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Newly recovered records reveal
that Caleb Ackermann a member of
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity (PKT) at
Tech was arrested on February 24 of
this year on charges of sexual assault
and spent the night in jail before be-
ing released the next day on a $20,000
bond. Te arrest follows an incident
reported to Georgia Tech Police De-
partment (GTPD) on January 22
that occurred the night of January 17,
2014. A separate sexual assault was
also reported to GTPD against Ack-
ermann on January 28 by a diferent
woman.
Te frst victim, a student from an
Atlanta College (whose name is be-
ing withheld to protect the victims
identity) and girlfriend of a former
PKT brother, told GTPD ofcers that
she and Ackermann had sexual inter-
course that she did not recall occur-
ring at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity
house in his room. According to the
incident report, the victim had bruises
on her neck, breast, thigh and back.
On the advice of GTPD, the young
woman went to Grady Hospital to
collect medical evidence. However,
because of the time that had passed,
there could not be an efective exami-
nation. Her injuries were cataloged
and the clothes she wore that night
were sent to the Georgia Bureau of In-
vestigation.
GTPD applied for a warrant to re-
cover the text messages sent between
the victim and Ackermann the day
after the incident. After receiving
the records, the ofcer in charge con-
tacted the Assistant District Attorney
who advised that there was probable
cause to charge Ackermann with rape.
He was booked into Fulton County
Jail on February 24 and released on a
$20,000 bond the next day. No fur-
ther actions have been taken by the
District Attorney or GTPD, but the
case remains open.
PKT was disbanded in March for
violating the terms of their suspen-
sion given after the so-called rape
bait email and for exhibiting a pat-
tern of sexual violence thatsuggests
a deep-rooted culture within the fra-
ternity that is obscene, indecent and
endangers women, according to the
disbandment letter. According to the
notifcation of decision sent to the
fraternity by the Ofce of Student In-
tegrity (OSI), the fraternity was found
responsible for violating six sections of
the Student Code of Conduct includ-
ing the underage use of alcohol and a
count of a sexually related ofense.
Matthew Peterson, author of the
so-called rape bait email, in the
course of GTPDs related investiga-
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Te BuzzBikes program is a
service launched on June 2, 2014
that will allow students to rent bi-
cycles on a semester basis. While
the program has rented out the
maximum bikes (25) for the sum-
mer, the application will reopen
for subsequent semesters.
Te summer is kind of a pilot
project to see how it goes, to see
what kind of issues or problems
we have, to see what the demand
is, said Lisa Safstrom, Campus
Transportation Planner at Park-
ing and Transportation Services.
Its been really easy going so far,
great response, and the process
has gone smoothly so far were
trying to fgure out now if well
carry the waitlist to the fall or
well let new people apply.
Tese bicycles vary between
three to eight speed with safety
features such as pedal-powered
lights and refective tape with
BuzzBike labeling. Te bikes also
are refurbished from ViaCycle,
which is a similar service previ-
ously ofered on campus.
Cycling is getting more pop-
ular in general, locally in the city
and on campus, said Safstrom.
In conjunction with BuzzBike,
next spring Atlanta will ofer an-
other rental program called Cy-
cleHop. Users will be able access
500 bicycles from 50 hubs on a
shorter, hourly basis; students will
have a wider range of commuting
options.
I wanted a bike, but I didnt
want to spend $100 on a new bike
and decide that I didnt want to
use one during the semester, said
Uma Rajagopalan, a second year
chemical engineering student.
To accommodate the increase
in cyclists within and throughout
campus, A Campus Bicycle Mas-
ter Plan will be fnalized this fall.
One of the major issues is
bike parking [such as] where we
should put more racks, how many
more racks we should get, and
long term bike storage, said Saf-
strom. One of the problems we
have now is people park their
bike on a rack and leave it there
for months and then other people
cant use that spot. To accom-
modate the increase in cyclists
within and throughout campus, a
Campus Bicycle Master Plan will
be fnalized this fall and the addi-
tion of 100 more racks is planned.
People commuting to work
by biking in Atlanta has grown
by 400% over the last fve years
so you can see it! said Safstrom.
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On June 6, 2013, an employee
of Georgia Tech Housing report-
ed that a blue Bosh 12 Volt drill
worth $140 was removed from
room 213 of the Graduate Liv-
ing Center. Tis drill belongs
to Georgia Tech. Tis theft was
thought to have taken place be-
tween 2:00 PM on June 4 to mid-
night of the next day.
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At 4:52 P.M. on June 12,
2014, a student reported to the
library security guard that his
girlfriend was touched by an un-
known individual without her
consent. She stated that while
she was in the Clough Commons
a bearded male dressed in an all
white garment and a white tur-
ban who touched her shoulders.
No follow-up was conducted be-
cause neither the victim nor her
boyfriend was present at the re-
port; no contact information was
provided to the security guard.
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On June 12, 2014, GTPD
stopped a 2001 red Hyundai
Santa Fe driving at the intersec-
tion of Atlantic Drive-Northwest
and Hunnerkof Street-North-
west between 6:02 P.M. and 7:08
P.M. Te driver, Daquan Tomas
was arrested on charges of speed-
ing, failure to stop at the stop
sign, driving a vehicle without a
valid tag and modifying a tag to
conceal identity. He was cleared
then cleared by arrest.
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On June 8, 2014 at 1:00 A.M.,
GTPD responded to a call in
the Gerald Wayne Clough Un-
dergraduate Learning Center to
investigate a pedestrian robbery
that occurred between the time
of 11:50 P.M. and 11:58 P.M. the
previous night. Te victim was
a middle-aged African American
male and registered $300 of sto-
len material, including a laptop
bag, Hewlett-Packard brand of-
fce equipment and a keychain.
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was stopped in trafc on Atlantic
Drive, NW at Hunnerkof Street,
NW. Te incident occurred be-
tween 6:02 P.M. and 7:08 P.M.
that day. Quavius Glover was
taken from this vehicle; he was
wanted by the Atlanta Police
Department under charges of ag-
gravated assault. As a result, Mr.
Glover was transported to Fulton
County Jail.
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On June 20, 2014, a GTPD of-
fcer at midnight patrol arrested a
male for attempting to break into
the Instructional Center, when it
is locked at this time.
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On Wednesday, the Supreme
Court ruled against the Internet
streaming start-up Aereo in favor
of Americas major television net-
works in American Broadcast Co.
v. Aereo.
Aereo used small antennas to
capture live television signals over
the airwaves to stream them to
subscribers watching on comput-
ers and smart devices.
It argued that since each anten-
na was dedicated of a single sub-
scriber, this service only captured
free broadcast signals over public
airwaves.
However, the networks (which
included ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS,
and Fox), argued that this compa-
ny violated a portion of copyright
law that reserves networks the
permission to broadcast public
performances.
Tese networks earn billions
each year from satellite and cable
companies in retransmission fees
and threatened to remove their
signals from the airwaves if the
court ruled against them.
Tis sole technological difer-
ence between Aereo and tradition-
al cable companies does not make
a critical diference here, said Jus-
tice Breyer, who delivered the ma-
jority opinion and was joined by
Chief Justice Roberts and Justices
Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor
and Kagan.
Justice Scalia wrote the minor-
ity opinion arguing that Aereo
simply found a loophole in the
copyright law and believed that
Congress should have heard any
issues with the service.
Other dissenters were Justices
Scalia, Tomas and Alito.
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Because of student demand,
new dining options will be avail-
able on campus starting in the
fall, namely the opening of a Pan-
da Express to replace the Burger
Bytes restaurant in the Student
Center.
Te operator [of Burger
Bytes] came to us and said they
really could not sustain the op-
eration and asked if they could
close, said Rich Steele, Senior Di-
rector of Auxiliary Services. We
found out...that burgers are just a
much less popular item for lunch
than what we expected and they
had some issues with quality dur-
ing some of their operation.
Tis new location will ofer
essentially the same menu as a
full-scale Panda Express and is
projected to be open for lunch and
dinner for four or fve days a week,
with Saturday hours implemented
on a trial basis. Well make ad-
justments semester by semester
based on demand, said Steele.
Panda was the highest ranked,
most interesting concept that was
interested in the location and we
spent a fair amount of time with
our Student Advisory Council
talking about a wide range of op-
tions and this is where we landed,
said Steele. Te Auxiliary Ser-
vices Dining and Retail Services
Advisory Council is afliated with
the Undergraduate SGA Campus
Services Committee and consists
of students from various campus
organizations along with Georgia
Tech faculty and staf members.
