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Students discuss future Student Center expansion

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The Student Center will soon be expanded to fit Techs growing population. Originally, it was meant to hold only 7,000 students.See CENTER, page 12

KENNETH MARINONEWS EDITOR

Recent crimes at Tech have revived concerns among parents and students about safety on campus.

In the past two months, incidents were reported to students. These in-cluded the armed robbery of a student at the Scheller College of Business, in which a student approached an armed suspect while the suspect fired his weapon in the students direction, and the sexual batteries of female student. This spurred student discussion online, as well as an editorial published by the Atlanta Journal Constitution by a con-cerned parent.

I can understand the concern, said Robert Connolly, Interim Chief of Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD). Myself, my sons going to college and Ill have concerns him leav-ing my house to go into the world. On top of that, his going to an urban city will be a concern of mine, too.

Another common concern of stu-dents has been notification about inci-dents on and around campus.

Its quite defined by the Depart-ment of Education on when an alert should go out and when it shouldnt, Connolly said. So theres defined by the Department of Educations which ones get alerts which ones dont. So a theft of a bicycle doesnt get alerted to the whole community. But yet if some-one is out in the community and they committed a robbery and we did not apprehend them then that means we didnt eliminate the threat to the com-munity. That has to get put out.

Connolly further stated that when there is a definite pattern of property crime, such as an uptick of bicycle thefts in a certain area, GTPD will no-tify students and advise them of

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WALTER KIMCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Among many improvements that have been spurred due to the growing population at Tech, Stu-dent Center expansion continues to be a prevalent topic.

Limited meeting space, din-ing options and long lines have become commonplace issues that students deal with on a daily ba-sis. Despite this, few students are aware of the current aims to begin expanding this student center.The Student Center was first es-

tablished in 1970 in order to serve

a smaller student body of 7,000. Smaller expansions have occurred since then, bringing about ameni-ties such as a larger ballroom and the Greenhouse dining room. The Student Center Commons, a sep-arate building where fast food and student involvement offices are currently located, was completed in 2004 and merged with the pri-mary building near the location of the Post Office.

Kim Harrington, former Di-rector of the Student Center, has been leading the effort of expan-sion for a number of years.

The leadership within Cam-

pus Services is very supportive of student life and wants to develop a space that further facilitates how students, faculty, staff, and guests can feel connected, Harrington said. We are looking for a space that is reflective of the pride and culture of the Institute.

Overall, a full-scale expansion remains a distant resolution. No definite plans or decisions have been made as to exactly what new services will be available to guests of the new Student Center in the future. Although much of the ide-ation is still elementary

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That moment when youre falling asleep and realize your stuffed animal is across the room. That moment when you realize youre 21 and still have a stuffed animal with which you sleep regularly.I wonder if Greeks are confused when they visit American uni-versities with Greek Lifefoglanta: 0/10. would NOT recommend.Currently slivering to avoid homework. What could possibly go wrong?Shout out to my professor who pushed back the homework due date because of MLK Day!Testing, testing, 1. 2. 3. Is there anybody out there?Sliver got published last week. Can we get two weeks in a row? #ChallengeAcceptedShout out to all the people waiting in line for Panda Express. It now takes half as long to get my Chick fil A now.Playing bananagrams by yourself: a true sign of introversion.That Pavolian response when a phone dings and everyone looks downI want to know why the price of laundry is jumping 15% when the machines are supposed to be more efficient.If Im quitting social media for a month, does slivering count? #mediamonth nope, were special :)i have noooo idea what im doooinngggGive a person a sliver, they laugh for a day. Teach a person to sliv-er, and they laugh until they realize they now exclusively think in 200 characters or less. Hey, at least its 60 more than twitterDay three in the Panda Express line. Resources have run out. Were considering cannibalism, but then again we dont want to be too full when we finally get our fried rice.Two white girls are the first to show up to an Iranian Student As-sociation corec soccer game. This is iranic.Class in the IC? More like class and IDC. Amirite? Amirite?

BRENDA LINPHOTO EDITOR

President Abed Rabbo Man-sour Hadi of Yemen appeared to agree to the demands of the Iran-backed Shitte Houthi rebels after the presidential palace and other major national institutions were seized earlier this week according to CNN.

Hadi, backed by the U.S., re-mained unharmed and suppos-edly signed off on the deal to end the political crisis. Who actually remains in control of the country is still in question.

As reported by the official Saba news agency, the apparent agreement called for the rebels to retreat from parts of the capital and to release Ahmend Awad bin Mubarak, Habis Chief of Staff, who was taken over the weekend, in exchange for a list of conces-sions.

Previously named demands from the group have included increased representation in the Parliament and other state insti-tutions. A deal reached to end the takeover in September already al-lowed the Houthis to control parts the city prior to this incident.

Formed in 2004, the Houthis are a sect of Shitte Islam from northern Yemen that make up about 30 percent of the popula-tion. Calling for greater autonomy for the north, the faction made significant moves in early 2014 closer to the capital, Sana. This is a blow to Obamas

global anti-terrorism strategy as Yemen, an important U.S. ally that was previous named by the President as an example for a new anti-terror doctrine which does not rely on sending troops into hazardous situations abroad.

DAVID RAJIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

OFF BY ONE ERRORAt approximately 7:30 p.m.

on Monday, Jan. 12, a larceny in the womens locker room at the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) was reported.

A GTPD officer was dis-patched at 9:27 p.m. that same evening to Howell Residence Hall to receive a report of the in-cident from the victim. Among the items stolen from the ex-ercise facility were a flute and three English books; those and the other items combined had a rough value of $1,250. The next day, the victim e-

mailed the assigned GTPD of-ficer to alert that her backpack,

which contained the stolen items had been located in the day locker next to the one in which it had been left. All of the contents were apparently un-touched and the case has been closed.

I DONT NEED YOUR HELPAt about 2:31 a.m. on Sat-

urday, Jan. 10, a GTPD officer was dispatched to Cloudman Residence Hall after the Depart-ment received reports of an in-toxicated female student. The officer met with the floor

peer leader, who indicated that the student was unconscious and in the presence of two of her friends. These friends indicated that the student, who was still breathing, had been consum-ing numerous alcoholic bever-ages at the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house. The two other students also reported that the unconscious female student had last vomited around midnight.

A fake South Carolina driv-ers license with an inaccurate date-of-birth and a picture of an individual who was clearly not the student was located on her in addition to her authentic Geor-gia drivers license with her real date-of-birth and a real picture

of her. The student regained con-sciousness long enough to de-cline transportation from para-medics to the hospital and spent the night in her dorm room. She was issued two student code of conduct violations.

CRUISIN IN THE ATLAt about noon on Sunday,

Jan. 11, a GTPD officer was pa-trolling the intersection of 5th Street NW and West Peachtree Street when he spotted a suspi-cious looking vehicle with an expired decal tag. The car in question was a

black 2004 Dodge Stratus. Upon searching the tag number in the GCIC/NCIC database, it was discovered by the officer that the vehicle was, in fact, sto-len from an Atlanta location.

Upon being apprehended by the officer, the occupants of the vehicle first attempted to ob-struct justice. After this failed, they were arrested, and vari-ous members of the group were charged with having no proof of insurance, driving without a valid license and the possession of a handgun by a minor. The juvenile in question was roughly 10 years old, and the oldest age represented was 49.

HEYINN RHOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

VP RESIGNSWilliam Schafer, Vice Presi-

dent for Student Affairs an-nounced Tuesday that he will resign to take a position as the Vice President of Student Life at West Virginia University.

Schafer will continue in his

current role until Feb. 16. Until his replacement is decided, John Stein, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students will serve as Interim Vice President.

Schafer has served in his po-sition for 11 years since he was named in 2004.

TECH SPINOFF FILES LAWSUITSarvint, a company spun off

of Georgia Tech Research Cor-poration, is suing several ap-parel companies for copyright infringement.The lawsuits, which name

Athos Works, MAD Apparel, Carre Technologies, OMsig-nal, Ralph Lauren Corporation, Sensoria, Textronics, Adidas North America and Victorias Secret Stores, alleged that the companies violated their pat-ent on Fabric or Garment with

Integrated Flexible Information Infrastructure and a Novel Fab-ric-Based Sensor for Monitoring Vital Signs.

Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman, an expert in the College of Man-agement and School of Polymer and Textile & Fiber Engineer-ing, took a co-inventor role and revolutionized the function of fabric materials in the context of medical and emergency situ-ation. The Smart Shirt reads and tracks the wearers biological signals such as heart rate, tem-perature, breathing rate.The product Wearable Moth-

erboard was anticipating com-mercialization this spring when Sarvint discovered the patent violation. The invention is based on

Jayaraman and Parks research done 19 years ago.

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SHASHANK SINGHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Student Organization Review was instituted and re-quested by Dr. Schafer, out-going Vice President of Stu-dent Affairs, to review the status of all student organizations on campus. The Office of Leadership and

Civic Engagement (OLCE) and the Joint Campus Organization Committee (JCOC) of Student Government Association (SGA) are tasked with going through all the records of the different student organizations and ensuring that all the paperwork is up-to-date and satisfactory.

Recently, the OLCE and the JCOC went through about 531 student organizations and reviewed all the physical docu-ments and correlated them with the electronic records from Jack-et Pages said Justin Eisenberg, SGA Vice President of Campus Organizations. The purpose of these regular

checks is to ensure that the orga-nizations are up to par and still functioning actively.

We found that only 194 of the organizations had the proper active status as opposed to the ap-

proximately 450 that the online records suggested, Eisenberg said.

In addition, of the 531 organi-zations, 145 were suspended and 143 were inactive. Inactive orga-nizations are those that are not considered organizations anymore due to long periods of dormancy or having an inactive status foran extended time and suspended or-ganizations are organizations that have lost their good standing due to missing paperwork. These orga-nizations no longer have any privi-leges of an organization. These results can be explained

by a couple of factors. First, a lot of these organizations did not have an active status due to their constitution not being up to date. Student organizations are required to update their constitution every five years and, with a transfer of leadership, sometimes new leaders are not aware of that.

Second, Jacket Pages, the on-line site for all student organiza-tions on campus, had some techni-cal problems recently and thus did not show the organizations if their documents were up to date, lead-ing to misunderstandings within organizations.

We are going to get an elec-tronic system that will keep a

comprehensive track of all these documents and records, Eisen-berg said. This system, ideally, will also inform the student orga-nizations of any documents they are missing or if the deadline for updating a certain document is approaching.

We are not doing this as any punitive response to a certain problem, Eisenberg said.

Instead, SGAs goal is to cre-ate a better system overall. This would make it easier for both the reviewing committee, as well as the student organizations to be able to monitor exactly what doc-uments they need to stay in good standing.

[The JCOC will be sending] an email to all the reviewed orga-nizations informing them of their current standing, what they need to do to re-obtain a good stand-ing and what happens if they dont complete those steps, Eisenberg said. The email will contain a link to

the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement website where the organizations can find an info-graphic under Student Organiza-tions, Organization, Registration detailing the step-by-step process the organizations need to follow in order to achieve good standing.

JCOC to review all student orgsHEYINN RHO

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The years Student Experience Survey created by Institute Com-munications and the Student Government Association (SGA), was delivered to the inboxes of teh undergraduate student body on Thursday. Students will have the next two to three weeks to re-spond.

Conducted only once before in 2009, the Student Experience Survey questions students about their impressions of various re-sources, interactions, and orga-nizations at Tech as well as their overall feelings. Questions include how easy it is to approach profes-sors and which activities students participate in.

On its first execution, the survey represented 1,300 partici-pants, 24 percent of approximate-ly 5,500 asked.

Much of the feedback shared in the Comments sections of the [2009] survey mentioned negative academic experiences as a large contributing factor to the under-graduate student experience, said Dillon Roseen, President of SGA. I think where the value of the 2009 survey came from was very specific comments that people left and the stories that they told.The results of the 2009 sur-

vey were never publicly released because of concerns about public perception. Despite this, accord-ing to Kathi Wallace, Director of Market Research in Institute Communications, these results spurred changes within the ad-ministration.

Using the past years survey results, the Institute Communica-tions and SGA decided to include stress in this years survey.The survey has become more

relevant in areas where the stu-dent body has grown in con-cern, such as mental health. The findings were very widely disseminated with the thinking being that we as a whole campus owned the results and we needed

to hold each other responsible for all those areas, Wallace said.This years survey covers a wide

variety of topics including aca-demics and student-faculty rela-tionships. It also asks students about the quality of various on-campus resources including those for mental health, sexual assault and academic support.

Other changes include updat-ing questions, such as changing the options from MySpace to Reddit. Other demographics op-tions were added so that the data can be examined more completely.The 2009 survey was also sub-

stantially referenced when the Provost and Executive Vice Presi-dent for Academic Affairs Rafael L. Bras was first hired in 2010. By bringing the survey to the dis-cussion, Bras offered a tactic that coincided with the President G.P. Bud Petersons vision for Insti-tutes Strategic Plan, which was released a year after Bras nomina-tion, according to Wallace. The 2009 survey found that

faculty and student interaction was one of the most important aspects of education. This com-pelled the Center for Enhance-ment of Teaching and Learning to pay more attention to obtain-ing statistically accurate data and also to campaign more actively for Course Instructor Opinion Sur-vey, according to Wallace.

Since 2009, survey responses have been shared with the Student Experience project committee, Institute leadership and student leadership for wider information dissemination.

Results of the survey will also help to collect data to help admin-istrators gauge student perception of service based learning initia-tives, the central focus of Techs Quality Enhancement Plan, set to be released next year.The survey records are ex-

pected to be published every four years in order to give undergradu-ate students the maximum chance leave remarks on the Techs weak-nesses and strengths.

Student survey released

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

Members of SGA meet during their weekly meetings in the Smithgall building. SGA, along with civil engagement is reviewing all student organizations to make sure their documents are up to date.

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Georgia Techs Journal of the Arts and Literatureart, n. - The expression or application of creative skill and

imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting, drawing, or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their

beauty or emotional power.

More information can be found at erato.gatech.edu or by e-mailing erato@gatech.edu

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substi-tute whatever for the force and beauty of

its process. Max Eastman

DAVID RAJIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Jan. 10 was the admission day for almost 12,000 high school students who had applied to Tech for an early action decision. Of the applicants, 5,273 received the congratulating e-mail confirming their admittance into Tech.

As of now, all 50 U.S. states, D.C. and Puerto Rico, plus 40 more countries are represented in the class of 2019.

One of the most discussed as-pects of the preliminary student body is the record high percentage of women.

Now that weve had excel-lent and consistent outreach and recruitment programs in place for well over a decade, youre see-ing the results of that work, said Rick Clark, Director of Under-graduate Admissions, regarding Techs efforts to affect an uptick in the quality application rate for women.

STEM education in general is on the rise in our state, nation and globally as well, so excellent students, male and female, are applying to Tech more than in the past. The statistics speak for them-

selves. Last years dramatic in-crease in female proportion of the class to 39 percent looks to not be an exception. Some students seem to be of the opinion that the infa-mous ratio will soon be a distant memory.

As a tech school, we have to be

the driving factor for the future. So in the end, ratios wont really be something our school will look at, said Eugene Yi, a third-year ME major.

Another notable facet of this years admissions process was the inclusion, for the first time, of department faculty to assist in re-view of applications. This change was made specifically for students who had expressed interest in ei-ther the School of Architecture or the Ivan Allen College of Lib-eral Arts.

At this point, we do not re-quire portfolios or additional writ-ing supplements from students, so we wanted faculty insight in order to glean both interest and aptitude for Architecture and IAC majors, Clark said.

Competitiveness of admission has also objectively increased in the past five years. According to Clark, the 14,125 applicants re-viewed in 2011 were admitted at a rate of 51 percent, but this years 27,250 applications have been predicted to result in an overall 31 percent rate of admittance. The combination of quality

STEM education, national rank-ings in several schools and other intangibles have made Tech an extremely attractive option for many, according to Clark.

There are very few schools in our country that have seen multi-year double-digit increases in ap-plications, Clark said. I tell stu-dents all the time that this is truly an exciting time to be at Tech.

And I earnestly believe that our faculty, students and alumni have both the knowledge and drive to help solve many of the problems our world will face in the years ahead.

In parallel with the rest of ad-missions, competition for seats in Techs International Program has also risen. Because of this, the international admissions process was also altered. A number of cur-rent international students were brought in to provide input to the deliberation.

