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Ga. Senate approves HOPE scholarship changesBy Mike DonohueSGA Editor

e Georgia Senate voted onTuesday along party lines to de-crease HOPE scholarship payoutsby $320 million. e 35-20 votecame ater a nearly our-houroor debate which ended substan-tive discussion on the ate o thescholarship.

e House o Representativespassed the amended version o thebill on ursday, March 10, witha vote o 136-32. Calling the bill

Enduring HOPE, Gov. NathanDeal has said he will sign the billnext week. Ater being signed bythe governor, the bill will go intoefect starting in Fall 2011 or allin-state college students.

Senators passed a bill slightlydiferent rom the original ver-sion sent to them by the Houseon March 1. Besides makingsome technical amendments,Republicans amended the bill toautomatically qualiy high schoolvaledictorians and salutatoriansor the ull tuition Zell Miller

Scholarship and to establish alow-interest loan program intend-ed to bridge the gap or some stu-dents between HOPE paymentsand tuition.

We had to save a programwhich is accepted as one o thebest in the country, said Sen. JimButterworth (R-Cornelia), chair-man o the Senate Higher Educa-tion Committee.

e new program will givescholarships equal to 90 percent

Sustainability

fee proposedBy Aakash Arun

Contributing Writer

In collaboration with campus environmen-tal club Students Organizing or Sustainability(SOS), the SGAs Sustainability Committee hascompiled a proposal to institute a Green Fee oncampus. e Green Fee, or Sustainabil ity Fee, isa student ee that will be used to und sustain-ability-related projects. e primary goal o thisee is to achieve sustainability by reducing wastegeneration, water consumption and energy us-age on campus.

e idea was rst proposed earlier this yearby members o both organizations. A separatecommittee, the Green Fee Committee, will be

established in order to manage unds collectedby imposition o the green ee, i it is approved.is committee will consist o both student andaculty members who will allocate the collect-ed unds towards various sustainable activitiesthroughout an academic year. e amount orthe ee might be subject to change every yearbased on the committees decision.

A similar ee is currently in place in manycomparable colleges and universities across theU.S., including UGA, said Tomas Leon, Sus-tainability Committee co-chair and third-yearCEE. UGA approved a $3 Green Fee last yearin order to create an Oce o Sustainability,

which coordinates eforts or environmentalsustainability.

Molly McLaughlin, president o SOS, saidduring a UHR meeting held on Feb. 15 that

Students compete for InVenture Prize

Photo by Victor Lee / Student Publications

Winners of this years InVenture prize celebrate following the announcement of the competitions results. The thirdannual Georgia Tech InVenture Prize nals were held at the Ferst Center and were broadcasted on the local GPB station.

By Aakash ArunContributing Writer

Seven teams o enterprising Techstudents showcased their inventions last

Wednesday or the third annual InVen-ture Prize competition. At stake were po-tential internships, assistance with patentling, valuable publicity and thousandso dollars in prize money.

Created and organized by Tech ac-ulty, the InVenture Prize is a yearly cam-

pus competition intended to oster stu-dent innovation and entrepreneurship.is years nals took place at the FerstCenter, where all seven teams had the op-portunity to pitch their inventions to theaudience and judges.

e purpose o InVenture is to helpstudents who have creative ideas and in-novations, said Ray Vito, vice provostor Graduate and Undergraduate Stud-ies and principal organizer o the event.e idea is to help make progress rom

concept to creation and, in the process,provide signicant incentives and prize s.

Televised live by Georgia PublicBroadcasting, the nals were co-hostedby Miles OBrien, NASA expert andormer CNN anchor, and Dr. Bahareh

Azziz i, a Tech graduate and student men-tor. e panel o expert judges includedGreg Foster, ounder and CEO o Bright-

Whist le, Dr. Deborah Kilpatrick, vice-

CoA professor investigated by GBI for theft from Institute

See Fee, page 7See InVenture, page 6

By Maddie CookStaf Writer

e Georgia Bureau o Investigation iscurrently investigating Proessor RoozbehKangari rom the College o Architecture orthet rom the Institute. Kangari, the ormerChair o the School o Building Construction,stepped down rom the position last year aterserving or 14 years.

Suspicions have been raised over Kangaristravel expenses, which rose rom approxi-mately $14,000 in 2006 to over $44,000 theollowing two years. In 2010, his expenses ell

back to $14,000.is increase in unds was discovered byTech auditors during their review o the ex-penditure accounts.

