 14 around 12:15 a.m.
an officer responded to a report of
a female student injuring her an-
kle in the Architecture Building.
Upon arriving, the officer found
a group of students, two of whom
were in possession of marijuana.
All of the students present were
issued student code of conduct
violations, but the two found with
marijuana were placed under ar-
rest. They were issued criminal
trespass violations and charged
with possession of marijuana,
adding insult to the ankle injury.
SHOW SOME I.D.
Around 3:17 a.m. an officer
arrived at the West Village Din-
ing Commons to respond to an
unresponsive female lying on a
wall outside. After receiving no
response from her, he gently shook
her shoulder to wake her up.
Once she was up, she told the
officer that she was drunk and
only 18. The officer called for an
ambulance and then asked to see
the student’s ID.
She produced a North Caro-
lina ID from a card holder on the
back of her phone, but it turned
out to be a fake ID. After the of-
ficer spotted a Georgia ID in the
card holder, she reluctantly hand-
ed it over.
The ambulance arrived and
cleared her medically. The stu-
dent was then escorted back to her
dorm. She was issued a student
code of conduct violation for un-
derage possession of alcohol and
having a fake ID.
The fake ID was taken for evi-
dence and destruction.

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GTPD begins ticketing electric scooters, Georgia sticks to electronic
bikes for violating Georgia traffic laws
SAM BASKINS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Starting Monday Sept. 24,
the Georgia Tech Police Depart-
ment (GTPD) began enforcing
state laws associated with riding
vehicles such as electric scooters,
bicycles and even golf carts. Rid-
ing on sidewalks, riding across
crosswalks and ignoring traffic
laws can now result in a ticket.
GTPD had previously made
over one hundred stops of viola-
tors, but had been giving out safe-
ty flyers instead of tickets. The fly-
ers address multiple laws relating
to motorized scooters, explaining
the consequences of breaking
these laws. Additionally, they in-
clude general bike and pedestrian
safety tips such as securing bikes
with a U-lock and always using
crosswalks as a pedestrian.
A bolded red message at the
bottom of the flyer reads, “THIS
IS YOUR EDUCATIONAL
WARNING. NEXT STOP:
TICKETS!”
Scooters and bikes are now ex-
pected to stop for red lights and
stop signs, yield to pedestrians in
crosswalks, and follow all other
state laws.
Capt. Anthony Leonard from
the GTPD emphasizes that scoot-
ers and bicycles are treated as ve-
hicles under state law.
“What we are going to be en-
forcing is the Georgia law. Which
means we’ll be enforcing all the
rules of the road, so everything
that a vehicle has to do, the scoot-
ers have to do. Everything that a
ballots for November
vehicle has to do, the bicycles have
to do,” Leonard said.
Leonard clarifies the reason-
ing, explaining that it is danger-
ous when bicycles and scooters ig-
nore stop signs and traffic signals.
“I just saw a guy up in Tech
Square coming down Fifth Street.
He went right through a red light
on one of the busiest intersections
on campus,” Leonard said. “He
... very easily could have injured
himself or someone else.”
Bicycles and scooters are not
allowed to be ridden on sidewalks
and crosswalks. However, while
riders walk their vehicles, they are
considered pedestrians and can
use crosswalks and sidewalks.
These vehicles are all still al-
Bird bikes parked outside of Klaus. Services like Bird and Lime
allow students to rent electric scooters to ride across campus.
lowed on shared pathways around
campus, since the paths fall under
Georgia Tech policy instead of
state laws.
According to the educational
flyer, fines can be $130 or more,
not including court costs. Such
fines are administrated by the
City of Atlanta Municipal Court,
not by GTPD.
Segways, mobility scooters and
similar vehicles are excluded from
these regulations because under
Georgia state law, they fall under
the category of electric personal
assistive mobility devices. Ac-
cording to GA Code § 40-6-320
(2014), people are allowed to op-
erate such vehicles on sidewalks as
pedestrians.
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SARAH KALLIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
As the November midterm
elections approach, some voters
are concerned about the security
of Georgia’s voting system.
Georgia is one of only five
states that uses electronic ballots
without a paper audit trail, ac-
cording to Verified Voting, a non-
profit that tracks election verifi-
ability across the country.
Because electronic ballots
carry the risk of hacking, many
Georgia voters are pushing for the
use of paper ballots. According to
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
although there is no evidence that
Georgia electronic ballots have
been hacked, tech experts have
expressed concerns that malware
could be undetectable.
Earlier this year, activists in
the state of Georgia filed a lawsuit
against Georgia Secretary of State
Brian Kemp and other govern-
ment officials over voter security.
Their objective was for Georgia to
move to paper ballots for the No-
vember 2018 election.
As Secretary of State, Kemp
established the Secure, Accessible
and Fair Elections (SAFE) Com-
mission in April to “study options
for Georgia’s next voting system.”
While overseeing the security
of Georgia elections, Kemp is also
running as the Republican candi-
date for Georgia governor.
“The SAFE Commission will
conduct thorough discussions on
all options — including the fea-
sibility of using all hand-marked
paper ballots to all electronic ma-
chines with a voter-verified paper
trail — and travel the state to
solicit feedback,” said Candice
Broce, press secretary for Kemp.
After their analysis, the SAFE
Commission will provide recom-
mendations to the next session of
Georgia’s General Assembly.
However, in proceedings for
the lawsuit for the current Novem-
ber elections, Kemp and the state
of Georgia argued that changing
to a paper ballot for November
would be an undue burden.
Siding with the state of Geor-
gia, on Sept. 27, U.S. District
Judge Amy Totenberg denied the
request for paper ballots, claiming
the change was too last-minute
and would overwhelm both elec-
tion workers and voters.
“With this ruling behind us,
we will continue our prepara-
tions for a secure, orderly election
in November and move forward
with the bipartisan SAFE Com-
mission’s work to responsibly
upgrade Georgia’s secure — but
aging — voting system. As I have
said many times over, our state
needs a verifiable paper trail —
but we cannot make such a dra-
matic change this election cycle,”
Kemp said shortly after the ruling.
“Georgia’s election system re-
mains secure, and we continue to
work with local, state, and federal
officials on election security to
maintain and preserve the integri-
ty of our electoral process. There is
no evidence that any component
of the election system has ever
been compromised,” Broce said.
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Under the Couch faces changes in Campus Center
TRISTEN ALLEN
WEB DEVELOPER
On Sept. 9, 2018, the president
of the Georgia Tech Musician’s
Network (GTMN), Heath Mur-
phy, sent out an announcement to
the organization’s official mailing
list informing members that the
new Wenn Campus Center com-
plex would not include space for
Under the Couch.
As a result, the announcement
claimed, Under the Couch would
not exist after it closed in 2020
for the renovations. Currently,
the GTMN coordinates with the
Student Center to run the Under
the Couch, a music lounge and
practice space venue on the second
floor of the Student Center.
As part of the same email, Mur-
phy announced that he would be
sending out a petition following
the GTMN meeting on Sept. 10.
As of writing, the petition has
over 1,800 responses from cur-
rent students, faculty members,
prospective students and alumni.
Each response to the petition af-
firms that the signer agrees that
“Under the Couch should be in-
cluded in the new Campus Center
with no diminished utility from
its current state.”
Murphy, who has been a mem-
ber of GTMN since 2016, said
the new Campus Center complex
would not contain Under the
Couch, but that GTMN would
instead have “practice spaces, but
that there would not be a stage or
lounge in the same regard.”
“There’s never felt a [sic] space
on Tech campus that’s like ‘Oh
yeah, that’s for music,’ with the
exception of Under the Couch,”
Murphy said.
With regards to the Campus
Center plans, Murphy explained
that he thinks “it’s kind of more
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of the same. They tend to, rather small practice room of 100 sq. ft. venues the same as always via the cludes supporting the interests of
than dedicate a music space or as well as a large practice room of online Event Management Sys- niche communities and commu-
something like that, they would 300 sq. ft. which will be attached tem, and student groups will not nities in need,” Gillon said. “The
just convert something else into a to a recording and control booth. be charged for reservations. Musician’s Network is indeed one
room that works,” Murphy said. According to the document, the When asked how the new of these communities, and we are
“The alternative that the Student practice space will have integrated Campus Center will meet the searching for a solution that al-
Center has pitched to us and that A/V for recording and will be same needs as Under the Couch, lows them to fulfill their purpose,
is in their current plans is a gener- open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Bryant stated that “it fills the first while also allowing the many
al-use, smaller theater ... but that Bryant also said that the Cam- two that I talked about very well. other performing arts groups to
doesn’t really work for the style of pus Center will have general-pur- Obviously with the recording achieve theirs. We are currently
performances that we put on.” pose venue and lounge space. “The space and then the practice rooms having these conversations with
Murphy emphasized that Un- venue space will be reservable and and then the lounge and then the Student Organizations, Stu-
der the Couch has a unique quali- can be used by anyone, as well as venue. I think that there are going dent Center administrators, and
ty as a space managed by students. lounge space for everyone,” said to be several different opportuni- other Campus Center planning
“With Under the Couch, the Bryant. “Within this space, there ties for venues.” groups.”
people that I have managing the will be more options, too — we’re Evan Gillon, undergraduate On Monday, Sept. 24, Bry-
space want to do it. We get to having a large theater, which will student body president, said that ant and her colleagues visited the
choose — we buy the lights; we seat about 298 which will have a the Student Government Asso- GTMN general meeting to hold
set up the speakers. All that stuff stage in it. There will be a little ciation (SGA) will be working to a Q&A session, where students
is designed by Musician’s Net- theater which will seat 150 but help mediate the process to ensure were able to raise their concerns.
work and that’s part of the enjoy- you can also clear off the floor and student group needs are heard. GTMN is a Tier II student or-
ment of it,” Murphy said. so it’s just one big area.” “SGA’s role is ultimately to ganization, placing it on the same
Lindsay Bryant, Ed.D., the According to Bryant, students advocate for the best interests of tier as the SGA, and other high
Student Center director, ex- will be able to reserve the new the entire student body, which in- impact student organizations.
plained the process behind the
Campus Center planning process.
“During the Spring semester,
we met with probably over 200
different students, faculty and
staff. Different organizations, we
did specific meetings, so MN had
a specific meeting to talk about
their space. We talked with stu-
dent groups to see what the needs
were,” Bryant said.
According to Bryant, the Stu-
dent Center heard from GTMN
that the organization needed four
areas available in the new space.
“When you think of their space,
four areas — four purposes that
it solves, and kind of what they
need. The first one is practice
space,” said Bryant. “The second
one is recording, which they will
still have in the new space. The
third is a venue, like a stage and
everything, and then a lounge.”
According to a set of plans for
GTMN space in the new Cam- Photo by Allie Ghisson Student Publications
pus Center shared by Bryant, the Lindsay Bryant, Ed.D., (center) and her colleagues hold a Q&A session inside Under the
organization will have access to a Couch on Monday. Several Musician’s Network students and others were in attendance.
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OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion No, I am not an

