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technique July 25, 20143// NEWS

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Jennifer lawrence as young mystique was a terrible idea ru inedthe series for me.

Just go ahead and put a mcdonalds where burger bytes is and takeevery last penny of the student body.

Way to replace shitty food with even shittier food. I would expectanything less from GT Dining.Sliver me timbersyay, i got towers! onyl 2018s kids will understandhi!,I love your writing so much! share we communicate more ap-proximately your post on AOL? I need an expert in this space toresolve my problem. Maybe thats you! Looking forward to peer

you. ckkdgedeOnce I initially commented I clicked the Notify me when newfeedback are added checkbox and now each t ime a remark is add-ed I get four emails with the same comment. Is there any way youpossibly can rsummer time blues, were almost through, just a nal and a paperand Im done with schoolonly to come back two weeks latersummer classes are a mistakeVigamox Without A Script in Columbus fdeaddgaddekkefdMAKERs FAIRE Oct. 4th-5th BEEEE THEEERRREEEE!!!!hiTis Kim Kardashian game is taking over my life.No Coca Cola, do I look like a person who wants to share?

WHY DOES SUBWAY NOT OPEN UNTIL 1030AMMAYBE I WANT A SANDWICH NOW, MAYBE MYGIRLFRIEND WONT MAKE ME ONE, MAYBE I DONTHAVE A GIRLFRIEND GOSHSuns out, guns out- RepublicansMy mind says swag but my heart says yolo.

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Fresh Squared is a new menuoption that will be launched at

Woodruff Dining Hall startingthis fall semester. An official tast-ing was held Wednesday, July 22.

Were not renovating the cur-rent Woodruff, said Ericlee Reed,

the Residence Dining ExecutiveChef, referring to Georgia Techsplan to build a new West Campusdining hall in 2017. While theactual construction has not beenplanned yet, money from the ex-isting budget has been allocatedto improving food quality. Itsgoing to have a different feel inavor from its look and the menuand presentation.Tis new program will feature

distinct lunch and dinner menus.Were still going to have your fa-vorites but were trying to expandthe offerings at these stations.said Brian Losonsky, the ResidentDining Director. For example,the deli option at the Wednesdaypreview consisted of a choice be-tween two specialty sandwiches

that already served on a platealong with the pre-existing saladbar.

In addition, Woodruffwill beusing more local ingredients in itsfood. Right now we buy about45% local, Reed said. Tey now

plan is to source 65% of produceand meats from local providers.For example, a salad served onthe day of the tasting consistedof hydroponic and pesticide-freelettuce from the R & G Farm inDublin, Georgia.

We took a different approachto traditional residence dining,Reed said. Instead of seeing a

lot of pans and a lot of salads juston ice (referring to the current,buffet-style layout) were actu-ally doing more individual styleplates. Students can expect to seeone fully complete portion at eachmenu station in the dining hall,such as a ready-made hamburgeror sandwich.

In addition, the menu will of-fer a wider variety of items offeredon frequent rotation. Not everyday youll get a hamburger, grilledcheese sandwich, or a quesadilla,Reed said, referring to the currenthot food options offered in dininghalls for lunch, dinner, and pastmidnight on a daily basis. Youmight only see the fresh hamburg-ers twice a week but you will seeis that Purdue chicken breast that

was raised down in Peach County,Georgia. You will see a couscous-chickpea patty instead of a frozenproduct.

At the tasting, the lunch op-tion from the grill consisted ofa chipotle grilled chicken breast

sandwich, while at dinner stu-dents could choose from an angusburger or a grilled three cheese andapples entre. Vegan options werealso offered. Students seemedambivalent about the quality offood served. Te burgers werebetter I think the buns were not

as stale, said Henry Leung, a sec-ond year computer science major.[but] I think my taste buds havebeen addled with poor qualityfood for the entire semester.

Te primary goal for this newinitiative is to improve the overallquality of the West Campus din-

ing experience. Woodruff hasall its residents living around itso the goal is to make it more likea neighborhood feel and a place

where people want to go spendtime here, not just eat, Losonskysaid.

Woodys gets new fresh menu for Fall

7+>?@7 )*+, -./0 1as beautiful as possible, Burkesaid.

While the two Starbucks willoffer similar menu items, thelocation on Spring Streett willhave a drive-thru and primarilyattract morning commuters. Tisrenovation establishes the GeorgiaTech location specically as aspace for studying and meetings.Were focused on serving thecampus and the direct communitysurrounding us, Burke said.

More seating options areoffered to better serve the campuscustomers, which consist mostlyof faculty, staff, and graduatestudents, along with students of

the nearby College of Business.Groups can choose to sit at one ofthe stationary community tablesor combine the small, two-persontables.

