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Students respond to end of shuttle program

Madison Lee on July 21, 2011 in Life

On Friday, July 8, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made the final ascent from space not only for itself, but also for NASA’s 30-year-old shuttle program as it concluded STS-135, the Shuttle program’s final mission.

Library workshops helping to advance knowledge

Jonathan Vallecillo on July 7, 2011 in Life

With e-books, Powerpoint presentations and other forms of computer software becoming the standard medium through which students create and develop ideas, a large educational void has been left for students to fill themselves.

Exploring Atlanta for dummies – or Techies

Gaines Halstead on July 7, 2011 in Life

The summer semesters can be a slow and uneventful time for many Tech students; only so many games at the bowling center or levels of Portal 2 can preoccupy an idle student, but when campus life begins to grind to a halt and things begin to look dreary, there is still hope yet.

Liberal arts add variety to Tech curriculum

Allyn Woodward on June 24, 2011 in Life

While Tech may be known primarily as a technical university, many other non-scientific majors at the Institute are beginning to emerge toward a more prominent...

Flying Club offers Jackets chance to take to skies

Lauren Townsend on June 24, 2011 in Life

There are not too many of Tech’s various clubs and organizations that can say they have their meetings at two-thousand feet, but that is not the case for the Georgia Tech Flying Club.

Stimulant drug use rising among Tech students

Gaines Halstead on June 24, 2011 in Life

With short-summer finals concluding this week, students at Tech will be spending the next few days recovering from dreaded all-nighters and gratuitous amounts of energy drinks as a result of their efforts to cram those last few CS 1371 notes before the big test.

Tech students to compete in China this summer

Technique Staff on June 8, 2011 in Life

While many students may be going to China for work or studying abroad this summer, three students will be traveling there to compete against entrepreneurs from all over the world in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge (PolyU Global Challenge)...

How to live cheap, or somewhat free, at Tech

Gaines Halstead on June 8, 2011 in Life

Life for Tech students has never been easy. The curriculum here alone provides enough of a challenge within itself, but now with the rising costs of both living and education, many are faced with the threat of not being able to continue their schooling...

Students, campus react to death of Osama bin Laden

David Raji on June 8, 2011 in Life

It began with millions of confused children across the nation’s classrooms, watching two towers collapse in what would soon become one of the most famous video clips in American media. It ended with the same children, now college-aged and old enough to defend the country...

Tech hosts Relay for Life

Lauren Townsend on April 22, 2011 in Life

Every year, almost two million people are diagnosed with cancer, and over 11 million people continue the struggle with the disease. In 1985, the American...

VSA requests change in flag representation

Gaines Halstead on April 22, 2011 in Life

The Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) has proposed the replacement of the current communist flag with the Freedom Flag of Vietnam to the executive board here at Tech

Straight, LGBTQ students join Pride Alliance

Gaines Halstead on April 15, 2011 in Life

For most, dating in college is easy. For the most part, the average college couple receives little scrutiny. Yet for some, dating in college comes...

Bill Nye: “Science guy” shares experiences, visions

Alex Kessler on April 15, 2011 in Life

He is the Executive Director of The Planetary Society, an engineer by profession, the owner of three PhDs, an Emmy Award winner, a stand-up comedian and a childhood inspiration for most.

Students form One Voice against sex trafficking

Lauren Townsend on April 15, 2011 in Life

When someone says the words “sex trafficking,” most people think of the movie Taken, in which a teenage girl goes into another country and gets kidnapped, traded and sold as a prostitute. No one instantly thinks of young women living in Atlanta being exploited, but, in fact, this city is a national hub for sex trafficking, and the majority of the young women abused are minors with an average age of around 14. At Tech, a society called “One Voice” is making an effort to stop this abuse.

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