Clark indicated that Tech ad-ministration wanted to keep the percentage of international stu-dents around the current level of approximately 9 percent, cit-ing the institutions opinion that it affords a great demographic mix for the Tech experience. Unfortunately, this has and will continue to result in much more selective process for international applicants.

Clark was emphatic that, in order to attract the best students, those currently enrolled must be continue to be enthusiastic about Tech.

In my opinion, if we really want the best applicants to pick Tech, we need our most authentic voices convincing them to choose usand there is no doubt that our best ambassadors are our cur-rent students, Clark said. The new admissions processes,

according to Clark, show that stu-dents are indeed good advocates for their campus.

Early admissions show increasing competitiveness

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This graphic shows important numbers about the accepted stu-dents. This years pool has a record number of female students.

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FOR WHOM THE BARBELL TOLLSUHR considered bill 15JJ095

to fund Barbell Glub. The bill asked for a little less than $12,000 for, among other things, to rent Gym space for members.

Some representatives ques-tioned why the organization was asking for so much money despite asking for $6,800 last semesters, to which the organization repre-sentative responded that they had far more members this semester and they needed more space to rent. During the discussion, the organization admitted that their member dues did not go towards space rental, but towards T-shirts and events.The bill passed UHR 24-3-1.

BUT WHAT IS CULTUREUHR also considered 15J097, a

bill to fund the Lunar New Year festival. The bill would fund the Chinese Student Association to host a talent show as well as other cultural events in collaboration with other Asian cultural organi-zations.

One point of contention was the funding of food. JFC allows cultural food to pass, but some members of UHR thought this would be a slippery slope. Oth-ers thought this objection was silly since the event and the food clearly served a cultural purpose.

UHR eventually passed per JFC with the funding for food and passed the bill 24-4-0.

BILL SUMMARYBILL AMOUNT GSS UHR

$727.01$934.30

$11,897.26 $421.67$1,893$335

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Taste of Latin AmericaSGA StipendsBarbell Club

Wrestling Club SingletsLunar New Year Talent ShowCommunity Service Council

Canoe and Kayak ClubJFC Budget Hearings

Each week, this section of News will include the coverage of dierent aspects of bills that passed through Student Government. This will include the Undergraduate House of Representatives, Graduate Student Senate and the Executive Branch of

both government bodies.

precautions that they could take. He stressed, however, that sending alerts too often would end up hav-ing a negative effect on campus.

Everyone here at Tech wants to be informed. I think everyone has that patched and they want to know, Connolly said. But when it comes to safety alerts, they have to be very targeted because if I send you out every time we make an arrest you know what is going to happen? The alerts are not go-ing to be as effective.

In addition to alerts, GTPD communicates with students on a variety of electronic platforms as a way of providing students with information and hearing

student concerns.Facebook, Reddit, Twitter,

Crime Prevention Department, Yik-Yak[we are] always trying to find ways to connect with the students, Connolly said.

After incidents at the College of Business, GTPD drastically increased their presence there and are in the process of setting up new rules for after-hours access of the building.

Weve taken back control of the building, Connolly said. The building was a little too open. We just didnt have full control of that building like we should.

GTPD did a full assessment of the building to get a better idea of the challenges. One of the big concerns was that so many

non-Tech people were walking through the building. Another was that the buildings Wall Street exhibit contained many expensive pieces but had outsiders to the In-stitute passing by.

Connolly states that as a par-ent, he takes the safety of Tech students very seriously.

Im a parent, my kids going to college too and Ill be just as con-cerned. I would hope whoever is responsible for taking care of the environment they are in has their stuff together.

GTPD has more than 80 offi-cers, with 10 to 12 officers patrol-ling at all times and over 1,000 security cameras and 500 safety phones are placed across Tech campus.

GTPD FROM PAGE 1

Photo by Brenda Lin Student Publications

Numerous GTPD police cars sit outside Gary F. Beringause Building. Chief Connolly responds to concerns of parents and students related to recent incidents of crime in and around campus.

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Screw beautiful, Im brilliant. If you want to appease me, compliment my brain. -Cristina Yang

OPINIONS EDITOR: Wyatt Bazrod

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When submitting letters we ask that you include your full name, year (1st, 2nd, etc.) and major. We ask that letters be thought provoking, well written and in good taste. We reserve the right to both reject or edit letters for length and style.

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OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

Campus-wide cooperation requiredKeys to the success of the Student Experience SurveyThis week, SGA will be releasing its

Student Experience Survey. The sur-vey, which will be open for three weeks, hopes to compile data on a large variety of student experience concerns. While the results will certainly be broad, the impor-tance of this student-driven data cannot be overlooked. The results of the last Student Experi-

ence Survey, which was given in 2009, were never publicly released. This was like-ly due to the surveys unfavorable results. This year, SGA has taken a stance that the results should be made public, and we at the Technique whole-heartedly agree.

While we do understand that there is the potential for the results of this survey to cast life at Tech in a negative light, not releasing negative data does not decrease awareness of the problems either. All that the refusal to release the data does is make it more difficult for SGA to work with oth-er campus organizations to fix these issues.

We would like to see concrete actions and solutions made from the Student Ex-perience Survey. SGA has a duty to always represent the student body to the admin-istration and the survey is no exception. In fact, this is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable insight on student opinion and for SGA to voice those opinions to the Administration.

SGA, however, will not be able to take action if students do not participate in the survey. This year it will be open for any student to fill out and we encourage every student to do so. Negativity is common-place on Techs campus and this is our rare opportunity to make something of those complaints.The Student Experience Survey repre-

sents a unique situation where the major-ity of the student body, SGA and the ad-ministration can work together to better Techs campus, and we encourage every-one to take advantage of it.

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

TOP SLIVERS

That Pavlovian response when a phone dings and everyone looks down

Shout out to all the people waiting in line for Panda Express. It now takes half as long to get my Chick-fil-A

My indecisiveness isnt aided by this constant fluctuation in weather, oh man.

I cant tell if the smell of BO is from me, or if its just the general odor of the stinger...

Nothing has been that depressing this semester and Im slightly depressed over that.

Okay Blank Space is good yeah but people 1989 is a goldmine; expand your T.Swift-horizons.

This is the last time T.Swift will be mentioned in this semesters paper --Lindsay

Four Scores, 7 Tears ago...I was still at Tech.

Netflix keeps playing and Im like What? I TOTALLY paused!

This semester is like Glee: it sucks.

Day three in the Panda Express line. Resources have run out. Considering cannibalism, but we dont want

to be too full when we finally get our fried rice.

technique editorial boardBrittany Miles EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Lindsay Purcell MANAGING EDITOR

Kenneth Marino NEWS EDITORConnor Napolitano DESIGN EDITORBrenda Lin PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Nick Johnson ASST. LIFE EDITORJoe Murphy ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Mark Russell SPORTS EDITOR

technique January 23, 2015 7// OPINIONS

The Student Government Association (SGA) has no idea what it is doing.

Now that I have your atten-tion, let me explain why this is not the damning indictment that it seems. Specifi-cally, SGA has no idea what it is doing when it comes to al-locating money to what they call Tier I orga-nizationsThe Student Center and the Campus Recreation Center (CRC). These two organizations both have an-nual budgets of over $1 million, determined entirely or mostly by the whims of the often un-ruly SGA budget process.

How it works, in short, is that every year students give $123 of their (or their parents) hard-earned scratch per semes-ter, which goes into a big pot. SGA takes this money and al-locates it in budgets to the pre-viously mentioned Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III, Of the almost $5 million allocated last year, $3,233,875 or 69 percent went to Tier I.The first problem is that SGA

does not really have the ability or the time to understand the requested budgets of these or-ganizations. The CRC, which accounted for a staggering $2 million of the budget, is literally a multi-million dollar recreation center and gym.

Understanding everything it does and how it spends its budget is a full-time job. Yet we apparently expect that students who already have a lot going on can become informed enough to make strategic cuts.

I could go on a rant about the various ways SGA wastes money.

SGA has spent money on things such as rewards for members doing what is, essentially, their jobs, like food for its members and other things which it would

never approve for other organiza-tions.

SGA even of-fered a bill to pay for members to have dinner at Gordon Biersch, although appar-ently sanity pre-vailed at some point and the bill failedbut

only barely. While SGA does actually

think through most of their funding decisions. My point is just that their judgement is not unassailable. This is not the only problem

with this arrangement, however. It also means that SGA has less time to be more thorough in re-viewing the budgets for things most students would actually think about when discussing student activity.

