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From the les o the GPD...

Campus Crime

Alpha guy mania

GPD was notied o a ghtin progress in ront o the AlphaChi Omega Sorority on BrittainDrive on the night o Oct. 28.

According to witne sses, the ghtsaggressor was intoxicated and hadbeen behaving aggressively towardseveral people in the vicinity. Teaggressor reportedly took a pair osunglasses rom the other studentshead and broke the sunglasses. Anargument between the two ensuedand the aggressor pushed some-one in the crowd, causing a ghtto break out among at least threepeople. One o the ghts partici-pants was transported to Grady

Hospital to treat a head injury.

Unparalled parkingAt 3 a.m. on Oct. 26, a

GPD ocer on motorcycle was

in the process o parking at the BPgas station on North Avenue. Asthe ocer was about to release hisside-stand to park, a red HondaPassport pulled into the spot di-rectly next to the ocer at sucha sharp angle that the car was nomore than a oot away rom strik-ing the ocer. Te ocer reportedthat upon looking at the driver, heknew immediately that the driverhad been drinking. Te ocer ap-proached the driver o the car to

ask or his license. Te driver pro-vided his permanent resident cardrom Mexico and a student identi-cation card rom Georgia High-lands College but had no driverslicense. Te driver completed theeld sobriety test, but reused toblow into the alcohol sensor box.Te driver was booked or drivingunder the infuence.

Balloon bufoonsTree reshmen students were

issued student codes o conductor lobbing water balloons at pe-destrians on the sidewalk romGlenn Residence Hall around1:00 a.m. on Oct. 29. An ocer

was dispatched to Glenn atersomeone reported the incident.Upon arrival, the ocer observeda white male throw a water bal-loon rom a ourth foor window.

Ater being questioned, one othe students admitted to strikingsomeone with a balloon.

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Bill Amount GSS UHR

Bill Summary

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

Council ClippingsThis week in Student Government

By Mike Donohue, SGA Editor

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

JFC chair

Joint Finance Committee

Chair and Undergraduate VicePresident o Finance Brad Bau-erkemper admonished the Gradu-ate Student Senate and the Under-graduate House o Representativesduring their meetings on uesdayor not taking enough responsibil-ity when authoring bills.

Citing a three-hour JFC meet-ing that week, Bauerkemper saidthat JFC had to spend an inordi-nate amount o time scrutinzingbills. He asked that Representa-tives and Senators work with or-ganizations to ensure that theirbills met JFC policy. Teres gotto be a little more work on Sena-tors and Represenatives part,Bauerkemper said.

When speaking to the Under-

graduate House, he said that hewas surprised that organizationalrepresentatives did not knowmore about JFC policy in light olast weeks resolution rearmingUHRs commitment to the stu-dent body. Te resolution statedthat each representative acknowl-edge that authoring a bill makeshim or her an advocate or thegroup, and that he or she takes onthe duty o teaching the organiza-tion about JFC policy.

Undergraduate Executive VicePresident Brenda Morales echoed

Bauerkempers remarks, sayingthat representatives should onlyauthor bills they are proud tosupport. She advised representa-tives to work with organizationsto nd other sources o unding.

However, Morales placed re-sponsibility on the organizations,too. I believe that many problemsarise because organizations tendto submit their bills just beore thedeadline without rst reading theinstructions careully, amiliar-izing themselves with our policyor seeking advice rom their au-thors...In my view, it is completelyreasonable to expect organiza-tions to put time and eort intothe process. Te authors are re-ally there to answer organizations

questions, ensure that bills aresubmitted correctly and on timeand remind the organizations omeeting times, Morales said in a

written statement.

ORGTOutdoor Recreation Georgia

ech submitted a bill discussedthis week asking or unds to pur-chase new equipment and nancerst aid training or instructors.Te bill passed the House with

little debate, 47-1-3.However, the bill generated a

some discussion in the Senate. JFCChair Bauerkemper noted thatthe training courses may not meetpolicy, although JFC could notcome to consensus on this issue.

Te question at hand was whetherthe courses constituted Proes-sional Development, which isbanned under JFC policy.

AE Sen. Will Runge intro-duced an amendment to removethe training courses rom the bill.Senators discussed the purpose othe courses, eventually conclud-ing that they should not be clas-sied as Proessional Develop-ment and ailed the amendment.Te bill passed the Senate 24-3-2.

Dorm pets

During an Open Forum dis-cussion in the UHR meeting,

At-Large Rep. Victoria Lee sug-gested that SGA look into allow-ing dorms to keep communal petsto improve the mental health o

residents. Tis idea elicited sup-port rom representatives, al-though they acknowledged sev-eral potential obstacles. CS Rep.and Vice President o the Resi-dence Hall Association said thata resolution supporting a similaridea was working its way throughLegislative Council, the legislativebranch o RHA. He oered tocoordinate putting UHR reps intouch with RHA to work on thisissue.

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While leading the walk alongAtlantic Drive, Robson pointedout the potential saety hazardpresented by the ongoing openconstruction area on the Bunger-Henry Building that spilled intothe street. As o 4 p.m. Wednes-day, that section o Atlantic Drivehad been closed and roped o

with caution tape.Its enormously helpul or

us to hear rom students aboutwhat they th ink the problems are.We have our perceptions o whatthe problems are, but sometimestheyre not completely on track,Peterson said.

At the end o the walk, twoRAs rom North Ave. Apartmentsspoke about problems they re-quently saw there. Te numberone issue they reported was thegeneral unawareness o students

with their surroundings withinthe complex. Administrators o-cused their North Ave. concernson the heavy trac across thestate highway.

Teres so much trac andthere are so many pedestrians thatits a challenge or us, Peterson

said.Tis year, two students have

been struck by vehicles whilecrossing North Avenue withinsigned crosswalks. ech is work-ing with state ocials as well asthe CEO o Coca-Cola to im-prove the entire North Avenuestreetscape to make it saer or stu-dent pedestrians. Campus crimeas a whole is down approximately20 percent rom the same timelast year.

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are paying lots o money or it,said Celia Montes-Alcal, an as-sociate proessor in the School oModern Languages.

Montes-Alcal is rom Spain,where education is ree to every-one, including immigrants.

Many other immigrants cometo the US to study and gain theircitizenship. Tey earn their rightslegally, said Shivani Bhatnagar, a

naturalized citizen and third-yearMSE major said.Te BOR is a collection o state

citizens appointed by the governor

to serve the public within the Uni-versity System o Georgia.

Tis proposal was not politi-cally motivated, according to JohnMillsaps, Assistant Vice Chancel-lor o Media and Publications orthe USG.

Te USG must be responsiveto the public will [and] it is the jobo the regents to respond, Mill-saps said.

Te topic o undocumented

students resuraced in an incidentat KSU in May 2010 when anenrolled student was incorrectlycategorized or in-state tuition. In

Oct., it was suggested to the BORthat they strengthen the citizen-ship identication process.

One o the main public percep-tions that motivated the regents topass this proposal in early Oct.

was that the USG is lled withmany undocumented students.

Te truth o the situation isthat we are not being overrun bythese students, Millsaps said.

USG has 310,000 students,

501 o whom are undocumented.Tere is a total o 29 undocu-mented students attending threeo the ve aected institutions.

Tose institutions are ech, UGAand GSU. Tere are currently twoundocumented students at ech.

Step back and think about adocumented individual who is de-clined admission to UGA. Its notthe end o the world. Tat personhas other options or college open

within the University System. Tesame options are available to un-documented students, Millsapssaid.

Tere are 30 other higher edu-cation institutions in the Georgia,none o which are aected by thenew policy.

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tral dining halls have replaced asignicant number o machineryand appliances with more energy-ecient ones. Tey are also in-creasing local ood sources, andthe dining halls have signed on tothe Atlanta Local Food Initiative.

wo categories o major im-provement rom last year wereendowment transparency andshareholder engagement. Te en-

dowment transparency categoryrelied heavily on how universitiesreported their proxy voting on in-vestments. ech, however, avoidsthat by investing in mutual unds.

Another reporting issue thatKinstler ound inaccuracies withis how buildings are rated in thescorecard. Whereas criteria likethe popular Leadership in En-ergy and Environmental Design(LEED) measures how the build-ing itsel is constructed , it does notmeasure how the building is used.Kinstler pointed out that manybuildings on campus, LEED-cer-tied or not, incorporate sustain-able practices and design.

