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For those who reside in Woodruff , there isstill a glimmer of hope for their housing

options. Tose unfortunate few could jointhe ever-growing horde who claim the

Clough Undergraduate Learning Commonsas their home. With its adjoining six stories

of study space (previously home to themajority of Tech’s ammable, non-electric

technology) and the overpriced ca ff einedispenser in the second-oor lobby, Clough

is an ideal residence for Tech’s notoriouslysleep deprived students.

For all students who are interested in beingsternly and unexpectedly awoken by the realarm's call in the early hours of themorning, or for those daring few whogreatly enjoy the happy report of an A/Cunit striving diligently to keep it's assignedroom at a randomly chosen temperature,

 Woodruff  is a grand residence hall. Inaddition to the stellar disregard for residents’

 wishes, smelly elevators forcefully encourage Woodruff 's occupants to adhere to anon-elective exercise regime.

Te addition of the so-called “Einshrine”this past October brought out a lot of buzzon campus. Te Einstein statue has quicklybecome a focal point for students to direct

their feelings about holidays and campusevents. So far, students have dressed him u p

for holidays, put googly eyes on him andeven given him a sign saying, “Told you so”

after the discovery of gravitational waves. Just consider the fact that it has opened up a world of new photo opportunities. Einstein

is denitely the best statue on campus.

Te arrival of the Einstein statue wasn’talways rainbows; before it became a focalpoint it was the target of hate from students.Te biggest complaint being voiced upon itsdedication was the look of the statue.Students were expecting something that didnot look like Einstein made out of clay, butsomething much more grandiose for suchan amazing man on such an amazingcampus. Little did most students know, thestatue is the third in a series of identicalstatues placed in the United States.

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Te Florida State game was the lone shiningbeacon on an otherwise bleak year for Tech

football. Going into the game, who couldhave predicted that the then 2-5 Jackets,coming off  of a ve-game losing streak,

 would even keep it close against theundefeated No. 9 Seminoles? A clutch

fourth down pass from Justin Tomas toBrad Stewart allowed Harrison Butker to

kick the game-tying eld goal withunder a minute left, and we all know

 what happened from there.

Clemson was on its way to the CollegeFootball Playoff , and the Jackets werecollateral damage in its path. From an uglyblocked punt to a Justin Tomas intercep-tion, the best moment in Tech-Clemson was

 when the clock read 0:00 at the end of thefourth. Somehow, this game was even moreof a blowout than its 43-24 nal score

 would suggest — the Jackets were down33-10 going into halftime and wereoutgained by nearly 200 yards in the rst30 minutes.

Originally a local four-star recruit, Georg-

es-Hunt stepped up his game, hittinggame-winning shots against key ACC foes

Notre Dame and Clemson and overcominga broken foot he suff ered his junior season

to lift the team in 2015. Featured in theNew York Times this season for his role in

multiple comebacks, Georges-Hunt was theface, voice and heart of Jackets men’s

basketball. His absence due to graduation will create a void that a young Tech team

 will be hard-pressed to ll.

 As the centerpiece for the Jackets this

season, Whiteside led the team to a 20-13record and the second round of the NIT.She scored an average of 19.5 PPG and wasnamed a rst team All-ACC member andHonorable Mention for All-American. Inaddition to post-season awards, Whitesideobtained the Tech record for career freethrows made, moved up to No. 7 on theall-time scoring list with 1,580 career pointsand nished second all-time in single seasonscoring, racking up 644 points.

 

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Tech Square, already the hubof technological innovation andresearch in Atlanta, will be get-ting a new, monumental addition.Tech has partnered with the ur-ban real estate developer PortmanHoldings to build the High Pow-ered Computing Center (HPCC),a 23-story, 750,000 square foot,mixed-use building composed ofresearch labs, computing centersand office space.Te $355 million project is ex-

pected to begin in 2016 and endin late 2018; Tech has disclosedthat there will be a high-proleannouncement with Portman

Holdings on April 20 featuring Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, sug-gesting that the start-date will bereleased then.Te HPCC will serve a vari-

ety of academic research needs, as well as banking and investment,computing, biotechnical and in-surance rms through computersimulation and modeling. It willalso include large, open-area pub-lic space at the ground level to

connect with the community ofMidtown Atlanta.Te addition of the Center

aims to increase business and cre-ate jobs for Georgia, propel Techhigher up in the research commu-nity and make Tech Square theleader of high-performance com-puting in Atlanta, all made pos-sible by the safety, cleanliness andcost-efficiency of the cit y.

Tech will serve as the “anchortenant,” leasing at least half of theavailable space in the building,making it available to Tech andcommercial businesses.

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Last fall, Tech partnered withthe Kendeda Fund to build a “Liv-ing Building” on West Campusthat will exist as a facility for stu-dents while operating as a net-pos-itive water and energy use facility.Te building will be required

to meet the rigorous standards ofthe International Living FutureInstitute’s Living Building Chal-lenge, and must do so during a12-month period under full oc-cupancy. Te project will serveas a quasi-experiment for the restof the United States by explor-ing clean, beautiful, efficient de-sign and focusing on occupant

health and connection to thenatural environment.It is expected to be, “the most

environmentally advanced educa-tion and research building everconstructed in the Southeast,”according to Tech.

Tech received a $30 milliongrant from the Kendeda Fund, which will fully fund the projectand allow for $5 million in fund-ing for programming activities.

Tech subsequently hosted a com-petition to determine what rm would design the space, in whichthe team of rms Lord Aeck Sar-gent and Miller Hull was selected.Te building will be located on

the northwest area of campus and will sit around a series of greenspaces on campus, known as theEco-Commons.

During construction, Techhopes to create community en-gagement opportunities for Tech.Te project is expected to breakground in 2017.

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 As the Student Government Association’s (SGA) 2015-2016session comes to a close, the Un-dergraduate House of Representa-tives (UHR) is tasked with pass-ing the budget for the 2017 scalyear.Te budget allocates the mil-lions of dollars collected from thestudent activity fee to various on-campus organizations, from theCRC to small clubs.

