By Sam SomaniNews Editor

Tech may soon become home to the nation’s smallest Walmart.

Earlier last month, Walmart signed a contract with Georgia Tech Auxiliary

Services to establish a convenience store concept in the Tech Square space where Ribs n Blues previously existed.

“We were looking for something that was a non-food replacement when Ribs n Blues closed,” said Director of Auxiliary Services Rich Steele. “Walmart phar-

macy was our number one target—there was a good connection with Georgia Tech—the CEO of Walmart had been on campus speaking a year and a half ago. Shortly after that, we started conver-sations with Walmart just about the idea [of having Walmart on Campus]...and to start some early negotiations. !ose ne-gotiations started 11 months ago in Feb-ruary 2012.”

!e current 2500-square foot loca-tion will be smaller than the only other Walmart on Campus, also referred to as Walmart pharmacy, which is located in Fayetteville’s University of Arkansas. !e Walmart on Campus located in Ar-kansas serves a variety of items, such as “ramen noodles, power bars, frozen pizza and soda,” reports the CSP Daily News.

“!ey will carry some electronics, peripherals, a few devices. !ey may sell some iPods too,” Steele said. “!ey will also sell a lot of grocery items... frozen foods, fresh foods,... grab-and-go and beverage items. It’s like a mini CVS.”

According to Steele, students were happy about the idea of this installment on Tech Square.

“Typically students don’t come to the table saying ‘Here’s what we want’..

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formulaBy Joshua Garrick

Assistant News Editor

Earlier last month, the Higher Education Funding Commission, appointed by Gov. Na-than Deal, approved a new formula to deter-mine funding for all colleges that links fund-ing received from taxpayer money to improving students’ success as well as the number of de-grees and certi"cates awarded.

!e new formula focuses college funding on student retention, progression and gradua-tion from college. !e numbers of credit hours and bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees would be the primary factors for determining the funding for larger universities, such as Tech and UGA.

!is is a major change from the current sys-tem, in which funding is driven by enrollment "gures and how many credits students take. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the current formula is focused on enrollment statistics, how many students attend each school and the number of credits these students take.

Overall, this new formula would not change the powers of the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia to set tuition and fees at each individual school.

!is change in the funding formula will take place in the 2015 "scal year, with colleges earn-ing or losing money in the 2016 "scal year based on their progress from the previous year.

!is could have a positive e#ect on Tech as enrollment numbers in recent years have steadily increased while the number of degrees awarded has also increased, according to Geor-gia Tech Institutional Research and Planning. Enrollment at Tech has gone up from 19,413 students in Fall 2008 to 21,557 students in Fall 2012. !e number of degrees awarded has gone up from 2,651 in 2008 to 2,949 in 2012. Ac-cording to the latest statistic, this di#erence corresponds to rising graduation rates, where 37 percent of students who entered in fall of 2008 graduated in four years, 76 percent within "ve years and 79 percent within six years.

“We bring in the best and the brightest stu-dents so there’s no reason the [graduation] rate wouldn’t increase, and when you look at the good work of the undergraduate admissions o$ce, our students continue to get better and better every year,” said Sandi Bramblett, Ex-ecutive Director of Institutional Research and Planning.

Colleges can also receive extra funding if they succeed in helping students who are known to struggle most in school. !is incen-tive money is linked mostly to adult learners, who are 25 or older, as well as low-income stu-dents, which would be measured by those re-ceiving the federal Pell Grant. Other groups, such as "rst-generation college students, could be added later, according to the AJC.

A concern arising from the new plan is the e#ect it could have on the level of rigor and quality of education at Georgia colleges, with State Senator Buddy Carter expressing concern that colleges may become “diploma mills.”

Concerns like that have been raised in states like Tennessee, where the funding formula for higher education was overhauled in 2010 so that enrollment no longer plays a role. !eir colleges must reach benchmarks in graduation, reten-tion rates and other areas, and there have been reports of professors feeling pressured.

However, it appears that maintaining high levels of quality education will be a top priority.

“We are committed to stay on top of this as much as possible,” said University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby. “We do not want to lessen rigor.”

By Joshua GarrickAssistant News Editor

After the decision in 2009 by Na-tional Football Foundation to move the College Football Hall of Fame from the 17-year-old facility in South Bend, Ind., to a new facility in Atlanta, the ground-breaking for the Hall has been set for Jan. 28 with a public opening projected for the fall of 2014.

“!is will be a historic and dramatic addition to Atlanta’s growing tourism economy,” Mayor Kasim Reed said at a press conference announcing the "nal dates of construction. “!e new facility

will o#er an unmatched experience for college football fans, many of the most avid who reside right here in Atlanta.”

!e Hall of Fame will be built on what is currently the “Green Parking Lot” of the Georgia World Congress Center on Marietta Street. !is puts the new Hall of Fame within walking distance of Tech, steps from Centennial Olympic Park and in close proximity of !e World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium, allowing it to become a local fan-focused attraction, as well as an event facility.

At 94,256 square feet, the Hall of Fame will feature roughly 30,000 square

feet of exhibit space, as well as a 45-yard indoor football "eld that also will serve as a unique, %exible programming and event space.

According to studies by Atlanta Hall Management (AHM), the museum is expected to attract around 500,000 visi-tors per year. !e South Bend hall was projected to attract 200,000 visitors when it moved from Ohio in 1995, and only drew about 115,000 in its "rst year, with attendance still decreasing to about 60,000 every year after that. Being near tourist attractions in the city and the

Tiny supermarket arriving soonContract has been signed to bring Walmart to campus

Photo courtesy of Todd Gill / Fayetteville Flyer

Above is a photo of the Walmart on campus located at the University of Arkansas. This is a micro-sized Walmart concept coming to Tech in Fall 2013.

Groundbreaking set for CFHOF

Photo courtesy of Jackson Spalding

An artists rendering of what the outside of the College Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) will look like in Atlanta on Marietta St. when completed. The ground breaking is set for Jan. 28 and construction is expected to be completed in fall 2014.

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GTPD APD APB

At approximately 10 a.m. on Dec. 26, a Tech student was arrested by two Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) o!cers in connection to two warrants issued by the Atlanta Police Department (APD). "e warrants authorized the arrest of the suspect for credit card theft and theft by taking. "e suspect was handcu#ed, transported to the Fulton County Jail and later released.

Bad Test Day

During a routine patrol of Ferst Drive, at around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 1st, a GTPD o!cer ob-served a silver Honda Accord stopped on the side of the road.

As the o!cer approached, he observed that the driver was slumped over the wheel and drooling. "e o!cer asked the driver for his license, which he provided. "e driver’s eyes ap-peared glassy and the o!cer re-quested that he submit to a $eld sobriety test.

During the test, the suspect failed to start the Walk and Turn on the right foot, and asked if he was supposed to walk back. "e Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test also showed involuntary eye movement. "e suspect then submitted to the Breathalyzer test which returned positive for alcohol.

Based on this evidence, the suspect was arrested and taken to GTPD for a blood alcohol test which showed a .176 blood alcohol content. He was released to the custody of Fulton County Jail.

Hostel Hotel Hullaballoo

At 1:26 a.m. on Jan. 1, two GTPD o!cers arrived as backup for a third o!cer responding to a disturbance at the Georgia Tech Hotel. Upon arrival to the par-ticular room, the o!cers made contact with the occupants, a married couple residing in one of the hotel rooms.

"e husband was observed to have a bloody lip. He originally claimed he had fallen and hurt his lip, but after hotel manage-ment advised the police o!cers of a disturbance, he admitted that the lip injury was the result of an altercation with his broth-er.

"e man refused to tell them the name of his brother or give a written statement. His wife con-$rmed the story, but also refused to give the name of the brother, but assured o!cers that he had left the residence.

After responding to a di#er-ent call on the same %oor, hotel management requested assis-tance to remove the couple from the premises per the hotel’s up-per management.

When asked to leave, the victim became uncooperative. He began cursing and walking down the hallway. "e o!cers attempted to calm him down as he entered the stairwell.

"e victim continued to be uncooperative, and he was de-tained and escorted from the building. Both the victim and his wife were taken to the loca-tion of their preference by the victim’s sister in a car.

"e brother was not found on the premises and no arrests were made.

By Kenneth MarinoSta! Writer

Campus CrimeFrom the $les of the GTPD... NEWS BRIEFS

Early admissions cycle sees quality

applicantsOn Dec. 15, the O!ce of

Undergraduate Admissions sent out approximately 5,060 accep-tances to high school seniors around the globe, via mail, elec-tronically and in-person at vari-ous high schools.

“We have seen an increase in the quality of students as well as an increase in geographic diver-sity in particular from outside the United States,” said Mary Tipton Woolley, Associate Di-rector of Undergraduate Admis-sions, in an e-mail.

56 percent of all applicants were accepted to be a part of the class of 2017, which on average had a GPA of 4.0, a 2152 SAT score and nine AP or IB courses.

College mergers across Georgia

On Jan. 8, the Board of Re-gents approved the merge of eight colleges across the Univer-sity System of Georgia (USG) into four new colleges, with an anticipated state savings of $6 million in administrative ex-penses.

"e newly merged colleges are Georgia Regents University, from the merger between Au-gusta State University and Geor-gia Health Sciences University; Middle Georgia State College, from the merger between Ma-con State College and Middle Georgia College; University of North Georgia, from the merger between Gainesville State Col-lege and North Georgia College and State Univeristy; and South Georgia State College, from the merger between Waycross Col-lege and South Georgia College.

expanding tourism market, the National Football Foundation is con$dent in the number of visitors this new attraction will bring in.

“I know $rst-hand about the passion of southern football fans, and Atlanta will be the ideal location for the new Col-lege Football Hall of Fame,” said Archie Manning, Chairman of the National Football Founda-tion and 1989 College Football Hall of Fame inductee. “We are excited to get started on this state-of-the-art attraction.”

"e Hall of Fame’s proposed budget of $66.5 million will al-low it to break even with atten-dance of 380,000 to 390,000.

According to John Stephen-son, President & CEO of AHM, the organization established to build and operate the Hall of Fame in Atlanta, AHM has already raised more than $52 million in active equity sponsor-ship, mostly from private corpo-rate sponsorships.

"e almost $15 million gap will be raised during the con-struction period from other pri-vate sources.