Tough the most sweepingchanges to sustainability measures

on campus are the product o ad-ministrative and construction de-cisions, student organizations likeSGAs Sustainability Committeeand Students Organizing or Sus-tainability (SOS) incorporate stu-dent-led and operated initiativesinto campus sustainability.

We are starting work on aGreen Fee campaign that wouldcreate a und or instituting moresustainability initiatives on cam-pus, said Molly McLaughlin,president o SOS and a th-yearCHBE major. Last year we held asustainable concert series that waszero-waste and solar-powered andraised over $1000.

SOS also provides an on-

campus community garden andStarterBikes, which teach studentshow to x their bikes and oersinexpensive bikes or students.

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Heineman shares startup experience

Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications

Heineman addressed an audience at the LeCraw Auditorium

about his work with various startups i ncluding Damballa and SPI.

By Siddharth GurnaniContributing Writer

Kevin Heineman, the VP oEngineering and Chie echni-cal Ocer o Damballa, a startupcompany in Atlanta spoke to echstudents as part o the IMPACSpeaker series at the LeCraw Au-

ditorium in the College o Man-agement on Nov. 3. Te IMPACseries brings highly successul en-trepreneurs rom a variety o eldsto share their experiences withech students. Heineman wasalso instrumental in the success oanother startup, SPI Dynamics,

which was sold to Hewlett Pack-ard in 2007.

I elt honored to introducesomeone who boasts such an im-pressive resume. I got the opportu-nity to do so because I volunteeredor an Impact class that is oeredin the Management school, saidMargaret McFarland, a ourth-year MG major who introducedthe speaker.

Heineman introduced himsel

and began talking about how hegot involved with startups aterhaving worked with consultingrms and corporations like Ernstand Young and Worldspan. His

rst startup venture was SPI Dy-namics, a company which pro-duced an assessment tool that

would scan web applicationsor security vulnerabilities. Tetool essentially acts like a hackerand tells the user about the holes

within a website and what to do to

prevent any damage. One o theinteresting aspects o the talk was

when Heineman went on to talk

about the early challenges acedby SPI during its startup phase.

Customers didnt understandthe need, as they might not haveaced any loss o data. A third o

the business value was unknown.Te technology was unproven as it

was in an immature stage. We tar-geted people who would be able totake the risk on a new technologyand understood the complexitieso internet security, Heinemansaid.

SPI Dynamics started making

positive cash fows soon and wasbought out by Hewlett Packard in2007. From starting out as a smallcompany with a small sta o em-ployees, SPI was suddenly part oa corporate giant.

Heineman then ound himselas part o another startup namedDamballa, which was oundedby a team o ech researchers. Asa new company in the securityspace, Heineman plans to bring

what he learned rom his experi-ence at SPI to Damballa and takeit to success as well.

Billy Kihei, a Masters studentin EE said, We are starting to seecompanies in the technical side atthe IMPAC series which is a nicechange rom the retail and phi-

lanthropy startups that have comeearlier. Anytime I go to somethinglike this, I like to apply it to myown music startup I have with aew o my buddies.

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Cavalier Daily

Charlottesville, Va.Since9/11, the war on terror has beeninvoked by the ederal govern-ment to justiy a vast program oexpanded executive authority anda comprehensive erosion o civilliberties. Important statutory andconstitutional saeguards have re-quently been either entirely disre-garded or signicantly weakened.

One o the most signicantcasualties in the endless waragainst terrorism is the Fourth

Amendment, which reads: Teright o the people to be securein their persons, houses, papers,and eects, against unreasonablesearches and seizures, shall not be

violated, and no Warrants shallissue, but upon probable cause,supported by Oath or armation,and particularly describing theplace to be searched, and the per-sons or things to be seized.

Te National Security Agen-cys warrantless wiretapping pro-gram has thus ar been the mostprominent inringement on theFourth Amendment. wo newproposed measuresone target-ing the Internet, the other ocusedon the nancial industrythreat-en to dramatically expand theederal governments surveillancecapabilities in direct disregard othe amendments limitations.

Te rst measure, a bill that

the Obama administration in-tends to submit to Congress nextyear, would require all communi-cation services to include techni-cal eatures permitting the serviceto comply with a ederal wiretaporder. Te bill primarily targetsservices such as Blackberry, Face-book and Skype, which either in-volve peer-to-peer messaging orencrypted communications.

Te legislation would requireall communication channels toinclude a built-in backdoorthrough which the governmentcould intercept any transmis-sion. Government already has themeans to spy on encrypted com-munications through end-usersurveillance methods such as key-loggers installed secretly on sus-pects computers. Te net eect othe backdoor would be to allowthe government to collect and sitthrough communications in bulk.

Te second measure, also pro-posed by the Obama administra-tion, would require U.S. banks toreport to the government all elec-tronic money transers into andout o the country. Te size o thetranser would not aect reportingrequirements. Te transer data(about 750 million such transersoccur each year), accompaniedby the social security numbers othe sender and recipient, wouldbe stored in a centralized ederaldatabase.

Both o these proposals areindicative o several disturbingcharacteristics o the ederal gov-ernments approach, since the in-ception o the war on terror, tocollecting and analyzing privatedata. First, data collection thatallows or high-volume surveil-

lance necessarily abrogates FourthAmendment protections, since it

is impossible to acquire warrantson such an enormous scale.

Second, the collection o enor-mous quantities o data is rarely

justied with anything other thana vague reerence to the threat oterrorism. An important beneto requiring law enorcement au-thorities to acquire a warrant isthat it orces those who wouldeavesdrop on the aairs o othersto provide a compelling justica-tion or doing so. By justiyingdata collection on a macro level,the government entirely sidestepsthe requirement o justiying sur-veillance on an individual level.

Legislative schemes such asthese pose a grave threat to the

value o privacy that the FourthAmendment enshrines. Te pres-ervation o privacy is essential toa society that values liberty; indi-viduals in a democratic republichave the right to be ree rom con-stant government intrusion intotheir personal lives. In America,the citizens are the masters o thegovernment, not vice-versa. Gov-ernment simply has no authorityto access unlimited private data,at will, without justication.

Apart rom its value a s a com-ponent o liberty, privacy is alsodesirable to the extent, or in-stance, that it encourages politicaldiscourse unhampered by ear ogovernment reprisal. Unlimitedsurveillance powers could easilybe used by the government to tar-get political opponents. Even inthe absence o such direct abuse,however, knowledge that everycommunication is laid bare to theprying eyes o the governmentinevitably quells ree expression,thus discouraging citizens romengaging in legitimate politicalspeech or ear o political retribu-tion.

Te Fourth Amendment pro-vides a reasonable balance be-tween the competing interests oliberty and security, preservingthe majority o citizens privacybut allowing government surveil-lance when compelling justi-cations are present. Tere is no

reason that the traditional, court-approved warrant system couldnot be applied to internet data.By eschewing such constitutionallimitations, broad and uncheckedsurveillance programs cede toomuch authority to government todelve into citizens personal lives.

OpinionsTechnique

6Friday,

November 5, 2010

The mystery of government is not howWashington works but how to make itstop.

Bertrand Russell

Opinions Editor: Matt Hofman

OUR VIEWS Consensus opinion

Immigration ignoranceRecent Board policy signals regressive practices

Te recent Board o Regents policy thatbars undocumented people rom attendingschools at their enrollment capacity lackspurpose, damages universities reputationsand undermines the undamental purposeor the Board: to be politically unbiased.Between the ve universities that will beaected by this policy, ech included,only 29 students currently enrolled wouldhave been aected by this policy had itbeen in place previously. Te enactmento this policy seems utile considering the

marginal impact it will have during theadmissions process. Te Boards actioncan simply be characterized as politicalgrandstanding and trying to quell a loudbut ill-inormed minority o the populousthat believe undocumented students aresucking away a signicant number oseats rom the documented ones.

Tis policy also puts the universitiesnames in the national media.Unortunately, it is not or theirachievements, but or the perceived

xenophobia stemming rom the ban. echhas no choice but to enorce this policyregardless o how the aculty and studentseel about it. Out o state students whoare academically qualied to attend echmight look elsewhere i they believe itto be a campus not welcoming to all,

whether true o not. ech prides itsel oneducating the uture leaders o the world,but now it might have to turn away suchleaders who are academically qualied.

Te strong political nature o this policy

is disturbing. Te Board is supposed tobe nonpolitical and should not attemptto use Regents policy to enorce ederallaw; this is the responsibility o the ederalgovernment. Tis could also set a badprecedent or the Regents i they start touse the power to orce their political idealsupon the universities. Such decisions

with these types o undertones shouldbe avoided in the uture. Te Board, andthe universities they lead, should not besubject to political whims.