Sustainable Technology
Can we create sustainable innovation in industry?
“Sustainable” has become something
of a buzzword in recent years. Issues of
sustainability have surged into the public
consciousness, leading companies to shift
their focus towards the more environmen-
tally friendly consumer.
However, as shoppers begin flocking to
responsibly sourced and produced clothes
made of recycled fabrics, they will con-
tinue feeding one of the most heinous of
environmental offenders: electronic waste.
This new form of pollution, known
commonly as “e-waste”, is supported by a
tangled web of different causes. Cultural
and monetary factors make up the bulk of
the issue; our society is obsessed with in-
novation and a fetishism of the “next best
thing”, while companies have a financial
interest in pushing newer, better products
as frequently as possible.
If both consumers and producers lack
incentive to change then the onus falls one
step back, to the people researching and
The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the
Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.
technique editorial board
Samira Bandaru EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Casey Miles MANAGING EDITOR
Jonathan Jeffrey NEWS EDITOR
Polly Ouellette LIFE EDITOR
Harsha Sridhar SPORTS EDITOR
Zoie Konneker ONLINE EDITOR
Demockracy by Lauren Douglas
creating the technology that powers these
devices.
Several technologies that we now see as
commonplace began as ideas in research
labs like the ones here at Tech. If sustain-
able practices become integrated into the
very foundation of our tech research, that
sustainability will be carried through the
pipeline all the way to the consumer —
and, more importantly, to the landfill or
recycling plant.
The problem of e-waste will persist, but
as a major research institute, we have the
opportunity to mitigate its severity and en-
vironmental impact. Instead of mandatory
ethics courses that many students consid-
er an afterthought, ethics and sustainabil-
ity should be consciously integrated into
our entire body of work. By ensuring that
these technologies are sustainable at the
point of conception we can promote clean-
er practices across the board and maintain
our position at the forefront of innovation.
Jon Long OPINIONS EDITOR
Josh Trebuchon ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Lauren Douglas DESIGN EDITOR
Tristen Allen WEB DEVELOPER
Asian-American
When people ask me where I’m of learning from other cultures.
from, I tell them, “Houston” if I remember feeling the constant
I’m pressed for time. If I can sense disconnect between what I was
that they’re willing to know more learning from my peers, my envi-
about me, then I tell them, “a lot ronment, culturally and socially,
of places.” But when they ask me and what my parents were teach-
where I’m really from, I tell them, ing me. I remember struggling to
“I’m from the Philippines.” make new friends and having to
I come from a Filipino fam- move to a different country just as
ily on both sides, with Chinese I was getting settled.
ancestry on my mom’s side and I grew up going to internation-
Spanish ancestry al schools where
on my dad’s side. I was surrounded
My mom, born by students of dip-
and raised in Met- “ ... being an outsider is lomats and expa-
ro Manila, is re- somewhat comforting triates and other
sponsible for pass- third-culture kids.
ing on the many to ... third-culture kids.” I remember feel-
little sayings that ing envious of my
her grandmother BEATRICE DOMINGO new American
would always tell STAFF DESIGNER friends who grew
her, like “You can’t up surrounded by
cut noodles when extended family.
you eat them, be- I didn’t grow up
cause long noodles signify a long with aunts and uncles and cous-
life.” My dad also talks about ins and grandparents at birthdays,
many old wives’ tales from his graduations or holidays, except
hometown in the provinces and when I spent summers in the Phil-
both of my parents are strong ad- ippines, which happened every
vocates of the art and practice of year or two. And even then, I felt
Feng Shui. like an outsider coming “home”
I am Filipino by ethnicity and to the Philippines. My cousins
by nationality: I speak Tagalog would always switch to English
and I eat Filipino food, but I have when speaking with my brother
never lived in the Philippines. and me, and I sometimes felt like
I was born in Singapore. From a tourist in my own country.
there, we moved to Jakarta, In- My sense of unbelonging was
donesia. We ended up in Paris, heightened when we moved to
France, for a while and then found America. In other countries, we
ourselves in Moscow, Russia, be- had the security blanket of calling
fore moving to Houston, Texas, ourselves expats, through which
where I lived for eight years before we could declare our residence as
moving to Atlanta to attend Geor- only temporary. Once we found
gia Tech. out that we would be living in the
I was raised in a hybrid “typi- States for longer than four years,
cal Asian” family and a Western- I immediately felt pressure to act
ized family dynamic. I grew up like the others, to pretend like I
with both parents and my older knew how to be an American, and
brother, and my parents followed to mask my cultural differences,
typical collectivistic parenting un- but these differences have shaped
til we moved to the United States. who I am.
Upon reaching adolescence, I be- Looking back on all of this,
came independent and thought I realize now that the feeling of
that I could do what I wanted as being an outsider is somewhat
long as I felt that it was right, even comforting to those of us who
if it wasn’t right. This got me into grew up as third-culture kids.
a lot of trouble with my parents, I take comfort in the fact that I
but they were much less strict in don’t know what to call home.
parenting me than my brother. I’m admittedly wishy-washy, but
I am a “third-culture” indi- I adapt and assimilate very well,
vidual and a first-generation im- and that’s something I learned in
migrant to America. I am not an my childhood. I only sound and
Asian-American. act American because that’s how
There’s a difference. Sure, I I learned to survive and thrive
speak like an American and have in other countries — to immerse
the stubborn independence of an myself truly and fully in the na-
American, but those attributes tive culture, while still maintain-
don’t even begin to erase the years ing my Filipino heritage.