Once the College Football Hall of Fame is open, the facil-ity will be completely self-sup-porting, operating on its own revenue generated by a mixture of ticket sales, retail and events, with a projected $11.8 million in taxable sales annually.

It will also have an econom-ic impact of $12.7 million for Georgia, also generating more than $1.7 million in sales taxes to the city, county, and state an-nually, according to AHM and the National Football Founda-tion.

“Atlanta is the heart of col-lege football and we are continu-ous to and close to many of the great things that happen with college football,” said Gov. Na-than Deal.

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Technique • January 11, 2013 • 3 NEWS

A lot of things went on outside the bubble of Tech in the past week. Here are a few important events taking place throughout the nation and the world.

Rebels and Syrians exchange hostages, war continuesSyrian rebels freed 48 Ira-

nians, who are diplomatically backed by Bashar al-Assad and his Syrian regime, in exchange for approximately 2,000 prison-ers held by Assad’s authorities, which included mostly women and children, on Wednesday.The Iranians were taken hos-

tage in August, and used by the Syrian rebels to better position themselves in the current civil war̶ably so because Iran has remained one of Assad’s major allies.As reported by USA Today,

U.S. State Department spokes-woman Victoria Nuland be-lieved most of these Iranian hostages to be members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of protecting Iran’s Islamic government. “[This is] just another exam-

ple of how Iran continues to pro-vide guidance, expertise, per-sonnel, technical capabilities to the Syrian regime,” Nuland said.

Breaking theubbleB

Usually we throw out some ideas and see what they think,” Steele said. “When talking about the Walmart on Campus concept being a pharmacy and extended convenience store, but with a pharmacy that accepts third party insurance, they felt that would be a good value.”

“I think it’s really cool, and its proximity to campus is conve-nient,” said Ava Bilimoria, a third-year ME major.

Students can ably bene!t from the lower prices that Walmart stores carry.

“Also [because] it would have Walmart selections at Walmart prices, this would not be a conve-nience store like BP over on tenth street,” Steele said. “Even our con-venience stores on campus have higher pricing than Walmart can o"er because of how we have to purchase the product in smaller quantities.”

Walmart may be willing to in-vest up to one million dollars, the large sum including the costs of inventory, start-up cost and !x-tures. Tech, however, will need to remove some of the built-in food service equipment that is left over from Ribs N Blues to cre-ate a basic, “vanilla-shell space” that Walmart can use. #is may require an investment between $20,000 to $25,000 on Tech’s end.

“#ey will be asking for feed-back from students, and they’ll take the feedback they get and act on it,” Steele said. “#e con-cept will really evolve over the !rst three to four years.”

Walmart from page 1

By Sam SomaniNews Editor

In December 2012, the Car-bon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory (CNES) was awarded the Platinum level LEED (Lead-ership in Energy and Environ-mental Design) Certi!cation, the !rst to be recognized at this level of LEED certi!cation at Tech. #e U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is in charge of giving out LEED certi!cations to build-ings that meet various environ-mentally sustainable criteria.

#e CNES building was also the !rst building on campus with a net-zero energy consumption goal with onsite energy produc-tion. Additionally, the 42,000 square foot building will consume only 29 million BTUs per year—roughly half the energy of a small-

sized o$ce.“#e building itself is a low

consumer of energy. It has no air conditioning; it’s just shade and shelter with natural ventilation and very large fans for controlling the fans for controlling the tem-perature in there,” Jones said.

In addition, the building fea-tures a variety of other “green” technologies, such as the largest and most expensive photovoltaic (PV) array on campus. According to Jones, these PV cells generate 290 kW, equivalent to 91 percent of the building’s total energy use.

“Almost every available sur-face, we put photovoltaic cells on,” Jones said.

Jones, however, acknowledged LEED certi!cation was not the primary reason for designing a sustainable building.

“Basically, LEED is a useful

measuring system—that’s all it is,” said Darrell Scott Jones, Di-rector of Design and Construc-tion in the Facilities Department. “We try to design sustainably in everything we do. We use LEED as a measuring end—it’s not an end of itself, but just a way to know how you’re doing.”

“#e principal thing is that we wind up with a building that’s very good to occupy in terms of indoor air quality, natural light and ventilation,” Jones said.

Material reuse, green power and innovative wastewater tech-nologies are some of the credit-able criteria awarded after vari-ous prerequisites are met, for new building construction projects. Buildings that receive a score of 80 or more out of a 100 points are eligible for platinum LEED certi-!cation.

CNES Laboratory gets Platinum

Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications

The Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory features photovoltaic arrays for solar power, generating 290 kW. The building was awarded Platinum LEED status for its sustainability measures.

OpinionsTechnique

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January 11, 2013

I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-!ung hopes. The dreamer of improbable dreams. —The Doctor

Opinions Editor: Gaines Halstead

³́OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION

Financial Smarts New funding o!ers chance for advancement

With the passing of the new educational funding legislation for the University System of Georgia by Gov. Nathan Deal this week, Tech is hopefully on track to see an overall !nancial improvement.

"is is in large part due to the large academic support network that Tech has provided for its students. "e various types of tutoring, advising and mentor services have helped students to make it through their classes with passing grades. "ese programs have done, and continue to do, a good job providing students of every major with the academic support they need.

Traditionally consisting of a smaller student body, the reward Tech received under the old system, a system that awarded funding based on student body size rather than academic performance, was, in the past more favorable towards larger universities in the state.

Now, the new system can be seen as, rather than a solution to lack of funding

that our university sees, an improvement on a older system from which we bene!ted less.

"is is largely due to an overall rising retention and graduation rate at Tech over the past four years. If this continues to holds true within the coming years, Tech may receive more funding.

On top of that, the new legislation has said to have been particularly supportive in showing favor for the subjects of science, engineering and math. While this has not been, it is our hope that this holds true, as these are the subjects that de!ne our university.

While this an overall good thing for our university, we hope that the o#er of !nancial stimulation does not devalue the Tech degree. With the legislation calling for more !nancial aid based on graduation rates, retention rates and credit hours achieved, we as a university cannot let the lure of money diminish the value of our degrees.

THE RESOLUTION BY CASEY TISDEL

Daniel J. SolomanHarvard Crimson, Harvard U.

During the American presi-dential race, Israeli Prime Min-ister Benjamin Netanyahu made little secret of his support for Mitt Romney. "ey were old friends. "ey shared the same deep-pock-eted donors. Netanyahu was even featured in Romney campaign ads targeted at Jewish voters in Flori-da. Israeli parliamentary elections are scheduled for January 22, two days after Barack Obama’s second inauguration, and it’s time for the president to repay the prime min-ister’s favor.

Of course, Obama’s hostility to Netanyahu would have purer motives—to save Israel from a government that has turned that country into a pariah state and is destroying any prospect of a just and durable peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

"e recent Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations General Assembly encapsulates everything that is wrong with Netanyahu’s government, a co-alition of religious nationalists and out-and-out racists led by his right-wing Likud Party. With signi!cant European backing, the resolution to make Palestine a non-member observer state passed overwhelming despite objections from the U.S., Israel and seven other countries.

"e Jewish state had a right to be angry: "e UN bid arguably violated the Oslo Accords, which prohibit unilateral action by either Israelis or Palestinians. "at said, this was an avoidable embarrass-ment.

Last year, the Palestinians at-tempted the same thing at the UN Security Council, a request nixed by the U.S. Between then and now, the Netanyahu government could have returned in earnest to the negotiating table, if it only had agreed to a halt to settlement-building, an o#er that Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestin-ian Authority, made repeatedly.

In remarks at the Begin Cen-ter in Jerusalem, Bibi Netanyahu struck a sanctimonious tone. “It doesn’t matter how many hands will be raised against it,” he said, “there is no force in the world that would cause me to compromise Israel’s security.”

Writing o# the international community wasn’t enough. He had to double down on the be-havior that has paralyzed the peace process, announcing plans the next day to build 3,000 new housing units in the E1 corridor between Jerusalem and the settle-ment of Ma’ale Adumim, which would bifurcate the West Bank between north and south, further entrenching the Israeli occupa-tion.

As the left-leaning dai-ly Haaretz wrote, this was “a step that, !rst and foremost, punishe[d] Israel.”

"e U.S., which had proven it-self a true friend to Israel, issued a

stinging condemnation. Five Eu-ropean nations summoned Israeli ambassadors to protest the Jewish state’s actions. Further recrimina-tions are in the o$ng.

Some commentators conjec-tured that Bibi’s move was de-signed to gin up his base ahead of the election, after which he would cut a deal. "is runs deeper than that, though. Bibi is heir to an expansionist and exclusivist Zion-ist vision of a Greater Israel that encompasses the occupied territo-ries—and perhaps other lands.

While he endorsed a two-state solution three years ago, his gov-ernment’s settlement binge and legitimization of arguably illegal outposts indicate that he is not a true convert. An ability to over-come the past is the mark of the peacemaker. Menachen Begin and Anwar Sadat had it. Abbas might have it. Bibi probably doesn’t.

And that’s where the elec-tion comes in. Right now, Likud, which merged with the Arab-hating Yisrael Beiteinu party, is poised to rout a dispirited left be-set by in!ghting. For its part, the Israeli electorate has grown more hawkish since the second intifada. But voters could be won over to the left if Netanyahu is seen as having damaged American-Israeli relations, a matter that bears heav-ily on their minds.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused Bibi of hurting Is-rael by breaking for Romney. For-mer Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the peace camp’s last, best hope, said Netanyahu “poked Obama in the eye” by approving settle-ment construction in E1. Presi-dent Obama could give credence to both those arguments, and it would be just deserts for a govern-ment that thinks friendship is a one-way street.

U.S. action should be targeted at settlement-building, the biggest roadblock to peace. In 2010, "e New York Times reported that $200 million in tax-deductible donations were funneled to the settlements by American charities.

Removing that deduction would not make a big dent mon-etarily, but it would send a pow-erful signal. To ratchet things up, America could condition its loan guarantees to the Jewish state, $3.8 billion of which will be dis-bursed through 2016, on a cessa-tion of settlement activity, sub-tracting the amount Israel spends on building from the sum of its guarantees, an idea occasionally %oated.

Finally, Obama could an-nounce that military aid to Isra-el—in excess of $3 billion annu-ally—is under review because of E1 construction, a development that would earn Netanyahu brick-bats from across the political spec-trum.

