The Board of Regents should not approve the UGA’s request to add mechanical, civil and electrial engineering majors to its curricula. UGA’s enthusiasm in improving Georgia’s science and technology industry is well-founded, but misplaced. The [...]
The recession is over. That’s what everyone is telling us. However, when you’re feeling the direct effects of said recession, it’s not really over. As a fifth-year student who has been working my way through [...]
What’s HOT and what’s NOT around campus this week HOT: KUSTAR combo Tech’s new partnership with Khalifa University for Science, Technology and Research positions Tech in a region of important technological development and policy discussion. [...]
The new proposed JFC policy, which would allow extra funding for collaborative-effort events between student organizations, is a welcome change which should prove to be highly beneficial. Often times, Tech students and organizations isolate themselves [...]
The news that UGA is seeking to add engineering programs that overlap with ones offered at Tech raises numerous financial questions and questions of necessity. The timing of such an expansion is terrible, as the [...]
As the new Freshman Class President I would like to take a moment to discuss my role in student government as well as what actions I am going to be taking to represent the freshman [...]
New VP position well justified It is possible to jump to conclusions when we hear the word diversity because our gut tells us “race and gender.” In reality, the definition of diversity is more complex [...]
What’s HOT and what’s NOT around campus this week. Hot: Naughty Novak B.J. Novak had the crowd rolling in the Ferst Center on Sunday. Having on campus entertainment that students truly want to see is [...]
Over the course of history, the United States has attracted the most brilliant and talented minds from across the globe, offering them the prospect of a better life and a chance to start over. The [...]
Should I be excited about the white-out game this weekend? The idea is that I should be excited simply by default. The whole point of the event, after all, is to pump up the students [...]
The news that UGA is seeking to add engineering programs that overlap with ones offered at Tech raises numerous financial questions and questions of necessity. The timing of such an expansion is terrible, as the [...]
The search for a Vice President for Institute Diversity and the resulting protesters have raised many valid question about diversity on Tech’s campus. While there are many organizations and departments on campus dedicated to diversity, [...]
There are a lot of things in this world that annoy me: my small hometown, my crappy phone, my confusing and nonexistent love life. But nothing compares to the way my blood boils when some [...]
What’s HOT and what’s NOT around campus this week. Hot: Bulldog take down While they aren’t the bulldogs most care that much about beating, the win over South Carolina State was a great start to [...]
It’s considered the American dream, it’s what droves of immigrants come to this country for: education. According to one long-ago politician, “education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” Now, I believe [...]
Both the UHR and GSS should defeat the bill pending in both houses providing continued funding to the USA Today Collegiate Readership Program. The representatives and senators of last academic year wisely decided to cut [...]
The unique alliance between the Woodruff Center for the Arts and Tech opens up new entertainment and cultural options for students and enhances the relationship between two important institutes in the Midtown area. This new [...]
Just over a year ago, the Tech community undertook the task of developing a strategic vision for Tech that will shape our future for the next 25 years. Our challenge was to create a shared [...]