Te board concluded that Pan-
da Express, Chipotle, and Panera
Bread were highly popular among
students after soliciting feedback
from the student body, however
two options were not feasible.
We have talked to Chipotle
about trying to come to our cam-
pus and theyre not building out
concepts on college campuses,
said Steele. Panera needs a much
larger space and they have unreal-
istic expectations, in our opinion
on how much they need to gener-
ate in sales to justify their opera-
tions. Panda Express currently
have locations on college campus-
es nationwide and were interested
in expanding into Atlanta.
Were also working on a new
Mexican concept we would like
to install in the food court to re-
place Rositas [Cantina] and some-
thing that is closer to Chipotle or
Moes, said Steele in response to
the strong student demand for
Tex-Mex.
Dining Services is also in talks
to change the current pizza ofer-
ings; a pizza-by-the-slice restau-
rant may replace the current Pizza
Hut in the Student Center.
Weve heard that thats really
a preferred option by the students.
Typically pizza by the slice is inex-
pensive, and very fast, said Steele,
citing a current successful opera-
tion at Emory University. Pizza
Hut has done very poorly in the
past year so weve seen the cus-
tomer count at Pizza Hut decrease
by about 35%. Complaints
over nutritional value and cost
were reasons for its unpopularity.
Primarily, student feedback is
responsible for the yearly changes
in Georgia Techs dining options.
We dont change things unless
we fnd that students dont want
to purchase that product, said
Steele. Tere is not reason to
take up space because space is re-
ally valuable especially in the stu-
dent center.
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night of January 17 admitted to
being among those who provided
the victim with alcoholic beverag-
es. In the leaked fraternity email,
Peterson advised the recipients to
make sure that girls at house par-
ties had something to drink and
that if anything ever fails, go get
more alcohol. Among the frater-
nitys OSI misconducts was their
failure to remove Peterson from
the house after the email was
credited to him.
According to the frst victims
statement to GTPD, after con-
suming alcohol provided by sev-
eral fraternity members, including
the suspect, the victim walked
over to the couch in Ackermanns
bedroom and lost consciousness.
When she regained conscious-
ness, she reportedly sobbed while
saying that something bad hap-
pened to [her]. Te people there
tried to console her but believed
that she was referring to a separate
incident that night when a dif-
ferent fraternity member tried to
kiss her. Te victim stated that her
sobbing and statements were not
related to that separate incident.
Te victim stated that when
she later woke up the next morn-
ing, she went to Ackermanns
room to ask him if he knew where
her hair tie was; he proceeded to
search for it in his bed. Te victim
stated that this action confused
her because she did not remember
being in his bed. According to the
report, she told Ackermann that
she did not remember parts of the
previous night; he responded that
she drank a lot of his bourbon.
Te victim reported that he began
saying Aww man, Ive been this
asshole before. Te victim stated
she did not understand him and
left the house.
Later that day, the victim states
she received a text message from
Ackermann, but she did not recall
giving him her number. Accord-
ing to the report, she texted Ack-
ermann asking what happened
that night; he responded that they
had sex. She stated that they ex-
changed texts during which he
said that she seduced him; she re-
sponded that she had no recollec-
tion of having sex with him and
asked him why he took advantage
of her when she was blacked out.
She then stated that he tried to
convince her that it was her fault
and that she should tell her boy-
friend.
According to the report, she
stated she informed [Acker-
mann] that he better not tell
anyone of their sexual encounter
otherwise she would have him
criminally charged with rape and
she instructed him to delete all
the text messages that [they] were
transmitting between each other.
According to the report, the
victim stated that she believed the
bourbon the Ackermann provided
to her contained a drug such as
ecstasy because he was known to
use ecstasy, marijuana and acid
at parties.
According to Ackermanns
statement to GTPD, the victim
was firting with him and rub-
bing her hands on him. He stated
that she made a comment that she
had always found him attractive.
Ackermann stated that she then
laid on the couch and took of her
pants, and he proceeded to initi-
ate oral sex on her. He stated that
she stated that she wanted [him]
inside of [her] and she then per-
formed oral sex on him. He stated
that they then proceeded to have
sex on his lofted bed.
Ackermann stated that she be-
gan to act indiferent and that he
believed that she was remorseful
for cheating on her boyfriend. He
stated that she then went back to
partying with her friends. Accord-
ing to the report, he then stated
that the next day, she asked about
their encounter and he stated they
had sex.
He stated that around noon
they began exchanging heated
text messages. He stated that she
threatened to charge him with
rape if he mentioned the encoun-
ter to anyone. He then stated that
he deleted their messages at her
request.
A separate woman who at-
tended the same university as the
frst victim made similar allega-
tion against Ackermann. GTPD
was notifed on January 28, 2014,
but the incident occurred in No-
vember of 2012. According to
the second victims statement to
police, at the fraternitys semi-
formal, Ackermann provided her
with copious amounts of alcohol,
and that once she fnished one
drink [he] would have another
alcoholic beverage ready.
Te second victim told police
that she had met with the frst vic-
tim who told her about her inci-
dent with Ackermann. Te second
victim later told GTPD that she
did not want to criminally charge
Ackermann and only wanted her
statement to corroborate the frst
victims story. Although the sec-
onds victims case is closed, the
frst victims case is still an active
GTPD investigation.
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Summer Semester Transportation
Confusing routes and construction causes problems
During the summer, Parking and
Transportation traditionally shortens the
hours stingers and trolleys run, while also
reducing the number of vehicles running.
Tis year, with the added construction and
new bus schedule, the efciency and ease
of using Tech transportation and dropped
considerably.
While there is a smaller number of
students on campus during the Summer
semester, reducing the number of
buses makes it much more difcult for
the students lef on campus to use the
transportation system. Students do not
usually decide to take the Stingers or
Trolleys based on the number of students
already on board, rather, they decide to
use these modes of transportation because
they ft into the students schedule. With
transportation arriving at longer time
intervals, students decide not to ride for
fear of being late to class, which creates the
idea that students need less transportation
during the summer. But, if Stingers and
Trolleys ran on the Fall or Spring semester
schedule, it is very possible more students
would ride, resulting in proof that more
transportation is necessary.
To further the transportation problem,
the heavy amount of construction around
campus has created much confusion
over the day to day routes. While it is
understandable that routes would have to
change with construction, tools, such as
an interactive map or daily update of route
changes would allow students to plan more
easily and use campus transportation
more ofen. While a transportation app
already exists, it does not sync well with
the summer route schedule, again creating
confusion and frustration.
Te reduced number of students on
campus during the Summer Semester
should not imply that those students need
to travel around campus any less than they
did during the Fall or Spring semesters.
Te Consensus Opinion refects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the
Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.
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TAKING ACTION AGAINST
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Thank you for speaking up, President Peterson! I
am so thankful to the authors of this white paper
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We need better reporting, nationally. Georgia
Tech could be the leader in this critical aspect
of disrupting rape. Anonymous reporting is
important, but better oficial reporting of all
sexual assaults to the student body is even more
important. Reputation drives behavior and
accurate reporting will change behavior and disrupt
rape. The total sexual assaults reported to the
Department of Justice by all colleges nationally
is less than 2,500 per year...Georgia Tech has the
opportunity to lead the change.
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Thank you for sharing your college experience and
your insight...That was a very important point to
focus on. Everybody is diferent, and whats good
for one, may not be for the other. So thank you for
opening my eyes as a new Georgia Tech parent.
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Just because it is typical does not mean that it is
okay. It is completely possible to change culture
and conduct, it just takes a concerted efort.
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for both the Nique (1983/84) and Blueprint (1985) I
occasionally peek in on student publications to see
what youve been up to... all I have to say is well
done.
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technique June 27, 2014 5 // OPINIONS
After the hell-dead-fnals
marathon, I had only a measly
week to recover before jumping
back into the fre. I didnt have
an exotic location like Europe
to look forward
to nor a big-kid
co-op or intern-
ship. Instead,
my relaxing get-
away was up 285
and through 400
in the suburbs of
Alpharetta. Lit-
tle did I know,
after one year of
visiting home for
laundry and real
food I forgot how to function
like a member of society. May-
be, I was actually a tourist and
not the local.
Te frst thing I noticed
was that I didnt know how
to dress and blend in. My sis-
ter reminded me that I could
not step out in public wearing
the same Sting Break t-shirt I
wore throughout fnals week
that smelled like a mixture be-
tween tears and Chik-f-la. High
schoolers apparently took up-
wards to an hour in the morn-
ing to straighten hair and put on
carefully coordinated outfts to
impress people they see for ap-
proximately 175 days each year.