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The facade and futility
of finding a job
“ ... it’s time for thousands of
Tech students to put on their
costumes and play pretend. ”
HARSHA SRIDHAR
SPORTS EDITOR
It’s career fair season. That delicate balance between making
means it is time for thousands of innocuous small talk with com-
Tech students to put on their cos- pany representatives and finding
tumes and play pretend. ways to link the unseasonably hot
You’ve seen it before. The horde weather back to a point on my re-
of job seekers in the suffocating sume. We don’t do these things
air of the CRC’s fourth floor, their because we enjoy them; they’re
eyes perpetually peeled for the just a box that must be checked.
logos that represent the compa- And what does that hold for
nies they hope to one day stick on us? Case interviews, behavioral
their LinkedIn profiles. The gold interviews, coffee chats, network-
badges and plain nametags that ing dinners — they’re all chances
seem to indicate a student’s place for us to market ourselves, build-
in a sort of career-based caste sys- ing a brand that hopefully grows
tem. They crowd around recruit- so strong that no company is able
ers the same way that children to resist it.
may clamor for a famous athlete’s The true tragedy of this big
autograph. Friends and classmates song and dance is not that it is
become fellow job-seekers, every stressful or time-consuming, al-
man and woman for themself. though it is both. It is that the job
This picture is vivid in my search process tells companies so
mind because I understand fully little about who we are as interns
well that I have been one of these or full-time employees. We all put
people. I too have navigated the on an affect in these settings. A
// OPINIONS
three-month project which went
nowhere becomes “a valuable les-
son in research design”; that one
time you spent an afternoon work-
ing with Habitat for Humanity
might become “a humbling expe-
rience that shaped my perspective
on making a difference.” How are
employers to know which among World Rankings No More Converse
us are the truly passionate and ac- Georgia Tech has been As long as Tech is in busi-
complished and which are merely ranked 34th in the Times ness with Adidas, Buzz will
very good at playing the part? Higher Education World Uni- no longer be seen in his iconic
A few weeks ago, I spoke to a versity Rankings among 1,258 Converse sneakers. Will his
recruiter about my frustrations — evaluated schools. Of the insti- new three-striped kicks be-
not in the course of interviewing tutions located in the United come a new tradition, or will
for a job, of course; that would have States, Tech was ranked 21st the phantom of his all-star past
been foolish. And I was surprised out of the 172 schools includ- haunt the mascot for the re-
to find him agreeing that yes, the ed. mainder of our uniform deal?
career search process does a poor
job of separating good from bad.
Why not have candidates selected
for a second round of interviewing
complete some sort of group proj-
ect? Why doesn’t every field have
an equivalent of consulting’s case
interviews or tech firms’ coding
interviews? Where in the midst of
a classic “tell us about an item on New Makerspace Cosby Conviction
your resume” interview can a hir- Tech’s Inderdisciplinary After a long and well-tele-
ing manager determine whether Design Commons (IDC), a vised legal battle, Bill Cosby
someone is reliable or capable? new makerspace located in the was sentenced to 3-to-10 years
Tech students are by and large renovated Van Leer building, in prison for sexually assault-
accomplished, talented people. So opened its doors this week. ing Andrea Constand in 2004.
rather than having us speak about The space will give students Many feel that the sentence is
our greatest challenges or proud- even more resources to inno- too short given the volume of
est moments, companies ought to vate both in and out of class. accusations against Cosby.
make us prove it.
// OPINIONS technique • September 28, 2018• 7

“Brett Kavanaugh and the

Ghost of High School Past”
Should behavior from high school follow you into
adulthood and factor into hiring decisions?
before he truly knows what ugh’s case, being the up- more media attention in
MAX JARCK Ford alleges happened? VIVIAN WANG holder of truth and justice JON LONG recent days. Should claims
CONTRIBUTING WRITER It is not fair to destroy STAFF WRITER is written in his very job OPINIONS EDITOR without evidence disqualify
Kavanaugh’s career and description. Surely people someone from the supreme
Weighty and legitimate reputation without a fair With the recent cloud deserve second chances in I am not the same person court, spitting in the face of
allegations against public process in which he can face of scandal surround- life, but here, we are talk- that walked the halls of a our “innocent until proven
figures should be taken se- his accuser. To do so would ing the Brett Kavanaugh ing about a lifetime ap- small Augusta high school. guilty” system of justice?
riously, and if the majority be contrary to due process Supreme Court nomina- pointment to the highest If I was, I’d be sporting a This argument treats
of the Senate and the sixth tion, the main dialogue position in the land. To Bieber Swoosh, Southern the allegations as a crimi-
believes the amendment. among the right has confirm Kavanaugh with- Tide shirts and unironed nal case; They are not.
a llegations “How would In the move- centered on the fact that out properly investigating khaki shorts that didn’t fit This is more akin to a job
to be cred- Kavanaugh be able ment that the nominee should be the claims against him, and me. My judgement in high interview, with America —
ible, the ac- promotes exonerated of the despi- even worse, to barrel him school bears little resem- through the Senate Judicia-
cused should to defend himself helping vic- cable actions described by through with half-hearted blance to my judgement ry Committee — deciding
be held ac- before he truly tims of sexual Dr. Blasey Ford because the excuses for his past behav- now, as an adult. if Kavanaugh is fit to serve
countable assaults hold attempted rape allegations ior sends a damaging mes- But, even as a fresh- on America’s highest court.
and face con- knows what Ford their attack- occurred some 30 years ago. sage to current high school faced 14-year-old saunter- If multiple corroborating
sequences.
Dr. Christine
alleges happened?” ers legally re-
sponsible we
Aside from the fact that the
logic for this defense of
and college students. It tells
adolescent boys that they
ing into high school for
the first time, I knew that
witnesses came forward to
a potential employer with
Blasey Ford’s must be wary Kavanaugh is inherently can do what they please, sexual assault was bad. claims of sexual assault,
charges that Brett Kavana- of eroding the rights of the contrary to Kavanugh’s without suffering any real Ignoring the veracity of my application most likely
ugh sexually assaulted her accused. own claims of complete consequences in the future. the allegations against Su- would not be considered.
are certainly serious, and if This controversy has innocence, I find this de- More importantly, the de- preme Court nominee Brett It has been claimed that
proven to be true, Kavana- never been about justice or fense to be problematic in bacle tells young women Kavanuagh, one argument these women, by coming
ugh would rightfully lose the truth. Ford’s allegation several ways. that even after mustering for the judge stands out forward to deny his seat on
his chance of sitting on the sat in Senator Diane Fein- Should people be held the courage to speak up, as particularly weak. Em- the court, are “ruining his
Supreme Court. stein’s back-pocket for sev- accountable for their past even with the support of phasizing the 30-year gap life,” as if he is entitled to
Ford’s claims, however, eral weeks. With the clock actions? The answer has their peers and other wom- between the alleged assault this position. The allega-
fail to meet even the lowest winding down and Kavana- already been a resound- en, their voices are still un- and Kavanaugh’s nomina- tions are out there, and the
burden-of-proof. Not one ugh’s confirmation looking ing yes, for actions far less likely to be heard. tion, several defenders have one way Kavanaugh leaves
witness has come forward inevitable, the Democrats serious than the allega- Having recently been claimed that actions in high this with his reputation
to back her story that Ka- threw a “Hail Mary” in tions Kavanaugh faces. an 18 year old myself, I school should have no bear- intact is with a thorough
vanaugh sexually assaulted hopes of preventing a strict Any college student who know that 18 is old enough ing on one’s reputation. FBI investigation clearing
her at an unspecified loca- constitutionalist from sit- is on the internship hunt to know better. 18 is old Adolescence doesn’t oc- him of any wrongdoing. If
tion on an unspecified date ting on the highest court. can tell you that their deci- enough to understand the cur in a vacuum; experi- Republicans cared about
around 36 years ago. She Denying his position based sions from the recent past basic moral rationale behind ences during one’s teenage “ruining his life,” they
has been hesitant to come on hearsay alone sets a dan- can already pose a prob- refraining from attempting years play a major role in wouldn’t have vehemently
forth with details while gerous precedent about the lem, and are told to keep rape. It is strange that those shaping them into adults. denied an investigation.
Kavanaugh categorically burden of proof that under- their social media spotless defending Kavanaugh are Beyond high school — and Yes, the alleged events
denied the allegations and lies our justice system. It’s a from smearing pictures of incredibly quick to back his college, as it appears that happened over 30 years
agreed to attend a hearing shrewd political move but drunk nights from fresh- innocence, without asking accusers from Kavanaugh’s ago when Kavanaugh was
in order to clear his name. nothing more. If Ford fails man year. There are many themselves who stands to alma mater have also come young, but refusing to ac-
Her legal team sent the to provide any damning tes- people in this country who gain from the nomination. forward — it seems unlike- knowledge them is doing
Senate Judicial Committee timony, Republicans should continue to suffer residual If the claims against Kava- ly that someone would have a grave disservice to our
a list of demands including make a stand by confirm- ramifications and barriers naugh prove to be true, the a grand epiphany showing highest court. Without an
the requirements that Kava- ing Kavanaugh and ending from work due to having country would not only be them that their longstand- investigation, both sides
naugh testify first and that this spectacle focused more served any amount of jail appointing a liar, but also a ing patterns of behavior are will continue to become
he must not be in the same on political posturing than time, for similar crimes that man whose defenders seem wrong. more and more entrenched
room as Ford. How would verifying the credentials of Kavanaugh would have to be more immature than This argument has an- in their views, despite a lack
Kavanaugh defend himself a highly qualified judge. been guilty of. In Kavana- most 18-year-olds today. other facet that has gotten of evidence either way.
Life
LIFE EDITOR: technique
Polly Ouellette Women in Arch Installs Sculpture
ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR:
Rosemary Pitrone
Women in Architecture won the Art in the BeltLine contest 8
Friday,
last year. Their sculpture will soon find its new home on
life@nique.net Tech’s campus. 410 September 28, 2018

Taking a closer look at

galaxies far, far away...