EDITORIAL CARTOON By VIVIAN FAN

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Barack Hussein Obama.I can see Russia rom myhouse! Photoshopped im-ages o incidents abroad thatno one in America could everconrm. Tese are just a ew omany examples o medias in-

jection o political opinion andmindless banter into its repre-

sentation o a wide variety otopics. Te media tends tolatch onto small and otherwiseuseless acts, blow them out oproportion and eectively ex-ert let or right orces on thepublics opinions.

While it i s good that jour-nalists recognize they havethat power, they should notabuse it as terribly as they havein recent years, and should in-stead use it to inorm their ol-lowers to the greatest degree.

Anything rom word choiceto the exaggeration o an oth-erwise small incident to a de-cision to not report a majorincident can shit the publicsperspective on a single person

or an entire demographic.Additionally, well-inormed

viewers o dierent mediasources can recognize and sitthrough the editorializing, butthe apathetic masses are sus-ceptible to fipping channelsthrough a biased report andultimately submitting to un-inormed opinions and votingpatterns. From a actual per-spective, ormer Alaska gov-ernor Sarah Palins approvalratings were consistently above90 percent prior to her selec-tion as John McCains run-ning mate in the 2008 presi-

dential election. Additionally,as a previously little-knowngure to the masses, Palindrew large amounts o atten-tion to the McCain campaign,but the media completely toreher apart, taking advantageo her personal characteristicsthat were easy to mock, such asher accent and her striking re-semblance to actress/comedianina Fey.

Even worse, journaliststurned Palins daughter intothe subject o hundreds o gos-sip columns. Her childrenslives should never be broughtinto political discussion. Tat

is a cheap way o attacking apolitician, and any dip or risein any politicians approval rat-ings should be solely based onthe politicians political con-victions.

Te liberal media is not theonly institution to blame ei-ther; the right-wing presss con-tinuous question o Obamastrue religion and emphasis onhis middle name brings irrel-evant discussions to politicalcircles. While a large numbero voters are religiously drivenin stances on social issues,equating Obamas middle

name to his real religion andconnections with terroristsis a long stretch with no ac-tual oundation other than justthathis middle name. Whilethis type o middle school girlgossip did not deter Obamain his bid or the presidency,Hussein continues to appearin places other than Obamasbiographies.

On a smaller scale, a re-cent voicemail caught o CBSreporters attempt to nd aregistered sexual predatoramong a sea o supporters ora particular politician refectsthe blatant disregard or un-

biased journalism. Still, evenmy knowledge o that incidentmay itsel be the result o bi-ased media.

Based on these examples,the answer to the question oreport or not to report? otenand unortunately indicatesa news sources political in-terests. In this sense, journal-ists should ully and actuallyreport on every story deemedrelevant to the viewers (and bythe viewers).

Tese descriptions refecta bias in airness and politi-cal opinion, but other types

o bias may be introduced bya lack o interesting events.

Admittedly, sometimes sen-sationalizing stories is theonly way to grab viewers andreaders attentions. odaysperpetually plugged-in worldis bored to tears by acts andnumbers, but is drawn to a

state o hyperactivity in re-tweeting Britney Spears latestupdates.

On the same train othought about attention-grabbing stories, journalistsin other parts o the worldmay present in a ashion thatmakes their locations andstories more relevant or time-

worthy than they may actuallybe.

Whats more is that thereare ewer easily accessible plac-es to conrm events across the

world, making it harder orthe viewers to question what isbeing reported.

Additionally, the newlyound dependence on tweets

and iReports takes an interest-ing spin on media bias. Sincethe generators o this type ocontent neither train in jour-nalism nor invest themselvesin unbiased reporting, theyhave no reason to present ac-tual stories.

While journalist s haveevery right to have politicalbelies and ideological invest-ments in the topics they dis-cuss, these stances must becompletely removed rom re-porting and should not adver-tently or inadvertently exertorces on public opinion.

Media bias degrades legitimate contentAdmittedly, sometimes

sensationalizing stories is the

only way to grab viewers and

readers attention.

Kamna BohraFocus Editor

Megan SumnerTird-year MG

Jarrett Jack Stadium.

Mark BoydFourth-year PHYS

Paul Johnson Coliseum.

Brad EstesFourth-year MG

It should be named Alexan-der Memorial Coliseum to

preserve tradition.

Sydney BebeeSecond-year MG

45 Mil Arena.

What should be the newname of AMC?

BUZZAround Campus

It seems like every time youturn on ESPN, you hear abouthow an athlete has made a stu-pid mistake or how they arebeing punished with tremen-dous nes or indecent con-duct on-or-o the eld.

Again and again, we sidewith these reporters as theydescribe the mishaps all thesecelebrities get themselvesinto. Te high requency othese reports challenges me to

wonder i a ll these athletes a retreated unairly in the mediaand their individual leagues.

I do not wish to deend anathlete about their big mis-haps, such as use o steroidsor murders. Such actions likethis, in addition to ones sur-rounding iger Woods and hismistresses, are hard to over-look. Reporters have a eld day

when these type o events hap-pen and investigate every littleaspect about it. Tat is someprime news that instantly ob-scures away all o an athletesprevious accomplishments,and then the news portraysthem a bad person.

But what happens i anathlete slips up once by get-ting angry in an interviewor attempts to joke around?

What i a sma ll action is over-

analyzed and ignores any otherside to the story? Athletes getbashed daily in order to ll upcontent or the day.

he paparazzi looks into allcelebrities lives to nd anykind o news. Te same canbe said in world o sports.

Because o the mishaps otherathletes have, we as an audi-ence show little mercy to allthe other athletes when theymess up, no matter how big adeal it really is.

We do not orgive all othese high-paid, dumb athletesor their mistakes. Tey gettorn apart or the same things

we do every day. We do notcare or ocus on our own mis-givings, though, because wedo not have cameras around to

judge us at all times l ike theseathletes do.

Media is also aided byleagues actions themselves. Aew weeks ago the NFL want-ed to look out or the saety oits players as several big hits ongameday took place. BrandonMeriweather, Dunta Robin-son and James Harrison wereeach ned or the violent hitsthey threw that day. Media

outlets went to town on theissue the ollowing week. Teootball league, which usedto be praised or solid, power-ul tackling, was now lookingdown on going too ar.

Te most upset o the threewas James Harrison who was

ned the most ($75,000)or his hit that was not evenfagged or a penalty. Te an-gry Harrison, deensive playero the year in 2008, was beingbashed or his dirty play. Nonewspaper or television broad-cast would have commented onhis style o gameplay had theleague not decided on stricterrules regarding tackling thatindividual week. Big hits hap-pened very requently beorethis, but due to the leagues de-cision, all three o those players

were looked down upon.Some athletes love the spot-

light and interviews while oth-ers get rustrated and make amockery. Conservative inter-views fow under the mediaradar and keep athletes saerom any dirt. Other antics,such as Chad Ochocinco anderrell Owens, seem un to theviewers. Some love and some

hate these two characters ortheir personalities. Sometimesthey have gone too ar in theleagues eyes and have had toplay penalty ees or the unthey have had. In his youngeryears in ootball, Owens hadanother side that a lot o people

disliked. He loved to complainabout his quarterbacks andeven openly discussing con-tract disputes with the public.

When an athlete complainsabout not receiving additionalhundreds o thousand dollars,the average person will not eelvery sympathetic. Emotionalathletes can paint themselvesin a bad light when they talkto newscasters and not sit backand think about the conse-quences.

An important thing to takeaway rom all this is that notall athletes are complete screw-ups. Tere have been severalathletes that do make badmistakes and are talked aboutcontinuously. Te public wantsto know about all the slip-upseach individual athlete hashad, so the media works hardto make sure they nd as muchas it can.

Te athletes that generallykeep good composure havemessed up at least one instancein their lives. I you thinkabout it, you would come up

with very ew that have notopenly made a mistake. Mi-chael Phelps has smoked mari-

juana, Pete Rose bet on base-ball, John Daly had a drinkingproblem, Andre Agassi took

crystal meth and even PeytonManning has gotten into alter-cations with players and orga-nization over what he thinksis the best way to win. Whencameras and eyes are constant-ly on you, it is hard to main-tain a perect image.

Athletes over-scrutinized by media, publicBecause of the big mishapsother athletes have, we as an

audience show little mercy to

all the other athletes.

