By Joshua Garrick

Contributing Writer
After nine years in Tech Square,
5th Street Ribs n Blues, a Southern-
style BBQ restaurant, abruptly shut
down operation.
It was never the most popular
item on the street. Especially over
the last 12 months, the sales have
just been continually declining,
said Rich Steele, the Senior Direc-
tor of Auxiliary Services.
According to Steele, sales began
declining after only their second
year in business because of a re
in the exhaust hood which caused
the restaurant to close down for a
couple of months. e close result-
ed in a decrease in sales amount-
ing to approximately 50 percent of
what they were before the re, and
the restaurant struggled to improve
business from that point again.
e operator wasnt extremely
motivated to try to get out there
and make change. ey were not
investing time or energy in mar-
keting and they were not changing
up their product mix to meet the
changing needs of the population.
Steele said.
Student opinions have been
mixed on the subject of Ribs n Blues
closing down, as some students had
little idea that the business had re-
cently shut down operation. Some
claimed it to be expected, while
others were still sad to see it go.
I thought it was really sad, but
I dont think the price points and
quality of food really matched up.
So I denitely see why they could
have closed down, said fourth-year
BA major Amy Lee.
I didnt even know they had
shut down, but Im not surprised
because theres so much competi-
tion around here . I didnt think
it was that popular of a place any-
way, said second-year BA major
Blaire Parlo.
[Ribs n Blues shutting down]
was pretty sad. I liked the food but
it was a little bit more expensive
than it needed to be. I liked the
people that worked there, they were
always really nice and it is always
sad to see a smaller business move
out like that, said fourth-year BA
major Lee Washington.
e owner of Ribs n Blues could
not be reached for comments.
With the way business had been
going, from the standpoint of Aux-
iliary services, the restaurant was
bound to close. e question was
simply when a shut down would
occur. ough no preventative
measures were taken to keep Ribs
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admissions
By Anu Sekar
Contributing Writer
e Department of Admissions at Tech
recently began actively involving faculty into
the admissions process in recruiting new
students for the Institute. e department is
trying to implement this approach to more
accurately pick the best entering freshman
class each year.
e concept is not newin fact, Tech has
been doing this for a few years now, but it is
being implemented more intensively in the
future. A number of Ivy League schools use
this approach, as well as schools like MIT,
Carnegie Mellon and even the UGA Honors
Program. In some smaller private colleges,
faculty are involved in all aspects of admis-
sions.
e goal at Tech is to get the fac-
ulty to aid in the selection of students
to increase their involvement. Accord-
ing to Rick Clark, the Director of Ad-
missions, a more engaged body of faculty
will better Techs stance as an institution.
A signicant portion of applications for the
entering class each year is international stu-
dents, which is one of the main reasons ad-
missions decided to implement this type of
process.
Initially, we started last year identifying
faculty from some of the countries in which
students are from, Clark said.
is way, the faculty knows the curricu-
lum and teaching methods of that particular
country. For example, faculty from China
or India are selected to observe interviews of
Chinese and Indian students, respectively.
Shankar Venkataraman, a professor in
the College of Business, helps review applica-
tions from India.
India is home to a variety of high school
educational certifying bodies. Given this va-
riety, the problem ishow do you compare
two students who may, on the surface, ap-
pear very similar, but have been trained by
two very dierent certifying bodies? Ven-
kataraman said.
With that in mind, Venkataraman assists
in screening and categorizing certain appli-
cations so he can get a sense of comparability
and be able to, as he puts it, compare apples
to apples.
In addition, Venkataraman said the two
things he learned were that the number of
applications from India have increased dras-
tically from when he was an undergraduate,
indicating the existence of academic develop-
ment. Another point was that the impressive
quality of the applicants stands as testimony
to Techs reputation across the world.
e students whose applications are under
review from faculty may or may not know
that their applications are being reviewed
more extensively.
From a numerical standpoint, all stu-
dents are amazing, Clark said. What sepa-
rates them apart will be determined by the
extra opinions that faculty can provide.
Last year, admissions selected a small
sample of 20-25 faculty members to try out
the process, and many of them chose to par-
ticipate again and move forward with the
idea. It also gained a lot of positive feedback
from those who participated, and in the re-
sults of the students that were admitted.
e fact is that the faculty who will actu-
ally be teaching the prospective students will
have some sort of a say in who gets admit-
ted, and that advice will ultimately make an
impact in the selection of the entering class
each year.
Ribs n Blues closes after 9 years
Farmers Market approaches season nale
By Arvind Narayan
Contributing Writer
e third annual Farmers Market is
planning to wrap up its semester. Dur-
ing September, October, and November,
several small business set up stalls along
Tech Walkway and sold locally-produced
goods including coee, cake, popcorn and
fudge.
e Farmers Market, which is held
every ursday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m., has grown considerably since last
spring. While only ve or six vendors set
up shop regularly last semester, thirteen
to sixteen vendors sold a diverse variety of
products every week this semester.
is year has been amazing for Geor-
gia Tech Farmers Market. We have re-
ceived positive feedback from students,
faculty, sta, and vendors, said Dori
Martin, District Marketing Manager at
the Campus Dining Services.
e customers of the Farmers Mar-
ket are a mixture of repeat customers and
students just discovering the market. One
student, fourth-year BA Uzair Janjua,
stated that he did not know about the
Farmers Market before last week.
I like the coeethis lines shorter
than the one at Starbucks, and it tastes a
lot better, Janjua said.
Vendors such as Juanice Christian of
JavaGenesis Coee Roasting strongly ap-
preciate both new customers like Janjua
and frequently returning customers. is
is by far my favorite market. e energy of
The third annual Farmers Market featured the products of many dierent vendors, ranging from fruits, coee and various
organic products such as soap and spices. It was held on Tech Walkway every Thursday for a large portion of the semester.
Photo by Kiyah Crittendon / Student Publications
This sign was posted outside of Ribs n Blues after
it closed earlier last week due to declining prots. See Ribs, page 3
See Market, page 4
Photos by David Van / Student Publications
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sliver
10 pts to the hot ginger on the orange bike who spilled on mcmil-
lan st. you took that like a man
come along PONDS!
ALLONSY!
that girl in my french class wears really cute sweaters
is sliver like a really slow to update twitter
sliver sliver sliver all day long
Im just resetting my friends ipod
you know my ratio of slivers published to slivers submitted is
pretty low, I HATE YOU ALL
am I racist for asking my black friend to go to the rst basketball
game with me
Maybe because I dont have any friends
order of kids that smell bad: sweatyintramural players<bandkids
<csmajors
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I decided to not show up to my test, I did have a drop test afterall
wait we used to have a nuclear reactor on campus? how did the
nerds resist the temptation
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matt hates black people
ah jeremy rin
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i hear her red river is owin
Every time I see the pic of D-rad in orange, I throw up a little bit
GIRL DAS A BOOTY HOLE
most girls on this campus complain about awkward guys but
dont realize they make it awkward when they start texting when
they see us..smh
Guy wearing angry birds beanie, so much cringe
registration permit people, y u no give me my class?
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And there goes the warm happy weather
Slivern Sliverin YEAH!
Good job to Mike O for a successful Haunted House
Slap, slap and away
On the evening of Nov. 3,
an ocer reported to the ve-
hicle turnaround of the North
Ave Apartments in response to a
student wanting to report an as-
sault that had occurred the night
before.
e ocer met with the Tech
student, who explained that he
had been struck by another stu-
dent while studying at the Stu-
dent Center. e student said he
had been working on a project
with friends around 2 a.m. when
he was approached by another
male student. According to the
police ocer, this student was
obviously intoxicated, talking
loudly and appearing unsteady.
When the two students began
to talk, the intoxicated student
became angry and smacked the
original student across the face
with an open hand. e rst
student engaged in a return slap
with the intoxicated student.
e intoxicated male left, then
returned and tried to start a ght
with the victim, but when he
could not, left the area.
e student told the ocer
that he knew his attacker be-
cause this student had been his
Peer Leader during his freshman
year in Folk Residence Hall. He
also said he thinks the same stu-
dent is still a Peer Leader in ei-
ther Folk or Caldwell Residence
Hall. e student did not want
to press charges, just to docu-
ment the incident in case of any
future occurrences.
Shes a Stunner
Ocers responded to a call
near the College of Business on
Oct. 29, around 11:30 P.M. in
reference to a suspicious person.
ey found a white female sit-
ting on the oor of a stairwell.
After learning her name, ocers
realized she had been arrested
for trespassing on Tech property
before. e ocers asked her to
stand up, but she refused, even
after she was advised that she was
being arrested. When the ocers
picked her up underneath her
arms, she began to actively resist
arrest by locking both arms and
kicking. Even when OC spray
was threatened, she continued
to ght. Eventually, both o-
cers managed to restrain her and
handcu her.
Later at GTPD, the suspects
property was inspected and a
pink stun gun was found in her
possession resulting in an addi-
tional charge of carrying a weap-
on on school property.
High Dollar Thief
While GTPD ocers were
inside a Spring Street conve-
nience store on the afternoon of
Oct. 31, the store clerk told them
that a subject walking out of the
front door was shoplifting items
in his pocket.
e subject, upon seeing the
ocers, began to run out of the
store. One of the ocers began to
chase on foot while the other ran
to the patrol car. e ocer on
foot followed the suspect across
the parking lot, over a six foot
chain link fence, and then south
on Spring St. until the suspect
ran into the parking deck located
on the corner of Spring St. and
Linden Ave. At this point, both
ocers began to search the park-
ing deck, until they caught sight
of the suspect and gave chase
again. Additional ocers had ar-
rived to help with the search, and
eventually the suspect was cor-
nered on the decks bottom level.
When the suspect was searched,
he had no weapons, but a chick-
en sandwich and a burrito were
recovered, valued at $2.79 and
$2.59, respectively.
By Lauren Brett
Assistant News Editor
Campus Crime
From the les of the GTPD...
By Lauren Brett
Assistant News Editor
On Friday Nov. 9, GOTCHA Rides, a
team of electric vehicles will be implement-
ed as an alternative to the Tech transporta-
tion system, one ride at a time. ese vehi-
cles, which resemble enclosed, sturdier golf
carts, will provide another transportation
option for students and faculty, with more
exibility in pickup times and locations.
GOTCHA rides were designed to be
transportation the way college students
want to get around campus, and every
school is a little dierentbut we nd that
theres a large group of students who want
transportation more on demand and they
want to make stops along the way, said
Sean Flood, CEO of GOTCHA Rides.
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n Blues open, the look now is to-
ward the future, and what new
retail opportunity may move into
this location.
Were looking at a non-res-
taurant operation, Steele said,
although he did elaborate that
there are no specic plans yet. e
conversation is just getting started
and it is very early in the planning
stages of bringing in a new busi-
ness at the location.
On the student side, there is
not a general consensus as to what
they would like to see move into
the location in Tech Square be-
cause of the variety of options al-
ready oered.
I feel like we dont need an-
other restaurant, because theres
so much competition. Its hard
to introduce something and have
people like it for a continued pe-
riod of time, said fourth-year BA
student Puja Dullabh.
Auxiliary Services consults
with organizations when bringing
new retail to campus.
e Auxiliary Services Din-
ing and Retail Services Advisory
council, as well as the Student
Government Association, work
together to determine what kinds
of food or retail options are needs
that should be brought to campus.
With years of data available
and gathered from working with
these various organizations and
annual student surveys, the fo-
cus is continually on answering
the questions as to what students
want to see. Other items include
whether anyone wants to move
into open space on campus, and
whether the nancial aspects of
proposed business plans work out.
We certainly take the interest
that students have expressed, and
then we go out and try to see if
theres someone whos willing to
do it, and from there go to negoti-
ate a contract, Steele said.
ough some were sad to see it
go, others described the closing as
expected because Ribs n Blues has
been on the decline for a consider-
able amount of time. But Auxilia-
ry Services continues to search for
ways to nd out what the campus
community is looking for and de-
liver to those notions.
Our goal is to ll the space as
soon as possible, we dont want to
have a vacant space, said Steele
speaking on Auxiliary Services,
We work as far in advance as we
can, and literally started talking
about what our next operation in
Tech Square would be probably in
January or February of this year.
So when something happens or
someone closes unexpectedly like
this, we want to be ready for that
next operation.
A
lot of things went on outside the
bubble of Tech in the past week.
Here are a few important events
taking place throughout the nation
and the world.
President Obama
Wins Re-election
President Barrack Obama se-
cured re-election Tuesday night
50 percent to 48 percent against
his Republican opponent Former
Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney.
In his acceptance speech in
Chicago, the President thanked
his supporters and talked about
the importance of the election
saying that Tonight you voted
for action, not politics as usual,
and expressed his wish in work-
ing with members of both parties.
Romney gave a short conces-
sion speech in Boston thanking
his supporters and expressing his
belief in the people of America.