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

BOBBY GUILD
STAFF WRITER
Students and members of the
community waited with anticipa-
tion as the evening sky darkened
to the night sky. Once a month,
the School of Physics opens the
doors to its observatory so that
anyone can see the grandeur of
the sky.
On these evenings, with the
help of Tech’s own telescope, at-
tendees take advantage of the free
opportunity to get an up close
look at the wonders above.
Every public night begins with
a quick thirty-minute talk. It is
not a classic boring presentation
about textbook topics, though.
Rather, it is meant to be an enter-
taining, easily digestible journey
through what makes space so si-
multaneously awe-inspiring and
baffling. Filled with pictures and
ways that the information relates
to everyday life, everyone leaves
both entertained and informed.
Thursday, Sept. 20 was the first
public observatory night of the
year. This week’s brief talk, led by
physics Ph.D. student Yu Qiu, ex-
plored the cause and significance
of galaxy clusters.
Galaxy clusters are just as they
sound: clusters of galaxies held
together by the gravity from the
large collection of matter, both
normal and dark, at its center.
The talk shed light on the scale
and scope of the universe and gave
an important perspective to the
experience for those about to see
the celestial bodies that make up
those clusters with their own eyes.
Primed with a better under-
standing of the world outside this
atmosphere, those in attendance
made the journey from the How-
ey lecture rooms to the rooftop, a
full five stories up. There, people
wound around the staircase as
they waited for their chance to
peer through the telescope at the
moon, Saturn and Mars.
On a clear night, several hun-
dred people will cycle through
for the opportunity to use the
observatory and to learn about as-
tronomy.
Events meant to educate the
public about space have been
sponsored by Tech for decades,
but only in the past few years
has Tech had the ability to host
a public observatory night. This
came with the construction of the
observatory in 2006. Since then,
several updates to the facility have
been made, including the addi-
tion of the Space Object Research
Telescope in 2014.
According to James Sowell,
Observatory Director and School
of Physics faculty member, the
goal of these nights is to share the
wonders of astronomy with others
and to encourage continued inter-
est in their study.
“The goal of public nights is
to continue the tradition of keep-
ing this opportunity available for
Tech students and Atlanta-area
residents of all ages,” said Sowell.
“It is rather amazing and heart-
warming how many people attend
a primarily educational event that
is also entertaining. I get to be a
tour guide, showing people craters
on the Moon, the rings of Saturn
or gaseous materials forming new
stars.
While it can be easy to get lost
in the minutiae of the sky, Sowell
seeks to pique the interest of those
attending by focusing on things
that most people would recognize.
In doing so, the event is made to
be more memorable and meaning-
ful for viewers.
“I purposely view bright, fa-
miliar objects: the moon, Jupi-
ter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and the
brighter star clusters and gaseous
nebula,” said Sowell. “I prefer that
people go away knowing what
they saw and being impressed by
it, rather than trying to see a faint
object and the people are not even
sure if they saw it. Visitors usu-
ally remember the craters on the
Moon, the rings of Saturn and the
four moons around Jupiter.”
Part of the excitement of the
night sky is that it holds a unique
meaning for everyone who sees it.
Some simply gaze up in awe, while
others wonder about the intricate
physics that holds it all in place.
To Sowell, however, what is im-
portant and unique about this ex-
perience is that it is just a person,
a telescope and the sky.
“I think the best takeaway is
that a visitor fully recognizes that
the objects are real and that they
actually saw it,” he said. “Photo-
graphs can show a larger size and
finer detail, but there is something
about being a single user looking
through a telescope and person-
ally seeing the celestial object.”
Afterward people might leave
with a greater appreciation of the
science behind the sky. Moreover,
they leave with a unique and sin-
gular experience.
For a complete list of future
Public Observatory Nights, please
visit astronomy.gatech.edu.
For those who wish to further
their knowledge, the Astronomy
Club is open to anyone and meets
every Monday at 8 p.m. in Howey.

Photos by Kirsten Reynolds Student Publications

// LIFE
STAR FROM PAGE 1
-vost’s Office but moved to the
Division of Student Life earlier
this year in order to expand its
reach. During this transition, two
independent studies indicated
that there are around 2,000 stu-
dents on campus who would ben-
efit from the program. The studies
showed that 70 students currently
use STAR resources.
Klemis Kitchen works with the
nationwide, student-run Campus
Kitchens organization to provide
meals to students with food inse-
curity. Student volunteers collect
leftover food from dining halls
twice a week and package these
leftovers into individual meals
that are then used to stock the Kl-
emis Kitchen pantry.
Campus Closet began as a
service for students who come to
college without professional attire
to borrow suits for interviews and
career fairs. The service has since
built a collection of over 800 suits
for men and women that anyone
can loan regardless of financial
need.
Another service that helps stu-
dents whose financial situations
may suddenly change is the Dean
Griffin Hip Pocket Fund. This
resource provides students inter-
est-free emergency loans of up to
$1,000.
“It could be something like
your laptop got stolen or broken,
and you just don’t have the time
to go through the process of going
to financial aid. It is zero percent
interest and you have the semester
to pay it back, so students really
appreciate that,” Fazenbaker said.
The fund also takes into account
situations where students cannot
pay the loan in the allotted time;
however, the return rate on the
loans is 98 percent.
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The final area of assistance pro-
vided by STAR is the emergency
housing scholarship. If students
find themselves suddenly in need
of housing the student may work
with STAR and Health Initia-
tives’ VOICE program to find
temporary housing until a more
long-term solution can be secured.
The previously mentioned
studies found that the demo-
graphics of those who are re-
source-challenged at Tech match
those of the population at large.
However, at least half of the cases
of students in need of emergency
housing involved LGBT students.
“A lot of times it either has to
do with a student coming to col-
lege and coming to understand his
or her sexuality, and as they begin
living it out, either roommates are
uncomfortable with it and they
are forced to leave, or in much
more tragic cases, parents are un-
comfortable with it and the stu-
dent is cut off,” said Fazenbaker.
At last year’s Campus Closet event, hosts demonstrated ways in which students could
use the clothes offered through the service. Campus Closet is part of the STAR program.
Situations like these demon-
strate how quickly a student’s
financial situation can change.
That is why it is important for the
campus community to be aware
of the resources available to those
with financial need.
Despite the fact that many stu-
dents in need could benefit from
these programs, many do not take
advantage of the programs. The
reason for this discrepancy is like-
ly due to a lack of awareness, so
Fazenbaker is working to raise the
profile of STAR on campus. One
way is by establishing a board of
students to increase the visibility
of these issues and provide a net-
work of support.
Students who wish to be in-
volved with this managing board
are encouraged to contact Fazen-
baker. In addition, applications
will open up later this semester
for STAR Ambassadors.
There are other ways to help
those in need on campus. Cam-
Join the
technique • September 28, 2018• 9
pus Kitchens and Klemis Kitchen
need volunteers to package meals;
a schedule for volunteering is
available on OrgSync. In addition,
this semester STAR is launch-
ing an initiative where campus
departments can sponsor Klemis
Kitchen for a month and collect
goods for the pantry.
“This is overly simplistic, but
the fact that we’re at a place like
Georgia Tech, where we’re trained
to identify a problem and solve a
problem, it is very easy for us to
overlook where there are strug-
gles,” Fazenbaker said.
“It is important to raise aware-
ness of these issues and the fact
that we’re all human beings and
we all hit bumps, and we need
each other to get through those
times. If we can accept and em-
brace that, then life would be a lot
easier for all of us.”
For more information about
STAR, visit studentlife.gatech.
edu/content/need-help.
Photo by Noah Bryant Student Publications
nique.net /thenique
Has the
holiday spirit
gone too far?
LANE ELDER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“In September?” said Ashton
Hattori, second-year EE, when
asked her opinion on this week’s
topic, whether holiday spirit has
gone overboard. The incredulous
response sums up Tech students’
general opinion when it comes to
celebrating the holidays: every-
thing in its time, but September is
not the time.
While temperatures remain
in the 90s, often over 10 degrees
above the September monthly av-
erage of 82 degrees Fahrenheit,
fall celebrations have been in full
swing for a month now. Even
more extreme, retail stores have
continued their tradition of sell-
ing decor far before anyone logical
would think of decorating.
Tech students have something
to say about it. Some students
like celebrating the holidays year-
round, like second years Adeline
Boswell, ChemE, and Anthony
Limiero, AE.
See HOLIDAYS, page 11
@the_nique
10 • September 28, 2018• technique
BeltLine sculpture makes its way to Tech ating architectural sketches and
POLLY OUELLETTE
LIFE EDITOR
The upcoming installation of
a new sculpture on campus will
mark the close of a nearly two-
year project. The piece, a tower-
ing structure of thick metal pipes
and spindly wires, will be moving
from its original home on the At-
lanta BeltLine.
“The Veil,” created by mem-
bers of the Women in Architec-
ture student organization, has
been in the works since the spring
of 2017. The process began when
the young women in the group or-
ganized themselves to create and
take an independent study class,
which gave them the freedom to
work on projects that they felt
would augment their education.
One of these projects was de-
signing a submission for the Art
on the BeltLine program, which
selects artistic endeavors of many
media for temporary exhibition
on the popular 22-mile path that
surrounds Atlanta. The ten young
women in the class created a
sculptural structure that they be-
lieve symbolizes the mission state-
ment of Women in Architecture:
“Inspire, Empower, Celebrate.”
“The cables themselves are this
intertwining canopy — that’s the
veil,” said Emily Wirt, third year
ARCH grad student and president
of Women in Architecture.
“The idea that these cables are
this continuous spectrum, wrap-
ping around and holding up this
structure, so that it almost feels
like it’s floating above the ground
[creates] this veil, with the delicacy
yet the weight of the aluminum.
Ultimately, it’s this supportive veil
type community,” she said.
The jury for Art on the Belt-
Line chose “The Veil” as one of the
featured projects, and the young
women spent several months cre-
// LIFE
construction documents.
Next was the actual fabrication
of the structure, which is entirely
aluminum. This work was done
in the College of Design’s Digital
Fabrication Lab. Right next door
is an office of the Georgia Tech
Research Institute, representatives
from which helped the team cut
the metal with water jets and weld
the correct pieces into place.
Installation was a big job, com-
pleted with the help of some heavy
machinery and lots of help from
supporters of the project. Pedes-
trians, runners and cyclists on the
BeltLine could see it up from De-
cember of 2017 to June of 2018.
The group is proud that the
project is Tech-supported from
the beginning to the end. Women
in Architecture submitted and
received funding for a bill to the
Student Government Association
for $25,000 for use during the en-
tire length of the project, which
will be used all the way through
the final installation. They were
mentored by Tech professors,
helped with fabrication by GTRI,
and supported every step of the
way by volunteers from Women
in Architecture and the greater
campus community.
After “The Veil” finished its
stint on the BeltLine, Wirt and
her fellow designers began to look
for a new home for their piece.
They found one — in about two
weeks, the sculpture will be in-
stalled in the grass between the
Love Manufacturing Building
and the MRDC.
The sculpture will look slightly
different than the original ver-
sion. The cables will be thinned
to emphasize the delicacy of the
piece and their attachments to
the pipes will be streamlined and
fine-tuned. Soon, passers-by will Photos courtesy of Razan Altiraifi
be reminded of the structure that The above photos were taken at a graduate open house event. Wirt explains the de-
supports and covers them. sign, construction and meaning behind the installation on the BeltLine titled “The Veil.”
// LIFE technique • September 28, 2018• 11

