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Yeager’s OSI complaints p4

NEWS

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The overlooked miracle p8

OPINIONS

JACKETS TRUMP UNDEFEATED FSU p24

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Einstein statue receives mixed responses from students

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Sculpted by Robert Beck, Tech’s new Einstein statue, located at the northwest corner of Tech Green, is one of three in the world.

LIFETop L: Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications; Top R: Photo by John Nakano Student Publications; Above: Photo by Elliott Brockelbank Student Publications

SPORTS

High displays European

wealth ZAHRA KHAN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“Habsburg Splendor,” a collection of masterpieces from Vienna’s Imperial Collections, with its lavish gowns and uniforms, with gilded carriages and embellished armor, captures the spirit of the Renaissance and the Habsburg House itself. A chamber of art and wonders, seeking not only to inspire curiosity about the unknown, but also to display the might and far-reaching connections of the Habsburg family.

If the “Habsburg Splendor” ex-hibit at the High Museum of Art is meant to be a display of the wealth and power of the Habsburg House, the strange painting of Madeleine Gonza-lez would seem out of place. The Ro-mantic paintings that are imagined to have adorned the walls of the aristoc-racy are those of mythical creatures, gods and beautiful women. However, Madeleine Gonzalez is no courtly beauty. She had what is now called hypertrichosis, a condition that causes abnormally increased hair growth.

Upon closer inspection, the viewer notices a strange lack of detail in the work: Madeleine is not painted as a young lady but rather as an object. In more Romantic and mysterious times, Madeleine Gonzalez and her fam-ily were some of the many wonders that fascinated the European nobles and kings. They were passed from one court to another as collector’s items. Items as novel as this family were evi-dence of the vast worldly connections of their owners. This painting is one of the many wonders found in the “Habsburg House’s Chamber of Art

ENTERTAINMENT

SHWETA BHATCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Last Friday, Oct. 23, the offi-cial dedication ceremony for the new Albert Einstein Monument took place. The statue of the fa-mous physicist was transported all the way from New York and is the third and final statue of sculp-tor Robert Berk’s bronze Einstein statues. The other two statues are located at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and the Israel Academy of Scienc-es and Humanities in Jerusalem. Students have finally been able to

get their first peeks at the statue since the northwest corner of Tech Green had been blocked off for construction for several weeks.

The addition of the monu-ment has elicited varying re-sponses from the students at Tech. While some like it, others believe that the statue is out of place.

“I haven’t seen [the statue] in person, but I’ve seen it in pic-tures,” said Stephanie Koshy, a fourth-year IE. “I heard about it last week and was really confused. I don’t understand the connec-tion between Albert Einstein and Georgia Tech. We have had fa-

mous astronauts and faculty come out of Tech that would have been more fitting than someone who had, to my knowledge, no affilia-tion with our institute. I just wish Tech asked students for their in-put before they issued the statue.”

Some students accept and understand the connection be-tween the Institute and the new Einstein. They believe that Tech is an institute that embodies sci-ence, so the art is fitting and relevant to the environment.

“I didn’t see it fully unveiled but I think it’s pretty cool,” said Leila

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How many inappropriate slivers do you get a week?Long distance bae leaving means you wear your ugliest under-wear out of spite/cynical humorWho here has been personally victimized by Dr. Speyer?Just kidding, I love that guy but he has made me miss a large number of various “fun” GT eventschanging the fight song will not fix your Intradepartmental woes. Stop tilting at windmills and do it right.Windmills, cont. : plus, the one word doesn’t make sense and doesn’t really fix the song. Remedial ENG 1101 methinks?Please don’t do the obscene war chant. It just looks classless as anything.I have a hard time believing that an entire department is corrupt. #Don’tBeSadBecauseYouGotCaughtPeople need to stop being offended by everything all the time. We’re becoming a society where being in the oppressed group is a desired thing.technique and osi to eager to check actual evidenceThought I was breaking gender stereotypes checking my oil lev-els. Turns out I was looking at the transmission fluid.When Google scholar is your most frequently visited site, after T-Square of course.I finish a task, take a celebratory stretch, and promptly rip a blis-ter on my heel. #youwinsomeyoulosesomeHere’s to never stretching again.still waiting for the day when the nique stops trying to be buzzfeed and actually reports news

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DAVID RAJINEWS EDITOR

RUE-FULLAt roughly 2:30 a.m. last Sat-

urday, Oct. 24, a GTPD officer responded to a report of criminal trespass at the Facilities building on Fowler Street.

The officer made contact with an individual who said that he had observed two persons walk-ing on the rooftop of the Fa-cilities building. The two had known that the Facilities build-ing connects to both the Zel-nak Practice Facility as well as McCamish Pavilion.

Both people were located by the officer as they were making

their descent from the roof of the Zelnak building and were then discovered to be Tech students.

A check by the officer through GCIC/NCIC returned no wants or warrants for either of the stu-dents. They were issued warn-ings for criminal trespass as well as Student Code of Conduct vio-lations. Furthermore, they were banned from making entrance to both the roof of the Zelnak building as well as the roof of McCamish Pavilion.

CONCRETE EVIDENCEOn Friday, Oct. 23, at about

2:46 a.m., a GTPD officer re-sponded to a report of a sick individual in the courtyard be-tween Matheson and Perry.

The officer, upon arriving at the scene, observed an indi-vidual lying down on an area of the ground composed primar-ily of concrete. After confirming that the individual maintained a pulse and had evidence of breathing, the officer confirmed that the person was, in fact, a student. He also noted a scent of alcoholic beverages in the area immediate to the individual.

Two officers, including the original responder, then pro-ceeded to attempt to change the student’s consciousness status from a sleeping state to a state of awareness. The officers were suc-cessful in their endeavor, and the student converted his posture into standing mode.

However, the student was not capable of speaking in a coherent manner and proceeded to vomit shortly after standing. Some of this vomit landed on the ground adjacent to the location that the original responding GTPD officer was standing.

Later, at approximately 2:55 a.m., a Grady ambulance unit arrived on the scene and trans-ported the student to the Atlanta Medical Center.

Both the relevant Hall Direc-tor as well as the on-call Dean were notified of the incident. The student received a Student Code of Conduct violation due to his alcohol consumption activity as an underage individual.

NO DUTCH MASTERAt approximately 1:24 a.m.

on Friday, Oct. 16, a GTPD of-

ficer was walking along Bobby Dodd Way when he discerned a strong odor reminiscent of burning marijuana.

According to the officer’s re-port, he was able to determine that the smell was indeed mari-juana due to his knowledge, training and experience. There were no individuals observable in the immediate area, but the distinct odor became stronger as the officer approached the courtyard entrance of Hanson residence hall.

Upon entering the court-yard, the officer heard sounds that indicated that an individual was moving away at some speed from his location through the pine straw and ivy. The officer was able to locate this person and stop her.

The individual, whose eyes were reportedly glassy in nature, was discovered to be a student. Questioning revealed that the student was in possession of vari-ous drug-related paraphernalia, which she turned over to the of-ficer. The student received a Stu-dent Code of Conduct violation for the incident.

MAURA CURRIE,MONICA JAMISON

CONTRIBUTING WRITER, ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

MEAT CAUSES CANCERThe World Health Organiza-

tion released a report on Oct. 26 indicating that processed meats that have been smoked, cured or treated with salts and preserva-tives are class one carcinogens to humans, meaning that they have been proven to cause cancer.

Consuming as little as 50 grams of processed meats per day — fewer than two slices of bacon — raises one’s chances of developing colorectal cancer by

nearly 20 percent, though re-searchers from the University of Oxford say that eating processed meats rarely and in moderation will not cause significant harm.

Other class one carcinogens include alcohol and plutonium.

NEW MALARIA DRUG

On Oct. 27, a report was re-leased that Ivermectin, a new drug used to kill parasitic worms, may be useful in preventing ma-laria in patients.

Researchers from the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (Institute for Research in Sanitary Sciences) in Burkina Faso and from Colorado State University are conducting trials in eight African villages and thus far have concluded that the drug paralyzes and kills mosquitos in a similar way to the parasitic worms it was designed to kill. In villages utilizing the drug, nearly 10 percent more children sur-vived the rainy season without contracting malaria than those without the drug.

The team behind this use-case of Ivermectin was jointly award-

ed half of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, with the other half going to another anti-malarial drug, Artemisinin.

EARTHQUAKE IN S. ASIAA 7.5-magnitude earthquake

struck much of South Asia on Oct. 26, destroying infrastruc-ture in isolated areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. At least 385 people have died, and the death toll is likely to rise as rescue and aid efforts continue in more re-mote areas. UNICEF reports that those living in hard-hit ru-ral provinces are now at extreme risk of death from exposure to freezing temperatures in coming days and nights.

IRAN JOINS SYRIA TALKSIranian Foreign Minister Mo-

hammad Javad Zarif will attend talks in Vienna to discuss the Syrian conflict with representa-tives from the U.S., Russia, Sau-di Arabia and other countries. While the U.S. and Saudi Arabia support the Syrian opposition groups, Iran supports the Assad government. Russia is also allied

with Assad and has been increas-ing their military support.

Though Iran denies sending combat troops to Syria, there are reports of Iranian troops in Syria in addition to the assembling of a paramilitary force and the deaths of Iranian “volunteers.” Russia invited Iran to the talks, and the U.S. will tolerate Iran’s involvement. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that ending the Syrian civil war is crucial for defeating ISIS. These talks will be the first formal negotiations between the U.S. and Iran since the nuclear deal.

BLIMP RECOVEREDA U.S. military blimp that

detects missile attacks came loose in Maryland and floated for three hours before landing in Muncy, Pa. Called a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), the 200-foot-long blimp caused about 18,000 pow-er outages. Bad weather is the suspected cause for its escape. The JLENS is used for surveil-lance in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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HASIT DEWANASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Starting this fall, the Institute will be offering a new Financial Training Program for adminis-tration and professionals within the Tech community. Developed by finance professionals affiliated with Tech, the program is meant to empower the financial commu-nity at Tech with the knowledge they need to successfully navigate Tech’s business processes.

Financial experts at GTRI pi-loted many of the new courses this past summer, providing advice and commentary to increase the effectiveness of the programs.

“I found the training program

to be really practical,” said Julie Stovernik, assistant director of Financial Operations at GTRI. “It provided me an opportu-nity to refresh and expand my knowledge of Tech’s financial op-erations — something we all can benefit from. It was interactive, informative and offered several realistic scenarios for everyday applications.”

This Financial Management Knowledge Development series will consist of two segments. The first will focus on educating people to have a solid foundation regarding Tech’s management and financial processes. Topics will include basic accounting, the procure-to-pay process, human resources, payroll, travel and ex-

penses. Depending on an employ-ee’s title, he or she will be offered more targeted courses meant to focus solely on the responsibilities and knowledge required at that specific post.

The other segment, The Extra-mural Sponsored Training Pro-gram, will delve further in depth in topics covered in the first seg-ment and explain the manage-ment of grants and contracts.

This fall, the program will be opened to an initial group of pro-fessionals within the Tech com-munity. As the year progresses, more people will be invited to participate in the pilot. The goal is to eventually have a full pro-gram that all administration can participate in.

