UHR failed the student body with budget cuts
This past week, SGA has been celebrating I <3 GT week, an incredible outreach and celebration of us as a student body and Institute. On Monday, March 26, 2018, we celebrated I <3 Traditions. On […]
GSS Responds to Technique Rideshare Consensus Opinion
Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor is in response to a Technique consensus. The rideshare bill offered unlimited $1 rides from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. seven days a week in the immediate Tech […]
See you at the finish line!
When we think about what it means to be a Georgia Tech student, there are a few words that commonly come to mind: we’re often described as hard-working, creative, nerdy (but proudly so), and, of […]
Taking measures before it’s too late
Ever since I can remember, I have had anxiety. After it started affecting my daily life, I began therapy. It was no miracle cure, but having an outlet, having an objective listener, a listener who […]
An open letter to the Georgia Tech community
Inevitably, right after we release admission decisions, I’ll be walking around campus or in a meeting and someone will say, “I would not want your job.” This is normally because they’ve just heard from someone […]
Why you should hire a female engineer
I’ve raised my hand and asked a question in a computer engineering lecture only once. I asked if a bus (a wire) on a schematic was serial or parallel. I don’t even remember what the […]
Scout Ahead: What comes next?
I met Scout Schultz two weeks ago. DM Smith 011 was packed with pizza boxes and passionate students on a Tuesday evening (standing room only as I walked in late) as the Georgia Tech Progressive […]
On the benches in the McAuley locker room
In building its Olympic pool and aquatic center, Georgia Tech has surpassed all expectations. Its lanes are wide and long. They allow for multiple swimmers to circle-swim. Its lifeguards, kind; showers, hot; lockers, numerous. In […]
An invitation to repeal Georgia’s campus carry bill
On Oct. 23, 2015, Georgia Tech unveiled a bronze statue commemorating Albert Einstein, cast by the renowned sculptor Robert Berks. The timing was certainly apt. A month before, an international team of researchers, including members […]
Tech must declare support for the Paris Climate Accords
Georgia Tech proclaims itself to be a “leading research institution committed to improving the human condition.” However, it is falling short of this reputation with respect to the environment. Our university needs to join the […]
Climate denial is not the issue with renewables
There is a persistent myth that exists among the environmental movement in this country that claims that climate change denialism is the primary reason for opposition to their energy policies. It argues that the people […]
Harambe’s death highlights America’s hypocrisy
Last year, the country broke out in rage when the 17-year-old silverback gorilla, Harambe, was killed. Cincinnati zoo officials were forced to make the difficult decision to kill Harambe after a three-year-old boy crawled into […]
An unique love-hate relationship with Tech
I am going to graduate this May, and only now, when the separation date is very nearby, that I realized I have developed a love-hate relationship with Tech. I love this school. Just recently I […]
Your hate will not silence me
Two weeks ago I found my “I <3 Israel” bumper sticker on my car covered by a Hitler sticker. I have been fortunate enough to have not experienced direct anti-Semitism in my life until this. […]
Have empathy when considering others’ plight
Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. There has been a massive lack of it over the past few months ever since Donald Trump was elected as President. And no, I […]
Strangers in a Strange Land
“What would happen if we included horizontal gene transfer in the model?” It was an intriguing question asked by a new Ph.D. student from Iran. I hope he can continue his studies with us long […]
Do not confuse TV with real history
To compare dry lessons about names, dates and events in a history course with a dramatized, for-profit television program based on names, dates and historical events is to miss the point of studying history. There […]
Attention: millennials do care about politics
Initially, my letter to the editor was supposed to be about why I disagreed with an article the Technique ran earlier this month. Then the American political cycle reached its dramatic conclusion and, well, it […]