advantage of people during the Thanksgiving even sometimes,”

HOLIDAYS FROM PAGE 9
“People are too cynical, and all
we need is Christmas joy. Always,
even in September,” Limero said.
“There is nothing wrong with
playing jingle bells in September,”
Boswell said. “It’s totally normal.”
Mary Hartness, second year
holiday season, and people have a
lot of pressure to get that perfect
gift.”
No matter how much they
might love the holiday, some stu-
dents dislike certain aspects of the
early holiday celebrations, like ste-
reotypical autumn food, decora-
said English. “Oftentimes, as soon
as Halloween stuff is over, Christ-
mas stuff is already started. No.
It’s too soon.”
English dislikes the timing of
store holiday displays because it
overlooks the less decorations-ori-
ented holidays like Thanksgiving.

Sunday
LMC, was also a big proponent of
spreading holiday cheer.
“For me, holiday spirit is not
Step it Up 5K for Autism Speaks as much about the material things
Location: Kessler Campanile as it is about the sights and smells
Time: 8 a.m.–11 a.m.
This event raises money to fund research into treatments for aut- and spending time with family
ism and to raise awareness in the Tech community. It is spon- who I normally don’t get to see,”
sored by Alpha Xi Delta. Hartness said. “I always get really
excited for the holiday season, so I
tions or store displays.
“Pumpkin spice lattes defi-
nitely did come out too early. It
was like 90 degrees when they
came out,” said Hattori.
Many students pointed to
stores as the culprit of inappropri-
ately early holiday spirit and rea-
son for so much disdain.
“You have to experience the
season that you’re in and not look
forward to the next one before it
gets here,” English said.
Despite the unseasonable
weather, take a moment to enjoy
the season you are in, whether that
is with Halloween decorations ga-
lore, a pumpkin spice latte while

Monday - Friday
think personally holiday spirit has David English, fifth year IE, studying for midterms or just get-
a positive impact on me, but I do agrees. “I actually love Christmas ting outside during unseasonably
Wreck the Vote understand how companies take so much, but it comes out before warm fall afternoons.
Location: Tech Walkway
Time: 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
The SGA Government Relations Committee will host a nonpar-
tisan voter registration event.

Tuesday
Study Abroad Fair
Location: Student Center Ballroom
Time: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
The Office of International Education will host this fair to help
students learn about international learning opportunities.

Thursday
Adulting: Navigating Your Network
Location: West Village 209
Time: 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
As part of the Adulting series, this class will feature a panel of
experts to help you learn more about networking.
Navy Seal Challenge
Location: CRC
Time: 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Student can take the Navy Seal Challenge and participate in five
physical challenges.
Photo by Casey Gomez Student Publications
Above is shown one example of especially excessive Christmas spirit. Students on campus have
begun to notice the earlier and earlier creep of the holiday celebrations, and opinions are divided.

Entertainment
AVNI SHRIDHAR
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nestled across from the fa-
mous High Museum of Art is the
smaller yet no less impressive Mu-
seum of Design Atlanta (MODA).
After walking into the glassy and
colorful building, museum-goers
are led down a hallway stamped
with stark text and enlarged
black-and-white photos. The hall-
way is segmented by large panels,
and after visitors tilt their heads to
get a better glimpse, they are con-
fronted with striking questions —
“Where do you learn?” “Where do
you sleep?” “Where do you live?”
These are the questions that
shape “Design for Good: Archi-
tecture for Everyone,” MODA’s
current exhibit curated by ar-
chitect, speaker and writer John
Cary. Often, social-justice out-
reach and health initiatives are fo-
cused on the “How?” but rarely do
they focus on the “Where?” But
slowly, people are beginning to
understand that where outreach
occurs is heavily linked to how
impactful it is. The first hallway
cleverly introduces the core idea of
the exhibit — “everyone deserves
good design.”
After emerging from the hall-
way, visitors arrive in an open
space with sections allotted to
case studies of architecture proj-
ects, all significant examples of
the impact that good design can
have. Each case study includes
important profiling information,
including the location, cost and
source of funding for the project.
These profiles are accompanied by
vibrant images and quotes from
clients that weave together to tell
a story of what beautiful architec-
ture made with the aim of maxi-
mization can do for community.
The case studies are brought
to life by architectural models,
the most engaging part of the
curation. These to-scale models
provide an aerial view of the in-
MODA exhibit highlights
socially conscious architecture
dividual projects, allowing the
visitor to view them from differ-
ent angles and truly appreciate the
work in a way that photographs
do not allow.
One prominent case study is
the “Maternity Waiting Village”
in rural Malawi, a shelter which
gives local pregnant women a
place to stay so they can have im-
mediate access to health care. This
village was created with the intent
to improve on previous shelters,
which were essentially “brick
blocks” built like a “stable.” With
this example, Cary makes it clear
that “design for good” means us-
ing design to dignify the lives of
those who have not been allowed
that decency.
Another case study discussed is
the “Women’s Opportunity Cen-
ter” in Rwanda, a cluster of mud-
brick pavilions in which Rwandan
women and children can gather
and learn. Each pavilion is an
intricate spiral with recessed seat-
ing, a modern design that highly
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Josh Trebuchon
ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Eli Hendler
entertainment@nique.net
contrasts its surroundings, and
at night time, the lit shelters look
like lanterns or beacons of hope.
The Women’s Center has given
Rwandan women not only a place
to call their own, but a place they
are proud of. Cary uses this study
to highlight that when respect is
given to people, they are then in
turn able to respect themselves
and the world around them.
Cary’s most unique look at the
impact of architecture is an proj-
ect a little closer to home, The
National Memorial for Peace and
Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
Cary’s curation, which remem-
bers the thousands of victims of
lynching, highlights the intention
behind the construction of the
memorial. The exhibit communi-
cates how the memorial manages
to physicalize the weight of lynch-
ing tragedies rather than intellec-
tualizing or even just dismissing
them as numbers. At this point in
the tour, visitors understand that
good design can show that even
technique
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those who are gone are deserv-
ing of dignity. Cary even covers
a design project close to Tech stu-
dents’ hearts — and Tech’s cam-
pus — by including a brief over-
view of the impact of the Atlanta
BeltLine.
MODA defines “design” as
the intersection of creativity and
functionality, and the “Design
for Good” exhibit exemplifies this
juncture. Design is everywhere,
and Cary puts it perfectly — “It’s
about the lives all of us lead, inex-
tricablty shaped by the spaces we
inhabit.” “Design for Good: Ar-
chitecture for Everyone” is a must
for anyone who wishes to broaden
their understanding of design and
understand the functional impli-
cations that creative design has on
everyday life. While not as visu-
ally stimulating as other exhibits,
the weight of Jon Cary’s message
and the stories of those impacted
by good design make MODA’s
current exhibit a worthwhile and
enriching visit.
Photos by Casey Gomez Student Publications
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Imagine Music Festival delivers with music, visuals