New finance program introduced

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New financial training program will educate Tech professionals through two segments. The program hopes to expand later in the year to include more administrators and professionals.

DAVID RAJINEWS EDITOR

EINSTEIN COMES TO TECHLast Friday, a statue of Einstein

sculpted by American artist Rob-ert Berks was unveiled at Tech.

The statue is roughly 3,000 lbs. in total and resides at the north-west corner of Tech Green, near the Van Leer building. Berks’s widow Dorothy selected Tech to receive the statue from among a number of interested parties.

“I think this is an iconic piece that is going to represent Georgia Tech’s commitment to improving the human condition,” said Pro-vost Rafael L. Bras in a statement.

This is the third likeness of Einstein sculpted by Berks: the first and second are located at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, respectively.

STAFF COUNCIL ELECTIONSNext Monday, elections for six

open Staff Council positions will be initiated. The results of the elections will likely be announced sometime early in December. In

total, 61 individuals were nomi-nated for the positions.

Tech’s Staff Council deals with a number of various issues, in-cluding health care premiums set by the University System of Geor-gia. Committees of the Council have also discussed items such as staff recognition programs and summer camps.

Voting for the available posi-tions on Tech’s Staff Council will be open from Nov. 2–13.

TECH TEAMS WIN HACK ATLBoth the first and second place

prizes of the Hack ATL compe-tition were awarded to teams of Tech students.

The “hackathon,” which took place mid-October at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, involved the creation of a new startup business within a time-frame of 36 hours. At the end of this period, the teams then would have to pitch their ideas to investors.

The first place-winning team developed the mobile applica-tion “Divy,” which was designed to facilitate a quick and easy re-imbursement process. Garrett Wallace, John Riley and Ryan Brooks made up the victorious team, and they received a cash prize of $7,000 plus a chance to get $100,000 worth of investment from the Seraph group.

Second place winners created the app “Navlit,” which locates matches in personality and in-terests between visitors to a geo-graphical area and residents. A cash prize of $5,000 was awarded to the team.

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A student expelled from Tech in September for sexual miscon-duct is now speaking out against the investigative process of the Of-fice of Student Integrity’s (OSI).

Chris Yeager was expelled on Sept. 4 on a charge of commit-ting non-consensual sexual inter-course. According to Yeager, the alleged victim was a friend. Yeager recounted his side of the events in a Facebook post on Oct. 18.

“I met her in January, 2015 ... and we became best friends after that,” Yeager said. “The alleged incident took place at my dorm on April 17. The day before, there are text messages of her asking if I’m looking for a friend with benefits. I have text messages between [her] and [me] 20 minutes before sex, and she was saying she was fine.”

According to the post, the woman consented to having sex but later claimed that during the act, Yeager covered her mouth while she attempted to scream for help, at which point she blacked out. Yeager recounted that there was continued intercourse before the woman left the room and be-gan talking to seven people. Ac-cording to Yeager, “she was fine.”

“April 18, she comes to my rugby game, and there were wit-nesses that she was pointing at me and giggling to her friends,” Yea-ger continued. “Later that night, I was passed out on a couch, and

two witnesses saw her make out with me while I was unconscious.”

According to Yeager, he at-tempted suicide two hours after a final exam that he assumed he would fail. He stated that after being released from the hospital, he told his friends, including the woman in question. According to Yeager, she wanted to be friends, but needed time.

The alleged victim contacted OSI regarding the incident on Jul. 20, nearly three months after the alleged incident occurred, and OSI contacted Yeager 11 days lat-er to notify him of the allegations.

“Per Title IX requirements,” said Peter Paquette, assistant dean of students and deputy Title IX director for students, “the In-stitute will investigate a report whenever it is received.”

OSI’s sexual misconduct case policies resemble the stipulations of Title IX, which mandate that federally funded institutions take action against perpetrators of sexual violence.

Following an investigation by an OSI Student Conduct Ad-ministrator, a decision to charge a respondent must be made by the investigating Administrator with a preponderance of evidence. However, Yeager claims that his investigation was biased.

“The investigator who expelled me has had two days of sexual as-sault experience in her life,” Yeager said. “She wouldn’t even question the witnesses who saw [the alleged victim] immediately after sex. I

met with her twice. Both times it was clear they didn’t care what I said. I know it’s a difficult thing to speak out against. But all the signs show I did nothing.”

Yeager’s case was only exam-ined by the initial investigator, though, according to Paquette, a new investigator can be appointed if a conflict of interest is found.

In cases resulting in suspen-sions or expulsions, a victim or respondent dissatisfied with the initial ruling can appeal the deci-sion to the dean of students and Institute president, who can sus-tain, alter or reverse the decision as they see fit. According to OSI, Yeager’s case was not appealed.

In light of mounting com-

plaints about OSI’s procedures, on Oct. 27, President G.P. “Bud” Peterson created an advisory group chaired by Nels Peterson (no relation), chief legal officer of the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents. The purpose of the task force is to assess OSI’s procedures and compare them to those of other schools nationwide.

Expelled student speaks about his OSI ruling

Photo courtesy of Chris Yeager

Chris Yeager was expelled from Tech in September for allegations of sexual misconduct. His case was heard by OSI; however, he has claimed that his investigation was biased.

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DAVID RAJINEWS EDITOR

Following allegations that black female students were racially harassed on campus, Tech Presi-dent G.P. “Bud” Peterson oversaw the formation of a task force to examine the experience of mem-bers of Tech’s African American community. The task force came into existence at the beginning of the semester and has since held a number of meetings.

According to Archie Ervin, Tech’s vice president of Insti-tute Diversity and a co-chair of the task force, the task force now numbers 13 members, six of whom are students.

“The first big difficulty has been to get interested parties to-gether,” Ervin said. “We came to-gether to talk about [the fact that] students had gone to the Dean of Students’s office and had made known that there were lots of things happening on the campus in terms of students of color, par-ticularly black students, that just weren’t included in [the alleged ra-cial harassment incident] — that there were other kinds of campus issues and experiences that stu-dents felt that they were having due to their racial makeups.”

Ervin explained that the pur-pose of the task force’s early meet-ings were to determine ways to respond to people who had con-tacted the administration. Meth-ods through which to make the

campus more inclusive and wel-coming to everyone were a focus.

“Our basic framing of it was ‘Are there experiences that people can represent that would help us to understand what these inter-sections are?’” Ervin said. “‘And if there are things that we see as problematic in any way, are they actionable? Are they things we can do anything about as a leader-ship team? If they are, what can

you do?’ That’s sort of my lay of the land of the task force.”

John Stein, Tech’s dean of stu-dents and vice president of Stu-dent Life, also serves as a co-chair of the African American student experience task force.

“Students have been, on their own, collecting testimonies, or stories, from other students,” Stein said. “They shared that, as of [the most recent meeting], they have

about 30 stories from students. And these are stories of their ex-perience here at Georgia Tech as a black student on campus.”

Stein added that the task force had looked into planning focus groups, which will be open dis-cussions open to all students and facilitated by a member of the Tech community through the Of-fice of Strategic Consulting.

“Our hope is that we will get

through the bulk of the work through this academic semester,” Stein said. “We may bump into the spring term and then have a series of recommendations to the President. The President was the one who originally called for this task force.”

Stein emphasized that, while the task force may have occurred due to allegations of racial harass-ment, they are not the sole reason.

Light shed on African American experience

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Tech’s African American Student Union meets to discuss their upcoming events. The African American student experi-ence task force plans to work with student organizations that are oriented towards black members of the Tech community.

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OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

The student judicial process reviewTech’s judiciary need to regain the trust of the students

The controversies behind Phi Delta Theta’s suspension and the expulsion of a student over an alleged false rape accusa-tion have students are up in arms about the alleged unfair student judicial process. It is no doubt in Tech’s best interest to conduct a review of this process; however, before we can applaud the institution for being so proactive, we must call out the blatant bias surrounding this review.

The legitimacy of this review process must be called into question when only two of the six members are not affiliated with this institution. Not only are the ma-jority of the members actively involved on Tech’s campus, but the chief justice of SGA’s undergraduate judicial court is also a part of the advisory board. This member is being asked to investigate the process he oversees by calling into question his abil-ity to remain impartial.

Having many Tech-affiliated members on this board may have its benefits be-

cause all these members are sure to have the best intentions for the students and this institution; however, it is difficult for people heavily involved to find fault in the situation, and the purpose of this advisory board is not to validate the judicial process but rather make meaningful changes.

The Office of Student Integrity’s (OSI) judgement could also be called into ques-tion because students are upset by the outcomes of their decisions. Therefore, it could seem like a waste of resources to as-semble an impartial board, but this is defi-nitely not the case. In fact, if it is proven that the judicial practices are fair, OSI will be able to retain it legitimacy.

These recent events have garnered dis-trust amongst students. Therefore, Tech should seriously consider hiring unaffili-ated consultants or lawyers to oversee this review process because without a proper investigation, students are going to lose confidence in the judiciary.

The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.

Missing Tech student located

VTHVBE

Unfortunately, the latest update is now making Mr. Hubert look like one of the biggest idiots in the

history of Georgia Tech. The story is going viral. Gotta feel sorry for the family. It won’t help the Phi Delts

with their OSI complaint, either.

Nancy

Very well written... The facts were given. The BS incrimination, accusations, speculations, bitterness,

and innuendoes were left out. Thanks!

OSI responds to Phi Delta Theta claims

Pat

Conclusive video evidence proved the allegations to be false, it’s embarrassing for the administration to

pretend otherwise at this point.

VTHVBE

It’s your typical Title IX university witch hunt. Twenty years from now, when alumni donations are dropping

through the floor because the Greek alumni who normally give 80% of all donations want nothing more

to do with Tech, then the people running the school are going to regret that the Social Justice Warriors made a complete joke of due process on campus.

No Justice No Peace

Preponderance (n) - when one girl is the sole witness of her claims despite conflicting video evidence

and her friends corroborate afterwards with flimsy unsubstantiated claims.

“Oh yeah totally. That happened to me too one time.”

Adam

You forgot the part where the video evidence clearly shows nothing was amiss.

technique editorial boardBrenda Lin EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Nick Johnson MANAGING EDITOR

Vidya Iyer OPINIONS EDITORJonathan Long SPORTS EDITOR

Samira Bandaru LIFE EDITORKripa Chandran ONLINE EDITOR

Max Kaltman BUSINESS MANAGER

Trishna Chandarana ENTERTAINMENT EDITORBrighton Kamen DESIGN EDITORAlexis Brazier HEAD COPY EDITOR

Ross Lindsay WEB DEVELOPERMonica Jamison ASST. PHOTO EDITOR

technique • October 30, 2015• 7// OPINIONS

The initial plunge into the frigid water is an almost heart attack-inducing shock at 5:30 a.m., but with a few strokes my limbs feel warm and weight-less. After a lap and a half, I am effortlessly propelling my-self through the water, thinking about breathing, and only breath-ing. And pos-sibly about how much chlorine I can ingest before I die. But dur-ing the moments when I’m not inhaling chlorinated water or drowning in an effort to keep my chin above the five foot wa-ter level, I’m calm, my mind is blank, and I feel no stress at all, which leads me to believe one of two things — I’m actually a fish in a human’s body or exercise is actually a brilliant idea. We’ll save the “why-I’m-actually-a-fish” editorial for a later date.