Its like they spent their entire
day in an air-conditioned build-
ing, sheltered from a hot Geor-
gia sun or formidable hill.
I also felt this weird sense
of freedom. Finally, I could
try that new gluten-free bak-
ery that opened up or see old
friends and visit my school. I
could spend money at the mall
on pretty things instead of my
next cafeine fx. But of course
those days of sleeping at 2 and
waking up for an 8:00 AM class
took a toll on me; I slept until
10 and spent the rest of the day
on Netfix. Still, its so liberating
to watch episode after episode
of Parks and Recreation with-
out feeling like Im taking away
time from memorizing organic
reactions.
F o r g e t
any scientifc
i n n o v a t i o n
that takes place
within Tech, I
discovered that
other people
exist! When
I went to my
towns huge
food festival, I
saw more than
slightly drunk
and clueless young adults and
the occasional tenured faculty.
I saw moms with babies on
leashes, teens playing on stage
with musical dreams, and people
that I could still recognize after
a year of white and gold. Tey
wanted to know what the big
city was like, but I was more
interested in what replaced the
Italian ice place that shut down
or which math teacher got fred.
After living by numbers like
test grades and formulas, it was
eye-opening to see how life goes
on. How April 30, 2014 was not
I dreaded because of two fnals,
but it was just a forgettable work
day for adults in this town or a
fun time for kindergarteners at
my old elementary school. Tat
yes, some day Ill graduate this
school with a degree and join
the rat race without a care about
that one grade in that one class
that one year.
But then, Sunday came and
I was more than ready to hit
the books rather than next
episode. Once I knew every
pothole in that town, but its
time to acquaint myself with
every squirrel in Midtown. Te
9-to-5 and PTA meetings can
wait because Im only starting to
call this place my home.
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was intense.
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moment because I have too
much homework.
What has been your
favorite World Cup
moment so far?
Tourist at home: my
one week break
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numbers like test
grades and formulas, it
was eye-opening to see
how life goes on.
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Kit, Molly, Samantha,
Felicity, Josephina and Kirsten.
Tese names are something near
and dear to, not just my heart,
but the hearts of thousands of
twenty some year old women
across the nation.
Tese are, or
should I say were,
the names of the
American Girl
dolls. Mattel, the
company who now
owns American
Girl, has decided
to discontinue my
beloved, historic
heroes in place of
more contemporary but not at
all heroic, 18 inch tall Barbie
dolls.
I am devastated for my future
daughter and the thousands of
other daughters who will never
choose their own American
Girl doll and understand that
they are next in the long line
of strong, capable women who
created this country.
In school, I learned that the
history of the United States is
the history of its men. Its a long
succession of wars and treaties,
each resulting in more wars and
treaties, all fought by and signed
by men.
At home, though, I learned
of a diferent history. When I
met Addy, Kaya and all of the
rest, I discovered that women
did have a place in the history of
my country. Most importantly,
I did not just learn that women
have a place in US history, I
learned that I have a place in it
too.
Trough those books,
movies, tea sets and magazines,
I learned how to be loyal like
Felicity, strong like Josephina,
and caring like Samantha. Tose
examples of girls surviving
slavery, civil wars, treks to the
West and child labor, taught
me that, because I am an
American girl too, I am capable
of surviving anything.
Why would we want to take
that feeling, that knowledge,
away from any of our daughters?
It is clear to
me that, once
again, man is
underestimating
us. Of Mattels
eleven board
members, only
one is a woman.
Tat means only
one has any idea
what it means to
be an American
girl.
Mattel has decided to only
create contemporary dolls,
who face the troubles todays
American girls supposedly face,
such as getting their art class
cut from the school curriculum
or how to look stylish on a
budget. According to the men at
Mattel, being an American girl
means being shallow and small
minded. Tese new American
Girl dolls just scream, No, no,
you should focus on fashion and
crafts, not changing the world.
American Girl dolls are an
amazing tool for feminists. No
one ever cared about the size of
Felicitys waist or the clearness
of Samathas skin. American
Girl dolls taught my generation
that we have worth, no matter
what our skin color, cup size or
socioeconomic status. Tat is
more than I can say for either
Barbie or Nancy Drew.
My mothers generation
became the men their mothers
wanted them to marry, but my
generation did even better, we
became the female role models
our mothers created for us..
But, if we let men choose who
our future daughters should
be, what will their generation
become?
Te devastating decline
of American Girl
... That is more than
I can say for Barbie
or Nancy Drew.
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On July 1st, the new Safe
Carry Protection Act of 2014
which was signed by Governor
Nathan Deal back in April will
go into efect across the state of
Georgia. According to an end
of session analysis by the non
partisan state senate research
ofce House Bill 60 will expand
the rights of gun owners in
various ways.
Tis will include allowing
people with a license to carry
a gun the right to carry in
bars and associated parking
facilities (though gun holders
can be forced to leave upon
notice by the property owner),
government buildings (except
where entry is typically screened
during business hours by
security personnel), places of
worship (with approval), as
well as school safety zones with
approval from school ofcials.
As reported by the
Washington Post, the bill will
also expand Georgias Stand
your Ground law, get rid of
the need for frearms dealers
to maintain record of sales and
purchases for state purposes,
suspend the governors authority
to suspend or limit the carrying
or sale of guns, making banning
or restricting lawful frearm
possession in public housing
illegal, expand the pre-emption
of local laws, remove the
fngerprinting requirement
for license renewals, as well
as not allow the maintenance
of a database of information
on license holders that spans
multiple jurisdictions
As the question goes If you see
someone pull a gun threatening
to harm others, do you wish you
had a gun so you could shoot
them down? Or do you wish the
other person didnt have a gun at
all? Te debate is neverending as
one side will say that if theres no
guns we wouldnt be faced with
this decision while the other
believes its unrealistic to think
that guns can be kept out of the
hands of those intent on hurting
others.
Ultimately theres no solution
in which everyone is happy.
According to some HB 60 is
considered the most sweeping
pro-gun measure passed in the
US this year with opponents like
the Americans For Responsible
Solutions, calling it extremism
in action, and proponents
like GeorgiaCarry.org which
lobbied for the bill calling
the bill meaningful pro-gun
legislation.
My problem with this new
law coming into efect in the
state of Georgia is that it does
not truly help anyone. Why do
we need guns in churches? A
place of worship is one of the last
places I would expect anyone to
want or need a gun, so who does
it help? Why do we need guns
in bars? Since when have alcohol
and guns been a combination
that logically makes sense, how
does that help reduce violence?
Why do we need guns in
schools? I only think of places
like here at Tech where students
already realize that they are
overstressed with a heavy
workload at all times. Would a
gun help with these frustrations
or lead to consequences no one
wants to see? Or why not have
records of license gun owners
or where people are purchasing
these guns? For me personally
there are just too many questions
that result from this legislation
rather than answers or solutions
to reducing gun violence and
violent crime.
Two weeks ago I lost a family
member to this gun violence,
they were found in Southwest
Atlanta shot and killed in
their car. We dont know the
circumstances behind this
shooting and nobody including
the police have been able to
provide information as to a
motive behind this.
Do I wish that they had a gun
in his car? No. Do I wish that
whoever shot them did not have
access to a gun at all? Yes. To me
more people on the streets with
access to guns does nothing
but result in more injuries
and violence. I do believe that
continuing to expand gun
rights in Georgia and across the
country is the wrong way to go,
and all I really want to see is an
end to unnecessary violence.
Gun law a step in the wrong direction
...Do I wish that
whoever shot them
did not have a gun at
all? Yes.
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// OPINIONS
College and university leaders
have been up in arms since
President Obama announced
last year that the administration
would soon deploy a rating
system that evaluates schools
based on factors like afordability,
graduation rates, student earnings
and how well institutions serve
low-income students. Mr. Obama
wants Congress to use the ratings
to help guide the allocation of
federal student loans and grants.
Tis is immensely controversial
among college presidents, who
have argued, unconvincingly,
that such a system would elevate
fnancial concerns above academic
ones and that it would be difcult,
if not impossible, to compare
schools with diferent educational
missions.
Yet graduation rates, loan
defaults and percentages of low-
income students enrolled are
extremely useful indicators of
which colleges are serving their
students and the country well and
which are not.
Te federal government also
has a compelling interest in
getting the best possible return on
its $180 billion annual investment
in higher education.