Two weeks ago, an eff ort start-ed by International A ff airs Rep-resentative Evan Long sparkeddebate when he argued that SGAexecutive members and their cabi-net should not receive such largecompensation for their work while

student organizations lose funds.Mechanical Engineering Repre-sentative Fisher Wright also op-posed stipends and sponsored apetition that garnered over 400signatures, as well as created analternative budget to support hisposition. All motions proposed tochange stipends were overwhelm-ingly voted down.Te debate is expected to re-

turn in the Aug. 2017 session.

16. While multiple other groupsfrom other universities will par-ticipate, Tech’s group of scholars will work with the Atlanta Com-munity Food Bank, specically inits community garden.

Penny and Roe Stamps, whocurrently reside in Key Largo,Florida, also devote their time andresources to many Florida-basedorganizations.

Roe Stamps is an IndustrialEngineering graduate of GeorgiaTech (Class of 1967) and his wife,Penny, is graduate of Universityof Michigan’s School of Art andDesign. In 2012, the school wasnamed after her.

Tech currently matches eachgrant from the Stamps Founda-tion with its own funding.

Tech will continue working tofully endow all President’s Schol-arships by expanding their en-dowment, off setting the fundingfrom Tech’s resources.

“Penny and I are thrilled tomake this commitment to thefuture of a truly outstanding pro-gram,” said Roe Stamps in a state-ment to Tech Communications.“And we have been fortunate topartner with Georgia Tech in

providing funding every year. Itis our hope that others will comeforward and invest in permanentendowments to secure the Insti-tute’s investment in perpetuity.”

“We have seen rsthand howthese scholarships change the livesof students, families and commu-nities. It is an investment worthmaking,” Penny Stamps said.

Tech’s Presidential Scholar ship was established in 1981.

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 We all want a knight in shin-ing armor, but sometimes you gettwo idiots in tin foil, trying to roba bank in Brazil. Late Saturdaynight, two men at tempted to rob abank in Santa Catarina, coveringin homemade tin foil suits.Tey were attempting to trip

up the alarm system, and failedto realize that there were severalsecurity cameras in the building.Teir plan was foiled when

the guards in the centralized se-curity office noticed the two alu-minum clad accomplices crawlingaround on the bank oor near thebuilding’s main vault.

Previously, robbers have used

aluminum “cloaks” to block heatsensing alarms.Te foil blocks out the infrared

heat signature of anything behindit, making the thief eff ectively in-visible to the alarm.

Lookouts allegedly alertedthem when squad cars arrived onthe scene. One arrest has beenmade in the attempted robbery.

Police are still trying to locateothers involved.

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Tis year, consistent withthe last several ones, there hasbeen increased discussion aboutthe future of the Technique  as aprint media. Students, gradu-ate and undergraduate alike, arequestioning why we print 7,000physical copies on a weeklybasis in an increasingly paper-less world.

Lively discussion on thefuture of print media has notbeen limited to Tech’s campus.In February, Te New YorkTimes Company announced anewsroom-wide strategy reviewto identify areas for cost reduc-tions following a earning reviewreporting at revenue as its printbusiness continued to decline.

In a note to the newsroom,Dean Baquet, Te New YorkTimes ’ executive editor, wrote,“We need to develop a strate-gic plan for what Te New YorkTimes  should be and determinehow to apply our timeless val-ues to a new age ... Althoughour digital revenue is growingstrongly, we continue to feel the

impact of declines in parts ofour print business.”Baquet also previously ad-

mitted, according a Times-Picayune   report, that “no onethinks there will be a lot of printaround in 40 years.”

Overall newspaper circula-tion has fallen nationally overthe course of the last 10 yearsfrom just under 55 million cop-ies nationally in 2004 to about42 million copies in 2014, ac-cording to the Newspaper As-sociation of America, and news-papers globally seek to adaptthemselves for a digital future,striving to compete with digi-tal rst companies such as Vox,Gawker and BuzzFeed.Te decision to keep the

Technique  in its physical form is

not an arbitrary one. Our orga-nization’s nancial success andsustainability is highly depen-dant on the existence of physi-cal copies.

Print advertising is remainsextremely lucrative. In the2015 scal year, we generated$60,620.57 in revenue fromprint ad sales alone — moneythat goes on to pay for the salaryand benets of our professionalsta ff   positions, stipends for as-sistant editors and sta ff , andprinting costs that exceed theprinting budget that the Stu-

dent Government Associationgives us (which ran out in earlyOctober this school year due tobudget cuts).

In the same scal year, weonly generated $1,248 in onlinerevenue, strongly contrastingthe amount we earned throughprint media.

 Additionally, the Technique ’score readership still remains inprint, with our weekly pickuprate exceeding the numberof individual online articlesviews and unique visitors, eventhough our site is available be-yond our campus boundaries —paralleling many papers’ reader-ship globally.

 According to Ofcom’s NewsConsumption in the U.K. Re-

port, digital platforms by adults

in the United Kingdom did notsurpass newspapers until as re-cently as 2014.Tese decisions are easy ones

to make. It makes sense thatchoose print while our reader-ship is still mostly there. It isa good nancial judgement tostick with where the money iscoming from. Yet, when thatrationalization not longer holdstrue, should newspapers like theTechnique  continue their physi-cal forms?

I’m a fervent believer inprint newspapers. Reading the

physical papers is a vital tactileexperience — the feeling ofipping thin pages, black inkstaining your ngers. Te feel-ing of disposable newsprint isalmost ephemeral, the mediumemulating the constant changeof news.

 A full newspaper is like anmusic album of stories. Similarto how you may nd more songson a CD or vinyl you enjoyrather than just listening to a re-leased single, reading a paper inits physical form allows for nd-ing stories that may not drawyour attention on its own.

It is hard to ignore a piece when it’s physical ly in front ofyou versus going through theextra eff ort of clicking. With

readers demonstrating shorter

attention spans, it remains pru-dent to catch their attention when you still have it.

Tere is a certain gravitas in-volved with printed media; thephysical version gives it ethos. With the availability of Word-press, Tumblr, Medium andeven the BuzzFeed communityposts, everyone has a forum toshare their ideas, ndings andopinions. Printed media hashistorically and continuouslyremains vetted content.