My roommate and I started our workout routine in Febru-ary of our freshman year, after realizing that doing intermittent Pilates workouts in a dark cor-ner of the study lounge was a tad sketchy. We progressed to more rigorous Pilates workouts in the fitness room of Smith Residence hall, and after moving into sep-arate apartments the following year, continued to workout by swimming at the CRC.

Looking back at the past months of my routine exercis-ing, these ritualistic workouts are not only an exercise in test-ing my physical abilities, but also an exercise in setting goals and being constantly aware of my physical and mental state.

Things are tough at Tech, and if you haven’t experienced it, you must be magical. Stress

can get to the best of us. By the mere fact that we’re at this school, many of us are ambitious perfectionists and can drown in the amount of stress we face.

Devoting your focus for a good half an hour to exercising can do wonders in elim-inating stress and developing a consistent ex-ercise schedule (and sticking to it) will improve your physical fitness and your

overall willpower. Exercising over the past few

months became a healthy ad-diction. After going through a period of not exercising over the summer, there was a less than positive difference in my mood as well as my physical state. Once school started again and my roommate and I began swimming, I felt less anxious and less stressed than I had over the summer, despite the fact that this is my busiest semester yet.

I realized that exercise, and keeping my general mental and physical health in check, shouldn’t just be a priority, but a top priority. What is the point of working for everything that you’re working for, if you’re not healthy enough to work for and enjoy the profits?

Exercising was also a testa-ment to my willpower. A few days ago, I realized that if I can wake up at 5:15 a.m. to jump into a freezing pool and exert myself more than I thought that I could, then I could achieve anything that I set my mind to. Granted, I always had my friend plugging along right next to me, but it’s difficult to get through anything in life without support.

MINA KUMARFIRST-YEAR CS

“I like to fill it with a class that fits a requirement

while I am on the waitlist”

CHRISTINA BUIFIRST-YEAR CM

“I talk to my adviser and see if there is another class I

can take in my major”

CONNOR HUTCHERSONFOURTH-YEAR ME

“If I get stuck, I constantly revise the schedule until all

the classes click”

JENNA LECATESFIRST-YEAR AE

“I constantly refresh the page all week”

What is your strategy when you don’t get a

class you need?

Exercise is crucial for better overall health

“ ... I feel no stress at all, which leads me

to believe ... exercise is actually a brilliant

idea.”

SAMIRA BANDARULIFE EDITOR

Oftentimes, I get asked why I joined a dance team. Our practices tend to take up a de-cent amount of time, in which I could probably be studying or doing home-work. To be honest, I some-times wonder that as well. Dancing well won’t impress many employ-ers, it won’t re-ally bolster my resume, and it’s not something I would need to use after college. Even winning a competition more than likely will not help me much in my post-college life.

Our practices and competi-tions are about more than just dancing though. It’s a way of expressing myself and letting out stress in a way that’s purely physical. It’s a time that allows me to stop caring, albeit tem-porarily, about classes, grades and projects. This mental break refreshes and rejuvenates me. Thus, even if I have to still work after a long practice, I feel fresh and energized; something we all need to feel more than we normally do.

As someone who can be in-troverted at times, dancing has helped me come out of my shell. Performing forces me to get up on a stage in front of hundreds of people I don’t know and per-form. I cannot afford to be hit by stage fright when I’m up there — we all depend on one another. Dancing well requires one to essentially let go of all inhibitions and fully “feel” the music. Only by doing so, can one truly put on a spectacular performance. The more I have performed on stage, the more comfortable I have become with

“letting go.” I have a much easi-er time now opening up to new people and simply being able to enjoy myself in new situations, thanks mostly, to dance.

This act of “putting oneself out there” applies to all areas of life, and has helped me become much more extro-verted as a per-son. I can credit dance with help-ing me improve upon myself in that way.

On a more social level, dance has introduced me to many peo-ple I probably would not have met before. Being in college, it’s fairly easy to find oneself social-izing with the same core group of people every day. While there is nothing wrong with this, it can be nice to sometimes meet and socialize with different groups of people. Joining this organization has helped me meet some people I probably would have never met before.

Another benefit of dancing is that it has tremendously helped me stay in shape. Too often, I have found myself making elaborate workout plans for the upcoming semester, only to be foiled by my own procrastina-tion and laziness. With dance, I am forced to engage in an in-tense cardio workout for several hours every week. The cardio helps me stay in decent shape, most notably allowing me to feel a little less guilty when I make poor diet choices.

All in all, I have to say that joining this organization has been one of the best decisions I made at Tech. It has helped mold and shape me into a better person and keep me physically fit.

My passion for dance allows me to relax

“It’s a time that allows me to stop caring ...

about classes, grades, and projects.”

HASIT DEWANASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

I was reading an online ar-ticle about ways to save time. The article suggested to pay someone else to do your cooking or cleaning for you. The crux of the argument was that even if you paid money for someone else’s labor, it could still be a good economic decision because of the opportunity cost you’d pay if you did the work yourself — that is to say, you’d be able to spend more time working at your own job, making money. I was struck by the absence of any other justification for trying to save time for yourself. Spending time with your friends and fam-ily, enjoying a book or a piece of music — these are irrelevant, what matters is the financial as-pect. To consider otherwise, it seemed to suggest, would simply be immoral.

I believe in a more holistic approach to considering the worth of your time. It’s not my aim to demonize worrying about money completely. There are certainly people who justifi-ably are worried about money, where the difference could mean being able to pay for school or for the well being of yourself or a

loved one. But there’s an error in thinking that occurs quite com-monly for a simple reason — money is a number, and it can keep going higher indefinitely.

If you consider having more money to always be better, then you will never reach the maxi-mum amount of good possible: two dollars is better than one, three dollars is better than two, and so on and so forth up to infinity. Furthermore, the hardness and tangibility of that number means it can have a disproportionate weight in our thinking process. If you decide to work fewer hours and culti-vate a new hobby with your free time, how do you quantify the amount of enjoyment you get

from that hobby? It’s a difficult question to answer.

The same can be said of grades: when you get back a test or an assignment, there’s a clear cut number written in red ink telling you the worth of the work you’ve accomplished. It’s meant to reflect the knowl-edge and understanding you’ve gained, but there’s no guarantee of that. There’s at least a cap on how much you can exert your-self, with an A being the limit of how high you can bring your grade. Grades, however, have the drawback of feeling even more like a competition with data about test performance frequently being presented for the class.

My argument is simply that we should carefully consider the amount of importance we at-tach to those numbers. If you get a seventy on an assignment you know you could have gotten a ninety on, should you feel bad? Maybe. But, how much would your understanding have been improved in working towards that ninety? How important is that understanding, in terms of its satisfaction to you and its usefulness? How important is that good grade? What did you gain by doing whatever you were doing instead of studying? The same sanity check can be ap-plied to money, especially since how much money you have isn’t a measure of anything other than how much money you have and the money’s only worth what you spend it on.

In the end, the question is one of value. We’re all ultimate-ly free to decide within our own minds what matters to us. For me, the most important thing is obvious: to be happy and satis-fied with yourself and the life you’re living. Keeping track of numbers is useful only as far as it furthers that goal.

Numbers aren’t the only measure“ ... money is a number and

it can keep going higher indefinitely...you’ve never

reached the maximum amount ... ”

ALEX COVINGTONASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

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I have been lucky enough to see some pretty amazing football games in my time at Tech. Per-haps the two most memorable ones that I have seen in person oc-curred during homecoming, and they both resulted in rushing the field. I was a freshman during the upset of undefeated No. 6 Clem-son in 2011, and now as a fifth-year senior, I got to experience the Miracle on Techwood Drive from the front row of SWARM.

With these two incredible homecoming games in the past few years, it’s easy to forget an-other one that was perhaps more important: the 2013 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers. In fact, it is not a stretch to say that De-Andre Smelter’s deep fourth quar-ter catch in that game saved head coach Paul Johnson’s career here and enabled the magisterial 2014 campaign to happen.

Since it was a few years ago, here is the situation the Jackets faced heading in to the game. Their record sat at 5-3, but since the team played two FCS schools that season they would need sev-en wins to become bowl eligible. With near-guaranteed losses to Clemson and Georgia still to be played, this game was a must-win

for the Jackets in order to keep the bowl streak alive. Moreover, that offense for that season was the worst-performing Tech of-fense under Johnson, which com-bined with a middling 7-7 finish in 2012. This meant that Johnson was on the hot seat; an inefficient offense with no bowl appearance and another season of losses to all four of our rivals would spell doom for Johnson’s tenure with the Jackets.

The team faced a 3rd and 17 at midfield late in the fourth quar-ter up 14-10, and there were two possibilities for the game to follow from here. Either the Jackets pick up the first down and continue the drive (and burn some more time off of the clock), or they do not, giving the Panthers another chance to take the lead. Thank-fully for Tech, the first option happened. Quarterback Vad Lee dropped back and heaved the ball 42 yards downfield to wide re-ceiver Smelter. Smelter, with two Pitt defenders right next to him ready to make a play, sprang into the air and reached over both of them to make a sensational catch. The Jackets scored on that drive and won the game by a final score of 21-10. The team finished the

regular season with a 7-5 record and earned a berth in the Music City Bowl.

But what if Smelter did not come down with that ball? What if the game followed that second path? It is easy to envision either one of those two defenders get-ting a hand on the ball, knocking it away and forcing the Jackets to punt. From there, the defense still could have made the stop and won the game, but they could have also given up the touchdown and lost. Then how does the rest of 2013 and beyond play out? The team would still lose to Clemson and Geor-gia, and not make a Bowl at 6-6. Johnson would be fired, as fans (and more importantly, the Ath-letic Association) would feel that his option offense was ineffective. We would find a new coach and spend a few years with a mediocre record because Johnson’s offensive recruits would struggle to adapt to a more traditional scheme.

Instead, Smelter made the catch and saved the program from that fate. His catch gave manage-ment no reason to fire Paul John-son, which set the team up for its unbelievable 2014 season. (In case you forgot, we beat all four of our rivals in the same year for the first time ever, shocked Georgia for the first time since 2008, won the ACC Coastal division, nearly beat undefeated Florida State in the ACC Championship game, and upset former No. 1 Missis-sippi State in the Orange Bowl.) Although the game was not as flashy as Clemson 2011 or FSU 2015 and did not result in may-hem on Grant Field, the Jackets’ 2013 homecoming victory over Pitt is still worthy of celebration.

Remembering the plays that have made an impact

“With these two incredible homecoming games in the past few years, it’s easy to

forget another one that was perhaps more important ... ”

JOE SOBCHUKASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT

Pokemon GymOn Nov. 19, the world’s

first real-life Pokemon gym will open it’s doors in Osaka, Japan. For those willing to travel across the land (and sea), the gym will be both an edu-cational environment for kids, focusing on improving so-cial skills and providing vari-ous Pokemon-themed arcade games, and an actually real Pokemon gym for everyone to train, trade, battle and be the best there ever was.

