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ENTERTAINMENT

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News 2

Opinions 6

p12 Dracula Untold

Life 10

Entertainment 15

p15
Sports 20

JOHNSON LEADS REJUVENATED TECH OFFENSE p24

SPORTS

Top L: Photo by Brenda Lin Student Publications; Top R: Photo courtesy of Universal Studios; Above: Photo John Nakano Student Publications

ENTERTAINMENT

NEWS

Netherworld bewitches patrons

Stamps Health continues GYP campaign

SOPHIE GONZALEZ

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For those out there who
arent traditionally fans of
scary movies and prefer
real life frights, or for anyone who is not entirely sure
how they would handle
either, theres a solution:
Netherworld. The Netherworld Haunted House is a
self-guided house tour that
opened in 1997 and has
been a popular attraction
for both locals and tourists.
As an interactive attraction,
it is consistently ranked as
a top haunted house in the
US; this doesnt mean attendees have to have a high
scare threshold, as many
visit the house to conquer
their fears of anything that
has to do with the words
haunted or horror.

Ranked as the sixth

most influential house of
all time by Hauntworld
Magazine, Netherworld is
located in Norcross, GA,
and features movie-quality
sets and actors that transform into terrifyingly believable monsters. From
the moment of arrival, the
haunting atmosphere is
exceedingly apparent, and
the impending immersion
into this new world leads
to a quickened pulse and
heightened
excitement.
Persistent characters stalk
people before they even get
to the line.
The theme for this years
haunts is Season of the
Witch. The witches believe that suffering can save
mankind from the Dead
Ones. The new attractions
include the Necromancer

and his Army of Corpses.

Sam Medinger, first year
BA, said, Make sure you
go early October before
the lines get too big. You

dont want to be in a huge

group and miss out on being sneaked up on by the
actors.
see HOUSE, page 17

Photo courtesy of Netherworld

The famous Norcross haunted house has chosen the

Season of the Witch as their main 2014 theme.

HOLDEN LEE

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

For a second year, the
Get Yourself Protected
(GYP) program is being
promoted encourage Tech
students to make healthy
decisions while being sexually active.
The campaign involves
various means to spread
word on personal protection, such as posters, a Condom Availability Program
and other health related
events on campus.
Campus offices and organizations, such as Stamps
Health Services, the Counseling Center, LGBTQIA
Resource Center and Womens Resource Center, Pride
Alliance and North Avenue

Apartments, are supporting the program and offering contraceptive items for
students who pass by the
centers.
Stamps Health states
that there is statistical evidence that justifies concerns
for sexual wellbeing among
Tech students.
Sexually active students
face common risks like
many without proper protection and often, students
ignore safety measures that
include conventional contraceptives and protection
from STDs.
Around 64% of Tech
students have admitted to
engaging in sexual behaviors, but unfortunately,
only half of these students
See GYP, page 4

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// NEWS

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ach week, this section of News

will include the coverage of
dierent aspects of bills that
passed through Student Government
This will include the Undergraduate
House of Representatives, Graduate
Student Senate and the Executive
Branch of both government bodies.

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BILL

SUMMARY

BILL
SHPE Conference
India Club
Underwater Hockey
Transfer Student Association
Mock Rock
Rowing Club
Mock Trial
GT Dance Club
CSA & HKSA Pumpkin Carving
JFC Policy Changes

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ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

FIREWORKS
On Oct. 18, the GTPD was
called to the area between Georgia Tech library and Ferst Drive
N.W., and upon arrival, the officer heard the sound of explosions.
As the officer went to the
area, he continued to hear the
explosions and saw a crowd of
shirtless young men running up
the stairwell of the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity house. The officer also noticed that one was

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21-0-0
31-0-0
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UHR
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holding a canister for setting off

the explosives.
The officer called for him
to stop several times until the
suspect walked back down the
stairs and followed the officer to
the fire lane area.
The identified student received a background check in
accordance to procedure and
the officer asked him where the
President of the house was. The
fraternity members claimed that
he was out of town.
The Vice President approached the officer and the officer proceeded to ask who the
other individuals who ran up
the stairs were. He claimed to
now know, but the officer and
a GTPD sergeant continued to
demand the names of the other
suspects until the individuals
began to talk back to the officers.
Because neither student gave
up the names of the other suspects, only the student holding
the canister was issued a violation of Student Code of Conduct.

NOT FOR EATING

UHR considered bill 15J058
to fund a pumkin carving event
by the Chinese Student Association and the Hong Kong Student Association.
One issue with the bill was
that the pumpkins are considered to be food not intended for
eating under JFC policy, requiring UHR to waive JFC policy to
fund it in full..
The bill was passed by UHR.
JFC POLICY, AGAIN
UHR finally considered
changes to JFC policy. UHR
and GSS had previously passed
changes to the policy.
Some of the changes included raising the minimum
dues that non-competitive organiations must charge to submit
SGA budgets and requiring that
25 percent of each chamber vote
in favor of a bill in order to override JFC policy.
There was brief discussion
and the measure was passed.
TABLES OF ATLANTA
On Oct. 23, a Tech student noticed two males stealing a table at the intersection of
Fifth Street, NW and Techwood
Drive, NW.
The table belonged to Taste
of Atlanta Venue and after taking photos of the suspects at the
scene, the student was advised to
call the GTPD. Once given the
notice, an officer arrived at the
scene and the witness stated that
the two males took the table
into the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity House.
When the officer arrived at
the fraternity house, he met with
the President of the House and
presented photo evidence of the
two males taking the table. The
President brought the two males
to the officer who admitted to
stealing the table.
The students backgrounds
were checked as standard procedure and after the check came
back clear. They later were told
to put the table back and issued
a student code of conduct violation.

KENNETH MARINO
NEWS EDITOR

After the explosion of their Antares rocket on Tuesday, Orbital

Sciences Corp. is investigating the
event, according to the Washington Post.
The unmanned rocket exploded approximately 10 seconds after
launch in Virginia. The rocket was
supposed to deliver food, water
and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS).
Orbital, along with SpaceX,
has a contract with NASA to fly
cargo to the ISS as part of a push
by the Obama administration to
move towards a commercial space
program.
Orbital says that it does not
know exactly why the launch
failed, but some suspect the Russian AJ-26 engines used by the
rocket. Orbital has said that it is
developing a new engine to replace the Soviet-era engines.
We will determine the root
cause, and we will correct that,
and we will come back and fly
here at Wallops again, hopefully
in the very near future, said
Frank Culbertson, executive vice
president at Orbital Sciences, said
at a news conference.
Despite the setback, members
of Congress have defended the
program.
Space flight is inherently
risky, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla)
said in a statement. As we push
the frontiers of space, there will
be setbacks. But our commercial
space ventures will ultimately be
successful.
News of the failure caused Orbitals stock value to plummet by
16 percent on Wednesday. The
explosion is obviously a major setback for the company.

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Really SGA? Can average students change this

If youre going to come to class, dont just sit in the back row and
watch videos on your phone loud enough for the whole class to
hear. Seriously.
SGA trying to tell us our money should be spent on them. Smh.
Does that make you feel some kinda way?
Does a costume sex toy party really require explanation, or are you
just trying to figure out what I bought?
Representative White, youre right - SGA buying incentives for
SGA to do its job does help SGA lose credibilty #bureaucracyatitsfinest #USSenateAnyone?
Dear boys - if I dont text you back right away and I told you Im
busy earlier, its not because Im a bitch - its because Im volunteering or at a meeting
Mom/Dad/Future Employeer, why do you always call me during
class and never leave a message??
Is a warm body required to get my diploma?
anyone wanna hang out, drink 1000 beers and be single and bitter
together ?
Smoothies are the nectar of the gods
Dont let anyone with clumpy mascara tell you how to live your life
#TBH no one goes to SGA office hours anyways
I could study. Or I could do literally anything else in the entire
world.
Bowties arent cool. But Slivers are. Thanks Nique.
I AM AWESOME NIQUE. I AM AWESOME.
hELP MY CAPSLOCK BUTTON IS BROKEN. tHIS IS SO
ANNOYING. hELP. gTPD.
I didnt have a quiz today Sliver Box, its frekaing Sunday. But
thanks for reminding me I should be studying. Gosh.
Person in front of me is eating Asian food and it smells like pumpkin but it is NOT the good pumpkin smell you guys.

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// NEWS

Georgia Governor Race

HOPE Scholarship

In 2012, his first year

as Governor, Deal and
the Georgia Legislature
passed several changes
to the scholarship which
he says were necessary
for its long-term viability.
Under current law, only
revenue from the Georgia
Lottery can be used to pay
for HOPE, and increasing
enrollment in the state put
pressure on the scholarships budget.
Among the reforms was
an increase in the gradepoint-average requirement

from 2.0 to 3.0 to qualify

for HOPE. They also cut
the percentage of tuition
covered from 100 percent
to 90 percent, except for
those who qualify for the
new Zell Miller scholarship
which has higher academic
requirements and covers
more of tuition.
Carter has criticized
Deals handling of the
scholarship, saying on his
website that under Governor Deals failed reforms,
HOPE continues to cover
less and less of the costs

of attending college.
Carter previously supported income caps on
HOPE, making the scholarship only available to families with incomes less than
$140,000, but Carter later
that the program should
be reformed without instituting a cap.
Carter has mentioned
reforms such as reducing
the overhead in the lottery
administration and paying smaller prizes so that
more money goes towards
HOPE.

Georgia Senate Race

College Affordability

Although the issue of

the rising cost of college
tuition has been an issue
in many of the U.S. Senate campaigns this year,
the issue has been less important in the race for the
open Georgia Seat.
Michelle Nunn on her
campaign platform lists
College Access and Affordability as one of her
campaign issue. In it she
says that she supports the
recent actions by congress
to keep the interest rate
for federally-backed stu-

dent loans low.

The national Democratic platform in 2012 listed
college loan reform as a
major issue and proposes
the American Opportunity
Tax Credit that allows students to pay no more than
10 percent of their income
to loans after graduation.
David Perdue does not
list college costs on his
campaign web page and
has not spoken on the
topic, however, college affordability was also a major part of the Republican

2012 platform.
The platform proposes
requiring universities to be
more transparent with prospective students about
completion rates, repayment rates and future
earnings so that students
can make smarter choices
about where they go to
college.
It also asserts that while
the federal government
should not be offering the
loans directory, but that
loans should be guarantee
the loans.
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Photo courtesy of Michelle Nunn Campaign

Michelle Nunn poses with student volunteers including Sana Surani. Several students including Surani work on 2014 campaigns.

registration at Tech.
Among the benefits of working
on a political campaign, according to Sarani, is learning about
the process and about the issues in
the election.
I think participation is very
important, especially in campaigns because for me you dont
really understand whats going on
or all the work that goes on behind
the scenes in a campaign, Surani
said. And just by participating
you learn so much about the issues, you learn so much about the
cause and how to interact with
people and how to really get the
message out.
Another benefit that Orvis
names is getting to know different
people.
I think my favorite thing
wasit was definitely the people, Orvis said. When you walk
into the Nunn office, it looks exactly like you would expect like
a grassroots political campaign

to look, pretty much just a really large room with some folding
tables set up with a lot of phones
and its really great to see so many
people throughout the community of very, very different social status coming in to work to achieve
one goal.
One of the big issues in the
race, especially college students,
according to Surani is college tuition prices.
I know last semester she came
and had a talk about college affordability and making the financial aid system easier to understand college debt is a problem
right now and I think Georgia
Tech students or really any college students can relate to that,
Surani said.
Early voting for the Senate
race between Democrat Michelle
Nunn and Republican David Perdue has already begun, but the official election date when the race
will be decided is Nov. 4.

Photo by Brenda Lin Student Publications

Pictured are free condoms available for students. Stamps

Health is promoting a campaign for healthy sexual decisions.

