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On June 13, the Georgia TechFoundation (GTF) announced itsacquisition of the Biltmore fromthe Novare Group for an undis-closed price.T

e Biltmore is located alongWest Peachtree Street across fromthe Scheller College of Business,at the east end of Tech Square.Te purchase does not include

the Biltmore Residences, but doesinclude the office space belongingto several engineering rms, start-ups and energy companies suchas SouthStar Energy Services,Pindrop Security and Kimley-Horn and Associates. Te pur-chase amounts to approximately290,000 square feet, including theballrooms, offices and retail space.

Al Trujillo, president of theGTF, is committed to preservingthe historical status of the build-ing, stating [the GTF] will con-tinue the legacy of appropriatenancial and operational steward-

ship of this remarkable treasure,and that the purchase of thisproperty will not affect the his-torical status of the building.

GTF Chairman Gary T. Jonesbelieves that acquiring the build-ing is preserving a core part ofTech Square.

Tis [purchase] simply

strengthens what is one of thecountrys most energetic technol-ogy ecosystems and is a wonderfulexample of the connections andcollaborations between startups,business leaders, Georgia Techfaculty, students and researchers,

Jones said.Te Atlanta Biltmore opened

in 1921 under the ownership ofWilliam Ca ndler, nanced by thesale of the Coca-Cola company.In the 1980s, the Biltmore closeddown for conversion into apart-ments, a project which failed,leaving the building in a state ofdisrepair.Te Novare Group acquired

the Biltmore in 1998 and renovat-ed the building to include loft of-ce space, as well as restoring the

historical ballrooms to their for-mer status. Under the ownershipof the Novare Group, the buildingreached 100 percent occupancy.

Jim Borders, president of theNovare Group, cited the full ten-ancy of the building as a reasonbehind the decision to sell the Bi lt-more, stating that the timing

was right to bring the Biltmore tomarket. We had signicant inter-est from several qualied groups,and we are very pleased that Geor-gia Tech will carry the ag intothe future.Te news of this acquisition

comes after news of the develop-ment of the new Coda building,

which includes 620,000 squarefeet of office space, with Tech oc-cupying about half once the proj-ect is completed in an effort tofurther cultivate Atlantas startupscene. Te building will includeTechs high performance com-puter center as well as retail spaceaccessible from the ground oor.

Tech Square currently housesCentergy One, a mixed-use devel-opment building which contains

office space shared by Tech andthe Advanced Technology Devel-opment Center, a series businessessimilar to those contained withinthe Biltmore.Te building is adjacent to

Tech Square Labs and the Tech-nology Square Research Building,

which houses multiple researchgroups headed by Tech.Te GTF has previously -

nanced projects on behal f of Tech,including the CRC and TechSquare in 2004, both of whichare leased to the Board of Regentson an annual basis until 2031 and2032 respectively. Details of anysimilar agreements for this acqui-sition are currently unknown.

At thi s time, the GTF ha s notannounced any specic plans for

the Biltmore.

Biltmore purchased by Georgia TechMany students sought out sim-

ilar resources following the attack.Some [LGBTQIA communi-

ty members] have sought our sup-port from the Counseling Center,from some of our campus minis-tries, and my office, Parsons said.Many were saying that, for them,it just reminded them of how vul-nerable LGBTQIA folks still are

in the U.S. and how much dan-ger we all face just by living ourtruths every day. For many inour community who experienceLGBT bars and clubs as places ofcommunity and sanctuary, theyno longer feel safe in those spaces.

[Te vigil] was a really goodexperience for me, Bernardy said.My opinions are my opinionspolitically, but as far as peoplego, and human rights and pro-tecting life, all of that stays thesame.

Matthew Bowling, a second-year BA and acting chairman ofthe Georgia Tech College Repub-licans, expressed his belief thatsuch an attack transcends genderand race.

Tis attack was undoubt-

edly an act of violence againstthe LGBT community, and Imsure has caused great grievanceand fear amongst the coalition,but also people must realize this

was an attack upon the UnitedStates of America and a group ofits citizens, Bowling said. Whenan act of violence this heinous oc-curs, it affects the entire studentbody, regardless of race, gender orsexual preference.

As for a solution to the prob-lem, there is no clear answer.Parsons has advocated for the In-stitutes senior leadership, facultyand student leaders to go throughSafe Space training and Trans 101programs, both of which are of-fered by the LGBTQIA ResourceCenter in the fall. Parsons also

said that she would like to train

Greek organizations to becomeGreek Allies for the LGBTQIAcommunity.