Such a decision would ignite a !restorm in America, but it might be the only way to rescue the Is-raeli left and win the peace.

Plus, Obama’s already been re-elected.

Payback with purpose

!e Consensus Opinion re"ects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.

Technique Editorial BoardKamna Bohra, Editor-in-Chief

Ian Bailie, Managing Editor

Sam Somani, News EditorTiara Winata, Photography EditorMadison Lee, Focus Editor

Gaines Halstead, Opinions EditorNewt Clark, Sports EditorJoe Murphy, Entertainment Editor

Technique • January 11, 2013 • 5 OPINIONS

Jason MillerFourth-year ECON

“Graduating on time!”

Brian GardunoFirst-year BME

“Taking di!erent classes and getting used to the envi-

ronment.”

Rachel WittFirst-year BME

“Going to class and the gym, and not wearing yoga pants

every single day.”

Jessica QuMaster’s ECON & STAT

“Getting a job.”

What are you most excited about this semester?

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I’ve owned a gun since the day I was born. Lying amongst the rattles, the paci!ers and boxes of diapers given to my mother during my baby shower was a weathered, camou"age-painted 30 alt 6 hunting ri"e.

Passed down from genera-tions before me, the ri"e has been battered, bruised and broken over the years from countless hunting exhibitions and !ring range excursions. Fast forward 21 years and 9 guns later and here I am writ-ing this article.

I’ve always kept my hands clean of the gun control de-bate, but I’ve had change of heart as of late. It goes without saying which incident sparked this introspection, but I felt it was time to revaluate this gun-!lled life that I’ve lived. As I sit at home and watch the two sides of the gun debate hurl their own facts and !gures like mortars back and forth at one another, I get sick to my stomach, realizing that at this rate, nothing will be achieved. I then realized that if any kind of middle ground was to be reached, it would have to come from within the gun commu-nity from those who feel they can do without that 70 round clip or detachable stock.

I’m not saying we should ban all guns. I love my guns and will not hand them all in at the drop of the hat. Yet, even for my love of all things ballistic, I will be the !rst to admit that there is a problem and that maybe we should en-tertain the idea of letting up just a bit.

I’m not here to o#er solu-tions because I believe it is too soon. $is issue cannot be solved overnight and in no way can be rushed to appease those who call for an outright ban. $is is a conversation that we must have over time with clear heads. What I want to do is of-fer dialogue points from some-one who actually owns and appreciates !reams, but also as someone who realizes that something has got to give.

To begin with, our access to guns is verging a bit on the ri-diculous. I’ve been to plenty of gun shows and have seen !rst hand how easy it is to acquire a gun privately. I’ve seen hunt-ers trade ri"es for trucks, boats and deer stands. Our current federal regulations basically

turn a blind eye to the issue of privately-sold !rearms and I think we need to address this loophole.

Sure, crooks, robbers and murders will still !nd a way to get their weapons and it will be somewhat impossible to regu-late it, but let’s not just throw our hands up in the air, quit and give them an express lane for doing so. We’re better than that.

$is same idea applies to bullets just as well. I re-cently read a beautifully-put statement that you can buy a thousand rounds of ammo straight o# the shelf, but you cannot buy a twenty-four pack of Advil without getting customer assistance to bring it from out back. Chris Rock does a hilarious, yet insightful, bit about the price of bullets, claiming that if a single bullet cost $5,000 then the homicide rate would plummet, as we wouldn’t waste ammo on trivi-al arguments and senseless kill-ings. I’m not saying each bullet should cost the price of a used Honda Civic, but I am saying that maybe we shouldn’t sup-ply cheap and readily available ammunition. Sure, that hurts gun owners like me, but if it helps just a little bit, then I’m willing to sacri!ce a few extra dollars and stop wasting my own ammo along the way.

Sure, we need this weapons for self-defense. Who doesn’t want to protect themselves? As someone who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon and who also happens to live in downtown Atlanta, I totally understand and agree.

Honestly though, do I re-ally need to own the caliber of weapons that I do? My family and I own plenty of “assault ri"es” to defend ourselves. I al-ways thought this was normal seeing as a come from a mili-tary family. Now, I’m not so sure. What the hell am I pro-

tecting myself from? A home intruder? Or a Russian ground invasion?

Sure, I’ll use a pistol to pro-tect myself, but does that really mean I should? What if my as-sailant just made a poor life decision that day? What if this one act of aggression is some-thing completely out of the norm? People make mistakes every day. Does that mean I have the right to take another human being’s life? Who am I to make that kind of judgment call? I know this sounds soft coming from a gun owner, but I was raised to value human life and not see it carelessly wasted.

Sure, sometimes the situa-tion may be life or death and it’s pretty safe to say that your assailant does not have your best interest in mind most of the time, and deciding this in the heat of the moment is an awfully tough decision to make. It’s this thought that has led me to want to push for more non-lethal forms of pro-tection. I will gladly give up my pistol and carry a new form of weapon that has the ability to incapacitate an assailant un-til help can arrive. If we have nukes, then I’m sure we can think of something a little less violent given some time.

Sure, if you give up your lethal weapons in favor of its non-lethal counterpart, you can’t stop the government from tyrannically ruling over you in the future. You can’t also stop being an idiot. It’s people who think President Obama is go-ing to take all of our guns away and establish the fourth Reich that give normal, logically-thinking gun owners a bad name. Do you honestly think that our military is going to slaughter us in the streets? Yeah, maybe if we recruited the Taliban or Hamas to de-fend us, then yes, I might be a little untrustworthy of our

government myself. Yet, as it stands, those are our brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces out there who !ght on the front lines. You’re insulting their commit-ment to this country to think that they will mercilessly kill the people they’ve sworn to protect.

I’ll give you the bene!t of the doubt, though. Maybe we miss the signs of an impend-ing authoritarian rule because we were too busy instagram-ing our dinner or checking our Twitter feeds. Maybe some future president does decide that he wants to kill o# the very infrastructure that sustains this country. Well, if that’s the case, then god help us all because all of the assault ri"es and high capacity maga-zines won’t do a damn thing to stop a 2,000 pound Toma-hawk Cruise missile launched from a Montana class battle-ship 100 miles out at sea from crashing into your living room and vaporizing everything.

I hear it time and time again: “Well it’s our con-stitutional responsibility to overthrow a tyrannical gov-ernment.” Sure, you’re abso-lutely right. But if Ukraine, the Philippines and Ecuador could peacefully overthrow their governments, then I’ve got a feeling we Americans will make it look easy. It’s an insult to our existence as a na-tion to think that we cannot work together and stop the outbreak of a second civil war.

I haven’t even touched on the subject of mental health and !rearms, but I think it’s pointless because we’re too busy screaming at one another to hear those with mental is-sues calmly asking for help.

I’m sorry, fellow gun own-ers, if I’ve o#ended you. Call me a traitor. Call me a coward. Call me what you will, but I just want to help however pos-sible, even if that help requires me to have a magazine limited to !ve shots. If I need more than that, then I’m probably in over my head anyway. I’m sick of just saying gun crimes will always happen. Let’s lead the charge in stopping the gun violence that has plagued us for far too long. It’s not go-ing to be easy, but we’re gun owners, we wouldn’t have it any other way now would we?

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Mental health top focus for yearYellow Jackets, welcome back

to campus! !is semester should prove to be our best yet. Syllabus week is over and we already have an MLK celebration underway. Retail/food outlets are opening around campus and the tennis complex is nearing completion. Campus is teeming with activity.

Each semester, we continue to celebrate our top academic pro-grams, global prominence and diverse student body. But I would be remiss to say that we’ve accom-plished all those in a stress-free environment. For tragic reasons, mental health has come to the forefront of national attention and I want to bring that conversation to Tech.

Nationally, we are "nding that we’ve been ignoring the impor-tance of mental health and stig-matizing its pathology. We are coming to terms with the fact that millions of people are su#ering in silence. And, as a country, we are "nally starting to do something about it. !ough direction may come from Washington, the true di#erence will be made locally. Improving the wellbeing of the Tech community is our responsi-bility.

Admittedly, Tech is not short on stress. We’re battling tough classes, busy schedules and don’t lack countless distractions. We’re pushed to the wire and we "nd ways to succeed. But, we’re also losing sleep, eating poorly, using drugs, drinking and/or indulging in a combination of those. Many

times, the most capable among us are those who need help the most.

!ese are the students that I speci"cally want to reach out to. And, if you have friends that you are concerned about, turn to them or have them turn to someone. Positive mental health is vital to maintain a healthy lifestyle as a student.

Exercising, socializing and "nding hobbies are all important to living well and arguably more important than succeeding aca-demically/professionally. I want to make everyone aware of the resources available to all Tech stu-dents on campus. All of these out-lets maintain the highest level of con"dentiality. !ey are welcom-ing, private, non-committal and generally free of cost.

!e Counseling Center, housed on the 2nd $oor of the Student Services (Flag) building, meets with students individu-ally or otherwise. !ere are an incredible o#ering of professional consultations and services, free/private online assessments, and an anonymous referral system.

!e Psychiatry Center Stamps Health has a strong psychiatry di-vision with kind psychiatric pro-fessionals and a range of services. With the counseling center, the psychiatry division works closely to best match student needs to the most appropriate service.

!e Dean of Student’s O%ce, also on the 2nd $oor of the Stu-dent Services (Flag) building, the Dean of Student’s O%ce always has an open door to any student concern.

But most of all, there are your friends who look out for each other.

If you sense that someone you know needs to de-stress and/or is simply under too much pressure, you can encourage them to tap into all the above. You can listen yourself and consult with a profes-sional. You can even anonymously refer someone and they will be contacted.

Together, let’s ensure that Tech is not only among the best in aca-demic prestige, but also one of the healthiest, most welcoming uni-versities nationwide.

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OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT

Bowl WinOver the break, the Jackets

taught USC a thing or two in manners with a spanking in the Sun Bowl after they failed to show up for the teams’ din-ner the night before the big game. !is win breaks a seven year dry streak for the school.

HOT– or –NOT

BasketballWith a strong start of 10-2

for the season, the Jackets bas-ketball team saw its "rst two conference losses this week at the hands of Miami and North Carolina State. While still a great start, the two new losses have gotten us a bit down.