Tech Chie Audit Executive Phillip Hurdwrote an outline o the allegations to the Boardo Regents Associate Vice Chancellor or In-ternal Audit, John Fuchko III. is memo was

attached to the letter request or investigationsent to the Georgia Bureau o Investigation(GBI). Attorney General David McLaughlinsubmitted this request o investigation to theGBI on Oct. 7, 2010.

Kangari claims that an individual at Techillegally released the results o an audit.

I am very upset that someone at GeorgiaTech saw t to violate the clear mandate in theFaculty Handbook requiring condentialityo an audit, Kangari said in an email. I haveasked the Oce o Legal Afairs at GeorgiaTech to investigate this clear violation. I haveprovided the necessary documents to the Uni-

versity or this audit. I have ully responded toall o the Universitys questions.Assistant Attorney General Laura Pster

has been appointed to address the case onceit has been ully investigated by the GBI. Ps-ter has previously dealt with cases relating toTech.

I have absolutely nothing to hide. I have

explained everything. I do not understandwhy this has been blown way out o propor-tion. I intend to deend mysel, to ght thisinnuendo, this smear campaign, with all myheart and soul, Kangari wrote.

Patrick OConnor, a third-year BC major,commended Kangaris leadership ability.

[is case] is sad because he did so muchor the programits sad that there is a blackmark on his name now, OConnor said.

OConnor also participated in the BC ParisSummer Study Abroad program, which Kan-gari taught in 2009.

Because the investigation is still ongoing,

employees in the College o Architecture havedeclined to speak with the media.John Bankhead, the spokesman or GBI,

explained that ollowing the completion o theinvestigation, the case will be turned over tothe Attorney Generals Oce. at oce willdetermine the appropriate course o actionbased on the evidence collected by GBI.

See HOPE, page 7

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POLL OF THE WEEKWould you support a sustainability fee on campus?

36%No, with otherfee increases,this is toomuch.

49%

Yes, I would bewilling to payfor sustainabilityinitiatives.

15%Sustainability

projects should befunded throughother fees

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From the les o the GTPD...

Campus Crime

Down for the count: Round 1

A student was arrested aterstriking a paramedic who wastreating him or a laceration to theback o his head rom a previous

altercation in the early morning oMarch 4.e student was struck in the

back o the head earlier in thenight during a scue with anoth-er student.

e student inormed the re-sponding GTPD ocer that hehad been struck and kicked in thehead repeatedly during the earlierght.

e student was evaluated byambulance paramedics who ad-

vised the student that he wouldhave to be transported to theGrady Emergency room due tothe nature o the injury and be-cause he had been drinking prior

to the altercation.e student did not wish to betransported to the hospital andstruck one o the treating para-medics in the ace. He had to berestrained and sedated beore be-ing transported.

Down for the count: Round 2A scue between a student

and several unknown males en-sued outside o a residential areaat approximately 1:45 a.m. on

March 4.e altercation began ater one

o the unknown individuals be-gan kicking the door o the house.It was then that the student at-tempted to restrain the unruly in-dividual outside o the house.

A slight altercation took placeand the student was pulled backinto the house unharmed.

Reason not to studyWhile studying in the library

Monday aternoon, a emale stu-dent was approached by an un-known male who then told her to,Take of your sweater because itsgoing to be me and you.

e male then began ondlingand rubbing himsel inappro-priately over his blue jeans whilemaking obscene gestures towardsthe victim.

e student immediately re-ported the incident to campussecurity.

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Council ClippingsThis week in Student Government

By Mike Donohue, SGA Editor

Each week, this section includes coverage of dierent aspects of StudentGovernment, including the Undergraduate House of Representatives,Graduate Student Senate and the Executive Branch of both governments.

Bicycle infrastructure

SGA voted on Tuesday to al-

locate $26,146 to build new bikeinrastructure in a move whichGraduate Student Body President

Anthony Baldr idge says illustra testhat sustainability initiatives canbe handled through Student Ac-tivity Fee (SAF) unds. e billpassed the Graduate Student Sen-ate with a vote o 23-6-0 and theUndergraduate House o Repre-sentatives with a vote o 43-6-0.

Organized by SGAs BicycleInrastructure Committee (BIC),the bill will und the constructiono new bike lanes on Hemphill

Ave. and Ferst Dr. It would alsoadd bike racks to areas outsideo the Instructional Center, theManagement Building and theFord Environmental Science &

Technology Building. Accordingto Gretchen Goldman, Chair oBIC, Institute Facilities only paysor new bike rack installations, notenchancements to existing ones.