ation. 50+ vendor shops filled up the festival had a collection of festivals was a nice sweet spot. At of the audience at the two larg-
ZAFIR SHARIF the rest of the tarmac. The EDM artists that complemented each Imagine, viewers could easily nav- est stages at Imagine. The up-
CONTRIBUTING WRITER culture at Imagine is defined and other’s style well. As the weekend igate crowds and likely reach close grade is underwhelming and not
is full of tradition; the shops, the progressed, the names on stage to the front center of a stage at worth the increase in price. In
The Atlanta Motor Speedway people and the dress all reflect a got bigger and the sets used more about any time during an artist’s contrast, the camping pass is the
has been the home to the Imag- singular coherent vibe. lyrics and hit songs. set. The open space and lounging entry to the actual all-night-long
ine Music Festival for the past Varied installations through- By nighttime, each set became audience added a laid-back feel party with a silent disco ending
couple of years. The generous out the speedway caught the eyes a cyclical process between build- to it all. No one was obligated to at 7 a.m. to wrap up the eventful
space is a refreshing change from of passerby. A geodesic pyramid ing up to the next drop to the stick around and hear an artist weekend Monday morning.
the crowds of Music Midtown the pulsed different colors while a rapid lights and roaring fire that finish — a restrictive environment The reluctance to commit to an
week before. The Imagine Music metal orb rotated open to expose accompanied it. The crowd energy would contradict the unique char- EDM concert is a dilemma that
Festival was themed “An Aquatic an untamed flame. Decorated nearing peak sets like Bass Nec- acter of Imagine. seems to be common among a lot
Fairytale” and featured three days wooden canvases featured art tar and Galantis was unmatched. Logistically, Imagine can im- of listeners who are on the fence
of talented artists. Imagine is most made by many of the concert- In terms of a cost analysis for prove the intake of cars and the about the genre. Imagine is a per-
properly characterized as a mid- goers themselves — the people the viewer, an EDM festival like handling of traffic for both park- fect mid-size festival that satisfies
sized EDM festival — not quite as who helped to create the festival Imagine undoubtedly has the ing and entrance for campers. In the serious listener and the ama-
large as the greats of the genre like are some of the most adamant in highest return on investment. The the past, Imagine has received teur alike.
Ultra or Tomorroworld. Imagine’s enriching the EDM culture and price of the ticket is comparable criticism about the lack of water The experience is not reliant on
unique size sets it apart as a niche community. The sense of ritual to Music Midtown or a ticket to stations for concert goers. a listener’s familiarity with certain
festival that still holds the epic feel is developed and the positive at- an arena concert like Taylor Swift This year, Imagine failed to songs or artists — EDM’s inclu-
of a large-scale festival without the titude is infectious. or Aubrey and the Three Amigos, hold up the same concern they sivity gears Imagine to increase
lines and unnavigable crowds. This year’s lineup was ru- but these options do not have the showed at last year’s festival. Long in size and success year after year.
This past weekend, Imagine mored to be the best Imagine has same effects, production, stages, lines and warm water were both Imagine is the largest privately
featured 70+ artists on five stages, ever seen. Atlanta was fortunate or vendors that Imagine does. reasons to skip the refill stations. run EDM festival — for it to op-
of which four were open on day enough to see some EDM greats After speaking to some veteran The VIP section promises a selec- erate at its scale and move artists
one of the festival. Each stage was — Armin Van Buren, RL Grime, EDMers, it was clear that Imag- tive viewing experience, but the to the US for a weekend is quite
equipped with its own complete Kaskade and more. Each day of ine’s size in comparison to larger section scales the left quadrant a feat.
decorations and 3D backdrop.
The visuals are perhaps as crucial
as the music itself for an EDM fes-
tival, and Imagine delivered. The
main stage was mesmerizing —
crosshatched lasers vibrated in the
air space above the heads of the
crowd as optical illusions backed
the artists and reflected the pace
and mood of the set.
The view for the concertgo-
ers was much more complex in
comparison to hip-hop festivals.
At peak sets, dancers came out
in levitating orbs while acrobats
performed alongside them. Mean-
while, bursts of fire adorned the
sides of the stage — so close to the
audience members that it might
have singed their hair.
There was never a cold minute
at Imagine. Smaller stages held
viewers’ attention as they moved
among the bigger stages — the
two largest stages were separated
by a row of food trucks. There
were a variety of choices all in the
range of $8 and up. A full meal
cost attendees around $20, and Photo by David Le Student Publications
for a festival as long as Imagine, Concert-goers enjoy the show at the Imagine Music Festival. The festival, like most EDM events, features an immersive environment
food is an important consider- underpinned by impressive visuals, energetic performances and creative choreography designed to complement the music.
14 • September 28, 2018• technique
‘East Atlanta Love Letter’ offers rap fans alternative
MUSIC
East Atlanta Love Letter
6lack
LABEL: LoveRenaissance
GENRE: R&B
TRACK PICKS: “Let Her Go,”
“East Atlanta Love Letter”
and “Sorry”
«
OUR TAKE: «««««
LOPA KRISHNAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In 2009, it was Paramore and
Blink-182 who relieved teenage
angst, a commiseration rendered
in the form of lyrics scribbled in
black and white marble composi-
tion books. Those teenagers are
older now, turning in those tat-
tered pages for sleek leather bound
moleskine journals to internalize a
new form of mood music.
Atlanta based rapper 6lack
would know. With the release of
his second album “East Atlanta
Love Letter,” lines are blurred be-
tween the impressionistic beats of
rap and smooth languor of R&B,
allowing 6lack to subtly crawl to
the summit of the category.
6lack’s sense of bravado shines
without the aggression and hyper-
masculinity that other Atlanta
based rappers seem to channel.
What separates him and his al-
bum from the pack isn’t just the
charm and the brassiness in his
vocalization, it’s that he is genu-
ine. In track three, titled “Switch,”
6lack writes an ode to perspective,
an exercise in living life in some-
one else’s shoes.
6lack’s rise to fame isn’t one
that came easily. After years of
SoundCloud semi-hits and finan-
cial insecurity, 6lack signed with
Interscope Records in 2016. The
rapper has talked about the days
before representation, in which
// ENTERTAINMENT
he lived out of a backpack and fans. It seems 6lack’s album is home. The zone contains upscale While listeners may have been
the struggles he faced during his firmly rooted in his humility and ritzy neighborhoods alongside a expecting something slightly dif-
rise to the charts, and so when he gratitude for his past. Perhaps harsh urban street life. One can’t ferent, they weren’t necessarily ex-
raps that “ain’t nobody gotta go that’s why he named the album help but notice the similarity be- pecting anything more.
through what I’m going through,” after his home town — Atlanta. tween the “zone du jour” and the Listeners can overlook the al-
his delicacy comes in the form His titular track “East Atlanta sound of the track — a sound bum’s lack of ripeness in exchange
of transparency. He cautions, “it Love Letter” is a work of jazzy that’s raw, yet so swanky and for 6lack’s hypnotic delivery, and
wasn’t what you thought it was, decadence, a tale of lust for both a smooth. his remarkable ability to generate
that’s another story to tell,” and woman and the city itself. Future But while 6lack masters the a powerful vibe. His reflection of
in slithering through the notion joins 6lack on the song, compli- art of an intoxicatingly smooth emotion is richly textured with a
of a misunderstanding, he alludes menting the track to create a rap- vibe, he falls victim in the pursuit mix of chilly verses and dreamy
to the struggle of others too. He soul groove, finding its balance of the top. The 14 track album choruses, his pieces resonating
writes, “tell me how it feels, to be in the mellowness and slow beat, fails to replicate the freshness and with the listener. The album is
somebody else,” not just as a cau- hinting at desperation and addic- simple elegance of his last album about the integrity of the soul,
tion to others, but to himself too. tion, love and desire. “Free 6lack.” All of the songs on and its broodiness is captured in
He raps about about being mind- The juxtaposition of the luxuri- “East Atlanta Love Letter” seem between the bass and a cloudy
ful — a rather unique topic for a ous R&B sound with its trap foot- to thicken into one clot of melo- haze of feelings. It’s the new emo.
song in the world of rap. ings mirrors Zone 6 — an area drama and passion, but that’s the But it’s 2018, and listeners are so
In fact, it seems like 6lack that both Future and 6lack call beauty of 6lack’s musical style. ready for it.
is one of the few rappers to ex-
press this vulnerability at all. In
“Let Her Go” and “Sorry,” the
listener is reintroduced to the fa-
miliar topic of a tempestuous re-
lationship, a subject he has made
a genre of. In “Let Her Go,” 6lack
hopscotches through the realm
of girl problems and mistrust,
bouncing through his doubt, ask-
ing “If I let her go, will I regret it,
will I forget it? Well, it’s somethin’
I don’t know.” Swaddled with
strong baselines, 6lack offers the
listener a look at his consciousness
— questions back and forth in his
mind about choices he must make
about a woman. In the next track,
“Sorry,” 6lack answers those ques-
tions.
The gauzy synth track reflects
the softness with which 6lack ex-
presses his heartbreak. “I know
I’ve said some foolish things be-
fore I know that I’ve been swerv-
ing on this course,” 6lack raps.
The silkiness of the track also ex-
presses a sense of regret. It’s real.
It’s a cacophonic apology camou-
flaged in a syrupy sound.
The thing is, is that 6lack can
act real because he stays real —
a reputation he’s cultivated over Photo courtesy of LoveRenaissance
countless meet and greets, listen- Atlanta native 6lack recently released his latest studio album ‘East Atlanta Love Letter.’ The
ing parties, and group chats with album is contemplative and deals with topics such as 6lack’s relationship with his home town.
D!
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Residence Life would like to
congratulate the Hall Council
Officers for completing the Hall
Council Officer Fall Training
Retreat. Thanks to RHA and the
advisors for hosting! We look
forward to a great year!
// ENTERTAINMENT technique • September 28, 2018• 15