WalmartWith 5th Street Ribs N

Blues gone, the large void in Tech Square has "nally been "lled with the world’s small-est Walmart. !is new-on-campus Walmart will speci"-cally cater to the needs of Tech students at low and much-wel-comed price.

Buzzport DownAdd/Drop week got a little

more hectic with Buzzport go-ing down early on in the week. For many, this was a rather large inconvenience, denying them the ability to add or drop classes. In other news, it turns out no one actually uses Buzz-port and didn’t notice.

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January 11, 2013

2012 has ended, bringing in a New Year !lled with joy and promise! This week, Focus brings you advice for the still-young 2013, o"ering opportunities and resolutions.

Keeping New Years’ resolutions

By Arvind NarayanAssistant Focus Editor

!ough New Year’s Resolu-tions are easy to drop, keeping them can give you a dramatic bene"t.

“I think if everyone kept their New Year’s Resolutions, we’d all be perfect,” said Clara Jeong, a third-year EE major.

Whether you’re going for per-fection or just improvement, here are some tips for making New Year’s resolutions last through the year.

How to Get a Six PackEasily the most commonly-

made New Year’s Resolution is a steadfast promise to get in shape.

You can avoid that halfhearted gym membership renewal by cre-ating a detailed and speci"c plan. Work with a doctor or a trainer at the CRC to come up with a de-tailed plan for weight loss, includ-ing realistic speci"cs about time, diet, and a weekly exercise regi-men. Well-organized plans are the best strategy to permanently keep those extra pounds o#, and it’s al-ways a good idea to ask friends to help keep you on track if you start to shirk your regimen.How to Ditch the Six PacksWe all hear it on New Year’s,

and we all hear it on Sunday mornings: “I will never drink again.”

People who try to quit cold turkey often succumb to drink-ing binges. However, learning to use alcohol in moderation and gradually decreasing the amount consumed leads to a much health-ier lifestyle. Drinking alcohol in moderation can be healthy, but it is important to be able to draw a line between casual, acceptable amounts and drinking excessively and irresponsibly. Give Back to the Community

A common New Year’s Reso-lution is to volunteer more. Es-pecially given the Tech motto, “Progress and Service,” volunteer-ing is an integral part of any Tech student’s experience.

Join a student organization dedicated to volunteer work. Or-ganizations like MOVE, which has several types of projects, ap-peal to several students.

“MOVE lets you pick your hours and your volunteer work, so you’re always doing what you like,” Jeong said.

Learn a New SkillLearning something new,

whether it’s quantum mechanics or rock climbing, is always a great thing to do at the start of a new year.

A great strategy to begin learn-ing is to "nd someone else who has the skill. Seek a professor or friend who already has experience in a speci"c area, and ask for their guidance. Professors and students are mostly open to helping others, especially when being asked about a skill that they are interested in.

TIPS & TRICKSResearch program sparks creativity, innovation By Madison Lee

Focus Editor

Students wondering whether getting involved in research is right for them, need help "nding a faculty mentor or are looking for an outlet to present their "ndings can receive ready advice from the Undergraduate Research Oppor-tunities Program (UROP).

Located in Clough 205, the program assists students with gaining access to a variety of re-sources for getting started with research and turning it into a po-tential career.

UROP o#ers the Research Option (RO), an extensive thesis-based experience for students who are considering either a profes-sional-track or graduate school.

With it, they can develop a jour-nal publication with a mentor or present their "ndings at a confer-ence, with the RO also appearing on their transcripts.

“!ere’s practical value to the experience that students get out of research…they’re used to being in a classroom setting and their eyes kind of light up when they can ap-ply what they’ve learned to a real-world setting out in the "eld with experts or in a lab with a team, dealing with current issues. See-ing that is really what drives me,” said Dr. Christopher Reaves, the Director for Undergraduate Re-search and Student Innovation.

UROP will be hosting its 8th annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium later in the semester, after having enjoyed a

Photo by Tiara Winata / Student Publications

Dr. Christopher Reaves, the Director for Undergraduate Research and Student Innovation, helps students !nd research opportunities.

Students see results with “Biggest Loser” program By Aaron TumulakContributing Writer

It comes as no surprise that the most common New Year’s resolu-tion—losing weight—is also the most frequently broken one. For college students, the di$culty of keeping a healthy lifestyle can be compounded with irregular sleep-ing habits and a poor diet. One program at the Campus Recre-ation Center, “CRC’s Biggest Los-er,” takes students on a semester-long challenge to get "t and leave with a better, healthier lifestyle.

As in the NBC television pro-gram, contestants compete against each other to lose the largest per-cent of their initial body weight. !e rules for the CRC’s program are similar. Employees and stu-dents of the Institute go through a semester-long regimen consisting of physical assessment, personal training, motivational coaching, nutrition education, and group "tness activities.

“!e CRC’s Biggest Loser pro-gram is designed to "nd people who are not living the healthiest lifestyles. We teach them how to

do a healthy lifestyle in order to maintain physical, mental and emotional health,” said Enoch McKie, student manager of the "tness program.

Participants are put in small groups to work out with a trainer three times a week. !e certi-"ed personal trainers teach their groups proper cardio and weight training.

A nutrition component also goes through proper diet and healthy weight loss. Biweekly weigh-ins track each participant’s progress until the "nal weigh-in at the end of the semester. !e win-ner of the 2012 program lost over thirty pounds over the course of four months.

At the end of the program, participants are encouraged to continue with their new, healthier lifestyles. “[Former participants] still maintain to this day that they work out consistently so it wasn’t just ‘I did this program, I lost the weight, now I can go back to my old lifestyle’ ... they stick to it, they still lose weight and get to their ideal limit,” said McKie.

Anyone can apply for “CRC’s

Biggest Loser” before January 18, but the program looks for those who are beginner exercisers, plan to lose more than 20 pounds and are su$ciently motivated.

“!is isn’t a program for some-one who has "ve or ten pounds that they want to lose, this for someone who is really looking for that lifestyle change,” said Elisha Smith, Fitness Coordinator of the

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The CRC’s “Biggest Loser” puts students on a workout regimen with certi!ed personal trainers to promote healthy weight loss.

CRC.One student, Joshua Lill,

joined the Spring 2012 pro-gram to ful"ll one of his New Year’s goals.

“Before New Year’s, I did not like where I was. Not just weight-wise but all kinds of stu#. So I set goals and I told myself, ‘all right, I’m going to

record number of participants last year. !e Symposium is an oppor-tunity for students to present their work, earn awards and prizes and gain the attention of people who can help take the project to the next level.

“You really haven’t done re-search unless you’ve presented it. !is is a great way to share your work and get feedback, "nd peo-ple to collaborate with, take the project in a di#erent direction or make it grander. !e recognition is great as well, but even more im-portant is being able to explain your research to someone who isn’t in your "eld and show them the value of your work,” Reaves said.

For stu-dents con-s i d e r i n g g r a d u a t e school, tak-ing the time and e#ort that research projects re-quire during undergradu-ate studies can provide the foundation for the kind of work students go on to do as they pursue their Masters Degrees.

“!ere’s a laundry list of ben-e"ts that "nding research op-portunities can give undergradu-ates. Students who are involved in research tend to stay in school longer and are accepted to grad school more readily, have higher GPAs, are often more indepen-dent thinkers and can work better in teams as well,” Reaves said.

In addition to the opportuni-ties that can set a student up for

a career or graduate school, experiences like RO help stu-dents to determine if they en-joy the kind of work their "eld involves before they graduate with a degree.

“Going to conferences to present your work, maybe get-ting published and earning re-ally good letters of recommen-dation are all great reasons to get involved in research now, but the main reason to get in-volved is to learn more, which is what happens constantly. It helps a lot of the time to

con"rm that someone’s in the right "eld and passion-ate about what they’re doing, and some-times students "nd out that it’s really not what they want to do, which is "ne too,” Reaves said.

W h e n it comes to d e v e l o p i n g their projects, UROP con-

siders it their charge to set stu-dents up with mentors both on campus and in the Atlanta area who can help them reach their potential. !e program pro-vides a variety of resources that can help students learn how to e#ectively pitch an idea or form a startup company from their research "ndings.

“Like I tell students, you are never going to have [so many] bright-minded and easily ac-cessible people who just want to help you. You just have to

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“Ideas to Serve” competition seeks real-world problem solvers

By Arvind NarayanAssistant Focus Editor

At the start of a new year, sev-eral students’ thoughts rest with the idea of using their skills to help others and improve the hu-man condition. !ough this may sound idealistic, the Ideas to Serve Competition is making this idea very real. On Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Georgia Tech Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship is hosting an information session for students to learn about the competition.

!e competition, which is two years old, emphasizes the genera-tion of ideas. Entries to the com-petition are meant to be product or service ideas primarily focused towards bettering the world at large. Speci"c aims of entries may hinge on alleviating poverty and hunger, promoting health aware-ness, improving environmental quality or working to develop sources of sustainable energy.

According to the Ideas to Serve website, the competition selects ideas that meet the “triple bottom line.” Projects must demonstrate environmental and social aware-ness while remaining economi-cally viable.

Judges explain that success-ful projects are often praised for novelty or for signi"cant improve-ments towards existing ideas. Judges also appreciate real-world practicality of ideas. When judg-ing, they realistically evaluate whether projects could be imple-mented in non-pro"t, for-pro"t,or hybrid organizations, and wheth-

er the project would signi"cantly improve the human condition.

In order to compete, students will have to create an executive summary of their idea and how they would implement it, a one-minute speech to be uploaded on YouTube and a poster to be displayed in the atrium of the College of Management. !ese elements are judged in the pre-liminary round; after "ve to seven teams are chosen, the judging will proceed to the "nal round.

In the "nal round, teams pres-ent their ideas to an audience; the best team’s idea is chosen based on all competition elements. Winners of the Ideas to Serve competition receive cash awards and service packages. In 2012, over $10,000 in cash and service packages were distributed among all of the win-ners.

Previous competitors are en-couraged to submit new ideas, but they can also submit modi"-cations of previous non-winning ideas as long as they can clearly cite improvements to their de-signs.

Last year, the winning project was Urban RePeel, a program to sustainably address urban food waste. !e idea, by Jared Mc-Grath, Nicole Sullivan and Ryan Ravenelle, proposed biologically sustainable methods to dispose of urban food waste.