Before it was set up morelounge-driven with the couchesand chairs and now its a bitmore intentional with productivestudying, Burke said.

Regular patrons appreciatehow new oor plan is more wel-coming and conducive to produc-tivity.

It seems more open and whatI mean by open I mean I like thefeel to it and then environment.

whereas before it felt like moregloomy, said Jarrett Smith, a fre-

quent consumer. Te tables weresmaller and imsy.

I think its nice Its muchmore beautiful, said Dr. JohnsonKakeau, a former Economicsprofessor at Georgia Tech andcurrent Assistant Professor atMorehouse College.Tis newrenovation also addresses safetyconcerns.

I used to nd a lot of homelesspeople here, said Jarrett Smith, afrequent consumer. Its not aseasy to nd a sofa to fall a sleep onbecause its not set up that way.

According to Burke, mostpeople are just happy that theStarbucks is up and runningagain.

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technique July 25, 20145// OPINIONS

Everything I ever needed toknow about being a successfulscientist I didnt learn taking alab class.

Sorry chemistry department,but the hour I spent titratingpotassium permanganate didnot make me any better atdesigning experiments.

I apologize School of Biology,running aroundscreaming aboutnding beansdidnt developmy ability todeal with failedexperiments.

I regretto informyou physicsd e p a r t m e n t ,but a myriadof whiteboardproblems did nothing to buildmy scientic writing skills. Infact, pretty much the only thingI got out of lab classes was theknowledge of how to use a fewtechniques to get out of class asfast as possible.

Now, Im not trying to bashlab classes at Tech. Tey getthe bulk of the job done. Im

just trying to s ay I did not getmuch out of taking a lab class. Igot much more out of teachingthem.

For the past year I was given

the opportunity to work as ateaching assistant (TA) for theBIOL 1510 and 1520 labs.

Walking in, I gured, Howhard could it be? All I had todo was make sure students didnot unleash the next plagueon Techs campus, and Id begood. Tat was before thereality of being the go to sourcefor information set in.

When students take theselabs, theyre encouraged tothink big, to push beyond theconventional experiments, andTAs are tasked with job ofpoking holes in their thinking.

TAs are challenged to quick lyanalyze developed proceduresfor missing pieces and potentialfailures. You have to think about

material use, data analysis, andoverall effectiveness beforestudents even pick up a beaker.

Doing this 12 times a week fora variety of different experimentsintimately acquaints you withexperimental design in a waythat designing one experimenta week never will. Moving thisskill into a research setting, I

can promise youthat improvinga designedp r o c e d u r e ,not actuallydesigning aprocedure is askill that a manypeople lack.

Addi tiona lly,there are thelab reports, thebane of pretty

much every students existence.I had always done well on these,and gured that I was at least ahalfway decent scientic writer.I in no way, however, could tellyou why I thought that or whatmade good writing. Ten I wasforced to grade. Over the courseof 210 writing assignments (Icounted), Ive seen pretty mucheverything from embellishedprose in titles to publication

worthy abstracts, and Ive beenforced to quantify the qualityof it. In grading, Ive come

to understand the nuances ofscientic writing, and I couldnow actually explain to someone

what made my writing goodrather than simply having thecondence that it was.

If you been in the classes Ivebeen in at Tech, youre familiar

with the idea that to trulyunderstand something, you haveto be able to teach it to someoneelse. Over this is past year myunderstanding and appreciationfor good science has increasedtenfold.

At the end of the day, I justhope I got to the point of trueunderstanding soon enoughto impart at least some of the

wealth of knowledge Ive gainedto my students.

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I didnt get around tolooking at all the statuesbefore theyre removed.

What did you not get todo this summer?

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Te other day I had a chanceto nally sit down and hangout with some friends whoverecently graduated college andentered the work world. Tisis something thats becomeincreasingly difficult as (one

would imagine), becauseschedules are all over the place;

we are no longer condedto the samehourly schedulesset within asemester system,

with the sameholiday breaksand seasonaltime off. Nope.Instead one is

working thestandard 9-5life, another is

working peculiarhours for a start up, and anotheris working the nightlife (whichdominates his weekends).

Which left them a bit cross,because here I am: a college kidon summer break with thefreedom do whatever whenever.Supposedly.

I took a sec to think aboutit before saying something likeYeah its pretty great aint it?Because thats really not the caseanymore. Yes if I was a kid inhigh school, I would be revelingin loads of free time. High school

summers were dreamlands fullof sunny days, where naps wereplentiful and people were justgenerally carefree. My summersduring my time at Georgia Techhave been anything but thisthough. My freshman summerI took summer classes, coacheda swim team in Atlanta (twice aday mind you) and trained forthe upcoming swim season; thesophomore summer consisted ofmore training while I workedfor two start up companies;and this summer has been themost hectic by far because Im

working with the Technique,writing and doing photographyfor a website, working a retailgig a couple days a week,freelancing some services out to

a couple marketing rms (oneof them being a nightlife gigthat sucked the life out of my

weekends), andO yeahandtraining.