[W]ere counting on you to in-
vest, to hire, to step forward, and
we look to Democrats and Repub-
licans in government at all levels
to put the people before the poli-
tics, Romney said.
Inside Congress, on the other
hand, the Senate maintained its
Democratic majority with the
House similarly keeping its Re-
publican majority.
Rocky Mountain High
Washington and Colorado be-
came the rst states to legalize
recreational use of marijuana on
Tuesday.
The measures would make
possession of small amounts of
marijuana legal in both states
and pot would be sold in state-li-
censed stores just as with alcohol.
The Colorado measure would
allow a small number of plants
to be grown while the Washing-
ton measure bans the production
outright except for state-licensed
producers.
According to Colorado Gover-
nor John Hickenlooper, who op-
posed the amendment, however,
Federal law still says marijuana
is an illegal drug, so dont break
out the Cheetos or Goldsh too
quickly.
States Legalize Gay
Marriage
Three states, Maine, Maryland,
and Washington, voted to legalize
same-sex marriage on Tuesday,
marking the rst time that a mea-
sure legalizing gay marriage has
passed by popular ballot.
These states join New York,
Iowa, Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, New Hampshire and Vermont
in making gay marriage legal.
Minnesota also voted down a
measure that would make same-
sex marriage unconstitutional, al-
though it continues to be banned
under state law.
Breaking
the
ubble B
Ribs from page 1
Photo by Stephen Marek / Student Publications
The sign above was posted by Ribs n Blues due to an internal re
in 2005, which the business ever since struggled to recover from.
CORRECTION: In AD Radakovich leaves for Clemson in the Nov. 2 issue, we reported that In-
stitute President G.P. Bud Peterson had told the AJC that he rst learned of Radakovichs candidacy
for the Clemson AD post when Clemson President James Barker contacted him after the Tech-Clemson
football game. According to Institute spokesman Matt Nagel, Radakovich directly notied Peterson of
his candidacy for the Clemson AD post. We sincerely apologize for this inaccurate reporting.
4 November 9, 2012 Technique NEWS
By Joshua Garrick
Contributing Writer
e Oce of Information
Technology recently began a new
mobile and iPad application-based
project, titled GT Journey, which
will serve as a way to enhance the
experience of being a college stu-
dent. e main facets of this new
project include being an accessible
virtual portal for the Tech com-
munity to access campus data,
share information, develop appli-
cations and create individualized
experiences.
We started down the path
of what would students get ben-
et from, not just be something
glitzy, but actually benet them.
And the idea progressed in a
roundabout way to how about if
students have a way to document
their journey at Georgia Tech as
they go through Georgia Tech,
said Ron Hutchinson, the Associ-
ate Vice Provost for Research and
Technology and Chief Technol-
ogy Ocer at OIT.
With the idea of giving stu-
dents a way to document their
time at Tech, the next step was
guring out a way to actually im-
plement the ideas into something
students and the entire campus
communities can really use and
benet from.
e foundation for that idea
deals with bringing the tools and
data that are out there and mak-
ing it readily accessible to all stu-
dents, primarily through the use
of everyday technology.
e reality is we see this prob-
lem a lot, people have lots of great
ideas of things they want to do
with technology. And the hard
part, the thing that isnt always
solved for you, and you might as-
sume it is, is the data: access to the
data and having the right data,
and having data that is organized
in such a way that you can actu-
ally do something easily with it,
said Matt Sanders, the Associate
Director of OIT and co-founder
of the Georgia Tech Research
Network Operations Center (GT-
RNOC).
Using the tools, data and idea
of bringing together a journey as
a real starting point, the project,
which is still in very early stages, is
able to progress into a place where
students can go to propose new
ideas for applications. ese appli-
cations that are created are meant
to serve as each students own
ideas of how they want to docu-
ment their journey through Tech.
GT Journey, through time, has
the potential to be expanded out
to alumni as well so that various
social aspects can form and con-
currently also progress with the
design aspects.
is would allow students to
really interact with both alumni
who have already been through
Tech and incoming students who
may have questions about what
life is like at the Institute, while
allowing all aspects of the com-
munity to be able to interact on a
new level.
Were fortunate that were
here because at most universities
youd have a hard time doing a
program this broadly across the
full spectrum of students, Sand-
ers said.
e purpose of GT Journey
also aligns with various points of
the Georgia Tech Strategic Plan.
Since GT Journey is innovative
in its eld, it can fulll the goal
for Tech to be the most highly re-
spected technology focused insti-
tutions in the world.
GT Journey also addresses the
entrepreneurship and public ser-
vice fulllment of the Strategic
Plan by giving students the plat-
form to build on and innovate
more projects of this caliber in the
future.
Finally, the GT Journey proj-
ect ties in with the strategic plan
to relentlessly pursue institutional
eectiveness, and this project is
really giving countless opportuni-
ties available for student research
in many dierent areas.
What were talking about
is really a culture change of es-
sentially instead of the campus
proper producing things for the
students. Its really saying well you
have a role in this and should have
a hand in creating the things that
are meaningful to you. Sanders
said.
GT Journey and its relation to
the Strategic Plan is really about
the future of development of tools
and applications that students
nd the most necessary and nd
useful to their daily lives.
As time goes on, plans will
expand and become more con-
crete as to what can really be done
opening new opportunities to a
lot of the campus community.
Its not just documenting your
journey, but creating it as you go
as well, Hutchinson remarked.
OIT begins work on GT Journey project
the students is wonderfulI have
one student that comes by every
week and buys coee from me
hes just a lot of fun, Christian
said.
e Farmers Market serves as
an opportunity for small business
owners to expand their products
to a new range of customers and to
establish themselves.
e students are letting me
know where theyre buying their
coee, so its giving me an oppor-
tunity to nd new places to place
my product, Christian said.
Georgia Tech oered me the
promise of another market. Uni-
versity crowds tend to react well
to what I bring, because a lot of it
is grab-and-go, said Robbie Med-
wood, the owner and baker for Dr.
Sweets Cakes.
Several vendors explained their
decision to participate in the Geor-
gia Tech Farmers Market because
of the high density of students.
Most of our vendorsare re-
porting that this farmers market
is one of their most protable mar-
kets, Martin said. e support
that our community has shown by
making purchases from our local
vendors has not gone unnoticed.
On average, Medwood and
Christian complete about sixty
transactions every week that the
Farmers Market is held.
[My company] just started
up in May, Christian said. e
amazing response that weve got-
ten here encourages us to keep
putting out the best that we can.
I love that you can see the peo-
ple who make what you eat, Jun-
jua said. I think its cool, both for
small businesses that can put out
their products and for the students
who support local alternatives.
Market from page 1
Photo courtesy of OIT
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application. This app is part of the GT Journey project led by OIT.
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New search committee
formed to replace AD
Radakovich
A seven-membered committe
has been created by President G.P.
Bud Peterson to help nd a suit-
able replacement athletics director
(AD) after Dan Radakovich, the
AD since 2006, left earlier last
week for an AD position at Clem-
son University.
Members of this committe in-
clude Stephen Zalnack, a member
of the Georgia Tech Foundation
Board of Trustees, former A-back
Roderick Roddy Jones and
Steve Swant, the Executive Vice
Preisdent for Administration and
Finance.
Parking and Transpor-
tation improves park-
ing meter capabilities
An application from Parkmo-
bile now allows payment of a park-
ing meter from ones cellphone.
e extent of this application ex-
tends to 14 parking metered ar-
eas across both East Campus and
West Campus.
Guests who visit the Institute
are always in need of convenient
and ecient means of parking
their vehicles, said Lance L.
Lunsway, Director of GT Park-
ing & Transportation Services
in a press release. By enabling a
pay by phone system, Parkmobile
has eliminated the hassle of pay-
ing with coins and provided our
customers with a simple solution
to pay for parking.
Bill Gates plans to speak to students
Tech will be home to ve
GOTCHA Rides for now, with
the potential to increase those
numbers according to the use and
popularity of the initial vehicles.
I think its a neat idea, and
hopefully studentsand faculty
will pick up on it, said David
Williamson, Techs Associate Di-
rector of Transportation.
A unique feature of the GOT-
CHA Rides is that they will be
completely wrapped in paid ad-
vertisements, costing about $3000
per month, for restaurants and
campus facilities. e vehicles will
also be driven by students, who
are at least 21 years old and pass
Floods thorough background
check.
A main goal of the GOTCHA
rides is to provide safe and quick
transportation, even more so than
options like the Stingerette and
Midnight Rambler, for students
on late nights and weekends.
[GOTCHA has] another ele-
ment in the evening to help move
folks around, Williamson said.
For Flood, this will be the fth
campus he will put vehicles on.
Other campuses include Florida
State, University of Florida, and
Auburn. Tech will be the com-
panies rst urban campus, which
comes with a new set of opportu-
nities and challenges.
I think it has to most poten-
tial to be successful, because its
out rst urban location. eres a
lot of areas we can go to and a re-
ally dense area of students, Flood
said.
GOTCHA is also looking to
add rides to Georgia State and
Emory, with the potential to cre-
ate an intercollegiate network of
GOTCHA Rides.
GOTCHA from page 2
By Holden Lee
Contributing Writer
Talks@Tech, a student- and
faculty-driven speaker series
where key public gures are in-
vited to a Q&A session with Tech
students, will be hosting a session
with the Chairman of Microsoft,
Bill Gates.
e Conversation with Bill
Gates will be held in Clough Un-
dergraduate Learning Commons
(CULC) Room 152 on Tuesday,
Nov. 20 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m..
Gates will present a ve to ten
minute address to Tech students
and faculty and leave the remain-
ing time for live Q&A.
Students will get to interact
with Mr. Bill Gates which is once
in lifetime opportunity, said San-
gita Sharma, SCPC President and
major organizer for the event.
Talks@Tech organizes their
events featuring well known guest
speakers in order to engage stu-
dents in valuable discussion over
a broad range of topics through
Q&A.
e session with Gates is in-
tended to be straight-forward and
interesting by allowing the audi-
ence to interact with and guide
the conversation.
e Talks@Tech session will
be a generally open discussion ses-
sion. Every attending and even ab-
sent student can submit a question
electronically on the Talks@Tech
web page, and during the session,
Gates will respond to selected
questions during the video con-
ference. e faculty and students
behind the event are hopeful that
Gates will provide an informa-
tive and inspiring discussion with
Tech students.
Bill Gates is a ne example
of a person who can excite the
student body, and he embodies
the idea of progress and service
throughout Microsoft and philan-
thropy through the Gate Founda-
tion, Sharma said.
As most of the event is un-
structured discussion, the talk
can range to wherever audience
questions take it. For this reason,
students are encouraged to submit
any and all questions that they
may have for Gates.
Our hope is that he will talk
about new technology at Micro-
soft and possibly his philanthro-
py with the Gates Foundation,
Sharma said.
It is intended that his conversa-
tion engage students in a variety
of topics Tech students encounter
daily, including technology, soci-
ety, community service, leader-
ship, and innovation.
Its exciting to know Bill
Gates will answering our ques-
tions on Microsoft, his service,
and the things he has learns as a
leader in innovation, and hope-
fully, we can take something away
from this as Tech students, said
Barry Weaver, a second-year Biol-
ogy major.
Gates, through event coordi-
nators, has expressed his eager-
ness for the the video conference
as well.
Bill Gates is really excited to
be interacting with Tech students
by engaging with active dialogue
on topics of interest, Sharma said.
Students are highly encour-
aged to participate with this
unique Tech event, and Talks@
Tech wants students to be able to
take full advantage of this oppor-
tunity.
Come early because they are
already prepared to ll up both
room. Bring lots of questions. Get
excited and be sure to visit our
website, talks.gatech.edu to re-
ally get an idea of the larger initia-
tive because it is more than just a
one speaker event, Sharma said.
Photo courtesy of Microsoft
Microsoft Chariman Bill Gates will be part of a Q&A session. Talks@
Tech, led by students and faculty, will coordinate this discussion.
Opinions
Technique
6
Friday,
November 9, 2012
Everyone has his days and some
days last longer than others.
Sir Winston Churchill
Opinions Editor: Gaines Halstead

OUR VIEWS | CONSENSUS OPINION

Arts at Tech
College educations hinge on creative support
Science and art. Since the time of
da Vinci and Michelangelo, the idea
of balancing the two and becoming
the renaissance man has stood as the
ultimate goal in the pursuit of knowledge.
However, it seems that many here at Tech
have lost sight of that idea.
e problem does not stem from
the fact that Tech lacks its fair share of
artistic outlets on campus; in fact it is
far from it. Creative organizations are
available to join at every corner. Many
of these organizations fostered creativity
and helped to establish a Tech that was
synonymous with producing creative
engineers. ey have served as outlets for
students throughout the years to express
themselves in way other than equations
and measurements.
