Currently at Tech, first-semester freshmen are the prime focus of Greek organizations during recruitment. These students are just beginning college and are experiencing academic and social changes in their transitions. They also have the least […]
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 […]
At some point in your life, you will probably find yourself facing the question: if a pig is fed slop with bits of other pig in it, but the sentient pig doesn’t realize it, is […]
Most of what we hear about the internet is reported with a sense of doom: Internet service providers (ISPs) are collecting our search history, elections are being tampered with and GTwifi is down for the […]
Because of my family situation, I traveled extensively as a child. I was a Continental Airlines frequent flyer by age eight, which was before their merger with United Airlines. The flight attendants and gate agents […]
I, like most other people out there, am painfully embarrassed of my middle school years. My head sported a permanent bowl-cut, I spoke to my “girlfriend” exclusively through AOL messenger and my internet presence consisted […]
I have taken birth control pills since I was 13 years old. I have also taken several statistics classes. Recently, those two facets of my life collided rather unpleasantly. I went to Stamps in mid-February […]
Kyle and I each had a bottle of wine in our hands as we were sitting on the MARTA. I was friends with Mary from high school and Kyle was roommates with Sam. Mary and […]
Small-business coffee shop owners can oversee the coffee process from start to finish: visiting the farms, overseeing the roasteries, grinding and brewing the coffee and placing it in the hands of a customer. In doing […]
While the storms this past Wednesday failed to live up to some of the more apocalyptic predictions, they were still nothing to take lightly. Classes were not cancelled across the board, and as a result […]
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 […]
With the steady increase of Tech’s undergraduate enrollment from 12,360 in 2006 to 15,142 last year, it is understandable that spaces to study in may seem a rare breed. Yet, a few simple changes and […]
Many people falsely believe that feminism is specifically for women, but equal rights can benefit everyone. Men’s rights activists have risen to more prominence in the last few years and the thing that bothers me […]
Last week, I downloaded a mobile game called Ballz to my phone. I cannot remember exactly why. I think one of my friends recommended it, or perhaps I had seen it being played somewhere, or […]
Five days, 8 museums, 44 miles. The statistics of my recent trip to D.C. fail to depict the most important lesson I learned: I love traveling alone. While a solo trip is something I have […]