Steven CappettaAdvertising Manager

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Renegade Tea Party could spelltrouble for GOP, if not controlled

Te national reaction to theea Party Movement can at bestbe described as mixed. Te grass-roots movement that has beendeveloped rom the more conser-vative parts o Republican party

made its midterm election debuton uesday with moderate suc-cess. While many are spinningthe ea Partys success as sign othe movements growing appeal,in reality, it shows the limited anddivisive nature o the movement.

Te ea Party had successunseating incumbent and highprole Republicans in the pri-maries, in particular FloridaGovernor Charlie Crist, who wasseeking his partys nominationor the Senate, and Alaska Sena-tor Lisa Murkowski. While Cristultimately lost as an independentcandidate or the seat, Murkowskiapparently has led one o the mostsuccessul write-in campaigns inU.S. history and appears to be

positioned to keep her seat. Sorom a Republicans perspective,does the ea Party help the largerParty? No, it hurts the party tre-mendously.

Te ea Party candidates ap-peal to the more conservative,very loyal base o the party. Tepeople who turned to vote or eaParty would have turned out tovote Republican regardless o themovement. So the movement doeslittle to broaden the base, it justreinorces it. Te ea Party, how-ever, has had a huge impact on theparty. In many cases, the move-ment put Republican candidateson the ballot with little appeal tothe centrist voters, and in some

cases, the candidates simply alien-ated the center, giving the elec-tion to the Democrats, a lose-losesituation or ea-Republicans and

non-ea-Republicans.Christine ODonnells cam-

paign is a prime example o thedestructive eects the ea Party is

wrecking on the GOP. ODonnelllost bids in 2006 and 2008 or theSenate; she has a proven track re-cord o ailure. But with endorse-ments rom Sarah Palin and otherea Party die-hards, she deeatedormer Governor Mike Castle inthe primary, and, shockingly, re-inorced her losing track record inthe general election on uesday.Many believed the Delaware seat

would have been in play and mayhave potentially turned red hadCastle received the nomination.

Rand Pauls election to theSenate can easily be explained be-cause the electorate in the state oKentucky is so right heavy, thatmany people in the state, appar-ently a very large majority, agree

with him and will vote or him.Tis situation is true and manyother states such as Georgia,South Carolina and have similarcircumstances. On a national levelthe movement will simply drivepeople away rom the party.

ea Party success in House ol-lows similar patterns. Generally,they are winning districts that

bleed red and would rarely, almostnever, elect a Democrat. Tey arenot broadening or expanding theparty, they are limiting it.

Te old Republican guardknows the destructive nature othe ea Party and has known thisor some time. Senate MinorityLeader Mitch McConnell ada-mantly opposed Rand Paul in theprimary because he understoodthat increased momentum or themovement will hurt the Republi-can brand in the long term. For-mer Speaker o the House NewtGingrich ruled the Delaware seatout o play once ODonnell re-ceived the nomination. FormerSecretary o State Colin Powell

has expressed concerns o the ra-cial undertones that many eaParty leaders invoke.

With midterm elections nowin the rearview mirror, the Re-publicans must now shit its o-cus to 2012 and the race or thePresidency. Te party leadershipmust nd a way to keep the eaParty members rom hijacking theparty platorm and ruining viablecandidates in the primary seasonthat will kick o in the next cou-ple months as Republicans beginto announce their candidacy. Aea Party candidate will only leadthe Republican Party to a loss in2012. Te movement will not winon a national scale. Tere is a large

power vacuum in the RepublicanParty right now, and i the likes oRand Paul ll that vacuum, thenit will lights out or the GOP.

OUR VIEWS Hotornot

Registration toolsAter what seems like a lie-

time, SGA Course Critiqueis nally operational and hasyears o course inormation orstudents to try and gure out

which proessor is less likely toail them next semester. GSchedule Creator is also veryhelpul or students, allowingstudents to easily, ar moreeasily than OSCAR, build aschedule and gure out whichclasses are still available.

HOT o r NOTThe [GOP] leadership must fnd

a way to keep the Tea Party

members from hijacking the party

platform.

Matt HofmanOpinions Editor

Registration woesAs the semester begins to

wind down, students are onceagain aced the daunting tasko trying to take three classesthat are all oered at the sametime. While students hopeless-ly wish or the registration pro-cess to improve and or theirdepartments to stop oeringlabs on Friday aternoon, theproblems still remain unre-solved. One day, registration

will be less painul.

Safe walkingTe annual campus saety

walk to take place again thisWednesday to help make thecampus riendlier or pedestri-ans across campus. Tis ocuson making North Ave. saer ismuch appreciated. For years,ech has neglected the corri-dor, and it is time to incorpo-rate it into the rest o campus.

Te residents at NAA know alltoo well that saety conditionsare subpar.

Naturally GassyTe gas leak caused by the

construction o the new SkilesAlleyway within the WeberBuilding last Tursday was anunexpected interruption to acalm aternoon. While anyone

who has had an 8 a.m. cla ss inWeber ha s daydreamed aboutsituations that would get themout o class and back into bed,

this is likely not a scenario thathad played out in their mindsin the middle o lecture.

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November 5, 2010

Tech races tofrst place

Burdells BlackBook launches

By Chris RussellOnline Editor

Despite the typically loud atmosphere,visitors to the Student Center recentlymight have noticed more subdued colorsthan usual. Black balloons, posters and -shirts speckled the Student Center this past

week, though not or the reason t hat mightbe expected. Tough the Student Center justcelebrated its 40th birthday, the decorations

were instead celebrating a new outreach pro-gramBurdells Black Book (BBB).

BBB is the result o a partnership withSparky, a company that gives its membersdeals and discounts to various stores, restau-rants and businesses across the country. TeBook will provide echs students, acultyand sta with discounts to hundreds o busi-nesses in Atlanta and across the country.

Were partnering with ech to provide

discounts or students, aculty and sta. Tediscount program provides rental cars, tick-ets to sports, movies, sports, Cirque du So-leil and lots o local businesses, said ElenaNaydenova o Sparkys customer care.

Despite the name, the Book is actually anonline collection o deals and discounts.

Te idea or the Book rst came up inJan., according to asha Myers, AssociateProgram Director o the Student CenterPrograms Council (SCPC). Shortly ater itscreation, the Atlanta Lie committee startedlooking at ways o reaching out to businessesoutside o the typical ech community.

Te [committee] wanted to gure outhow they could make businesses more acces-sible, to encourage students to get out o thecampus bubble, Myers said.

Whether it is a lack o transportation,not enough money, a busy college scheduleor simply no interest, students are experienc-

See Burdell, page 10

By TJ KaplanContributing Writer

echs Wreck Racing team took rstplace in the Grassroots Motorsports $2010Challenge this year, which is hosted annu-ally by Grassroots Motorsports Magazine(GRM) in Gainesville, FL. Te competitiontook place rom Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, and wasattended by more than 50 teams rom acrossthe nation, including cars rom proessional

tuning shops and racecar builders.Te competition required participants tobuy, build and drive a ully unctional race-car or a cost less than or equal to the corre-sponding dollar amount to the calendar year,

which was a $2010 budget or this year. Cars

See Wreck, page 10

By Jessica SwafordContributing Writer

Making prot and helping so-ciety are not and should not be mu-tually exclusive, said Paul Sasone,CFO o Better World Books onOct. 30, 2010, at the rst annualEnterprise 2 Empower (En2Em)conerence.

wo ech students, MelissaMcCoy, a third-year ChBE major,and Ryan Westaer, an ECE Ph.D.student conceptualized En2Em inSpring 2010. Its purpose? o em-power and to connect Atlantans

who are interested in social entre-preneurship.

En2Em hosted over 20 speakers,

15 o whom were CEOs or Presi-dents o their businesses. Located atthe Georgia ech Research Institute(GRI) Conerence Center, guestsspoke to medium-sized crowds atthe all-day event. With two panelsrunning during each o the our ses-sions, attendees had many topics tochoose rom.

Social enterprise was covered ina panel, Social Ventures ServingInternational Markets, composedo MedShare and GlobalSoapPro-

ject CEOs. How to Finance YourSocial Enterprise, with represen-tatives rom Gray Ghost Venturesand Ashoka, was another largely at-tended panel.

While most businesses answer

only to their shareholders, [they]answer equally to all o our keystakeholders, Sansone said. By ac-counting or and supporting theirlong-term viability, prot takes on amuch broader and richer meaning.

Students and working proes-sionals alike questions concerned

with a vast array o topics romsecuring an internship to dealingwith ai lures.