Projects such as Urban RePeel, addressing all three of the ele-ments in the “triple bottom line,” succeed in the competition and are sure to bene"t the world as a whole.

Career Services snapshot: upcoming workshops, events

By Divya VarahabhatlaContributing Writer

With the start of a new year, the career center is bustling with workshops and activities designed to enhance the profes-sional potential of students.

Some of these upcoming op-portunities include programs such as “Creating a Professional Resume” and “Successful Inter-view Strategies,” as well as ex-tended events like Mock Inter-view Week and the Georgia Tech Annual Internship/Co-op Fair. Spaced throughout January and February, these events are geared towards students looking for em-ployment opportunities.

!e career center o#ers a col-lection of programs to assist stu-dents in their professional and academic choices. !ey provide advice about choosing a major and information on career path-ways, as well as walk-in times for one-on-one questions and coun-seling. !e upcoming events in January and February target building professional networks and interview skills.

!e center is hosting the 8th Annual Mock Interview Event from Jan. 22nd through the 25th in which over a hundred profes-sionals will volunteer their time, conducting practice interviews with students.

“500 students took advantage of this great career development opportunity. !ese volunteer professionals simulate a real in-

terview during their "rst 30 min-utes with a student and then use the last 15 minutes to provide constructive feedback on their interviewing skills,” said Center Services Representative Kevin Stacia.

!e program is a valuable tool that provides insight on one’s in-terviewing technique, communi-cation strengths and weakness. It also provides familiarity with the process. To register, students must log into their CareerBuzz account and follow the directions included on the webpage.

Career Services is also hosting the 2013 Georgia Tech Intern-ship & Co-op Fair on Jan. 29-30, from 10am-4pm each day in the Student Center Ballroom. Com-panies at the fair will bring a host of samples and products, but one thing to remember is the main

goal of the fair is to get a co-op or internship interview.

“!e most essential require-ments are business attire, mul-tiple copies of your updated re-sume, a well-rehearsed personal statement to introduce yourself to recruiters, a positive and con-"dent attitude, and a career fair strategy,” Stacia said.

Some of these strategies in-clude identifying the top 10 to 15 companies to visit and research-ing job openings within the se-lection of companies prior to at-tending the fair.

“Having a strategy before you enter the fair will enable the re-cruiting experience to be more productive for both students and employers,” Stacia said.

Guides to "nding success at these events are available at the Career Services website.

Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications

Career Services hosts a variety of on-campus events for students throughout the year, from career fairs to mock interviews.

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take advantage of these oppor-tunities to connect with them,” Reaves said.

One of the program’s main charges is also to coordinate re-sources for students to partici-pate in competitions on campus throughout the year.

Promoted opportunities like the InVenture Prize can push stu-dents to think more innovatively and use their creativity to !nd their passions.

“I think that these opportuni-ties to present and compete are a natural extension of research. Af-ter you’ve worked hard for your !ndings and you’re sharing them with the world, then it becomes easier to put that to practical use, if that means commercializing it, starting a non-pro!t or developing a service,” Reaves said.

UROP encourages students to remember that there is more to undergraduate studies than the

Research from page 7ADAPTS welcomes student volunteers By Madison Lee

Focus Editor

Students looking to commit to making a di"erence for their fellow Tech students for the new year should look no further than the Georgia Tech ADAPTS Of-!ce. #e Access Disabled Assis-tance Program for Tech Students has been hard at work to ensure that students with disabilities have services and resources at their disposal, helping them suc-ceed academically and access the same opportunities as every stu-dent who enrolls in the Institute.

#e note taker program is an-other popular opportunity and a paid position, where participants take notes for students with docu-mented disabilities in classes they have already registered for.

“Our note taker program is a great example of Tech students at their best. #ey are a sta" of very dedicated and responsible students who agree to share their notes, and it turns into a win-win situation…because note takers pay more attention in class and have a great class attendance re-cord,” Marshall said.

Located in the O$ce of the Dean of Students, ADAPTS has a dedicated sta" that provides full time support to students with special needs. #ere are no addi-tional fees for services. More than 400 students take advantage of the many diverse assistance op-tions, including help registering for classes, arranging on-campus transportation with the Stinger-

ette Paratransit Service, reason-ably modifying course require-ments and supplying recording devices.

“Our o$ce is always looking for new ways to incorporate inno-vative and accessible technology in our work. We welcome stu-dents who volunteer their time to assist in making Tech a welcom-ing and inclusive environment for students with disabilities,” said Denise Johnson Marshall, Assis-tant Dean and Director of Dis-ability Services.

ADAPTS also aims to improve the understanding of the need for accommodation for disabled stu-dents throughout the Institute. A commonly-raised ethical is-sue is the question of fairness in classrooms. Accommodations in classrooms help disabled students compete on equal ground with other students in class.

#rough several e"orts, the ADAPTS o$ce has been able to increase the amount of support shown around campus.

For example, the ADAPTS O$ce has held two “Amazing Race” runs dedicated to “shining the spotlight on disability aware-ness.” O"ering events like wheel-chair basketball and goal ball, the Amazing Race is meant to reduce the stigma associated with dis-abled students and highlight their presence on college campuses.

#e ADAPTS O$ce encour-ages all students to get involved with its services through a variety of programs. “#e Amazing Race to Shine the Spotlight on Dis-

ability Awareness” is a student-led event to educate the campus com-munity, and ADAPTS has collab-orated with a Computer Science senior design project to develop a new online exam scheduling pro-gram.

One of the most important ac-commodations that the ADAPTS O$ce provides to students with disabilities is its exam proctoring services, administered through the Testing Center in the Student Services Building. Many of the students require extended time on exams, but the center also o"ers Sign Language interpreters for the hearing impaired, enlarged print, Braille and other alternative test-ing procedures.

“Although our sta" is small, we managed to proctor close to 2,000 exams during the academic year for students, [and] we provided notes for 179 courses in the fall semester thanks to our note taker program,” Marshall said.

Sta" members and the stu-dent volunteers who work with the ADAPTS O$ce are advocates for students as individuals beyond their disabilities. #ey work close-ly with them to understand what they need to make the most out of their Tech experience.

“#e most ful!lling aspect of our work is the development we see in our students over time. Stu-dents with disabilities who were once unsure about requesting ac-commodations are now strong advocates for other students and want to educate the campus,” Marshall said.

mentality students often have of taking the right courses to gradu-ate on time and get a job with the !rst company hiring, when research can give them the oppor-tunity to be an inventor of their own career.

“We’re set up perfectly to help facilitate the research that starts the ideas and inventions that can have an impact on the world. #e students are quite capable of doing it, and really the only thing that might hold them back is their will to pursue it,” Reaves said.

With the wealth of undergrad-uate research opportunities avail-able on campus and facilitated by UROP, !nding mentors to guide projects and give advice on pub-lishing !ndings has become a relatively straightforward process. However, Reaves feels that it is the creative energy of the students that truly drives the program.

“We have brilliant students here, and our goal is to their work as visible as we can,” Reaves said.

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get this done,” Lill said. On the !rst day of the pro-

gram, participants meet each other and set goals for the semes-ter with their trainer. Four to !ve trainers make sure that each per-son can join a group that satis!es his or her weekly schedule.

Lill played football in high school but had recently gotten out of shape.

“"e !rst workout was pretty intense. I was doing [exercises] I hadn’t done in years...and I was barely able to drag myself back to my dorm room for the next day,” Lill said.

He found that self-dedication, motivation from his four team-mates, and the drive to win the competition helped him stay on his regimen.

Lill also improved his diet dur-ing the duration of the program, substituting water for tea, wheat instead of white bread and grilled

chicken instead of fried chicken.By the end of the spring 2012

semester, Joshua’s team placed !rst in the program, and he him-self placed third overall. Of the four goals that he made at the beginning of the year, he accom-plished three, including losing !fty pounds, about seventeen per-cent of his initial weight.

College life can make achiev-ing !tness goals di#cult. "ough it can be easy to form bad diet and exercise habits, participants have found that programs like “CRC’s Biggest Loser” often pro-vide a structured and disciplined regimen to get in shape and stay active throughout one’s college years.

"ough the program has end-ed, Lill still keeps in touch with his “Biggest Loser” teammates and sends his trainer progress re-ports.

“I had a blast. You really just have to !nd the motivation and go out and do it,” Lill said.

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The “Biggest Loser” program is a semester-long challenge with weekly weigh-ins to help participants gain a healthier lifestyle.

678'(176�63($.�!!!!!Each week, Focus talks to students about their feelings on some of the more pertinent questions related to the theme, how it applies to their lives and what it means to them.

What are some personal goals students are making for the semester?By Kate Overstreet

Contributing Writer

Starting a new semester is a great way to change your ap-proach to your classes, personal life, and extracurricular activities, as well as to reexamine your goals and the best ways to accomplish them. Focus spoke with several Tech students to see what some of their goals for the upcoming semester are.

Jiby Yohannan is a second-year BIOL major. He is involved in undergraduate research, Global Jackets, MOVE and advising for Emerging Leaders.

“I want to be more e#cient on the time I spend studying for each class, and focusing on what I need to understand,” Yohannan said.

As for personal goals, he wants to !nd a pen pal or language part-ner to help improve his Korean $uency and devote more time to his extracurricular activities.

Henry Photangtham is a fourth–year ISYE major. He grad-uated from the University of Vir-ginia with a degree in Art History and is now pursuing a degree at Tech. He would like to get as many A’s as possible this semester—a goal that will surely be shared by many other Tech students. His personal goals include exercising more and his New Year’s resolu-

tion is to procrastinate less, which are goals that many students are also likely aiming for.

Ally Johnson is a third-year CHE major. She is on a dance team, and is in a sorority at Tech. Her academic goal is “To bring my GPA up, and to actually have a good experience by learning new material, instead of just wanting a class to be over.” She wants to maintain a good balance between extracurricular activities and aca-demics, and to make adequate time for friends, family and aca-demics in her life.

Kyle Dzwonkowski is a sec-ond-year ENVE major. He is in-volved with MOVE and PRIDE. His academic goals are speci!c, wanting to get his GPA up to a 3.5 this semester. "is year, he also plans to keep his focus on academics, so that he can get an internship in the fall. He plans to volunteer more as his New Year’s Resolution.