One way it can do so, says a
new report from the Education
Trust, a nonpartisan foundation,
is to tie federal aid to performance
penalizing low-performing
schools and rewarding good ones.
Overall college graduation
rates in America are among the
lowest in the developed world.
And the worst schools are easy to
spot.
Te report points out that
600,000 students attend colleges
where dropout rates exceed 85
percent and above or where nearly
3 in 10 students default on student
loans.
Te report fnds pronounced
diferences between colleges that
energetically recruit low-income
and working-class students
able kids eligible for the federal
Pell grant program and those
that do not.
Among the poorer performers
are the fagship campuses of
public universities, which are
increasingly behaving like private
universities.
To take just one example,
the report notes that 13 percent
of freshman students enrolled
at the University of Virginia
in 2011 received Pell grants,
while comparable schools
like the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the
State University of New York at
Binghamton enrolled 20 percent
and 26 percent Pell grant students.
Suitably alarmed, three-ffths
of the states have taken steps
to increase graduation rates,
sometimes by rewarding schools
that do a better job of helping
students get their degrees.
Meanwhile, the study
notes, the federal government
sits passively on the sidelines,
writing check after check for
higher education with almost
no consideration of institutional
performance.
Te study says the federal
government should set minimum
performance standards for all
colleges receiving federal aid: at
least 17 percent enrollment of
poor and working-class students;
a six-year graduation rate of 15
percent; and three-year student
loan default rate of no more than
28 percent.
Colleges that do not meet these
standards could face escalating
sanctions including the loss
of federal grants and charitable
interest deductions for donors.
Dropout factories and diploma
mills that fail to improve would
face the ultimate penalty: loss of
eligibility for federal aid, which
would have the efect of shutting
them down.
Te performance standards
would be updated periodically
as a way of steadily raising the
quality of schools rated at the very
bottom.
Te report outlines useful
steps Congress can pursue should
it bestir itself to listen to the
president and allocate federal aid
along the lines he has suggested.
Tying federal aid to
college ratings
Among the poorer performers are
the flagship campuses of public
universities, which are increasingly
behaving like private universities.
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Summer Freshman
We do not know if its
your tans from FASET or
the lanyards, but the new
Yellow Jackets on campus are
defnitely a hot this week. Now
is the perfect time to test out all
the trolley routes and CULC
booths before everyone arrives.
Remember, the Starbucks line
will never be this short again.
HOT
or
NOT
Construction Cons
Te large blockades often
delay arrival to class or add
difculty to students who walk
or ride their bike in the middle
of campus. Te matter worsens
when detours are changed
multiple times through out the
day and week. Te detours also
involve annoying stairs and
narrow passages.
#1 Ranked Golfer
A big congratulations to Ollie
Schniederjans, 4th year BA
major, who is ranked No. 1
in the World Amatuer Golf
Rankings. In the past year,
he has won fve collegiate
events. Schneiderjans also
fnished second in the NCAA
Golf Championship and was
named the 2014 ACC player
of the year.
Shorter Hours
Tere may be less students on
campus during the summer,
but that doesnt mean we are
okay with shorter hours. Te
inconvenience of having to
remember to wake up before
the food court or Starbucks
closes is leading us to stay in our
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Dorm Room Design
School is stressful enough without having to worry about a
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Robojackets plan busy summer
Students chosen as Fulbright Scholars
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Tis year, a three Tech
students were accepted into the
Fulbright Scholarship program
for either research or teaching
positions. Cole Simpson, MS in
ME, and Ayanda Francis, EIA
14, agreed to sit down with the
Technique to discuss everything
from childhood goals, application
difculties and swimming with
Bob Marleys family.
Technique: What was your
major and why did you choose
that one?
Simpson: I have a BS in
mechanical engineering from
GT as well as a BA in music with
a minor in mathematics from
Emory University as a result of a
joint degree program between the
two schools. I am now working on
an MS in mechanical engineering
at GT.
I chose mechanical engineering
because I was very undecided
about what I wanted to do long-
term, but knew that I wanted
to create new things and that I
enjoyed mechanics from physics,
so I decided to give it a try!
Francis: My major was
Economics and International
afairs, and I kind of stumbled
upon it honestly! I ended up
EIA with minors in French
and Korean. I loved the major
and minors though! Im glad I
switched.
Technique: What do you hope
to do with your degree after the
Fulbright program?
Simpson: After my Fulbright
year, I intend to pursue a PhD in
mechanical or bio-engineering at
a top ranked engineering school
supported by a graduate research
fellowship from NSF. Afterwards,
I would like to pursue international
post-doctoral research positions.
From there, who knows?
Francis: Well, Im actually
already contracted to work at the
State Department so the timeline
basically goes Fulbright, Columbia
for grad school, then the State
Department as a diplomat.
Technique: What did you
want to be when you grew up as
a child?
Simpson: I never knew what I
wanted to do when I grew up. I
still dont!
Francis: I had about 57
million options, but I think
neurogeneticist, buyer for a
fashion house, chief editor of
a publishing company, and
producer for shows on Broadway
werre my top choices.
Technique: What was your
most memorable moment from
your time at Tech?
Simpson: While studying
at Georgia Tech Lorraine, a
group of friends and I travelled
to Edinburgh, Scotland to
participate in the frst Tough
Mudder competition in Scotland.
Te Tough Mudder is a 12-mile
special forces inspired obstacle
course. We grew mustaches for
the event, which turned out to be
a bad idea...
Technique: Why did you
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Tis summer, RoboJackets
will be preparing for a summer
full of diferent robotics contests
and community outreach during
the year. Many of the specialized
teams for diferent competitions
plan to use these events as
competitive outlets and places of
exposure to technical challenges
in their felds of interest.
Each competition we attend
has a slightly diferent vibe,
but as a whole, the robotics
community tends to be friendly
and supportive. said President of
RoboJackets, Ben Nuttle When
teams come together, everyone
benefts, and you get tension of
a sporting event but none of the
hostility.
Te club already began their
summer competitive ventures at
the Intelligent Ground Vehicle
Competition in Rochester,
Michigan where they had
technical issues, but the team
learned a lot from their fellow
participants and had fun along
the way.
In July, another RoboJackets
team is getting ready to
participate in the robotics version
of the World Cup, RoboCup.
Tis international competiton
in Brazil will pit robot teams in
soccer matches, and it will give
Tech students the opportunity
to compete on an international
level with other competitors who
can share ideas and programming
methods. In addition, Robojackets
plan to visit Ontario, Canada for
the International Autonomous
Robot Racing Challenge in late
July where they will putting their
debut entry to race against other
roboticists from various research
labs, clubs and universities.
Outside of compeitions,
RoboJackets will also plan for
diferent outreach programs
during the year, such as the
Technology Enrichment Sessions
in the fall and the First Robotics
Competition in January. Members
of RoboJackets want to take
advantage of their involvement in
these enriching events
RoboJackets gives you the
hands on experience you can only
get with project-based engineering,
while you diversify from your
major and learn new skills and
technologies., said Nuttle Our
ambition is never our limiting
factor. Being in RoboJackets is as
much a commitment as you wish
to make of it.
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Te summer semester is good
for a lot of things: getting classes
out of the way, catching up on
sleep, getting a tan, but it can also
be a time to hone your decorating
skills and making your dorm
room shine.
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Your tiny dorm room can
go from clean and crisp to
increasingly cluttered in no time
at all. But, a well thought out
organization system can make
your room almost as clean as a
sterile lab in no time at all. I found
its most useful to put boxes or
cubbies in my dresser, otherwise
it will become a wild mound of
clothes in a day.
Shelves and boxes can be
expensive though. Instead of
purchasing new ways to organize,
search your house (or your parents
house) for old shoe boxes or cofee
tins. Just make sure to dress them
up later!
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Here is something you probably
did not know -- You dont need to
have a lofted bed. I know, shocker!
Lets be honest, the space under
your bed is not all that big or
welcoming anyway. If you know
that you will never make your
bed up if its 8 ft tall, or if the idea
of literally climbing into it every
night is exhausting, then just do
not loft your bed. Buy a bookshelf
or an organizer to hang from your
bedboard. With just a little bit of
creativity, you can fnd a way to ft
everything in your room without
living on top of Mt. Everest.
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Look, you dont need three
blankets, a lifetime supply of
Vitamin water, two computers
and a full set of tools in your room.