Speaking on how to secure aninternship, the entrepreneurs

recommended that people de-velop networks relating to

personal interests.Keep a strong rela-

tionship with proes-sors. Make sure you

keep it ater gradu-ation, said JeWoodward, a

business part-ner at Sites &

Harb i s o n . S h o o t

high.Failure was talked about in more

depth.I you havent ailed at any-

thing, youre living a lie o medioc-rity, said Chris Hanks, a proessorat the UGA erry School o Busi-ness.

Te speakers ocused on the actthat people should try things, suchas getting a dream internship orstarting a business, rather than be-ing araid because ear stunts suc-cessulness. Failure, according tothe speakers, can create a stronger,more well-rounded person.

For those unsure o where tostart with social entrepreneurship,Hanks suggested the Corridor

Principle, which is the idea o sim-ply starting something and adaptas dierent opportunities presentthemselves.

Once you start walking downthe pathway, new doors o oppor-tunity open. I you wouldve never

walked down the corridor, youwould have never seen the opportu-nity, Hanks said. Many o you sayyou dont know where to start to besuccessul. Just start.

Nearly 250 people registered orthe event.

Te speakers are phenomenal.I was impressed that it was ree oronly $10, said Chris Quintero, aourth-year ME major.

En2Em was ree to register or

until Oct. 1, 2010, including thecosts o ood, ree -shirts, parking,inormational packets and qualityspeakers. Ater that date, registra-tion was 10 dollars.

Co-creator McCoy, who was ini-tially inspired by Muhammad Yu-nus and the idea o micronance,

wanted people students to realiz ethat social entrepreneurship oersa more efcient way to solve socialproblems than charities or interna-tional need.

I wanted the conerence toshow attendees what the potentialo social entrepreneurship and beeducated on what they need to doto pursue an venture o their own.

Working with our ree ma rket sys-tem can most eectively help oth-ers, McCoy said.

Due to this, the conerence hadtwo dierent tracksone inspi-rational and the other a practicalteaching on how to successully

Studentshostrst

En2Emsocialenterprise

conference

Photo by Sharad Gopal / Student Publications

Entrepreneurs rom all sectors spoke to

students about their business philosophies.

Photo illustration by Vivian Fan / Student Publications

Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications

Students can receive discounts on their

most requented stores and restaurants.

See En2Em, page 11

Photo by Sho Kitamura / Student Publications

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Wreck from page 9

Image courtesy of Wreck Racing

Techs Wreck Racing team brought home a top victor y or the frst

time in a competition against 50 other collegiate racecar teams.

that were entered into the compe-tition competed in three dierentsections: concourse, autocross anddrag.

In order to be eligible to par-ticipate in the competition, eachteam was required to raise its ownunds or to acquire sponsorshipsthat would aord it the necessary$2010. Wreck Racing was able toacquire sponsorships rom major

companies such as Pirelli, GeneralMotors and Caterpillar, allowingthem to participate in the com-petition. Tey also hold annualundraisers, car clinics and pro-motional activities involving theirmachinery and vehicles to raiseunds.

Te rst part o the competi-tion was a concourse, which con-sisted o judging that was basedon engineering quality, budgetplanning, build process and im-provements over the past yearsentry. Next, the cars were enteredin an Auto Cross competition,

which tested the speed, accelera-tion and handling o the car overa long and windy track. Finally,the car was entered in a drag race,

which tested the aerodynamicsand top acceleration o the car.

Wreck Racing was awardedrst place in the Auto Cross, rstplace in the Concourse and ninthplace in the Drag Race competi-tions. At the end o the contest,echs team was awarded rstplace as an average o their scoresrom all three competitions.

Tis years rst place win wasa rst or Wreck racing, whosebest placement in the Grassroots

Motorsports competition up untilthis point was 12th place.

We are a very new club,around ve years old, and this

was our biggest competition, and

our biggest opportunity to proveourselves as a valuable organiza-tion on campus, said AndreaKuklenyik, the Vice President o

Wreck Racing and a second-yearME major.

Wreck Racing took home thegold with No. 81, a Lexus-V8-powered 1994 Mazda Miata.Next year, the group plans on re-turning with the same car in su-per-charged orm. Plans or 2012include a completely re-vamped

platorm, engine and chassis.Next year, we want to super-

charge the Miata i we have time;its essentially going to be a com-petition against ourselves [next

year] to see how much we canimprove upon our car rom thisyear, Kuklenyik said.

Ater winning the competi-tion, Wreck Racing will receiverecognition in the April 2011 edi-tion o Grassroots MotorsportsMagazine.

Wreck Racing is a completelyvolunteer organization made upo over 35 students hailing romdierent departments acrossechs campus.

ing barriers between themselvesand the opportunities that a ma-

jor city can oer. Te SCPC tookon the challenge o creating BBBin the hopes that we could help tomake Atlanta more accessible andaordable in order enhance thatdesire to explore and embrace citylie, said Paul Brideau, chair othe Atlanta Lie committee and athird-year ME major.

When looking or similarprograms, SCPC ound EmorysDooley Saves program, a discountprogram that also uses Sparky.

SCPC decided it would be agood way o both reaching out to

Atlanta businesses and providingstudents with benets across thecountry, according to Brideau.

Myers said one o the benetso working with Sparky is thatit is a nationwide organization.

While students wi ll obviously getlocal discounts, they can also getdeals at national organizations.Special oers are also availableat places like Universal Studios.

Burdell from page 9 While the Book will start with thedeault options oered by Spark-y, additions o new businesses

will be largely decided by the echcommunity.

One o the coolest aspects oBBB is that its meant to be inter-active, meaning we dont choosethe businesses, the Georgia echcommunity does...Sparky hasprovided a oundation o over 500local and national discounts, and

we want that li st to become more

and more unique to the interestso the Georgia ech communityover time, Brideau said.

On Wednesday, Nov. 3, theStudent Center held a launchevent or the Book. A Sparkyrepresentative was on campus toexplain to students how the deals

worked, posters listing the partnerbusinesses were scattered aroundthe student center and tickets weresold or the upcoming Harry Pot-ter movie. Te latter was accom-panied by homemade butterbeer.

Plans are in place to increaseBBBs interactivity. A reviewingsystem and a blog are in the works.

Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications

During the launch or Burdells Black Book, students were able

to get tickets or an advance screening o the new Harry Potter.

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start ventures.En2Em was made possible by

the help o several campus andproessional organizations whoserved as sponsors, includingechs Institute or Leadershipand Entrepreneurship and thebusiness raternity, Alpha KappaPsi. Te ounders also sought outmuch advising contribution romexperienced entrepreneurs.

Te event was developed andrun by a team o 10 ech stu-dents, each chosen by McCoy and

Westaer or their high skills inrespective areas. Te student teamcovered a wide range in school lev-el rom reshmen to grad students.

Overall, En2Em ocused onconnecting people and inormingstudents about social entrepre-neurship.

Student voters respond to midterm elections

Photo by Will Folsom / Student Publications

With an increase in turnout to this years midterm elections, voters share passionate views about a

broad range o issues, including education, healthcare, transportation and the economic downturn.

By Andrew NelsonStaf Writer

With the 2010 midterm elec-tions drawing to a close, the po-litical landscape has experienced asignicant shit in party control,

with a Republicans gaining ma-jority o governors and represen-

tatives and a nearly even split inthe Senate with Democrats stillin control. Data shows that pro-

jected total voter tu rnout was 42percent o the electorate, which isan increase o 1.2 percent, or 6.2million people, rom the previousmidterm election.

Students have dierent viewson major issues, including educa-tion.

My huge deal waseducation...Im supporting Dealbecause he was in avor o gettingrid o more [at] the ederal andstate level and putting [money]into the hands o the local elec-tions. Te people in ofce rightnow [are] not teachers or in school,and they dont know whats going

on. So I think, especially at thesecondary level, that needs to bereormed, said Spenser Burch, arst-year BCHM major.

Beyond education, many stu-dents consider the governmentsdecisions about the economy andsmall businesses important, espe-cially as ech graduates move intothe workorce.

I think that the biggest issuegoing on right now is the econo-my; its going to [be] major that

we get jobs [so] we can stabilizebusinesses and help businessesgrow, said Abhishek Tumaty, arst-year ISyE major.

I think the most importantissue is jobs. Job creation, up-holding certain current jobs [and]making sure that certain moneygiven to us or jobs is used theright way. Tats all Im really con-cerned about because Im about

to graduate, so i theres not a jobout there available or me, Im notgoing to be happy with it, saidZach Gardner, a third-year MGmajor.