‘Iridescence’ proves that Brockhampton still has it

MUSIC Ameer Vann, over allegations of very well with the title of the al- full extent and leaves the listener Matt Champion, another vo-
sexual abuse has left many fans bum to play into the definition of wanting to put it on repeat. calist in the group, begins his
Iridescence wondering where the group is Iridescence, “showing luminous Having plenty of talent and vo- verse in “San Marcos” with an el-
Brockhampton headed. Releasing this album colors that seem to change from calists to work with steers Brock- egant guitar melody carrying the
LABEL: RCA Records reassures fans and signifies the different angles.” This also ap- hampton away from features on track. The use of piano on a few
group’s resolve to use these diffi- plies to the album itself with the most of their songs. Surprisingly tracks along with lyrical melodies
GENRE: Hip hop cult times as motivation. constant flipping between slower enough, though, Jaden Smith takes the album to the next level.
TRACK PICKS: “Where the Originally wanting to release songs ripe with meaning and makes an appearance in the hook As a whole, the experimental
Cash At” and “Weight” an album earlier in 2018 under crashing bangers that make you of “New Orleans,” and is able to 15 track album is a refreshing look
the title “Puppy”, with all the con- want to dance. mix well with their distinct sound. at what hip hop can be. Even with
OUR TAKE: ««««« troversy surrounding the group At times, the abundance of si- The second half of the album a few songs falling flat, there are
at the time, the band decided to rens, autotune, engine revving and is where they start to shine. Songs plenty of tracks that continue to
scrap the album and instead spent high pitched whistles is somewhat like “Weight” and “Tonya” show show that Brockhampton is capa-
ERIK TISCHER 10 days producing “Iridescence” off putting. “J’Ouvert” is a prime how versatile this group really is ble of anything, and they are not
STAFF WRITER in the Beatles’ Abbey Road Studio example of a song that is not a ca- with their wide range of talents. stopping anytime soon. Currently
without Vann. sual listen and has too much go- The use of piano on these tracks touring around the US in support
On Friday Sept. 21, Brock- The vibrant cover of the al- ing on. Even though it does not changes the mood of the album of “Iridescence,” Brockhampton
hampton released their fourth stu- bum depicts a thermal image of a work on every track, “Where the entirely and adds texture to the will perform in Atlanta on Oct.
dio album “Iridescence.” With the pregnant woman, which coincides Cash At” uses these effects to their group’s sound. 14 at the Coca-Cola Roxy.
new release, the self-proclaimed
boy band has started to branch
out from their previous success
with an album focused on push-
ing their boundaries.
Brockhampton is a 14 person
group composed of vocalists, rap-
pers, producers, graphic design-
ers, a photographer and even their
management. Their large size
means there is no lack of talent to
draw from, and on many songs,
multiple vocalists can give con-
trasting verses that add to their
interesting dynamic. Including all
the members of their operation as
part of their band really sets them
apart from other artists in today’s
music scene.
The talented group of musi-
cians from Texas met on a Reddit
forum dedicated to Kanye and
rose to fame in the span of two
years with their “Saturation” tril-
ogy. A unique blend of hip hop,
R&B and rap allows the group
to utilize the full potential of all
their members and expand the
boundaries of these genres.
Although they have achieved
great success with their last three Photo courtesy of RCA Records
studio albums, the recent depar- Matt Champion, Merlyn Wood and Robert Ontenient are members of the hip-hop group Brockhampton, which recently released
ture of one of their lead vocalists, its newest album titled ‘Iridescence.’ The group is enormous, building its style around an unusually large number of vocalists.
16 • September 28, 2018• technique // COMICS

