Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Nov. 17, 2009. The American Nuclear Society (ANR) requested funding from UHR and...
News
Campus Crime
Crime reports from around campus. On Friday Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. a student made a report of indecent exposure and theft in the CRC....
Tech to leave Academic Common Market
As of Summer 2011, Tech will no longer participate in the Academic Common Market (ACM), which provides in-state tuition to out-of-state students who do not...
Proposed dead week policy passes at faculty senate
As of Tuesday, the Faculty Senate approved the new Dead Week policy. The comprehensive Week Preceding Final Examinations (WPFE, as it is now officially called)...
Student academic fees to increase due to budget cuts
Tuesday, the Board of Regents (BoR) for the University System of Georgia (USG) voted unanimously to double the mandatory academic excellence fee introduced last year...
College of Management receives $25 million
The College of Management (CoM) received a commitment of $25 million from an anonymous source. The college will store $20 million in an endowment fund...
Students, Administrators participate in fall campus safety walk
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) Planning and Development committee held its first fall campus safety walk on Nov. 12, following the upsurge in crime both...
Budget furlough days announced
Tech administrators have announced that four of the six furlough days required to be taken by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents...
Robberies hit local business, bank
Two separate armed robberies occurred over the last week off-campus. Both of the crimes occurred within the expanded patrol zone of 500 feet past campus...
SGA hosts student strategic planning forum
On Thursday, Nov. 5, Tech students representing a multitude of clubs and organizations attended SGA’s Strategic Planning Forum at the Flag Building. The forum was...
Cause of parking garage crash discovered
Cause of parking garage crash discovered Gateway Development, the company that leases the Centergy One parking garage in Tech Square has determined and released the...
Heavy CULC construction begins this week
With the continuation of breaking ground, heavy construction for the Clough Undergraduate Learning Center (CULC) is underway. As of earlier last week, the team responsible...
Buzzcard funds misappropriations fixed
The BuzzCard Center mistakenly redeposited funds into the accounts of a number of unsuspecting students in the morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Affected students...
Basketball ticketing moves to first-come first-serve system
The Athletic Association (AA) announced a new set of ticketing policies and procedures for the men’s basketball season this year. Changes were implemented this past...
Further budget cuts expected for University System of Georgia
Governor Sonny Perdue announced this morning that Oct. revenue collection was down. Last month saw revenue of $1,140,090,000, a decrease of $240,770,000 or 17.8% from...
Health Center receives H1N1 vaccine
The Stamps health Center has received a limited supply of H1N1 vaccines. The health center has set up a distribution schedule starting tomorrow, Nov. 10....
Bank robbery occurs at Wachovia on Tech Parkway
The Wachovia bank on State St. at Tech Parkway was robbed this morning. The Georgia Tech Police Department says to be on the lookout for...
Campus Crime
White trash bag At approximately noon on Oct. 28, officers responded to a call about a suspicious male in the Barnes and Noble Bookstore. The...