It is everyones responsibilityto create spaces where LGBTQIApeople feel safe, included and val-ued, including here at Tech, Par-sons said.

Parsons also spoke about thefuture of LGBTQIA communitiesat Tech, saying that she would like

to see more inclusivity in terms ofhousing and affordable health op-tions for LGBTQIA students.

I would love to see us nalizea gender-inclusive housing policyfor our transgender students, andto offer health insurance that cov-ers gender conrmation surger-ies, Parsons said.

Bowling took a different ap-proach, advocating for theconcealed carry of rearms onTechs campus.

I am a strong proponent ofthe Campus Carry Bill that was inthe state capitol this past spring.Bowling said. If anything, thisincident is another reminder thatthere will always be people in ourcommunity who cause randomacts of terrorism, and I personally

believe that as a student in Atlan-ta, Georgia, where crime and vio-lence are constant concerns, thatstudents should be able to protectthemselves in situations such asthese.

Students and faculty were notthe only ones to respond to theattacks. Te Georgia Tech PoliceDepartment lowered the campusag to half-mast on the followingMonday.Te LGBTQIA Resource Cen-

ter, the Office of Student Diver-sity Programs and the CounselingCenter are open to receive stu-dents and address their concerns.For more information, studentsare encouraged to visit lgbtqia.gatech.edu for access to trainingprograms and staffmembers con-

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In these last few yea rs, theresbeen a movement in journal-ism thats recently been spiral-ing into some rather ridiculousextremes: the open letter. NowIm not insult-ing open letters,there are somepretty well-writ-ten ones, such asAn Open Letter

To Lil WaynesLaugh, athought-provok-ing piece accus-ing the rapperof having soldout and turninghis laugh into a gimmick to sellmore records.

Apart from gems like thatthough are the hundreds ofopen letters that now ood myFacebook feed, with overly spe-cic titles like An Open LetterTo Te Girl I Got Coffee WithDuring My Study Abroad thatend up being an ode to one per-son the author found a eetingconnection with.

Despite the incredible speci-city of these articles, Im rather

fond of them. Te rise of manyjournalism websites is an incred-ible opportunity for new writerswho want to ex their writingmuscle. Add the rise of list jour-nalism and other things draw-ing people to these websites likefun quizzes, and youve got awhole new way people consumemedia.

In the past, these writtenthings could only be releasedin magazines or small publica-tions, but the Internet is makingit possible for people to broad-cast their thoughts on literallyany topic. But what I nd lovelyabout these open letters, in par-ticular, is how varied they canbe. One can be calling someoneout in the most incredibly pas-

sive aggressive way, while yet

another by the exact same au-thor can be them declaring theincredible amount of affectionthey have for something.

People who dislike the openletter will oftensay that thereare hundreds ofthe same letter,and thats true.Just search for

an open letter toa roommate andyoull see severalright there onthe rst page.Sure, some of theideas get a little

repetitive, but the emotion be-hind these letters is genuine.

People can now write theselists or letters to people they careabout, and put them somewherethe entire world can see them.Yes, it is a bit showy, but it is howsome people express their affec-tion or distaste for someone, andto each their own. If someonewants to write a heartfelt pieceabout deep dish pizza, let them;its just as valid as someone writ-ing an open letter to the rst

person they loved.At the end of the day, whileI may not write an open let-ter, Ill read the occasional one.Teyre a powerful tool to send amessage, or just a sweet gesturetowards someone who means agreat deal, and you know thatwhatever that person wroteabout inspired a lot of passionin them. And really, as long assomeones reading the letter, itis not just a sad obsessed personbroadcasting their opinions intothe void.Teyre creating something

to show their dedication tosomething, and I think in aworld that seems to e steem apa-thy greatly, it is a lovely thingto be so unabashedly passionate

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Oops! Drat! @#$%!Tose arethings you probably hear aftermaking a mistake. In our dailylives, we make an uncountablenumber of mistakes of varyingsignicance. Itcould be some-thing as simpleas turning the

wrong way to goto class or push-

ing the wrongbutton on anelevator. Alter-natively, it couldbe far worse like

writing downthe wrong duedate for an assignment or incor-rectly stating a fact that affectsan upcoming business decision.Regardless, its only natural tomake mistakes since, after all,

were human.It is easy to get discouraged

by our mistakes. Te feeling ofregret after making a poor deci-sion or feeling stupid after notremembering something trivialcan be overwhelming.