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The 2014 midterm election

are less than a week away, and for
some students, that means more
than showing up to vote. Sana
Surani, a second year PUBP and
Jake Orvis, a first year PUBP, were
among those who worked for Michelle Nunn, the Democratic candidate for the open U.S. Senate
seat in Georgia
Orvis worked mostly on phone
banking, calling volunteers and
undecided voters, while Surani
worked mostly on campaigning
and canvassing. She also worked
in several other departments
throughout the summer.
Over the summer there
were so many fellows that they
switched us around in different
departments, so I worked with the
research team and I worked with
communications a little bit and
finance. I was all over the office
doing different jobs, Surani said.
Surani and Orvis believe that,
despite some students impression
of Tech as politically apathetic,
that Tech students are very involved this year.
For the most part, I feel like
there are a lot of politically complacent, but thats a thing that
happens with this age group, Orvis said. But ... when you go out
there are a lot of people who really want to get registered and get
involvedI think were more politically active compared to other
universities.
Over the summer there were
about I would say [there were] 35
[college students working for the
campaign] just in the field department alone, and thats a lot,
Surani said. Some of them were
Georgia Tech students.
According to Surani, during
the summer, they would register as many as 50 people per day
when the volunteered with voter

are actually using a condom for

vaginal sex, and very few are using
the right protection for oral sex,
said Michelle Segall, a Stamps
Health Educator. The wrong
knowledge concerning the effectiveness about oral contraceptives
in preventing sexually transmitted
disease, like HIV, is concerning
for students on campus.
Many free items for safe sex,
such as condoms, are offered by
other campus organizations. These
giveaways were presented to give
students easy access to protection.
The Female Health Company and
the AIDS Healthcare Foundation
offered the necessary funds for
many of these giveaways.
In the recent years of the
program, surveys showed that
students favored the Condom
Availability Program and other
giveaways. Other organization
have even extended to educational
seminars and health events where
they can talk about safe sex or get
tested for diseases, like HIV.
We have worked closely with
Pride Alliance and the Stamps
Health Services Ambassadors,

Segall said. Pride Alliance makes

safer sex supplies available in their
office and the Ambassadors help
staff our health-related events and
participate in GYP Tuesdays.
Segall states that these opportunities are offered for the benefit of students so that they can
understand the consequences of
unprotected sex, but they stand
to empower campus youths who
choose to be sexually active. Most
of these messages under the program have been supported by
much of the student body.
We have received support for
the Get Yourself Protected campaign from students, faculty, and
staff, Segall said. We appreciate
the GT community recognizing
the importance of this issue.
The campaign will extend to
February and will promote other
highlighted
commemorations
to sexual health, such as World
AIDS Day in December or National Condom Day in February.
The program will also incorporate weekly posts, called
GYP Tuesdays, where social media messages on the campaigns
themes will be shown to the public on their Facebook and Twitter.

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Tech creates Bicycle Master Plan NSA Director answers security, privacy questions

SHASHANK SINGH

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In response to a greater number of bikers on campus, Capital
Planning and Space Management
(CPSM) has come up with a Bicycle Master Plan that will aim to
address all of these growing issues.
One of the main goals is to revamp the bicycle lanes to make it
easier for bikers. This will involve
improving existing bike lanes adding new ones on major roads such
as Ferst Drive and at key intersections such as at Ferst and Fowler.
When going down Fifth
Street, students on bikes will
sometimes go faster than cars and
this can lead to some serious accidents if the cars arent aware of
their presence, said CPSM Senior
Educational Facilities Planner and
Landscape Architect, Jason K.
Gregory.
The plan will also add more
bike racks near campus buildings.
We just finished adding some
bike racks at Towers and are currently adding them at Glenn,
said Howard Wertheimer, Director of Capital Planning and Space
Management.
In addition to the physical
improvements, there will also be
some institutional improvements
such as educational pieces on
proper biking regulations and the
introduction of dismount zones.
Students will try to weave
through high density of pedestrians and this may sometimes
lead to accidents, Gregory said.

LINDSAY PURCELL
MANAGING EDITOR

Photo by John Nakano Student Publications

A student rides a bike near Tech Green. Techs Bicycle Master

Plan is intended to help students who ride bikes on campus.

Therefore, we will introduce

dismount zones in certain places
to avoid this, such as along Tech
Walkway from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
According to Wertheimer,
many bikers are unaware of the
biking regulations that they
must adhere to and this can lead
to accidents. Among the safety
violations that CPSM is worried
about are students failing to wear
helmets when biking, not using
locks when they park their bikes.
Another rule is that bikers must
follow the same rules as vehicles
on the road such as coming to a
complete stop at red lights and
stop signs and staying within the
bike lane.
Over the past few years, there
has been an increase in the number of bike users at Tech.
It may have been when gas

prices went up to four dollars a

gallon, Wertheimer said. Suddenly, we had a situation that had
never really been addressed. It had
never been on anybodys radar before.
The goal of the plan is multipurpose. The aim is to make people in cars aware of cyclists and
make cyclists aware of cars and
pedestrians that they share their
path with. Furthermore, the plan
will aim to improve the facilities
not only on campus but also in the
wider campus area such as places
reaching up to Atlantic Station,
Marietta Street, etc.
The Plan is currently in its final
draft review phase. CPSM will be
collaborating with Facilities Management, Parking and Transportation and the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD).

On October 23, Admiral Michael Rogers, Director of the

National Security Agency (NSA)
spoke to the Tech community.
The event, or conversation as
Rogers referred to it, took place at
5 p.m. in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Center. Students
and faculty from across campus
crowded into Room 144 to listen
to this high ranking government
official explain his thoughts and
ideas. From the beginning, Rogers
made it clear he was interested in
whats on [students and faculty
members] minds.
Before launching into the
question and answer portion of
the session, Rogers began by explaining how he came to be the
NSA Director and what the position means to him.
Rogers said first that being
NSA Director includes two other
jobs, the Chief of the Central Security Service and Commander of
U.S. Cyber Command.
When going through his and
the NSAs responsibilities, which
include cyberly defending the
Department of Defense and, if
directed, defending critical U.S.
private sector infrastructure, Rogers emphasized that, to him, the
continuous goal of his job is not to
infringe on citizens privacy, but
to defend national security.
With this, Rogers also empha-

sized that, under him, the NSA always moves within the parameters
of the law or at the request of the
President.
The NSA doesnt just wake up
and then decide what we are going
to do, said Rogers.
After twenty minutes, Rogers
ended his speech portion of the
event and moved on to the question and answer portion.
Students and professors lined
up for a chance to ask the NSA
Director questions.
Most questions dealt with
popular concerns people across
America seem to have about the
NSA and cybersecurity in general.
More than once, Rogers asked
a hypothetical question to the audience - why does the NSA having
above average capabilities mean
the NSA must be abusing the capabilities?
Rogers also argued that there
always needs to be a ...balance
between freedom and privacy in
the name of national security
He urged the audience to, for the
good of America, stand up and
say if you dont agree with what is
happening. That way, we can have
a discussion.
Rogers ended the talk with an
answer to a possibly more amusing question, How much sleep do
you get a night? To this, Rogers
joked that he did not sleep much,
but no one should feel sorry for
him, because he is working every
day at a job [he] loves.

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OUR VIEWS | Consensus Opinion

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OPINIONS EDITOR: Wyatt Bazrod

Oh look, another glorious morning.

Makes me SICK!
- Winifred Sanderson

Participating in Tech Traditions

6
Friday,

October 31, 2014

TOP SLIVERS

Cady Heron lied; I still judge everyone for what they

wear on Halloween.

Changes and disinterest among students

This year, Tech is changing-up the location of the annual Freshman Cake Race as
an effect of increased concern for students
safety. Though a select group of students
may protest, ultimately, there will not be a
large reaction to the changing of Tech traditions until there is a cultural shift among
students.
In certain contexts, the need for changes
or altogether elimination of certain Tech
traditions has been justifiable. Take for example both drown proofing and stealing
the T. These kinds of traditions posed too
great of a risk to students health for them
to continue onward.
That being said, the Freshman Cake
Race should fall well within the parameters of an acceptable and celebrated tradition. The race itself has changed over the
hundred years it has been held. It began as
a mandatory cross-country event, which
has since become an opt-in short distance
race, and students sign a waiver form ac-

knowledging they are liable for any injuries incurred.

Unfortunately, a host of traditions feel
like they have fallen to the wayside, and
this may not be surprising looking at the
school we attend. Compare Tech to a
school such as University of Michigan,
who has such a deeply-rooted Saturday
football spirit that no student is ever working 24/7. Tech is different. The culture at
Tech stems almost solely from our rigorus
academics. As a result, the thing that seem
to hold the student body at Tech together
is the mutual suffering incurred among the
masses.
All of this culminates in the apathy of
students at Tech. Over the years, homecoming has become effectively limited
to larger campus organizations, and with
this, the overall spirit for homecoming has
continued to fade. Until new precedents
for homecoming take affect, we expect
more traditions to continue to dissapear.

The Consensus Opinion reflects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the
Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors.

technique editorial board

Brittany Miles EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Lindsay Purcell MANAGING EDITOR
Connor Napolitano DESIGN EDITOR

Kenneth Marino NEWS EDITOR

Wyatt Bazrod OPINIONS EDITOR
Alexa Grzech LIFE EDITOR

Elliott Brockelbank ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Mark Russell SPORTS EDITOR
Brenda Lin PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

MONDAY NOVEMBER 3RD BY LANAH MARIE JOSE

Whats better than Halloween parties Friday night?

Discounted candy Saturday morning.

GT Registration putting me on hold longer than

Comcast. Smh.

Sitting at a cubicle in the library while on Facebook is

so much more studious than doing this in my dorm.

$3000 gets you benched 4 games. $300 gets you

stripped of your ACC Championship. Logic.

Dont let anyone with clumpy mascara tell you how to

live your life.

*that sad charlie brown walking away music from

arrested development playing forever*

That head nod to your professor walking to the class

your skipping.

On the verge of a mental breakdown, new Taylor Swift

album swoops in for the save.

Good weather? Cant study have to play outdoors.

Bad weather? Cant study too sad must watch TV.

I depend on Fall to prove that I can dress fashionably

and not look like a disheveled drug addict.

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// OPINIONS

The secret to having a good sequel

If youve had access to the
internet at any point in the past
few days, you are probably more
than aware that Marvel has decided to reveal its entire third
phase of films.
Nine new entries into the
Marvel Cinematic Universe,
beginning with the third round
of Captain America in 2016 and
extending all the way into the
summer of 2019 with the fourth
Avengers film. In case it is not
completely obvious by now, the
superhero franchise relies heavily on sequels to extend its storylines and keep the virtual tsunamis of cash flowing.
And for good reason too;
sequels often equal or surpass
their predecessors in terms of
box office, and Marvel has only
increased in popularity as the
years have gone by.
Therefore, I would like to examine what exactly can make a
sequel succeed, and conversely,
what can doom it to become an
infamous cinematic turd.
In 1995, the world was
rocked with the release of Pixars
debut film, Toy Story. The animated film dealt with themes of
culture clash, abandonment and

...good sequels are

unafraid to take risks or
introduce characters that
may drastically alter the
flow of the series.