Prolonged reading on a digi-tal screen often leads to head-aches or makes eyes tired, andmobile device developers, suchas the Amazon Kindle, try tobetter emulate the easier paperreading experience.

Reading physical copies alsohelps information retention. Intheir academic study “MediumMatters: Newsreaders’ Recalland Engagement With Onlineand Print Newspapers,” Ar-thur D. Santana, Randall Liv-ingstone and Yoon Cho of theUniversity of Oregon found

that print readers were able to“remember signicantly morenews stories than online newsreaders” and “remembered sig-nicantly more topics than on-line newsreaders.”

 While physical newspaperscan sometimes be unwieldy andthe “mansplaying” of the printmedia world, the experience ofreading one is incomparable andretains many perks beyond theoft-touted monetary reasons.

 As I conclude my tenure ofEditor-in-Chief of the Tech-nique , I hope to that futureEditorial Boards will continuethe grand tradition of printednewspapers, and I hope thatsomewhere years in the future, Ican return to Tech and pick up

a printed copy of the Technique .

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Tis campaign season hasbeen an amazing experience,and we have just a little fur-ther to go. We wanted to takea step back and reect on thecampaign trail to really show why we want to be your StudentBody president and executivevice president.

 Anju Suresh: I asked Ben tobe my executive vice president when we were both volunteer-ing for the Ramblin’ On Gradu-

ation Ceremony one year agotoday. We had both just gottenour official appointments toStudent Government Associa-tion (SGA) Executive Board forthe following year.

It was to be Ben’srst year inSGA, so we had spoken about why he chose to get involvedand what he hoped to get out ofthe experience. I had quite hon-estly not known Ben incredibly well at that point, but it didn’ttake more than a few hours torecognize that his undying com-mitment to the Yellow Jacketcommunity and his ability totruly listen and care about oth-ers would make him an invalu-able asset to SGA Leadership.

Even when the campaign

trail gets rough, Ben’s unwaver-

ing principles help drive us backto the reason we are runningfor your president and execu-tive vice president: because wermly believe that our love forthose at Tech, coupled with ourmonths of preparation, make usthe most qualied candidatesfor this position.

Ben and I have been work-ing for over a year on craftinga platform that encapsulatesthe incredible diversity of thisInstitute.

 We are Yellow Jackets. Weare innovative, brilliant, diverse,philanthropic, artistic, and ev-erything in between. Te stu-dent experience here is vastly

diff erent depending on who you

speak to at Tech and we’ve beenthere to understand what thoseissues look like for diff erentcommunities across campus.

Ben Nickel:  My experiencein SGA this past year has beenone of the most exciting duringmy time at Tech.

I have made a ton of friends,gotten the chance to impactmany diff erent students, andhad a blast along the way. Ev-eryone I’ve met through thisexperience shows a true love forthe Institute.

I believe Anju exempliesthis undying love for Tech, andall the students within it. She isthe most committed person to

positive change on this campus

and I never doubt for a secondher ability to follow through.Te truth is this campaign

season has been long and tire-less, but absolutely worth everysecond.

 Anju and I have been blessedto have so much support in theTech community, and we willnever stop giving back to theInstitute in the rest of our timehere. We are so close to the endof this campaign journey that

started one year ago today!Te last few weeks have not

been easy, but it’s brought somuch to us in terms of the re-lationships we’ve built and thecommunities we’ve had thechance to experience.

 We’ve never felt so deeplyingrained to the thread of theTech community and for thatand more, we thank you. Wethank you for the opportunityto share our vision and for thechance to learn about the facetsof our diverse community that we otherwise would not havehad the chance to encounter.

 We’re honored and excitedto be given the opportunity toreengage with you all as we re-launch our campaign and rev up

for runoff s!

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diverse, philanthropic, artistic,

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OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT

Sublime goes WaHoSublime Donuts, the Tech

student-favorite donut desti-nation on Tenth Street, an-nounced it would be adoptingan alteration to its hours of op-eration, a ff ecting a 24/7 sched-ule. Tis sublime change putsthe shop in a league with thegreat Atlanta treasure of Waf-e House. Both will be open atall times to any students nd-ing themselves within the deepdepths of late-night hunger.

HOT– or –NOT

Kobe’s Swan SongKobe Bryant played his

last game of professional bas-ketball Wednesday night andscored a season-high of 60points. Many are sad to seeKobe’s time in the league end.His presence on the Lakers hasbeen a mainstay for a numberof now adrift fans, who nowlook toward others that mighthave the caliber of star powerand capability to dominate thegame that the Mamba wielded.

Bank Robber Caught On Wednesday morning,

GTPD officers apprehendedand captured an individual

 who had earlier failed in hisbank-robbing attempt at theMidtown Bank and Trust.He was found attempting toconceal his person by hidingunder a vehicle parking in theparking lot of the Kappa Alphafraternity. GTPD was able tocomplete the arrest followinga tip from the Atlanta PoliceDepartment.

Scam RecruitersReports from multiple

sources on campus of so-called“scam” recruiters have been l-tering in this past week. Cen-tral to most of the stories hasbeen a troupe of well-dressedindividuals with intriguingpropositions, with some men-tioning opportunities for “al-ternative employment.” Somehave linked these recruiters tothe company Amway. In anycase, be wary of any behaviorsimilar to the aforementioned.

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It’s coming down to the wire. All that remains for my under-graduate career is six more lec-tures to sit through.

 Yes, I still have homeworkproblems to solve, lab reports to

 write, tests to t ake and of courseSenior Design to nish. But forthe moment, I am pretending likenone of that exists and I’m tellingyou what really matters.

Because no one actually readsthese, let me remind you whatmy last two editorials have beenabout; challenging yourself and

 working hard.It might come as a surprise that

this one isn’t going to follow the“Tyler Meuter Tells You to ManUp” theme, as someone once sug-gested as a weekly column.Tis also isn’t going to be the

cliché “I’ve shed blood, sweat andtears here at Tech, but I loved ev-ery minute of it” last thing I writefor this newspaper. Instead, it’s apiece on my advice to you.