So, leave your winter clothes at
home until Christmas break and
convince your mom that one First
Aid kit is more than enough. You
want to be able to enjoy your
dorm room, not be sufocated by
it. Plus, remember that everything
you move into your dorm will
evenutually have to be moved
out. It wont be exciting, either,
after you have spent a week taking
fnals. Youve been warned.
You dont have to be the Grace
Adler of your residence hall to live
in style and cleanliness, just use
these tips and have fun.
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A team of Georgia Tech
graduate students represented the
Southeast region in the National
Clean Energy Business Plan
competition from June 11 to 12
in Washington, DC after winning
the ACC Clean Energy Challenge
on March 26. Teir idea, called
Energy Internet, will try to
transform the existing power
grid to adjust to the increasing
amounts of civilian-produced
renewable energy.
Due to their success in the re-
gional competition, they won a
$100,000 cash prize and partici-
pate in this summers NSF Inno-
vation Corps program, where they
will further develop their concept
for commercialization.
Tis idea was a cross-disciplin-
ary efort: Te student team con-
sisted of graduate students Jenni-
fer Howard, Marcelo Sandoval,
and Mitch Costley, from the ECE
department and Eric Crane from
the BA department. In addition,
a team of four faculty members
assisted the students: led by Dr.
Santiago Grijalva from the ECE
department, they include ECE
professors Magnus Egerstedt and
Marilyn Wolf and ISYE professor
Shabbir Ahmad.
Energy Internet is developing
a software platform as a service
to solve several key problems that
electric utilities face today, said
Costely. Existing infrastructure
is unable to handle renewable
energy devices such as electric
vehicle chargers and solar panels.
Tese individuals who are able to
produce and store this energy are
called prosumers. Power compa-
nies are currently concerned about
losing revenue due to the increase
of resident-generated power.
It may actually help them
transition to a diferent para-
digm not built upon electricity
as a commodity which is just on
megawatts but a paradigm where
the industry works as a service,
said Dr. Grijalva. Tis group
envisions a future where this en-
ergy can be exchanged between
consumers and utility companies.
By doing away with centralized
energy distribution increased grid
reliability and sustainability can
be reached.
Tis project is funded by a
$2,000,000 an ARPA-E research
grant from the Department of
Energy. It is a special agency
that funds high-risk, high-reward
projects like ours, said Howard.
What distinguishes the En-
ergy Internet project from other
ARPA-E-funded projects is that
all involved members are associ-
ated with the Institute. Because
the availability of resources and
experts within Georgia Tech, we
were able to have a Georgia Tech
only project and that facilitated
coordination allows us tremen-
dous speed in moving forward.
[We have] access to world-class
researchers and students that can
work on these challenging prob-
lems, said Grijalva.
So that grant ends in
December and after that well be
starting a company to continue
that work, said Howard. After
this year, they will form a start-
up called ProsumerGrid and
work closely with ATDC in Tech
Square to develop their business.
We look to make small
changes in the ways systems [are]
controlled at frst, said Costley.
But once we keep going in that
direction 10 to 15 years from now
[the industry will] look diferent.
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decide to apply to the Fulbright
program?
Francis: Well, I have always
wanted to go to Turkey but never
had the opportunity to do so.
Technique: What was the
easiest part of the applying
process? Te most nerve wracking
part?
Simpson: Te easiest part
was deciding where to apply.
Switzerland has many top notch
programs and dedicates tons of
resources for scientifc research.
I also already had connections
with both the school and the
professor with whom I will be
working.
Francis: I have to say the
statement of purpose is the most
difcult. You have a very limited
space to try and ft in a lot of
information.
Technique: What part of the
program are you looking forward
to the most?
Simpson: I am most looking
forward to taking advantage of
the natural beauty of Switzerland
through hiking, biking, kayaking,
etc. I am also looking forward to
working with one of the leading
experts in the world in robotics.
Francis: Te interactions with
the community! I want to use
this opportunity to get a feel for
Turkey and the region as a whole,
so I look forward to doing all the
cultural things.
Technique: Is there a part you
are dreading? If so, what?
Simpson: I am worried
about not knowing anyone in
Switzerland, but I hope Ill make
local friends quickly!
Francis: Te acclimation part!
Teres always jet lag, and since
this is my frst time in Turkey,
culture shock. I also dont speak
Turkish, so itll be a bit tricky to
do daily things until I can handle
at least basic conversations in
Turkish.
Technique: What is the most
interesting fact about you?
Francis: I dont know how
interesting this is, but I lived
in Jamaica when I was younger
and I went swimming with Bob
Marleys grandchildren once.
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June 27, 2014
High Museum brings dream cars to Atlanta
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Atlantas premiere art museum,
the High Museum of Art (further
referred to as the High), is home
to a permanent art collection with
over 13,000 pieces, and has an
extensive anthology of 19th and
20th century American and deco-
rative art. Te southeasts leading
art museum is also expanding its
collection of European paintings,
African American art and contem-
porary and photography.
Four years ago the High or-
ganized a popular automotive
exhibit called Te Allure of the
Automobile, which acted as a cel-
ebration for custom-coach built
cars and luxury automobiles. Tis
year changing things up a bit with
a new summer auto-exhibition
thats sure to draw interest from
the student population here at
Georgia Tech.
Dream Cars: Innovative
Design, Visionary Ideas is a fve
month exhibition of innovative
automotive design curated with
seventeen concept cars developed
over that past century in both the
United States and Europe.
Te exhibition consists of con-
ceptual drawings and blueprints,
3D scale models, and fully func-
tional concept cars to fully repre-
sent how imaginative and forward
thinking these designs were for
their time. Te goal of this cura-
tion is to showcase how creative
thinking and innovative engineer-
ing pushed the automotive indus-
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Te High Museum hopes to
enlighten budding auto-enthusi-
asts, inspire students of engineer-
ing and design and even lead some
to discover a new found passion
in those feldsTe selection of cars
here wasnt done arbitrarily; each
of the seventeen cars were careful-
ly studied and picked to create a
time line that would best represent
the most infuential movements in
car design.
Te museum also brought in
Ken gross as a consultant; Gross
has been a jurist for the North
American Car of the Year award
since its inception, has written a
number of award winning books
on cars and twelve episode SPEED
TV program called Behind the
Headlights.
Concept car selections date
all the way back to the 1930s
with William Stouts Scarab, a
strange precursor to modern mini-
van that makes the iconic VW
minivan look bland, and date as
late as 2010 Porsche Spyder 918
concept car that has actually made
it to production in 2014.
Te exhibit is hosted on the
second foor of the museum. Tis
could not have been an easy setup,
since these cars are unique one-
of-a-kind works of art worth mil-
lions.
Attendees are greeted by a gor-
geous hand built car, known as the
Norman Timbs special (as show in
the picture above). Te frst room
throws attendees back in time
with various cars from the middle
it served no purpose other than
to amaze and maybe even confuse
people. Its creator, Gabriel Voisin
was known for extreme sharp de-
signs that drew attention from the
likes of Vogue magazine and fash-
ion designers.
If you thought GPS and radar
technology in cars was a recent
design concept, think again! Ca-
dillacs Cyclone XP-74 is put in
the center of the room, and is an
incredible center point. Tis long
and low car sported black cones on
the front where headlights would
be, which worked as proximity-
sensing radar units that could
warn the driver both audibly and
visually of objects in its path. Of
course this wouldnt be a classic
Cadddy without fared fns on the
back end and a luxurious interior.
Another modern day GM com-
pany, Buick, is here to surprise us.
Tink your moms minivan was
the frst car to ever have a rear
facing back-up camera? Nope.
Tgs 1956 Buick Centurion XP-
301 had a 4x6 inch view screen
in the dashboard. Pair that with
the transparent bubble top and
panoramic windshield, and youve
got a car with no side or rear-view
mirrors! Tinking about how new
televisions were for that time, and
how hard it would be to ft one in a
car is undeniably incredible.
Tucked away in a little sliver
room is the Paul Arzens LOeuf
electronique. Tis makes the
modern day Mini Cooper, Smart
Car and G-Wiz look big. Te car
was designed during the German
of the 20th century. Tis frst
grouping of cars does not consist
of the most mind blowing and
imaginative cars ( it would make
no sense to put the best frst). In-
stead, these cars serve as works of
art and design. Te 1934 Edsel
Ford Model 40 Special Speedster
is an excellent example, and drew
a great deal of attention, with its
sleek Continental design based
on European stylings that Henry
Fords son, Edsel Ford, desired in
a car. Te long hood, slippery lines
and detached wheel arches give it
an epic Cruella Deville look.