One o the two provisionsthat was on [the ballot is supposedto increase business, but it lookedmore like [it was] decreasing com-petition, said obias Smith, arst-year BME major.

En2Em from page 9

Photo by Sharad Gopal / Student Publications

Proessionals advised students

in their uture business careers.

Other issues students considerto be major include healthcare,transportation, immigration,abortion, trauma care and ethics.

Getting people back to work,immigration, orcing the govern-ment to have a balanced budgetand providing more resources tooster and grow education areimportant to Zac Churney, a sec-ond-year ME major.

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Interpol and the WhiteRabbits perormed at the ab-ernacle to a passionate crowdthat wanted to show o Atlan-ta as the sixth New York Cityborough.

Te show opened with theWhite Rabbits, an indie rock-ing Brooklyn sextet with allthe traits o a hipster power

group.Te crowds response to

their energetic perormanceand catchy lyrics silenced anydoubters in attendance.

Interpol took the stage a-ter a short intermission thatprovided time to clear thestage o the White Rabbits

equipment.Te members coolly saun-

tered on and took their in-struments. Paul Banks, thebands ront man, addressedthe crowd with a nonchalant,Hello, we are Interpol.

Te abernacle becamenoticeably more crowded asattendees pushed towardsthe stage to get closer to the13-year indie rock veterans.Many critics and ans argue

that Interpol are the paragonso the NYC 90s indie rock re-vival and they proved it withthe show.

Te abernacle was ull oInterpol ans that knew thelyrics to their hits, but werealso equally comortable sing-ing along to b-sides. Interpol

nished their set with Ob-stale 1 with the crowd sing-ing the chorus, She plucksaway.

Te audience chanted oran encore. Te band obligedby returning to the stage andperorming Te HeinrichManeuver.

Te chorus, oday myheart swings, provided an ap-propriate ending to their At-lanta show.

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Technique

13Friday,

November 5, 2010

CONCERT

CONNECTIONSONE WEEK, ONE

CITY, THREE SHOWS

By Andrew HoContributing Writer

Last Saturday night,throngs o ans packed intothe Chastain Park Amphithe-ater to witness Weezer playingtheir last show o the touringseason. Roughly a month a-ter the release o their latestalbum titled Hurley, Weezerhas been touring the countryto put their new sounds ondisplay as well as treat theirans to some classic songs.

Te gates at Chastain ParkAmphitheater opened an hourlater than the advertised hour,and the crowds lled the seatsslowly at rst. Like many con-certs tend to be, there wasa great deal o waiting andstanding around involved be-ore the show nally started,signaled by the appearance othe opening band taking thestage.

J. Roddy Walston andthe Business, an alternativeSouthern rock band withroots in south enn. went

on rst to catch the crowdsattention with a spirited per-ormance o Dont Breakthe Needle, mixing a styleo orceul singing and livelypiano playing reminiscent oclassic rock and roll.

A hal hour o this high-spirited perormance keptthe crowd visibly excited, butthen Weezer took the stageand the energy level in theamphitheater hit its peak. Teband made its big appearance

with the appropriately titledEpic Intro, which was basi-cally a display o each bandmembers role that started

with a low-key guitar riand ollowed into a suitably

INTERPOL

MGMT

Bright colored lighting and ex-cited ans o many ages welcomed

American indie rock psychedelicband MGM onto stage at the

abernacle on uesday.Te band started o slow with

a lesser-known selection rom theirnewly released album Congratula-tions.

But things instantly picked upto a high broil as MGM jumpedinto ime to Pretend relativelyearly into the night. Even the plen-

tiul awkward high schoolers man-aged to begin head-bobbing by thetime the band swung into anothero their best hits, Electric Feel.

A ew songs went by to gen-erous response. Ten, they putdown their instruments. Te band

members looked at each otherand then launched into their most

well known song Kids. Midwaythrough the song, as excitementneared its highest point that night,all hell broke loose. Everyone letthe groove take them to new space-invading heights.

By the time the band was readyto leave, Andrew VanWyngarden,

the lead vocalist, yipped Night!ran o stage, and the crowdcheered them back on or their naltwo songs, Te Handshake andCongratulations. Tey served as adecent capstone to the concert anda good night.

WEEZERCONCERT

Weezer Memories Tour

PERFORMER: Weezer

LOCATION: Chastain ParkAmphitheatre

DATE: Oct. 30

OUR TAKE:

CONCERT

Interpol

PERFORMER: Interpol

LOCATION:The Tabernacle

DATE: Nov. 1

OUR TAKE:

CONCERT

MGMT

PERFORMER: MGMT

LOCATION:The Tabernacle

DATE: Nov. 2

OUR TAKE:

By Bola AdedireContributing Writer

By Basheer TomeContributing Writer

PhotobyBasheerTome/StudentPublications

Photo by Bola Adedire / Student Publications

Photo by Donovan Henneberg-Verity / Student Publications

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Hornets Nestoers weak ranchise fnaleFILM

The Girl Who Kicked theHornets Nest

GENRE: Crime Drama

STARRING: Noomi Rapaceand Michael Nyqvist

DIRECTOR: Daniel Alfredson

RATING: R

RELEASE DATE: Oct. 29

OUR TAKE:

By Hank WhitsonContributing Writer

Te nal lm based on StiegLarssons Millennium rilogy,more casually known as Te Girlwith the Dragon attoo series, goesout with a whimper instead o abang. Te Girl Who Kicked theHornets Nestpicks up immediate-ly where Te Girl Who Played withFirelet o, transorming the taut,action-packed murder mysteryinto a conspiratorial courtroom

drama that eels ar less urgentand compelling than it ought to.

Te movie is not plodding byany means. On the contrary, itmoves with the speed o some-thing that has been highly com-pressed and streamlined, jumpingrom one scene to another. Teplaces it goes, however, generallyare not as intriguing as the situ-ation in the rst lm, or as excit-ing and dangerous as those romthe second. Te subplots havebeen admirably pared down andrepurposed to serve the main plotthread, creating a much more o-cused narrative than the book o-ers at the expense o some subtle-ty and complexity.

Te lm opens with LisbethSalander, computer hacker ex-traordinaire and the titular hor-net-kicker, recovering rom a bul-

let to the brain which she incurredwhile trying to murder her evilather with an axe.

Te storys centerpiece is thecourtroom drama where Salanderis tried or the attempted murdero her ather, and the two orcestrying to inuence the trialsoutcome. On one side, you have

Blomkvist, the sta o Millen-nium magazine and Salandershacker riend struggling to gainevidence to clear her name and re-store her legal rights. Meanwhile,the Cold War spooks try to get herre-committed to a mental institu-tion to cover their own embarrass-ing involvement with her criminalather, who was a soviet deector.

I cannot imagine trying tomake sense o the lms opening

without seeing the rst two lmsor having read the books. With-out understanding why Salander

was trying to kill her ather orhow Blomkvist got access to theclassied inormation about hercriminal ather, the beginning othe movie is nearly incoherent.

However, as the plot progress-es, it almost exclusively ocuses onevents that occurred in the rsttwo movies. Te trial scene sum-marizes the injustices Salanderhas suered throughout her lie,

which readers and movie-goerswill already be amiliar with.Tere is a satisying, i predictablenale as well where Salander aceso against her Frankensteinianhal-brother.

Larssons books have alwaysbeen triumphs o brilliant char-acterization over plotting or proseand that has never more evidentthan it is in the unevenly pacednal insta llment o the series. For-tunately, the lms casting is near-

ly perect. Noomi Rapace reprisesher role as the acerbic but brilliantSalander and Michael Nyqvistreturns as investigative journalist

Mikael Blomkvist.In addition to looking like she

was born or the part, Rapace hasa wonderul erceness that allowsher to speak volumes through Sa-landers hostile silences. Nyqvistcomes o as a subdued DanielCraig, which is tting since Blom-kvists character is somethingakin to a humble, amateur JamesBond. Annika Hallin returns as

Blomkvists sister, Annika Gi-annini, and does admirably withher larger role as Salanders de-ense attorney.

Strong as the casting is how-ever, so much o Larssons char-acters are lost without access totheir thoughts. Teir careullystrategized plans are rendered in-visible or simplied or the sake onarrative clarity.

Te other journalists at Mil-lennium Magazine and all o thegovernment agents, both goodand bad, are under-developed.Te main villain o the lm, Dr.Peter eleborian, loses much othe condescension that made himso loathsome in the book, and he

comes across as a much more ge-neric creep as a result.Even Salander, despite Ra-

paces nuanced perormance, eels

short-changed by the transitionto lm. Indeed, i Rapace was a

weaker actress, the movie wouldcompletely all apart.