I really think that this is agreat project in terms o sustain-ability...on campus. It sets a greatexample or other organizationsin terms o the more work you dobehind the scenes the more likelyyour bill is to have a positive reac-tion rom the House o Represen-

tatives, said HTS Rep. KaitlynWhiteside, also vice president o

Campus Afairs.e proposed SustainabiltyFee and Baldridges opposition toit underscored the debate in theSenate. AE Sen. Will Runge andCS Sen. David Lillethun asked

why students should pay or theinstallations out o SAF unds in-stead o having the administrationor Parking and Transportaton payor it. Runge said that having stu-dents pay or these improvments

would amount to students bail-ing out the administration.

Balrdige claried that Trans-portation ee unds may only beused to pay or Stingers, Sting-erettes, and other mobile trans-portation systems. He continuedby saying that Senators have the

power to dictate sustainability oncampus, contrasting SGAs con-trol over the bill process with theproposed Sustainability Fees plano using a separate committee ostudents and administrators.

My eeling was that this issomething the University shouldbe doing or us...not something

we should have to pay or, Lillet-hun said. He did vote or the bill,however. I would rather do thisthan have a new ee increase, he

said.[e bill] entailed this vi-

sion o using student governmentto look into sustainable issuesto avoid having to start this sus-tainability ee... Baldridge said.Responding to claims that theadministration should und simi-lar improvements, Baldridge saidis is almost our share, i you

will, to put into it.

Bill NyeDespite objections to the con-

trary by Student Center ProgramsCouncil (SCPC) and some mem-bers o SGA, the Graduate Senateand Undergraduate House movedto cut almost $12,000 rom abill which will bring Bill Nye tocampus. Both bodies voted tound the bill at a Joint FinanceCommittee-recommended levelo $13,700 with a vote o 25-6-0in the Senate and 36-13-0 in theHouse.

SCPC asked or $25,300 topay or Nyes speaker ees. eyplan on contributing $10,000rom their budget and raising

$4,000 through ticket sales. Dur-ing debate in the House over

whether to cut the bil ls unding,SCPC president Paul Brideau saidhe was unsure i the group couldstill bring Nye to campus with thelimited unds.

Ater the meet ing, SCPC VicePresident o External RelationsLouella Lugo said in an email,Waiving JFCs policy would put

GSSBill Amount GSS UHR

Bill Summary

You can follow Mike at the Niques blog, The Pulse. Check in at 7:30p.m. on Tuesday for updates from UHR sessions at nique.net/pulse.

AMSAORGTBill Nye

Bike InrastructureUltimate Frisbee

Mars SocietyI Society o AmericaStudent Finance Oce

Table TennisGSS budget Meeting Meals

$336$2,275$13,700$26,146$2,540

$1,939$2,167$4,208$1,093$500

31-0-030-0-025-6-023-6-018-5-1

27-1-119-1-220-1-119-0-229-1-0

46-0-046-0-036-13-043-6-041-8-1

47-1-043-4-043-2-149-0-0

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Prior Year: $92,067 Capital Outlay: $345,795

See Clippings, page 7

Photo by John Nakano / Student Publications

During this weeks UHR meeting, representatives begandiscussing the budget allocations for Tier I campus organizations.

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Yeah tall guyswhats the best thing about spring semester at tech? getting tosing sweet caroline at baseball games.. duh!Dear indian boy and red headed girl in my MGT classes, stop be-ing so distract ing. At least try to look like youre paying attention.i love gt!Did he just riend request me? Oh yes, he did. Oh yes, he did.Oh YES, he did!sorry im an engineering major and have an analytical mind. mybadsenior design = trying to get other people to step up and be asser-

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A green ee just means well be paying more to not be able to parkon campusDo u want to spend the rest o ur lie selling sugar water???Five years have passed soo ast. Great times and hard classes. Illmiss itI wish you could like sliversi just want to run around in tight clothes and sing in alsetto andthat be masculine, okay?

A sustainabilit y ee? Tech should operate sustainably without cre-ating a new ee.Note to sel, they arent joking when they title a course Ad-vancedHow much coke did Charlie Sheen do? Enough to kill 2 and halmentkol reviewer, ive seen better music reviews rom disenchantedhipsters in pitchork comment sections >_