Te Stout Scarab though dom-
inated the frst room however.
Designed by aviation pioneer Wil-
liam Bushnell Stout, this hand
built van was only produced in
single digit numbers. Taking on
the shape of the scarab beetle, this
car was designed to create a mod-
ern living room on wheels; it was
build to take on seven passengers
seated in modular convertible fur-
niture for social interaction and
drinking (perhaps that part was
a bit too forward thinking, given
todays driving laws). With all the
talk today about electric and solar
powered roads, with self driven
cars the Scarab really does act as
a model that was ahead of its time
and is something modern design-
ers may be looking back on.
Te main room of the exhibit
hosts cars from 1934 all the way
to the 1970s.
Te Voisin C-25 Aerodyne
would have been an excellent ft
for their previous auto exhibit as
occupation of the city and was
meant to serve as a small and con-
venient urban mini-car. It was a
response to the shortage and ra-
tion on precise materials like pe-
troleum, and so was designed to
run on electricity. Tis car is bare-
bones and simple but had a pro-
found impact on the automotive
community and its infuence has
clearly shown up in current fuel
efcient urban vehicles.
Of course there are some mod-
ern sporty cars as well. Te compe-
tition between Ferrari and Lancia
is literally put side-by-side as there
super low, and ultra light cars are
put next to each other. Te Penin-
farina (Ferrari) Modulo was built
to be the ultimate wedge car and
stood at only thirty-seven inches
high; the Lancia is shorter at 33
inches.
BMW and exhibit sponsor
Porsche both have their most in-
fuential concepts present as well.
Te famous BMW GINA Light
Visionary Model from 2001 is ex-
tremely difcult to not touch (if
you want to get an idea for what
it feels like, buy a speedo) and the
Porsche 918 concept may be the
closest some come to seeing the
actual production vehicle.
Reading about these cars, or
even looking up their pictures and
history does not do them justice
though. To really experience these
Dream Cars and to learn all
about them, one really does need
to go to the High Museum of Art
in Atlanta. Te amount of history
and inspiration is nearly unbeliev-
able; the exhibition began May 21
and will run all the way through
until September 7.
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Ah, it seems as though the
Music Midtown gods are smil-
ing down on us yet again, though
this time giving us a little bit of
everything. Here comes the run
of the mill run down of who will
be there, who should be there, and
who could be there.
Lets not get of in saying that
Atlantas premier music festival
has done it again and lined up
something for everyone to love;
since its announcement, the line-
up has received much praise and
some reproach.
So lets start with the big names:
Eminem, Zac Brown Band, John

Mayer, Jack White, Lana Del Rey,
Lorde, Iggy Azalea, Bastille, Run-
DMC, and Gregg Allman. Some
may be thinking, where in Gods
name is Outkast?
Well if that is the worry, just
bear in mind that theyre perform-
ing 3 times in Atlanta the follow-
ing weekend. But after having al-
ready thrown down at Coachella,
Counterpoint and Governors Ball
(to name a few), whats another
music festival at home? Keep your
fngers crossed on that one.
Continuing onto another rap
superstar: Eminem. Tradition-
ally Music Midtown seems to
have been primarily an alterna-
tive genre-centered festival with
hints of rock and hip-hop here



and there. In the past, bands
like Coldplay and Red Hot Chili
Peppers were the headliners, and
it just felt right; with Eminem
as heading the list, it feels a bit
weird. Zac Brown Band and John
Mayer go hand in hand as two
names to catch the college crowds
attention. Long time fans should
be excited to see John Mayer pay
a much-overdue homage to his
pseudo-hometown with Why
Georgia.
Hold onto your fower crowns
ladies, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, and
Iggy Azalea will all be in Pied-
mont Park. Te production folks
behind Music Midtown really hit
it home here, grabbing up what
might as well be the female Holy
Trinity mainstream pop-muisc.
With these three acts, the festival
might just sell out.
With Lana Del Rey selling out
in 15 minutes for her recent show
at the Tabernacle, Iggy Azaleas
Fancy lyrics being practically
ubiquitous, and then Lordepre-
dictably and fnallybreaking
ground in Atlanta, I could practi-
cally hear the cries of utter excite-
ment break all across the suburbs.
So far we have the attention of
the late 90s and early 2000s hip-
hop listeners, the southern proper
and college crowd and pretty
much all girls from the ages 16-25,
but wait, there is more.
British and not-One-Direction,
Bastille is joining the hodgepodge
party, they are new on the alterna-
tive scene but many have properly
heard Pompeii chanting in the
background somewhere.
Te band has been around
since 2010 is headed by singer-
songwriter Dan Smith and has
four members in all. Tey were
nominated for four Brit Awards
in February of 2014 and have sold
over two million records in the
UK alone. Tey may not be on the
top of the list right now but might
end up being one of the shining
performances.
Next up we have Run-DMC
and Gregg Allman. At this point
people reading the lineup are ei-
ther happy and/or thoroughly
confused with this years lineup.
Reading the big names in order
and ending it with Run-DMC
and Gregg Allman kind of feels
like listing who all is coming to
the family reunion and leaving of
good-ole grandpa at the end.
Tere are not too many com-
plaints though, based on the reac-
tions on Twitter and Facebook,
fans are just excited to have an-
other day flled with good vibes
and pumping music.
Of course there are more
names to follow: Fitz and the Tan-
trums, B.o.B, twenty one pilots,
NEEDTOBREATHE, Mayer
Hawthorne, Banks, Te Strypes,
AER, Sleeper Agent, Magic Man,
Bear Hands, Ron Pope and more
acts to be announced.
Tere really is almost some-
thing for everyone to enjoy this
year. With a mixture of new and
old acts, this whole lineup de-
serves a good listen like Fitz and
the Tantrums, B.o.B, Twenty-
One Pilots, and Banks. It is a
good spread.
Music Midtown is taking a
more varied wildcard approach
for 2014, perhaps in an attempt
to attract a wider audience and
drift away from being solely an
alternative music festival. Sure,
veterans would have loved to see
Muse and the Killers make the list
but everything lingers on that last
more acts to be announced. It is
a potpourri of acts this year, but
no one that should disappoint.
Te only thing than can be
said that is notably missing from
the bufet would be an EDM
producer. With the recent mete-
oric rise in the dance music scene,
one would expect at least one or
two DJs on the list. Maybe that is
being saved for a later announce-
ment to really throw us a curve
ball.
Music Midtown is resembling
a sort of miniature Austin City
Limits festival, so if there is any
room for artists like Zedd, Major
Lazer or Chromeo, our hometown
festival may start receive some na-
tional acclaim, and have the abil-
ity to draw in longer lineups with
bigger names. Would anyone else
want this to be a three day event
again?
All in all, major props to the
producers this year for managing
to compile a lineup that accurately
represents the diverse community
of music lovers here in Atlanta.
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this time, its not just the original
movie cast or the new younger
cast, but all the characters, span-
ning several decades and geo-
graphical locations. Everyone, but
a personifed proverbial kitchen
sink.
Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is
the link between the two groups,
mentally traveling back in time
to 1973 with the powers of Kitty
Pryde (Ellen Page) to warn and
help the younger versions of the
X-men stop the development of
the modern Sentinel robots.
Tese automatons were ironi-
cally originally created to hunt
and eliminate mutants, who were
perceived to be a threat to hu-
mans, but have now destroyed
the very thing they were trying to
protect.
Old foes Magneto (Michael
Fassbender, Ian Mckellen) and
Professor X (James McAvoy,
Patrick Stewart) must one again
overcome their diferent views on
homo superiors to change pre-
vent governmental acceptance
and development of the Sentinels
after the rouge Mystic (Jennifer
Lawrence) attempts to assassinate
their creator Bolivar Trask (Peter
Dinklage).
ers want to explore their storylines
in future movies; however, its
hard to feel upset when some-
thing happens to one of these sol-
dier X-men
Although I understand the at-
tempt to unify the scenes of the
older cast and younger cast by
bringing James McAvoy and Pat-
rick Stewart nose to nose for a pep
talk, the scene felt very odd to me,
both in idea and how it was acted
out, most likely due to the logic
about how Charles Xaviers mind
was able to travel.
