Admissions facing numbers game
It’s looking to be a busy semester for Rick Clark, Tech’s new director of Admissions. Even though he just stepped into the position three months...
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From the files of the GTPD…
Dude, where’s my car? On Feb. 2 at around 11:30 p.m., a Tech student notified the Tech police that his car had been stolen. The...
Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Feb. 10, 2009. AIAS South Quad Conference Tech’s chapter of the American Institute...
SGA to form presidential white paper
SGA has formed a new student committee for the purpose of creating a white paper to summarize a list of student suggestions for Tech’s new...
Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Feb. 3, 2009. Mars Society The Mars Society requested funding to help build...
Campus Crime Report
Assault on Hemphill A police officer observed a student laying on the sidewalk on Jan. 28 at 10:13 p.m. When a police officer approached the...
CU chancellor Peterson named sole finalist for presidency
The search committee assembled to fill the vacant office of Institute President has produced a single finalist: George P. “Bud” Peterson, chancellor of the University...
Preparations for CULC begin
Preparations have begun for construction of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (CULC). Facilities began work earlier this month upgrading and rerouting existing water, steam and...
Megamod policy changes stall in SGA
A bill that would establish a new mass campus email distribution policy at Tech was shot down at the end of the Fall semester. Even...
Mandatory student fee revenue to be distributed “everywhere”
Many students were upset to discover the mandatory hundred-dollar fee added to Tech students’ tuition this semester. The fee was instituted to help cover budget...
Tech alumus chosen to run second largest GTRI lab
In November, Jim McGarrah, MS ME ‘79, took a position with GTRI as the director of its Information Technology and Telecommunications Laboratory (ITTL). Prior to...
CoC starts search for new dean
Interim President Gary Schuster announced last week the launch of a search committee for the new dean of the College of Computing (CoC). The previous...
Regents mandate food policy change
The Board of Regents has tacked on new restrictions to Tech’s food policy, which will take effect Feb. 1. The Regents-mandated policy will change how...
SGA proposes new ticketing systems
SGA is beginning to finalize much-needed changes to the football ticketing system ahead of the 2009 season. After starting a campaign last fall to investigate...
Finalists named in inaugural InVenture Prize
The InVenture Prize held its preliminary round Wednesday night, trimming the field of contestants to eight inventions. During the event, 14 inventions were presented before...
Regents rep hears students’ concerns about new fee
To address the concerns coming from students across Georgia, the Board of Regents asked Susan Herbst, executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, to survey the...
Solar Decathlon house moves to new home
Tech’s Solar Decathlon House has recently been moved to the Tellus Museum in Cartersville, Ga. The house, which was built by a multidisciplinary team of...
Campus Crime
Clubbing and robbing On Jan. 24, at around 2 a.m., police officers were dispatched to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house regarding a fight in...