Earlier this summer, I left theoffice to go out to a building to

prepare for a network upgradeand I got there and realized Ihad forgotten things as basicas pen and paper. I had to trekback to the office, gather thethings I should have broughtthe rst time, and start my workin the building all over again. Ieasily wasted at least 30 minutesby forgetting those things.Tis stuck with me over the

next few days as I couldnt be-lieve Id forget something soessential. Another time I wasntcompletely prepared for an as-signment I was given. I showedup when it was time to executeand my plan that I thought wasso excellently prepared turnedout to be great in theory butquite poor in execution. Tose

mistakes combined to be a

heavy weight on my shouldersof how things could have gonemuch better than they did.

Recently Ive come to real-ize how valuable those mistakes

really were. Bymaking mis-takes, there isstill room togrow and im-prove. In the

case of the as-signment men-tioned earlier,I was given theopportunity totest out somenew skills and

lead the project with the assis-tance of my more experiencedcoworkers.

When the team and I wereimplementing my plan, we be-gan to realize that it wasnt goingto go as well as I had thought it

would. Whi le working throughthe issues, my coworkers weregiving me suggestions on chang-es that could make the processeasier. I learned so much in thefew hours working with myteam than I did in the entire

planning stage. Looking back, Icould have utilized my cowork-ers more in planning, and issomething Ill do in the future.

You could lament over mis-takes like these and just give up

when it gets overbearing, butthat doesnt help anyone. Dontlet mistakes dene you usethem to grow. Most mistakesarent intentional, and any rea-sonable human in a similarposition could have made thesame ones you did. Look backon your mistakes, but in a posi-tive light. Its an opportunity tolearn something new, and sharein our human nature with ourmore experienced friends, co-

workers, teammates and others.Forgetting sticky notes at the of-

ce is not the end of the world.

Learning to embrace themistakes I make

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As the 2016 PresidentialElection draws near, voters haveonce again been thrust onto thetightrope of American politics. Ithink it is safe to say that every-ones views fall somewhere alongthe line, but at the end of theday they must nd their way to-wards one of the two extremes.Tere are some views that willalways nd themselves on oneparticular side of the chasm;others will tiptoe the wire be-tween conservatives and liberaluntil they are seen as univer-sally good by both camps.

LGBT rights have been his-torically seen as the former. Teleft has made it a large part oftheir platform in recent years,while the right has staunchly de-fended Americas traditional val-ues. When viewed through thelens of other right wing beliefs,however, it becomes increasing-ly unclear as to why the barriersbetween conservative ideologiesand gay rights even exist in therst place.

For conservatives, the U.S.Constitution is paramount to

any other document or piece oflegislation ever drafted in thiscountry. Nothing else so per-

fectly and succinctly lays out theprinciples on which our nationwas founded. For every argu-ment against possessing re-arms, the rst response is alwaysto point at the Constitutionssecond amendment. Conserva-tives support a small govern-ment; if it oversteps its boundson regulation, where will it drawthe line to stop?

Why, then, should conserva-tives support the restriction ofgay rights? A small and unintru-sive government would certainlykeep its nose out of business thatis considered to be personal. IfCongress can barely even nd a

way to regulate businesses, theyshould have no hand in regulat-ing marriage.

Another argument is thathomosexual relationships goagainst Americas traditionalview of the family. But, at thesame time, we are living in a time

when almost three percent ofgirls between the ages of 15 and19 will get pregnant. Roughly40 to 50 percent of couples mar-ried in the United States will geta divorce. Clearly, the denitionof family is already undergoinga huge change.

Aside from this, most argu-ments tend to come from reli-gious perspectives. While I ama God-fearing man, the idea ofa Christian Sharia law is one

that terri

es me. As Ive men-tioned, conservatives are nevertoo keen on spitting in the face

of the Constitution. As such, itmakes no sense to me that con-servatives point to their right tobear arms while skipping overthe right to escape religious leg-islation. America was foundedas a refuge for those escapingoppression. Creating laws basedoff of religion goes directlyagainst our founding principlesand parallels both the CatholicBritain we rebelled against andthe Sharia law of many MiddleEastern countries today.