For a growing majority, life at Tech has
become something far from what it used
to be. We have become an institution
devoted to our majors with the mentality
of surviving; the prevalent idea is that
you have got to keep your head down,
concentrate only on schoolwork and
avoid anything out of the ordinary. We
measure ourselves not in great ideas, but
in GPAs. e fear of academic penalty
has repressed our creative ambitions. e
rigid class formulae that abide by do not
help. Many of the engineering class here
follow stringent syllabi that leave no room
to be creative.
is prevailing school of thought is
detrimental and hurting Tech students.
Science relies on creativity for innovation,
and it is the driving force behind ground-
breaking ideas. We must embrace and
promote our creative sides if we are to be
innovators in our future elds of work.
We did not come to Tech solely for
MATLAB. We came to Tech to expand
knowledge in our lives in every way
possible. Tech has provided multiple ways
for every student to do just that, there is
only so much you can learn in SynthLab,
the rest is up to you.
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Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.
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Illusory oil production
Alex Rubin
The Dartmouth, Dartmouth College
e Associated Press recently
reported that as a result of a four-
year boom in oil production, the
U.S. could pass Saudi Arabia as
the worlds largest producer of oil.
is news comes during a time
when Americans are increasingly
concerned about oil prices and
stability in the Middle East. En-
ergy independence has long been a
rallying cry for politicians claim-
ing to support American national
security.
However, through all of this,
the U.S. has, out of necessity, been
forced to import a large amount of
its oil. ough much has been said
about the supply of oil in the Mid-
dle East, the largest exporter of oil
to the U.S. is Canada, providing
just over a billion barrels of oil so
far in 2012 compared to the 436
million barrels from Saudi Arabia.
Nonetheless, U.S. dependence
on foreign oil still poses a major
national security threat, and the
news that the U.S. has experi-
enced its fourth straight increase
in annual oil production provides
U.S. planners with a variety of
options. is should not be inter-
preted as an opening for compla-
cency when it comes to investing
in alternative energy sources.
With an increase in domestic
production, currently at about
11.4 million barrels per day, the
domestic need, currently at 18
million barrels per day, will in-
creasingly be met by domestic
production. is means that more
and more money spent on oil will
be pumped into the U.S. econo-
my, with obvious benets to the
American population. However,
this also means that, as oil prices
drop and the fear of dependence
on oil from the Middle East re-
cedes, there will be a decrease
in public pressure on politicians
and the private sector to come up
with eective and cost-ecient
alternative energy sources and to
discover new sources of domestic
petroleum.
Whether we progress on a path
toward nding alternative energy
sources to, at rst, coexist with pe-
troleum and then replace it or be-
come complacent with falling oil
prices and rising independence,
our choice will heavily weigh on
our ability to sustain ourselves
when the worlds oil production
reaches its Hubbert peak. ere-
fore, we must be proactive to avoid
the devastating eects of this peak
to the worlds oil supplies. e
breathing room that will be pro-
vided by greater independence
from international oil and greater
domestic oil production must be
converted into research into alter-
native energies so that this breath-
ing room can continue into the
future.
erefore, the new ow of
wealth that will be diverted from
international markets to the do-
mestic economy must be used to
supplement existing funding for
research into alternative energy
sources. e basic rule of capital-
ism is that when there is a demand
for a product, the supply for that
product will respond accordingly.
us, the rst step to achieving
any form of true energy indepen-
dence based on the short-term
combination of petroleum and al-
ternative energy sources is to con-
tinue to provide this demand on
the market. Over the past decade,
automobile fuel eciency has in-
creased. Hybrid cars have become
more commonplace and solar
panels, windmills, hydroelectric
plants and nuclear reactors have
increasingly taken a larger role in
satisfying Americas energy needs.
To complement the increase in
research and public interest in al-
ternative energy sources, we need
a massive investment in Americas
electric grid. e current grid is
largely outdated and inecient.
To provide for the growing energy
needs of the American public,
and to supplant transportation
inecienciesa major obstacle
to the eective implementation of
alternative energy sources such as
solar, wind and hydroelectric be-
cause of their need to be located
at appropriate, and often remote,
sitesthat come from transport-
ing electricity, the American elec-
tric grid must be updated and
renovated to include the most
advanced technologies so that it
may eciently distribute power
throughout the country.
American oil production is in-
creasing, and with this increase
will come many benets to the
American economy, its national
security and foreign policy; how-
ever, this good fortune cannot be
met with complacency but instead
with an increased determination
to extend the benets of energy
independence and sustainability
into the future.
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Technique November 9, 2012 7 OPINIONS
As I take a seat on the blue
route bus on my way to class, I
pull out my phone on instinct
and start scrolling through my
emails. After a few minutes I
glance up and am surprised
to see that almost everyone
around me, with the excep-
tion of two or three people, are
doing the same thingtheir
faces down turned, eyes glued
to the tiny glowing screens of
their phones, thumbs working
like mad as they text away. It is
at that moment when I realize
that I had been sitting directly
across from a good friend of
mine all along.
I say her name to catch
her attention, and we set our
phones aside to start a conver-
sation about how long its been
since we last saw each other
though for all we know, we had
missed each other a hundred
times when we were distracted
by a Facebook notication.
Unfortunately, our time to-
gether was cut short by the fact
that we were arriving at her
destination and she departed,
leaving me to wonder if we
could have had a longer chance
to exchange pleasantries if
only we had taken a second to
glance up from our digital lives
and notice.
I would go so far as to say
that all of us have been guilty
of this at some point. Youre
walking from one place to
another and you opt to check
your Facebook app instead of
observing the world around
you, or youre sitting in class
and suddenly that Twitter no-
tication is more important
than what your professor is
telling you. But its not entirely
our fault.
Never before has man in-
vented something so personal
to every individual who owns
it. Our smartphones and tab-
lets keep track of our passions
and interests, our relationships
and, on the rare occasion, even
our course assignments. ese
devices are an extension of our
brains, and sometimes I think
that their storage capacity for
data is getting bigger than
ours.
Could that be the reason
why its becoming more di-
cult to tear our eyes away from
them? Maybe were using them
as a crutch. Is it really the most
awkward thing in the world to
make eye contact with strang-
ers on the trolley? Or perhaps
our social lives are so attached
to our phones that it makes
more sense to keep up with
whats going on in our text
conversations than to start up
a new one in person.
Whatever the reason for it, I
nd myself worrying that were
becoming like those people in
Pixars WALL-E, and that in
a couple of decades well have
screens in front of our faces
24-7. Of course, its a slippery
slope from that to gaining
300 pounds and spending our
whole lives in oating chairs.
Techs robotics program is im-
pressive, but I think it might
be a while before we invent
something with the articial
intelligence to save us from
such a terrible fate.
Every time we pass our
friends and classmates with-
out realizing it because were
too busy pinning something
on Pinterest or reblogging on
Tumblr, we lose a chance to
really connect with people.
You dont have to leave your
room to update a status, and
its a lonely life relying on
your phone for company when
youre surrounded by others.
Maybe we should be more
like those rare, wonderful peo-
ple who ask to sit down next
to us in dining halls and the
Student Center cafeteria even
though weve never met be-
fore and start up a conversa-
tion just like that. Friendships
are made that waythrough
spontaneous meetings when
we least expect them. And
those relationships are a lot
more fullling than discover-
ing that twenty million other
people like How I Met Your
Mother as much as you do.
Naturally, theres really
nothing wrong with keeping
up with our friends and fam-
ily on our phones. e beauty
of this technology is that we
can contact them anywhere,
anytime, which if anything
has helped us maintain our
most important connections.
But when phones and tablets
become a substitute for the
interaction we could be hav-
ing with the people around us,
even if its just acknowledging
their presence, then maybe we
should stop and wonder if our
phones are becoming blinders
in our daily lives.
So the next time youre
catching the bus somewhere,
take a few moments to just
sit back and look around. You
never know who you might
see. And make sure youre
paying attention to your sur-
roundings when youre walk-
ing around between classes.
Youll avoid accidents like
wandering into fountains and
colliding with other people,
which is always a bonus.
Phones should be aid, not social crutch
"t's a lonely lIfe relyIng on
your phone for company
when you're surrounded by
others..."
Madison Lee
Focus Editor
Jared McGrath
Env Eng PhD
A cafe with live music.
Colby McBride
First-year CS
A breakfast option other
than Waehouse.
Eric Fruchter
Fourth-year CS
Bagels! Something like Ein-
steins.
Ding Zhong
Fourth-year EE
A steakhouse.
What would you like to see
in place of Ribs n Blues?

Around Campus
In typical Tech fashion, the
Yellow Jacket gods have de-
cided this week should be the
week of no sleep. Two tests and
a paper in addition to actually
attending class will denitely
see to that. Contrary to most
students, I actually enjoy go-
ing hard in the paint for a
week or two and then catch-
ing a breather before the next
round of assignments; the race
against the clock is thrilling.
However, I cant stand the on-
going competition to nd the
perfect spot to study on cam-
pus.
I remember, during my rst
semester at Tech, how stretched
on space central campus was.
Without Clough Under-
graduate Learning Commons
(CULC), the only truly viable
option was the library. Due to
no fault of its own, the space
provided in the Library East
and West commons was sim-
ply insucient to serve such
a large student bodys study
needs, not to mention the in-
creasing demand for electrical
outlets. e opening of the
CULC promised to alleviate
this problem, but the bright,
shiny newness of the building
drew large crowds and both
the Library and CULC were
just as crowded as ever.
Now in its second year of
operation, the CULC, and
coincidentally the library, are
both as crowded. Whether
because of increasing enroll-
ment numbers, higher utili-
zation rates or both, some ef-
fort needs to be made to help
expand the amount of usable
space for Tech student.
ere are potential short-
term solutions. One of the big-
gest issues I see with the uti-
lization of space occurs when
a few students use a space de-
signed to accommodate many.
It is infuriating to see a single
person hog an entire table in-
tended for four or more stu-
dents. While I concede that
studying requires some room
to spread out, there is plenty
of space at even the smallest
group-sized tables for at least
two students to work. Work-
ing to include more individu-
ally-sized tables or desks would
help alleviate this problem.
In the CULC, I appreciate
the eort made to dierentiate
group and individual study-
ing. e addition of small,
movable, single-person desks
is a step in the right direction.
Unfortunately, the desks are
somewhat limiting in terms
of space; there is enough room
for a laptop and maybe a third
of a textbook. While working,
students need the ability to ref-
erence a computer, a textbook
and potentially a notebook
on top of that. e individual
desks on the second oor of
the Library West commons are
a perfect example of the size of
desk individual students need.
e inclusion of such large
desks will undoubtedly require
a compromise on the part of
interior design and may re-
strict how much the furniture
in the CULC can be moved
around, but this is a needed
compromise to better serve all
the student wishing to use the
space for academic purposes.
Another option is to en-
courage students to use the
Student Center as a study
place. At this point in time,
there seems to be little student
interest in using the Student
Center for such purposes, es-
pecially after hours. is could
be because of the lack of food
options past 7 p.m., but I be-
lieve it is more because of the
fact the center doesnt have
zones dedicated to academic
pursuits. In their current form,
the Student Center Commons
and lower levels of the main
center feel more like a food
court and the lack of outlets
and study-sized tables make
studying more dicult.
While feeding students is
an important function of the
Student Center, it would be
advantageous to have a space
where students can work
comfortably. e space be-
hind the information desk on
the second oor, between the
computer lab and Under the
Couch is an example of a step
in the right direction.
More space like this is
needed. ough I know of no
current initiatives to expand
the Student Center, I want to
make sure the future planners
of such a giant project keep in
mind the vast possibilities we
would have on the academic
side of things. Isolated space,
study nooks and even a bean
bag room (as weve seen in the
CULC) are all possibilities to
make the student center space
more usable outside of the 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. lunch hours.
Regardless, students can
help many of these space prob-
lems. Dont be afraid to share
your table. Be aware of how
much space you are using and
make sure you arent needless-
ly taking space away from the
one student walking aimlessly
around looking for a spot. And
nally, dont be afraid to ask
to sit at a table with someone.
Even if it is awkward at rst,
its a great way to meet some-
one new and get some highly-
coveted table space.
Limited study space hampers productivity
"The openIng of the CULC
promIsed to allevIate thIs
problem, but the brIght, shIny
newness drew large crowds..."
Ian Baille
Managing Editor
Photos by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications
8 November 9, 2012 Technique OPINIONS
Talks@Tech bringing inuential
speakers to classrooms on campus
On Tuesday, November 20, at
6 p.m., Talks@Tech will be host-
ing Bill Gates as its inaugural
speaker. e event will be a live
video conference with Mr. Gates
in the Clough Commons (rooms
152 and 144) with a focus on dis-
cussing the importance of com-
puter science and technology in
driving progress and innovation
to make the world better.
Mr. Gates has such an incred-
ible background in science, tech-
nology, humanities and the arts.