JOE MURPHY

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT
EDITOR
redemption. It was sweet and
pretty. I liked it. In 1999, the
inevitable sequel was released.
It also dealt with themes of culture clash, abandonment and
redemption, it was pretty and
sweet, and I absolutely loved it.
What can possibly explain this
sudden hike in my approval for
the series? Basically, Toy Story
2 did what all good sequels do;
it played to the strengths of
the original without relying on
repetition, and was unafraid to
play with the dynamics between
its characters. The first film introduces us to the varied and
uniquely appealing toys of Andys Room, but what about the
toys out there in the rest of the
world? The sequel is unafraid to

expand its scope drastically and

answer this question.
Decidedly more enormous
and interconnected franchises
like Marvel can be hit-or-miss
when it comes to second (or
third, or fourth) installments.
Installments like Iron Man 2
and Thor: The Dark World are
commonly considered to belong
on the unsatisfactory side of the
spectrum because they are, in
short, forgettable.
The worlds are not greatly
expanded or further explored,
reliance on popular aspects of
previous films is clearly present
and characters exit the films in
roughly the same mental and
physical shape that they entered. On the other hand, films

like Captain America: Winter

Soldier experiment with character development and incite
permanent changes that are not
instantly resolved by the end of
the film, but instead have lasting
consequences for the franchise
as a whole.
In other words, good sequels are unafraid to take risks
or introduce characters that
may drastically alter the flow
of the series. The Dark Knight
sees the Joker murder Batmans
girlfriend. The Two Towers introduces Gollum, a despicably
contorted character that adds
an entirely deeper layer of moral
complexity to the series. The
Godfather Part II alternates
between two entirely separate
timelines. All of these sequels
and more have received critical
acclaim for not only building
upon previous installments, but
also for carving out and shaping
their own narrative material.
Marvel is definitely within
the central ring of the movie
industry these days, and has
been for many years. If sequels
continue to be a prevalent characteristic, then I have one bit of
advice: take chances.

If you could get any item

trick or treating, what
would it be?

PATRICK PANUSKI

FOURTH-YEAR EE/PHYS

Investment Bonds because

theyre giving you money
and theyll be worth more
in the future.

Ghomesi case highlights Where Taylor Swift and

problems with blame.
politics intersect
Prior to Sunday, I had no ers are not demonized when
idea who Jian Ghomesi was. they report their television stoCome Sunday afternoon, how- len, individuals who are brutally
ever, Twitter, Tumblr and Face- beaten in aggravated assault
book were flooded with different cases generally are not denigratstories talking
ed for reporting
about his departhe perpetrator
Too
often
the
ture from CBC
and a victim of a
presumption of hit-and-run isnt
following several
alleged cases of
for
innocence is used as criticized
sexual violence.
u n f or t u n a t e l y
Goshemi
has a crutch for defending being in the way
come out with a
a car. No, only
the perpetrator... of
statement claimin cases of sexual
ing that he was
does the
BRITTANY MILES assault
fired as a result
public seek to
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF defame the vicof a campaign of
false allegations
tim almost as
pursued by a jilted ex-girlfriend much as they do the alleged
and a freelance writer.
perpetrator.
Ghomesi claims blamelessAs Thriault surmises, inness, and many are quick to nocent until proven guilty
back him, justifying it with the DOESNT mean: assum[ing]
idea that he is innocent until a woman is lying about sexual
proven guilty. I question why assault until theres concrete
these words, innocent until proof she isnt. Too often the
proven guilty, serve as such presumption of innocence is
a one-sided phrase in cases of used as a crutch for defending
sexual assault, inherently biased the perpetrator, and the public
against the victim.
forgets about the implications
According to the FBI, the when it comes to the victim.
false reporting rate for cases of
To answer the question
sexual violence is only 3 percent asked by Thriault, in the best
while according to RAINN case scenario, a victim gains
(the Rape, Abuse, and Incest the piece of mind that the perNational Network), the convic- petrator is behind bars, and in
tion rate isnt much higher, at the worst (and much more com7.5 percent. Why do so few of mon case), the victim gains the
these cases result in conviction? emotional scars of ill treatment
Likely due to the rampant vili- by the general public, prosecufication of victims and the he tion, and even the investigating
said, she said nature of many of detectives.
the incidents. Ghomesis use of
Until we as a culture stop
the jilted ex-girlfriend trope looking for ways to discredit
is unfortunately common, es- victims, stop exempting celebpecially in high-profile cases. rities from following the rules,
As Anne Thriault, a Canadian and stop unilaterally applying
journalist, recently tweeted, the idea of innocent until provEvery time a woman publicly en guilty, there will always be
says, this man assaulted me, shame associated with being a
people ask what does she have victim of sexual assault, reportto gain from telling that story? ing rates will remain low, and
In what other case is this people like Jian Ghomesi will be
question ever asked? Homeown- free to repeat their crimes.

October 27th was just like ping into things like elections.
every other Monday morning
Every year, the first week
I have had at Tech. I begrudg- in November is met with news
ingly rolled out of bed in my un- analysts and a round of stories
kempt splendor to shower and from reporters, discussing elecgo eat breakfast
tion projections
before my 10am
and results.
...quadruple
the
class.
Always
inStill off my number of youths care cluded among
weekend high of
reports is a
about a pop-artist the
seeing Phantom
breakdown and
of the Opera,
album over a political postulation on
my newly downdifferent
battle. the
loaded Michael
age groups who
Crawford album
up to the
WYATT BAZROD show
was on full blast
polls and each
OPINIONS EDITOR year, the same
as I sauntered to
class with The
fact stands clear:
Music of the Night in the back- college students are the most apground.
athetic when it comes to politics.
It wasnt until halfway So why should we be included at
through class that I realized the all if it seems like quadruple the
importance of October 27th: number of youths care about a
it was the day Taylor Swift re- pop-artist album over a political
leased her new album.
battle?
Already a buzz on Twitter,
I mean, yes, I get why. If
I pushed everything from the we can send people into war at
forefront of my mind. All re- eighteen, surely we should give
sponsibilities temporarily set in them the ability to vote (allimbo, it was just a 3rd-floor li- though along those same lines,
brary cubicle, myself, and 1989 why would we not extend the
for the next few hours.
legal age to consume alcohol to
Emerging from the experi- eighteen as well if we can fight
ence a new person, I could easily in a war and vote in elections?).
see what the entire hullabaloo But should there be something
was about. My friends and I im- more to be done to influence the
mediately started discussing our younger crowd to vote?
favorite songs and our renewed
What if we put locks on
faith in Taylor, after she finally downloading the new Taylor
accepted herself into the Pop Swift album until someone
Genre.
voted? Aside from the absurdity,
But then my mother ruined and causing a host of pirating
my moment when she called.
and illegal downloads, there
Dont forget, the election would be potential.
is coming-up soon, honey, she
Regardless, as it stands now,
said.
young people just dont care.
I know she talked about more I imagine Tech, for all of its
things, but sometimes my mind smartness and active campus
wanders off into oblivion (sorry life, apathy would run high from
Mom). But in my momentary ranking studies as the top priortrance, I was thinking, what if ity. But in states, such as Georwe all channeled the same level gia, where youth voter turnout
of enthusiasm from things like could easily sway a decision,
a new Taylor Swift album drop- apathy needs to be expunged.

CATHERINE COUNCIL
SECOND-YEAR BA

Puppies because puppies

are awesome.

MICHAEL MAURER
THIRD-YEAR CS

Putt-Putt Course because

in my childhood, it was the
pinnacle of engineering.

VIVIAN WU

SECOND-YEAR EE

Cute cards and pens because I like them.

Photos by Brenda Lin Student Publications

8 October 31, 2014 technique

// OPINIONS

OUR VIEWS | HOT OR NOT

Letter to the Editor:

HOT or NOT SGA response to Consensus

We believe in their consensus, the editors of
the Technique have shown negligence...
Rankings

Tech may be ranked last

in terms of most manageable
work loads, but it all pays off
in the end. Our tireless efforts
show themselves everyday, and
according to Business Insiders
recent polls, Tech was ranked
#1 in smartest public universities to attend in the US, based
upon average SAT scores. It
seems with each passing year,
all schools of Tech continue to
either maintain or climb in national rankings.

Stingerette

Recently, Tech Transportation revamped the website for

the stingerette services. The
new website features improved
graphics and display quality.
Most importantly, students
who use the stingerette can
now search specific addresses
for pick-up/drop-off. Prior
to the revamp, a user would
have to specify an approximate
building location which added
some delays and confusion to
the services.

Registration

What was the hot of making the perfect schedule and

color-coordinating classes on
CourseOff has turned into
the monotony of dealing with
holds and waitlists. Nothing
brings more sorrow and disappointment than getting a
schedule which will fit your
routine only to have to register for an 8am and a 5pm on
the same day. The feelings have
become just another day at the
institute.

Great Wraps

A good alternative to standing in line at Subway for thiryminutes used to be going to

the Great Wraps, but soon,
that alternative will be gone.
Soon, Great Wraps will stop
serving students, as the Student Center undergoes renovations and revamps which will
include a greater emphasis on
sushi, tacos, and a Rays addition. Because as Starbucks has
taught us, having two on campus is better than one.

EXECUTIVE CABINET

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

We, the members of the Executive Cabinet of SGA, feel as
though the Techniques Consensus Opinion last week inaccurately reflects the overall progress
that SGA initiatives have brought
to campus this year. While the
Technique correctly observed
that we have focused on improving our internal performance, we
have also made headway on the
vast majority of our external goals
as outlined in the Roseen-Banner
platform.
To illustrate how we have been
working to improve the student
experience, we can highlight the
progress made on any number
of our goals outlined in the platform. Some of our attention had
to be shifted to mitigate urgent
situations like the Klaus room
reservation policy change and Peters Parking Deck closure. But we
have dedicated significant attention to our platform as well.
Our campaign platform is a
list of goals that, when taken collectively, articulates our campus
vision. Our team was elected because of this vision for campus,
and we have been working every
day to achieve it. Just one-third
of the way into the school year,
we have already made significant
progress on many of these goals.
Out of 72 projects enumerated in

our platform, we have moved forward on 51, or over 70%. While

every goal in the platform may not
yet be fully realized, we are confident that each of these goals will
move forward.
A large number of our platform
goals focused on the internal development of SGA. In fact, about
25% of our platform was dedicated to internal initiatives. The
reason for this internal focus is to
provide long-term change within
our organization that will allow
future SGA membership to make
the largest campus impact. Previously, our Director of Internal Affairs was responsible primarily for
planning a banquet and hosting
social events. Now, this position
has evolved to oversee leadership
initiatives, mentorship programs,
and an organization-wide retreat.
The driving purpose behind
all of these projects is to equip
our members with resources to
help them better serve the student body. Focusing on internal
improvements does not mean that
we cannot also be effective externally. In fact, we believe that there
is a strong correlation between internal development and our effectiveness at improving the overall
student experience on campus.
To clarify, the internal incentives program mentioned in last

weeks consensus focuses on rewarding representatives for work

that goes above and beyond their
basic duties.
The intention of the program
was never to reward representatives for completing their required
responsibilities. Several student
groups have similar programs
aimed at improving their organization by recognizing highperforming members. Likewise,
we think that this program will
improve the overall effectiveness
of SGA members, thus improving
the experience that all students
have interacting with SGA.
We believe that it is the Techniques responsibility to be the
eyes for the student body. As such,
we try to communicate our progress directly to the Technique. To
do this, we issue biweekly press
releases that outline our progress.
The consensus opinion last
week called out our lack of initiatives focused on school spirit and
student-faculty relations. This
year we have worked on programs
designed to improve school spirit
and the campus community, like
A Home for the Holidays, Football 101, the International Sports
Clinic, White & Gold Jenga, and
chalking in support of LGBTQIA
students. Additional efforts to improve student-faculty relations include the Academic Liaison Board
and the Provosts Student Advisory Board.
We believe in their consensus,
the editors of the Technique have
shown negligence in assessing
our progress without considering
or inquiring about SGA initiatives. By failing to see the explicit
progress made on these issues, the
Technique is limiting the campus
view of SGA.

