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program will follow two steps tond the best methods of reec-tion.

Te rst year, we will mapwhat faculty are having their stu-dents do already on campus andlook at the best practices and usesof reection on campus, Jordansaid. We are then going to reportour ndings to the consortium

which will work together to create

what they are calling a

eld guidesto help best use reection in yourclasses. Ten with the second yearof the grant, we will focus on pro-moting reection.

Once the eld guide has beenmade, CETL will hold workshopsfor faculty to get Techs instruc-tors to adopt the practices and

ideas laid out in the guide. An-other promotional idea is to main-tain faculty learning communities

where groups of 10 faculty mem-bers will meet every week or other

week to discuss themes in teach-ing and learning.

We will primarily reach outto instructors who are connected

with rst and second year engi-neering students in chemistry,biology, mathematics and basicengineering classes, Jordan said.

Also, we will be participating[in] Teaching Day 2016 in Marchwhere we will involve faculty re-porting on what they are doingand trying to promote reectivepractices at that event. Usually,approximately 200 faculty attendthat event.

Jordan stated that the long

term goal of the program is to bet-ter prepare student for profession-al settings, achieve their academicgoals and successfully receivetheir degrees, and she believes thatreection is an important way toenhance those possibilities.

Te whole point is to improvetheir learning experience and bet-ter prepare them for professionalpractice in a career setting., said

Jordan Also, much of the l itera-ture shows that, through reec-

tion, students are more likely toachieve learning that endures overtime because you sit back, reectand make connections whichdeeply affects memory and createsmore enduring learning.

Jordan hopes that the Techfaculty will be onboard to accom-plish the goals of CPREE.

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On Sept. 22, Kappa AlphaFraternity at Tech was placed oninterim suspension pending anOffice of Student Integrity (OSI)investigation by both the Dean of

Students and the national frater-nity. Te suspension requires theimmediate cessation of all organi-zational activity.Te Technique can conrm

that the suspension is the result ofa hazing incident in which a KApledge suffered a severe injury tohis ankle.

According to a student eyewit-ness and member of a separateTech fraternity, who declined tobe named due to the potential ofretaliation against his chapter, onSept. 17, ve students were yell-ing at another, telling him to ridehis bike down the Klaus cementstairs.

I heard the group telling theindividual that he had to keep rid-

ing his bike down the stairs untilhe did it with his feet on the ped-als and his butt on the seat, the

witness said. I saw him go downthe stairs a couple times without falling, but not meeting thegroups requirements.

According to the witness, oneof the students was wearing a KAshirt.

Although the witness did notwitness the injury, a report by theGeorgia Tech Police Department(GTPD) conrms that on the

same night, at 7:32 p.m., a GTPDofficer noticed an injured indi-vidual on the Klaus stairs with asevere injury to his right ankle.

According to the report, the vic-tim stated that he attempted toride down the stairway and lostcontrol of the bicycle.

According to the police report,the severity of his injury was suchthat he was transported to GradyHospital for further evaluationand treatment.

Te victim named in the policereport was a pledge at KA, and thestudent who accompanied him tothe hospital was a K A brother. Noother individuals were named.

While the letter sent to thechapter by the Dean of Studentsdid not specify the reason for thesuspension, the suspension lettersent by the National Kappa Alphaspecied the hazing of a pledge asthe reason for the suspension.

According to the suspensionletter from the Dean of Students,the fraternity will remain in ef-

fect until the completion of aninvestigation and any ensuingstudent conduct process.

Te fraternity is now beinginvestigated by OSI about the in-cident to determine any furthercourse of action.

Tis year marks the forth yearin a row that a Tech fraternity ha sbeen placed under suspension orinterim suspension.

Te Tech chapter of Kappa Al-pha could not be reached in timeto comment.

Kappa Alpha Fraternity getsinterim suspension for hazing

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As a self-proclaimed televi-sion junkie, I know a thing ortwo about good teen dramas.I sat through Gossip Girl andOne Tree Hill, Te Hills, MySo Called Lifeand even Blos-

som. But noneof these comingof age shows cancompared to myone, my only, myeverything, theGilmore Girls.

As many ofyou know, es-pecially if weare Facebookfriends, I am pretty excited aboutthe release of Gilmore Girls onNetix Instant Streaming this

week. Long have I dreamed ofthe day when I could sit undermy blankies, eat large amountsof junk food and watch my fa-vorite mother and daughter pairfor hours on end.

Gilmore Girls is a great showfor a many number of reasons,but in this editorial, I want tolook more deeply at what I reallylove and appreciate about AmySherman-Palladinos creation.

When you take away the hys-terical pop culture references,the funny neighbors and attrac-tive potential suitors, it is clear

why Gilmore Girls is so spe-cial. It is clear why fans across

America are currently skippingresponsibilities (ahem, me!) to

watch Lorelai and Rory be Lo-relai and Rory.