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Homecoming MistakeHomecoming week is mark-

ed by all of the games and events that take place to get people into the spirit of some friendly competition. This past week, it was announced that Alpha Phi had won second place; however, the next day the website claimed Alpha Gam won second. Was this a mistake or was the right team not recognized? We may never know. Nevertheless, congrats to all the participating teams.

CybersecurityWith the ever-growing

amount of cybersecurity thre-ats, Georgia Tech is once again on the forefront of research and innovation by recently forming an interdisciplinary research collaboration of 200 researchers from nine labs to form the Institute for Informa-tion Security & Privacy (IISP). The goal of IISP is to push research out into the market-place so that people can feel safe in this digital age.

Spring Valley ArrestA young black high school

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JONATHAN LONGSPORTS EDITOR

Hate is healthy. Have you ever taken a nice stroll around campus, only to be met with the sudden urge to punch a fellow student in the face? A complete strang-er; you don’t know their name, their hobbies or even what their mother looks like. And yet the feeling remains. For rea-sons known only to God and Sigmund Freud, you hate someone you’ve had no experience with.

Saturday comes and that feeling is welling up inside you. The tingling in your fists that will not subside until they meet a stranger’s face. But no longer is your aggres-sion targeted at your fel-low Tech student; your knuckles long for the jugular of the red-clad miscreant cheering for the Dawgs.

You feel a certain stirring in your stom-ach, the growing ties of brotherhood between you and the other poor souls sent to suffer the slings and arrows of Tech. United by the common bond of hat-ing the visiting team, or dare I say, the in-truding team. Historic Grant Field does not deserve to be stepped

on by these devils. The average IQ on campus is dropping faster than your GPA. Yes, you still hate strangers, but you can finally feel justi-fied by the pretense of school spirit.

Win or lose, you fought together. You released your hate upon a more worthy victim, leaving your soul free to appreciate your broth-ers and sisters in suffer-ing. Even after a week of midterms, all-nighters and illiterate teachers: you are proud to be a Yellow Jacket.

College football is so integral to the college experience because even if you have no interest in football, you’re still coming together with your fellow students to experience a moment that is greater than all of us. The camaraderie for our school stems, not because of the guys running around on the field, but because of the fans that marched onto your turf and disre-spected your education.

At the end of the day, we should be more than just a diverse group of people trying to get an education. A college should be a family, and nothing creates a fam-ily faster than college football.

YESVIDYA IYER

OPINIONS EDITORS

I don’t really under-stand the hype behind college football. To me, it’s just a bunch of guys running around in tights tackling each other for a ball. Don’t get me wrong, the discipline, reflex and strength these players have is no doubt admi-rable, but football just isn’t my thing.

I’ve only been to one game and left halfway into it. I missed the Brave and Bold’s jaw dropping moments like the victory against u[sic]GA and the Miracle on Techwood, and I, frank-ly, have no regrets.

For me, football games aren’t defining moments to my college experience. Are they fun to go to once in a while? Maybe. But ulti-mately it boils down to a bunch of people coming together to irrationally hate another group of people by yelling a lot, sipping on beers and eating greasy foods.

There are obviously more experiences, better experiences, that can de-fine your college years.

I believe personal discoveries and relation-ships make far more of an impact than going

to every football game of the season. College should be a time of self-discovery and growth.

I think people should be going out of their comfort zones and try-ing new things. Perhaps join the rowing team, make out with your best friend or take a random video production class. Learn about the things that make you tick and the things that make you open up and talk.

These are the expe-riences that will enrich your life. From them come interesting stories to be told or a lessons to be learned.

However, to each his own, and to the avid football fans, these games may be your source of joy and exis-tence. But I encourage you to forgo a game and save yourself a few hours to go an adventure and do exhilarating and out of the norm.

These moments of self-discovery are what you are going to carry with you out of college. Not the mindless yell-ing and cursing. Not the loud band playing obnoxious show tunes. And certainly not the endless amount of time you spend reacting to a game you have no control over.

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technique10Friday,

October 30, 2015

LIFE EDITOR: Samira BandaruASSTISTANT LIFE EDITOR: Alex Covingtonlife@nique.net

Life Welcoming Mr. & Ms. GTHenderson Johnson II and Marissa “Missy” Pittard have

been awarded the title Mr. & Ms. Georgia Tech 2015. 412

Students and faculty discuss campus safety ALEX COVINGTON

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

Of perennial concern to staff and students is the safety of those going about their business at Tech. This past Monday, those concerns were addressed openly in an effort to create fruitful dia-logue at the Georgia Tech Cam-pus Safety Talk.

The talk provided an open fo-rum for anyone who wished to ask questions or bring up concerns on the topic of safety. Present at the talk were a number of senior rep-resentatives of safety groups avail-able to answer questions. Christ Leighty, the public safety direc-tor for Midtown Atlanta, talked about safety in Midtown, which is important to students because of its close proximity, just east of campus. He gave a number of tips for students, such as keeping one earbud out when listening to mu-sic to increase situational aware-ness as well as not talking on the phone while walking for the same reason. He also advocated hiding personal belongings such as book-bags and purses in cars to help prevent break-ins.

Officer Connelly of the GTPD was also present to answer ques-tions and take note of the con-cerns of attendees.

Student representatives of vari-ous groups also spoke about issues on behalf of students. Alex Grady, who represented athletes on cam-pus, pointed out that athletes were often placed at risk because of travel to and from practice either very early in the morning or late at night. He pointed out the lack of a bus option that could trans-port students, as well as the fact that athletes with vehicles have to choose between parking near practice and parking at their own dormitories.

Problems faced related to Greek life were also addressed by Melissa Holmes, president of the Panhellenic Council. She explained that the large amount of late night foot traffic in and around Greek housing called for adequate lighting for back alleys, which is not always provided.

Besides safety from robbery and assault, another concern was traffic safety. Participants brought up problems such as confusion over the HAWK signal on North Avenue near the alumni house as contributing to an increased risk to pedestrians. Another is-sue addressed was the suitability of crosswalks for individuals with disabilities, given the lack of suf-ficient time for some to cross as well as the lack of audible signals to cross for the visually impaired.

The talk was initially meant to be the Georgia Tech Safety Walk but was moved indoors due do the weather. The walk is an annual discussion that allows for a tour of areas of campus at the same time that potential issues surrounding those areas are discussed. In the

past, suggestions from the safety walk have affected the implemen-tation of campus development. For example, the creation of the pedestrian-only road running between the Petit Biotechnology Building and the Marcus Nano-technology Building was a result

of the walk, as was the increased presence of blue light emergen-cy phones. Thanks to the these events, the administration is able to hear the voice of those inti-mately familiar with campus safe-ty concerns and prioritize their projects based on those concerns.

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

The safety talk was introduced by Eliot Beckham, campus infrastructure chair of SGA. Eliot em-

phasized that the goal was to get feedback from students and find out what they think is unsafe.

HANNA WARLICKCONTRIBUTING WRITER

“Never stand still,” is the motto third-year Raianna Brown lives by. She interprets this as “never set-

tling or being complacent, especially when it comes to

following [her] passions.”It is a good thing too,

because on top of being a full-time Industrial Engineering major at Tech, Brown is enrolled at Emory for Dance,

each week dancing 17 or more hours.

At age five, Brown saw the Alvin Ailey American

Dance Theater perform in Atlanta along with the Lion King musical, and she became hooked. She started with a sum-mer camp and moved on to teachers that pushed

her to take classes with students five to ten years older than her. By age 13, she was training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Modern Dance at Price Performing Arts Center in College Park. Of the four mem-bers in Brown’s immediate fam-ily, all of them had matriculated through Tech.

“When I initially began my college search, Georgia Tech was pretty high on the list,” Brown said. “However, I still maintained ap-prehensions about attending Tech because I knew that I wanted to continue to study dance in college.”

Brown applied and was accepted to Tech and knew she wanted to fol-low in the footsteps of her parents and two sisters. She insisted that she be able to continue dancing in college, so during her first year, she trained at the local dance studio Gotta Dance Atlanta. In the mean-time, she was setting up meetings with the Vice Provost, advisors and

anyone she could get in touch with who might be able to help bring her dream to fruition.

She was pointed towards the At-lanta Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE) program. This program brings together twen-ty public and private colleges in the Atlanta area to have cooperative programs like library sharing and cross-registration.

The latter is what interested Brown. By cross-registering, she would be able to pay for classes through Tech and take classes at Emory that would be transferred back and apply as resident credit.

However, there was one problem: Brown was a sophomore, and the program required at least junior-lev-el standing. Brown was determined, and her advisor and the Registrar’s office were willing to work with her to make it happen. However, Brown admits there is still a struggle be-tween having two majors.

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ELIZABETH RAMANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Founder of the “Corporate Governance” class in the Scheller College of Business, Seletha But-ler is known as Tech’s very own champion for ethics. Her career and research have provided her with a vast knowledge and experi-ence base in ethics.

Before coming to Tech, she graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced as an attor-ney for 14 years. Within this time period, she gained experience as both in-house counsel and exter-nal counsel for global firms focus-ing on mergers and acquisitions. As in-house counsel, she had the opportunity to understand how deals were put together through interaction with businesspeople; in contrast, as external counsel, she found she had to effectively probe businesses for details to gain strategic information to per-form her work.

After practicing law, Butler went on to gain more knowledge by obtaining a Tech MBA with a global focus. She has always been enthusiastic about the academic world, so she accepted a teaching opportunity for undergraduates at Tech’s Scheller College of Busi-ness. In between teaching classes on business law and ethics, she completes research.

Professor Butler conducts re-search that focuses on boards of directors and corporate gover-nance. She explains the impor-tance of the composition and ac-tivities of organizations’ boards of directors through her research. Butler also helps find ways for organizations to diversify their boards of directors. Within her

other research focus — corporate governance — she analyzes the ethics of organizations and how they function.

People or platforms that foster and accept energy and the need to progress through change inspire Butler. She enjoys completing her research because she looks at both the theoretical view as well as how

it is applicable to industries. Her findings directly affect each and every organization. Industries and trade associations around the U.S. have recognized the importance of ethics after cases like the Enron scandal. They ask Butler to pres-ent her findings to them to help them implement ethical standards within their departments.

When Professor Butler is not conducting research or leading a classroom, she enjoys travelling both domestically and interna-tionally to see how people live and also to integrate herself with other cultures. She likes to “shop for a purpose” and hang out with her friends in her free time. She is also passionate about following college sports because of the “integrity, competitive spirit and hard work” that the players and coaches ex-press before and after the games.

Butler feels that she is able to balance her research, social life and classes easily. She says her favorite recent accomplishment is “getting students comfortable to engage with [her] as a professor and to have them share interests and seeing how [her] experience can help them in their careers.”

Through a student poll, Butler was awarded the Scheller College of Business Professor of the Year in elective courses in 2013. She has the ability to make her ethics class lessons relevant to the work world by bringing in speakers and fostering group activities. Her goal is for her students to enjoy learning about ethics so that they may carry the knowledge they gain from her class into the work world. Professor Butler is an asset to the Scheller team because of her talent for mentoring students and skill in collaborating with the faculty team.