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// OPINIONS

The actual process behind writing a consensus

I have written for the Technique for nearly three years now
and during my time here, I have
learned a lot. I have come to be
able to expect which articles will
be picked up by larger networks,
which ones will be controversial,
which ones will be loved by alumni and even which ones will be the
most fun to write.
The one thing, though, that
never fails to surprise me, time
and time again, is how misconstrued many peoples idea on the
purpose of consensus can be.
Consensus is, in its essence,
a two-hundred some odd word
editorial written by the Technique
Editorial Board. There in lies the
reason we place this article in the
opinions section -- because it is, in
every way, an opinion.
In trying to decide how to
approach the larger question of
What is the real purpose of consensus? I thought it would be
best if I walked the Tech community through the steps that go in
to producing each consensus each
week.
First, during our Tuesday night
Editorial Board meetings, we discuss potential ideas for consensus.
Always, at this point, the foremost
concern of ours is choosing the
most relevant topic.
We throw around ideas, discard many on the basis of them
not affecting enough students or
not being an important enough issue, and eventually decide on one
idea.
At this point, we also decide

how we will get the information

and research we feel we need to
write a truthful and informative
consensus.
The next day, or as we at the
Nique call it Deadline, is when
we put together the paper.
And every Wednesday, at 9:00
p.m. sharp, the Editorial Board
meets once again to discuss, hash

way, an opinion.
This is not to say, however, that
consensus can be purposefully
false.
Consensus is not a privilege
we would ever dream of using to
harm any student organizations
reputation or to erroneously report information. At the end of
the day, the purpose of consensus

proach the issue.

I use the word issue here mostly for lack of a better term. I will
be the first to admit that our consensuses vary in their degrees of
importance.
Just in my time on the Technique, I have been a part of consensuses that have covered everything from food court options to

...I would like to emphasize, highlight, bold,

italicize and permanently embed in the minds
of everyone who reads our paper one idea: that
consensus is, in every way, an opinion.
LINDSAY PURCELL
MANAGING EDITOR

out, formulate and create our consensus piece. We spend anywhere

from thirty minutes to two hours
collectively crammed into the Editor in Chiefs office.
We only leave when we feel
that the majority of the Editorial Board, and most often every
member, is proud to have their
name attached to the article.
At this point in this editorial,
or as I am currently thinking of
it, this public service announcement, I would like to emphasize,
highlight, bold, italicize and permanently embed in the minds of
everyone who reads our paper one
idea: that consensus is, in every

can be consolidated into one goal:

to create a conversation.
We never go into consensus, or
for that matter leave consensus,
with the idea in our heads that
our word is the absolute truth. We
know that what we create is just
one view on an important Tech
matter.
Yes, it is the view that we believe would best benefit the Tech
community, but we are not claiming that view is the end all, be all.
All we can hope for is that
our consensus opens the eyes of
the Tech community to an issue
on campus and begins a productive discussion on how best to ap-

sexual assault on campus.

By writing a consensus on a
topic, we are not claiming that it
is instantly equal in importance to
improving mental health of campus or decreasing crime rates.
All we are saying is that for
that week, our editorial board
agreed that discussing that topic
would be the most beneficial and
productive option available.
Consensus is not only constrained by time, though. It is
also constrained by space. We are
a printed newspaper and so we
cannot just fill the abysses of the
internet with our thoughts.
On average, consensus is fixed

to 250 words. When bigger issues

arise, we sometimes stretch that
space to 300 words, but even then
it is not a lot.
I would prefer to be able to
wax on about the different options
available; I would like for us to be
able to consider every fact and facet in our analysis, but we cannot.
I would like to impress upon
the Tech community that if an
idea gets a single sentence in a
consensus, the Editorial Board
must have thought that idea absolutely necessary to understanding
our opinion.
While brainstorming this
topic, I spoke with several of my
fellow editors and asked them,
point blank, what the purpose of
consensus meant to them.
The majority responded that it
was like a personal letter from the
Technique to the administration,
the organization or event we were
discussing, and always, the student body. I would like to further
this idea.
I believe that consensus is one
of the most useful tools the Technique, and the entire Tech community, employs.
Do not look at consensus as
a news report or an unnecessarily harsh critic, look at consensus
as a lens, a single view that is the
culmination of the perceptions,
beliefs and interpretations of eight
very different Tech students.
In consensus, we are not saying
we want you to adopt our opinions, we are just saying we have
them.

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LIFE EDITOR:
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life@nique.net

Cultural Roundtable Discussion

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opportunity for club representatives to network. 412

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Friday,
October 31, 2014

Dr. Leavy leads honey bee team

ALEX COVINGTON

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Yellow jackets have not been
the only creatures buzzing around
the top of the Clough Commons
lately since April of 2013, a section of the space has been given
over to an urban honey bee colony.

The Urban Honey Bee Project

(UHBP) has been headed by Dr.
Jennifer Leavey, integrated science
curriculum coordinator.
Were working on developing interdisciplinary science experiences for undergraduates at
Georgia Tech, said Dr. Leavey.
The honey project is the first big

project that has come out of our

integrated science initiative.
That goal of interdisciplinary
science experiences is apparent in
the variety of research inquiries,
with topics including the genetic
diversity of the hive, the effect of
wind on entrance to and from the
hive, the amount of heavy met-

Photo courtesy of Bastian Greshake

A honey bee builds honeycomb. Headed by Dr. Leavy, the Urban Honey Bee Project is a result of
Techs integrated science initiative that allows students from all majors to actively participate.

als in the honey, and the species

of flowers the bees tend to visit in
urban areas.
Even whole classes have gotten
involved with the hive last year,
a digital design class, ECE 2883,
built a device to track bees moving in and out of the hive. These
projects arent planned out in detail, but arise spontaneously with
the natural influx of ideas new
people bring.
As Dr. Leavey said, one of the
coolest things about this project is
that it has evolved organically. As
people have come in with interests, we have been able to pursue
those interests.
One of the main goals of the
project has been to offer a first encounter with scientific investigation outside of the classroom for
younger students.
As Dr. Leavey said, sometimes
its hard for students to find a lab
to work in and to develop their
own research projects in those
labs, and we just want to provide
an opportunity for freshman and
sophomores to get their feet wet
doing research and then move on
to other research labs.
The presence of the hive has
also provided opportunities for
training in the art of beekeeping.
Ninety people have already been

See BEES, page 14

Techs vampire expert shares ideas

VIDYA IYER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Having an interest in vampires
is not uncommon now-in-days.
Teenage girls have screamed over
these sometimes sparkly and usually pale creatures, while braver
souls have time and time again
lined up to see the new Dracula or
Salems Lot.
But few people can claim they
have met, or even come in contact
with, actual self-identified vampires.
Professor John Edgar Browning, however, is that exception.
Known as a vampire expert by
many, Prof. Browning studied
self-identified vampires in New
Orleans as a PhD student at Louisiana State University.
What was supposed to be a
class project turned into two years
of extensive research. Browningmade special point to explain that
real vampires dont sparkle in the
sun like Edward Cullen nor are
they immortal as the media portrays them to be.
What is true is that vampires
take either blood or energy from
people.
Browning went on to justify,
They do so out of a need which
they say is natural. And that if
they dont do that, their bodies
dont produce what they call basic
subtle energies to keep themselves
revitalized.
Browning explained that there
are different kinds of vampires.
The first kind is Sanguian vampires who drink human or animal
blood.
There are also psychic vampires

that feed off of the energy or emotions of a person. A vampire could

also be a hybrid of both.
However, these vampires do
not just feed off of anybody.
Browning described the ethics
behind the process: They wont
do it unless they have the consent

from the donor. With Sanguin

vampires, when they take blood,
its usually with a donor that they
can trust. The blood is taken very
safely, either through a sterile pack
or a sterile knife. Very little blood
is generally taken. Its not as dangerous as youd think.

Browning followed this statement with his own encounter of

being fed on. One time to get
my own research done, I realized
itd be easier if I would just sort
of volunteer myself. So, I had one
vampire feed on me from up here
See VAMPIRE, page 14

Improving
Your Sandwich
Game
BRENDA LIN

PHOTO EDITOR
Forget the smushed PB&Js
at the bottom of your book bag.
Turn your nose up at dry, tasteless sandwiches reminiscent of a
hospital cafeteria.
No longer will you have to
deal with pedestrian sandwiches
of the masses because today, you
will learn how to make an Instagram-worthy sandwich that tastes
as good as it looks.
FORGET THE WONDER BREAD
Trade in unshapely, bagged
bread for some freshly baked
loaves from the bakery section.
Changing the base of the sandwich not only will add unique flavor dependent on type (rye, sourdough, Italian, brioche, pita, etc.)
but is also sturdier and denser
than mass-produced kind, which
will prevent sandwich leakage or
breakage.
Although the uninspired bread
might last slightly longer and averages fifty cents cheaper than its
in-store-made counterparts, the
cost-benefit taste and durability
tradeoff is worth the switch.
SELECT A SPREAD
Completely dry sandwiches
can be like sandpaper to your
mouth. Resolve this by adding a
spread.
Want to add dimension without too much physical dimension? Stick a basic salad dressing
like balsamic, honey mustard, or
thousand island.
If you prefer something creamier, look into individually packed
guacamole or French-styled garlic
and olive oil cream cheese. For
something with more texture or
out there, try some pesto, hummus, or even tomato jam.

Photo courtesy of John Edgar Browning

Professor John Edgar Browning studies self-identified vampires. Browning is currently a Marion
L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow at Tech and feels that the media inaccurately portrays vampires.

CHEESY GOODNESS
As nostalgia-inducing Kraft
American Singles may be, it is
time to move beyond bland, processed cheese. Swap it out with a
more savory choice that does not
have questionable origins.
Cheddar, gruyere, Gouda,
pepper jack, and Asiago are all
adequate substitutes that that will
melt when toasted. Drier cheeses
like feta or goat cheese that will
not melt can be used alternatively
as a topping.
See TIPS PAGE 12

technique October 31, 2014 11

// LIFE

BRANDON
ABERNATHY
BHAVANI JALADANKI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With the Tech Chapter of

Team in Training (TNT) kicking
off the season, the Technique sat
down with Brandon Abernathy to
learn about his TNT experience
and discuss his initiatives as the
new captain. By running marathons and half-marathons, TNT
members raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Technique: How did you get
involved with TNT?
Abernathy: I joined through
networking. Ive always wanted
to run a half marathon, and I
wanted the mental discipline that
came with running marathons. I
had a great support team that held
my hand all the way through, and
helped me raise over a one thousand dollars.
Technique: Why did you want
to be captain for TNT?
Abernathy: The best way to
influence a team that I was interested in was to lead the team. Im
great at leading, and I have a passion for running so I thought, why
not? Being a captain is physically
challenging, but the leadership I
gained is very valuable.
Technique: What are you doing differently for TNT this year
now that you are the captain?
Abernathy: My intention is to
raise more money than any other
season. I want to raise at least fifty

thousand dollars.
I am also passionate about
developing other undergraduate
leaders; I want to build people
into leaders. I have a passion for
building people, and TNT is a
great way to build people. TNT
helps not only patients but also
students
Technique: What is the main
mission or goal of TNT?
Abernathy: There are three
major goals: raising awareness and
getting the word out about cancer,
helping people and patients, and
fighting for the cure by raising as
much money as possible. TNT is
a way for people to accomplish
what they want everyone who is
involved wins.
Technique: What is the struc-

ture of the program?

Abernathy: We definitely have
a training structure. We train
every Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday. On Saturdays, we run
through GTS (group training
sessions) where chapters all over
Georgia, such as the Atlanta and
Decatur chapters, meet as a team
to run and train.
We have several road events,
road races, and smaller events,
such as 5Ks and color runs. March
22, 2015 is the big day, where we
run a race in the Centennial Center.
Technique: What kind of responsibilities does your job entail?
Abernathy: I keep track of
fund raising, and I hold account
of the financial part. I also keep

in contact with Alice, our campaign manager. I also motivate

and empower party hosts such as
Alpha Phi Step it Up, a color run
in December, and TNT members,
keeping in charge of recruitment,
and sending people on task to visit
sororities.
Technique: Do you have any
memorable experiences in TNT,
even if it was when you were not
a captain?
Abernathy: My first marathon
was a memorable experience, and
another experience was when I
achieved my personal record; I
ran for 3 hours and 48 minutes in
a marathon.
Technique: Do you think you
have raised a decent amount of
money for blood cancer research?

