Esports is a fast-growing industry. Unlike traditional sports, the growth of esports also comes with new types of games every year. Imagine if a sport like blernsball from Futurama was suddenly added to the everyday […]
I have had to climb a lot throughout my time in college — every obstacle a treacherous mountain and every failure a chasm waiting to swallow me whole. Should I drop this class and risk […]
When I first learned that I was to become the Technique editor-in-chief, my first thought was, “I hope this isn’t going to be a total dumpster fire.” To be fair, the job is mostly putting […]
I remember restlessly browsing Georgia Tech Class of 2018 Facebook page in the time between being accepted to Tech and August 18, 2014. I spent much of this time before the fall semester started trying […]
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are organisms that have their genomes altered in favor of specific traits. For example, using the technology, you could create a corn crop with larger cobs, larger kernels and, potentially, a […]
This week, I was confronted with signs on Skiles walkway and by the Student Center alerting me to the Red Cross blood drive happening on campus. I have donated at Tech before, so I was […]
On Wednesday mornings, I go to the library to print out assignments for class, and without fail, there is always someone asleep in a booth on the second floor. There are often people curled up […]
A few years back, a very troubling commercial began making the rounds on major networks. I don’t remember exactly what was being advertised, but a series of children appeared on screen proclaiming what they wanted […]
With its most recent meeting, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) of the Student Government Association (SGA) gave up all pretense of playing by its own rules. Throughout the night this past Tuesday, a horrendous […]
In a day and age focused on technology, data collection and constant government monitoring, it can feel at times as though George Orwell’s “1984” has come to pass — as arguably the most popular dystopian […]
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 […]
On February 27, Vice President Mike Pence said that, “[we can], in our time, restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law,” essentially implying abortion will no longer be legal. Abortion has […]
This past weekend, three of my friends and I took a road trip to Tallahassee, Florida to participate in our first hackathon ever. It was not what I had expected at all, but only in […]
The presidential elections for SGA this year cannot really be considered one. Evan Gillon and Ayo Aladesanmi are running uncontested for the position of president and vice president respectively, and so find themselves in an […]
One of the best classes I’ve ever taken at Tech is Dr. Hans Klein’s PHIL 3127 class, not just because of its effect on my GPA, but because of its approach to what enlightenment means […]
If you have ever gone out to eat with me, you know that if I cannot finish my food, I will either take it to go or make you finish it for me. It was […]
I, like most of the population, have been binging on Black Mirror. If you have seen the series, you know some episodes revolve around the creation and use of smarter, improved artificial intelligence, or AI. […]