Professor Butler thoroughly enjoys being part of the Jacket community and is inspired by “young people looking to make a positive impact on the society we live in.” She believes in inspiring her students to cultivate a strong understanding of the importance of ethics to utilize in their lives and careers.

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Professor Butler is an alumna of Georgia Tech’s MBA pro-

gram. She teaches and conducts research on corporate ethics.

Professor named ethics champion Harrison, a second-year ENVE. “He was the father of science so it makes sense … and it’s in a good, central location too.”

But although some were open to the idea of the addition of the Einstein monument, some seemed disappointed after actually seeing the statue. The appearance of the bronze Albert was not quite up to par with expectations.

“It’s nicer than the weird circle of bushes they had in the middle of the sidewalk,” said Haley Ho-ang, fourth-year, IE. After seeing the statue, however, she added, “I think it doesn’t look good. I like the entire layout but I don’t like the statue itself.”

Perhaps students are more ap-preciative of the monument after learning that it is the last of three Einstein statues of this kind, brought over with the help of Georgia Tech alumni.

“I actually didn’t know it was one of three Einsteins. Why was it given? Is it a homage to our great-ness in pursuing knowledge and advancing the human race? That’s pretty cool, ” said Kali Nicholas, a fourth-year ME.

Some people even made a con-nection between our success at this year’s Homecoming game, and the presence of the statue.

“Previously the statue had come under a lot of fire and people were questioning it … but after the success against FSU, people (on Yik Yak) are starting to be-lieve that Einstein is a source of good luck. So they’ll start calling it the Ein-shrine. People are even suggesting that we put offerings in front of the statue before games,” claimed Arsène Lakpa, first-year CS major.

Hopefully the students’ gener-al attitude will continue this trend to a more positive note in appre-ciation of the special statute.

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“The hardest part of doing both dance and engineering is managing my time,” Brown said.

Brown has to travel between campuses for classes, rehearsals, meetings and tutoring while still trying to manage homework, friends and sleep. Brown main-tains that in the end, none of this really hinders her.

“If this is what it takes for me to achieve my goals in both fields,” Brown said, “I am willing to put in the work for my passions.”

Brown had choreographed a piece entitled “I Can’t Breathe” in reference to recent police brutal-ity and racial injustice in Ferguson and the rest of the U.S. A video of the performance with more than 1,000 views caught the attention of one of her teachers who then invited her to take it to Italy and study with his dance company there, Stalib Dance. Even with the linguistic and social barriers, Brown received ample praise.

“It was amazing to have my own choreography featured alongside the company’s work,” Brown said. “But what was even more amazing was to have mem-bers of the audience — Americans AND Italians — come up to me after the show and say how much the piece moved them or spoke to them.”

As far as after graduation, Brown wants to apply her Indus-trial Engineering degree to work with Humanitarian Logistics and organizations like FEMA and the Red Cross to help optimize the processes used in these organiza-tions and avoid logistic failures like during Hurricane Katrina.

Brown also strongly states, “I will have my own dance company by the time I am 25.”

When asked about combin-ing her two passions versus leav-ing them separate, Brown said, “When I first began my journey as a dancing engineer, I was very adamant about not marrying the two or somehow employing my left brain and right brain together to create something new.”

However, as her time at Tech has marched on, Brown has real-ized that she is in an uncommon and special position because of her unique perspective.

“Recently, I was highly in-spired by Huang Yi and KUKA, his dancing robot,” Brown said. “I am really interested in work-

ing with interactive lighting and playing with that and how that may look for a dance performance where the lighting not only ac-centuates the dancing but creates a whole new landscape for the dancers to explore.”

Brown has recently danced on campus at the What’s Going On:

Social Justice Concert and will be performing on Nov. 21 as part of the Miss Black & Gold District Pageant in Atlanta. Brown is also currently preparing for a per-formance on Dec. 3–5 that she choreographed and will be per-forming at Emory in the Ahana Dance Show.

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Between traveling back and forth from Emory to Tech while also simultaneously juggling her engineering coursework

and dance, Raianna is the definition of a Renaissnace woman, defying odds to follow all of her passions wholeheartedly.

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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Class of 2016San Diego, CA

Organizations: Omicron Delta Kappa, GT Student Ambassa-dors, Alpha Chi Omega, ChBE Curriculum Board, President’s Scholarship Program

On influencing change:Henderson and I both have areas we are particularly passionate about. For me, these are student wellness and student-faculty interactions. Above all, I want to use this role to keep morale high at Georgia Tech and continue to validate the incredible people that are a part of this commu-nity.

Reactions: Utter disbelief. I was completely prepared to be elated for another friend of mine on the field that night and when they read my name, it took me a minute to process what had happened. The night was full of happy tears, loving messages and unparalleled elation for Georgia Tech. The night was unforgettable.

Aerospace Engineering Major/BusinessClass of 2016Lithonia, GA

Organizations: Georgia Tech Chapter

of the National Society of Black Engineers, Georgia Tech Student

Ambassadors.

On influencing change:Mr. GT is the opportunity to truly inspire students in gen-eral and show them that they

can achieve whatever it is that they choose. I hope to, along

with Missy, speak up regarding domestic violence awareness,

campus inclusivity and making the most of the Georgia Tech

experience.

Reactions: I really just couldn’t believe it, which

is why I almost passed out on the field. My mom had to catch me. Everyone

was SCREAMING and so excited. It was an all-around exhilarating and amazing

moment. It really is still quite a blur.

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by Samira Bandaru

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ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Trishna ChandaranaASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Jamie RuleEntertainment

MONICA JAMISON

ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

A man walking on stilts and giant, colorful birds intriguingly attached to bicycles were, surpris-ingly, not the signs of the circus arriving in town but of Sunday’s Atlanta Streets Alive. From 2–6 p.m. on Oct. 25, 2.7 miles of the iconic Peachtree Street were closed to cars and open to all forms of human-powered locomotion, from unicycles to skateboards to dance. Along the route, from Edgewood Avenue to 17th Street, many businesses and organiza-tions offered activities, samples, free services and information.

After remarks by leaders, in-cluding Councilman Andre Dick-ens, City of Atlanta Chief Bicycle Officer Becky Katz, Planning Commissioner Tim Keane and Midtown Alliance CEO Kevin Green, the event kicked off with a south bound bicycle parade.

Some participants even dressed to the event’s theme of “Fox-y Halloween,” dressing as characters from past shows at the Fox Theatre accompanied by a chorus of bike bells. Many confused pedestrians whipped out their phones to re-

cord the spectacle. At the conclu-sion of the parade in Woodruff Park, entertainment, including a yoga class, pick-up soccer and a DJ, was available.

Heading northwards, many activities were available near the Peachtree Center, includ-ing local vendors, like Queen of Cream and Chuice, inflatables, zumba and poems written on de-mand. The density of people and booths decreased until near the Fox Theatre, where chalk artists were showing that their medium is not merely a children’s pas-time, and The Graduates a capella group performed.

Tech’s presence was visible near 5th Street. Tech Athletics promoted the upcoming basket-ball season, and the Tech Trans-portation Safety and Operations Lab offered $10 Starbucks gift cards in exchange for participat-ing in a survey.

Highlights of the highly traf-ficked area that continued on un-til reaching 10th Street included the #weloveatl truck, a mobile photo gallery which featured local photographers’ Instagram submis-sions of city scenes; Snyder Cycles’ truck, which offered convenient

bicycle repairs; and Atlanta Bicy-cle Coalition, the event organizer, which provided free bicycle rent-als in partnership with the Atlanta Bike Challenge.

The idea of closing the roads to cars began in Colombia in the ‘70s, where now the “ciclovías”

take over 70 miles for seven hours every Sunday and about two mil-lion people participate.

The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition has organized Streets Alive since 2010, and last Sunday was the fourth time that the event has closed Peachtree Street to cars.

Over 130,000 people partici-pated in this event last year. Ear-lier this year, Atlanta Streets Alive took over the West End neighbor-hood and Highland Avenue. On Nov. 8, the event will expand to Clarkston, Ga., a city east of At-lanta in DeKalb County.

Photo by Monica Jamison Student Publication

Atlanta Streets Alive promotes many modes of human-powered transportation. This unhindered

acceptance lends Sunday’s Peachtree Street event to many unorthodox modes of transportation.

A peek behind the spiderwebs of NetherworldTYLER MEUTER

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Every year, based out of Nor-cross, Ga., Netherworld Haunted House receives high marks as one of the best frights in the country. The Technique had the opportu-nity to talk with Ben Armstrong, owner of Netherworld, to discuss what goes into creating such a popular attraction.

Technique: How did Nether-world get started? How long has it been going on?

Armstrong: This is the 19th year of Netherworld Haunted House. It started when a bunch of people who are in film and tele-vision that loved haunted houses got together. We wanted to make a haunted house that was unlike any other. At the time, haunted houses were Freddy, Jason and movie-themed but we wanted something that had a different kind of storyline, and that’s what we did. We brought together our production skills and created unique things.

Technique: How earlier in ad-vance do you start planning for next years’ theme?

Armstrong: We are always planning. Quite often we have a three-year arc of storylines. Right now we are actively discussing ideas for next year. We know the general theme and will start talk-ing about the name a lot in the next couple months after this sea-son. Once we have the name, we’ll roll out the logos.

Technique: How are themes chosen each year? Do they follow popular media trends?

Armstrong: I have a philoso-phy about design, “Give them what they want and give them

what you want.” What that means is you want to give them the things they want like chain saws and spinning tunnels. But you want to give them something unique that they are not expecting.

Generally, our theme doesn’t conform to popular trends but quite often it follows them an-ecdotally. For example, we had a vampire theme around the time all the vampire things were popu-lar. But we didn’t shoot for that, we had a three-year arc of classic monster themes. This included werewolves, vampires, and our version of a Frankenstein monster. We strike out our own path but we have to keep in mind things that are familiar to people and

things that they will understand.Technique: What does the

Netherworld’s haunted house de-sign team consist of?

Armstrong: There’s a core group of people here that work on building the main attraction. We basically start right away. We have a number of metal fabricators, carpenters, and large group of special effects artists we use. Bill Johnson is the guy that comes up with our icon characters and Roy Wooley is in charge of the makeup room. We have talented designers that do costuming.

We all get together and based on the theme as a core, we start creating all the different elements. We work all year and it evolves as

we move along.Technique: How long does it

generally take for the actors to get ready every evening?

Armstrong: We generally have an excess of a hundred actors on a given night and crew call is one hour before performance. Howev-er, a lot of them will come in early just because they don’t want to get stuck in traffic. But we have a very rapid process. They go through casting where they get their po-sitions for the night and then go to costume or the armory from there. The armory handles the big monster suits and costuming takes care of everybody else. Fi-nally they go from there to make-up. A lot of them have masks but

they need some kind of makeup to go with it. The masks we use are made of silicon or foam and move with an actors face for much more realistic effects.

Technique: Do actors play the same role all season?

Armstrong: Generally, people fall into certain categories. We have a stunt team that does all of the wire work, but they might do different stunts depending on who is currently available. Our parking lot monsters tend to work in the lot all of the time. They usually are our more experienced actors. We also have people that operate giant puppets.