I am a Christian. I own agun. I hold a lot of conservativebeliefs. And when compared toother ideas held by the right, Ithink that equality for the gaycommunity ts the bill perfect-ly. Te sight of two men kissingstill makes me uncomfortable,and I dont pretend to under-stand arguments for gendersother than male and fema le. Butat the end of the day, I believethat at Americas core it is a landof freedom. If youre gay, be gay.If youre straight, be straight.Once this view takes hold onboth sides of the perilous tight-

rope, America will be one stepcloser to what the Founders in-tended it to be.

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I asked my dad the other daywhy he supported Bernie Sanders.He responded by stating that allthe other candidates were corrupt,terrible and evil, and that Sanders

was the only one who consistentlymaintained an ideology worthsupporting. And while my daddidnt actually say those things,the sentiment is one that seems toemanate from those entrencheddeeply within Sanderss camp.

So, if the other people running

for president are really so cor-rupt, and evil, why are the major-ity of Americans in their corners?

Well, Star Wars has shown us thatoften, the bad guys have muchcooler outts. And that may in-deed be a factor, what with Sand-ers usually looking like he rolledout of bed in the morning rightonto the podium.

But that only provides an in-complete explanation.Te truth isthat Sanderss rhetoric offers mor-al and political absolutism. And itis magnetic towards young adults

who see it as a purity of sorts.Tis purity is innitely preferableto any type of normal politicianbehavior, because the maneu-vering and doublethink that sooften comes with this political be-

havior is very easy to detest.

Yet what is not immediately ap-parent is that this ideological pu-rity and unwillingness to changethinking in the slightest is exactly

what leads to gridlock in govern-ment. Idealism is a fun fantasy toentertain when lacking experienceof reality, but applied in practice,the result is absolutely nothinggetting accomplished. Te reasonis quite easy to see; if our politi-cians permanently remain reso-lute and steadfast in their policies

and stances, no compromise willever be reached.Despite the above, there are

still those out there who believethat Sanders would be the bestoption for president. And why isthis the case if it is so glaringlyobvious that his tenure would becharacterized by nothing happen-ing? Well, according to myself a source to which I often re-fer there are three main schoolsof political thought: pragmatism,idealism and fear. Of these, oneis based on experience. One is aremnant of primal reactions andinstincts. And the remaining,

which I hope youve guessed isidealism, revolves around believ-ing in that for which there is noevidence. And a large chunk of

young, naive people will always

fall into that categor y, just by con-sequence of being young.

One of the few things that canbe said for the Sanders supportersin this election cycle is that theyactually have genuine reasonsto back their candidate. Most ofthem hear the issues and propos-als he makes and nod their headin agreement. For the sake of thisargument, it matters not thatthe majority of these proposalshave no chance at becoming anymore than ideas.

Contrast those who backSanders with those who supportTrump, a candidate for president

whose rhetoric is comprised pri-marily of fear-mongering andgrandstanding. Tese methodsinnately appeal to those membersof society who have chosen notto allocate mental acuity towardsthis election.

Pragmatism, or centrism, isdenitely not the sexiest. But

its an approach that gets results.Where an idealist w ill a sk for thefarm and all of the cows, a prag-matic politician will understandthat hell only be able to get thefarm, and only then if he agreesto set aside ve percent of his cropyield for the seller. Which isntheadline-worthy, but it has beenaccomplished. Bipartisan allianc-es and real legislation come fromcompromises, which arise throughpragmatic leaders and ideology.Not unrealistic demands.

What my dad d id actu ally saywas Im a millennial. Cant youtell? I could not, especially sincemy dad normally seems qu ite a bitsmarter than the average millen-nial. But perhaps idealism is justa refreshing treat once in awhile,

before a trip back to reality.

Te impracticality of BernieSanderss idealistic goals

Sanderss rhetoric

offers moral and political

absolutism. And it is magnetic

towards young adults who

see it as a purity of sorts.

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OUR VIEWS | HOTORNOT

Finding DoryPixars latest masterpiece,

Finding Dory, dove into the-atres and claimed the highestopening weekend for an ani-mated movie. Finding Doryis the sequel to Pixars wildlypopular Finding Nemo whichcame out in 2003, followsDory on a heartwarming jour-ney across the ocean to ndher family. Tis movie and theanimated short accompanyingit are sure to be a hit with theentire family.