Abernathy: Absolutely. Our

biggest priority is to get more
people involved on campus so that
we can raise more money. Small
events like bake sales also help
raise money and awareness.
Technique: How did the Tech
chapter start?
Abernathy: TNT started in
2007. Justine Levine and his fellow brothers in AEPi at GT started it. Today, it is the biggest and
most influential it has ever been.
Technique: Why do you think
people should get involved in
TNT?
Abernathy: The TNT organization is an incredible that is dedicated to service. It is a pillar of
support for not only patients but
also for Tech students.

Photos courtesy of Brandon Abernathy

Brandon Abernathy, Team in Training captain, celebrates after completing a marathon. As the new captain of the Tech Chapter of
TNT, Abernathy is excited about the new season, and he hopes TNT will raise at least fifty thousand dollars for the organization.

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// LIFE

Roundtable furthers cultural discussion

ALEXA GRZECH
LIFE EDITOR

On Oct. 29, the Presidents

Council Governing Board and
SGAs Cultural and Diversity Affairs Committee hosted a Cultural
Roundtable allowing representatives from twenty cultural organizations to come together to discuss culture and diversity.
We planned this event to help
different diverse cultural organizations establish some common
points of contact. Although all the
organizations are very different,
they actually have a lot of common struggles and perhaps common solutions, Alex Berry, Junior
Class President and IE major, said.
I would love to be able to see different cultures come together in a
true piece of collaboration.
The roundtable event also included presentations by various
organizations.
For instance, the Office of
International Education (OIE)
discussed the services the Office
provides cultural clubs.
OIE can allot 150 dollars to
a club if the club is going to host
some type of event for the whole
Tech community that is going to
increase cultural awareness, said
Diane Lai, OIE and Global Jackets representative, said.
OIE also offers informative intercultural communication training to help these groups share
their culture with the campus.
In order to improve communications between people that do
not have the same background,
clubs can schedule communication training with someone from
OIE, said Lai.
At the roundtable, a Home
for the Holidays idea was also
discussed where international students are paired up with in-state

students for the Thanksgiving

holiday. A joint effort between
SGA and OIE, in-state students
can take one to five international
students home for the holiday.
With regards to the roundtable, most students felt the event
was a successful networking opportunity.
I got to meet people from other organizations and put a name to
a face, Cari Fundora, LASA representative and third-year INTA

major, said.
The event does benefit us because we can network with others
who we could possibly host events
with in the future, Viju Ramesh,
Fillipino SA representative and
third-year ChemE major, said.
Networking is the best aspect.
For organizations that dont work
with OIE, the event was helpful,
and they should start working
with OIE, said Sam Leach, Hillel representative and fourth-year

ChemE major.
Others felt the event was overall beneficial, but they seemed
to doubt that all of the proposed
goals would be accomplished.
The specifics of what was discussed will help our organizations,
but the general objectives were
ambitious. The OIE presentation
especially about the culture fund
allotment was helpful, Lin Jasa,
TASA representative and fourthyear EE major, said.

TIPS FROM PAGE 10

PROTEIN POWER
This is quite literally the meat
of the sandwich and of the upmost importance to how filling
the sandwich can be.
Upgrade from the Oscar Meyer
lunch meat packed with preservatives to some custom sliced meat
form the deli counter, preferably
some of the Boars Head variety,
or some leftover beef or chicken
breast from dinner the night before.
Do not shy away from seafood
options like cold shrimp or lump
crab. For the vegetarian or vegan,
Portobello mushrooms, pasta, and
tempeh are some delicious, just as
filling alternatives.
AN EGG-CELLENT ADDITION
Eggs and sandwiches are a
spectacular combination. Not
only does it add yet another texture and filling, the addition
makes the overall meal more reminiscent of home, and even better
breakfast.
In fact, sandwiches make excellent breakfast by stacking a deconstructed breakfast platter. Not
a fan of animal by-products? Sub
in some scrambled tofu.

Photo by Brenda Lin Student Publications

Students representing different campus organizations discuss cultural event planning. The Cultural Roundtable event included team building games, networking sessions, and presentations.

VEGGIES ARE FRIENDS

There is so much more to sandwich-worthy vegetables than a
handful of wilted iceberg lettuce.
Ditch that watery mess, and instead select a more nutrient filled
salad green like baby spinach or
arugula.
Of course vegetables can go beyond being a protective layer for
the bread and can even be an additional topping, as with roasted
vegetables, or even the main focus
of the sandwich, like a simple stirfry.
Just, dont be afraid to step out
the [lunch] box with your sandwich ideas!

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Deliciously easy dorm recipes

LINDSAY PURCELL
MANAGING EDITOR

Being a college student can

be tough. Baking a cake can be
tough. So naturally, baking a cake
in college should also be tough,
but that is not necessarily the case
with these wonderful dorm room
baking hacks.
So get out your best punny
apron, find your favorite Instagram food filter and get ready to
bake! After all, with the winter
weather fast approaching, baking
can be an easy way to get in the
holiday spirit while keeping your
dorm nice and toasty.
For these recipes, boxed cake
mix is going to be your new best
friend. Our favorites are red velvet
and funfetti, but feel free to substitute whatever flavors you want.
Mothers always say to not eat
dessert before dinner, but that
doesnt mean you cannot eat
dessert for breakfast. Cake mix
pancakes are super easy and super delicious. Not only will your
roommates be jealous, but your

tummy will be full and happy. Besides, this wonderful creation will
make your dorm room smell like a
Winter Wonderland.
For this recipe, you will need
two cups of any flavor cake mix
(we preferred red velvet), one egg,
two tablespoons of vegetable oil
and one cup of milk. Mix all of
the wet ingredients together and
then mix in the cake mix. Spray
a skillet with non-stick spray and
pour in small, circle shaped servings of your mix.
After two or three minutes,
flip and repeat. Then eat up while
theyre hot. You could even serve
with syrup or butter. For an extra delicious treat make your own
icing (mix four ounces of cream
cheese, 1/4 cup of powdered sugar,
a splash of vanilla and some milk).
Cake does not just have to be
a meal, though, it can also be a
scrumptious and easy to make
snack. If youre in the mood for
cake but not in the mood for
baking, try this recipe for a cake
dip. Its like a mix between frosting and cake batter ice cream and

heaven all put on the graham

cracker or cookie of your choice.
Mix together cake mix (we
loved funfetti for this recipe) with
2 cups of vanilla yogurt (choose
greek for extra thickness) and one
and a half cups of whipped cream
or cool whip along with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extra and some
rainbow sprinkles.
That is all there is. Just mix
and eat! We found this recipe especially useful and delicious after
a tough day of tests which is quite
common at Tech.
These are just two examples
of the wonder that is boxed cake
mix. Armed with an arsenal of
cake mixes, you can experiment
for days with fun cupcakes, cookie bars or even just regular cakes.
Always make sure you add
plenty of frosting and sprinkles
too. The rainbow sprinkles will
add flavor while adding a pop
of color that even Chef Ramsey
would be proud of.
Just remember, that with these
few tips and ideas, you can have
your cake and eat it too!

Photo courtesy of Jacinta Lodge

Red velvet cake is a classic favorite among many. Although some students may believe that baking cake in a college setting is challenging, the dorm room hacks listed above prove otherwise.

// LIFE

BEES FROM PAGE 10

VAMPIRE FROM PAGE 10

introduced to hive safety and

care through courses which occur
monthly when the temperature is
above fifty five degrees Fahrenheit.
Interested individuals can also
visit the projects website at bees.
gatech.edu to get information on
involvement and sign up for the
projects mailing list.
Any major is welcome and
not just students. The faculty and
staff on the campus is welcome as
well, Dr. Leavy said. There are
many people from all walks of
life on campus who can contribute and be active members of the
team no matter what their job is.
The original impetus for the
project came from a desire to have
a highly visible display of science.
We wanted to do something
that would showcase science in
the Clough building, and we talked about a lot of different ideas,
including a large fish tank, said
Dr. Leavey.
After toying with the idea of an
observation hive with glass walls
that would allow the bee to be observed directly, the group decided
after consultation with master
beekeepers to establish a regular
hive, which is easier to maintain.
The benefits from the project
have ranged from the educational to the delicious. Honey from
Georgia Techs bees is sold to support the project at the Farmers
Market on Thursdays along Tech
Walkway from 11 am to 2 pm.
(If you were nervous about
heavy metals in urban honey, a
UHBP study found that it has the
same amount as rural honey.)
Dr. Leavey has hopes of expanding the project with more
beehives in the future.
She said, I do like the idea of
someday being able to create some
kind of array of hives around Atlanta, maybe even around the
BeltLine, and using the honey
from those hives as bioindicators
of the environment surrounding
that hive.

using a sterile scalpel he had just

purchased, Browning said as he
pointed behind his neck.
Browning went on to explain,
Well, I was more afraid of the
pricking part because I am very
afraid of sharp objects. Needles
are the worst. It was getting past
the part where you had to prick
me with a scalpel that was about
to drive me up a wall, and once he
did that, it was okay.
After being fed on, Browning
said that he and several members
of the New Orleans Vampire Association went to go volunteer at
a food bank where they gave food
to the homeless, indicating that
these people live otherwise normal lives.
The unfortunate thing is
while real vampires are peaceful
and harmless they are not taken
to kindly by the general public.
In terms of treatment by the public, when they come up its usually in documentaries or some TV
program or a news story and its
generally not very good, Browning said.
Browning also explained an
idea that was important to him:
Vampires do not go searching for
the media, the media searches for
them.
He likes observing how the
portrayal of vampires has changed
over the years. For instance, there
was an increase in the number
of horror films watched and produced after devastating events,
such as the Great Depression.
There was once again piqued
interest in general horror and
mythical creatures after the 9/11
attacks; however, there was a
slight difference this time. People
did not want to see the monsters
dead.
Browning believes that our society is moving in a new, different
direction and proposed, Maybe
theyre not the bad guys after all,
and maybe were reexamining and
reinterpreting what it means to be
evil.

Entertainment

technique

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Elliott Brockelbank

ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:

Joe Murphy

entertainment@nique.net

Fox Theatre hosts classic production

KARA PENDLEY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Andrew Lloyd Webbers
The Phantom of the Opera
haunts the Fox Theatre stage
from Oct. 22 to Nov. 2. Phantom offers a chilling tale of
passion, fear and lush music.
Phantom is Broadways
longest running musical, and
it continues to regularly gross
roughly $1 million a week.
This new national tour introduces the first update of
Phantom since its premiere in
1987.
The vamped-up tour is
traveling to over thirteen
states with a cast of thirty-seven, plus twenty crew members
who travel with the show.
It takes twenty-one tractortrailers to pull the massive, intricate set pieces including the
one-ton chandelier rigged to
move in new and terrifying
ways.
Phantom is a musical based
on Gaston Lerouxs novel, Le
Fantme de lOpra. The mu-

sical takes the audience back

to the Paris Populaire in 1881
where the new owners, Firmin and Andr, have just arrived after the previous owner
quit because of the mysterious
acts of the opera ghost.
Christine Daa, a chorus
girl, is then given the opportunity to be the soprano
prima donna when Carlotta,
the current prima donna, gets
frightened from a fallen set
piece and storms off the stage,
attributing it to the infamous
opera ghost.
Christine has been receiving singing lessons from her
angel of music, who turns
out to be the phantom.
The story unfolds as Christines childhood friend and
now lover, Raul, returns and
threatens to take Christine
away from the opera house
and the phantom who is madly in love with her.
Phantom has inspired
many renditions including
the original musical theater
production on West End in

Photo courtesy of Matthew Murphy, Fox Theatre

As the curtain rises after intermission, the masquerade ball is in full swing; the
scene displays the intricate set designs that make every Phantom show a spectacle.

London (1986) to Broadway

(1988) and can account for
seventeen films.
The phantom has been
portrayed by many talented
performers including Michael
Crawford in the original
Broadway production, and,

one many will recognize, Gerard Butler in the 2004 film.