People tend to gravitate to-wards certain roles but we con-tinually move them around until we find out what they are best at. Unlike a lot of places, we are open seven days a week so we need mul-tiple cast in different spots.

Technique: Have you been an actor yourself?

Armstrong: Oh absolutely! There were many years at Nether-world that this show did not open until my contacts were in. I don’t act as much now because its got-ten so big I’ve got to spend a lot more time running the business. However, I was actually acting last night. Quite often when I’m an actor, I’m just goofing off. It’s fun and I love doing it.

Technique: How do you know the right moment to scare people?

Armstrong: Scaring people is an incredibly simple yet simul-taneously complex thing. They come around and you jump out, that’s easy. But its not like that. You have to figure where they are looking, and you make judgments about who is going to be scared. You’ve got to figure out what

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

The intimidating entrance to Netherworld does not compare to the rest of the haunted house. Neth-

erworld set out to become a haunted house free from the common movie themes of others in this field.

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With the fall television season beginning in the US, it should come as no surprise that other countries are also marking their calendars for the openings of ex-citing new shows. While Ameri-can television tends to have about 22 episodes per season, shows in Japan usually have twelve or thir-teen episodes. These shorter sea-sons are called kūru, which can be translated as “courses,” and tend to be less generic and more focused than their counterparts from America.

In Japan, kūru always be-gin every third month (January, April, July and October), meaning that if a series is scheduled for two consecutive seasons, there is either a one week break or none at all between the two seasons, which is why popular anime such as “Fairy Tail” or “Meitantei Conan” seem to run non-stop.

While there are original anime such as “Darker than Black” and

“Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann,” it is worth noting that most anime are generally created as a spin-off or marketing strategy for popular light novels or manga.

One such anime is “Owari no Serafu” (translated as “Seraph of the End”), which first premiered in April earlier this year. The first season, “Seraph of the End: Vam-pire Reign,” introduced Yūichirō Hyakuya (Miyu Irino, “Spirited Away”) and Mikaela Hyakuya (Kenshô Ono, “Boruto: Naruto the Movie”), two orphans who essentially become family in a world ravaged by disease, vampire invasion and monsters called the

Horsemen of John — a true dys-topian story.

In the first few episodes of the anime, the two lose everyone they have ever known, including each other. Mikaela becomes a vam-pire in denial, refusing to drink human blood and generally not caring whether he lives or dies. Yūichirō, on the other hand, es-capes the vampires and vows re-venge, joining the Japanese Impe-rial Demon Army in order to kill every vampire who endures the misfortune of meeting him.

The two are diametrically op-posite: Yūichirō will save whom-ever he sees as family, no matter

the cost, while Mikaela is happy to wait until the opportune mo-ment to do so, minimizing the risk of failure or injury.

The second season, “Battle in Nagoya,” started in Japan on Oct. 10. FUNimation! and Hulu made the episodes available to Ameri-can viewers with English subtitles shortly thereafter.

The first two episodes of “Ser-aph of the End: Battle in Nagoya” show Yūichirō and the rest of his squad recovering from their latest battle, in which Yūichirō learned that Mikaela was still alive and subsequently lost control of his powers, mumbling about “Sin-

ners” while trying to murder ev-eryone. Once the group had re-covered sufficiently, they went on to learn more about their demon-possessed weapons. These epi-sodes are not particularly interest-ing since the plot is slow; instead, the audience is treated to more world-building.

This is, however, merely the be-ginning of “Battle in Nagoya”, so these first, less intense episodes are more than likely building towards the coming fight and are indisput-ably giving important backstory. The future storyline of this anime, if anything like the manga it is based on, will surely be interesting as both Mikaela and Yūichirō will attempt to save the other.

Unfortunately for the show, its musical score is lackluster at best, making the opening and end-ing cinematics entirely skippable and the rest of the episode reliant on the plot and characters alone. While this might seem like a ben-efit, forcing the writers to actually care what is being placed in their show, even more interesting story-lines can be greatly improved with stellar music, as exemplified by the popular anime “Darker than Black” or “Attack on Titan.”

As the music of “Seraph of the End” currently is, it does not fit with the on screen action, often feeling dreamy while the charac-ters are actually fighting for their lives. Despite the incongruous music, “Seraph of the End”’s plot is unpredictable, leaving viewers eager for more.

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Red Bull Soap Box racePERFORMER: Hinmen Heads, Ghostbusters and Grease MonkeysLOCATION: North Ave.DATE: Oct. 24

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DANIEL ENGELCONTRIBUTING WRITER

This past Saturday, Oct. 24, a large portion of North Avenue was blocked for what might have looked to unsuspecting bystand-ers like a wild downhill derby. Outside the Ponce City Market, several homemade soap box ve-hicles raced down the stretch between Boulevard NE and Dancing Goats Coffee. About every three years, the Red Bull Soap Box race is held in Atlanta, though this is the first time it has been by the Ponce Market.

This racing event is but one of the many action sporting activi-ties that Red Bull hosts or spon-sors during the year. Other events include activities such as surfing, hang-gliding, motor-sports and even rock climbing.

In order for a team to be quali-fied to enter the race, they will need a vessel that appears to have been crafted well enough to make it to the bottom of the slope. Any sort of propulsion mechanism, such as pedals, are prohibited as the racers are intended to just roll down the hill as fast as possible. The track also has a small ramp to

test how stable the vehicles will be upon impact.

Though the immediate, stated goal of the race is to reach the fin-ish line the quickest, most of the judges rated the teams based on other criteria. For many teams, a major component of their score was the skit that they performed before beginning their descent.

Each team usually acted out a type of cinematic short based around their vehicle’s theme. For example, the members of the Ghostbusters group gave a per-formance involving the Stay Puft marshmallow, an important char-acter from the movie, and then went on a “ghost chase” down the hill after him. Other teams, such as the Atlanta Beer Festival team, seemed to be revered simply be-cause of their boldness after riding a collection of beer kegs mounted on a steel-framed wheeled vehicle down the track.

There were also two participat-ing groups which represented Tech at the race. The first group con-sisted of Tech alumni who built a miniature soap box replica of the Ramblin’ Wreck. After launching off of the ramp, one of the front wheels of their vehicle was severely warped due to the landing impact and their race performance was dramatically crippled. Some of the judges and members of the crowd teased them about the stability of the vehicle since the builders were graduates of Tech.

The Hinmen Heads, a group of architecture grad students here at Tech, built a stable car with a very minimalistic cardboard hull. Be-fore their departure through the gate, they presented a video that

gave a glimpse of their construc-tion process. The team captain, Kara Thomas, mentioned laser cutting their cardboard compo-nents. They clearly invested a significant amount of time in per-fecting the efficiency and struc-ture of their vehicle. However, the judges only gave them moderate scores because they did not place as much emphasis on their overall team theme.

The judges certainly seemed to value the wreckage that accrued during the descent as well as the creativity exhibited during all of the many performances more than anything else.

Second place was awarded to Yongsa Dragon’s Breath, a team which consisted of members from one of the local martial arts stu-dios. SNAFU, a die hard group of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans, decided to outfit their car as a “T-Machine” and with this won third place.

The winning team, the Grease Monkeys, seemed to exceed all of the judges’ expectations. They started their skit with “Brass Monkey” by the Beastie Boys while dancing in monkey cos-tumes with a massive banana and enlarged power tools. Immedi-ately before launching their car from the start, they began waxing the car and playing “Grease Light-ning.” The cart had a driver in the front, and another monkey barely hanging on in the rear. Many of the judges agreed that their entire act engaged the audience.

Though the Red Bull Soap Box race will, in all probability, not be returning to Atlanta for another three years, it is worth keeping an eye out for some of Red Bull’s other events in the meantime. For those who could see themselves entering the race in the future, know that a crowd-pleasing theme is probably one that will accumu-late the most points.

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Last Saturday, Red Bull’s Soap Box race drew an interesting group

of participants. The streets were littered with curious spectators.

Photo courtesy of Wit Studio

Yuichiro awakes from his mental battle with Asuramaru, the demon residing in his sword. His friends,

Shinoa, Guren, Yoichi and Mitsuba are relieved, as his failure would have meant a fight to the death.

Race invites whimsy into competition you’re hunting. If you find some-one you think will scare easy, you can do that but sometimes you want big game. You’re making selections about where your hit is going to be.

From there it’s all about your presentation; how you look, the approach, how you get at them, and then what happens when you get there. Once you get the initial shock, then you’re doing dialogue, you’re freaking them out, and you’re moving around the group. There’s a lot involved with being a haunted house actor.

Technique: When you get a good scare out of somebody, how does it make you feel?

Armstrong: It’s awesome! People came here to get scared and you’re here as an actor to scare people ... If you’ve got a couple tough guys in a row, you think to yourself, “Aw man this is a bum-mer. What’s wrong with me?” But then people start craving in and falling for it and you think, “Yeah! That’s it, I’m doing it right.”

Technique: Are there any spe-cial effects tricks you can share?

Armstrong: We try to use al-most everything. We have a lot of floors that move, spinning tun-nels, projections and lasers. This year we have also added a foam room at the end of our Vault 13 where you get immersed in bub-bles over your head. We also have a brand new elevator simulation that’s really cool.

Technique: How many people do you attract every year?

Armstrong: We generally get over 75,000 people to visit Netherworld. We want everyone to come out and visit your local haunted house. Enjoy the season and get your scream on!

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‘Seraph of the End’ exemplifies creativity of anime

technique • October 30, 2015• 17// ENTERTAINMENT

and Curiosities” on display at the High Museum of Art this fall.

A chamber such as this was common among the European Elite of that time as it was a period marked by revolutionary, cultural and intellectual changes: the Age of Discovery. Throughout much of this period, the Habsburg ruled a great part of the continent. These Kunstkammers (cabinets of curiosities) are the ancestors of modern day museums. They held encyclopedic collections of objects, natural and man-made.

At the High Museum of Art, attendees start with classic images of European power. Knights in shining armor joust in the center of the room. The walls are adorned with classic paintings of rulers, a bust of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the armor of Arch-duke Ferdinand II fill the space.

The oldest object of the ex-hibition, a goblet from the 15th century, is found among these. Its base is adorned with the let-ters “A.E.I.O.U.,” which is said to stand for the Latin phrase for “It is Austria’s destiny to rule the whole world.” The Habsburgs’ story starts here. These five let-ters were used everywhere by the ambitious Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, who aspired for world rule for his dynasty.

Although he was the Holy Ro-man Emperor, Frederick III had bigger plans for the House of Habsburg. Within three genera-tions, his idea of world domina-tion for the Habsburgs was real-ized through a series of strategic marriages with the sole heirs of

various dynasties. The House of Habsburg continued to rule Eu-rope until the 20th century.

Next to the goblet is a short sword with a spindly handle made of coral, an exotic material that was thought to have mythi-cal properties. In the next room, the types of artifacts on display change. These are no longer mere recordings of history but a cele-bration of the grandeur of nature. In this area, the artifacts are from the age of exploration.

The items were part of their “Chamber of Art and Curiosities” and were meant to capture the wonders of the world. Natural ob-jects from newly-discovered lands were embellished with myths and folklore. These works combine

natural findings with the extrava-gantly high art of the time, a prac-tice that is characteristic of Kunst-kammers and the age of discovery at large.