Two things to do in college:

have fun and dive deep intoyour passion. One thing not todo: work.

I’ve made the mistake of work-ing two jobs simultaneously myentire college career while beinga full-time student. Tat’s not tosay that you shouldn’t work at all

 while taking classes.But if you do, make sure it is

something that you will benetfrom. Te jobs that I had werein no way related to the degreeI was pursuing, but merely pro-vided a way for me to pay for myeducation.

 Admittedly, this semes-ter was the rst spring break Iactually took off .

I took the week off   work totravel around Florida with great

friends. Why did I never do this

before? Why did I always workthrough spring break at a mini-mum wage job? Don’t make thissame stupid mistake.

Between real work and class work, “free time” was some-thing that never existed for meduring college.

But as these nal weeks of col-lege come to a close, my job hereat the newspaper is ending andI’m taking off   work at my other

 job until I graduate.It’s liberating. I’ve planned my

remaining weekends to be spent

 with new acquaintances and do-ing the activities I love.I am determined to enjoy this

time I have and live like the col-lege student I wish I had beenthroughout the last ve years.Tis brings me to my second

point. Invest time in your friendsand the things that interestyou the most.

 We all know that friends comeand go but it’s these friendshipsyou have that really make yourtime in college enjoyable.Tese are the people that will

make you laugh the most andbe by your side for all the illicitthings you’ll do.

 And while some friendshipsmay seem to be temporary as youboth plan to go your separate ways

after college, embrace them in the

meantime for you can never be100 percent sure about what thefuture holds.

 While t aking four year s to getthrough college might seem in-nite, don’t rush through it.Tat’s four years for you to nd

your passion and get heavily in-volved with it.

Find what lights your re with-in and keep it burning all through-out college. For every major that isoff ered at Tech, there are at leasttwo clubs/organizations that aredoing something within that eld.

For example, aerospace engi-neers can choose from clubs thatoff er everything from launchingrockets to 20,000 feet to gettingyour pilot’s license, or sendinga satellite into orbit to buildingmodel prototype airplanes.

Unfortunately for me, I workedthroughout college.Tis left me with no time to

 join clubs and embrace my edu-cation. Tis left me with no timeto enjoy adventurous outings

 with friends.To you I say, make the most

out of your time at Tech and don’tbe consumed with work; you

 won’t regret it.It’s been a pleasure, Tech.

Forever and always, Up withthe White and Gold and to hell

 with Georgia!

Finding your passion meansnever having to work 

“Two things to do in college:

have fun and dive deep into

your passion. One thing not to

do: work.”

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 A new sexual misconductpolicy goes into eff ect in July.In an unusual step, the GeorgiaBoard of Regents has preemptedall 30 colleges and universities inthe University System of Geor-gia on this issue. You probablyremember this was because ofTech: Tech actually disciplinedstudents for racial harassmentand sexual assault. In retalia-tion, the state withheld fundingfor the Tech library. Rep. EarlEhrhart threatened to cut evenmore funding and tried to forcePresident Peterson to resign.

Tech had been doing well with its response to sexual as-sault and racism. It is incrediblyrare for universities to disciplinesexual predators even thoughfederal law — Title IX — re-quires it. (Title IX and the newsexual misconduct policy do notaddress racism on campus.) But

 we don’t want to obscure the

past mistakes.Tech was doing well becauseit had been nationally embar-rassed by incidents like the “ra-pebait” fraternity email. Severalcampus activists, us included,lobbied the administration for abetter response. We were proudthat our alma mater was takingseriously its duty to protect itsstudents from sexual violence.

Te Tech community is wellaware that we need to work alot harder — harder at making

 women feel welcome at GeorgiaTech. We’ve seen progress, but

 we’re still working on eveningout the infamous ratio.

Numbers, of course, are onlyone of the measures of equal-

ity. Taking sexual violence seri-ously is a necessary step towards

achieving sex equality on cam-pus. It’s a matter of morals andof federal law. Title IX demandsequal opportunity in education,and the Department of Educa-tion has specied that campussexual assault is a violation of sexequality on campus.

Tat’s why it was especiallyinfuriating to see the Board ofRegents swoop in, punish Tech,and preempt our policy — onethat could force Tech to violatefederal law. For example, thenew policy’s clause on falsecomplaints further raises the(already-high) barrier to studentsreporting their assault or harass-ment. Te threat of disciplinaryaction will undoubtedly discour-

age students from reporting.Unless and until the Board of

Regents can write a policy thatfully complies with Title IX (re-member, the Board is composedof 17 men and only two women),they should leave it to the indi-vidual schools.

Moreover, the fact that Tech was so publicly penalized for fol-lowing Title IX will make otherschools hesitate before respond-ing to sexual violence. Tat is ashame and is deeply irresponsibleof the state. Tech should be al-lowed to continue its progress.No school should be punishedfor protecting its students andfollowing federal law.

Te good news is, you canhelp. Students should feel em-powered to demand change.

 You don’t have to be a survivorof sexual assault, or a woman,

to care about this. Anyone who wants a safe, fair and equal cam-pus should get involved. So don’tforget what happened to Tech.

Keep talking about it, espe-cially on social media. Contactyour state representatives andsenators and ask them to re-verse the policy. Join the TitleIXers, a Tech student groupthat ghts for campus equality.

 And of course, contact us if youhave any questions. When we

 join together, Tech students aremore powerful than politicians

 who try to silence victims ofsexual assault.

Tech is a leader in academics.Help us be a leader in keepingour students safe, too.

“it was especially infuriating to see the Board of Regents swoop in, punish Tech,

and preempt our policy ... ”

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Last week the Technique  pub-lished its Consensus Opinion —its annual endorsement of one ofthe Student Government (SGA)executive tickets. In it, the Edi-torial Board asserted that “ourcampus is divided” over a year’s

 worth of contentious issues.Teyalso mentioned that our com-petitors are the “uniers that thiscampus needs.”