With meetings that usually run past midnight, having to sort through these massive bud-gets prevents SGA from careful-ly considering smaller budget. The solution is obvious. Break

the student activity fee into two or three fees. Fund the Student Center and CRC through their own fees and let budgetary de-cisions be made by those within those organizations who have the time to understand the im-pact of cuts. This would not only give

SGA the time to spend more time considering the budgets of student groups, but it would also make clear to students where their fee money and make everyone more accountable to the student body.

TANIKA BANTUKULFIRST-YEAR BME

He did address hot but-ton issues, but it was a very politically correct speech

JANKI PATELFIRST-YEAR CHBE

Im not usually that inter-ested in politics.

SHANNOR TROTTYSECOND-YEAR CS

I thought it was bold...Es-pecially when he said hed already won two terms.

JAYANTH ASDITHYAFIRST-YEAR ME

Making community col-lege free is huge and going to put us back on track.

What are your thoughts on the State of the

Union?

A need to redefine the Student Activity Fee

SGA does not really have the ability or the

time to understand the requested budgets...

KENNETH MARINONEWS EDITOR

Everyday people go to work to make a living but it is not long before that paycheck goes toward paying a living expense. Whether they are working for currency or an exchange of ser-vices, this cycle has been around forever. For some people, this may mean working a minimum wage job and barely having enough, or not enough at all, to pay bills. Should the sys-tem really be this way? A great number of people that hold these jobs are students. Can we, students, really afford school while only getting paid mini-mum wage?

As of 2013, nearly 3.3 mil-lion workers are getting paid at or below the federal mini-mum wage of $7.25 per hour. That might seem to be a small number, but it is pretty gross when you look at the outcome. Someone who works full time at federal minimum wage for a year would have a gross income of $13,195. Totaling up federal, state, and Social Security taxes, it is an average of 15 percent of what theymake. That is a mere net income of $11,215, which is below the poverty line.

College is not cheap, even if you are working full time. The cost for an in-state student to attend Tech is $11,394 per year, and this only takes tuition and mandatory fees into consider-ation. Include books, housing, and a meal plan, the cost rises significantly to $23,028. The fact is that most college students do not work full time. This makes it impossible to attend school without some sort of fi-nancial aid or contribution.

Two years ago Pres. Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. Over these past two years, states across the na-

tion have slowly increased the minimum wage requ i rement s . Currently twen-ty-nine states have a minimum wage rate above the requirement.

While rais-ing the mini-mum wage may not completely

eradicate the problem of not being able to afford college, it helps narrow the amount that students would have to get from other sources. Not only does it help students, a raise in mini-mum wage is also a smart eco-nomic decision.

Almost 70 percent of our GDP comes from consumer spending. Raising the minimum wage would mean that employ-ees take home more money. As a result, spending increases and money is put back into the econ-omy. Companies see an increase in sales due to increased wages as a positive tool to help them grow.

People that oppose an in-crease in wages believe that it will cause lower employment rates. With companies paying their employees more, the busi-ness would only be able to sus-tain fewer workers. However, the spending of employees ad-ditional earnings raises demand and job growth.

In thirteen states that in-creased the minimum wage, the job growth outpaced those states that did not increase workers wages. So why not in-crease the minimum wage? It can only help.

In defense of raising the minimum wage

Can we, students, really afford school

while only getting paid minimum wage?

TYLER MEUTERASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

I love college football. The pageantry of the games and pas-sion of the fans is unmatched in American sports, and it gener-ates a whole lot of excitement, speculation, and discussion dur-ing the season. There is almost nothing better than waking up early on an autumn Satur-day and knowing that, for the next eleven hours or so, college football has your entertainment needs covered. However, as great as it is, it cannot compare to the excitement and intensity that I feel as a fan of the NFL.

First of all, the quality of play in the NFL is simply bet-ter than college football. Obvi-ously, every NFL player is a paid professional and it is their full-time job to practice and improve each week, whereas in college, the athletes have strict limits on practice time and must also focus on schoolwork. Watch-ing well-orchestrated offensive drives, intimidating defenses, and impressive feats of athleti-cism is exciting for me. Plus the NFL has the advantage over col-lege in these areas. The NFLs method of deter-

mining a champion is also much

better than college footballs. The NFL uses a 12 team playoff system where each team objec-tively earned their spot in the tournament based on their sea-son record. College football uses a committee to subjectively vote on the teams that they feel are most deserving, which sparks debate and controversy. The fact that only the NFL has an undis-puted champion makes it a more compelling sport to watch.

People say that the NFLs playoff system negates the sig-nificance of the regular season, but I do not buy that argument. Regular season games in college are too significant, as one loss all year could leave you out of the playoff (unless you are in the

SEC, of course). The NFL lets a completely fair number of teams into the postseason, and rewards teams that have better records with bye weeks and home field advantage.

NFL detractors also claim that the pros cannot compare to college in terms of game day atmosphere and fan passion, but based on what I have seen, that is not true. In fact, it is NFL stadiums that set new crowd volume records and they are doing it with smaller capacities than the largest college stadi-ums (70,000 people compared to over 100,000). Unless you are a student in the student section of a college game, the in-person experience at NFL games is bet-

ter. The stadiums are newer, the video boards are bigger and clearer, the game is higher qual-ity and the seats are much more comfortable. The vast majority of NFL tickets are individual, chair-backed seats with arm-rests, compared to the typical cramped metal bench at college games.

Finally, the playing field is more even in the NFL. As already discussed, each team has an equally fair shot at the postseason, and teams can re-build through the draft and free agency. Roster limits and the salary cap prevent teams from stockpiling the best players, whereas in college it seems like the rich always get richer (better programs attract better recruits which leads to better programs). Teams can win and lose any given Sunday in the NFL, but it is increasingly rare in college to see a heavy favorite lose to an underdog.

Overall, I am still definitely a fan of both sports, but as my Patriots prepare for Super Bowl XLIX, I want to make my stance clear: I am an NFL fan first and foremost.

Choosing the NFL over the NCAAPeople say that the NFLs

playoff system negates the significance of the regular

season, but I do not buy that argument...

JOE SOBCHUKASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

see BAC, page 9

8 January 23, 2015 technique // OPINIONS

OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT

GT at SOTUMaybe most of us missed

out on watching the State of the Union address in favor of studying, but be that as it may, one of Techs graduate was present on Capital Hill. Kathy Pham, a College of Computing alum, was personally invited to attend President Obamaa speech on the hill and watch as he ddressed everything from unemployment to raising taxes on the wealthy, plus some pret-ty sassy remarks.

HOT or NOT

Career FairOnly three weeks into the

new semester and the stress of classes has been pushed to the back burner for everyones fa-vorite semesterly struggle: the Career Fair. However, while the stress of presentation and job searching is high enough for all students, it is the small-er majors that really suffer the shaft this time of year. They have less representation at the fair itself and far less to choose from in terms of companies.

Hawks on TopIt seems the sports world

has flipped its axis this year as most Atlanta based teams, aside from GSU, have made a switch in performance. The Falcons have flopped, Tech has sky-rocketed, and so has the Atlanta Hawks. Number one in their division ,with only eight losses this season com-ing off a twelve-game winning streak, the Hawks have not looked this good in years and attendance has prospered.

Crecine Flooding Crecine Residence Hall-

flooded yet again early Tues-day morning. Tech students were abruptly awoken from their slumber by a the morn-ing shower of all morning showers and studens belong-ings and peace of mind were destroyed from the water dam-age. Emergency Maintenance did arrive at around 6am, but there is still no word about why Crecine flooded for the second time in recent memory.

Georgia Techs motto is Prog-ress and Service. Our contri-butions to progress are many. You only need to read the Daily Digest to find stories about how we advance scientific boundar-ies, develop innovative solutions to engineering, architectural and computing problems, or resolve business and societal issues.

Making a dif-ference through innovation and re-search has become a significant part of your education.

P r o g r e s s ? Check. What about service? Many of you are dedicated to mak-ing the world a bet-ter place.

You contribute through commu-nity engagement projects, serving to make communities more liv-able, sustainable, and prosperous.