His experiences founding Mi-
crosoft and creating the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation will
provide insight for the innovative,
intellectual and ambitious stu-
dents at Tech.
I am so proud of my col-
leaguessome long gone from
Tech nowwho have put so
much eort into creating what is
now Talks@Tech. Multiple white
papers, proposals and brainstorm-
ing sessions later, we have nally
reached a level where the speaker
series can begin operating as it has
been designed.
As students at one of the
worlds foremost technological
research institutions, we want to
address ongoing problems that
have global impact. Talks@Tech
supports this eort by connecting
members of the community with
the issues aecting our region, our
nation and our world. Most events
and speakers that we will be host-
ing will center around a vast range
of topics, exploring global chal-
lenges and issues through a col-
laborative approach that includes
perspectives from science, tech-
nology, humanities and the arts.
Going beyond the mere atten-
dance of lectures, the idea behind
Talks@Tech is that students, fac-
ulty and the surrounding com-
munity will be inspired to initi-
ate ongoing conversations around
relevant topicsand that these
conversations will spark new ideas
and engage even more people.
We want students to be engaged
in conversations that they would
otherwise not be able to have.
Additionally, Talks@Tech
seeks to help coordinate speak-
ers invited by individual colleges
and professors, keeping tabs on
the pulse of the discussions
happening at Tech and working
to raise the prole and setting of
distinguished guests or interesting
speakers coming to campus that
others might like to be informed
of.
Talks@Tech exists for a num-
ber of purposes. Establishing a
brand that is recognized as the
central hub for conversations
and discussions at Tech that are
unique and engaging. Uniting
members of the Tech community
with the surrounding city, state,
nation and international audi-
ence. Hosting events and speakers
that cover a vast range of topics,
exploring the challenges and is-
sues the world faces today through
a collaborative approach includ-
ing perspectives of science, tech-
nology, humanities and the arts.
Establishing Tech as a premier
platform for integrating academic
studies, cutting-edge research and
external expertise for students and
faculty.
I am incredibly excited about
how far we have come, and where
this organization is going. I am
looking forward to the event on
November 20. See you all there!
"The Idea behInd Talks@Tech Is
that students, faculty and the
surroundIng communIty wIll be
InspIred..."
John Miller
Talks@Tech Committee Chair
OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT
Voter Turnout
A record number of stu-
dents turned out for a heated
election this year. Students
did not have to travel very far
this year, as the Student Cen-
ter hosted a number a voting
booths. Besides large crowds,
no problems were reported.
HOT
or
NOT
Facebook Politics
What better time to de-
activate your Facebook than
now? at or watch as every-
one within arms length in-
stantly assumes they are guests
on Anderson Cooper 360 and
express their highly informed
political opinion.
Basketball Season
Fans will nally get a taste
of the basketball tradition that
was missing from campus last
semester as the Jackets christen
the new McCamish Pavilion
this weekend. With Techs sto-
ried basketball history, we are
hoping that this season will be
one for the books.
Walking Dead
Campus health has taken
a downturn with a high num-
ber of cases of walking pneu-
monia. Students are advised
to stay home if they feel sick.
Knowing Tech, its only a mat-
ter of time before this becomes
a game of Humans vs. Zom-
bies.
Focus
focus@nique.net
Focus Editor:
Madison Lee
Technique
9
Friday,
November 9, 2012
Techs thriving arts program is one of the
features that gives our campus such a
diverse and unique environment. This
week, check out the best of poetry, drama
and music, courtesy of Focus.
By Madison Lee
Focus Editor
DramaTech, the longest-run-
ning theatre company in Atlanta,
is celebrating 20 years of perform-
ing in the black box Dull eater.
To commemorate the anniversary,
on Saturday audiences were treat-
ed to shows by the improvisation
troupe Lets Try is! (LTT) and
VarietyTech. Later, an ensemble
cast featured the opening night
of their fall mainstage production
Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
DramaTech was once a mobile
company, renting space in various
venues on campus and around the
Atlanta area. When the previous
site for DramaTech productions
was condemned, it gained a per-
manent home in the black box
theater of the Ferst Center for the
Arts in 1992 named for devoted
theater advocate Dean of Students
Emeritus James E. Dull.
Unique among college theaters,
DramaTech is completely run and
operated by the students involved.
ey choose the majority of the
shows for each season, managing
Getting
involved in
the arts
By Kate Overstreet
Contributing Writer
Interested in developing your
artistic side, but not sure where to
start? Tech hosts a wide range of
artistically-inclined clubs and or-
ganizations for experts and ama-
teurs alike.
Ballroom Dance Club
If you want to glide eortlessly
across the dance oor like Fred
Astaire or Ginger Rogers, then
Ballroom Dance Club could be
for you. is organization features
a variety of styles, from Samba
and the Paso Doble to Tango and
Jive. Classes are available at be-
ginner and intermediate levels in
both Latin and ballroom styles. If
the idea of learning the techniques
and fancy footwork of ballroom
dance is a bit intimidating, then
you should check it out rst at the
dance parties they host twice a se-
mester. If interested, visit http://
www.gtbdc.org/ for more infor-
mation.
Buzz Studios
Feel like you have more in
common with Steven Spielberg
than Fred Astaire? Buzz Studios is
Techs lmmaking organization,
where students have an opportu-
nity to write, direct and produce
short lms. Some of the events
and competitions they participate
in include the Campus Movie
Fest, Atlanta Film Festival and the
Annual Doritos Challenge. Teams
propose ideas for screenplays then
the club works to make their idea
into a reality. If you are interested
in joining, want the chance to be
an award-winning lmmaker or
would like to watch short lms
made by your classmates, then
check out http://buzzstudios.
gtorg.gatech.edu/lms.html.
Erato
Are you looking for an outlet
for self-expression? You dont have
to be an expert in creative writ-
ing or art to join Erato, Techs
Literature and Arts magazine. It
oers students an opportunity to
have their original work published
and to present it at coee shops
and other venues. Events include
workshops, author readings, art
galleries and eld trips to artistic
and literary events around Atlan-
ta. If you are looking for a way to
showcase or hone your creativity,
then this might be the club for
you. To learn more, go to http://
erato.gatech.edu.
Musicians Network
If you love local bands or want
to form a band of your own, you
should connect with the Musi-
cians Network located at Under
the Couch in the Student Cen-
ter. Live rock shows are hosted
frequently Under the Couch, and
there are practice venues and re-
cording equipment for the aspir-
ing rock star. ey help coordi-
nate events in this space to hook
Tech up with the greater Atlanta
music community. If you would
like to get involved, please visit
http://www.gtmn.org/under-
thecouch/ to nd out more.
DramaTech celebrates 25 years in spotlight
the sound, lights, costuming and
acting components themselves.
Everything about DramaTech
is pretty much run by students
their passion for theater and devo-
tion to the work is very high. is
[arrangement] is unusual for most
theaters on college campuses.
Usually its a theatre department
where the faculty runs things and
the students do it, but here its the
opposite, which I think is dier-
ent and pretty incredible, said
Melissa Foulger, DramaTech Ar-
tistic Director.
With the Ferst Center oering
music and dance, DramaTech is
the only program that provides
the theater component for the arts
on campus, bringing mainstage
productions to the Tech commu-
nity for 65 years.
With varying degrees of the-
ater knowledge coming in, the
students and faculty involved in
DramaTech say that the theater
acts as a laboratory environment
where members can spend time
learning the techniques and in-
novating.
Much like a science lab where
Photos by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications
To commemorate 25 years in the Dull Theater and 65 years at Tech, DramaTech troupes presented Lets Try This improv shows
and Variety Tech performances, kicking o the opening night of their Fall mainstage production Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
New concert season begins for Tech Symphony
you take time to experiment and
try out dierent ways of learning,
having our space in the Dull e-
ater allows us to explore and g-
ure out dierent ways of achiev-
ing special eects. Its a constant
learning experience, said Daniel
ORourke, DramaTech President
and a third-year BMED major.
To contribute to the produc-
tion process, DramaTech oc-
casionally brings in professional
directors and designers, as well as
alumni who were involved in the
theater during their time at the
Institute. Tech alumnus Jordan
Bethea is the director for Laughter
on the 23rd Floor.
We try to infuse some outside
participation as well, especially
from people who have had expe-
rience with DramaTech and can
speak to the history, Foulger said.
Collaboration is an important
aspect of theater work in general,
which is something that students
come to learn through their in-
volvement.
DramaTech gives students the
opportunity to think about how
they can best work together, be-
cause theater really is ensemble
based and all of the pieces have
to work together to make the
production happen, Foulger
said.
e dierent crews and
actors involved DramaTech
are versatile when it comes to
working with dierent theater
environments.
Sometimes you get cross-
pollination between the groups
outside of the mainstage pro-
duction...the costume-master
and designer can be part of
LTT and the people who do
lighting can work with Variety-
Tech shows. is is unique fo-
rum for students who want to
do something dierent. ere
are a lot of roles to choose
from, said Miles Johnson,
DramaTech Production Man-
ager and a third-year NE ma-
jor.
e turnaround between
one DramaTech production
and another is relatively short.
e members make a diligent
By Ian Smith
Contributing Writer
e Georgia Tech Symphony
Orchestra (GTSO) presented their
rst concert of the Fall semester
on ursday evening, showcasing
classical pieces by early 20th cen-
tury composers.
e GTSO performs a wide
variety of music, from classical
standards to contemporary lm
scores. e holiday concert is a
must-attend for students inter-
ested in taking in seasonal clas-
sics. Concerts are held in the Ferst
Center theater.
We have two concerts a se-
mester. Our holiday concert is
coming up on November 29. Its
free with a BuzzCard and ten
dollars general admission, said
Amanda Francis, president of
GTSO.
Crystal Chao, the GTSOs
pianist, said that audience mem-
bers can derive much from the
GTSOs concerts.
Music can tell stories, make
jokes, and evoke other times and
places, but its also incredibly sub-
jective in the feelings and imagery
it induces in people. So everyone
doesnt get the same thing out of
a concert, but hopefully the deliv-
ery is rich enough that the musi-
cians communicate something to
you that makes your life more in-
teresting, Chao said.
For Francis, the classical pieces
performed at GTSOs concerts are
a rich source of both relaxation
and mental stimulation for audi-
ence members.
Good music, no matter what
it is, aects a person in some way.
We can do that for the rest of the
Tech community...[to] bring them
into our concerts not just to listen
to our music, but maybe theyll
have a better day. Maybe theyll
be relaxed and go back home and
be able to nish their homework
without staying up all night,
Francis said.
Students may also nd the
GTSOs concerts to be socially
interactive events with something
for everyone.
Large musical ensembles like
GTSO and the GT Chorale have
a profound social impact on a
campus community. ey bring
together students from all dier-
Photo courtesy of Stephen Schmidt
The Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra (GTSO) presents
two concerts each semester in the Ferst Center Theater.
See DramaTech, page 11
See Symphony, page 10
10 November 9, 2012 Technique FOCUS
www.nique.net
Poetry at Tech features acclaimed guests
By Currell Berry
Contributing Writer
roughout the year, the lib-
eral arts program Poetry at Tech
brings renowned guests to the
Institute to present their composi-
tions to the campus community.
e Adam Stephens Night Out
for Poetry that took place urs-
day was the second of the semes-
ters events, and invited acclaimed
poets Bob Hicok and Jamaal
May to present selections of their
works.
e Technique sat down with
Poetry at Techs Associate Direc-
tor Travis Denton to discuss the
importance of poetry and the arts
on campus along with ways to get
involved, and spoke with featured
poet May to discuss his style and
inspirations.
For Denton, poetry and other
artistic outlets for expression can
be a crucial balance against the
purely academic rigor at Tech.
e presence of the arts on
campus is vital, and the students
need the creative outlet. I think
students should take full advan-
tage of the arts at here...because
academics are important, but you
feed your spirit with art, Denton
said.
While Poetry at Tech read-
ings and events may represent
a reprieve from academics for
some, Denton explains that the
program supplements its poetry
readings and springtime com-
munity workshops with academic
classes, such as the intensive po-
etry reading courses Poetry and
Poetics I, and Poetry and Poet-
ics II, which are workshop-style
classes in which students are given
the opportunity to explore each
others work.
Students learn to generate
poems, learn about poetic forms,
and how to present their work,
Denton said.
Poetry at Techs reading se-
ries, Denton explains, has built its
reputation as one of the premier
reading series in the southeast by
featuring works from poets who
are vibrant in their use of lan-
guage, present their work well
and are likely to be captivating to
an audience.
However, Denton also notes
that Poetry at Tech seeks addi-
tional complementary qualities
when pairing poets for any given
reading.
We like to pair senior poets
who have been honing their craft
for years. eyre the ones that we
look up to. At the same time, we
like to pair our senior poets with
emerging poets that are just get-
ting their feet in the door, that
may have their rst book coming
out, or maybe dont even have a
book out just yet, Denton said.