Nagela & Shane agree thatunity is much needed in ourcommunity, and we are excitedto demonstrate in this run-off 

process that we are the best suit-ed to ght for that goal of unityon campus.

 A vote for Nagela & Shane inthe run-off  is a vote in support ofthat ght and in support of well-equipped candidates advocatingfor all students. Still, nearly 80%of the entire Georgia Tech cam-pus does not vote in SGA elec-tions (that’s even less in a runoff ).

Te reasons for not voting arevaried and many, but it comesdown to a simple truth that mostof Tech’s student body believesthat casting a ballot will havelittle to no impact on student lifeor any on-campus issues.

 When roughly 20 percent ofcampus decides the next year’sExecutive ticket, we don’t need

candidates who tell campus to

come to them. We need candi-

dates who will meet you whereyou are. Who care enough tohear your thoughts on club fund-ing or disability services on the

 way to c lass or in line for lunch. Who have labored for years —not just the past few months— to gather student and admin-istrative opinion. Who have thecourage to say “that’s not practi-cal” and the wisdom to say “...but here’s what is.”

 While some of the “innova-tive ideas” presented by othertickets — and also endorsed bythe Technique  — sound promis-ing or enticing, many of them aresimply not feasible given the wayTech operates as well as how itis funded.

Furthermore, some of these

ideas are already present on our

campus, but not highly publi-

cized or easily accessible. Weknow this because Nagela is theonly candidate whose role inSGA involves working directly

 with both faculty and adminis-tration on issues like these everysingle week.

Our insights are informed byhands-on work, and our goalsare very much within the realmof potential implementation.

 Adding numerical dat a from theCIOS surveys in order to im-prove CourseCritique, creatinga mental health nexus portal onBuzzPort and covering our busstops are all goals that are verymuch within reach.

Many of these changes arenecessary because Tech hasgrown very rapidly over the

past few years in terms of the

size of the student body as wellas its prestige as an educationalinstitutional. However, our in-frastructure and technologicalresources have not always grownat the same pace.

 We’re experiencing growingpains, and the best way to handlethis is by bolstering, improving,and replacing programs that arealready present on campus —not by making empty promisesfor new initiatives that are notfeasible.

 While the Technique makes

an endorsement from the major-ity opinion of its Editorial Board,you as a student can make an en-dorsement of your own — onethat will make your vote mat-ter. Individual votes matter evenmore when so few students vote,so it’s important to pick a ticketthat can bring the changes theysay they will.

Our fellow candidates aregreat people with great inten-tions; however, we believe that

 we are the ticket most prepa redto bring realistic, eff ective, andpositive change to our campus— to truly be a voice for those

 who feel their vote won’t cha-nge things.

Voting for Nagela & Shane isa vote for real change because we

know that: together, WE CAN.

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Recently, a number of religiousfreedom bills have begun wind-ing their way through the Georgialegislature. One of these is HouseBill 757, also known as the PastorProtection Act, sponsored by Rep.Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville).

“A BILL to be entitled an Actto protect religious freedoms; toamend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of theOfficial Code of Georgia Anno-tated, relating to marriage gener-ally, so as to provide that religiousofficials shall not be required toperform marriage ceremonies inviolation of their legal right tofree exercise of religion; to amendChapter 1 of Title 10 of the Of-cial Code of Georgia Annotat-ed, relating to selling and othertrade practices, so as to changecertain provisions relating to daysof rest for employees of businessand industry; to protect prop-erty owners which are religiousinstitutions against infringementof religious freedom; to dene a

term; to provide an eff 

ective date;to repeal conicting laws; and forother purposes,” as found in therst reading summary of HouseBill 757.Te bill ensures pastors will

not be forced to perform same-sex marriages and would allowall faith-based organizations tore, to refuse to hire and to refuseservices if doing so would violatetheir faith. It also ensures thatpastors could not be forced to per-form same-sex marriages.

Proponents of the bill arguethat the law does not employanti-discriminatory language and

rea ffirms religious freedoms estab-lished in the First Amendment.Opponents claim that the First Amendment is sufficient, so thelaw would merely serve as a legalbasis for LGBT+ discrimination.

“To be honest, the logic be-hind the bill was relatively fair, ina sense that certain groups cannotbe forced to do things that didnot personally align with theirbeliefs,” said Leila Harrison, sec-ond-year ENVE. “However, justbecause someone doesn’t believe what you belie ve or you di sagree with their lifestyle doesn’t meanyou can deny them services whichyou allow everyone else.”Te legislature’s passage of

House Bill 757 placed signicantcorporate pressure on GovernorNathan Deal to veto the bill.Companies including Apple, Delland Time Warner as well as lo-cal Atlanta companies Coca-Colaand Home Depot urged GovernorDeal to veto. Disney and its Mar-vel subsidiary threatened to boy-cott movie production in the stateshould the bill be signed into law. After these powerful th reats were

given, Governor Deal announcedthat the lm industry generatedan economic impact on the stateof over six billion dollars.

“Georgia, especially over thepast few years, has generated a lotof revenue from the lm industry,and Atlanta has always had severallarge companies headquarteredhere,” Harrison said. “Tis bill just makes Georgia look bad. If[corporations] actually did leave,then the bill would have the po-tential to a ff ect employment op-portunities available to students.”

Governor Deal ultimately ve-toed the bill on March 28, citing

neither economic nor religiouspressures in his decision.

“Our actions on HB 757 arenot just about protecting thefaith-based community or provid-ing a business-friendly climate for job growth in Georgia,” GovenorDeal said. “Tis is about the char-acter of our State and the char-acter of its people. Georgia is a welcoming state lled with warm,friendly and loving people. Ourcities and countryside are popu-lated with people who worshipGod in a myriad of ways and invery diverse settings. Our people work side-by-side without regardto the color of our skin or the reli-gion we adhere to. We are workingto make life better for our familiesand our communities. Tat is thecharacter of Georgia. I intend todo my part to keep it that way. Forthat reason, I will veto HB 757.”

 While some students werepleased with Governor Deal’s de-cision to veto, many doubted thesincerity of his claims, believingthat he was simply motivated tokeep business within the state.