Ti%any Liu is a second-year ME major. She is involved in the Institute of Electrical and Elec-tronics Engineers and the Society of Physics Students. She explained that her academic goal is to reach the Dean’s List this semester. She would also love to join the Ameri-can Society of Mechanical Engi-neering.

Sikha Das is a second-year

ISYE major. She is involved in Society of Women Engineers and the Gamma Beta Phi honor soci-ety. She will be interning with "e Home Depot this summer. Her academic goals are to learn things that are pertinent to my intern-ship this summer. She would like to be less stressed this semester, and get more involved with her organizations.

Courtney Widjaja is a second-year BIOL major. She is involved in undergraduate research, Global Jackets and the Society for Biodi-versity. She said that her academic goal is to do well so she can get into the medical school of her choosing. Her personal goals are multifaceted.

“I want to run, swim, ski, walk more and generally be a better person to those around me,” Wi-djaja said.

She also has ambitious goals for her organization, the Society of Biodiversity. She wants it to reach new audiences and begin to prosper and grow so that they can help out in the Atlanta com-munity.

When asked about her New Year’s resolutions, she said that since the !rst thing she did in the New Year was to eat mint choco-late chip ice cream, things did not bode well for keeping to her reso-lutions this semester.

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Les Misérables true to original, may not appeal to all viewers

By Joe MurphyEntertainment Editor

Since its !rst performance on Broadway, the musical Les Mi-sérables has been associated with a sense of grandeur and emotional depth. "e modern entertainment industry rarely produces work at such a high level. Les Mis has since become a global spectacle with a massive fan base, and on Dec. 25, that spectacle was brought to the big screen. "e nearly three hour-long !lm is directed by Tom Hooper, whose previous credits include the Oscar-winning !e King’s Speech. Advertised as a “musical phenomenon,” Les Mi-sérables boasts a cast of all-stars and a soundtrack that continues

Harry Potter series).In recent years, the musical has

become a major genre within the !lm industry, with many musical !lms being met with both !nan-cial success and critical acclaim from the modern American audi-ence. "erefore, it is no wonder

that Les Misérables was released as the major blockbuster of the Christmas season. And as far as acting is concerned, the !lm does not disappoint. Both Jackman and Crowe exude con!dence and experience, imbuing their charac-ters with strength and stage pres-

ence and ultimately becoming well-matched foils for each other. However, it is Hathaway who tru-ly steals the show. Her show-stop-ping performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” has been lauded by

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century France, centering on the life of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jack-man, X-Men), a convict seeking to elude his captors in the years following the French Revolution. At the onset of the !lm, Valjean, imprisoned 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread, is !nally released, only to break his parole soon af-ter and begin a life on the run. Pursuing him is police inspector Javert (Russell Crowe, Gladiator), a man obsessed with maintaining law and order within French so-ciety. What follows is a game of cat and mouse that extends across decades, during which Valjean encounters Fantine (Anne Hatha-way, !e Dark Knight Rises), a poor French woman who is forced to turn to prostitution to support her child, a girl who Valjean eventual-ly agrees to raise as his own. As the years pass, Valjean gets caught up in the war between French revolu-tionaries and the government they seek to supplant. "is forces him to choose between running from his fate or confronting it head-on. Supporting cast members include Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls) and Helena Bonham Carter (the See Miserables, page 13

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Blockbuster is the name of the game for this

year’s !lm industry. Janu-ary sees the release of Katheryn

Bigelow’s much hyped Zero Dark !irty, already nominated for numer-ous awards. Next, February is slotted for the zombie love story Warm Bodies, just in time for Valentine’s Day. "en comes March with Disney’s prequel to the classic, Oz: !e Great and Powerful while April brings Tom Cruise’s return to sci-! in Oblivion. May will bring many movies brimming with potential including: !e Great Gatsby, Iron Man 3 and Star Trek: Into Darkness. Finally, June is set to release Monsters Univer-sity. It’s bound to be an exciting year!

For all the button smashers on cam-pus, 2013 looks like it will be a non-stop adrenaline-!lled thrill ride . "is month sees the arrival of Devil May Cry and Nuni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. February brings Dead Space 3, as well as Crysis 3. March is a huge month with God of War: Ascension, Gears of War: Judgment, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Bioshock: In"nite. Final-ly, May Naughty Dog comes out with highly anticipated !e Last of Us. Break

out the ammunition, hit tur-bo and get ready to party.

George Saunders’ collection of short stories Tenth of Decem-ber came out Jan. 8. In early February, Jamaica Kincaid’s !rst novel in ten years is set to release, See Now !en. Compet-ing for Newest Novel in a Long Time is William H. Gass’s Middle C, his !rst in seventeen years. In May, Khaled Hosseini, author of !e Kite Runner, releases his newest novel, And the Mountains Echoed.

For a look at the greatest names and faces in the music industry this year, tune in to the Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, where such artists as Mumford and Sons, Jay-Z and Fun will be celebrated. Rumors are circulating about a Justin Bieber/Taylor Swift collabo-ration later on this year, so get ready to witness an undoubtedly sick beat and a few hundred million YouTube hits. Up-coming albums to look out for include "e Wanted’s !ird Strike, Lady Ga-ga’s Artpop and yet-to-be-announced tracks by Carly Rae Jepsen, "e Strokes and Nirvana.

2013 is shaping up to be a massive year for the television industry. "is year marks the last season for both 30 Rock and !e O#ce. "e highly an-ticipated third season of HBO’s Game of !rones debuts at the

end of March. Tensions rise between judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey on the set

of the 12th season of Ameri-can Idol, which premieres this month. As far as new shows go, lookout for Sex and the City prelude !e Carrie Diaries, the White House comedy 1600 Penn and the Cold War period drama !e Americans.

Of course, when talking about upcoming entertain-ment highlights for 2013, we cannot forget about the

events happening right here at Georgia Tech. Make sure to stop by the Ferst Center this semester to see ukulele

player Jake Shimabukuro and !is American Life host Ira Glass. Also, discover your inner pastry connoisseur during the SCPC Cupcake Decorating event on Feb. 14. And don’t forget to get your karaoke on later this year with Tech Idol, which promises stellar vocals and entertainment for all.

It looks like 2013 is going to be a big year for the entertainment industry. Here are some upcoming favorites of what’s to come in the new year.

Jean Valjean (Jackman) cradles Fantine (Hathaway) during one of the more emotionally charged scenes. Both actors have so far been nominated for Golden Globes for their performances.

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Whether one loves him or hates him, Quentin Tarantino undeniably has style. Five min-utes into his latest movie it is readily apparent that he is the director of Django Unchained. Released Christmas Day 2012, Django Unchained is a Tarantino Western !lm set in the pre-Civil War Southern United States. "e titular Django (Jamie Foxx, Ray) begins the movie as a slave until a dentist-turned-bounty-hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Chris-toph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds) secures his freedom. "is is in exchange for Django’s assistance in locating three brothers with bounties on their heads. Instead of parting ways afterwards, Dr. Schultz agrees to assist in freeing Django’s wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington, Ray) from the plan-tation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception).

Like most Tarantino !lms, the screenplay, which he wrote, is fan-tastic and is certain to be nomi-

nated for major awards. It brims with the signature Tarantino wit and black humor. One scene in which a gang of KKK members argue about the holes in their hoods is disturbingly hilarious. At the same time, the screenplay does not seem to be as quick as some previous works like Pulp Fic-tion. Meaning the repartee, while it certainly exists, is not as preva-lent. "is is actually a bene!t be-cause Django is meant to be a new version of the old-style Western anti-hero, and it would have felt odd if he were as snappy with the dialogue as Dr. Schultz. Django is the laconic man of action while Dr. Schultz is the loquacious man who talks them out of problematic situations. Tarantino also directly lays bare that he is concocting a legend by addressing that Broom-hilda, Django’s wife, shares her name with a princess in a popular German tale who is guarded by a dragon and saved by the hero Siegfried. Broomhilda’s name and her ability to speak German, in-stead of being innocuous symbols, become integral to the scheme when the protagonists attempt to rescue her.

"e second aspect of the !lm which stands out is the acting. "ere is not a weak actor in the ensemble, but Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio simply nail it. Waltz deftly handles the myriad aspects of his character: mentor, foreigner, freedom !ghter and ruthless killer. None of these characteristics feel out of place in the same person. DiCaprio as the owner of Candyland, a plantation, is equally impressive as he manag-

es to convey that Calvin Candie is vain, casually heartless and calcu-lating in a single shot. But it is the climax when DiCaprio shines by simultaneously losing his cool and remaining in control of the situa-tion. Also notable is Candie’s head slave, Stephen (Samuel L. Jack-son, Pulp Fiction). While Jackson plays an old version of his usual foul-mouthed stubborn character, there is something sinister behind the elderly Stephen that suggests he has more control over his own-er than the latter realizes.

"e only notable issue with Django Unchained is its length. Clocking in at two hours and forty-!ve minutes, the !lm has a tendency to linger in scenes. "is is common in Tarantino !lms, but more plot keeps happening. A gun!ght which seems to be the

critics as nothing short of Oscar-worthy, and the raw emotion that she portrays within her charac-ter becomes the backbone of the entire !lm. In addition to these main players, each member of the supporting cast displays the talent and depth necessary to keep the musical alive and on its feet. "is gives the !lm a sense of complete-ness and stability.

While outstanding, Les Mi-sérables does contain a few faults, the most obvious of which is the music itself. Every line of dialogue in the !lm is sung in some form or another, and, in short, while each member of the cast gives a com-mendable acting performance, some are not so superb when it comes to singing. Crowe in par-ticular cannot reach the level of singing ability maintained by his fellow cast members. "is leaves audience members a bit under-whelmed to say the least.

Additionally, director Hooper’s creative choice to have the actors sing live in front of the cameras, rather than add voice dubs later, has its own list of pros and cons. "e !lm is given a level of authen-ticity and originality that helps it to stand out from the crowd of other Les Mis renditions, but the sound quality is a bit awkward and mu#ed at points, making it di$cult to hear some of what is being said.