Notably, May has recently
been receiving recognition for the
powerful, compelling quality of
his work.
e Adam Stephens Night
Out for Poetry featured a won-
derful pairing of poets. Repre-
senting the emerging poets, in this
corner we have Jamaal May, who
is a poet out of Detroit, Denton
said. Jamaal has been getting a
lot of attention in the poetry com-
munity because he combines be-
ing a page poet and a slam poet,
he has that kind of energy thats
just inspiring, and hes able to pull
both of them o and do it well.
He also won the Beatrice Hawley
Award for poetry this year, which
is a great accomplishment.
When describing his personal
reasons for composing poetry,
May said that he feels more com-
pelled to write than having been
inspired to do so. ose aspects of
his life are varied, and he believes
these motivations dier across po-
ets.
I think what typically makes
a poets work distinct isnt always
a particular thing they do that
stands out. Often what makes a
poets work unique is the way they
mix the available hodgepodge of
words, techniques, goals, forms,
sounds, images and rhetorical
devices into their own blend of
ideas, May said.
May works themes into his
compositions that call into ques-
tion the nature of humanity.
Lately, Ive been compelled by
the [connections] between things
that appear to be at odds. Ive
been interested, for example, in
displays of strength that require
vulnerability, desires relationship
to fear, and demonstrating the
need for human connection by
showing isolation, May said.
From the mundane to the ex-
traordinary, Mays sources of in-
spiration come from far and wide
and give him a broad range of sub-
ject matter to compose on.
I am compelled by the usual
go-tos like music, lm and poetry,
but even more so by all of ways
that the world surprises me. Im
compelled by individual words,
images and events, and also by
love, by inequality, by metal,
Symphony from page 9
ent majors and backgrounds in a
collaborative activity that is intel-
lectually and socially rewarding.
A concert enables people to share
their music listening experience,
have conversations about it, and
be introduced to new pieces or
interpretations they havent heard
before, Chao said.
In order to spread these ben-
ets to a wider audience, in her
tenure as GTSO president, Fran-
cis has focused a great deal of
eort on campus outreach and
initiating a robust advertising
campaign, aimed in particular at
the student body.
When I went to FASET as a
freshman, I asked if there was an
orchestra and my FASET leader
just said, Oh, I dont know. I
want to bring [GTSO] into the
community. I want to bring it to
the front minds of the students on
campus, Francis said.
e production value found in
each GTSO concert is built upon
the hard work and dedication of
its many musicians.
Everyone who is in the or-
chestra is there because they want
to be. at brings the orchestra to
a dierent level, Francis said.
e orchestra is composed of
musicians who represent a com-
plete spectrum of experience and
expertise.
A lot of the musicians in the
orchestra have grown up around
classical music. We also have a
musician who a couple of years
ago learned the violin from
scratch, Francis said.
e commitment towards pro-
ducing excellent music pervades
the orchestra, and this devotion
is quite obvious in the orchestras
president.
I love the orchestra. I truly
feel that we produce some really
great concerts. Its a free event that
people can come enjoy and relax
and have a good time, Francis
said.
Photo courtesy of Stephen Schmidt
Many of the musicians in Techs Symphony Orchestra have grown
up around classical music, and bring that passion to their concerts.
See Poetry, page 12
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Taste of Africa oers rich cultural experience
By Alex Kessler
Sta Writer
Each year, the GT African
Student Association (ASA) hosts
Taste of Africa, one of the largest
cultural events on Techs campus
and in the city of Atlanta. Show-
casing the arts and foods of Af-
rica, the event is a long and proud
tradition of the club and its orga-
nizers.
is years Taste of Africa is
predicted to be the largest in its
history in terms of turnout, the
variety of foods available and the
cultural aspects like music and
dance being highlighted.
According to the president of
the organization Marteki Codjoe,
ASA was founded 1990 with the
purpose to bring together African
students on campus, as well as
anyone with an interest in African
culture.
We want them to learn more
about each other and our culture,
and share this with the Tech com-
munity, Codjoe said.
Taste of Africa is the ASAs
signature annual event, drawing
more than 750 participants in this
previous year. Present on campus
for more than ten years, the event
has undergone enormous growth
in organization and attendance,
evolving over time. Upgrading
from last years venue, Taste of
Africa will now take place in the
Ferst Center with a maximum of
1200 seats to account.
At its core, Taste of Africa is a
celebration and exploration of the
cultures of many African nations
and the collective identity of the
continent as a whole. Students
gain exposure to a unique tradi-
tion through exotic foods and
dances. No specic countries are
highlighted, only a rich combina-
tion of regional avors and styles
that characterize the continent.
Each year there are plays, fash-
ion exhibits, and historical mu-
seum collections presented at the
event.
Tech is not the only ASA club
that puts on this aair. ASA clubs
at Emory, Georgia State, UGA,
Kennesaw and across the United
States host their own Taste of Af-
rica events to incorporate cultural
immersion within their own cam-
pus boundaries.
In anticipation of the mas-
sive expected attendance by
the college and local com-
munities the amount of
food cooked has been
doubled, with new items
on the menu too.
e show will take place
on the Ferst Centers stage and
revolve around the theme of Tales
of the Motherland. In addition,
Atlanta artist Na!ra will be mak-
ing a special guest appearance.
e organizational process
has been diligent on ASAs part
to ensure Fridays event will kick
o without a hitch. eir dancers
have been rehearsing for months
and their member have been
working non-stop to facili-
tate the logistics of host-
ing a thousand or more
people.
Everything is planned a year
in advance. Due to their extensive
marketing campaign both on and
o campus this is sure to be the
largest Taste of Africa in Techs
history.
Taste of Africa seeks to edu-
cate all Tech students on the val-
ues of African culture with a vis-
ceral, rsthand experience.
Tickets are on sale online for $7
and at the door for $10, with the
show and dinner included.
DramaTech from page 9
eort to ensure that the stage is
set for the next show in a timely
fashion.
is semester we have a very
[tight] schedule for putting on the
showswhen a show ends we have
about two weeks to completely
change the space over to the next
show. Its a lot of work that has to
get done, Johnson said.
To introduce interested stu-
dents to the DramaTech culture
and help them develop their in-
terests in dierent areas of theater,
DramaTech also oers periodic
workshops. e members are al-
ways looking for people to come
and contribute to the dynamic of
the organization.
You can come to just one or
two workshops to get a feel for
the group and see what it is we do
here. If its for you, then wed love
to have you back, and if you have
an idea that you would like to ex-
plore, come and pitch it to us,
Johnson said.
With the atmosphere of fos-
tering close friendships through
a shared passion for the arts, the
Dull eater has acted as a second
home for many DramaTech stu-
dents.
For the people involved it
brings an opportunity to use a
dierent kind of creativity. It gives
them a home away from home.
e students are here all the time
helping each other with their
homework and then they work on
the show together. For the audi-
ence, it provides a chance for stu-
dents to see their peers in action at
a reduced rate, and watch them do
quality work, Foulger said.
Performances of Laughter on
the 23rd Floor will be running in
the Dull eater until Nov.16.
Its comparable to a 1950s ver-
sion of 30 Rock. Its a good story
with fast dialogue and of course,
the audience can expect to get a
lot of laughs out of it, ORourke
said.
Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications
DramaTech troupes joined forces to put on a dynamic
performance for the 25th anniversary Dull Theater celebration.
Photoillustration by Kara Yogan / Student Publications
12 November 9, 2012 Technique FOCUS
Jazz Ensemble selected to perform in premier festival
Poetry from page 10
By Aaron Tumulak
Contributing Writer
e music program at Tech is
growing and making itself heard.
is year, the Jazz Ensemble will
be playing in the Jazz Educator
Networks Annual JENerations
Jazz Festival to be held in Atlanta.
e event is the ensembles larg-
est event of the year, performing
alongside over six hundred other
musicians on January 5th at the
Peachtree Hyatt.
Techs Jazz Ensemble, made up
of large jazz groups and smaller
combos, is directed by Dr. Chip
Crotts, an assistant professor of
the School of Music. e ensem-
ble is one of thirty from across the
nation that have been chosen to
perform at this years conference.
Among them, only fteen are uni-
versity jazz groups.
ere has denitely been a lot
of interest [in the Jazz Festival]
throughout the School of Music.
I know the students are really
excited about the opportunity to
perform for a very large national
audience here in Atlanta, Crotts
said.
e JENerations Jazz Festival
will feature musicians of all ages
from all over the world, perform-
ing a variety of styles including
swing, bebop, Latin jazz, rock,
funk and R&B.
is year, Techs ensemble will
perform selections from this Falls
performances.
According to the festivals web-
site, the event will feature concerts
for jazz ensembles, big bands and
vocal jazz ensembles. Some of the
biggest names in jazz will also be
present to critique participating
groups.
Preparations for the festival
are already underway with a Fall
concert on Tuesday and a perfor-
mance at Under the Couch next
Friday in addition to weekly prac-
tice. e ensemble also plans to
return to campus early in January
to prepare for the festival on the
weekend.
Crotts has found that living
in Atlanta also has also enhanced
his interest in teaching jazz. A
Grammy-nominated trumpet
player, Crotts has performed with
national and international artists
and still performs professionally
around Atlanta. He shares his ex-
periences with his students and,
occasionally, even performs for
them.
Crotts explained that jazz is
a truly traditional American art
form. In addition, unlike other
styles and genres of music, there
are elements such as improvisa-
tion that are central to jazz, with
unique rhythms and melodies.
Crotts, a former associate pro-
fessor at other universities where
all students were music majors,
sees the same passion and talent
in the Tech students involved in
music on campus.
I found at Tech that theres no
dierence in how excited and pas-
sionate about music they are and
how interested they are in it
they love jazz, they love perform-
ing, they love playing, Crotts
said.
Many students in ensembles
nd music to be a reprieve from
the daily grind of engineering,
business and other coursework. It
also gives students an outlet to ex-
press themselves and engage their
more creative side.
Crotts emphasized that a de-
votion to music can soothe a stu-
dents otherwise stressed mind. A
subject of Crottss research is the
idea that learning to play a wind
instrument can promote well-
being.
One of my research agendas
is looking at ways to improve not
only the health of musicians but
people in general. [Im] nding
that playing wind instruments
doing breathing exercises are
things that really help to improve
the health outcomes of people,
Crotts said.
e School of Music welcomes
musicians with dierent interests
and various skill levels to join an
ensemble on campus. Discus-
sions are underway to expand the
Schools presence by creating an
undergraduate major in music.
Over 1500 students perform in
musical ensembles at Tech.
Many major research uni-
versities and institutions in the
country have strong arts programs
because the things that the arts
bring to students are very strong-
ly felt. Having a thriving music
program or an arts program is
really benecial to the school. I
hope that someday Tech will not
only be a leading institution for
engineering, but also for music,
Crotts said.
Photo by Jamie Howell / Student Publications
Members of the organization Circle K dedicate themselves to
regular participation in community service projects in Atlanta.
woodgrain, comedy, overheard
argumentsthe largesse of this
bizarre world, May said.
For ursdays event, May was
paired with one of his favorite
poets Bob Hicok, who teaches at
Virginia Tech.
[Hicoks] poems have such a
rich wit around them, such a live-
ly humor, that an audience cant
help but be entertained by his
work, Denton said.
Associated with the School of
Literature, Media and Communi-
cation and Ivan Allen College of
Liberal Arts, Poetry at Tech was
founded when Henry C. Bourne
created the Bourne Chair in Po-
etry at Tech. e Chair is held by
nationally-acclaimed poet om-
as Lux. In the Spring of 2013 the
H. Bruce McEver Visiting Chair
in Writing will be held by both
Travis Denton and Ginger Mur-
chison.
Lux is scheduled to teach a po-
etry workshop with Denton later
in the semester, with the date and
time to be announced. Applica-
tions should be requested by Sat-
urday, Nov. 10.
Denton encourages students to
get involved with Poetry at Techs
reading events and spring com-
munity workshops.
I can think of at least four to
ve right now o the top of my
head who have come to our com-
munity workshops consistently
and have said to me I want to
get a master of ne arts in cre-
ative writing and poetry because
of this workshop and these pro-
grams. Were really happy about
that, Denton said.
Entertainment
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Entertainment Editor:
Jonathan Peak
Assistant Entertainment Editor:
Joe Murphy
Chris Tucker chooses Atlanta for new show, discusses future
By Jake Hannon
Contributing Writer
Chris Tucker will always be
known for ghting crime as De-
tective Carter alongside Jackie
Chan in the Rush Hour series, but
he has some dierent plans for the
future. After a substantial hiatus
from the business, Tucker is back
on the scene with a debut stand-
up comedy movie lmed at the
Fox eatre in Atlanta on Nov.