HOT or NOT

Microsoft OutlookIn light of Zimbra being

shut down later this sum-mer, many students have beenforced to migrate their emailsto Office 365. Tis process hasbeen a cause of great frustra-tion for students, faculty andstaff. In comparison to Zim-bra, Outlook tends to haveslower loading times, and inorder for students to keep theirold emails, they must manual-ly download them from Zim-bra. Overall, quite the hassle.

GTPD OnlineOur police department has

often done a great job interact-ing with students and makingsure that we know that theyare there to protect us. Teyhave once again gone the extramile by being very active onsocial media platforms such asFacebook and Reddit. Tis is anice addition to the Instagramaccount they made for theirdog, K-9 Koda. So, shoutout,once again, to our amazing po-lice department.

Gun Laws Shot DownIn light of the recent shoot-

ing, it is high time that wepass stricter gun regulations.It doesnt make sense to letpeople have such unrestrictedaccess to guns. Te secondamendment may let us beararms, but we can implement astricter process to ensure manypeoples safety. It is frustratingto see the resistance from theSenate in passing these newbills that many believe wouldkeep people safer.

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Te Shakespeare Tavern is anAtlanta playhouse located justdown the street from the Fabu-lous Fox Teatre. While both areknown for their performances, thetavern, as its name would suggest,tends to focus on performances ofShakespearean plays, the most re-cent of which was Te Merchantof Venice.

With many of the cast mem-bers from the May 2015 renditionreappearing in this months Mer-chant of Venice, the actors man-age to convey their charac ters pre-dicaments with all the clarity onecan reasonably expect of Shake-speares work. Luckily, the ratherconfusing start to the play sets upthe characters and plot no fartherthan can easily be recapped in lat-er scenes, and the audience soonovercomes the initial confusion toenjoy the later parts of the story.

William Shakespeares TeMerchant of Venice is namedafter Antonio (Matt Nitchie), a

well-off merchant whose entirewealth is currently invested inforeign trade ships. Wishing tolend money to his friend Bassanio

(Chris Rushing), the merchant

agrees to borrow from Shylock(Doug Kaye), whom he has alwaysdespised both for being a money-lender and for being Jewish. Sincethis feeling is mutual, Shylockasks for a pound of esh from

Antonio should he not repay hisloan within three months.Tus ends the initial confusion

as well as the set up of the play.Te remainder of Te Merchantof Venice shows how Bassaniospent Antonios money in pursuitof a woman (Portia, Amee Vyas)and nally, how a ruined mer-chant could resolve his debt.Tough officially classied as a

comedy, the dual tales of the lov-

ers and the merchant do not in

themselves present much in theway of humor. Tere are throw-away lines and a few dialoguesto make the audience laugh, butthese spots of humor do not over-shadow the rest of the story, lead-ing one to question why this isstill considered a comedy. On theother hand, the hallmark of trag-edy (everyone dying in the end)is decidedly absent, as only Anto-nios life is in danger, so the sprin-kling of jokes throughout tip thescales in favor of comedy despitethe serious storyline.Tis Shakespearean comedy

will never be remembered forits political correctness or for its

characters stellar judgment and

forethought. Te story presentsmore than enough anti-Semitismand other forms of bigotry withthe actors showing that this wasacceptable at the time when theplay was written and takes place.It does, however, show that wom-en are far more intelligent thangiven credit for as Portia, pretend-ing to be a lawyer, seems to knowthe letter of the law better than allpresent in the court. Tis slightadmission is not acknowledged byanyone, though and as soon as thecross-dressing ends, the womenare treated just as they were beforethe display of intellect.

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play from centuries in the past,

whenever a character must makea pivotal decision, they eitherchoose something foolish or arepersuaded against their own judg-ment to do so. Tis leads to oth-erwise seemingly intelligent char-acters to make huge errors thatadvance the plot. Such lapses in

judgment might be seen as typicalhuman error when seen individu-ally, but it is far easier, in this in-stance, to see them for what theyare: plot devices.

Much like Romeo and Ju liet,this Shakespearean play wouldhave been extraordinarily shortand devoid of a climactic endinghad anyone thought about their

ventures for even a minute longer.

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Only 3 percent of Power 5 squadsface ineligibility for NCAA-sanc-tioned championships, while thesame holds true for 6 percent ofconferences without autonomousgovernance.

While national average APRhas more or less held steady, 13of 15 Tech teams improved theirscores this year, every programexcept for the mens and womensbasketball teams.