Gilmore Girls is rare in thatis tells the stories not just ofalmost one dimensional con-

niving women like Claire Un-derwood, rich women likeBlair Waldorf or sad womenlike Meredith Grey. In GilmoreGirls, the women are realistic.Tey are not black and white;they have complicated emo-tions. Tey had irrational ghts

and my impulsive decisions. Butthose mistakes did not makethem stupid characters. It madethem feel real.

Lorelai and Rory and all oftheir townspeo-ple proved that

characters canmake mistakes,be embarrassed,act stupidly andstill have worthas intelligent,impressive char-acters.

Even more,Lorelai and Rorybecame my per-

sonal role models. Tey becamethe characters I look towards

when I feel embarra ssed myself.Often I think to myself, Sure,I may have failed that test but Idid not hit a deer or steal a yachtlike Rory. But the importantthing is, we loved Rory still.

Find realistic television char-acters in shows should not beas difficult as it is. I should nothave to wade through the greatabyss of Netix dramas to nda character I can relate to. In-stead, I have to pretend like Ser-ena Van Der Woodsen is morecomplicated than a socialite

with an incestuous crush. I haveto pretend that April Ludgate,though I love her to death, is notextremely one dimensional andoften unrealistic.

I want to implore all cur-rent and future television writ-ers to look towards the GilmoreGirls, to look towards the featthat is Lorelai and Rory, whenthey write characters into life. I

want to turn on my television,or more likely my laptop, andwatch, not a fantasy world ofcharacters I will never meet ordream of being, but a realistic

world of friends and relativesand strangers on the street I canone day know and love.

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Last Monday felt like one ofthe longest I have had on record.I battled with both the doom-and-gloom weather mixed withmy usual four classes, whichmade the daylinger. But un-

like every otherMonday, I hadmisplaced myphone for a verybrief period.Searching fran-tically beforegiving in andheading to class,I doubled backafter class and

was relieved to nd it on top ofmy closet.Te few hours I spent discon-

nected featured many struggles.I was sweating not knowing

who wasnt texting me. I wasthinking of the few snapchats I

was missing. My mother mightthink I was purposefully ignor-ing her. I couldnt play games inthe middle of class when I gotbored; I couldnt update myTwitter feed every hour. What

was happening in my world? Ihad no idea.

I decided to do the thing thatonly happens in horror storiesand mid-2000s television dra-mas: I decided to pay attention.

And the results I experiencedwere shocking.

My dad always told me thebest way to go to class is by hav-ing an active mind, which I tookto heart and was completely ac-tive yik-yaking about the typicalTech things happening in theclass.

Te next few things seemeven more slanderous. Teteacher would teach things andI would actually use my pen andpaper for something other thandoodles and writing notes to myfriends sitting next to me. Tenotes that I took were actually

relevant. And even worse, theywere useful!

Dont let me fool you, it wasstill a struggle. Every few min-utes, my hand would subcon-

sciously swipeand air-type

my password,but much tomy bodys pro-grammed cha-grin, there wasnothing to beunlocked. I hadto forge on withmy active mindand listen to myprofessor.

But my day disconnected wasthe breath of fresh air I so ur-gently needed. Having come offquite the hell week, I was reeval-uating my studying habits. I g-ured waiting the day before anexam wasnt going to turn out

well, so in an effort to correctmy ways, I began searching foranswers and new methods, andmy Monday taught me just that.

And who would havethought, my attentive naturefrom Mondays class carriedover into Tuesday. And studyingfor my math quiz went quickerand seemed easier than normal.Somehow having paid attentionto what the teacher was sayingmade the homework also seemlike they werent pulling this in-formation out of thin airjusttheir lectures.

Maybe I didnt know the lat-est buzz on GroupMe. Maybemy friends thought I was ig-noring their problems and thatI stopped caring in those short

few hours. Maybe I would haveto withhold posting every sar-castic or witty comment thatcame to mind over my interac-tions with the interesting stu-dents on Techs campus. Andmaybe, in the grand scheme ofit all, its what we all need to do.

Being out-of-touchhelped me tune in

I decided to pay

attention. And the

results were shocking.

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At the start of the footballseason I wrote an editorial pro-claiming that this is a make-or-break year for head coach Paul

Johnsons tenure at Tech. I saidthat I wanted the team to per-form better on the eld than ithad in years past, but that evenif we nished with a record of

about .500 and earned a bowlberth, that I would be ne withJohnson remaining as headcoach.

However, I pointed out thatthere was a legitimate possibil-ity of us falling short of that, asI felt that the schedule wouldbe tough and a lot of gamescould swing either way. I was

worried that Georgia Southerncould pull off the upset (whichthey almost did) and that, quitefrankly, the other teams in the

ACC were better than they ac-tually are.