9th and 10th. In addition to the
stand-up routine, he is also star-
ring in the upcoming lm Silver
Linings Playbook, which also fea-
tures stars such as Bradley Coo-
per, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert
DeNiro. Silver Linings will be in
theatres on Nov. 21st. e Tech-
nique had a chance to sit down
with Tucker and ask him a few
questions about his upcoming
plans.
What was your experience
like growing up in Atlanta?
Man, it was great. It was really
great. I come from a big family;
Im the youngest of six kids. So we
used to have a lot of stu going on
around the house. We had a lot of
people coming over. You know I
had the best of both worlds. My
grandmother lived in Lithonia, so
I got the country as well as the city
experience I had in Decatur.
What are the biggest dier-
ences between doing stand-up
comedy and acting in movies?
e dierence is with stand-
up youre more free. You can go
wherever you want to go. Its all
me. Its real life. In the movies,
youre playing a part or role, but
in stand-up I talk about my real
life and real stu so people really
get to know me as a person and
not as a character.
Why did you choose the Fox
eatre to lm your rst stand-
up comedy movie?
e Fox is a beautiful place. I
think its big enough so that its
beautiful on lm and in the the-
aters, but small enough for com-
edy. Its also a place of historical
signicance. So I thought it was
denitely the best place in At-
lanta.
And you denitely wanted to
do it in Atlanta?
Yes, you know, being from De-
catur and all. I denitely wanted
to do it in front of my hometown
crowd and do it at home.
What was your experience
like working with Bradley
Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and
Robert DeNiro in your upcom-
ing movie, Silver Linings Play-
book?
It was great. Great script, great
part. It wasnt as big as the parts I
usually do, but my character is an
important character in the movie.
He meets Bradley Coopers char-
acter in a mental institution. His
(Bradley Coopers) character is
dealing with bipolar disorder and
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By Jonathan Peak
Entertainment Editor
Beginning today (Nov. 9), Atlantas own Midtown
Art Cinema will be transformed into a land of walk-
ing fortresses, friendly and endish cats alike, teenage
witches in training and goldsh princesses. Japans
highly creative and imaginative Studio Ghibli will be
playing all week in an unprecedented showing of some
of their most famous and beloved lms.
Potential audiences might be turned o by the post-
ers of cute characters or trailers full of magical crea-
tures. However, Ghibli never falls into the pitfalls of
typical anime (which is not a genre, but rather, a me-
dium). It instead gives foreign viewers a glimpse into
Japanese culture along with simple and entertaining
stories. Ghibli is akin to Disney in Japan, even having a
museum where visitors must often book reserva-
tions months in advance.
Every child and adult in Japan has
a favorite Ghibli lm, each one appealing in its
own unique stories and characters. To Americans
the creatures may be frightening, weird or confusing
as monsters from Japanese folk lore make appearances,
but imagine how confusing the seven dwarves or octo-
pus-bodied mermaids must be to the rest of the world.
e Midtown Art Cinema, across from Piedmont
Park, has done an excellent job of sifting through
Ghiblis extensive catalog to present a full viewing op-
portunity of Ghiblis early works. Friday opens with the
more recent adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones novel
Howls Moving Castle along with the rarely screened
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which is technically
outside of the Ghibli canon as
it was released before the stu-
dios formal debut.
e festival continues
with the viewing of all
of Ghiblis biggest and
most endearing lms,
including Acad-
emy Award winning Spirited
Away and classics like My Neighbor Totoro and
Kiks Delivery Service. ese lms have dened multi-
ple generations of childhoods with their poignant tales
of adolescence.
One movie that is a must-see is the rarely viewed
Only Yesterday, which closes the collection on urs-
See Ghibli page 17
Design by Lisa Xia/ Student Publications
Photos courtesy of Studio Ghibli
Photo courtesy of Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker talks with The Technique about his upcoming lm, Silver Linings Playbook, and divulges
on his reasons for lming his comedy show in Atlanta, which has been apart of his life since birth.
14 November 9, 2012 Technique ENTERTAINMENT
Techs dancers show o their best in annual campus contest
By Joe Murphy
Assistant Entertainment Editor
In a school that is famous for
its level of academic achievement,
it seems almost unfair for its stu-
dents to have sweet dance moves
as well. But that is the case at
Tech. Funded by SGA, organized
by SCPC and hosted by Ms. GT
Jasmine Lawrence and SCPC
Ramblin Nights Chair Suchi
Patel, the fourth annual So You
ink Tech Can Dance contest
took place in the Ferst Center on
Tuesday, Nov. 6.
e competition showcased
the best and brightest dance crews
and solo performers from Techs
student body. e panel of judges
was comprised of three profes-
sionals from within the dance
world, and a cash prize was award-
ed to the winning act. Luckily for
the audience, these dancers came
prepared to show what they were
made of.
First on stage was the group
Tufaan, who gave a riveting per-
formance to the tune of a lively
Indian soundtrack. is dance
crew found its greatest strength
in some fast footwork and the
impressive and obvious chemistry
between each dancer. eir moves
resulted in a resounding ovation
from the audience.
Next up was Jazba, a group
that, like Tufaan, chose to express
their love for dance through the
energetic and entertaining rhythm
of the ethnic Indian style. Boast-
ing the most vibrantly colorful
costumes of the night, Jazba dis-
tanced itself from its competitors
by taking a slightly more theatri-
cal approach to their routine. In
addition to some well-constructed
choreography, the dancers acted
out the lyrics to the accompany-
ing music at various points, to the
delight of all in attendance.
After Jazba came Impact, a
dance crew who put a slightly
darker spin on the contest with
their hip-hop routine that bor-
dered on the realm of dubstep.
e synchronization between
each dancer was particularly no-
ticeable with this group, as each
movement seemed perfectly timed
to the beat of the mechanized,
Transformer-like music. Audience
members were practically put into
a frenzy when Impact showcased
fantastic breakdancing moves,
and one of the most entertain-
ing moments of the contest came
when some members of the group
reenacted the now-famous dance
of Psys Gangnam Style.
Next came the rst and only
solo act of the night, Freddy Da-
men. ough he was alone on
stage, Damen proved himself a
force to be reckoned with as he
smoothly sailed through his rou-
tine of pop-and-lock style dance
moves with the elegance of a pro-
fessional.
After Damen came the only
all-female dance crew of the
night, Satrangi. Sporting a rou-
tine that focused on their strength
as a unit, this group put forth a
consistently fast-paced and well-
timed eort with a touch of atti-
tude to boot, successfully pulling
o some of the more daring dance
moves of the night.
Last but not least came what
was by far the largest dance group
in the contest, the Filipino Stu-
dent Association. With roughly
30 members, this crew decided
to tell a story with their routine.
Two dancers took on the roles
of a couple of kids playing video
games, while the rest of the group
members put their own hip-hop
spin on popular games like Poke-
mon, Mario Brothers and Don-
key Kong. e essences of each of
these classic video games were re-
ected in both costumes and cho-
reography. Needless to say, this
particular group was a fan favorite
for an audience comprised almost
completely of Tech students.
After a special performance
by Techs own Goldrush dance
crew to the tune of Queens We
Will Rock You, the votes were
tallied, and the winners were an-
nounced. Taking rst place in the
solo category was Freddy Damen,
and for the group category it was
the dance crew Tufaan who was
awarded the cash prize.
Despite any winners or losers
from the night, every act in this
contest proved one thing beyond
any doubt: Tech can most certain-
ly can dance.

So You Think Tech Can

Dance
LOCATION: The Ferst Center
DATE: Nov. 6
OUR TAKE:
Photo courtesy of John Nakano/ Student Publications
The Filipino Student Association performs a medley of video game-inspired dance numbers, as
competitors in SCPCs annual So You Think Tech Can Dance contest against ve other dance acts.
Technique November 9, 2012 15 ENTERTAINMENT
Minogue marks 25 years with orchestral rework
mental issues. My character is a
really positive inuence in his life.
He tells him to stay positive and
keep his head up. We both get out
[of the institution], and my char-
acter keeps showing up through-
out the movie. Its a really funny
part and was a real fun one to do.
You have stated that your big
inuences are Eddie Murphy
and Richard Pryor. What about
those two have been so inuen-
tial for you?
Richard Pryor is a great story
teller and a great comedian. He
was so truthful. I can remember
growing up watching him. It was
the same thing with Eddie Mur-
phy. He was a great actor and co-
median. Still is. I identied with
those guys at a young age, watch-
ing their movies and was always
fascinated when they came on the
screen. It made me want to pos-
sibly do that one day and it just
happened.
Any chance there will be a
Rush Hour 4?
Yeah, man. I just saw Jackie
recently. We were talking about
trying to do something else. Pos-
sibly Rush Hour or another type of
movie, but we denitely want to
do another movie together.
To see a great show, audiences
should see Chris Tucker lm his
stand-up routine this weekend.
Prime comedy will be straight out
of the mouth of a professional,
and it will be hilarious. Also check
out Silver Linings Playbook which
debuts later this month. After a
long enough wait, fans can be as-
sured that Chris Tucker is back
and better than ever.

The Abbey Road Sessions

Kylie Minogue
LABEL: Parlophone
GENRE: Pop
TRACK PICKS: Cant Get
You Out of My Head,
Locomotion and Flower
OUR TAKE:
By Jillian Broaddus
Sta Writer
In an industry that has seen
the majority of its female artists
come and go over the years, Ky-
lie Minogue is one pop star that
has left her mark. e Australian
native started her multi-decade
career as a child television actress
and began her journey as a re-
cording artist in 1987. Now, the
44-year-old has completed eleven
studio albums and recently re-
leased e Best of Kylie Minogue in
June of 2012.
roughout her twenty-ve
year music career, Minogue has
become famous for her upbeat
pop hits, graceful personality and
girl-next-door vibe. is combina-
tion has led to 68 million record
sales, a Grammy award and even
an Australian Entertainer of the
Year award. Her newest album,
e Abbey Road Sessions, builds
on this success, yet somehow still
varies from her typical style. Ap-
propriately named since Minogue
spent the past year recording in
the legendary Abbey Road stu-
dio, this album features melodic,
acoustic and orchestral versions of
some of her greatest hits.
With talents often comparable
to Madonna, Minogue sets herself
apart on this latest album, with a
maturity and classiness betting
of her age and place in the chang-
ing music industry. Her tonal
quality remains soft, steady and
elegant throughout the sixteen-
track record, which helps to suc-
cessfully transform even the most
electronically-charged, cheery
material, the reception thus far
has been overwhelmingly posi-
tive. iTunes reviewers exclaim,
is album showcases how an-
gelic her voice is and Whether
its a dance/pop record or a sweet
ballad, Kylie never disappoints.
Ultimately, e Abbey Road
Sessions is the perfect celebration
of Minogues twenty-fth year
in music, providing listeners with
something old, something new
and something magical that could
be a preview for what is to come in
the next twenty-ve years.
melodies into beautiful symphon-
ic pieces.
A few gems of the compila-
tion include Cant Get You Out
of My Head, Locomotion and
Come Into My World, in which
the prior dance vibe is replaced by
a relaxed piano accompaniment.
However, other tracks, such as
Flower, are so similar to their
original recordings that their pur-
pose on the album seems redun-
dant.
Although these re-releases pro-
vide devoted fans with no new
Tucker from page 13
Photo courtesy of Parlophone
Australian pop queen Kylie Minogue celebrates 25 years in the industry with the release of her
greatest hits compilation, which features reimaginings of her most popular hits like Locomotion.
16 November 9, 2012 Technique ENTERTAINMENT
Latest Disney lm explores secret world within arcade games

Wreck-It Ralph
GENRE: Comedy, Animation
STARRING: John C. Reilly,
Jack McBrayer
DIRECTOR: Rich Moore
RATING: PG
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 2
OUR TAKE:
By Joe Murphy
Assistant Entertainment Editor
Any classic video gamers who
still remember the good days of
arcade tokens and joysticks may
want to prepare themselves for a
nostalgic moment or two. Dis-
neys newest animated lm Wreck-
It Ralph hit theaters on Nov. 2.
Boasting an all-star cast of video
game characters like never before
seen (and some that have never
been seen at all), this lm prom-
ises to load up on ammo, step on
the turbo and blast beyond viewer
expectations.
e story takes place in a
small arcade that is home to sev-
eral classic, quarter-eating video
games. However, in the spirit of
Toy Story, the characters in these
video games come to life every
night when no one is watching.
With the ability to travel between
games using a subway-like exten-
sion cord system, the characters
eat, drink, talk, and socialize with
each other. One such character
named Ralph (voiced by John C.