Each actor is able to take
a slightly different take on the
complicated character that is
the phantom.
For the 2014 North American Tour, the phantom is being played by Cooper Grodin

who played Javert from Les

Misrables (25th Anniversary
Tour). He took a different approach to the character than
many before him.
Grodin portrayed a more
vulnerable phantom instead
of the strong character porSee PHANTOM, page 16

Dracula sheds new light on old story

PATRICK BLACK

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Turkish Empire, he decides to

go to war, but knows he has no
real army to counter the Turkish threat. He seeks to obtain
the powers of a vampire in order to win the war to protect
his family and his people.
Evans gives a nearly perfect
performance. With the movie
being centered on Draculas
internal struggle between
what he wants to do and what
he needs to do, it is impor-

tant that the actor can portray

those types of emotions fluidly
yet subtly.
In comparison, the rest
of the actors in the movie are
okay at best. Sarah Gadon,
playing Draculas wife, gives
a subpar performance, and
the unsatisfactory co-stars are
only forgivable since the story
is focused solely on Dracula.
Despite the flaws found in
the cast, the visual effects are

done very nicely. They convey

just how supernaturally powerDracula Untold is Univerful Dracula is, without being too
sal Studios attempt at rebootover-the-top. The director also
ing their repertoire of monutilizes natural, expansive landsters including Frankenstein
scapes to give the film a grand
and the Wolfman. The movie
feeling.
is the origin story of the iconic
While visual effects add imvampire and prince of Tranportant dynamics to the movie,
sylvania, Dracula (Luke Evthere are moments when the dians, Fast and Furious 6 ).
rector seems to shoot and miss.
After disputes with the
At times, certain scenes lean towards a fake look, but like the
side characters, such errors are
forgivable as they are not intrinsic to the overall tone of the film.
Fans of the original book will
like the references to Draculas
real historic past. Dracula means
son of the dragon, and Evans
characters name is Vlad Tepes,
or Vlad the Impaler. All of these
references are mentioned in the
movie and are taken directly
from the book. Draculas powers
are also mostly well-represented
in the movie; despite certain creative freedoms, anyone who has
read the original book will see
that they reflect those found in
the original.
However, the movie suffers from a number of flaws,
story-wise. There are a number
of plot conveniences thrown in
Photo courtesy of Universal Studios
throughout the film that may
Dracula Untold tells the story of prince Vlad Tepes (Luke Evans) as he obtains vampiric bother some people depending
powers to save his family and protect his beloved kingdom, though they now fear him. on their tolerance levels. And
though certain audience mem-

15

Friday,
October 31, 2014

bers may enjoy the final scene,

the ending ultimately does not
make any logical sense.
Furthermore, the movie
does not do a good job showing how the main character
becomes the Dracula everyone
knows from the story.
The evolution of the character would not be so bad, if he
was not Dracula. Since this is
a character most viewers know
well, the story falls short of
audience expectations by not
taking advantage of the tragic
story the movie was leading up
to in the first half.
Dracula becomes a vampire, but we never see him
become the evil man everyone
knows from the original book.
This is a shame since the first
half has such great buildup.
Overall, the movie is enjoyable, but its lackluster second
half coupled with useless side
characters will sour the film
for many moviegoers. The decent acting, effects and first
half somewhat make up for
it, but these positives will not
guarantee overall audience
approval. In the end, though,
Dracula Untold is a fun ride
and a good Halloween-related
movie for the season.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

Annabelle underachieves, lacks spirit

NATE TRUITT

PHANTOM

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Coming on the heels of
the extremely popular horror
title, The Conjuring, Annabelle
features a healthy serving of
jump-scares adequate for a
midnight horror craving but
falls short of its predecessor in
terms of quality.
After the massive success of
a movie such like The Conjuring, a spin-off was more a matter of when, not if. Annabelle is
related only to the original by
the doll that appears in the first
ten minutes of the film.
The story begins with a
pregnant couple. John (Ward
Horton) finds a perfect gift for
his pregnant wife, Mia (Annabelle Wallis) a rare doll in a
white wedding dress. Shortly
after this, their home is broken
into by members of a satanic
cult, resulting in supernatural
occurrences that plague the
new family.
As is becoming the standard in the horror genre, a relatively unknown director leads
an equally unknown cast in an
attempt to recreate the atmosphere of a more skillfully created film.
New director John Leonettis (director of photography
for The Conjuring and Insidious) inexperience as a director
shows throughout the film.
Leonnetti knows how to
make the audience jump, but
payoff is short lived as the audience is not in suspense because they cannot find a reason
to care what happens to the
protagonists.
In this case, Leonetti at-

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Annabelle is prequel spin-off to The Conjuring, the 2013 horror blockbuster directed by
James Wan. Father Perez (Tony Amendola), pictured above, examines the demonic doll.

tempts to build on the work

of James Wan, the creative
mind behind Insidious and
Saw along with The Conjuring.
James Wan has become known
for his innovative yet minimalistic effect-driven films.
Consequently, the film does
not go overboard with the effects, presumably to keep the
budget down. There was, however, no innovation involved in
the making of this movie.
Annabelle seems content
with using formulaic horror
elements and providing a few
jump-scares with little to no
tension in between.
The only real attempt at developing atmosphere is from
creaking doors, music and
dark lighting, all of which are
already used far too often in
horror today.
Also, as with most horror

today, the character development is lacking. Horror is one

of the few genres where this is
excusable if the audience can
be substantially scared into forgetting why they are supposed
to care about the characters.
Unfortunately, since Annabelle fails to deliver on the
scares, the lack of character development is doubly apparent
and frustrating. The audience
is never really given a reason to
care for the characters that are
being terrorized.
Despite the lack of character development, the actors do
all that they can with the script
given to them.
Wallis plays a convincing
frightened new mother and
Horton complements her role
with his portrayal of a concerned yet sometimes slightly
awkward husband. If not for

the effort from these actors,

the film could have descended
lower than mediocrity.
Annabelle is by no means
the worst horror movie that
has come out in recent history.
It simply lacks the originality
and commitment to creating
an atmosphere that made its
predecessor so special. While
this film does not consistently
deliver the scares, there are a
few that should have an effect
on the audience.
Perhaps with time, Leonetti
will develop as a director and
compliment his minimalist
style with legitimately innovative scare-tactics.
Annabelle is a fine movie
to watch if the goal is only
to jump to loud noises with a
group of friends, but it is not
the film to turn to for any lasting fear.

Friday, Nov. 7

8 p.m.

New Orleans music icon Allen Toussaint

joins forces with the Preservation Hall Jazz
Band for an evening of legendary music
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Kyle Abraham / Abraham.In.Motion

creates a moving and powerful portrait of
urban life consumed by gang and police
violence in Pavement, a contemporary
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trayed by Butler or the majestic

phantom portrayed by Crawford.
Grodins ability to portray
the facets of the phantom
through his voice is indicative
of his previous training beginning early at LaGuardia High
School of Music, Art, and Performing Arts in Manhattan.
Grodin has an ethereal
voice in Music of the Night
and displays his strong vocal abilities. The audience is
able to watch the phantom
slowly break down throughout
the show and, by the end, be
brought to tears.
The entire cast had a stellar performance. Phantom is
Julia Udines (Christine Daa)
touring debut, and she played
her part exactingly well, to a
tee. Udine had a flawless performance, hitting all of the
challenging notes asked of her
character.
Ben Jacoby (Raul, Vicomte
de Chagny) had an outstanding performance with commanding vocals and an intense
portrayal of his character. This
is Jacobys first major role, and
he handled the pressure magnificently.
The Phantom of the Opera
has been a phenomenal success since the beginning. After
more than 11,000 performances, Phantom still manages to
mesmerize audiences around
the globe.
The phantom, a man who
only wants to be loved by one
person, will continue to capture the hearts of theatergoers
everywhere.

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// ENTERTAINMENT

-Netherworld- Indie game scares

HOUSE

FROM PAGE 1

One other thing to be

warned of is that being in the
back means being the most
susceptible to stalking actors.
Timothy Gregg, first year
MSE major, said, The atmosphere, darkness and apprehension makes Netherworld
terrifying. The actors get really into it.
The decorations used in the
house resulted in a startling
realism. Walking through
it was like creeping through
the witches dungeon, wading
through a swamp and trekking through a graveyard.
Around every corner hid a
creature ready to pounce. Actors managed to get right into
the action without actually
touching the jittery groups.
The anticipation of the
unknown was the scariest element of the trek; there was
great hesitation to turn each
corner and face the newest
skeleton but none were willing to wait for something that
could come from behind.
Actors capitalized on any
sign of fear, and would not
cease to make things as terrifying as possible.
The main attraction takes
roughly twenty minutes, but
after taking everything in,
people came out feeling like
they were there for hours.
Charlie Gillian, 1st year IE
major, said, Netherworld is
a big adrenaline rush the entire way through. My hands
were sweating profusely, and
my heart would not stop rac-

ing. In the end I was glad I

conquered it, but I probably
wouldnt go back.
The light effects were astounding and unnerving as
each entrance presented an eerie pathway. The strobe lights
made seeing difficult, which
made walking and running a
challenge. One tunnel spun as
people tried to inch through
it. Another tunnel was even
scarier as it filled with fog
creating an especially creepy
vibe; the fog was waist high,
the floor wasnt visible and
hidden hands brushed ankles.
Becca Raffaele, 3rd year IE
major, said, I screamed and
laughed a lot. The special effects were really cool.
Despite all the screams
and sweat, there was a visible
yearning for more, as people
left the final segment of Netherworld. While the costumes
and set were disturbingly impressive and convincing, alone
they are not scream-worthy.
The real horror of the house
was the element of surprise.
Whether people going to
Netherworld for the first time
or their twentieth time, bringing friends adds the entertainment factor.
The team behind this longstanding attraction is already
working on next years theme,
set design and monsters to
make the experience even
more chillingly over-the-top.
For a great Halloween
experience that is not a typical horror-flick, Netherworld
provides an ideal fright-night
for anyone.

RRAHUL TOPIWALA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

and time management.

The games approach towards gore, or more appropriately, its lack of any, is
impressive. Most other horror games would have splattered blood across the entire
screen in a cheap effort to
unsettle the player. The fear
in this game comes from a
childlike fantasy gone horribly wrong.
The kid-friendly design of
the animatronics is at odds
with their large demonic
eyes and their shrill screams
once they enter the room.
The complete absence of
player movement is another
great aspect, as it creates a
deepened sense of helplessness and suspense.
The game knows that a
monster is scariest when

you dont fully see it, and

each time you look through
Most big-budget video
the cameras, most of what
games are designed around
you see consists of silhouplayer empowerment, makettes and a pair of eyes staring the player feel as though
ing right at you. When you
hes slaying thousands of
dont look at a particular
powerful enemies. In concamera, the monsters move,
trast, a good horror game
inching closer to the player.
needs to make the player feel
The power supply stops
nearly powerless. Games like
being a tool that you must
Outlast and Alien Isolation
carefully use and turns into
rely on fleeting glimpses of
what seems like a timer after
terrifying enemies and atmothe middle of the game, and
spheric tension.
getting to the fifth night will
The only thing the player
probably require some helpcan do is run, close the door
ful tips from the internet.
and hide. Enter Five Nights
This games execution of
at Freddys, a game that sees
horror tropes and added joy
its competition and decides
of surviving the night with
to take terrifying player disfriends, makes Five Nights a
empowerment one step furmust-buy for Halloween.
ther.
Five Nights at Freddys
is an indie survival-horror
game by Scott Cawthon
available on Steam for Windows, Android and iOS. The
playable character is a newly
hired night employee at
Freddy Fazbears Pizza.
What sets Five Nights
apart from the rest of its
peers is the point-and-click
aspect of the game. Players cannot run or hide from
these monsters. Instead they
are confined to one room
with a set of lights and two
doors.
There is only a limited
amount of energy available,
and practically every move
Photo courtesy of Mori Kurai, Five Nights at Freddys
made in the tiny room uses
up some power. At its core, Five Nights at Freddys creates a helpless environthe game is about resource ment through suspense and fear rather than gore.