Community engagement is a source of pride at Tech, but it has not yet become a core element of learning here.This is about to change. Very

soon, whatever your major, you will be able to work on commu-nity-focused projects as part of a sequence of activities around an exciting themecreating sus-tainable communities.

Imagine you had the oppor-tunity to take part in developing affordable products and services for the under served, deploying community renewable energy or sustainable mobility solutions, supporting a clean water infra-structure, developing local, state and federal environmental policy.

In 12 months time, Geor-gia Tech will officially begin the i4FSWFt-FBSOt4VTUBJOw QSPHSBNto make this reality.

Its central tenet will be ser-vice learning and community engagement this means projects will address a community need and you will serve this need with what you learn here at Tech, in

your major.8IBUXJMM4FSWFt-FBSOt4VTUBJO

look like to the student planning a college or professional path? There will be many partner-

ships with community organiza-tions, non-profits, government organizations and firms that focus on different facets of creating sus-tainable communities.

Professors will draw on these partnerships to incorporate cur-rent examples, field trips, and ser-vice learning projects into classes and capstones. There will be related co-ops

and internships. There will be two new pathways in public service and innovating for sustainability that will open up new career paths for you.

To strengthen your preparation for these opportunities, courses

will be refreshed or created with community engagement methods and sustainability content.

And seed funding for student organizations is expected to gen-erate even more opportunities for experimentation.

Evidence shows that students with skills in listening to and working with diverse commu-

nities are much more valuable to employers than those who have equivalent techni-cal skills but lack awareness of soci-etal context. The doing well

by doing good perspective you will bring to your jobs will create value to your em-ployers by rede-

fining how your organization en-gages with communities it serves.

In the long term, Georgia Tech will be known for its positive im-pact on communities near and far. 4FSWFt-FBSOt4VTUBJOXJMM TUBSU

in 2016, and we will spend this year laying the groundwork. In developing the program up to this point, we have collected invalu-able student input, and its vital that we continue to work closely with you.

Ultimately, this program will be yours and will reflect your in-terests and passions.

Colin Potts, Vice Pro-vost for Undergraduate Educa-tion, Beril Toktay, Professor for Operations Management, and Ellen Zegura, Professor and Chair for the School of Computer Science.

Letter to the Editor: Engaging Students Service

Very soon, whatever your major, you will be able to work on community-focused projects as part of a sequence of activities around an exciting theme

creating sustainable communities.

COLIN POTTS, BERIL TOKTAY, AND ELLEN ZEGURA

QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE

technique January 23, 2015 9// OPINIONS

Georgia Tech is fortunate to have more than 80 sworn officers with 10-12 officers including plainclothes officers actively patrolling campus by foot, mo-torcycle, bicycle, car, Segway, and K-9 patrols.

We also have a state-of-the-art op-erations center and more than 1,000 security cameras and 500 emergen-cy phones posted throughout cam-pus, along with two SkyCop mobile surveillance sys-tems.

With access to all these tools, how do incidents like the one in the Scheller College of Business, continue to occur, along with theft, larceny, burglary and other campus crimes?The mission of the Georgia

Tech Police Department (GTPD) is to provide a safe and secure en-vironment for the campus com-munity and it is one that we take seriously. But I will be the first to tell you that our officers cannot do it alone.

We encourage all of you to be alert and aware of your surround-ings and the behavior of others, both on and off campus. Some students may shrug off the advice to See something. Say some-thing, but it works. In Decem-ber, quick reporting by an obser-vant parent using the Campus Recreation Center helped GTPD recover a students possessions and resulted in the arrest of two suspects. Likewise, a suspect was also arrested for the incidents oc-curring in the vicinity of Brittain Hall last month.

We want to have more success stories like this, but more impor-tantly, we are committed to doing all that we can to prevent crimes from occurring in the first place.

I was very impressed to see so many students participate in the recent town halls at the Scheller College of Busi-ness, and we plan to have more across campus. At Scheller, security camera upgrades and improved ex-terior lighting are

in the works. The exterior building doors

now automatically lock from 5 p.m. to 7:45 a.m., with the building accessible only with a BuzzCard during those hours. There also will be a security pres-ence in the building from 4 p.m. until midnight Monday-Friday on an ongoing basis.

What can you do? Make sure that you are securing your belong-ings whether in your dorm room, in buildings around campus or in your vehicle.

Download the Rave Guard-ian smartphone app and use the timer feature when appropriate. You should never be shy about re-porting suspicious individuals or activity to GTPD.

I encourage all of you to pro-gram GTPDs number into your phones. The bottom line is that we are here to serve you. If you ever have a question or concern, please dont hesitate to contact us.

I applaud the Technique for helping us keep Tech students informed. Everyone has a role to play in campus safety.

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Changing the way we teach math

I like math, I really do. I do not, however, like the way we are forced to learn math. This week, I had to call my

mother, a middle school math teacher, to ask her what the qua-dratic formula was.

Now, I know what the quadratic formula is. I know when to use it. I know how to use it. I just could not for the life of me remember where the 4ac went. Do you want to know why I could not remember? Be-cause other than the once-every -five-year problem when I need to factor some complicated equation, no one ever uses the quadratic for-mula. Do bankers use it? Do en-gineers use it? Do calculus profes-sors us it? Heck, I dont even think professional factor-ers would use it. I mean, we have Ti-89s for a reason, guys.

So why exactly did we spend months, maybe even years, of our middle school lives memorizing and rememorizing a nearly useless formula?

Or a better question would be, why were we not using that time and effort to learn parts of math that would later be useful or rel-evant or even just used more than once in our entire adulthoods.

I do not mean to come across as whiny; I just believe that my is-sue with the quadratic formula is a good example of a larger prob-lem within the American teaching system.

And no, Im not talking about the battle with the Common Core or the differences between public

and private school. What I be-lieve is that we need to change the way math is viewed as a subject in America.

Often, in school, and even at Tech, math seems like mind-

less work that is meant just to get through.

But this is a failing. Math is important and useful and should not be a bunch of near meaning-less numbers that h i g h s c h o o l e r s cram into their

brains before an AP test. There are several easy (well,

seemingly easy) solutions to this predicament. Schools could fo-cus on math that will be useful in the students futures such as how does one calculate their ex-pected taxes and how much is too high of an interest rate and how much should an apartment rent be, based on ones income? Math is a huge part of adulthood and honestly that is the math I do not know.

I would like to see changes be-yond that. I would like to see, and I hope to one day see, a change in the way Americans view math. There is no reason for students

to be afraid of math. There is no reason for thousands of smart stu-dents to become baristas in part because they think calculus or sta-tistics is too hard. The problem is not the difficulty of the subject, it is the difficulty we create in teach-ing it.

For now, I will rest easy know-ing I will most likely not have to use the quadratic formula for years ... well, probably ever.

BAC FROM PAGE 7

MANAR SEVAKFIRST-YEAR CHBE

Obamas bravado in reaching across the aisle

on crucial issues...is a step in the right direc-

tion.

AARON AIZERMANFIRST-YEAR PHYS

I didnt watch... because I feel that regardless of

which party is in power, it is equivalent to hear-ing from the most biased

source.Photos by Brenda Lin Student Publications

Some students may shrug off the advice to See something.

Say something, but it works....

ROBERT CONNOLLYINTERIM CHIEF, GTPD

The problem is not the difficulty of the

subject, it is the difficulty we create in

teaching it. ...

LINDSAY PURCELLMANAGING EDITOR

technique10Friday,

January 23, 2015Life Paper and Clay The Technique investigates the art studio in the Student Center that lets students unleash their creative side. 413Zajic researches coffee shop hacker

Tutoring Center promotes academic successMEGAN PRESTON

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Hard as it may be to hear, win-ter break is over. The semester has been proceeding for three weeks now and is here to stay. The Cen-ter for Academic Success aims to help students cope with that real-ization through a variety of pro-grams designed to help students stay on top of their coursework.

Programs include 1-to-1 Tu-toring, PLUS Sessions and the Commons Helpdesk, as well as lesser-known academic recovery programs like Reboot and Aca-demic Coaching. The Center also collaborates with several other tutoring services including the CommLab, OMED and others.

Assistant Director Christy Lock emphasizes that many of these programs are not only for students who feel they are falling behind but also for students look-ing to get ahead. She believes the programs help develop transfer-able study skills that allow stu-dents to truly understand and learn material. The Director of the Center for

Academic Success, Dr. Shannon Dobranski, agrees.