Although perfect scores of1000 for volleyball, mens swim-ming and diving and golf are in-credible feats, perhaps most im-pressive on the national spectrumis the lofty 987 posted by Paul

Johnsons Jackets football team.Although Tech suffered throughinjuries, misfortune and the grow-ing pains of inexperience on Sat-urdays, their score places them inthe 90th percentile nationally andsecond-best in the conference,courtesy of ramblinwreck.com.

Tech footballs retention andeligibility prowess stands out at atime when the sport lags behindothers in preparing its participantsfor life outside of the sport.Football accounts for 5 of the 16mens teams that lost postseason

access after the 2014-15 seasonthanks to low APR scores.Tese accolades are no stranger

to the Jackets. Te mens golfteam, for example, has sustaineda decade of success under headcoach Bruce Heppler, wining the

APR Public Recognition awardeach year.

Whether Techs teams willimprove on a mostly tepid show-ing across the board last seasonremains an open question,. Inthe blink of an eye, a season thatseems destined to end in a confer-ence championship or bowl gamecan slip out of control.

Regardless of how manytrophies Tech athletes bring tocampus, though, they will nodoubt continue a tradition of

academic excellence.

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Te Jackets baseball teamcapped off what initially seemedto be a promising season with avery disappointing postseasonrun. Going into the ACC tourna-ment the team was ranked 25thin the nation and put into a play-in game against the Boston Col-lege Eagles with the winner mov-ing on to participate in pool play.

Te Jackets won that game6-0 offof the back of both solidhitting and pitching; however, asthey advanced to pool play, theperformance on both sides waslacking. Tey could afford fewmissteps against elite competition.

Te Jackets pool consistedof two of the countrys top veteams: No. 2 Miami and No. 4Florida State, not to mention No.13 North Carolina State. Duringthe season, Tech had a poor 2-7record against these teams, onlypicking up wins against NC Stateand Miami.

Te rst matchup, the Jacketsagainst the Miami Hurricanes, re-

sulted in a disappointing 4-0 lossfor Tech, with three runs comingin the rst inning.

Te following day, Tech faceda team that would go on to theconference nals: Florida State.

Another poor start sealed theJackets fate in a 6-1 loss, and al-lowing four runs in the rst threeinnings saddled the team with aninsurmountable decit.

Finally, the team faced offagainst the opponent they wereclosest to in the rankings, NCState. While both teams knewthat the ACC title was out ofreach, there was still the hope thata good performance could resultin better seeding in the upcomingNCAA Tournament.

Te Jackets again started poor-

ly, giving up three runs in the sec-

ond inning, but they rallied backwith ve tallies in an explosivefourth.

With third-year MatthewGorst dealing on the mound,it seemed that Tech had all butlocked up the game heading intothe ninth inning. With two outsand two runners on base in thelast inning, Gorst forced ShaneShepherd into hitting a routinepop y to center eld; however,third-year Ryan Peurifoy was un-able to come down with the catchand both runners scored. Tech

would not recover.A common theme throughout

the year for the Jackets was solidhitting with pitching that wasgood enough to pass; however,

the hitting for Tech was extremelylackluster in all three pool playgames. Runs were only scored intwo out of 30 innings played.

Te Jackets were given thesecond seed in the Gainesville re-gional, being paired with No. 1overall Florida, the third-seededUniversity of Connecticut, andfourth seed Bethune-Cookman.

A rigorous draw for the teammeant that they would have to putup extremely stellar performancesacross multiple games in hopes ofadvancing to a super-regional.

Two wins and two losses in theregional, including a suffocating10-1 loss to Florida, was enoughto eliminate the Jackets from re-gional competition.

With an unfortu nate end toa season that started off so well,the Jackets continued to falter inkey games. In the Danny Hallera, the Jackets are 55-45 in thepostseason and have reached thesuper-regionals ve times with noappearances since 2006.

As next season rolls arou nd, itwill be curious to see the changesCoach Hall makes, to the lineupand playing style alike. As thegame trends more and more to-

wards a pitcher-centric style itseems that the Yellow Jacketsintent focus on offense is hurt-ing their chances to compete for aCollege World Series. Te talent ispresent in Atlanta; forming it intoa title contender is the next step.