My time is every bit as packedas it is during the school, if notmore so. Teres no way Im theonly one though. Te things Isee people doing at this school,

and wheretheyre takingt h e m s e l v e s

when theyrenot in class isincredible, if nota little daunting.Te thing is, Ifeel like I haveto do so manyof these differentthings just tokeep up with

those of you who are killingit out there. Te point beingthough, is that when we embarkon this journey at Tech its not

just a two semester gig we throwourselves at for four plus years;no its a full time job that webring with us wherever we go.

Whenever we leave this campus,we take that Tech badge of pridewith us and put it work to showthe world, in at least some smallfashion, that were going tobe more than ready when ourtime here ends because summer

breaks arent breaks at all.I dont feel like wed be doing

summer right if we werentworking or bettering ourselveswith something productive. Partof the reason Tech students areso well-known for their abilityto crank out work, is becausethey really never stopped sincethe day they walked on campus.

Which isnt a bad thing, becausehopefully were all doingsomething we love. I feel blessedto have all the responsibilitiesI do. It real does feel goodknowing that the real world

wont kick us to the ground thesecond we get out, and for that Ithank you Tech, because youvealready done that for us and weare all getting back up just ne.

Tank you Tech for allthe hard times

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doing summer right if

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If you have ever read one ofmy editorials before, you knowI watch too much television.But lately, I have noticed mytelevision watching habits havechanged.

Before, I would gladly awaita new episode or season the

wait was half the fun. I wouldread reviews and blogs, discuss

my ideas with my friends, familyand lets face it, people who didnot care about the show as muchas I did.

Basically, a television showwas a season long hobby.

Now, though, its a day longhobby. A week max.

I love watching old shows onNetix. I love bingewatchingmultiple seasons so much, Ivelooked into what it takes to be acaption writer, just so all I haveto do in life is watch televisionfor hours. (Sidenote: it turnedout to not be that great of anopportunity. Te more youknow...)

But the posting of past

seasons is not the exact reasonsmy television watching habitschanged. I used to be able to

watch three seasons of TeTudors in one week, and stillcare later about the newestepisode of How I Met YourMother or Parks and Rec, butnot anymore.

House of Cards completelychanged the way I viewtelevision. And no, I am nottalking about Kevin Spaceysdelightful breaking of thefourth wall. I am saying thatdropping an entire season oftelevision Beyonce-style, is what

every show needs to do.I know, those were extreme

words, but I as serious aboutthis as I am about adding wildanimals to soccer games tomake them more exciting orconvincing Starbucks to sellDiet Coke. (Hint: this meansI am uber serious; not stoppinganimal cruely serious but still.)

Let me give you an example;I have now watched Mad Menfor seven years. Seven years ofmy life I have wasted worryingabout Peggys awful taste inclothing and Dons awful tastein women.

Usually, I loved the hiatusesand breaks in seasons. Teygave me a chance to rereadevery Slate article about Rogers

womanizing ways and rewatchevery episode. I viewed watchingMad Men like solving a puzzlefrom 1964.

But this past season, when itended abruptly after the lunar

landing, I was not happy. I wasnot excited for the next halfseason in 2015. I was mad. I wasirritated. I wanted to watch allthe episodes now, on my time,probably at 3am when I shouldhave been asleep.

I wanted to watch Mad Menthe same way I watched bothseasons of House of Cards allat once until I could here FrankUnderwoods Southern drawlchastising me in my sleep.

So lets do it. Lets end cableand satellite and all the rest. I amcalling for a revolution, a chanceto watch television like movies,a chance to make everyday a dayfor bingewatching.

An ode to bingewatching television...I wanted to watch all the episodes now,

on my time, probably at 3am when I should

have been asleep. .

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DanceTech sharespassion with Tech

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Most clubs in the summer re-tire until the returning fall semes-ter, but DanceTech has tried to

bring more activity to the summerby offering special dance clinics

where students canTe dance organization is pro-

viding their clinic service to reachout to other students who are fa-miliar with dance and want to getinvolved with other dancers oncampus for stress relief and skilldevelopment.

Te summer clinics wereclasses created for summerstudents, who missed dance and

wanted to release some stress.Te classes were in contemporary,

jazz, ba llet, and hip hop, and thesummer clinics were created topromote our company, providea fun, stress-free experience, andgive an opportunity for dancersto see how auditions will be held,

said Lauren Clark, president ofDance Tech.Student in DanceTech partici-

pate and interact with a variety ofdancers, and the club focuses ondeveloping dancing skills and per-forming in at different events inthe Atlanta area.