Students are sometimes re-luctant to visit the center because they think it is an indication they cant succeed, when in fact it is just the opposite students con-sulting us make their performance even better.

Last fall, 1-to-1 Tutoring saw approximately 2,380 appoint-ments, while PLUS sessions assist-ed over 1,700 students from Au-gust through October. The 1-to-1

Tutoring program allows students to, as the name suggests, discuss problems and subject matter one-on-one with a tutor.

Tutors are students who have already taken the course in which they are tutoring and received an A, after which they are certified and trained through the College Reading and Learning Associa-tion (CRLA). Those who utilize 1-to-1 Tutoring can rest assured that the tutors are competent and knowledgeable.

Tutoring is a popular option because, as Lock puts it, it al-lows students to develop rela-tionships with tutors that better enable them to study and learn. Unsurprisingly, Math 1502 is one of the most common subjects re-quested for tutoring help. About 100 courses are accessible in total through 1-to-1 Tutoring.

An alternative to the one-on-one model, PLUS sessions provide a group environment in which to study. Short for Peer-Led Un-dergraduate Study, Lock consid-ers each PLUS session as a safe space for collaboration and talk-ing through concepts. She notes that PLUS has been more popular since they moved to the Clough building, likely due to their easier accessibility and the increased awareness the building provides. The Commons Helpdesk is

more informal. Students can swing by anytime during the Helpdesks hours for homework help and more.

However, Lock cautions against waiting until homework is due before coming to the Help-desk: Come often and come ear-

ly, I cannot stress that enough.Dobranski echoes the senti-

ment, believing that it is beneficial for students to know that they are not the only ones struggling in classes, especially students utiliz-ing Academic Recovery Programs.

One such program is Reboot, a six-week seminar that helps stu-

dents master study skills, learn their learning styles and set goals. Academic Coaching is also avail-able to meet one-on-one with a professional staff member and come up with an individualized game plan for the semester.The Center for Academic Suc-

cess invites students to reach out

if they are having difficulty find-ing a tutoring service that meets their needs. The Center is located in Suite 283 in the Clough Under-graduate Learning Commons.

If students are interested in becoming tutors for Fall 2015, ap-plications are anticipated to open in March.

VIDYA IYERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Two major issues within the last couple years greatly illustrate the growing presence of the hack-ing culture: the Snapchat incident of 2013, where users phone num-

bers and images were leaked, and the Sony hack, where North Ko-rean hackers leaked emails from a key Sony executive to stop the release of the James Franco and Seth Rogan movie, The Interview. Although North Koreas main ob-jective was not entirely successful

(the movie was released in selected theaters and can be purchased online), hacking is still a major global issue.

For this reason, computer se-curity experts have been focused on protecting cyber information by strengthening security for the

internet and wireless communi-cation. Technological devices, however, leak signals that were thought to be nearly undetectable.

Dr. Alenka Zajic, an assistant professor in the School of Elec-trical and Computer Engineer-ing, along with her husband and colleague Milos Prulovic, an as-sociate professor in the School of Computer Science, prove that this is not the case.

In an effort to work together and combine each others fields of expertise, Zajic and Prulovic decided to take on this ambitious project in 2009. Now, their group has made significant headway and the impact of their research could revolutionize the information se-curity realm. She warns students that even when they might think their computers are off, the devic-es are in fact still hackable.

When you disconnect the power plug, Internet and every-thing else, your computer still leaks information, Zajic said. That happens because the change in voltage levels generates electro-magnetic fields that you can read at some distance.

When further describing the relation of signal strength to prox-imity, Zajic said that when taking measurements, she could be typ-ing in one room and her colleague

in the room next door could read the signals.

It is unsettling to know that even when offline there is still a possibility of being hacked.

When asked why more people are not aware of the issue, Zajic said, I think because they believe that there is enough online activ-ity that you wouldnt be able to distinguish what you are doing offline. The assumption was that reading these signals would be complex enough that worrying about it wasnt necessary.

With these issues coming to light, one obvious questions stands: How can I prevent this information from being leaked? Unfortunately, individuals can only remain worried for the time being. There are no specific pre-cautions or safeguards currently available.

Zajic, however, quickly added, Ask me in a year; we are working on a jammer to plug in as a USB stick that can protect the field around you so no one can steal the data. The progress that Zajic and

her team have made is merely the beginning.

This is pretty much an open field. We have just scratched the surface. Many more things can be done, Zajic said.

LIFE EDITOR: Alexa GrzechASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR: Nick Johnsonlife@nique.net

Tech students engage in 1-on-1 Tutoring in the Center for Academic Success. The center offers various services including 1-on-1 Tutoring, PLUS Sessions, and Reboot and Academic Coaching.

Monica Jamison Student Publications

Dr. Alenka Zajic, an assistant professor, measures emissions using her computer. Through her scientific research, she has discovered that the resident coffee shop hacker is indeed a reality.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Alenka Zajic

technique January 23, 2015 11// LIFE

Tech student and graduates make 30 under 30 NICK JOHNSON

ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR

Three Tech students (one cur-rent, two graduates) have been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2015: Partha Unnava, Robert Parrish and Rob Rhine-hart. The magazine lists 20 cat-egories of 30 young game chang-es, movers and makers who are all under 30 years old.

From the Manufacturing and Industry category, Partha Unnava, the 22 year-old CEO of BetterWalk, and company rede-signed the 4000-year-old crutch. BetterWalk was founded in May of 2013 by 3 BMEs from Tech to improve the experience of a crutch user.

Citing his experience having broken his angle and being on crutches for six weeks, Unnava felt the underarm pain common to crutch users. The vast majority of the users weight lies atop the axillary padding, causing uncom-fortable or even painful stresses. Unnava saw this as an opportu-nity and helped design the Better-Walk Crutch.The new design redistributes

the weight away from the armpits and spreads it to the sturdier parts of the body. The design was a fi-nalist in the 2014 InVenture Chal-lenge, received venture capital in the ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator and has been present-ed at the White House.

I compared the experience to how I imagine Dwyane Wade felt after winning the NBA Cham-pionship in 2006, says Unnava, courtesy of bwcrutches.com. Even now, to express the magnitude of my emotions and the immense re-spect I have for this award, I only have one word. Wow.

Unnava left Tech to focus on his company and on a product launch early this year; he plans to

come back and graduate in 2016.Rounding out the Science

30U30 is 25-year-old ME Rob-ert Parrish whose goal is better chemistry through quantum me-chanics, courtesy of coe.gatech.edu. Parrish graduated in 2010 and is now a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemistry. Two years ago, Parrish was included in Scientific Americans 30 Under 30 for the same research.

Popular culture often seems to think that science is done at 3:00 A.M. by a solo grad student in a white coat slaving over a lab bench, Parrish said, courtesy of me.gatech.edu. All of my best ideas have come from having a chat over a beer with a friend.

He uses quantum mechanics to

simulate electrons in molecules in order to see if the molecule may be a good drug candidate, reac-tion catalyst, etc. The math and computer simu-

lations that he uses are incredibly complex. Fascinated by the com-plex patterns of weather and the universe, Parrish has a knack for finding approximations for these page-long equations to reduce computation time.

Of all the equations I studied, the electronic Schrdinger equa-tion of quantum chemistry was easily the most difficult and there-fore the most fun to work on, says Parrish, courtesy of me.gatech.edu.

In their blurb, Forbes says, Parrish is working on mak-ing it possible for Siri to tell a

chemist exactly where to put that carbon atom.

Founder of Soylent, Rob Rhinehart cinched a spot in the Food and Drink category for his efficient food. Graduating in 2012 in CS, 26-year-old Rhine-hart raised $3 million in crowd-funding from 20 thousand back-ers. He asked for $100,000.Thinking like a true engineer,

Rhinehart saw his unhealthy daily peanut butter sandwiches and cheeseburgers as a problem to optimize. Experimenting with different blends, he lived off his product for a year and claims to have felt better and more ener-gized than during his undergrad.

Soylent is a vegan, kosher, FDA-GRAS product and provides

a complete and healthy adult diet. The company ships packages of powder and oil blends, and con-sumers mix them with water and drink up. The thick, beige liquid has attracted the interest of the military and NASA.

At $70 per month for 21 meals or $255 for 84 meals, Soylent at-tracts those who do not have the time, patience or money to make food or eat out regularly. It wont replace the food at events, but it has the ability to replace the mo-notonous day-to-day victuals.