A goblet made of rhinoceros horn, which was considered a nat-ural aphrodisiac, has satyrs, crea-tures with uncontrollable desire, carved at the base. Additionally, a large gastropod shell is mount-ed on a haggard Triton, inviting viewers to marvel at the wonder and rarity of the natural object. Other pieces nearby are carved from ivory and coral with stories of their own.

Another practice becoming popular in this era was art collec-tion. This was now seen as a sign of cultured families and became

popular amongst those in power. To the Habsburgs, collecting and commissioning art was a show of their prestige — a ruler had to be seen as educated and refined by his subjects. As a result, the fine arts flourished in their court, and this can be seen in the numerous paintings, now on display, that they collected and commissioned.

While some of the art on dis-play is novel, much of it is remi-niscent of the past. Roman influ-ence on the Habsburgs becomes apparent here, both artistically and politically. Many of the oth-er works depict ancient Roman myths and stories with elements of eroticism, perhaps best captured in the iconic “Jupiter and Io” by Correggio. A portrait of “Emperor

Joseph II with Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany” by Pompeo Batoni, depicts a statue of Roma, symbolising the grandeur and power of the Roman Empire, of-fering an orb to the Emperor.

As viewers move toward the end of the exhibition as well as the corresponding decline of the Habsburg empire, they see a dra-matic contrast between the clothes of Franz Joseph, who became em-peror in 1948, and wife Elisabeth displayed and the gilded, baroque style of most of the other work.

The campaign uniform of Em-peror Franz Joseph and the velvet day dress belonging to Empress Elisabeth are relatively unadorned and simple compared to the mag-nificently gilded carriage, an opu-lent sleigh that mounted natural wonders. Since Emperor Joseph was a conservative ruler, this simple military uniform was his preferred daily attire. This is in-dicative of changing fashions and a declining empire.

Although the emperor was not an art enthusiast, he commis-sioned the Kunsthistorisches Mu-seum in Vienna, the capital of the empire, to house what his dynasty had collected over the course of centuries, to fortify the Habsburg rule. Their legacy lived on.

In 1891, the formidable impe-rial collection was finally made available to the public. This year, more than 90 pieces made their way halfway across the world to be displayed in three museums across the U.S. The Habsburg Splendor exhibit at the High Mu-seum of Art is a testament to the Habsburg’s monumental impact on the world.

Photo courtesy of The High Museum of the Arts

Shell with Triton (left) and Carved Rhino Horn (right) are but two of the Habsburg Splendor piec-

es. Madeleine Gonzalez’s portrait (center) was passed between courts and nobles as a novelty.

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both shared a special bond with their grandmother Louise, who had passed away. The play was dedicated to her as she used to attend all of his football games.

“When I picked it up and start-ed running up the field, I saw a lot of green. So, I was like okay, maybe I can return it,” Austin said. “Also Jamal [Golden], Chris, [Milton], everybody, when I came around it was a wall. My team-mates did a great job of blocking. So when I came around and I kind of got by Aguayo, and I got in the end zone, it was kind of surreal.”

The game would not have been won without the heroics of the de-fense. Tech’s defensive unit had ar-

guably the greatest performance in the Johnson era, holding Heisman candidate Dalvin Cook to only 82 yards. The stat sheet may say that Tech gave up 16 points, but 10 of those points were at no fault to the defense. FSU scored zero points in the second half and af-ter two close defeats to FSU in the 2012 and 2014 ACC Champion-ship games, this momentous vic-tory was four years in the making.

“We just played better against the run. We made a couple tweaks this week in the way we were play-ing and it worked out,” Johnson said. “Guys played hard. [Cook’s] a very talented guy. He broke some tackles and we missed some, but we had other guys there.”

Tech had some big plays on

offense from quarterback Jus-tin Thomas who had a 60 yard touchdown run and a key 36 yard pass on 4th down to fresh-man Brad Stewart. Junior kicker Harrison Butker made three huge kicks including a 53 yarder.

For a team that had been decimated by injuries all season, winning against Florida State is huge for the program after suf-fering so many heartbreaks this year. The Jackets now sit at 3–5, but they did not play like a five-loss team against Florida State. They played like everyone ex-pected them to this year and gave us arguably the greatest, most improbable and most mi-raculous play in Tech football his-tory. “What a time to be alive!”

Photo by Elliott Brockelbank Student Publications

Junior defensive lineman Pat Gamble blocks Roberto Aguayo’s field goal attempt, setting up

Lance Austin’s return that led to a 22-16 Jacket victory over the undefeated FSU Seminoles.

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the ACC is expected to qualify six teams to nationals, so the ACC is definitely a lot deeper.”

The top two teams from each regional meet automatically qual-ify for nationals, while some ad-ditional teams can receive at-large bids. The top four individual fin-ishers in each region from teams that are not selected are also in-vited to nationals.

The weak south region means that the teams have a chance, though it is slight, at qualifying for nationals. However, there is a much better chance for an indi-vidual to make the cut and rep-resent the Jackets instead. Lasater feels that if they have a good day, himself, Greenwald, or Solomon could run well enough to qualify.

“Right now all the teams [in the south region] are kind of in flux and there is no definite top two,” Lasater said. “If things prog-ress as they have in the past, I’m pretty optimistic.”

At the ACC meet, the teams will mostly focus on how well they compete with other teams in the south region, such as peren-nial powerhouse Florida State. Comparing themselves with these teams will serve as a good barom-eter for how well they can expect to perform at the regional meet.

Hypothetically, if both teams were to pull off the upset and win the conference meet, both Lasater and Fairey agree that it would be the best accomplishment of their collegiate cross country careers. It is an unlikely scenario though, as Tech is more of a track school, and running for all three seasons puts the runners at a disadvantage compared to cross country fo-cused programs.

“It’s hard to peak so many times every year, to get the most out of your training when you’re expected to go that many times,” Lasater said. “Professional runners run really incredible times most-ly because they do a lot of base

training and they only have to peak once.

“A lot of people don’t have any idea about the magnitude of the training. In high school I ran a 16:55 in the 5K, and just the other day in one of our workouts I ran that same pace for 10 miles. It’s just an enormous difference. Most people think they are ready to run a 5K after doing 25 miles a week, whereas I ran 75 and I’m probably not ready.”

In fact, as a middle distance runner, Lasater feels that he is bet-ter suited for track. He puts him-self into a different mindset for cross country races in order to not tire himself out too quickly.

“I really like the competitive aspect of track, so it’s kind of hard to curb it for cross country,” La-sater said. “I always want to be vying for the win, but with cross country and the way our training goes it’s just not realistic to expect to win all the races. You just have to restrain yourself, and that’s the hardest part. It’s also hard just not starting out too fast in races. I may be able to run a fast first 400 but I’m going to regret it later.

“Don’t try to be a hero and destroy that pace, just make sure you can do what you’re expected to do first and then if you really feel good do it at the end.”

For these next two races, La-sater will employ the same strat-egy that he has lived by over his career: he plans to start conser-vatively and save his energy over the first few miles before increas-ing his pace and trying to catch as many runners as he can. It is a common strategy employed by middle distance runners, as they have both the speed and endur-ance to gain quite a lot of ground in the final stretch of the race.

Lasater hopes that this strategy can carry him to a berth in the nationals meet. If nothing else, it will give him and the Jackets the best chance to finish strong this morning and give them confi-dence as they head into regionals.

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Freshman running back Mar-cus Marshall may be young, but he has already made his presence felt on the 2015 Yellow Jackets football team. Hot off of big games against Pitt and Florida State, Marshall spoke with the Technique about Tech’s win against the Seminoles and his transition to playing col-lege football.

What was going through your mind when Lance Austin returned that field goal for a touchdown?

Marshall: You know, during the play I was kind of in shock, but, when I seen him, you know, coming around the corner, I knew it was about to be six. So I was just real hyped.

What was your mindset going into this game, com-ing off of a series of tough

losses and playing against a tough opponent?

Marshall: I expected to win, to be honest with you. You know, I felt like we could beat that team in the end. Now, the way we won, I know you can’t really expect that. I did expect to win, but the way we won was just awesome.

Did the fact that it was home-coming add some meaning, or was it just another sixty minutes of football?

Marshall: I don’t know. I think we were just going out and playing more football. Being homecoming, being a night game, being the white-out, all that just adds extra hype, but like you said, just a football game.

Florida State has had one of the better run defenses in the country this year. They only al-low 135 yards per game, but you guys got 261. Do you credit the offensive linemen, the game-plan, the backs, everyone?

Marshall: I just think that’s a collective offensive effort. That’s the kind of offense we have; we expect to run for more yards than any other offense, so that’s just us doing our jobs.

After the game, did you feel a momentum shift in the lock-er room? Is this a confidence booster or just another win?

Marshall: I definitely think it’s a real confidence booster, but at the same time we do understand that you gotta keep moving for-ward, keep getting better, because the season’s not over yet and we’ve still got tough opponents to play.

Your brother [Keith Mar-shall] was arguably the best running back in the country

coming out of high school. Do you feel any additional pressure because of his success?

Marshall: Not really, I don’t feel any pressure. I mean, watch-ing him do what he did in high school has just motivated me to work other and to just want to be like him, but I don’t feel pressure.

In under a year, you’ve gone from carrying the load at Mill-brook High School to carry-ing the load at Tech. How do the two offenses compare and what’s helped you make the transition?

Marshall: Having some older guys on the team to show me the ropes, help me learn the offense. I don’t think I really carry the load here; we’ve got plenty of running backs. But it’s been a good transi-tion so far.

Coach Johnson mentioned that you’ve got “a mile to go” in terms of your blocking. How do you work to improve that on a week-to-week basis?

Marshall: Just watching film, trying to get a better understand-ing who I need to block and how to block him, and just reps, really. Taking more reps at it.

You guys have dealt with a lot of injuries in the backfield — both Broderick Snoddy and Patrick Skov have missed time. How has the offense approached filling that void?

Marshall: It’s just the next guy up, really. You’ve gotta try to move forward, and whoever’s coming up next needs to do their job.

Your game this Saturday is against Virginia, whose only wins this year have come against William & Mary and Syracuse.

How do you avoid a mental let-down after the emotional win last Saturday?

Marshall: I mean, if you looked at us last week, you might have said something similar. You can’t go into the game with that mindset; you’ve just gotta feel like every opponent is going to be good. I mean, it’s the ACC, so

you’ve gotta go into every game with the same mindset.

You can only lose one more game and remain bowl-eligible. Has that affected the team’s mentality?

Marshall: We definitely un-derstand what’s in front of us, but I just think it’s going to help us work harder to get these Ws.

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Marcus Marshall runs the ball in his 159-yard outing against

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Chargin’ with the University of Virginia Cavaliers ALISON LAVERY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Technique spoke with Matt Wurzburger, football beat writer of Virginia’s student newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, to preview this week’s football game between the Jackets and the Virginia Cavaliers. Tech won 35-10 on homecom-ing the last time these two teams played each other.