Tavern presents spooky play for Halloween

JAMIE RULE
STAFF WRITER

Photo courtesy of Shakespeare Tavern

Macbeth is a Shakespearian tragedy, written sometime between

1599 and 1606. Shakespeare Tavern runs it every Halloween.

This Halloween, as with every

year, people find themselves in
search of spooky entertainment.
While there certainly is no shortage of modern or novel ideas that
fit the bill, some will inevitably be
drawn to the classics, and what
could be more classical than the
works of William Shakespeare
himself?
The New American Shakespeare Tavern has been performing Macbeth since Oct. 9 and
will continue through Halloween
weekend, their final show being
Sunday night. Of course, few
would risk saying so within the
walls of a theatre for fear of invoking the Curse of Macbeth.
Ever since its very first performance in the early 1600s, Shakespeares Scottish play has been
rumored to bring bad luck to any
who mention it by name, especially during its production.
The plague of recasting and
other misfortunes that follow this
play have been attributed to various non-explanations throughout
the centuries. Perhaps the most
logical is that the play was performed more often than other
plays when it first came out, allowing for random misfortunes to

befall it more than the rest of the

plays. This gave it a bad reputation
that was amplified to the point
that anything bad that happened
was simply explained away as being part of Macbeths Curse.
Of course, the most logical
explanation is rarely the most accepted one. That position has been
reserved for the theory that Shakespeare included actual witchcraft
in his play and the weird sisters
are harbingers of misfortune.
This view is reflected in their role
within the play as prophets whose
words bring about insanity and
the rest of Macbeths plot.
It is easy to see that Macbeth
has a sufficiently eerie backstory
for Halloween entertainment
without even considering the
plays actual subject matter. But
to see a play simply because it is
purported to be haunted without
questioning the quality of the play
itself is a grand way to needlessly
subject oneself to a theatrical debacle. Fortunately, Shakespeare
Taverns Macbeth is not quite worthy of such condemnation.
The Taverns annual October
tribute to the Scottish play has
cast several of the same actors who
performed in last years play. Macbeth and his wife, however, are
played by Jeff Watkins and Mary
Russell, neither of whom were in

last years rendition. As these are

two of the most pivotal roles in
the play, the difference in actors
ensured a pronounced distinction
between the year-separated performances.
The play opens with three
witches, The Weird Sisters, who
prophesy to Macbeth and Banquo
that, among other things, Macbeth will be king. The two find
this strange, but Macbeths wife
believes it to be a call to action.
She proposes that Macbeth should
murder the reigning King Duncan to fulfill the prophecy.
This line of action inevitably
leads to more blood and insanityMacbeth is a tragedy, after
all. What the plot is lacking in
subtlety, it makes up for with its
characters bloodlust, recklessness
and ambition.
The actors in Macbeth did a
great job of conveying sincerity
and were notably dedicated to the
show. Perhaps the best example of
this would be Dani Herd, Amanda Lindsey and Hayley Platt, who
in addition to their other roles,
played the Weird Sisters.
Their prophecies, riddles and
borderline creepy chanting leave
little doubt as to why people believe the Curse of Macbeth to be
brought on by the spells worked
by the three.

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DILBERT BY SCOTT ADAMS

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS

CLASSIC
CUL DE SAC BY RICHARD THOMPSON

LIO BY MARK TATULLI

CLASSIC
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JACKETS

The Jackets are coming off of a dominating performance at Pittsburgh and ready to host Virginia
in the annual homecoming game. Tech has won
16 of its past 18 homecoming games, including
the improbable 31-17 upset of No. 5 Clemson back
in 2011. Tech is still very much alive in the ACC
Coastal race, and a win here against another division foe would be critical for the team to stay in
contention.
The offense has put up
over 600 yards in each of
the past two games. They
have been doing it both on
the ground and through the
air, with Justin Thomas connecting on four touchdown
passes over the two games. The
team also scored seven touchdowns on the ground last week
against Pittsburgh, with Broderick Snoddy claiming three of
them.

T hei r
passing defense is less formidable but still features
playmakers that can disrupt receivers. Cornerback Maurice Canady will break up some Justin
Thomas passes, and he has returned an interception for a touchdown earlier this year. Linebacker Max Valles will cover the A-backs out of the
backfield on passing plays, so look for him to get
his hands up a few times as well.
The offense has put up average numbers so far
both on the ground and through the air, and it

has been doing so

with two sophomore
quarterbacks. Greyson Lambert and
Matt Johns have
both seen significant playing time
under center, often in
the same game, but over
the past month, only one would be chosen to play
each week. Lambert got the nod last week against
UNC, completing half of his passing attempts for
261 yards and throwing two touchdowns to offset
his two interceptions in the losing effort. Johns
fared slightly better the previous week at Duke,
amassing 325 yards without turning the ball over.
The Cavaliers have attempted an almost equal
number of passing and running plays this year,
giving them a well-balanced attack that involves
a lot of players. Running back Kevin Parks sees
most of the touches on the ground and gains an
average of 4.2 yards per attempt.
The Cavs will struggle in the air as receiver
Miles Gooch will miss this weekends game.

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best in the nation in yards per game. Look for the

offense to run a few play action passing plays out of
the flexbone formation against a relatively weaker
passing defense.
This will force the defenders to play off the line
of scrimmage a little more, opening up some running room for the option.
The often maligned passing defense will have
the opportunity to create turnovers, as both of
Virginias potential starting quarterbacks have
combined to throw 11 interceptions so far this
year.
The Cavaliers like to throw a lot to their
running backs coming out of the backfield, so
it will be important for the linebackers to stick
to their assignments.
In general, Virginia spreads the ball around,
as they call about an equal number of passes and
runs and have multiple receivers and running
backs filling the stat sheet every week. The Jackets
defense could have its hands full trying to cover
all of the Cavs options.

CAVALIERS

The Virginia Cavaliers head into this

game having lost two
straight after starting
the season 4-2 on top
of the Coastal division.
The team has lost four
of the last five meetings
against the Jackets, with
their lone win coming in 2011 in Charlottesville.
This Cavaliers team is at its strongest since the
2011 season in which they finished 8-5, and they
will put up much more of a fight this time around
compared to the past two matchups.
The team prides itself on its ninth-ranked
rushing defense which suits them perfectly to
slow down the Jackets spread option offense. Defensive lineman Eli Harold and linebacker Henry
Coley are two of the best in the nation at stopping the play behind the line of scrimmage. Harold has seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss on the
year while Coley has six and 10.5, so they have the
potential to wreak havoc on Techs line and stop
the option in its tracks.

His track speed was on full display; as soon as

he fights through the trenches, he is off to the races.
Expect him to continue to see a lot of playing time,
especially if Charles Perkinss knee injury keeps
him on the sidelines.
The team will have to establish a consistent running game which could prove to be difficult against
Virginias rush defense, currently ranked ninth-

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Photo by Jerrod Ray Student Publications

Quarterback Justin Thomas breaks a long run against Georgia Southern earlier in the year. Tech
won the game 42-38 after Thomas led Tech on a game winning drive, Techs first in four years.

OFFENSE

FROM PAGE 20

Mason, but there are several new

players on the offensive line making a major impact.
After a bitter ending to the season last year, it seems that not only
did Johnson enter the year rejuvenated, but also did every other offensive coach.
One of the coaches who has
done an outstanding job this season is A-back coach Lamar Owens. Coach Owens played under

Johnson at the United States Naval Academy.

One of the biggest differences
between last years offense and
this years offense is definitely the
turnovers. This year we average
about 1 per game, and last year we
averaged over 2 a game. So that
extra possession is really helping
us get more in a rhythm and confidence with what were doing,
Owens said.
Owens belives credit is due to

Johnson and Thomas for working well together to make sure the
team has the correct play.
I think the efficiency of our
offense starts with Coach Johnson
calling the plays and with Justin.
I think Justin is doing a tremendous job of reading the option and
keeping us out of bad plays. Hes
doing a really good job of leading
the offense, and I believe that the
rest of the guys on the offense and
team believe in Justin and have his

back, and thats definitely helping us be more efficient, Owens

said.
Even though there are five Abacks who see a lot playing time,
including four redshirt seniors,
Owens described the group as
selfless and hardworking.
Owens has helped with the
breakout years of all of the Abacks this season. Redshirt seniors
Charles Perkins and Tony Zenon
are having career years, and junior Broderick Snoddy looks like
a completely different player this
season.
The development of these players along with the quarterback
and offenisve line have helped
Tech become the most efficient
offense in the country according
to some metrics.
The wide receiver duo of seniors Darren Waller and DeAndre
Smelter have added an unseen dimension to the offense as well, as
both receivers have become even
better this year.
Usually Tech relies on one
receiver to carry the load for the
passing game, like Demaryius
Thomas did in 2008 and 2009.
This season, Smelter has caught
20 balls for 462 yards and five
touchdowns as well as 96 rushing
yards. Waller has 10 catches for
205 yards and two touchdowns.
Both of them also excel at blocking for the rest of the team.
Tech enters their homecoming game with another challenge
ahead of them against the University of Virginia, and the offense
is looking to replicate last weeks
performance against Pittsburgh
where they scored 56 points.

TECH SETS NCAA RECORD IN WIN

This past weekend, the Jackets

set a NCAA record in their football game versus Pittsburgh. The
Jackets forced and recovered five
fumbles in the first quarter. Pitts
fourth fumble came on its sixth
play of the game making it one of
the worst starts in football history.
Techs six forced fumbles for
the game did not set a new school
record or NCAA record as the
Jackets forced 13 turnovers including 8 fumbles in a game
against archrival Georgia in 1951.
Tech went onto rout Pittsburgh
56-28 on their homecoming.
WOMENS VOLLEYBALL GOES 1-1

The Jackets won a thriller Friday night after losing the first two
sets of the game. Tech came back
to win convincingly against Syracuse making it their third conference win of the season.
Unfortunately on Sunday,
Tech suffered the same fate Syracuse did on Friday as Tech lost the
last three sets of the match versus
the nationally ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.

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GTTTA hoping for top 10 at nationals

ALISON LAVERY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Georgia Tech Table Tennis Association, better known as
GTTTA, is excited to kick off the
new season. Many changes have
occurred this season that will help
the table tennis team this season.
GTTTA has won seven
straight Georgia college table tennis championships.
The exciting stuff this semester compared to semesters past is
league night and the new coach,
explained fourth year CMPE and
President of GTTTA, Kyle Post.
League night has become a
very important and popular part
of GTTTA this year. League
night and GTTTA practices are
open for all to check out to test
their skills against the top table
tennis players at the school.
The idea with league nights is
that you are placed in groups of
a similar rating, Post said. On
nights like that, we can handle up
to 20 players per night and have
four groups of five. Each group
will be of similar skill level. You
get a chance to move up if you
win your table. If you show up
the next week, you will have the
chance to move up and be seated
at the next level.
GTTTA holds practice three
times a week and is devoted to
helping interested players improve
their skills.
League nights give players the
opportunity to get in extra practice and the motivation to move
their table tennis game to the next
level.
During the first weekend of
November, Tech table tennis fans
will get to see if all GTTTAs
practice has paid off.
It will be an especially packed
weekend for the team: with back
to back tournaments on the first
and second of November.
On Nov. 1, GTTTA is playing in the AGTTAs Giant Round
Robin which is sponsored by the
Atlanta Georgia Table Tennis Association and is an offical USATT
tournament.

Photo by Tyler Meuter Student Publications

The GTTTA hosted their weekly league night this past Thursday on the fourth floor of the CRC.
League night is open to anyone to play and challenge the best table tennis players on campus.

On Nov. 2, Tech will play in

their first National Collegiate Table Tennis Association, the First
Georgia Divisional Tournament,
which will take place in Norcross,
GA.
Were going to hopefully have
a special practice this week for the
people that are going to the tournament and we just recently got
a new coach that is really good,
Post commented when asked how
the team was preparing for their
November tournaments. Hes
come three times so far and this
past Friday was the first day of his
contract to start coming every Friday.
Fall tournaments are not the
only thing that GTTTA is preparing for. Post has many goals

for this year.