Tat said the movie does man-age to improve on the book incertain areas. Larssons great-est short-coming as an author isunquestionably his tendency toindulge in meticulous expositionabout the intricacies o economics

and Swedish law and politics. Temovie completely skips the tortur-ously detailed backstory about theCold War spooks that drags outthe beginning o the novel. Sa-landers jaunt to Gibraltar ollow-ing her trial is also thankully ab-sent rom the lm, resulting in astronger, more ocused conclusionto the narrative than in the book.

Te movie has some un mo-ments, and a couple o grippingscenes but ultimately lacks thesort o dramatic momentum oneexpects rom a thriller.

I you have read or watchedboth Te Girl with the Dragon at-too and Te Girl Who Played withFire, you owe it to yoursel to see

Lisebth Salanders saga throughto the end. I not, you would bebetter served by watching either othe earlier chapters rst.

heavy rock section to showcasethe whole team. Tey then movedright along into the set list, start-ing with the bouncy Hash Pipethat made good use o lead singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomos near-manic energy.

Tere was no denying that heand the rest o the band were ut-terly psyched to be perorming.

Whether it wa s dumping a bottle

o water on his head or runningthrough the aisles to give high-ves to the crowd, Rivers Cuomomade the best o his presence tokeep the crowd stirred up duringand between the songs, riling upeven more nerd power when hetook someones wizard hat and

jumped onto the scaolds.Many o the bands classic hits

such as My Name is Jonas, SayIt Aint So and Undone TeSweater Song were perormed,

just as amiliar to the long-timeans o the band as they are toyounger generations.

Tough they stayed with a ma-jority o classics, Hang On wasa highlight rom Weezers new-est album Hurley, which stayed

in style but elt more matured inits development. At one point theentire crowd elt conusion ol-lowed by elation when eenageDirtbag by Wheatus was played,though it seemed somewhat im-pulsive.

By the end o the concert ev-eryone was unable to stay in theirseats in an eort to ollow alongside to Cuomo and dance to Porkand Beans. A minor disappoint-ment was that with all the reneticactivity throughout the concert,

Weezer did not have the stayingpower or an encore perormanceater the climactic rock ending.

Ultimately, the mass o cheer-ing ans had an undeniable blast

and remained applauding or wellover a minute beore dispersing. Ieagerly await the next time that

Weezer returns to Atlanta.

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Deadexcels as zombie horror

By Daniel FullerContributing Writer

Even within the rst ew min-utes, it is clear that nothing issacred in AMCs latest show TeWalking Dead. Te tone and ex-pectations are set. Tere will bezombies, there will be blood, andthis show will not hold back whenit comes to showing any o it. Fur-thermore, the show is set in Atlan-ta and the eerie ruined backdropo an all-too-amiliar city makesthe overall eect especially creepyor any Georgia native.

Tere are two general ap-proaches to zombie stories. Tere is

serious, dramatic survival-horrorand there is ridiculous and unnybordering on sel-parody. Sincezombies are inherently ridiculous,pulling o the ormer successullyis ar less common. Standing outrom the melodramatic ailures othe past, Te Walking Deaddeliv-ers genuine zombie drama.

Many zombie stories orgetto actually tell stories, preerringbroad strokes: there are zombieseverywhere, try not to let themeat you, everybody bring shot-guns, etc.

Te Walking Dead, on theother hand, does not ocus onzombies right away. Instead, itbegins by developing the central

character o the show, policemanRick Grimes, played by AndrewLincoln.

Te slow introduction o the

zombie apocalypse through hiseyes is ar more compelling thanany opening sequence o a ram-paging horde o zombies.

Te weekly television ormatprovides exciting possibilities orthe zombie apocalypse genre,bringing the promise o morecomplex character developmentand plotlines. Te main characterhas certain goals and motivations,but these might evolve and change

over time.Tere is the opportunity tointroduce new characters as theshow moves on, circumventing

the common pattern o killing oan initial group o survivors oneby one. Without the typical two-hour time limitation, there is po-tential to tell a type o story thathas never been done beore.

Te Walking Dead takes itszombies very seriously, but thisattitude does not eel orced orunnatural. Te creepiness o thesituation is very clear rom theblood-smeared messages on the

walls to the ha l-eaten corpses othe allen. Te humanity o the

Saw 3D exhibitslackluster eects

FILM

Saw 3D

GENRE: Horror

STARRING:Tobin Bell, Costas

Mandylor and Betsy Russell

DIRECTOR: Kevin Greutert

RATING: R

RELEASE DATE: Oct. 29

OUR TAKE:

By Mehfouz JalalContributing Writer

Saw 3Dis the seventh and nalinstallment o the Saw ranchiseand is a airly apt way to nish theseries. Although it is not quite onpar with other movies o the ran-chise, its still worth the watch.

Saw 3D ollows o roughlyrom where the previous movie,

Saw VI, concludes. Mark Ho-man, played by Costas Mandylor,is now the last surviving appren-tice o the Jigsaw killer, played byobin Bell, and continues in thelegacy o Jigsaw.

Te Saw series is primarilyknown or and propelled by itsintense plot, dramatic and unpre-dictable endings but most o all,its gory and intriguing trap setups.

Saw 3D is no dierent in anyo these respects. It ollows a pat-tern o tracking the progress oa single person going through asetup o rooms which are inter-twined with traps set up or otherpeople. When rst introduced tothis method o storytelling in pre-

vious Sawmovies, it seemed like agood way to go about it. However,or close ollowers o the series,this technique becomes very un-

interesting and hinders the actualcontent o the plot at some criti-cal points. Being the last o theseries, one would expect that anydiscrepancies rom previous mov-

ies would be dealt with. AlthoughSaw 3Dmanages to tie up most othe loose ends, it seems to have in-advertently created new ones. Tisshouldnt bother many viewers asthese inconsistencies dont play akey role in the overall plot.

Te 3D in Saw 3D does notseems to have been implementedas well as it could have. Looking atall the hype created regarding 3Deects rom the trailers, Saw 3Ddidnt quite live up to the expecta-tion it had set or itsel.

Overall Saw 3D boasts agood storyline, interesting trapsequences and an amazing back-ground score by Charlie Clouser.I youre a diehard Saw an andneed to complete the series, go

ahead and catch Saw 3D. How-ever, waiting or the DVD releaseseems like a better option.

TELEVISION

The Walking Dead

NETWORK: AMC

WHEN: Sunday 10 p.m.

STARRING: Andrew Lincoln,Sarah Wayne Callies

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Speak establishes Swit as talented songwriter

By Patricia Uceda

Assistant Entertainment Editor

aylor Swits third studio al-bum Speak Now is a rereshingcollection o songs that showcasesher signature lyrical poise, youth-ul exuberance and conessionalsongwriting. It is the perect ol-low up to 2009s multiplatinumhit Fearless.

Speak Now is bursting withsongs that touch on Swits stan-dard themes o romance, heart-break and regret, all delivered inher signature style o sot coun-

try rock inused with traces otwangy electric guitar, mandolinaccents and ddle. It is a ormulathat has worked wonderully orher, why change it now?

Swit drew inspiration or all14 songs rom her own lie, andshe says so in the opening o herlyric booklet. Tese songs aremade up o words I didnt say

when the moment was right inront o me, Swit writes.

Te album touches on manyo the public events in her lie orthe past two years, rom the MVMusic Video Award controversy

with Kanye West to scathing criti-cisms o her live singing voice to astring o ailed relationships with

other celebrities. It addresses allthese issues tactully and withoutnaming any names, although shedoes provide some hints in the

lyrical booklet by capitalizing cer-tain letters o lyrics.

Her rst single rom this CDMine is already a huge hit onthe radio, and tells o her ten-dency to shy away rom love.Sparks Fly is a great up-temposong that will denitely be a bighit i she chooses to release it as a

single. Speculators are convincedthat Back to December is abouther brie relationship with aylorLautner. In this moving song shereminisces on happier times withthe wilight actor and delivers aheartelt apology or breaking hisheart.

Te title track Speak Now isa unny and cheerul song aboutbreaking up someones wedding,tting in nicely with the over-all album. Tis is ollowed bythe ballad Dear John, which isprobably about her brie ing with

John Mayer; it even contains hissignature guitar twangs.

Tis song has her most bitingremarks, with lyrics calling himout on his reputation with wom-

en. While lyrically strong, thesong itsel is a bit slow and gets alittle boring.