Reilly, Step Brothers), despite be-
ing reasonably well-mannered and
friendly, has the job of being the
bad guy for the game Fix-It Felix
Jr. For 30 years, the giant, gorilla-
shaped Ralph has been shunned
by his co-workers and generally
feared by everyone due to his vil-
lainous status. All he really wants
is to be accepted and taste some
of the love and admiration that is
shown in the game to Felix (Jack
McBrayer, 30 Rock), the popular
and ever-optimistic hero. In a des-
perate bid to change how people
think of him, Ralph abandons his
own game and ventures out into
the world of the arcade in search
of a way to prove his heroism.
roughout his journey, Ralph
crosses paths with the battle-hard-
ened, professionally animated
heroin of an alien shoot-em-up
game (Jane Lynch, Glee) and the
cute but annoying glitch character
of a go-kart racing game (Sarah
Silverman, School of Rock), both
of whom give Ralph a completely
new outlook on life. Travelling
from one game to the next while
making both friends and enemies
along the way, Ralph discovers
that his true destiny may not be
what he intended.
In terms of story and emotion-
al connection with the audience,
Wreck-It Ralph is not an instant
Disney classic, but its characters
are memorable and the quality of
animation is spot-on. e lm is
about video games and nothing
else, so many classic video game
tropes are included in a manner
that should bring at least a few
fond memories to anyone born
in the arcade generation. For in-
stance, one of the long-running
jokes throughout the lm is the
cameos by classic video game
characters in situations that are
slightly dierent than what most
audience members will remember.
Sonic the Hedgehog gives safety
advice to travelers as they jour-
ney between games, Q*bert and
Coily are homeless on the streets,
and Clyde the Ghost from Pac-
Man runs a group therapy session
for arcade villains. Even a certain
moustached plumber gets a shout-
out once or twice. Ultimately, it is
these little special moments that
make Wreck-It Ralph not just an-
other animated lm, but rather a
salute to an era that was and is an
enormous part of countless child-
hoods.
If there is anything bad to
say about Ralph, it is that the
story may come o as a little too
under-ambitious at points. But
this fact could be either a pro or a
con based on the viewer. Younger
audience members will certainly
enjoy the wacky characters and
truly vibrant animation, but older
viewers may feel that the lm does
not reach its potential in terms of
both laughs and storylines. e
idea of a plot taking place in the
coded and pixelated world of a
video game, where mushrooms
grant the power to shoot sts of
re and regeneration is an every-
day occurrence, is an interesting
one and always worthy of explo-
ration. However, it will be up to
the audience to decide if Wreck-It
Ralph takes advantage of this idea
and oers a fresh and interesting
story, or if the lm decides to go
easy and play it safe in the arcade
room.
Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures
The cast of Ralph may not be your everyday heroes, but like Ralph himself, they never fail to surprise.
Technique November 9, 2012 17 ENTERTAINMENT
The economy sucks.
Free pizza rations on Tuesdays.
7 p.m., Flag 137, Technique
Fists has no punch despite action

The Man with the Iron

Fists
GENRE: Action, Martial Arts
STARRING: Russell Crowe,
Lucy Liu
DIRECTOR: RZA
RATING: R
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 2
OUR TAKE:
By Brent Hornilla
Contributing Writer
It is 19th century China, and
all hell is about to break loose
in Jungle Village. is village is
home to seven warring clans, with
the largest of these being the Lion
clan, which has just undergone a
coup. Having killed Gold Lion
(Chen Kuan-tai, Executioners
from Shaolin), the clans second-
in-command, Silver Lion (Byron
Mann, Street Fighter), breaks the
stando by systematically wiping
out the opposition. Zen-Yi (Rick
Yune, e Fast and the Furious),
Gold Lions son, sets o on a jour-
ney to return home and avenge his
fathers death. In the midst of all
these events, a mysterious British
soldier by the name of Jack Knife
(Russell Crowe, Gladiator) begins
his stay under the care of Madam
Blossom (Lucy Liu, Chicago) at
the local brothel, while the Lions
plan to ambush an incoming ship-
ment of government gold.
So where does the man with
the iron sts come in? e village
blacksmith, addeus (RZA, Wu-
Tang Clan), is the storys narrator
and main character who eventu-
ally comes to wield a pair of - you
guessed it - iron sts. Desperate
to buy the freedom of his lover,
Lady Silk (Jamie Chung, Sucker
Punch), the blacksmith continues
to forge the clans weapons in spite
of his accruing guilt.
Despite a lackluster plot, the
lms characters purposely fall
into archetypal roles to make for
a better comparison. is is most
eectively demonstrated by the
unique tone of each ght scene.
Relationship dynamics are shown
instead of explained, made possi-
ble by having ghting styles reect
dominant personality traits. Poi-
son Dagger (Daniel Wu, City of
Glass) is a puppeteer who manipu-
lates everyone from the shadows,
using poison darts to end ghts
before they even begin. Madame
Blossom is the villages matriarch,
wielding a Steel Fan betting her
elegance and hidden strength. Al-
though characters lack on-screen
development, everyone has some-
thing to hide and the audience is
presented with enough of their
pasts to hunger for more. Crowes
and Lius performances stand out,
especially their on-screen chemis-
try.
e styling of the lm is a
blending of worlds, an east-meets-
west rendition reminiscent of
Samurai Champloo, where hip-
hop undertones were given to a
feudal Japan. In e Man with
the Iron Fists, the soundtrack is its
soul, featuring a number of tracks
made specically for the lm by
the likes of RZA, Kanye West and
Wiz Khalifa. Each character is ac-
companied by their own identi-
able brand of music. Jack Knifes
theme stands out the most in the
form of a jaw harp that rhythmi-
cally cuts into the air.
Granted, the premise is not
very original, but it is not sup-
posed to be. e Man with the
Iron Fists in its entirety is a nod to
the classic martial arts lms of the
1970s. Characters are given in-
tricate back stories that are never
shown on screen except in the way
that they ght and the causes they
ght for. Take for example Brass
Body (David Bautista, WWE),
one of the lms most memorable
characters with the ability to turn
his body to metal, the origin of
which is never explained. Director
RZA comes to give a beating, and
he makes no eort to mask his in-
tentions.
Viewers shouldnt expect
the lm to receive an Academy
Award, but they should expect a
lot of wire work, mind-blowing
ght scenes, cool special eects
and a huge lack of plausibility.
day night (Nov. 15). is lm is
an exception to Ghiblis fantasy
norm, instead telling the story of
a 27 year-old single woman as she
reects on her childhood while
visiting the country. is viewing
is a special treat, as it is not avail-
able on DVD in the States.
Another lm not to be missed
is the violent, grisly epic that is
Princess Mononoke. is movie
pushes boundaries as industry
and the environment collide in a
battle of gods and progress. Prin-
cess Mononoke was a new stepping
point for Ghibli, a rst move away
from cutesy, child-friendly tales,
as the lines between good and evil
are blurred beyond recognition.
Princess Mononoke also screens on
ursday.
One of the most beloved, and
yet most overlooked Ghibli lms
stateside, Whisper of the Heart,
oers a glimpse into typical Japa-
nese life through the eyes of a
bookworm middle schooler as
she learns about her own goals
and love. A touching tale as two
children help each other grow into
adults, Whisper of the Heart is eas-
ily one of Ghiblis most inspiring
lms. It is showing on Monday
alongside its hilarious sequel e
Cat Returns for an evening that is
sure to please anyone in the audi-
ence.
ough the Midtown Art Cin-
ema covers its bases well, some
lms are notable exceptions from
the lineup. e only op from
Ghibli, Tales from Earthsea, has
been thankfully excluded. e
classic tale of orphans ghting
for survival in World War II Ja-
pan, Grave of the Fireies, is also
not present, to the great disap-
pointment of fans. e TV movie
Ocean Waves, one of only two
lms not available in the US, is
also disappointingly excluded.
Most disappointing though is
the omission of From Up on Poppy
Hill, which still awaits an Ameri-
can release after its opening in Ja-
pan over a year ago. e reason for
this delay is due to the recent habit
of Disney buying the U.S. distri-
bution rights to Ghiblis lms and
dubbing them in English. ough
the dubbing is done most expertly
with the likes of Cate Blanchett
and Christian Bale in previous
lms, it misses some of the nu-
ances of the originals. About half
of the lms showing will be the
English dubs, most of them being
the more recent releases. For the
rest, though, be prepared to read
subtitles.
Ghibli has created some of the
best animated lms to date and
has earned its legendary status
alongside big scale productions
Disney and Pixar. Each lm is
unique and should not be missed.
Any Disney fans should come to
experience a childhood of a dier-
ent culture, as the characters face
problems so universal anyone can
enjoy their complexities and sto-
ries.
Ghibli from page 13
Photo courtesy of Strike Entertainment
Photo courtesy of Studio Ghibli
Lucy Liu infuses elegance into her character as Madame Blossom.
Studio Ghiblis character Totoro has become so endearing to fans
around the world that he is now featured in their company logo.
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20 November 9, 2012 Technique SPORTS
RAMBLIN WITH

'
By Anna Arnau
Sports Editor
Technique: How do you think
playing last season o campus af-
fected the season?
Miller: Not having the stu-
dents there didnt necessarily neg-
atively impact the season, but we
denitely missed that extra burst
of energy.
Technique: How excited are
you to play in McCamish?
Miller: Im overly excited. Ab-
solutely thrilled.
Technique: How did you pre-
pare in the oseason?
Miller: We worked a lot harder
this oseason than we normally
do, just worked harder on every-
thing.
Technique: What does your
average day look like?
Miller: Its just a busy day.
ere are no breaks. You just have
to be mentally prepared for the
whole day.
Technique: Whats your favor-
ite thing about being an athlete at
Tech?
Miller: I really enjoy getting
to travel with the team during the
season.
Technique: Wheres your fa-
vorite place to travel?
Miller: My favorite place to go
play a game at is Duke.
Technique: Do you have any
goals for the team this year?
Miller: To win a lot more
games and to become better as a
team. Personally, Id like to av-
erage above 10 rebounds every
game.
Technique: What has been
your worst injury?
Miller: Ever? Ive broken my
arm before. It was a roller-blading
injury when I was eleven.
Technique: If you were at a ka-
raoke bar, which song would you
choose to sing?
Miller: Kenny Chesneys song,
We Went Out Last Night. I like
country music.
Technique: What are the pres-
sures involved with your position?
Miller: e oense kind of
travels through the post, and we
dont really have any other centers.
We denitely have other guys that
can play the position, but Im the
only center we have.
Technique: How has your ex-
perience with the team over the
years helped your game?
Miller: ese guys make me
a lot better. ey help me score
more easily. Everything they do
helps me.
Photos courtesy of (L) the GTAA and (R) Virginia Lin / Student Publications
Daniel Miller has started 62 straight games as center for the
Jackets, and aims to average 10 rebounds per game this season.
Mens, womens swim
teams sink in ACC
By Adam West
Contributing Writer
e Tech mens swim team
fell this past weekend to Virgin-
ia Tech, and the women lost out
against Virginia Tech and Florida
Gulf Coast. e men are now 1-2
overall and 0-1 in the ACC, while
the women are 1-3 overall and 0-1
in the ACC.
e men were able to take the
gold in nine events, but it was not
sucient for a victory over the
Hokies, who secured a 178-122
victory. e women did not fare as
well, winning only one event. Vir-
ginia Tech defeated the Georgia
Tech women 221-79 and Florida
Gulf Coast won 169-131.
Sophomore Andrew Kosic led
the men to victory in the 400
medley and 200-meter free relays,
and also took rst in the 50-meter
and 100-meter freestyle individ-
ual events. Kosic nished the 50
free with a time of 20.54 seconds
and took the 100 free in 45.07 sec-
onds.
Tech picked up wins in a
pair of relay events. Senior Bo
Hatchett, redshirt senior Mat-
thew Vaughan, and sophomore
Nico van Duijn were on the 400
medley relay team with Kosic and
completed the race in 3:18.98. For
the 200 free relay, van Duijn and
Kosic joined sophomore Andrew
Chetcuti and senior Eric Chiu to
nish with a nal time of 1:22.38
in the victory.
Vaughan and van Dujin ac-
counted for the teams other
three victories. Vaughn won the
100-meter and 200-meter breast-
stroke events in 55.87 seconds and
2:04.32, respectively. Van Duijn
took the 100-meter buttery event
with a time of 48.99 seconds.
On the springboards, senior
Brandon Makinson won both the
1 and 3 meter dive events, scoring
361.60 points in the 1 meter and
380.85 o the 3 meter.
e Tech women picked up a
victory in only one event when
sophomore Kate Woolbright took
the 1650 freestyle with a time of
17:09.94.
e Jackets next event will be
the Georgia Tech Invitational,
hosted from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2.
Photo courtesy of Danny Karnik / GTAA
Brandon Makinson dives in a
home meet against Georgia.
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Technique November 9, 2012 21 SPORTS
with Alex Sohani
Alex Sohani is an IE major in his
fth year at Tech. He has watched
sports all his life, and takes a critical
view towards many of the trending
topics in the sporting world. To
contact Matt with your opinions
about Time Out, email him at
timeout@nique.net.
Photo by Josh Sandler / Student Publications
Mfon Udoa drives down the court in a game last season against
UVA. Udoa led the team in minutes, averaging 31.8 per game.