“I am glad [the bill was ve-

toed] because if it’s not right todeny someone based on race,you shouldn’t be able to becauseof sexual orientation either,” saidCatriana Nations, rst-year BME.“He probably vetoed it because wecan’t a ff ord to lose Disney lminghere, and he was pressured by re-ally big companies. Hopefully healso agrees that it’s not right.”

Historically, governments areseen as regulating the unethicalactions of business; however, stu-dents noted that the reverse situa-tion appeared here. Many felt thathad corporations not exerted theireconomic inuence, the state gov-

ernment would not have upheldfederally guaranteed rights.

“Since the states are passing alaw that directly contradicts theFirst Amendment, numerous na-tional laws, Supreme Court deci-sions and widely held public opin-ions, corporate pressure is goodin this case,” said Ari Markovitz,fourth-year CHME. “But weshouldn’t have to rely on corpora-tions for guidance on closely heldideals like freedom of religion andpreventing discrimination. Cor-porations pay taxes and contrib-ute greatly to the economy; theyare allowed to have opinions, andhere, they happen to align with American values.”

“[Te situation] is hard becausecorporations are doing things thatI agree with,” Harrison sa id. “I be-lieve the ends justify the means. Idon’t believe corporations shouldhave this power, but people areso driven by money, it leadsto change.”

“Religious freedom” billssigned into law in Mississippi andNorth Carolina recently madeheadlines as well. Te Mississippi

law ensures that individuals willnot be prosecuted on a state levelfor denying services based off   ofsincerely held religious beliefs thatoppose same-sex marriage, trans-gender people or extramarital-sex.Companies with Mississippi-based manufacturing, includingNissan Group of North Americaand Tyson Food Inc., announcedtheir opposition to the bill.

North Carolina’s recentlypassed Public Facilities Privacyand Security Act forbids indi-viduals from using public rest-rooms that do not match theirbiological sex and prevents local

governments from passing anti-discrimination measures that would protect the LGBT+ com-munity. Executives from over 80companies signed a letter urgingfor the bill to be repealed. Pay-Pal also cancelled plans to builda $3.6 million facility that wouldhave employed over 400 people.

“I think their conviction tomake a political statement isgreater than their desire to havea lot of business done within thestate,” said Joe Mycock, third-year AE. “Tey’re not trying to protectanybody or hurt anybody; they’re just trying to stick it to the man,like, ‘Washington can’t controlus.’ Te only thing the southernstates really want to do is to main-tain the political identity thatthey’ve created for themselves,so when anyone tries to establisha direction for the entire nation,they reject it and try and maintainsome sense of autonomy. It’s notabout religious beliefs; it’s aboutpolitical identity.”

“I don’t think either law will berepealed,” said Zach Schlesinger,second-year CS. “We have a much

bigger LGBT+ population hereand more major companies cen-tered here that could provide realpressure to the state government.”

North Carolina governor Pat-rick McCrory signed ExecutiveOrder 93 on April 12, which al-lows the private sector to set itsown restroom use policy andclaries that gender identity andsexual orientation are protectedunder the state’s equal employ-ment opportunity policy. How-ever, most Democrats arguethat anything less than a full re-peal still discriminates against theLGBT+ community.

Students speak on the ‘Religious freedom bill’

HB 757 | “RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BILL”Timeline of Events

 JAN 2016 FEB 2016 MAR 2016

 January 13, 2016

HB757 rst proposedin its current state by

February 11, 2016

161 - 0Kevin Tanner, 9thRandy Nix, 69thPaul Battles, 15th

 Jay Powell, 171stMatt Hatchett, 150thBeth Beskin, 54th

104 - 65

37 - 18

HB757 passes House of Representatives with vote of 

February 19, 2016

38 - 14

HB757 passes Senate with vote of 

March 28, 2016

Governor Nathan Dealvetoes HB757

March 16, 2016

House agrees to Senateamendments with vote of 

Senate agrees to Houseamendments with vote of 

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Te GT Scuba club recentlyparticipated in a service tripknown as Dive Against Debris.

Te organization helped toclean up over 600 pounds of un-derwater trash from the island ofBonaire, which is a special munic-ipality of the Netherlands locatedin the southern Caribbean.

 Although the group practic-es the techniques necessary forproper diving in the CRC pools,certication must be performed inopen water. Te divers have takenthis requirement and turned itinto an opportunity to give backto the local community of theirdive spot.

Each spring break for the pastsix years now, the group plans outan international trip in collabo-ration with Campus Recreation,Student Life and Professional Ed-ucation, in order to get their div-ers certied and simultaneously

let them participate in a clean upproject for their dive spot.Tis specic project under-

taken by GT Scuba was part of alarger organization called, Project

 AWARE, a global foundation ofscuba divers whose goal is to helpprotect the oceans.

On each of the six trips takenso far, an average of over 40 div-ers participate, with 16 studentsbecoming certied this year.

“We both want to introducediving to as many students as pos-sible in a very safe environment,”said Debbie Dorsey, the directorof administration of Student Life.“Scuba is a lifelong activity thatsimulates the closest most willever be to outer space. It’s a privi-lege to share the sea with so manyamazing creatures and a huge re-sponsibility to be good stewards ofthe marine environment as well.Being trained to scuba dive pre-pares you for this responsibility.”

Chaperoning the event wereDorsey and Jim Consuegra, thedirector of GT Scuba.

Dorsey was the Aquatics Di-rector of the CRC for 16 years be-fore her assumed her current roleon campus, and Consuegra is aMaster scuba instructor.

“Conducting this service proj-ect a ff ords the opportunity toteach sustainability to all on thetrip. Tese resources will only bearound as long as we take care ofthem, so it’s important to protectthe marine life and marine envi-ronment,” Dorsey said.

“It has become a very popu-

lar opportunity to experiencean international opportunity forour students,” Consuegra said.“Past years have included trips toMexico three times, the Bahamasonce, and Netherlands Antilles[(Bonaire)] twice. Tis is the rsttime that we have included an en-vironmental event but intend tocontinue it in future years.”