To be honest, I had no ideawe would be sitting at 4-0 at thispoint in the season.

Tech fans have to be satised

with the way our team has per-formed so far and the results thatthey have come up with. Teteam only needs two more winsto be bowl eligible for the 18th

year in a row, and so far they a re1-0 against our four biggest op-ponents (Virginia Tech, Miami,Clemson, and Georgia). Nowmy criterion for ring Johnson,going winless against those fouror failing to make it to a bowlgame, is increasingly unlikely,so it looks like his job is safe.

Quarterback Justin Tomasis looking more and more com-fortable managing the offense

with each game, and althoughthere are still a few kinks toiron out, is proving his abilityto lead the team to victory. His

passing accuracy and chemistrywith the receivers could sti ll usesome work, but he can completecritical throws when it matters.He has also displayed his run-

ning prowess in the past fewgames, keeping the ball on theoption and trusting his speed tothe outside to convert in clutchsituations.Te game winning touch-

down drive against GeorgiaSouthern had examples of both:rst, facing a third and seven atmideld, he kept the ball on adraw play and outran two de-fenders to pick up the rst downand keep the teams chancesalive. Second, on another thirdand seven, he quickly escaped asack and hit Deon Hill with a

touchdown pass to seal the gamefor the Jackets. Te fourth quar-ter against Virginia Tech alsoshowcased his ability to performunder pressure.

I am, however, cautiouslyoptimistic about how the restof the season will play out. Forthe rst time since I becamea student here back in Fall of2011, I am actually not dread-ing the Miami game. For oncethe Jackets are the team ridingmomentum into this game,

plus they had an extra weekto prepare. Duke looked weakagainst this same Miami teamthis past Saturday and we havehistorically played well againstthem, so I like our chances inthat game too. North Carolinaand Pittsburgh have lost to weakteams, and who knows what toexpect out of Virginia and NC-State. We will still probably loseto Clemson and Georgia, but bythat point, we should still havea good enough record to earn aspot in one of the ACCs betterbowl games.

Of course, when I wrote apessimistic article the team ex-ceeded expectations and startedthe year undefeated. Now that

I am praising them and talkingabout how I like their chances, Ican only wonder what is in storenext. Tats just the way sportsfandom works.

Another go-around withJohnsonTo be honest, I had no idea

we would be sitting at 4-0

at this point.

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Tis weekend, the Jackets willhost Miami in Techs annual

whiteout football game. Over thelast ve years, more schools havebegun to partake in the tradition.Penn State was the rst collegefootball team to host a whiteoutgame in 2005, but only the stu-dents participated. In the follow-ing years, the entire stadium par-ticipated, and it was quite a sight

to see 110,000 fans al l wearing thesame color.

Techs rst whiteout game wasin 2008 against Miami, and it wasa success on the eld but not inthe stadium. Te students had the

wearing white par t down, but therest of the stadium didnt seem toget the memo.

Te game was also a nightgame in cold weather, and yourenot supposed to wear white afterLabor Day. Tech beat Miami 41-23 that year, so the administrationdecided it was worth doing again.

Te following year, the white-out game was the second gameof the year against Clemson on aTursday night, and the stadium

looked great.T

ere was great par-ticipation by everyone and Techwent on to win 30-27.

Even though there was suc-cess the rst two years, it seemed

that the administration would tryto force the whiteout game intoevery following season. Te lastthree whiteouts have been abso-lute train wrecks.

Tere was the embarrassmentof the century in 2010, where NCState refused to wear non-whiteuniforms, so the stadium was

wearing the exact same colors asthe visiting team. Led by Super

Bowl winning quarterback Rus-sell Wilson, State went onto de-stroy Tech, 45-28.

After three years, it seemed likethe idea had run its course, but the

whiteouts just kept coming up onthe calendar.

Te last two have been againstVirginia Tech, and those twogames were two of the most dis-appointing games Tech has playedin the last decade. After last yearsdebacle, I never wanted to see an-other whiteout again.

It seemed as if the players weredistracted and too amped up toplay. Last year, the team seemedto want to win so badly that theyfell apart mentally and suffered an

embarrassing

rst loss of the sea-son.Te offense could never get on

track and had ve false start pen-alties in the rst half, which are

deadly to a triple-option team.I was not in favor of a whiteout

for this year, but that probably hasmuch to do with the terrible mem-

ories I have from the last two.I love Attaochu, but his punchagainst Virginia Tech in 2011 willbe subconsciously buried in mytemporal lobe for all of eternityas Tech was a quarter away fromclinching the coastal divisionchampionship.