Overall, the music in the !lm is good with a few moments of greatness, and it will undoubtedly live up to the expectations of die-hard Les Mis fans. But for those viewers who are less than enthu-siastic about non-stop singing, this !lm may not resonate quite as much.

climactic !nale is actually just an-other milestone. "ere is still thir-ty to forty minutes left, and it feels like one dragged out denouement. It is clear that Tarantino is using the time to transform Django from a folktale into a true legend, but it feels as though the movie is plodding to its conclusion. But of course there is plenty of action throughout to entertain. And since it is a Tarantino !lm, there is plenty of !ne red mist hovering on-screen.

"at said, Django Unchained is well worth the time, especially for fans of Westerns and Quentin Tarantino !lms. An amazing en-semble that delivers a great screen-play coupled with well !lmed cho-reography and gun!ghts add up to make Django Unchained one of the best movies of the year.

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Both Foxx and DiCaprio immerse themselves in their characters.

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By Jillian BroaddusSta! Writer

While he may be known as a one-hit-wonder to true country music fans, Greg Bates put on a well-rounded and entertaining show on New Year’s Eve.

!e concert took place at 120 Tavern & Music Hall, a legendary restaurant located near the 120 loop 20 minutes from Atlanta. Complete with a beach volleyball court, outdoor tiki bar, pool ta-bles, and a concert stage, 120 Tav-ern is a warm and lively blend of southern comfort and city thrill. As the bowl games were displayed to diners throughout the evening, music fans "ocked to the stage for two memorable performances.

Opening for the up-and-com-ing country musician was singer-songwriter Mike Ellis, whose raspy vocals provided the perfect blend of country twang and a classic rock sound. Ellis warmed up the crowd for an hour-and-a-half with lesser-known tunes, a few unique cover renditions, and enough talent to entertain con-cert-goers who were unfamiliar with his work.

Two hours before midnight, Greg Bates took the stage to play until the Peach Drop. Despite an obviously humble and slightly shy stage presence, Bates’ laid-back

personality and sweet smile were contagious.

!roughout the night, Bates played songs from his self-titled debut album from July. A mix-ture of upbeat, bubbly rhythms such as “Fill in the Blank” and slower, deeper melodies such as “Brothers”—which he appropri-ately dedicated to troops over-seas—and “Lost in Caroline” left listeners completely satis#ed. !e highest point of the evening un-doubtedly came with Bates’ #nal song, his popular radio tune, “Did It for the Girl,” which previously peaked at #14 on the US Country Charts and which has been blast-ing through “Kicks Country” and “94.9 !e Bull” for the past few months. !is hit was released in April, prior to Bates’ original al-bum, as his debut single. Billy Dukes of Taste of Coun-try summed up Bates’ appeal ac-curately, calling his single, “in-stantly memorable—if only for its simplicity.” “Did It for the Girl” was similarly well-received by Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, writ-ing that Bates “marries the best of the neo-traditionalist movement with the modern country world.”

In the next few months, Greg Bates is traveling across the coun-try, putting on performances with various other country stars includ-ing Eric Church, Rodney Atkins, Kip Moore and Alan Jackson.

All in all, both rising stars pro-vided entertaining performances (albeit featuring mostly unknown songs) at one of Atlanta’s most un-derrated concert venues.

Coming this month to 120 Tavern are even more popular country names, most notably Chase Rice, Casey James and Eden’s Edge.

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Bates, a native of Nashville, wins crowds over with his endearing and charismatic stage presence and chart-topping hit singles.

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The Round HouseLouise Erdrich

GENRE: DramaPUBLISHER: HarperRELEASE DATE: Oct. 2, 2012

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Jamaica is known for hav-ing the fastest man in the world, beautiful beach resorts and a rich culture. In the future the little is-land in the Caribbean may have something else to add to its list of achievements: Jamaican hip hop artist Nomad Carlos, a man who was born to drop a beat.

Carlos was born in Miami, but he was raised in Kingston from the age of 5. !e up-and-coming trailblazer for the Jamaican hip hop industry recently released his newest mixtape, Me Against the Grain, this past November.

!e mixtape includes musi-cal input from several other well known and rising Jamaican rap-pers, such as Five Steez, TSD, Tronic, MPC Boyz, !e Consul-tancy, Inztinkz, !e Patents, Sini-ma, DJ King Flow and Paperchase Beats.

Carlos’ latest work also features MC mastering the use of hard-core street and gutter style beats. Some tracks have reggae "are, while others add a gangster-style rap #nesse to top it o$. He lights up his tracks with lyrics that pro-vide vivid images of his everyday life in the heart of Kingston, Ja-maica. Feature tracks, like “Only !e Strong”, “Make It Work” and “Time” speak to his hard-work-and-hustle lifestyle.

On closer inspection, Carlos’ lyrics convey the struggle he faced growing up in a rough urban envi-ronment. In several of his tracks, he mentions how he worked seven days a week to support himself and his mother. Carlos also illus-trates the roller coaster ride that love can be as many of his tracks discuss past "ings, relationships and heartbreaks. !e mark of his true artistry lies in his ability to translate these feelings into music.

Although the mixtape features its fair share of gangster rap, it also features passionate and deeply in-tellectual tracks about love among people and harsh !ird World realities. !e trailblazing artist manages to artistically blend these themes together to paint a picture

By Keith FradyAssistant Entertainment Editor

Louise Erdrich’s latest novel, !e Round House, is a little bit of a mystery, a little bit of revenge and a little bit of a coming-of-age story for teenage boys living on Native American reservations. !is menagerie is paradoxically the book’s greatest strength and weakness.

On one hand, Erdrich man-ages the plot expertly. It seems like the plot is meandering from one thread to the next, but then the climax causes all the disparate elements to collide. Instead of a crash, however, the result man-ages to be a cohesive conclusion which, one realizes as the book concludes, was being built up from page one.

!e narrator is thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts. !e book begins with his mother being sexually as-saulted and consequently trauma-tized to the point that she barely speaks and refuses to say who committed the heinous crime. !us the mystery portion opens the novel and allows Joe and his three friends to assign themselves the task of #nding the assailant. Some interesting segments occur during this act, including the dis-covery of a doll stu$ed with cash "oating in a lake, and Joe makes actual headway in the case by dis-covering evidence that the police missed. But then his mother con-jures forth a form of emotional and spiritual recovery and, little more than halfway through the book with only one red herring, reveals the assailant. !us begins the revenge tale, which is where the book suddenly becomes a thrilling and truly surprising page turner.

Interspersed throughout this overarching plot are episodes of life on the reservation involving

Joe having to grow up quickly in order to deal with the horrifying circumstances in which he #nds himself. As stated before, this all comes together in the end, but it concurrently feels as though some of the emotion has to be shunted aside for comedic scenes.

It is di%cult to feel the hor-ror of his mother’s sexual assault when Joe is idolizing his aunt’s breasts and he and his friends, af-ter discussing all the dirty words not to say around a lascivious grandmother, have to take a “three minute” break in the woods. In-deed, the boys almost seem as though Erdrich is going through a checklist of teenage male stereo-types: they like breasts, Star Trek: !e Next Generation, disobey-ing elders, beer and do not forget breasts. Yet when Joe is secluded or alone with his best friend Cappy, he manages to become a more complicated human being. Other characters are invigorated with life, such as Joe’s grandfather Mooshum, a post-centenarian, whiskey-loving wise man who tells tales in his sleep, or subtly de-veloped like the priest Father Tra-vis, who has a penchant for shoot-ing gophers with air ri"es.

But, the four boys aside, Er-drich has a keen eye for communi-ty, and it is the scenes in which all the major characters are present which ring out to be the truest. Mooshum’s birthday party or res-ervation festivals allow the charac-ters a chance to demonstrate their individuality by communicating in one large community event . At the same time, they are able to impact each other’s lives in a com-plex convergence. A single person a$ects the group while individuals are likewise a$ected by the group.

It is the stunning #nale which ultimately seals !e Round House as a memorable novel about a community and the dark secrets and social nuances which hold it together. Joe’s narration is silky smooth and occasionally laced with sudden bouts of lyricism, as if he is #nding his voice as one reads. Erdrich has crafted an in-timate novel of family and com-munity which also contains truths for all forms of societies, wherever humans dwell alongside their fel-low man.

of Jamaica, and what it means to him, for his audience. His tracks have an East Coast-late 90s feel to them.

Nomad Carlos does the island justice in that his lyrics bring light to the corruption and injustice the Greater Antilles island has faced. Jamaica, unlike America, only gained its independence from England in 1962, almost 200 years after the Revolutionary War. Jamaica, as a !ird World nation, still faces rampant poverty and stagnant social injustice, all of which Carlos more than mentions in his lyrics.

Although the rapper reveals some of the tragedies and hard-

ships Jamaica faces, he still points out his love for the island and its vibrant culture and resilient peo-ple.

!e island has managed to pro-duce several in"uential #gures in the past and could manage to do so again through Nomad Carlos. Although reggae and dancehall dominates the music market in Jamaica, Nomad Carlos de#es the stereotype and manages to appeal to a di$erent audience and diver-si#es the island’s music industry. Carlos provides a di$erent per-spective on what is developing musically in Jamaica and could potentially put hip hop on the top of Jamaica-native hits.

Jamaica: Carlos a rapper on the rise

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Nomad Carlos employs a mixture of his own personal feelings as well as his national pride in creating his unique style of music.

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After graduating from North Florida Educational Institute in December, freshman guard Solo-mon Poole decided to go ahead take his game to the next level and enroll at Tech early. Solomon is the younger brother of Tech basketball player Stacey Poole Jr., who transferred to Tech from Kentucky last December.

ESPN and Scout.com both have Solomon listed as a four-star recruit, ESPN ranked him as the 12th best high school point guard in the nation and 53rd best overall player, while Scout.com had him ranked as the 9th best high school point guard in the country.

Solomon is considered to be a quick, explosive scorer who can take the ball to the rim, or hurt you with his jumper. Although he lacks length, his quickness makes him a solid defender.

However, fans should not ex-pect him to come in and make a huge contribution right away, as Senior point guard Mfon Udo!a will still be primarily running the o"ense for Tech. Since making his Tech debut against Alabama State on Dec. 17, Solomon has yet to make a major contribution, only playing 27 minutes in !ve games, and scoring a total of 11 points.

Even with the little playing time Poole has already shown signs of why he was so highly re-cruited.