With the possibility looming
that the Tech football team breaks
its 15-year streak of bowl appear-
ances this season, the outlook on
Tech athletics has been glum this
fall. But on the corner of Fowler
and Tenth Street, Head Coach
Brian Gregory and the mens bas-
ketball team are quietly preparing
to give fans something to be ex-
cited about. And no, its not just
the opening of McCamish Pavil-
lion this weekend.
Last seasons 11-20 record over-
all and 4-12 conference record in
Gregorys debut as a coach may
come across as upsetting, but it
could be argued that measurable
progress was made. Tuned-in fans
could see progress on the oensive
side of the ball with drawn-up
plays being executed as opposed
to the dreaded confusion that
Tech fans were used to. Unfortu-
nately, the oense struggled to put
the ball in the hoop through the
entire seasonnishing at the
bottom of the ACC in eld goal
percentage. e Jackets should
continue to improve on that end
of the ball with players becoming
more accustomed to Coach Greg-
orys fast-paced system.
What Tech fans should re-
ally be getting excited about is the
defensive identity that Gregory
created surprisingly quickly for
this team. During the 2010-11
seasonformer head coach Paul
Hewitts nal season at Techthe
Jackets nished No. 222 in the
nation in defensive eld goal per-
centage. In just one season at the
helm, Gregory gave this depleted
rosterwhich had lost top de-
fender Iman Shumperta hard-
nosed, defensive reputation as it
dramatically improved to the No.
35 ranked eld goal percentage
nationally. Just for reference, there
are 337 other Division I NCAA
basketball teams.
At a quick glance, the defense
may have not appeared to perform
so well. After all, in the Jackets
13 ACC losses, the Jackets were
outscored by an average margin of
11.8 points per contest. What ac-
tually makes the Jackets defense
more impressive is how terrible
they shot and handled the ball on
their oensive possessions. e
Jackets ranked No. 212 nationally
in eld goal percentage last season,
just shooting under 43 percent in
their 31 games. Ironically enough,
it seems that the best way for the
Jackets to improve their defense is
to become more ecient on the
oensive end.
As well as this, point guard
Mfon Udoa struggled with turn-
overs last season, posting 85 on
the season, compared to his 88
assists. Udoa began to show he
had a better grasp on the oense
towards the end of the 2011-12
season, and Gregory is hoping for
more eective play out of his se-
nior point guard this year. Udoa
isnt the only one to blame in the
turnover department, though, as
the team as a whole averaged al-
most 15 turnovers per game.
While the Jackets are projected
to nish ninth in the ACC this
year, I think it is entirely possible
that we could see this team sur-
prise some people along the way.
Tech is in the unique position of
returning all ve of its starters
from the end of last season and
should only improve upon its de-
fensive, gritty reputation. Gregory
and his sta signed a solid recruit-
ing class led by freshman power
forward Robert Carter. Carter
should be able to contribute im-
mediately to the team, and along
with redshirt junior center Daniel
Miller and redshirt junior small
forward Kammeon Holsey should
improve the Jackets presence
around the basket as well as their
ability to rebound eectively.
I personally think the Jackets
can win up to nine of their 18
conference games this season if
they improve upon the oensive
end, and even potentially pull o
an upset against a team like UNC
or N.C. State. Fans should be pa-
tient with this team though, be-
cause the culture being created in
Gregorys locker room is one that
could make Tech a nationally re-
spected team in the future.
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Tech missed a PAT attempt for the third time in three games after having
no misses in 2011.
Tech A-backs carried the ball 26 times, the most collective rushes by
players at that position under Head Coach Paul Johnson. Six dierent
players rushed for at least 30 yards.
Senior A-back Orwin Smith rushed 10 times for 89 yards and a score.
Tech had 401 yards of total oense compared to Marylands 259 yards.
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Junior outside linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu had three sacks, six
tackles, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble against the Terrapins.
On Techs second possession of the game, and facing a fourth-and-three
from the Maryland 35-yard line, senior A-back Orwin Smith took a pitch
from redshirt senior quarterback Tevin Washington and marched 17 yards
to the Maryland 18. It kept the drive alive and led to Techs rst touchdown.
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OVERALL RECORD: 4-5
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Volleyball loses in ACC play
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Monique Mead passes a ball in a home match against Boston
College. Mead had 22 kills and 10 digs in the ve-set loss to UVA.
By Scott Hakim
Sta Writer
Tech had a rough outing in
Virginia over the weekend as they
lost to Virginia and Virginia Tech
in ACC conference play.
On Friday, Nov. 2, the Jackets
traveled to Charlottesville, Va.
to face an under-performing Vir-
ginia squad that had just recently
notched its rst ACC victory of
the season. After taking control
early in the match, the Jackets lost
some of their luster and despite
senior rightside hitter Monique
Meads 22 kills and 10 digsthe
eighth double-double of Meads
senior seasonTech fell to Vir-
ginia in ve sets. Mead also con-
tributed two aces in the match
putting her into fth place all
time at Tech with a total of 144.
Junior setter Kaleigh Colson
guided the oense well, record-
ing 58 assists in the match. Tech
attacked at a 29 percent clip but
allowed Virginia to score at a 39
percent rate, which ultimately was
the governing factor in the vic-
tory.
Senior outside hitter Bailey
Hunter added 15 kills in the game
while senior libero Nicki Meyer
continued her strong exit cam-
paign with a 20-dig eort. Tech
only recorded eight blocks to Vir-
ginias twelve.
It looked as though Tech
would be in control after a rst set
victory, but the Cavaliers led al-
most the whole way in the second
set which helped turn the tables
for a young Virginia squad.
e game also featured 31 ties
and seven lead changes. With the
loss, Tech dropped to 16-9 overall
and 7-7 in conference play as the
team lost to Virginia for the rst
time since 2007.
On Saturday, the Jackets fell to
host Virginia Tech 3-1 in Blacks-
burg, dropping them into a tie
with the Hokies at 7-8 in the con-
ference. Hunter had 18 kills and
10 digs, besting Meads previous
team high of eight for the season.
Tech couldnt nd anything
substantive until the third set, but
by that point Virginia Techs mo-
mentum was enough to seal the
victory in the fourth set. Meyer
added 23 digs for the Jackets and
senior Annie Czarnecki added
three blocks. Tech attacked at a
dismal 14 percent clip, but per-
formed better on defense only al-
lowing the Hokies to score on 28
percent of their shots.
A big factor in the loss was
the Hokies 28 blocks compared
to Techs nine. e Hokies com-
pletely controlled the net and pace
for most of the match, leaving
Tech in a position of having to
play catch-up.
Colson lead the team with 36
assists and now ranks No. 9 all
time in career assists in Tech his-
tory. Still, the Jackets fell to 16-10
with a 7-8 mark in the conference
and will need a strong late-season
run to solidify their postseason
chances.
e Jackets returned to
OKeefe Gym on ursday, Nov.
8 at 7 p.m. to take on North Caro-
lina in the annual white-out game
prior to publication. Tech will also
face ACC opponent N.C. State at
home on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. e
Jackets lost to both teams earlier
in the season, losing 3-0 to the Tar
Heels and 3-2 to the Wolfpack.
CONFERENCE RECORD: 3-3
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Last week the Tech defense had its best outing
since the Presbyterian game, allowing just 259
yards to the Terrapins in the 33-13 win. ey will
need to have a similar performance in order to
contain UNC running back Giovani Bernard
and the Tar Heels rushing at-
tack. However, although con-
vention says to stack the box
in order to stop the run, the
Jackets will also have to cover
the receivers on the perimeter
in this spread oense to keep
UNC quarterback Bryn Renner
honest. It is a tough task for any defense and
may result in a few big plays for the Tar
Heels if the Jackets are not careful.
Senior quarterback Tevin
Washington looks to start
his penultimate conference game. He has
rushed for 34 touchdowns in his career, just
one shy of the school and ACC record for quar-
terbacks held by Josh Nesbitt. He will com-
mand the triple option attack that currently ranks
No. 4 in the nation in rushing yards per game.
His backup, redshirt freshman Vad Lee, showed
some promise last week at Maryland, rushing
twelve times for 60 yards and scoring two touch-
downs. He has been seeing more and more
action over time and should be on the
eld for at least a couple series.
e Jackets got their rst road vic-
tory of the year last week at Maryland
and hope to make it two in a row when
they travel to Chapel Hill. is game is a
must-win for Tech to have any shot at the
Coastal Division crown, as they need to win out
and have a few other pieces fall into place in
order to play in the championship game.
ey will have to do it against a tough
UNC team that is playing for pride.
UNC boasts one of the
top running backs in the na-
tion in sophomore Giovani
Bernard. He averages over
130 rushing yards per
game and has scored 10
touchdowns on the ground
this year. He can also be a game changer
on special teams, having run back two punt re-
turns for touchdowns this season. As a team, the
Tar Heels rank No. 25 in the nation in rushing
yards per game and are third in the ACC only to
Tech and Florida State. Junior quarterback Bryn
Renner is completing 63 percent of his passes and
throws an average of two touchdowns per game.
e Tar Heels also feature an opportunistic,
blitz-heavy defense that is a force against the run.
Led by
s e n i o r
linebacker
K e v i n
Reddick, the
team notches an average of 2.5 sacks per game.
Reddick and junior defensive linemen Kareem
Martin and senior Sylvester Williams will be
tough to block; look for at least one of them to
get penetration on
most of Techs
oensive plays.
e unit as a
whole has forced
21 turnovers this
year and leads the
ACC in turnover mar-
gin. ey also give up only
21 points per game, good for second in the ACC.
UNC will have an opportunity to have suc-
cess utilizing play-action passes as Tech has had
trouble stopping the run this season. On defense,
UNCs players will need to focus on maintaining
assignments to stop Techs triple option attack,
something they have struggled with in the last
three contests, which all resulted in Tech victories.
PREDICTION: UNC 35, Tech 27
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After two tumultuous years that saw Tech nish below .500, hire a new coach,
Brian Gregory, and play an entire season away from home, the Jackets enter the
2012-13 campaign hoping to bounce back and make a run in a weakened ACC.
With the majority of last years roster returning and a slew of talented
newcomers, the Jackets have the potential to emerge as a
quiet contender in the conference.
Redshirt juniors Daniel Miller and Kammeon
Holsey are experienced leaders of a front court group
that should be the teams strength. Millers defensive
presence and Holseys ability to score at the rim
complement each other, and the strong shoot-
ing abilities of sophomore Julian Royal and
highly-touted freshman Robert Carter
oer exibility in the forward/cen-
ter rotation.
In the back court, Tech will
lean on three familiar play-
ers, junior wing Jason Mor-
ris, redshirt junior guard
Brandon Reed, and senior
point guard Mfon Udoa, to
bounce back after struggling
last year. e Jackets have plen-
ty of young depth at the wing
positions, with freshmen Marcus
Georges-Hunt and Chris Bolden,
and Kentucky transfer Stacey Poole
in the rotation. Grad student Pierre
Jordan brings additional experience at
the point, and Tech may add a younger
option if Pooles younger brother, fresh-
man point guard Solomon Poole, enrolls
early and joins the team for the spring.
Gregory has rapidly improved the
team in his short time at Tech, particu-
larly on the defensive end. e 2012-13
team will rely heavily on young, untested
players, but the talent is in place for the
team to contend.
e womens basketball team comes into the 2012 season riding momentum
from a historic 2011 campaign featuring major tournament runs. Tech is ranked
as high as No. 20 nationally and has been picked to nish second in the ACC by
pr e s e a s on polls. Tech is also hoping to have the rst
womens sellout in school history as the sea-
son opens in McCamish Pavilion on Sun-
day, Nov. 11, against Tennessee. e game
will feature the 40th Anniversary celebra-
tion of Title IX and will feature prominent
gures in the womens sports movement.
Head coach Machelle Joseph begins her
10th season at Tech, coming o a season in
which the Jackets won a program-record 26
games. e Jackets also played in their second
ACC Championship game, narrowly falling to Mary-
land, and advanced to the NCAA Tournaments Sweet
16 round for the rst time in the programs history be-
fore bowing out to eventual national champion Baylor.
Junior guard Tyaunna Marshall returns as the
eighth-leading scorer in Tech history, averaging 14
points per game. She started in all but one game last
season and nished her sophomore year with 503
total points, the second-highest total of any Tech
sophomore in team history. She nished the season
as a second team All-ACC m e m b e r
including a berth on the rst team
All-ACC To u r n a -
ment roster.
Sophomor e
Sydney Wallace was
named to the 2012
ACC All-Freshman
team and played in 34
of 35 games, improving
throughout the season
and setting Tech scoring
records in the rst round tournament
game. She will remain a key gure alongside
Marshall in Techs backcourt.
Design by Brittany Miles / Student Publications Photos by Will Folsom and John Nakano / Student Publications