Sarah’s Scribbles by Sarah Andersen SMBC by Zach Weinersmith

In the Bleachers by Steve Moore

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
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Personnel, not plays, responsible for offensive woes
JOSH FORBES
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Can you really call an issue an
“elephant in the room” when one
party in the “discussion” is con-
stantly making attempts to start a
discourse but the other refuses to
engage? The power dynamic be-
tween Tech football coaches and
the fans that come to spectate the
sum of their efforts on Saturday
afternoons is one that requires
no explanations from on high de-
tailing the logic behind coaching
decisions. That being said, when
there is a banner proudly hang-
ing from the rafters of a fraternity
house with “FIRE PAUL JOHN-
SON” boldly emblazoned on its
front, there is clearly a conversa-
tion that needs to be had.
Many armchair athletic direc-
tors have qualms with the team
that are relatively reactionary and
are most likely just parroting what
ever hot take made it to the top of
a Tech discussion board this week,
but there is one central question
that even the most casual Tech
fan has most likely asked them-
selves at some point in the past
few years: why does Tech still run
the triple option?
Like most physics proofs over
the centuries, the easiest way to
build an argument as it pertains
to sports is to make a definitive
statement based on a single broad
assumption and build the rest of
the model from there: the reason
the Jackets run the triple option
is solely because Paul Johnson is
the coach, and the reason it isn’t
working is because they do not
have athletes with enough talent
in the necessary skill pools to ex-
ecute it — at least right now.
The second half of this state-
ment is fairly obvious, and in
Johnson vows to personally address quarterbacking
JOHN EDWARDS
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
After Tech’s 49-21 drubbing
at the hands of the Clemson Ti-
gers Saturday, Paul Johnson an-
nounced that he would be taking
a more active role in Tech quar-
terback’s development and con-
ditioning. Tech, which leads the
country in fumbles per game at
4.0, saw its quarterbacks fumble
six times on Saturday, including
multiple fumbles on the snap.
Johnson expressed considerable
discontent with how Tech played
Saturday, saying, “I’m frustrated
with the way we’re playing… it’s
embarrassing.” Johnson singled
out his quarterbacks, senior and
team captain TaQuon Marshall
and redshirt freshman Tobias Oli-
ver, promising that “[Tech is] go-
ing to get better fundamentally at
quarterback.”
Marshall shouldered some
blame for Tech’s issues with ball
handling during the game. “I
take responsibility for it — bad
pitches, should have put the ball
in some guys’ hands, [and] unfor-
tunately that put us behind the
chains.” In response to Johnson’s
comments that he would be more
active in coaching QBs, Marshall
again pointed to his pitching as a
likely area for Johnson to target
for improvement. “I think one of
some ways, is one of the biggest
problems with the triple option;
recruiting players to run this sys-
tem is different than recruiting
for a ground-and-pound or aerial
assault offense. Tech’s A-back and
B-back recruits need to be good
enough at their specialty route
paths and pass blocking to be flex-
ible, but talent like that is rarely
content in a non-workhorse role
that limits their ability to show-
case talent for NFL scouts. Mean-
while, the quarterback needs to be
run-first and athletic, but cerebral
TaQuon Marshall looks to pitch the ball during Tech’s game against Clemson. The Jackets
fumbled eight times, leading to questions about the effectiveness of the triple-option offense.
the things he’s going to pinpoint
is pitching the ball on the perim-
eter. I know he said that about the
end of the game when Tobias is in
… I think that’s one of the things
he’s going to emphasize, like,
‘Hey, when they have the guys
blocked, we need to get the ball
on the perimeter, so the A-backs
can work.’”
The Jackets saw Johnson in
action in a more hands-on role
this week, according to the At-
lanta Journal-Constitution. Via
the report, Marshall indicated
that Johnson had made good on
his promise, especially during the
option-period of practice, when
quarterbacks practice coordinat-
ing with the other offensive backs.
Marshall was quoted as saying,
“We’re definitely working on the
quarterback and A-back and B-
back pitch relationship because
that’s one of the things we’ve been
having trouble with.”
Tech has floundered early this
season, though the fault is not
wholly on Marshall and Oliver,
as Johnson acknowledged, noting
that the offensive line had strug-
gled against Clemson as well. “If
you have no lane, there’s nowhere
for you to go… so it’s not all Ta-
Quon,” Johnson acknowledged.
Still, most of Tech’s struggles
on Saturday where wholly be-
tween the quarterback and center;
the Jackets lost 74 yards against
and capable of making the proper
read on the pitch/keep, difficult
skills to find.
Credit where credit is due:
Johnson has a knack for recruit-
ing and polishing his running
backs, and over the years, the
Jackets have enjoyed the fruits of
his labor through one of the win-
ningest eras in Tech history. That
being said, finding the “right”
quarterback for the triple option is
extremely difficult, let alone sell-
ing the prospect of being blasted
as a runner every time the pocket
Clemson on tackles for loss, and
many of those yards resulted from
fumbles on the snap, dropped
hand-offs and pitch plays.
But the real focal point of
Tech’s struggles this season has
been the defense: The Jackets have
failed to pressure the backfield
consistently, frequently allowing
deep passes and open scrambles.
Paul Johnson patrols the sideline during Tech’s 49-21 loss to Clemson. After the game,
Johnson suggested that he would have to be more involved in his quarterbacks’ development.
is abandoned to some highly-rated
recruit. Quarterback TaQuon
Marshall is a phenomenal ath-
lete, and if returning 1000-yard
B-back KirVonte Benson had re-
mained healthy, it’s not unrealistic
to think that the two over them
would have paired with AB Qua
Searcy for a successful rebound
season capped with a bowl win.
Even with the Benson injury, Jor-
dan Mason has stepped up admi-
rably and is in no way a liability.
Unfortunately, what Marshall has
in raw talent he lacks in football
Photo by Allie Ghisson Student Publications
Tech has allowed the highest com-
pletion rate by opponents of any
ACC team, while recording just
four sacks and thirteen tackles for
loss — both, again, the worst in
the ACC.
Tech has a reprieve from their
tough conference schedule this
Saturday, facing off against Bowl-
ing Green State who have allowed
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IQ, and watching him madden-
ingly refuse to pitch when neces-
sary — or worse, miss an open
A-back streaking down the side
— does not pair well with an inac-
curate arm and losing record.
Just a few years ago, the triple
option steered Tech to an Orange
Bowl win and ACC champion-
ship game. It would appear that
the right personnel (and a little bit
of luck) is all it takes to make the
system work, and it is entirely pos-
sible that may be true. However,
if the system designed to “steal”
wins off teams with higher mean
talent is so inflexible that it fails
to work against those with lower
mean talent, an argument can be
made that the lack of consistency
makes implementing such a sys-
tem pointless in the first place
when the core of most rosters is
only operating together for a year
or two at maximum. Of course,
since Paul Johnson has already
been labeled as the reason that
the triple option is being imple-
mented here, it is only fair to also
make the assumption that his in-
depth knowledge of the system
far exceeds that of those spectat-
ing, and the micro-adjustments to
his game scripts and year-to-year
playbook reflect this in a man-
ner imperceptible to the common
fan. This conclusion, that Tech is
trapped in a system paradoxically
consistent with the right protocol
but with high variance dependent
on said protocol, is frustrating
on the down years and inevitably
leads to bad-mouthing of John-
son, the man behind the curtain.
It is easy to make excuses for
Tech’s inability to draw talent in
when recruiting against UGA,
Alabama, Auburn, Clemson,
UF, FSU and South Carolina all
within in a 200-mile radius. The
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44 points per game this season,
the second worst figure in all of
college football. The clock is run-
ning out on Tech’s season, howev-
er; already 0-2 in the conference,
Tech faces an uphill climb to a
conference championship game.
With how weak the ACC Coastal
Division has been, anything is
possible, but nothing will be easy.
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RUGBY FROM PAGE 1
3,000 followers on Twitter — so
it is reasonable to wonder not only
why players like Violante decided
to play rugby but how they even
found it.
For Violante, the introduction
to the sport was good fortune —
as a first-semester freshman, she
was taking a weightlifting-based
health class and saw a classmate
at the CRC with a Georgia Tech
Women’s Rugby windbreaker. “So
I just signed up for it and went to
a practice, she said.”
Serendipitous as this path may
seem, it is also largely the norm.
The vast majority of women’s rug-
by players on the team had never
competed before setting foot on
campus. “I can’t think of anyone
who has played it before [com-
ing to Tech],” Violante says. So,
while teams such as club tennis
and club soccer operate under the
assumption that their team mem-
bers understand the rules of their
respective sports, women’s rugby
does not take that for granted.
Practices are important, but the
only way to learn the sport is to
participate in a game.
“It’s better to go out and play,
in terms of understanding rules
and how the game flows, than just
doing practice — like doing hits
and stuff,” she argues.
Still, it is difficult to imagine
that simple gameplay is enough
for a beginner to understand the
complex, alien terminology asso-
ciated with a new sport. A quick
glance at the team’s website shows
that a number of the members
play positions whose names have
little to do with their functions.
Violante plays fullback, wing and
inside/outside center. Anna Harris
plays eightman and lock. Each of
these positions refers to a special-
ized role on the field that a player
must execute.
Eightman, Violante explains,
is “typically someone who is tall
and sturdy, at the back of scrum.”
Tech fights an opponent for possession during a match. Despite its players’ relative
inexperience with the sport, the women’s rugby team is remarkably competitive in the South.
The hooker “rake[s] the ball out
[of the scrum].” The prop is “the
strongest”, a player on the front
line charged with driving the oth-
er team’s props off the ball. In this
vibrant world, Violante and her
teammates seem right at home.
The game takes a physical toll.
Once a player is substituted out,
she is not allowed to return. Fre-
quently, the question coaches ask
is, “Are you hurt? Or are you in-
jured?” Given how physical the
sport is, injury is almost a cer-
tainty, as is playing through it.
Violante says she has even played
through an injury that later re-
quired stitches, pointing to a scar.
Bumps and bruises accumulate
over the course of a game so physi-
cal, and playing through requires
a high degree of durability.
“I can count on one hand how
many times I’ve had to come off,”
Violante says. The key managing
your pain? Practicing the tech-
nique associated with falling.
“Your knees should be the first
things to hit the ground. When
you’re falling down, you really
shouldn’t put your hands out or
anything. If you’re falling to the
ground head-first, of course you’re
going to get injured.” It also helps
that rugby rules require that the
tackler go to the ground with the
player being tackled, ensuring
that dangerous actions such as
clotheslining are prohibited.
The team is still in the midst
of its fall “friendly” season, where
the matches count not for league
standings but for experience.
Scheduling a fall opponent is as
simple as checking that the two
teams’ schedules align and that a
field can be booked. In the spring,
sanctioned competitions begin.
Here, Tech finds itself compet-
ing with other club programs like
its own as well as with Division I
teams. Violante’s fondest memory,
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interestingly enough, is a lopsided
defeat at the hands of Life Uni-
versity, considered one of the best
teams in the country. For a num-
ber of the young players, it was a
valuable chance to acclimate to
the highest level of the sport.
“I don’t remember what the
final score was. It was horrible.
But as a fullback, it was a really
memorable game for me because I
had a lot of good hits on defense,”
she says.
A few years ago, the team
barely had enough members to
field one competitive unit. Now,
they have a practice squad. “It’s
a new era now,” she says. A new
“family” has taken over Georgia
Tech Women’s Rugby, and they
have their eyes on unprecedented
success. Is a national champion-
ship in the cards? “I think at the
rate we’re growing at now, really
from a numbers and commitment
standpoint, it’s possible.”
OFFENSE FROM PAGE 18
athletic department still has not
finished paying Paul Hewitt’s
albatross of a contract that was
bought out in 2011, and Tech has
been out-spent by Georgia State
the past two years on recruiting
— and that program is less than a
decade old, there are many exter-
nal factors to the team that make
Tech an undesirable destination
for blue-chip recruits. But even
with that all taken into consider-
ation, the triple option is at best
a double-edged sword in the re-
cruiting process, and at worst the
final nail in the coffin that buries
any hope the team has for rel-
evance in the decade to come.
By operating a different sys-
tem and looking for different
styles of athletes, Tech is theoreti-
cally looking at a different pool
of high school students to bring
in and mold into Johnson’s vision
of perfection through marginal
gains and efficiency. Unfortunate-
ly, there just are not that many
athletes out there that are good
enough to play high-level colle-
giate football, and even though
Tech’s focus is on different aspects
of a player, the individuals on the
Jackets’ radar are for the most part
more likely than not similar to all
the other Power Five programs.
Yes, Tech may value differ-
ent characteristics in its running
backs than most teams do, and on
occasion they can steal an athlete
from a top school because they
can offer him a chance to play his
dream position — Justin Thomas,
for example, turned down the
chance to be a defensive back at
the University of Alabama and in-
stead decided to play quarterback
at Tech. No fan will argue that
such a turn of events worked out
poorly for the Jackets. But scheme
cannot overcome deficiencies in
talent, and that, unfortunately,
is where Tech is afflicted. Neither
the Air Raid nor the West Coast
offense will fix that.
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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:
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this game could be the first step in salvaging
what remains of the season. In particular,
the game is as a perfect opportunity
for Tech offense to make a statement.
TaQuon Marshall will look to rebound
from a 29-yard passing performance.
Defensively, failures to make tackles, stop
drives and get off the field have hurt Tech
all season. With Virginia Tech losing to Old
Dominion, the division is still very much in
play, but forward progress must be made
starting Saturday.
Bowling Green has allowed over 500 yards
per game. Teams going against them have
averaged over seven yards per play. While
struggling on defense, Bowling Green’s
offense poses a threat with star running
back Andrew Clair. Averaging 6.8 yards
per attempt last year, Tech will have to be
watchful for his speed and agility. If the
Falcons manage to pull off a miraculous
upset, it will likely be thanks to a Herculean
effort on the part of Clair; this game will
not be a low-scoring contest.