Just like last year, Tech entersits whiteout game with an un-defeated record, and rumblingsaround the locker room are thatthe team is pumped up for the

whiteout game.Tis week, captains were an-

nounced for the year: ShaquilleMason, Justin Tomas and Quay-shawn Nealy are now permanentcaptains for rest of season. Tenew captains have chosen to wear

their white honeycomb helmets,and as of right now, the idea of a

whiteout game appears to be mo-tivating both the team and thestudents who have begun to showmore interest in this years footballteam. Te win against VirginiaTech was huge for the team, andthe student body and momentumis on Techs side.

But Miami wont be an easyopponent to face as Tech has notbeaten them since 2008, whichironically was their rst white-out football game. Te stadium

will denitely be electric, but itremains to be seen whether the

whiteout will be a motivator or adistraction for the team.

A win on Saturday would behuge for both the program andthe team, as this undoubtedlystands as one of the most impor-tant games of the season.

Football whiteouts: A

distraction or motivator?Afer three years, it seemed

like the idea had run its

course, but the whiteouts

just kept coming up on the

calendar.

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OUR VIEWS | HOTORNOT

Panda ExpressOur days of mocking Burg-

er Bites have come to a closeas we have entered an eon ofbrighter and better futures,ushered in by none other thanthe new Panda Express. Con-struction is underway at theStudent Center for the fast-food chain, which is slated tobegin operation by the endof Fall semester. Tech is alsolooking into replacing thePizza Hut after recent drops inpurchases from students.

HOTo rNOT

Random GraffitiIn the past week, some

people have taken it uponthemselves to decorate thepavements and quads with

what looks to be the combi-nation of sharpies and spraypaint. Many of the recurringsigns include the phrase, Take

Acid. Whatever the meaning ,the vandalism is tacky and atbest, a childish reenactmentof a certain infamous video

which called for Covering theNight and stopping Kony.

Fall BreakSomehow, it is already the

rst week of October, and weare all in the midst of Techshustle and bustle. With nobreaks since Labor Day, the

workload has gotten morestrenuous with each passing

week. Tat being said, theresjust seven more days whichstand between now and the

glorious four day weekend.So create a countdown andget ready, because everybodyneeds a break.

ProtestersLet it be known next week,

anti-gay protesters will be pro-testing at the outdoor audito-rium area. While we certainlyadvocate the right and free-dom of speech, we in no waycondone the use of that free-dom to be used as hate speechagainst a group of people forbeing who they were born to

be. Te group is coming in themiddle of the annual ComingOut Week from Wednesdaythrough Friday.

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As part of the IMPACT speak-er series, Consul General of Israelto the Southeastern United States,Opher Aviran, spoke to Tech fac-

ulty and students to encouragepolitical cooperation between theState of Israel and the SoutheastUnited States. With the GazaStrip crisis currently occurring,

Avirans aim to strengthen ties isespecially relevant.

Aviran, who holds a MastersDegree in Political Science fromthe University of Haifa and Na-tional Defense College, beginsthe presentation by posing someengaging questions about the cur-rent role of a diplomat in todays

world.Understanding that social me-

dia heavily inuences new medianews, Aviran believes, however,that personal connections still aresignicant in todays globalizedage.

He mentions that having thispersonal relationship between twopeople still makes the most dif-ference. Tis relationship couldmake a true difference.

He also describes a diplomatstrue goal touching on the morepositive aspects of his job.

We offer consular services,and we try to increase our relation-ship with the state we are work-ing with. We promote nationalsecurity collaboration in defense,homeland and cyber security. In

our work, we have the pleasure ofmeeting some of the top leaders ofthe world, Aviran said .

With regards to Israels re-lationship to the United States,

Ariran views the partnership in anoptimistic light.

Our relationship with Amer-ica is strong, and I expect it to

keep growing. We have a toughneighborhood but a great nation.We are lucky to have a great ally inthe United States of America. To-gether we can make a difference,

Aviran said.In light of the ongoing Gaza

strip conict, Aviran focusessolely on Israels hope for futurepeace: We want peace. We de-serve peace. Te Palestinians de-serve peace as much as we deservepeace. Te war is not against thePalestinians but against terror.

Constantly returning to Israelsaim for peace, Aviran hopes part-nerships and diplomacy will makethis ultimate goal more achievablein the near future. He feels thatIsraels partners also seek peace,

but you [also] need leadership toultimately achieve the objective.

Referencing the Egypt-IsraelPeace Treaty and Te Treaty ofPeace Between the State of Israeland Jordan as setting up the pil-lars for the stability and peace ofthe region, he also discusses theimportance of the 2014 Opera-tion Protective Edge, which seeksto restore stability in Israel.

He also hopes Americans un-derstand that neighbors of Israelarent exactly Canada or Mexico.

Israeli speaker supports diplomacy

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