Students who are registereddivers can participate in any GT

Scuba event; interested students who are not yet certied must rstenroll in the entry-level course,

 which can be accessed at gtscuba.gatech.edu .

On this trip, the divers weretasked with gathering 20 poundsof garbage each over the course ofve hours.

“I have been diving for nineyears now, and I really enjoyedhaving the opportunity to giveback,” said Kyle Lucy, fourth-yearME and one of this year’s partici-pants. “I would denitely be in-terested in doing another one ofthese dives on a future trip.”

 Although having fun is cer-tainly part of the spring break ex-perience, Consuegra believes thatthese divers can make a diff erencein the world’s oceans.

“Tere are between 2.7 and 3.5million active scuba divers in theU.S. and as many as 6 million ...

 worldwide,” Consuegra said. “If we could get 6 million divers toeach collect 20 pounds of garbagearound the world, then we couldremove over 120 million poundsin half a day. Imagine if we could

get each diver to sign up for twoevents such as ours each year ... just imagine.”

“A collaborative partnership with Project AWARE gives us agreat opportunity to educate ourstudents and participants in theimportance of divers’ getting in-volved in the protection of our

 water planet,” Consuegra said.GT Scuba will work with Proj-

ect AWARE in future dives.

GT Scuba cleans up the Caribbean over break

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For generations, society hasbeen trying to answer the complexissue of what it means to be hu-man. Is it esh and bone or soul?Or is it the mind that ultimatelydenes your existence?

“And Again” is the incred-ible debut novel by Jessica Chi-arella released in January earlierthis year. Promoted as a science-ction/dystopian look at humancloning, the novel is less sci- andmore a character study of four

individuals grasping at a secondchance at life, which turns out tobe a rather daunting prospect.

In the ultimate lottery, SUB-Life has chosen four terminally-illpatients to have their conscious-ness transferred into perfectlycloned bodies as part of their pi-lot program to save lives, but themetamorphosis is too perfect.

 While attempting to integrateinto their previous lives, each

character is forced to adjust to abody that, in reality, is not theirown. Muscle memory is gone,sensory perceptions are new, tastesbuds are those of a new born in-fant, and even their ngerprintshave changed.

Generic in its basic premise,Chiarella could have played itsafe and created a sci-  thrillerthat perhaps would have appealedto a wider audience. Instead, sheproduces a deeply engaging per-spective into the lives of Hannah,Connie, David and Linda as theystruggle to return to their old livesand relationships while adjustingto their “new” bodies.

Chiarella rst introduces Han-nah, the artist, who has lost herunique ability to realize her inspi-rations on canvass. With the lossof her gift, the one distinguishingquality of her life that allows herto sustain her otherwise ordinarylife, where will she turn? And canTom, the devoted husband andfather, fulll her emotional andphysical needs?

Connie, the beautiful bomb-shell, has only known the life of

 what her beauty and sexuality canattain, and what that kind of lifecost her. Infected with a resistantstrain of HIV, the former actressmust decide if she will use herGrace Kelly good looks to getback into the business, or if shecan nd some attribute withinherself to obtain the self-respectshe so desperately needs.

David, crooked Congressmanand part-time Christian, wrestles

 with t he promise to hi s wi fe thatthe procedure will be an oppor-tunity to amend his old habits.

 While others seem to have losta part of themselves that madethem who they were, David is re-signed to facing the fact that hisold habits will forever be plaguinghis existence.

Linda, paralysed from the nosedown due to an auto accident,

spent eight years surrounded byfour walls and one old television,blinking once for no and twice foryes. Fighting for what was simplein her life, Linda is thrust into alife that continued without her.Te inspired choosing of the

book’s four characters leads thereader into a state of introspectionand speculation. How much ofour true selves do we sacrice for

the ones we love or for the success we crave?

Te secret desire to be selshseems to be the root of what Chi-arella believes is the most basic ofhuman nature. Unable to appreci-ate what has been given to them,Hannah and David’s self-cen-teredness led to the destruction oftheir relationships. Tough frus-

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Tis year’s television season,especially this past week, has seena veritable slew of minority char-acters being killed off   or leavingtheir shows.

Tis deluge of death includesno less than six female characters

 who were in popular Americanshows. Te recent events havestirred fan outrage and even start-ed social uproars, such as was seen

 with the death of lesbian charac-ter Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey,“Fear the Walking Dead”) from“Te 100.”

Most recently, Arden Cho, whobecame famous on “Teen Wolf,”announced on her YouTube chan-nel that her character would notbe returning next season. Chodevoted the last three years to“Teen Wolf” unable to work onside projects as the show’s creators

 were not willing to work aroundher schedule, unlike for her fellowcast mate Dylan O’Brian (“Ma-zerunner”). Cho did not chose to

leave the show, but the showrun-ners decided that her character’s Asian backstory was no longerneeded in the show’s plot.

Tis follows Nicole Beha-rie (“Shame”) being killed off   in“Sleepy Hollow,” a show whereshe is the leading actress. Cho andBeharie’s departures shed morelight on the unapologetic views ofthe writers and others in the enter-tainment industry.

Minority characters includecharacters of races, genders andsexualities that stray from themold of a cis white male. Teratio of people that these charac-ters are representing have becomemuch larger in this decade. Hereis the breakdown by numbers ofdiversity on broadcast TV showsfrom the 2015 GLAAD “Where

 We Are on TV” report out of 885regular cast members: 4% (35)

are gay, lesbian, or bisexual; 33%(287) are people of color; 43%(381) are women. Among the peo-ple of color — 6% Asian or PacicIslander, 7% Latino/a and 16%Black characters. Now take intoaccount that these statistics alsoinclude characters that are not themain or leading roles.

In the last few years, thesenumbers have denitely increaseddramatically due to carefully cho-

sen shows and characters, suchas “Modern Family,” “Black-ish,”“Fresh off   the Boat,” “Empire”and “Transparent,” just to namea few. However, it is unsettling tothink that in shows that are notcentered around a specic gender,sexual orientation or race — inother words, shows that should ap-peal and relate to all demograph-ics — the actors in the minoritycharacter roles are being pushed

out or made to feel that theircharacters are not as important asthe white male characters. What iseven more disturbing is that thesecharacters are often killed off , notgiven a departure story that allowsthe character to live on somewhereelse in their show’s world.