Although the game was nearly out of reach for the Jackets by the time he got in against Miami, he provided a spark for the team

when he entered the game late in the second half. He quickly forced a turnover that led to an easy Chris Bolden lay up, and then hit a 3 pointer just minutes later. If Solomon continues to progress, he could eventually earn more play-ing time behind Udo!a.

By adding Poole to an al-

ready talented group of fresh-men in Robert Carter Jr., Marcus Georges-Hunt and Chris Bolden, the Jackets appear to have built a strong nucleus of young players. With only two players expected to leave the team after this season, these freshmen can expect to see improvement in the future.

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OVERALL RECORD: 3-5

Bowl streak snapped: By beating USC 21-7 in the Sun Bowl, Georgia Tech snapped a 7 game bowl-losing streak. It is Head Coach Paul Johnson’s !rst bowl win at Tech, bringing his overall record to 1-4.Top team takedown: Coach Johnson is now 2-0 against teams ranked #1 in the AP preseason poll at Tech, with the other win coming against the rival Georgia Bulldogs in 2008.O!ense: While the defense carried the team through the majority of the game, the Jackets still racked up 294 rushing yards on 63 attempts while holding onto the ball for over 36 minutes of the game. Junior B-back David Sims led the Jackets with 99 rushing yards on 17 attempts, a career high for him, while also catching the Jackets’ !rst touchdown pass of the game.Defense: The Jackets held the Trojans to 205 total yards of o"ense through the game, their best e"ort of the season. As well as this, the Jackets held USC quarterback Max Wittek to just 107 passing yards and 2.7 yards per pass attempt on 37 attempts. That is the fewest yards USC has thrown for in any game this season.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Senior cornerback Rod Sweeting intercepted a pass late in the second quarter at Tech’s 25 yard line to end a USC drive. Sweeting !nished with an interception, three tackles and two pass de#ections in his !nal game at Tech.

Turning Point:With 13:07 eft in the 3rd quarter, Jamal Golden returned a punt 56 yards to the USC 1 yard line. Two plays later Tevin Washington ran for his !rst touchdown of the game to put Tech up 14-7.

Facing 3rd and goal from the USC 17 yard line early in the fourth quarter, senior quarterback Tevin Washington found senior A-back Orwin Smith cutting across the "eld. After breaking a tackle, Smith, who had just returned to the game after a shoulder injury, tiptoed into the end zone to put Tech up 21-7.

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Southern California- 7Georgia Tech- 21

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OVERALL RECORD: 7-7

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By Newt ClarkSports Editor

!e men’s basketball team traveled to Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday night where they lost to the N.C. State Wolf-pack 83-70. !e Jackets dropped to 0-2 in conference play and 10-4 overall after losing two straight games.

Tech got o" to a fast start in the #rst half, lead by freshman forward Rob-ert Carter Jr. and junior center Daniel Miller. After a lay up by junior forward Kammeon Holsey, Tech took a seven point lead at the 13:14 mark in the #rst half. It was back-and-forth for most of the #rst half when freshman guard Chris Bolden hit a three pointer just before the half ended to give Tech a one-point lead going into halftime.

After a slow second half start for the Jackets, Tech regained the lead at the 13:21 mark with another Holsey lay up, but it was all Wolfpack for the rest of the night. After the Wolfpack took the lead with 8:51 left, they never trailed again. Tech tied the game back up with 7:51 on a Bolden lay up, but N.C. State’s Scott Wood responded by drilling a three pointer on their next possession. Wood #nished 4-9 from three point range on the night.

Tech’s had a hard time on the glass as they were out rebounded by the Wolf-pack 43-37. As well as this, Tech shot 75 percent from the free throw line showing signs of improvement, but still work to be done. Tech shot poorly from behind

the arc against the Wolfpack, converting on only four of their 18 attempts.

Miller #nished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and three assists leading the Jackets in all three categories. Se-nior point guard Mfon Udo#a #nished with 13 points and two assists. freshman guard Solomon Poole played six minutes, including some late minutes in the #rst half. It was the #rst time in his collegiate career that he logged minutes in the #rst half of a game. Solomon #nished with two points, an assist, and a steal.

N.C. State guard and Georgia native Lorenzo Brown #nished with 21 points, 10 assists, and #ve rebounds. Forward C.J. Leslie scored 19 points and added seven rebounds. Scott Wood #nished with 20 points, well above his season av-erage of 11 points per game.

“You have to give a ton of credit to Mark [Gottfried] and the job he’s done with that team. !ey had a lot of veterans coming back from last year’s team and the great run that they had when they were playing about as good as any team in the country,” said head coach Brian Gregory, courtesy of ramblinwreck.com. “Add a couple high quality fresh-men to the mix and they’re a really tough team to beat. We knew how well we had to play and I thought we did a good job for about 32 minutes.”

Georgia Tech will host ACC rival Vir-ginia Tech at home Saturday, Jan. 12 at 2:30 p.m. Both teams will be looking to pick up their #rst conference win of the season.

Over the break, the Lady Jackets played two conference games, hosting Florida State on !ursday, Jan. 3, and traveling to Clemson on Sunday, Jan. 6, after losing to Duke earlier in the season.

Against Florida State, Tech played a strong #rst half, leading 45-38 at the break. After a three-pointer by junior guard Dawnn Maye that put Tech up by nine in the second half with 15:16 left to go, it appeared Tech was on their way to their #rst conference victory of the sea-son. However, in a game that had nine-teen lead changes, the Seminoles found a way to win, beating the Jackets 85-78.

Maye led the way for the Jackets, post-ing her fourth career double-double with 11 points and 12 assists. Senior forward Danielle Hamilton-Carter contributed a team high 13 points and also a led the Jackets with eight rebounds. Freshman guard Brittany Jackson also added 11 points to go along with four rebounds.

“I’m really proud of the way we came out. I thought we competed hard. !ere is no doubt we got better going up against another top-20 team. I thought we showed a lot of poise and composure and I saw a lot of improvement on the o"ensive end, said head coach MaChelle Joseph, courtesy of ramblinwreck.com.

Florida State out rebounded Tech 45-38, and scored 16 more points than the Jackets from inside the paint. !e loss dropped Tech to 0-2 in ACC play, and to 7-6 overall.

Just three days later the Jackets trav-eled to Clemson to take on the Tigers. In arguably their best o"ensive game of the season, the Jackets won 81-54.

After junior Frida Fogdemark hit a three midway through the #rst half to

give Tech an eight-point lead, the Jack-ets never looked back. Sophomore guard Sydney Wallace had one of her best games of the season scoring 19 points in just 23 minutes. Junior guard Tyaunna Marshall added 11 points to go along with three assists.

Tech shot 53.7 percent from the #eld and 47.1 percent from beyond three-point range. Tech’s eight three-pointers were the most in any game this season. !e 81 points scored were also a season high for the Jackets.

“I was really impressed with how we came out o"ensively and defensively, and with the way we shared the ball. Even

though we only had two players in dou-ble #gures, we had several players score and make contributions on the o"en-sive end,” Joseph said, courtesy of ram-blinwreck.com. “I thought our defense [played well] for the most part, holding an ACC team on the road to less than 60 points, any time you do that you feel like you’ve done a good job defensively.”

With the win over Clemson, Tech is now 1-2 in conference play and 8-6 over-all. !e Jackets will travel to Chapel Hill where they will take on the North Caro-lina Tar Heels this Sunday, before travel-ing to Miami to play the Hurricanes on !ursday, Jan. 17.

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Roof hired as defensive coordinator

Tech announced on Wednesday that Ted Roof will become the next defensive coordi-nator of the football team. !e move will not become o$cial until a background check is completed next week. !is will be Roof ’s sec-ond stint as defensive coordinator at Tech after serving at the position from 1999-2002 under former head coach George O’Leary.

Roof will inherit a Tech defense that strug-gled for most of the season, but after only al-lowing seven points in their #nal six quarters of play, appear to have momentum heading into the 2013 season. !e Tech defense will return eight starters, including three in the secondary and all four linebackers.

Roof was a member of the Tech football team from 1982-1985, and was a four time letter winner at linebacker. During his senior season, Roof was named a #rst-team All-ACC selection during his senior season.

Roof is coming to Tech after serving as de-fensive coordinator for one year at Penn State University. Under Roof, Penn State allowed opponents to gain 353.4 yards per game, good enough for fourth in the Big Ten and 29th in the nation. Penn State also ranked fourth in the Big Ten in points allowed only giving up 19.1 points per game.

Roof ’s most notable season as a defensive coordinator came at Auburn in 2010 when the Tigers went 14-0 and won the BCS National Championship. !rough the season, Auburn held opponents to just 24.1 points per game and only 109.1 rushing yards per game.

Charles Kelly to FSUInterim Tech Defensive Coordinator Charles

Kelly has accepted a position to be the lineback-ers coach at Florida State. Kelly will be replac-ing Greg Hudson, who left Florida State to be-come the defensive coordinator for Purdue.

Kelly, who just completed his seventh sea-son at Tech, had been in charge of coaching the secondary until taking over for former Tech defensive coordinator Al Groh in October. !e defense showed signi#cant improvement under Kelly’s watch. Under Groh, the defense allowed 35.6 points per game against FBS opponents. Once Kelly took over, the defense only allowed an average of 26.88 points per game in 8 games against FBS competition, including a second half shutout against Florida State in the ACC Championship.

Kelly was considered to be a serious candi-date land the defensive coordinator position be-fore his move to Florida State was announced.

Jeremiah Attaochu to Return for Senior

SeasonJunior outside linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu

announced on Monday that he will be return-ing for his senior season to complete his playing elligibility at Tech.

Attaochu had submitted his name to the NFL Draft Advisory Board, but in the end de-cided staying at Tech for another year was the best decision for him. Attaochu led the team in tackles for loss for the second consecutive sea-son, and had 10 sacks in 2012.

With Attaochu’s announcement, Tech will be returning eight starters from this year’s team on the defensive side of the ball.

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Photo by Austin Foote / Student Publications

Junior guard Dawnn Maye gets the whole team pumped prior to the game. The Lady Yellow Jackets are now 8-6 overall, and 1-2 in conference play.

By Newt ClarkSports Editor

Women move to 1-2 in ACC playPhoto by Austin Foote/ Student Publications

Pierre Jordan passes the ball. The Jackets have started ACC play at 0-2.