Weve won the collegiate division of the Georgia League the last
seven years, and weve been able to
go to nationals as well, Post said.
The goal that Ive come up with
is that I think we could finish in
the top ten at nationals whereas
for the last few years, we have
been finishing at about twenty to
twenty four. I think with good
recruiting and practice, we can
make the jump.
With the help of new coach
Lee McCool, who has been introduced to provide extra practice
for players every Friday evening,
this year could be the year that
GTTTA successfully makes it to
the top ten on a national level.
GTTTA gives Tech students

the chance to hone their table

tennis skills in a friendly environment. The club has practice three
days a week including weekly
training sessions and weekly
league nights.
GTTTA is the perfect place for
students who are interested in improving their skills and relieving
some stress with a little healthy
competition.
Anybody can come check us
out. New players are allowed two
free visits before deciding if they
want to join or not, Post said.
The GTTTA will host the Fall
Georgia College Friendly Tournament on Nov. 22 on the fourth
floor of the CRC where they will
face off against other teams across
the state.

SAMPSON

FROM PAGE 20

Mitchell will not have to sit out

a season and are immediately eligible to play for Tech. Along with
senior Nick Jacobs, who is ineligible this season after transferring
from Alabama, these three players
make up a large part of the Jackets upperclassmen core.
Despite having a short amount
of time playing together, the
chemistry between the three is
apparent. The three players had
strong showings in the annual
Blue-Gold intra-squad game
last Saturday. Mitchell had 18
points and 10 rebounds, Cox had
25 points and 9 rebounds, and
Sampson added 10 points. There
were also visible shows of support,
with smiles and fist bumps among
them.
Were definitely meshing really well. Were looking out for each
other, passing the ball, standing
up for each other, and getting
along well, Sampson said.
This is good news for Tech
beyond the perspective of just
counting statistics.
The veteran transfers will be relied upon for their experience and
leadership as well. Sampson feels
that this experience is very beneficial for the five freshman and the
teams development overall.
You tell freshmen what to do
here and there since youve been
through it three years. So, I mean,
theyre definitely stepping up
because I think theyre improving faster than normal freshmen
would, Sampson said.
The Jackets can use all of the
improvement they can get. The
holes in the roster compared to
last year will make it tough for
Tech in the perennially strong
ACC. What Sampson will bring
to the team will hopefully help alleviate some of those concerns.
Be one of the leaders, attack
every time, rebound, slash, and be
one of the players they can count
on, Sampson said, on his role on
the team.
The Jackets begin their regular season with the home opener
against Georgia on Friday, Nov.
14. The Jackets have beaten Georgia every year in Coach Brian
Gregorys tenure at Tech.

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E-sports club host successful GT Gamefest

LINDSAY PURCELL
MANINGING EDITOR

Sitting like a hacker in a spy

movie behind a row of monitors,
Henry Mei, 1st year PhD student in ECE and Co-Chair of
Gamefest, attempts to play two
games at once while still running
a two day gaming event that hundreds of people attend.
Mei looks back fondly on the
early days of Gamefest, now in its
7th year at Tech, when the tournament was just 20-30 Tech students playing their favorite video
games in the basement of the College of Computing.
It was actually called C.o.C.Land, and yeah Gamefest is probably an improved name, joked
Mei before explaining how the
event has grown enormously in
the past few years.
Gamefest is now a two day video game tournament that draws
about 800-900 people to campus
each semester. This past weekend
marked the events 9th anniversary, and the events organizers
can only see a future of bigger and
better Gamefests.
For $15, anyone can join the
competition. This year, nearly 20
different gaming options were offered to participants, along with
parking and overnight computer
storage. As soon as the doors
opened at noon on Saturday to
when they closed at nearly midnight on Sunday, professional
gamers and newcomers alike
could be found with bulky head-

Photo by Brenda Lin Student Publications

Students sit down to play League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena game that was
featured in this past weekends Gamefest. This year,Gamefest brought in hundreds of students.

phones mashing buttons in quests

for glory in the game of their
choice.
We try to change up the tournament offerings each year. At the
end, we survey about what games
[participants] liked, said Barrett
McGowin, 5th year ME and Logistics Director for Gamefest.
According to McGowin, the
favorite games are pretty stable.
League of Legends, Dota 2 are
the usual favorites. McGowin and
Mei attribute this fact to their status as MOBA or multiplayer

online battle arena games.

[MOBA games] are definitely the most popular, said Mei.
Tech fields teams in all of them.
We always say that Tech has done
better in e-sports than in athletic
sports.
E-sports, which is short for
electronic sports, is extremely
fast-growing. Just like in any
other sport, there are professional
gamers. With some tournament
winnings reaching over $10 million, being the best can be quite a
lucrative position.

Tech is currently a powerhouse for some of the best gamers around. According to Mei,
there are three to four League of
Legends Grandmasters on campus. Mei and the other organizers
hope to use Techs reputation as
an innovative, technology-based
school and our large gaming
population to help Gamefest grow
and expand in the future. They
even have dreams of rivaling Momocon, which began at Tech as
well and currently has over 15,000
attendees each year.

If we push hard on marketing, which we plan to next year,

we can reach 1000 participants
easily, said Mei.
Mei has reasons to be optimistic, as well. Gamefest has already
expanded across two buildings:
the Klaus Advanced Computing
Building and the Clough Undergraduate Learning Center. Earlier
this semester, when Klaus seemed
to be potentially closed to student
organizations, the Gamefest hosts
were worried. Luckily, the situation was sorted out long before
Gamefest began.
Finding enough funding has
also been somewhat problematic
for the organizers. They like to
have enough pizza, soda and tshirts for everyone, but of course,
that requires some serious funding.
Web development is really
expensive if you want someone
good, said Mei.
Despite all of this, Mei and
McGowin believe they were able
to pull off a successful Gamefest.
I think the most rewarding
part is seeing the appreciation
after the fact. Its...knowing you
gave that experience to someone. I
really love nurturing the community aspect of it, said Mei.
Gamefest is most definitely a
community-building experience,
too. Despite the fact the event is
a competition, participants can be
seen laughing and eating gluttonous amounts of pizza as they all
participate in the sport they love
best: gaming.

Georgia Techs Journal of the Arts and Literature

art, n. - The expression or application of creative skill and
imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting, drawing, or
sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their
beauty or emotional power.
It is art that makes life, makes interest,
makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of
its process.
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SPORTS EDITOR:

Mark Russell

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR:

Joe Sobchuk

sports@nique.net

E-Sports Club

The Tech E-Sports Club hosted GT

Gamefest this past weekend which
featured many tournaments.419

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October 31, 2014

Sampson ready to finally suit up for Tech

NIKHIL RAGDE

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Jackets mens basketball
team comes into the 2014-2015
season with major changes to its
roster. Gone are Trae Golden,
Daniel Miller, Kammeon Holsey
and Robert Carter Jr., four key
players for Tech last season.
They were in the top five on
the team for scoring average and
in the top six for minutes played.
But with Golden, Miller, and
Holseys NCAA eligibility ending
and Carter Jr.s transfer, the Jackets have some big holes to fill.
Head Coach Brian Gregory
will have four returning Jackets
with significant experience from
last season. Junior forward Marcus Georges-Hunt, who was second on the team in points and
first in minutes last season, junior
guard Chris Bolden, and redshirt
sophomore guard Corey Heyward
are the three remaining players
who started games for Tech.
Sophomore forward Quinton
Stephens is the other returning
Jacket who received significant
minutes last year. While this lack
of experience may be a cause for
concern, Coach Gregory has a
lot more to work with thanks to
the addition of three experienced
transfer players.
Redshirt senior Robert Sampson is one of those transfer players,
and the most experienced of the
group. Sampson transferred from
East Carolina University, where
he made 52 starts and 96 appear-

ances in three years. He helped

ECU to a CIT Championship
before transferring to Tech. After
sitting out a year, Sampson is eager to get back out on the court.
Im excited to play, Im excited
for every game, and Im excited
for the fans, Sampson said.
Along with his own experience, Sampson brings along a
family history in basketball.
Sampsons father, Ralph Sampson
Jr., is considered to be one of the
greatest collegiate basketball players of all-time. Ralph Sampson
Jr. is the only player to ever win
three straight NCAA player of the
year awards. Sampson Jr., who is
7-foot-4, was also the No. 1 pick
in the 1983 NBA draft.
Sampsons brother, Ralph
Sampson III, recently played
four seasons with the University
of Minnesota. They were sources
of support for Sampson as he
watched from the sidelines last
year.
[Sitting out] was rough. Definitely ups and downs. But I kept
my mind focused on basketball
and getting my grades right. I
talked to my parents every day
and to my brother, he played. Getting advice every day to improve
my game, Sampson said.
The advice seemed to have
helped too, as he believes he has
improved in the last year.
I feel like I got in better shape
in the year that I sat out. I got
stronger definitely. I think I got
more athletic, if thats possible.
That was pretty much my goal for

Photo courtesy of GTAA

Redshirt senior power forward Robert Sampson practices his jump shot during preseason practice this year. Sampson transferred from East Carolina and is going to play his final season here.

the whole entire year I sat out,

Sampson said.
The 68 Sampson is a solid
rebounder, and has pulled down
more than 100 in each of his three
seasons at ECU, even when coming off the bench.
In his last season at ECU,

Sampson led the team in both offensive and defensive rebounding

with 303 total rebounds, posting
averages of 9.2 rebounds and 9.1
points per game.
He will be called on to continue his strong rebounding, as
Miller, Holsey and Carter Jr. were

the Jackets rebounding leaders

last season.
Senior center Demarco Cox
from Ole Miss, and junior forward Charles Mitchell from
Maryland join Sampson as transfers with experience. Cox and

MARK RUSSELL

tenure high of 37.1 points per

game through eight games as well
as highs in rushing yards (326.1),
passing yards (155.8) and percentages in converting third (58.06)
and fourth downs (77.78).
The offense has become the
most efficient in the country due
largely to the entire team buying
into the system this offseason.
Besides starting a new quarterback, another big difference this
year is that Johnson ditched the
pistol and diamond formations
the team ran last year with Lee.
Countless times, Tech lined up
in those formations, and it seemed
like the base formation of Johnsons spread option offense was
not as polished due to having less
reps during spring training and
fall camp.
Going into the season, Johnson
made it very clear at ACC Media
Day of his offensive plan was for
this season.
More option, more triple option. We really got away from it a
year ago. We ran very little triple
option. We werent very good at
it, Johnson said.
Johnson is proud of his young
offensive line and called it the
best hes ever had and that guys
are continuing to improve and
blow people off the ball. The line
is anchored by senior Shaquille

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This years offense: Johnsons finest work yet

SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by Blake Israel Student Publications

Coach Paul Johnson leads the team onto the field in a game versus Florida State. Johnson, who
calls plays for the offense, has been the mastermind behind Techs offensive success this season.

In his seventh year at Tech,

Head Coach Paul Johnsons offense has reached new heights and
has surprisingly become his best
and most efficient yet.
When the year started, most
didnt know what to expect from
Techs offense due to graduation
of several key starters such as David Sims and Robbie Godhigh.
Tech was also going to be
breaking in a new starter at quarterback in redshirt sophomore
Justin Thomas. Most assumed
former quarterback Vad Lees
transfer was a bad sign for Tech;
but it was actually a blessing in
disguise. With Thomas having the
higher ceiling, it was safe to assume that he would have won the
quarterback job regardless of Lees
decision.
After the departure of Lee,
media members throughout the
South thought Johnson was losing control of his program, and
many local writers thought Lees
transfer was negative momentum
in Johnsons tenure at Tech.
Despite criticism, Johnson has
been able to turn this team into
his finest work yet even though
the team has six new starters this
season on offense.
Tech has averaged a Johnson-

See OFFENSE, page 17