Denise (Merrit Weaver, “Bird-man”) on “Walking Dead” andRose (Bridget Regan, “AgentCarter”) on “Jane the Virgin” arebut a couple of the lesbian or bi-sexual female character deathsthis month. Fans have pointed outa misuse of the “lesbian death”trope to drive ratings, while someshows have argued that the char-acters were treated like anyoneelse, and their deaths were mean-ingful to the plot.

Te only good that has comeout of this debacle, is that actress-es and actors are feeling more con-dent in leaving shows that do nottreat their characters, or even theactors themselves, with the respectthey deserve. It is saddening that,even though the viewers are askingfor more diverse shows and char-acters and the number of diverse

actors and actresses is increasing,show runners are sticking to theiroutdated views of what charactersthey need, want and care about —only seeing diversity as a box tocheck when necessary, as was thecase with Arden Cho. Seeing theamount of displeasure seethingfrom the masses of fans, it is hardto imagine why the networks can-not seem to align their thoughts

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Technique:  Describe theteam’s leadership.

Uranga: 

 We have a lot of olderguys that have been with the clubfor a few years and have gonethrough the process of becom-ing a good team. Since they haveseen the change, they are able tochange the mindset of the young-er guys who may have only everexperienced success. Te leaderscan help the younger guys stayfocused and make sure we reachour goals.

Technique: How would youdescribe your team’s style of play?

Uranga: Te team is verystrong technically. We have verygood technique and very goodskills. Once we gured out whichplayers are best t for which posi-tions and how to play as a team, it

 just came naturally since the sk ill was already there.

 We have played other teams with stronger physica l aspects butthey were not as technically goodas us, and that has helped us over-come a lot of those teams. We alsohave a lot of depth on the team.

Technique:  What do teamshave to prepare for the most whenthey are about to play you?

Uranga:  T

ey will just haveto be ready to be patient, since wepossess the ball a lot. Tere havebeen other teams that have chal-lenged us in that area, and wehave been able to adjust to a newstyle to beat them.

 At any moment we can changethe way that we are playing: wecould be playing possessive, butif it’s not working we could sud-denly switch to counter-attack,and the other team has to be readyto adjust.

Technique: Does having adedicated coach help you betterimplement these strategies?

Uranga: He is actually only with us for the fall since he coach-

es high school in the spring. Inthe fall a lot of that came from thecoach, but in the spring it almostbecame natural to the playerssince we had been used to it.

Our captain and club presi-dent [Sommy Khalaj] went to thesame high school that the coach

 works for, so he is very used tothat coaching style and can keepthe same mentality and tacticalawareness with the team.

Technique:  Do you thinkTech’s student body is ready for avarsity soccer team?

Uranga: 

I think that we are. Ithink that we would have a verycompetitive Division I team andthat this would be a very attrac-tive school for players all aroundthe world because of our academ-ics. Tere are some players on ourclub team that had scholarship of-fers at other schools but came hereinstead to study engineering.Technique: What are some of thechallenges that come with being aclub team, as opposed to compet-ing in the ACC?

Uranga: 

 We don’t get any spe-cial treatment. We are basicallycompeting with other club teams

 just for space on the eld. We alsohave to pick times for practicesbased on schedules, and not every

single player can be there everytime, so we are limited in howmuch we can grow as a team.

 Also, only some of our moneycomes from SGA, while the restneeds to be provided by the mem-bers themselves. If we’re shorton dues we have to cut back onequipment.

Technique:  If you could sayone thing to the student bodyabout your club, what do youthink they should know aboutTech soccer?

Uranga:  We have a very dedi-cated membership. We’re readyto compete to be one of the bestteams in the nation, and we ap-preciate all the support we can get.

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stats are gone, and we’re playingin the best league in the country.”

Pastner is looking to the futureto build. Next year is already go-ing to be a tough year for Tech,and with a limited number ofscholarships, it would not be sur-prising to see him recruit conser-vatively early in his tenure.

Tere is also a signicantphilosophical diff erence betweenPastner and Gregory. Pastner runsa high tempo off ense that will be aselling point for recruits.

He has coached and recruitedmany NBA players throughouthis time at Memphis and as an as-sistant at Arizona. Tech was notso long ago a breeding ground fora similar caliber of prospect, andfans hope it returns to form.

Pastner has learned from Hallof Fame coaches, Lute Olsen andCalipari. He will continue to takethe knowledge and lessons helearned from them into buildingthe Tech program.

“Eventually, I want to play ina style with great pace and greattempo. I want to have great ballmovement and player movement.I think that’s really important.Te more we share the ball, I call

it hot potato, you catch it andmove it,” Pastner said.“Tat’s just my personal phi-

losophy. Tat’s the coaches I’vegrown up to be around. I thinkthat’s a really attractive style ofplay for prospects. Especially herein Atlanta and the surroundingareas, I think that kids will loveplaying in that type of style.”

Pastner did comment thathe may have to change his phi-losophies to put next year’s teamin position to succeed. For nextseason, Tech only has six schol-arship players returning who sawaction last year, and only four ofthose saw meaningful minutes.Tere are several question marks

for next season, and from confer-ence play the team loses 80 per-cent of its scoring, 68 percent ofits rebounding and ve of its sevenmost played players. Pastner willinherit a team that will be far lessexperienced than the team formerhead coach Brian Gregory inher-ited in his rst year where he wenta tepid 11-20.

Over the next couple of weeks,Pastner is tasked with buildinga sta ff , recruiting not only highschool players, but the current

players on the Tech team. It isnot a given that every Tech player

 will return for next year. Tech hasthree recruits signed to letters ofintent, which Pastner will lookto secure.

It is likely that Pastner’s rstfew years at Tech will not out-

 wardly sign ify improvement fromthe tenures of Paul Hewitt andBrian Gregory. Fundamentally,though, Pastner may have what ittakes to distance Tech basketballfrom a recent legacy of mediocrity.

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