He hated the menial tasks food required, like driving to the grocery store, standing in line, preparing food, then clean-ing up afterwards, courtesy of gtalumnimag.com.

Left, Parta Unnava is featured. Middle, quantum mechanics illustration. Right, Rob Rhinehart is featured. The current Tech stu-dent and past Tech students made the list by redesigning crutches, researching quantum mechanics, and creating efficient food.

Courtesy of Parta Unnava, Robyn Hooz Flickr, courtesy of Rob Rhinehart

12 January 23, 2015 technique // LIFE

CENTER FROM PAGE 1in progress, student leaders are doing their best to cater future building changes and innovations based on the feedback of Tech stu-dents. A small development group composed solely of students, the Student Center Expansion Com-mittee (SCEC), has been tasked with determining the most appro-priate features of a new Student Center that could accommodate the needs of those who use them. SCEC acts as a liaison for stu-dents, represented by leaders in multi-tier organizations such as SGA, SCPC, Ramblin Reck Club, Greek Life, multicultural groups and more.

Zola Zalesky, a third-year IE and current chair of SCEC, head-ed the effort for spotlighting the large majority of desired improve-ments from student input from campus and electronic surveys.

Top recurring requests include an increase in dedicated head-quarters for student organizations, consolidated dining locations and larger essential rooms such as the theater.

Despite good intentions, an expansion of this magnitude de-mands sacrifice. SCEC is consid-ering its likeliest source of budget in a student fee increase between $25 and $75, a move that will re-quire approval by the USG Board of Regents.

Greater space also requires the reclamation of existing space. Theres talk of expanding the new building into the parking space between the Student Center and Flag building, as well the grassy area between Skiles and Subway, Zalesky said.

As it stands, no ideas are off limits. Development of a new Student Center still remains a pressing yet drawn-out discussion among Institute leaders.

For students, the Student Center continues to serve as an integral resource on campus and though the exact definition of ex-pansion is still murky, it may also be hopeful.

ALEXA GRZECHLIFE EDITOR

With the college lifestyle usu-ally lending itself to microwave meals and packaged food, some-times dining can seem mundane and repetitive. Often, students come across random food items in their refrigerators and pan-tries, but immediately throw them out or leave the items to collect dust because they can-not find a way to use the food for meals. In order to prevent this major tragedy from occurring on a regular basis, these dorm room food recipes can help students save money by finding a place for those stubborn, random ingredients.

Only requiring sugar cookie dough, cream cheese and fresh fruit, a delicious dessert pizza of-fers a chance for students to use all that random fruit they decided to

buy on their spur-of-the-moment health kick.

By using leftover cookie dough, students can use the dough create a perfectly sweetened base. Flatten the cookie dough, stick the dough in the oven and then top with a layer of cream cheese, if desired, and fresh fruit. Besides, those 7 kiwis and 3 cartons of strawber-ries probably would not have been eaten anyway.

Another easy meal that incor-porates random food is the classic staple, pasta. Put that half-eaten box of noodles to good use by making a vegetable spaghetti or lemon garlic pasta meal. Cook the noodles and add those left-over veggies to create a tasty dish. Add a dash of garlic and salt to make the meal more flavorful.

Not an overly ambitious meal, the traditional omelette of-fers students a chance to include

those never used foods. Add some broccoli, tomatoes, leftover lunch meat, cheeses and other random vegetables to create a unique om-elette masterpiece. Do not forget to squeeze on that random Taco Bell hot sauce packet that is col-lecting dust in the corner. Re-member that the worst thing that can happen is the failed omelette turns into scrambled eggs.

Students should also remember that they can always resort to the lunchtime favorite, the sandwich. To add flavor to the sandwich do not forget to add leftover salad dressing (honey mustard or ranch is preferable) or spread on some pesto or hummus. Sandwiches can still taste good even with the most random ingredients.

Never forget that a dessert sandwich can also make for an easy, pick-me-up meal. Just get two pieces of bread, pick a nice

spread, and scatter on some left-over fruit and/or to make for a de-licious meal. A longtime favorite is the peanut butter sandwich. Add some bananas, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and spread on some peanut butter on two slices of sandwich bread to create a pro-tein-filled, sweet treat.

Remember all those leftover foods can also come together in a nice minestrone-esque soup as well. Just add some veggies (toma-toes, carrots, celery, and onions are favorites) to a pot of heated olive oil. Then add a couple cups of chicken broth bringing the cre-ation to a boil. Stir in some beans and noodles and let simmer for around 10 minutes. Top the soup with some salt or cheese for more flavor.

Hopefully these recipes help students find a place for those never-used ingredients.

Dorm room food: using your leftovers

An omelette is an easy meal that allows students to incorporate various foods. Other easy-to-make meals using stubborn leftover ingredients include vegetable spaghetti, peanut butter banana sandwiches, fresh fruit pizza, and seemingly minestrone soup.

Photo courtesy of Michael Fletcher

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Georgia Techs Journal of the Arts and Literature

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Paper and Clay creates artistic atmosphereALEX COVINGTON

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Tucked away on the third floor of the Student Center is a pair of rooms defined by clean space and surfaces colored green, white and teal. Walking in, one might first notice the pair of sewing machines in the corner or the relaxed but upbeat mu-sic bubbling from the speakers.

As one goes further and detects the subtle scent of clay, one can see shelves lined with pottery in a cornucopia of styles simple, complex, abstract, concrete.

In the back, there may be one or two people working on their own projects with an air of gravity and calm. This is Paper and Clay, Techs art studio and lounge.

At Paper and Clay, a whole va-riety of creative projects are pos-sible with the range of tools and materials available for students. Pottery wheels and glazes allow the sculpting and painting of ce-ramics.

A large scale printer for posters is available online many of the posters hanging in the front of the Student Center came from this very location. The front of the room features

the Inspiration Lounge, where one can practice the arts of origami, sewing, jewelry or charcoal. Raw material for crafting is available at a low price, and use of the equip-ment is free. For the uninitiated, one more thing readily available is expertise.

You dont have to know anything to get started, just ask questions, said DMiria Collins, one of the attendants at Paper and Clay.

Attendant intervention is not

a requirement, however. Though activities like sewing and stained glass require proof of proper train-ing, most of the devices can be used with nothing but the help of an online video.

Free student-run workshops also occur periodically as do paid professional-led classes, the next of which are pottery classes on Feb. 20 and Mar. 27.

Many are drawn here for rea-

sons beyond the need to simply have a space to work. The relaxed and free-form atmosphere attract students even when theyre not ac-tively working.

This is the best place Ive worked because of the environ-ment, said Thomas King, a stu-dio attendant at Paper and Clay. Kids here are doing what they enjoy doing. The attendants mostly allow

the users to exercise their creativ-ity. Gabrielle Campiglia, one of the current student managers of Paper and Clay, recounted how she saw a project that mixed the use of clay and glass, saying she found the openness that fostered the idea to be a big part of the creativity of the space. This aura is one reason the stu-

dio has many regulars; about one fifth of the people here at a given time are here every day, accord-ing to Campiglia.

Part of this success is a result of a number of significant changes that were made in Fall 2013. At that time, the photography dark room was replaced with the Inspi-ration Lounge, and the office was moved closer to the entrance. This reconfiguration opened

up the space and attracted a great-er influx of students, increasing the amount the studio was used threefold.

Now, Paper and Clay is the perfect locale to perfect ones pot-tery skills, to make a gift for that special someone or, ultimately, to just hang out.

Paper and Clay is located on the third floor of the Student Center. Some Tech students go to the art studio to work on their pottery skills, while others go to hang out with their fellow craftsmen.

Photo by Monica Jamison Student Publications

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Newsies delivers extra extraordinary show

SOPHIE GONZALEZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Fox Theatre transports audiences from Peachtree Street to the streets of New York in 1899 with young newspaper boys struggling to sell Joseph Pulitzers papers on every corner. Showing from Jan. 20 to Jan. 25., the show presents a timeless story of friend-ship, loyalty and unwavering hope despite unpredictable and innu-merable obstacles that transcends into the heart of each viewer.