Technique: The Jackets have an impressive tendency to buckle down and turn things around completely in the last few seconds of the game. How do you expect Coach Mike London is preparing to combat Tech’s ability to gain a win in a last minute drive?

Cav Daily: That’s a great ques-tion, but I don’t have a solid an-swer to that. Quite frankly, teams under Coach London have not performed in clutch situations. You don’t have to look any fur-ther than Virginia’s game against UNC. The Cavaliers were down 16-13 after the third quarter, and the Tar Heels scored 10 unan-swered in the fourth. Obviously, the best way to combat a poten-tial game-winning drive is keep hold of the ball, which is not one of the team’s strong suits. Virginia turned the ball over four times in that final quarter against UNC.

Technique: Obviously Tech’s win over FSU last Saturday has jumbled the ACC rankings a bit, and there has also been some dis-cussion of Coach London’s con-tract as Virginia’s head coach end-ing within the year. How would you say Coach London and the Virginia football program are gearing up to finish out the season as an ACC competitor?

Cav Daily: It is important to remember that Virginia is not technically eliminated from bowl contention, but it will take a 4-1

finish against Georgia Tech, Mi-ami, Louisville, Duke and Vir-ginia Tech. So naturally, making a bowl game for the first time since reaching the Chick-fil-A Bowl in 2011 is still the end goal for this team. I believe that doing so is the longest of long shots, so I think the more realistic goal is to finish the season as strongly as possible, and by that I mean play competi-tive, competent football for the final five games. Above all else, we should be defeating Virginia Tech for the first time in 11 seasons. If the Cavaliers could find a way to defeat the Hokies then the season wouldn’t feel like a total failure.

Technique: As Notre Dame and Duke proved earlier this sea-son, an agile rushing defense that can put pressure on Justin Thomas and shut down his passing option early on in the game has a good chance of victory. Will the Cavs’ defense be able to combat Tech’s swift triple option without corner-back Tim Harris, who is out with a shoulder injury and after losing linebacker Eric Gallon to a season ending injury?

Cav Daily: The triple option has been a thorn in Virginia’s side ever since Paul Johnson took the reins at Georgia Tech in 2008. During his tenure with the Cava-liers, coach London is 1-5 against the Jackets, and Tech’s average margin of victory in those five games is 16.6 points. The triple op-tion is hard enough to stop when at full health because it requires so much defensive discipline. Pound-ing the ball on the ground wears down a defense. I wouldn’t char-acterize either Harris or Gallon as elite players, so the Cavaliers will miss them more in terms of depth than for their playmaking skills.

Technique: Coach London commented on the Cavs’ profi-ciency at scoring in the red zone and how important the points

per possession are during that time. Only about half of their red zone points have come from touchdowns. Tech’s defeat of FSU revealed shortcomings in FSU’s redzone offense, as FSU’s young offensive line had some issues pro-tecting their quarterback as Tech’s defense completed assignments and crowded FSU’s offensive line. How do you expect UVA to per-form in the redzone this week?

Cav Daily: I would expect more of the same in terms of red-zone touchdowns. Virginia has scored on 89 percent of their trips to the redzone, but only scored touchdowns 53 percent of the time. We’re seven games into the season, so I have no reason to ex-pect a miraculous change.

Technique: This week no UVA players were named to the ACC Players of the Week list and the Cavs have lost quite a few players to injuries. Is there any player in particular that you think should have made the cut for ACC player of the week or could possibly earn the title after this week’s meeting with Tech?

Cav Daily: Personally, I don’t get too worked up about weekly awards. Any given week will see multiple players worthy of awards, but there is room for only one player at each position. I think Taquan Mizzell made a compel-ling case for Offensive Back of the Week. He rushed for 117 yards on 24 attempts and added 57 receiv-ing yards. I do believe that if Vir-ginia is to beat Tech then Micah Kiser is going to have to play at a very high level. I’d argue that Kis-er is the Cavaliers’ best defensive player this season, and as a line-backer he will need to play a big role in slowing down the brutal triple option.

Technique: What do you think is the biggest advantage UVA might have over Tech and is

it enough of an advantage to win the game?

Cav Daily: I’d say Virginia’s biggest advantage over Tech would be in the passing game. Through eight games the Jackets have al-lowed 1,558 passing yards, which is the third-highest total behind in the ACC behind only Virginia (1,740) and Syracuse (1,752). Matt Johns is often too careless when

throwing the ball, but he can sling the football around. But no, it will not be enough of an advantage. Tech’s offense will have its way with the Cavaliers, and Virginia’s offense is not potent enough to keep up with the Jackets.

Technique: Any predictions for the final score?

Cav Daily: Georgia Tech 44, Virginia 23.

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Justin Thomas runs the ball in a 35-10 victory over UVA last sea-

son. The Cavs have struggled to stop the option in recent games.

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October 30, 2015

JOE SOBCHUKASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

After an eventful regular sea-son, the men’s and women’s cross country teams travel to Tallahas-see to compete in the ACC Cham-pionship meet this morning. Both teams look to have strong out-ings against one of the best run-ning conferences in the country. Following the conference meet, the teams will have two weeks to prepare for the NCAA South Re-gional meet.

On the men’s side, seniors Jeremy Greenwald and Brandon Lasater are expected to finish first and second for the Jackets, while sophomores Nahom Solomon and Matt Munns will also vie for a top spot. Senior Zane Coburn, along with juniors Alex Grady and Pat-rick Fleming, are poised to round out the top seven for Tech.

“We need myself, Jeremy [Gre-enwald], and Nahom [Solomon] to run as a pack,” Lasater said. “I would like us to all be top 40 at ACCs. The four through seven runners need to all run together as practice for the regional meet so they have a little more experi-ence in a crowded environment, making sure they are together and running their pace.”

Juniors Hayley, Keady and Melissa Fairey will lead the pack for the women. Senior Morgan Jackson, junior Sarah Bowles, and freshman Alexandria Melehan comprised the rest of the top five for the Jackets at the Pre-Nation-als meet and should produce simi-

lar results this morning.The teams have been decreas-

ing their mileage in the past few weeks in preparation for these important meets. The teams’ workouts are structured this way by design, in order to do most of the hard work earlier in the season and build a base so that the team can focus more on speed work and be a little fresher for the more

significant meets. For example, Lasater’s weekly mileage is now in the 60s compared to his mid-70s mark in the beginning of the sea-son, but he says that most of the younger members have had their totals cut even more.

The women lost several run-ners from a year ago due to gradu-ation, and coming in to the season it was up to Keady and Fairey to

assume leadership roles. Fairey feels that they have succeeded in doing so and brought the team closer together.

“We try to bring everybody together and demonstrate a hard work ethic at practice, and train to be the best and stay focused,” Fairey said of her team. “I try to serve as an example and help out the freshmen.

“I guess what’s been really good this year is that the team has been coming together and we’re bond-ing more in general. We’re doing a lot more hanging out and getting to know each other and making it a good team atmosphere.”

She feels that the extra effort to bring the team closer together has reaped its benefits during races.

“I would say it makes me per-form better because you’re not just competing on your own; you’re running for other people,” Fairey said. “The top five people score, but all runners in the race can still push other teams’ scoring back, so no matter what you’re running for your team and not just yourself.”

Lasater is one of the leaders on the men’s side, and he prefers to lead by example.

“I do everything I can to per-form to the best of my ability and I expect the same from the team,” Lasater said. “Between myself and Jeremy there is a lot of leading by example where we’re in the train-ing room every day recovering and doing everything we’re supposed to in order to make sure we get to the races healthy and in shape. If you want to be good you do the same thing. Personally I’m very rarely serious, so I’m also there to lighten the mood.”

Surprisingly, this morning’s ACC meet is actually more chal-lenging for the team than the regional meet that follows. As Lasater explains, “The south re-gion is generally considered a weaker region, and we never re-ally get at-large bids, whereas

MARK RUSSELLCONTRIBUTING WRITER

It has been seven years since the Florida State Seminoles have travelled to Atlanta to take on one of their regional rivals. Seven years since the “Miracle on North Avenue,” where safety Cooper Taylor forced a fumble on the goal line that was recovered in the end zone to seal a 31-28 Tech vic-tory over the No. 15 Seminoles.

Fast forward seven years and the undefeated No. 9 Seminoles have the ball on Tech’s 39 yard line with 6 seconds to go. The score is tied at 16 and Florida State sent out one of the best kickers in college football history, Roberto Aguayo, to attempt a 56 yard field goal. Aguayo had never missed a fourth quarter field goal in his magnificent career. It appeared that Tech might suffer its second straight loss on a 56 yard field goal.

The Seminoles had won 40 of their last 42 games, 30 regu-lar season games in a row, and 28 straight ACC victories. Oct. 6, 2012, was the last time they had lost an ACC game.

Against all these odds, the Tech special teams unit was not in the mood to lose their sixth game in a row. At the snap, Tech’s line got a good push and junior defen-

sive tackle Pat Gamble blocked the kick as it crossed the line of scrimmage. The ball rolled to the Tech 22 yard line and some Tech players thought the play was over. However, sophomore cornerback Lance Austin, who usually doesn’t play on the field goal block unit, picked up the ball with the inten-tion to score. Austin ran the ball with an escort of fellow Jackets immediately to Tech’s sideline to have the best chance to score. Once he got to Tech’s 30 yard line, there was nothing but team-mates and 70 yards of grass ahead.

Austin got a key block from senior cornerback Chris Milton, who took out FSU’s holder 30 yards away from the end zone. Only Aguayo stood in Austin’s way from a miraculous Tech win and becoming an instant leg-end. Aguayo tried to run Aus-tin down, but he made a cut away from the sideline at the 18 yard line, causing Aguayo to fly in the air like a helicopter.

With nobody in the way, Aus-tin scored the touchdown, giving Tech a 22-16 win and cementing himself into the history books.

Chaos immediately broke out. Austin was mobbed by team-mates in the end zone and stu-dents began to swarm the field. Austin and Gamble helped Tech pull off one of the great-

est and most stunning plays in Tech and college football history.

The “Miracle on Techwood Drive” had just occurred, breaking Tech’s five game losing streak and giving the Jackets a Homecoming win nobody will ever forget. Play-ers and coaches were overcome with raw elation and disbelief.

“I was just hoping he was go-ing to kick it low because it was such long a kick. It was crazy be-cause we blocked it, and I see it run across the line. I go from yell-ing ‘Get away from it’ to ‘run, run, run.’ What a great play by Lance [Austin] to pick it up, Johnson said. “We were due. It was our

turn. We’ve seen so many of these close ones like this go the other way, it’s good to finally be on the right end of one for a change.”

The return was a special mo-ment for Lance Austin as his twin brother Lawrence crossed the goal line with him. They

Cross country teams battle for ACC championship

Austin secures ‘Miracle on Techwood Drive’

Photo courtesy of Mike DeZarn

Senior cross country runner Brandon Lasater competes in a meet earlier this year. He hopes

the team can have a strong outing at the ACC meet and perhaps send a runner to nationals.

Photo by Elliott Brockelbank Student Publications

Sophomore cornerback Lance Austin runs a blocked kick down the sideline as the final sec-

onds run off the clock. It was FSU kicker Roberto Aguayo’s first career miss in the 4th quarter.

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