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smaller slot receivers.While no other Jackets heard

their names called in Chicago dur-ing the draft, multiple have foundopportunities via undrafted freeagents. Safety Demond Smith andrunning back Broderick Snoddysigned pacts with the Green BayPackers. Smith joins former Techstandout Morgan Burnett in thePackers defensive backeld.

Meanwhile, safety and spe-cial teams maven Jamal Goldenearned a free agent tryout fromthe Atlanta Falcons.

Despite its typical inability torecruit elite high school talent andits unconventional style of play,Tech has seen a number of star s onthe Flats turn into excellent com-petitors at the NFL level.

Wide receivers such asCalvin Johnson and DemaryiusTomas, defensive ends likeMichael Johnson and DerrickMorgan, and the aforementionedBurnett have played key roleson their respective teams, whileyoung players such as Jeremiah

Attaochu are beginning to assumesignicant roles themselves.

Nonetheless, the jump fromcollege football to the National

Football League is rarely an easyone. Offensive linemen are biggerand more athletic, defendersapply honed technique along withraw talent, and both offensiveand defensive schemes becomesignicantly more complicated.

Tis rapid escalation has its ca-sualties. For example, former Tech

wide receiver Stephen Hill hastoiled in relative obscurity despitehis positions pedigree at Tech.Tere is no guarantee that eventhe brightest of college stars willachieve any success in the NFL.

Whether the Jackets latestbatch of NFL players will make itbig or succumb to the NFLs highpressure environment will be asmall subplot in one of profession-al sports most fervently followed

theaters.

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Te Jackets softball team end-ed their season on May 8th witha doubleheader loss to the Univer-sity of North Carolina at ChapelHill. However, the team showeda great deal of improvement com-pared to the beginning of the year.Tey nished with an overall re-cord of 22-33 and a conferencerecord of 7-16.

In their nal 15 games of theseason, the Jackets had a recordof 6-9, with three of those lossescoming in their nal series againstUNC. In addition, the team post-ed a 4-3 record on the road downthe stretch, a marked improve-ment for a team that struggled somuch away from home this year.

Unfortunately for the Jackets,their conference record landedthem just short of making the

ACC softball tournament.While Tech was unable to post

enough victories to extend theirseason, the young team showedimprovement and still has even

more room to grow.T

e roster thisseason had consisted of eight un-derclassmen with key performerssuch as freshman catcher KayleeEllebracht, sophomore shortstopKelsey Chisholm, and freshmanrst baseman Katie Krzus.

Moving forward, the Jacketswill have to continue to makeimprovements in both hittingand pitching. Two of the primarypitchers used this year were under-classmen, and sophomore Emily

Anderson dropped her earned runaverage by three points from thisyear compared to last year.

In the hitting department,the Jackets will denitely have toimprove going into next year ifthey want to move up in the ACCstandings.Teir pitching was suf-

cient to keep them in games, but

all too often, the offense could notdeliver in tight spots.

Te team batting average was.228 with only senior CourtneyZiese batting above .300. Goinginto next season, Head CoachShelly Hoerner will have her workcut out for her.

Despite the somewhat depress-ing tone the losing record shows,the team has improved over thepast few years with Hoerner ashead coach. In her third season,Hoerner has improved the Jacketstotal number of wins, increasedthe amount of hits, and decreasedthe teams ERA.

In terms of honors for players,Courtney Ziese earned a spot on

the All-ACC Second team and six

players were named NFCA All-America Scholar-Atheletes.

Furthermore, in terms of talentcoming in next year, the Jacketsare bringing in the No. 24 recruit-ing class in the nation. Tis re-cruiting class includes the No. 48and 58 recruits in the country. Inthis recruiting class, Hoerner willbe bringing in a pitcher, a catcherand four elders, courtesy oframblinwreck.com.

Going into next season theJackets have a lot to look forwardto. Tere are plenty of reasons forfans to think this year will marka signicant improvement overyears past.

After all, the team is only los-

ing three players, though Zieses

bat will be missed, they have oneof the top 25 recruiting classes inthe country, and many of the re-turning players have showed im-provement over their time at Tech

Perhaps most importantly, theteam has consistency at the helm

with Coach Hart. Steady im-provement, frustrating as it mayseem, is the trajectory the teamhas taken over the past two sea-sons, and with an inux of youth,there is no reason to believe thattrend will not continue.

Tech softball has taken a back-seat to sports such a s mens basket-ball and football in recent years.Its postseason drought, though,could soon be little more than a

relic of the past.

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