DanceTech PerformingCompany was created to provideintermediate to advanced dancers

with the opportunity to furthertheir skills,as well as, perform forthe community at local serviceevents, said Clark Troughout

the past year, we have performedat Homecomings Mock Rock,Fall De-Stress Week, MOVEsSenior Prom, GT for the KidsDance Marathon, ChildrensHealthcare of Atlanta, GT Relayfor Life, and our annual SpringShow.

Te organization has attempt-ed to expand their marketing out-reach in the summer and theseclinics provide an opportunity tomeet that goal. Also, the ow ofnew students for the upcomingacademic year allows these at-tempts to succeed.

DanceTech has focusedhard on marketing our companythis summer, said Clark We

were dedicated to reach studentswho were on campus, as well as

incoming students.In the coming Fall semester,DanceTech plans to hold auditionsin the second week of the fallsemester where they intend tolook for dancer who are interestedin joining their company andserving the community.

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Last weekend, July 19-20,Ponce Ave. was home to one ofits newest, but most entertainingtraditions Paris on Ponces

Bastille Day Festival.Te festival delivered every-

thing from live music, puppets,shopping, magic and just abouteverything burlesque. Te largerthan life Marie Antionettes, or-nate decorations and welcoming(and well costumed) workers cre-ated the feeling that guests hadbeen transported back to 18thcentry France. Plus, the festivalcontained a plethora of deliciousfood and drinks, including a life-changing grilled cheese competi-tion and a delectable ice creambar.

Te proceeds from the festivalwent to charities such as FourLetter Word and Haven House.

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In the ever-expanding worldof lm, there are summer actionicks, and there are critically ac-claimed dramas, and rarely dothe two categories intersect. ButSnowpiercer, the post-apocalypticdrama lm from South Koreandirector Bong Joon-ho, managesto pull offthis feat.

Released to a limited number oftheaters on June 27, the lm starsChris Evans (Captain America:

Te First Avenger), Tilda Swinton(Te Chronicles of Narnia series),Ed Harris (A Beautiful Mind) and

Song Kang-ho as key players in astory about violence, class segre-gation, and one extremely longtrain.

Te events of the lm takeplace nearly two decades after afailed environmental experimentcovers the entire world in unin-habitable ice and snow. Te nalremains of the human race, onlya few hundred people, surviveaboard the titular Snowpiercer,a futuristic train equipped witha perpetual-energy engine thatallows it to constantly run lapsaround the entire frozen globe.

Te human populationonboard is separated into a moreprivileged upper class section, althy and overcrowded lower classsection and the soldiers tasked withkeeping the two classes separate.

Te residents of the lower class tailsection, led by a man with a darksecret in his past (Evans), stage a

revolt in the hope of overtakingthe front engine room of the train.However, to get there, the groupmust battle their way througharmed guards, locked doors, andeven outer-obstacles encounteredon the tracks themselves.

Snowpiercer takes the standardapocalyptic-thriller setting andcompresses it into what is essen-tially a very long hal lway. Viewersare treated with brief glimpses ofa frozen world through the win-dows of a train carriage, while

what is left of the human raceghts for survival inside.

Such close quarters allowthe characters to interact, clashand blossom, resulting in an ac-tion lm that draws its greateststrengths from its actors ratherthan its effects.

In his leading role, Evans giveswhat is perhaps his most grittyand emotion-lled performance to

date, far surpassing his enjoyableyet tame roles in the past as anon-screen member of both Te

Avengers andTe Fantastic Four.Song breathes life into the

character of the drug-addictedtrain engineer who speaks onlyKorean, and Swinton gives a clas-sic performance as the certiablyinsane, bloodthirsty leader of theupper class citizens. With a castincluding two Academy Award

winners and several nominees,Snowpiercer certainly has thebenet of experience on its side.

However, while the lm canconsistently rely on its playersto hold itself up, audiences maybe thrown off by the rapid andoften unexpected shifts in tonethroughout the plot. As the bandof revolutionaries move closer and

closer to the front of the train, t heamount of tension within eachscene changes swiftly; one minute

the heroes are battling throughan army of axe-wielding soldiers,and the next they are quietlyinteracting with an innocentgroup of schoolchildren in themiddle of a lesson.

Tese shifts from brutalviolence to relative peacefulnessare jarring and separates it evenfurther from the standard action-packed blockbuster.

All in all, therein lies the key toSnowpiercer: Sure, the well-wornpost-apocalyptic ideas of humanstruggle are there, but it is themanner in which director Bongintroduces these ideas withinthe lms setting and charactersthat makes it a success, both asa bridge between the Asian andNorth American lm industriesand as an action lm in general.

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