Despite the dubious logical
Questionable logic behind the
consciousness traveling aside, the
movie fnds strength in its well-
rounded characters, allowing the
audience a greater understanding
of the decisions of certain char-
acters and generates sympathy for
others. Trask explains his empa-
thy towards to the mutants, and
Mystique has a minor emotional
break down which demonstrates
that she has not yet transformed
into the stone cold killing ma-
chine we know later in the series
timeline. Perhaps the greatest
of these characters, the perfect
comic relief amongst the drama,
is the newly introduced Quicksil-
ver (Evan Peters), who managed
to steal every scene he is in with
sharp jabbing lines and visual hu-
mor. His stereotypical slow mo-
tion sequence had the audience
rolling.
Unfortunately, with a cast so
large, several of the characters
have limited screen time, which
left many of the secondary char-
acters, redundant, under devel-
oped or replaceable, including
the primary secondary character,
Beast (Nicholas Hoult).
After being one of the delights
of the frst flm of the new X-men
series, Hoults character, with the
except of a few key scenes, seems
to have been reduced to the side-
kick trope, only there to help out
the real heroes by fying them
around or give the back story to
the situation such as explaining
why young Charles had gone into
exile.
Perhaps, the role was always
intended to be this way, or per-
haps Im just in love with Nick
Hoult and want more of him. I
also felt rather disconnected from
several of the new characters in
the future time period as the audi-
ence is never properly introduced
to them.
Understandably, the flmmak-
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ing persecuted. Overall, X-Men:
Days of Future Past is a fun, fast-
paced movie with nary a dull mo-
ment. Its fully developed charac-
ters permits for a wider audience
beyond action flm bufs.
It is a wonderful follow up
movie to X-Men: First Class, is a
must see for anyone who loves this
group of super heroes, whether
they are die hard comic book fans
or casual moviegoers.
faws, I really appreciated the
incorporation of characters im-
pacting history a la Forrest Gump,
such as Magneto and the magic
bullet of JFKs murder. Tere
was something incredibly chilling
about the dystopian opening se-
quence of mutants and their allies
being rounded up into cages, par-
alleling the opening sequence of
the frst X-men movie, where Erik
Lensherr and his family was being
sorted during the Holocaust.
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Te Jackets had six players
taken in the 2014 MLB Draft
and fve have signed contracts to
play professionally. Four of the six
players are pitchers, one outfelder,
and one infelder. Tat makes a
total of 13 total draft picks from
Tech in the last two seasons, but
only 12 diferent players as pitcher
Matthew Grimes was drafted in
2013 as well, but opted to stay at
Tech for an extra season.
Te frst Yellow Jacket taken in
2014 was left handed sophomore
pitcher Sam Clay. Te Minnesota
Twins selected Clay in the fourth
round with the 10 overall pick.
Clay was the 83 player in Tech
history to be drafted in the top
ten rounds of the draft. Clay led
the Jackets with a 1.26 ERA and
an opponents batting average of
just .197 in 2014. Clay made 31
appearances on the season, allow-
ing just eight runs in 57 innings
pitched. In terms of statistics,
Clays two seasons as a Jacket were
polar opposites. In 2013, Clay
gave up 18 earned runs in just
23.1 innings pitched for an ERA
of 6.94. Clay could have returned
to Tech with two years of eligibil-
ity remaining, but elected to sign
instead. Clay will begin his pro-
fessional career with the Elizabe-
than Twins, the rookie ball team
of the Minnesota Twins.
Te second Tech player drafted
was junior pitcher Josh Hedding-
er. Te Detroit Tigers drafted him
in the 14 round with 430 overall
pick. Heddinger had a 4-5 record
for the jackets in 2014 in 16 ap-
pearances (14 starts). Tis is the
second straight year the Tigers
have taken a right-handed pitcher
from Tech. In the 2013 Draft the
Tigers selected Buck Farmer in
the ffth round.
Two more right handed pitch-
ers were taken in the 18 round
Dusty Isaacs was selected by the
Toronto Blue Jays with the 534
overall pick and the Baltimore
Orioles selected Matthew Grimes
just seven picks later at 541 over-
all. Isaacs had an 8-5 record with
1.92 ERA in 29 appearances while
Grimes posted a 5-3 record with a
4.39 ERA. Isaacs was drafted out
of high school by the Pittsburgh
Pirates, but enrolled at tech in-
stead. Isaacs is the 33 player under
Head Coach Danny Hall to im-
prove his draft position by electing
to play for Tech instead of signing
out of high school. Grimes had
been drafted two other timesin
the fourth round of the 2010 draft
by the Chicago White Sox and in
the 31 round by the Philadelphia
Phillies last year, even coming of
a season in which Grimes missed
recovering from Tommy John sur-
gery.
Te two other players selected
were junior outfelder Daniel Sp-
ingola and senior second baseman
Mott Hyde. Te Chicago Cubs
selected Spingola in the 24 round
and the Houston Astros selected
Hyde in the 26 round. Spingola
led the team with a .319 batting
average and was second on the
team with 35 RBIs. He is the lone
Tech player drafted yet to sign.
Te four teams who have se-
lected the most yellow Jackets
over the yearsthe Braves, Dodg-
ers, Red Sox and Indiansfailed to
Tech a single one in this draft.
Heddinger had established
himself in the weekend rotation
last season and Grimes made sev-
eral weekend starts. With both de-
ciding to sign professionally, Tech
will return Devin Stanton, who
made 12 total starts last season,
and Ben Parr who made a total of
ten. Tech will also have Jonathan
King and Cole Pitts, who were
both in the weekend rotation at
the beginning of the season, re-
turning after miss the majority of
the 2014 season due to injury.
To replace Hyde at second
base, Tech could move Tomas
Smith back over from frst base
back to second, and then put des-
ignated hitter A.J. Murray back in
the feld at frst base. Shortstop El-
liot Barzilli is another midfelder
on the team who as experience
after playing in 34 games last sea-
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youre record against your four
biggest rivals is 1-15 since 2010
fans are going to start to expect
more. Tech has had a feld day the
last 5 years beating Duke, UNC,
UVA, Wake Forest, NC State,
and Virginia almost every time
they have played them. If our last
coach got fred for not being able
to beat Georgia and for going 7-5
one too many times, you have to
wonder what will happen to the
future of Tech football if Tech
wins 7 games or less this year. Te
pressure will be on as Duke and
UNC are much improved so those
games can no longer be checked as
automatic wins.
Te basketball program has hit
a major rough stretch since the fr-
ing of former coach Paul Hewitt.
Tech is still paying Hewitt due
to the outrageous buyout clause
that former athletic director Dave
Braine gave him. Coach Brian
Gregory has had a very rough go
since arriving at Tech. His teams
have been plagued by suspensions
and injuries. Te expectations for
Tech basketball last year were to
reach postseason play, but inju-
ries and suspensions derailed the
goals for the team. Several key
players have either graduated or
transferred out so this year will be
a major test for Coach Gregory.
Entering his fourth year Gregory
has never had a winning season at
Tech so you have to hope to see
improvement from the program.
Its hard to turnaround a basket-
ball program in just 4 years, but
losing 66.67% of your confer-
ence games each year is not a step
in the right direction. Due to all
the players transferring out from
the previous coach and other cir-
cumstances many other players
have transferred in. Tech has had
at least one player transfer in the
past 3 seasons.
By next March there should be
a much clearer picture of which
direction Tech athletics is head-
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Technique: How did you frst
get into softball?
Rudnik: I got into softball
probably because my older sister
and both my older brothers played
softball and baseball, so it has
kind of been like a family thing. I
started when I was six.
Technique: How did you end
up at Tech?
Rudnik: It happened around
my junior year in high school
when I was getting recruited.
Tech was defnitely in my top
three choices. Tere was a tourna-
ment here in Georgia that I played
in and actually did really well, so
the coaches asked me to come on a
visit over the summer and ofered
me then. I thought about it for a
week, but I knew after going on
my visit that this is where I want-
ed to be. And I knew a couple of
the girls here, so overall it was just
the right choice for me.
Technique: What is your ma-
jor and why did you choose it?
Rudnik: Business. Coming in,
I wasnt really sure what I wanted
to do, but after I got here and they
showed me the business school
and just the more I looked into it,
I knew thats where I wanted to be.
I really enjoy it, Im in Operations
Concentration and I love what Im
doing there. I dont know what
thats going to look like for the fu-
ture, but I really do like the degree
Im getting here.
Technique: Did you look at
other schools when you were
deciding where to play (sport)?
Which ones?
Rudnik: Other ACC schools
like NC State, FSU, and UNC.
Technique: What is your fa-
vorite softball memory?
Rudnik: Teres a lot of good
ones. I would say probably the
ACC Tournament Championship
we won my sophomore year here
in 2012. We just ran through the
tournament. We beat Virginia,
FSU and then we beat Virginia
Tech in the championship. None
of the games were really close; we
just ran through them, and it was
awesome.