Newsies is a relatively new production, first premiering in 2011 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, making its Broadway debut in 2012 and launching its first North American Tour in 2014. Disney Theatrical Produc-tions based Newsies: The Musical on the Disney film, Newsies, produced in 1992. The film and musical are both inspired by the New York City newsboys strike of 1899 and chronicles the events that culminate in the

Columbian musician releases crazy love album

JAMIE RULESTAFF WRITER

Juan Esteban Aristizbal Vzquez, better known in the music world as Juanes, is a Co-lombian singer and songwriter. He has been releasing solo al-bums every three or four years since Fjate Bien (Take a Good Look) in the year 2000. In 2005, he released the single La Camisa Negra (The Black Shirt), which quickly became popular around the world. This song was at one point number 89 on Billboards Hot 100, a rare achievement for a song with non-English lyrics.

After proving himself with the success of La Camisa Negra, Juanes continues to release popu-lar albums nearly a decade later. Just last year, he released his sixth studio album, Loco de Amor (Cra-

zy in Love). This album consists of eleven songs, each with Spanish lyrics written entirely or in part by Juanes himself. Most are firmly planted in the Latin Pop genre, although, despite his acoustic gui-tar, others could easily be classi-fied as rock.

True to its name, Juanes new album contains songs about rela-tionships and love. Of course, this really does not limit the tone of his songs, as he includes one for every part of a dramatized relationship instead of the sought after, unre-alistic story of falling in love and living happily ever after. The title song, Loco de Amor, is about the unnoticed stalker in love. La Luz (The Light) is about two people meeting at a wild party and presumably never encounter-ing each other again. La Verdad (The Truth), which conveniently is right after La Luz on the al-bum listing, is about trying to forget a relationship that was not worth it or that ended badly.

Another of Loco de Amors songs worth mentioning would be Mil Pedazos (Thousand Pieces). It is a nice example of when love goes wrong. Mil Pedazos in-cludes the decidedly dark (trans-alted) phrases My body explodes into a thousand pieces and I cut my soul into a thousand pieces, but instead of being depressing,

this song is actually sort of uplift-ing because as he sings, Juanes sounds quite happy about the whole thing. If someone were to listen to it without knowing Span-ish, he or she might mistake this for a song about kittens and sunny days at the park.

Of course, an artist would be hard pressed to release an album entirely about love without in-cluding the obligatory two stereo-typical love songs, one professing undying love to someone, and the other too whiny for the lyrics to matter at all. Unfortunately, Juanes did not escape this baffling tradition, as Laberinto (Laby-rinth) and Una Flor (A Flower) fit these descriptions with Una Flor being decidedly whinier and more pining than the other ten songs of Loco de Amor.

Even with these two throw away songs, Juanes new album was a popular release and has been nominated for the 2015 Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year. In 2014, Loco de Amor was nominated for, and subse-quently won the Latin Grammy Award for best Pop/Rock Album.

As far as future plans, Juanes has not announced a new album or upcoming tour yet, but if his release record is any indication, he will have another album in the next three or four years.

Juanes, winner of the Latin Grammy Award for best Pop/Rock Album released a new album about the craziness of love.

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city-wide protest. Newsies follows the plights

of the New York paper boys, known as the newsies, as they struggle to withstand the citys challenges. Many of the newsies are orphaned and homeless, and the young boys desperate life sit-uations make selling Joseph Pulit-zers newspapers their only option for survival.

Young Jack Kelly, played by Dan DeLuca, hopes to sell papers only until he can finally leave New York and head to Sante Fe. Jack is a natu-ral leader with a criminal past that he tries to conceal. As Joseph Pulitzer, portrayed by Steve Blanchard, continues to raise the price of his paper to increase profits, the n e w s i e s s u f f e r . O n e d a y , J a c k and his d i s a b l e d

SHOWS

NewsiesWRITER: Harvey Fierstein DIRECTOR: Jeff CalhounPERFORMER: Dan DeLucaLOCATION: Fox TheatreDATE: Jan. 20-25

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emotional. The intertwining of the lyrics honesty and humor combined with impressive high notes produced numbers that left the audience applauding and wanting more.The music created by Alan

Menken drew viewers into every scene with powerful composi-tions. Famous playwright Har-vey Fierstein collaborated with Feldman and Menken to write the book for the stage musical, and every number captured the essence of the newsies unwav-ering spirit. Each song empha-sized the true vocal talents of the ensemble, while each actor conveyed the honest emotions of the character while belting out

monumental high notes. In each of his solos, De-Luca never wavered in his strong renditions of

his characters hopes and dreams.

Sayles rendition of Letter from the Ref-uge made the audi-ence feel the despera-tion and struggles that the newsies had to endure while s i mu lt a neou s ly conveying their de terminat ion to overcome ob-stacles. Sayle hit every note while m a i n t a i n -ing Crutchies unique voice. The combina-tion of the casts

were powerful and advanced the drama in the acts. During certain numbers, however, the large and slow-moving images simply dis-tracted viewers from the other-wise astounding performance of the actors.

Among the inspiring serenades and routines was a script that conveyed the desperateness of the newsies situations as well as the boys love for life and adventure. The script was clever, witty and raised many laughs from the au-

dience, and the actors delivery of the comedic lines was timely and unexpect-ed. Each character was well-developed

and even re-latable to an extent.

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by Jack F e l d -m a n w e r e c a t c h y a n d

friend, Crutchie, performed by Zachary Sayle, are chased down by the director of the juvenile de-tention center. Jack and Crutchie find safety by hiding in Medda Larkins theatre, where Jack meets the reporter Katherine Plumber, played by Stephanie Styles, with whom he becomes instantly be-comes infatuated.

From the opening act, the au-dience is greeted by the actors heavy and convincing New York accents. Each performer captured the essence of the individual played without breaking charac-ter. DeLuca radiates Jacks lead-

ership and caring personality, while Sayle commits to the quirky, yet sweet demeanor of Crutchie. The lighting and set de-

sign truly gave the audience an inside look into the streets

of New York in the 1890s. The actors interacted with each set, many of which spanned mul-tiple floor levels as they climbed, jumped and twirled at increasing elevations. Between numbers, the sets seamlessly transformed from one corner of New York to an-other.

Additionally, Newsies made frequent use of a pro-jector that displayed im-ages in the background and the areas surround-ing the actors. Using a projector has become a trend in stage produc-tions because projected images stand in for costly freestanding sets. At times, the images

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American Sniper lives up to emotional hype

Dystopian show reaches out to new audiences

tells the true story of Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook).

Kyle rose to fame in the 2000s due to his reputation as the dead-liest sniper in American military history, a title that he earned dur-ing his four tours in Iraq; the film chronicles Kyles early military years, the physical and moral di-lemmas he faces in his position and the increasingly corrosive ef-fect that his time overseas has on his family life at home.

In brief, Sniper is brutal in its portrayal of the war as seen through the scope of Kyles rifle; no man, woman or child escapes the violent ripples caused by the conflicts between terrorism and democracy, and Eastwood is un-afraid of showing the gory details. However, for a film that appears so focused on its depiction of out-ward images of violence, the true

mankind. Funnily enough, the movie itself is based off a French short film entitled La Jete, mak-ing 12 Monkeys a show based off a movie that is also based off a movie. The first episode revolves

around Cole, a time traveller from the dystopian year 2043, who is sent back to 2013 to find Leland Goines (Zeljko Ivanek, Argo) and kill him. With an already unique story, the show sets up the viewer for something that combines both similar and different storylines to what was shown in theaters twen-ty years ago.The show even provides an

experience unlike anything on television before. If the viewer owns a Philips Hue light bulb, they can use the SyFy Sync app to make their lights correspond to the show, something only seen in Sharknado and Sharknado 2: The In new SyFy hit show, a deadly virus has been released that will eventually destroy all

of mankind. The time-traveling storyline will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

Photo courtesy of Syfy

Coopers performance as sniper Chris Kyle is highly reserved yet barely hiding a certain lev-el of intensity beneath the surface at all times, in response to the harsh environment of war.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

TELEVISION

12 MonkeysNETWORK: SyfyWHEN: Fridays 9/8c STARRING: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull

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FILM

American SniperGENRE: War Drama STARRING: Bradley CooperDIRECTOR: Clint EastwoodRATING: RRELEASE DATE: Jan. 16

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JACK WEINKSELBAUMCONTRIBUTING WRITER

In the last 20 years of film and television production, not much has changed, at least with regard to the story of 12 Mon