Mean is another un andwitty song sharply aimed at all othe critics that have criticized herlive singing voice and questionedher 2009 Grammy or best albumo the year.

She unleashes on them in thissong and the results are antastic.Te Story o Us is a great up-beat song similar to Mine andSparks Fly, ull o her poignantlyrics and youthul yearning.

Never Grow Up is anotherslow-tempo ballad that is regret-tably a bit orgettable. Fortunatelyit is ollowed by one o the high-

lights o this CD, Enchanted.With this un song Swit channelsher inner princess and delivers aheartwarming result.

One o my personal avorites isthe track Better than Revenge, a

missile aimed at the other wom-an. Fans insist it is about actressCamilla Belle, who Joe Jonas re-portedly dumped Swit or. Switcertainly had plenty o anger tolet out, and she does so withoutapologies. Te song itsel is rock-powered and addictive; it will al-most certainly become an anthemor scorned women everywhere.

Innocent is a beautiul slowballad dedicated to Kanye Westor his amous interruption oher VMAs acceptance speech in2009. She has certainly orgivenhim and is ready to move on. Tissong is ollowed by Haunted,a bruised rock song that is a bithaunting itsel with its powerul

hook.o be honest I repeatedlyskipped the next track Last Kiss

while I was listening to her album

over and over again because I triedlistening to it the rst time and it

is way too slow or my taste. Othe three slow ballads on this al-bum, it is the slowest and mostboring.

Te ending song Long Live isa great nish to the album, ull orousing lyrics and great up-tempomusic. It is almost certainly a ded-ication to the team behind her,and with the lyrics, she thanksthem or all their support.

Tis album was written en-tirely by Swit, unlike her rsttwo albums, and proves that shehas real talent as a songwriter.Te puppy-love themes rom herrst album are still here, but theyare mixed with more grown-upthemes, reecting Swits evolu-

tion rom boy-crazy teenager tomature young lady. I you are aan o Swit, go and get this CD,you will not be disappointed.

survivors also shines through,making the people and their situ-ations eel very real.

Survivors take photo albumsinstead o survival gear, hopingto remember the amily they willnever see again. A man struggles

with destroying the zombie husko his wie, unable to let go o thepast.

Another man pauses to re-

ect with sympathy or a allenzombie, saddened by what itsbody had become. While thesemoments easily could have beenmelodramatic, the solid actingand writing hold them togetherand serve to strengthen the emo-tion o each scene.

Another advantage o TeWalking Deadis its antastic pro-duction value. Te cinematogra-phy is skillully executed and thevisual eects are impressive. Mucho the story is told just through thecamera, no dialogue necessary.One particular shot pans througha door, letting the audience in ona small, sel-contained narrativethat the main character will nevereven know.

Furthermore, the eects, whilenot as spectacular as modern tech-nology might possibly allow, arecompelling enough that the un-reality o the premise is brushedaside, drawing attention insteadto the story and the characters.

Hopeully as the show con-tinues it will maintain the stan-dard o quality that it has alreadyestablished. Te Walking Deadhas proven already that it caresabout character development and

well-constructed narratives. I itmaintains that ocus without de-grading into a generic goreest, ithas the potential to be a new andbetter zombie story than anythingthat has come beore it. Some peo-

ple will watch this show simply orthe zombies, but anyone who lovesgood storytelling should give it achance as well.

MUSIC

Taylor SwiftSpeak Now

LABEL: Big Machine Records

GENRE: Country Pop

TRACK PICKS: Sparks Fly,Enchanted and Better

Than Revenge

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StaffPickS Week of NoVeMBe R 6th, 2010Prasadh(55-38)

Cappetta(51-42)

Hofman(52-41)

Lee(56-37)

Mitchell(54-39)

Staf(57-36)

#1 Oregon (-28.5) v. Washington Wash. Ore. Ore. Ore.Ore.Ore.

CU CU CU Utah#3 TCU (-4.5) @ #5 Utah CUCU

Boise Boise Boise Hi.#4 Boise (-27) v. Hawaii BoiseHi.

Bama Bama Bama Bama #6 Alabama (-6) @ #10 LSU BamaBama

Neb. Neb. Neb. Neb.#7 Nebraska (-17) @ Iowa State Neb.Neb.

OK OK OK OK #8 Oklahoma (-6) @ Texas A&M OKOK

Purdue Wisc. Wisc. Wisc.#9 Wisconsin (-20) @ Purdue PurdueWisc.

Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou#12 Missouri (-7) @ Texas Tech MizzouMizzou

Stan. Stan. Stan. Stan.#13 Stanord (-7.5) v. #15 Arizona Stan.Stan.

MSU MSU MSU Minn.#14 Michigan State (-23) v. Minnesota MSUMSU

Boise wants to leave asWAC conerence championsbeore departing to the Moun-tain West next year. Te squadlikely will with ew teams w iththe talent to beat them. Still,Hawaii has done a lot to provethemselves as contenders inthe conerence: they have dealtNevada its only deeat andhave averaged nearly 40 pointsa game.

Even against an elite de-ense like Boises, the Warriors

will still be able to put thepoints on the scoreboard. Ha-

waiis deense is suspect, butBoise will not win by 27 pointsin a likely shootout. Expect orthe Broncos to easily win thegame, but they will win by lessthan our touchdowns.

Outside o last week whenAuburn beat Ole Miss, No. 1teams tend to struggle oncethey get to the top.

No one is giving Wash-ington a chance. Tey got de-stroyed by Stanord last week,and they lost their best playerin quarterback Jake Locker.

Oregon, on the other hand,is rolling and playing greatootball. However, they mightoverlook the Huskies as theDucks still have Arizona andOregon State let on the sched-ule.

Oregon probably has theplayers to win this game bydouble-digits, but I do notsee them beating a conerenceoe by more than our touch-downs.

Michigan State has provenitsel as a good team this year,but the squad is not a teambuilt to blow anyone out. Ianything, they will win withdeensive stops and hard-nosedrunning.

Minnesota has shown somesigns o lie in its games, andhave yet to play a completegame even by its low stan-dards. With their new interimhead coach, the Gophers willbe more motivated to provea point and get pumped upagainst a ranked team.

Minnesota is a bad team,but the Big en is a prettyeven conerence, and Michi-gan State will probably still behungover rom the huge blow-out loss to Iowa last week.

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Ramblin WithMario Butler by Tucker MooreContributing Writer

Technique: How long did ittake to grow out your dreads?

Mario Butler: Um, let methink. Tis is my th year.

Technique: Have you everthought about cutting them o?

Mario Butler: I thought aboutit, but I dont know. I that timecomes, I might.

Technique: Did you play any

other sports in high school?Mario Butler: I ran track and

played basketball. I played AAUbasketball.

Technique: Whos the unni-est guy in the locker room?

Mario Butler: Anthony Allen.Technique: Do you have any

pregame rituals?Mario Butler: Nothing be-

sides reading my Bible. Beore weleave the hotel, Ill read my Bible.

Technique: Whats your avor-ite class this semester i you haveone?

Mario Butler: My econ class,ECON 4813, its about terrorism.

Yeah, its pretty neat.Technique: Whats your avor-

ite meal at the dining hall?Mario Butler: Id have to saywhen they have ried chicken.

Technique: Wheres your a-

vorite place to go o campus?Mario Butler: Atlantic Sta-

tion.Technique: Has anyone ever

stopped you on campus or an au-tograph?

Mario Butler: No, not really.

Technique: Would you signone i they did?Mario Butler: Sure, but theyre

probably busy in their books.Technique: Whos your avor-

ite athlete?Mario Butler: My avorite

athlete, well, it was Michael Jor-dan, and I still admire him.

Technique: Who are you root-ing or to win the World Series?

Mario Butler: Umm, I dontreally know whos in it right now.

Technique: Giants and Rang-ers.

Mario Butler: Oh, Giants, Imgoing to go with Giants.

Technique: Do you have aHollywood crush?

Mario Butler: Halle Berry.

Technique: Whats your avor-ite movie?

Mario Butler: I got a couple,but Ill probably sayTe Best Man.

Technique: Can you cook?Mario Butler: Yeah, I do a

little cooking.Technique: Whats your go-to

meal?Mario Butler: Im a breakast

person, so pancakes, eggs, sausag-es, all that stu.

Technique: Whats your idealrst date?

Mario Butler: Hmmcan-dlelight, stu like that.

Technique: I you could havea super power, what would it be?

Mario Butler: Stop all the vio-

lence.Technique: What toppings doyou get on a pizza?

Mario Butler: Pepperoni.

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