Technique: Do you plan on
playing softball after Tech?
Rudnik: I dont know. I was
actually talking about that with
one of my teammates the other
day. I would defnitely consider
playing professionally in Europe
or something. I dont know about
professionally here, but I would
love to go to Europe for a couple
of months and play there.
Technique: How do you pre-
pare in the of-season?
Rudnik: A lot of hitting and a
lot of individual things. Especially
since I dont always have the team
with me in the summer and fall,
its a lot of individual work, focus-
ing on fundamentals and break-
ing things down, a lot of stuf in
the weight room, getting stronger.
Also getting my mind right for the
games and stuf like that.
Technique: What are your
hobbies outside of softball?
Rudnik: I play guitar. Its a
nice stress reliever for me. I like
Colbie Caillat and slower mellow
songs to play. I like to play some
country songs too and I write
some of my own songs too. One
of my friends and I from high
school play together [and record
ourselves for our YouTube chan-
nel] AEMusic91.
Technique: Do you have any
role models?
Rudnik: My parents have just
been an awesome example of how
to love someone and encourage
them, especially when it comes
to softball. I would not be where
I am without them. I think some-
times they love softball more than
I do, which is a lot, and theyve
just always been there to encour-
age me.
Technique: Whats your least
favorite thing about softball?
Rudnik: I wish we could just
warm up for like thirty minutes
and then play. We always have a
two hour warm up period and I
get antsy; I just want to go play.
So thats the biggest thing, if we
could just have a really quick
warm up and play.
Technique: What is your
proudest softball moment?
Rudnik: Probably being a part
of the regular season champion-
ship that we won my freshman
year and my sophomore years
ACC tournament championship.
Just being a part of those teams
was pretty awesome.
Technique: Rudniks goals for
the softball team for the 2014 sea-
son were as follows:
Rudnik: We defnitely want
to be on the top of the ACC. We
have that ability and thats def-
nitely our focus right now. Even
beyond that I really want us to get
to a Super Regional; thats one of
the things that the seniors and I
have been talking about. Weve
been here for four years and thats
one of the things that we havent
done yet. Especially for us to leave
our mark on the program, thats
something that we want to do.
And since we have new coaches
this year, [we want to] leave a
foundation for the teams to come,
setting our standard of hard work
ethic and passion.
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Te state of Tech athletics is
close to a breaking point and new
Tech athletic director, Mike Bo-
binski, will have to make some
tough choices within the next
year. Bobinski was a former ath-
letic director at Xavier, which has
had one of the most consistent
basketball programs in the coun-
try over the last 15 years. He has
hired several top notch basketball
coaches in his time at Xavier in-
cluding current Ohio State coach
Tad Matta and current Arizona
coach Sean Miller. Bobinski has
an eye for basketball coaching
talent which will undoubtedly
put pressure on the current Tech
coaching staf to show improve-
ment this year.
Fans are the unhappiest they
have been since the mid-1990s
and there are a lot of bleak expec-
tations for the major sports pro-
grams. Techs football and basket-
ball programs are the biggest and
most popular sports programs on
campus. Tey are having more
and more problems selling tick-
ets and getting students to come
to games. Youll fnd many older
students at Tech who have become
very indiferent to Tech sports
and some have stopped attending
games all together.
Its safe to say in the eyes of
all Tech fans that the 2013-2014
sports calendar year was a ma-
jor disappointment. Te football
team was expected to compete
for the ACC Championship and
fans wanted to win at least one
game out of Virginia Tech, Mi-
ami, Georgia, and Clemson. But,
for the second straight year Tech
went 0-4 against their biggest ri-
vals. After a lackluster showing
on a Tursday night game against
Virginia Tech it became obvious
that the high expectations most
Tech football fans had entering
the year would not come true. Te
team had one last chance to sal-
vage the season on senior day vs
archrival Georgia, but a 20-0 lead
in the second quarter was not big
enough as Georgia won in double
overtime. It was the sixth loss to
Georgia in a row and the 13th loss
out of the last 14.
Techs last coach, Chain Gai-
ley, was fred for not being able to
beat Georgia and for only winning
7 games each year outside one sea-
son where he won nine games.
Gailey was also the coach who
recruited NFL stars Calvin John-
son, Demaryius Tomas, Morgan
Burnett, and Michael Johnson.
Coach Johnson inherited many
future NFL stars when Gailey
was terminated and he helped
lead Tech to a vacated 2009 ACC
Championship.
Te only real diference be-
tween Johnson and Gailey is that
Tech played in its lone BCS bowl
under Johnson. Johnson has aver-
aged seven wins a season over the
last four years. Tose are good
numbers for an ACC football pro-
gram and Tech has been one of
the most consistent programs in
the country since 1997, but when
Tech hoops adds four transfers, loses one
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Former Tech forward Robert
Carter Jr., whose intent to transfer
was announced last month, has
found a new home in Te Univer-
sity of Maryland. Considering he
was one of Techs top performers
last season, the decision to leave
was a surprise to many. Carter
led the team in rebounding at 8.4
rebounds per game and was third
on the team in scoring with 11.4
points per game. Carters reasons
for transferring were to help him
achieve his goals of making the
NCAA Tournament and making
it to the NBA.
Carter is just one of many Tech
basketball players to be involved
in a transfer in one-way or anoth-
er. Since the end of the 2012-2013
season, Tech has been involved in
nine player transfers, either in or
out of the program.
After the 2012-2013 season,
the Jackets lost two players to
transfer, but also gained two.
Tech saw both Brandon Reed
and Julian Royal leave the pro-
gram for new teams, but picked
up point guard Trae Golden who
transferred to Tech after playing
three seasons at Tennessee and
also added Robert Sampson from
East Carolina.
Golden started at point guard
and led the team in scoring, av-
eraging 13.3 points per game.
Sampson had to sit out last season
due to NCAA transfer policy, but
will be eligible this season, which
will be his only year of eligibility.
No ones immune to [trans-
fers]. Its part of the culture, its
part of the fabric. Now you have
to move on, and you have to keep
building, Tech Head Coach
Brain Gregory said shortly after
it was announced that Carter was
transferring.
Te numbers seem to back
up Gregorys statement as ESPN
reports that there are over 500
players that made the decision to
transfer after the 2013-2014 sea-
son, tripling the number of trans-
fers from ten seasons ago. Coin-
cidentally, Maryland, the school
that Carter is transferring to, has
also had their fair share of trans-
fers with fve players transferring
out of the program this year alone.
Te Jackets have an even big-
ger infux of transfers coming this
year than they did last year with
four players transferring into the
programJosh Heath, Demarco
Cox and Nick Jacobs, and Charles
Mitchell. Heath, Cox and Mitch-
ell could all be eligible for the up-
coming season, while Jacobs will
have to sit out for a year.
Heath is a guard who is trans-
ferring to Tech from South Flori-
da after his father and USF head
coach, Stan Heath, was fred fol-
lowing the season. Heath will
have to apply for a waiver from the
NCAA to be eligible to play next
season, but in the past the NCAA
has granted waivers to players who
transferred after their fathers were
dismissed. Heath averaged 2.6
points and 3.6 assists per game for
the Bulls last season.
Cox is a 68 center transfer-
ring to tech from Ole Miss. Dur-
ing his senior season in Oxford,
Cox averaged 4.2 points per game
and 3.9 rebounds per game. Cox
will graduate from Ole Miss at
the end of the summer and then
will have one year of eligibility at
Tech. Tech faced Ole Miss in the
Barclays Center Classic last season
where Cox posted 15 points and
13 rebounds against what would
be his future team.
In what almost seems like a
trade you might see in the NBA,
Charles Mitchell is coming to
Tech from Maryland, essentially
switching places with Robert
Carter. Mitchell is transferring to
be closer to home. He attended
Wheeler High School in nearby
Marietta, Ga. Mitchell averaged
6.5 points per game last season at
Maryland and also grabbed 6.3
rebounds per game. Mitchell will
have two years of eligibility left
when he arrives in Atlanta.
Cox, along with Sampson and
Mitchell, could be looked at to
partially fll the huge void Carter
left in Techs frontcourt. Tey
will have the most collegiate bas-
ketball experience of any big men
on Techs roster. Te Jackets also
have sophomore Quinton Ste-
phens who saw playing time last
year, and then two true freshmen,
Ben Lammers and Abdoulaye Gu-
eye.
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