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Does the Institute’s new ten-year plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion do enough for students, faculty, and staff?

The Technique Editorial Board on April 10, 2022 in Consensus Opinion, Opinions

As of March 30, 2022, the Institute has published its ten-year Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan, laying out 22 actionable strategies to build a more...

Animation deserves better

Isa Cardona on April 2, 2022 in Opinions

This year’s Oscars was an interesting one to say the least, while the talk of the town was the “the slap” incident between 2022 Best...

Don’t internalize it: a lesson from Eminem

Allison Williams on April 2, 2022 in Opinions

You are driving down the interstate, trying to get off. A huge pickup truck cuts you off. A huge pickup truck cuts you off. You...

The spring breakdowns

Nithya Jameshenry on April 2, 2022 in Opinions

Spring break is a cruel flirt. The ultimate playboy. The break that gives students the smallest, most delectable taste of freedom, then immediately rips it...

Separating art and artist

The Technique Editorial Board on April 2, 2022 in Consensus Opinion, Opinions

The 2022 Oscars were, for lack of a better word, surprising. The reverberations of the shock could be felt in the resurgence of a question...

You can’t escape casual sexism at the Institute

Nithya Jameshenry on March 19, 2022 in Opinions

If there is one thing women at a STEM-focused school like Tech experience, it is sexism. This is not your run of the mill, “women...

Braves are getting better

Joshua Sexton on March 19, 2022 in Opinions

The Braves have gotten better this offseason. The Atlanta Braves have been struggling to come to terms with losing their superstar Freddie Freeman and it...

On mourning the loss of a friendship

Clara Templin on March 19, 2022 in Opinions

To preface, no one died. There was no dramatic falling out that stemmed from someone cheating with the other’s boyfriend, like some teen drama that...

Keeping women in STEM

The Technique Editorial Board on March 19, 2022 in Consensus Opinion, Opinions

In light of Women’s History Month, the Technique editorial board wanted to highlight both the success and fallacies of the Women in STEM movement. It...

Bad coping mechanisms

Nithya Jameshenry on March 11, 2022 in Opinions

If there is one thing Tech students love to talk about, it is their workload. Whether it be touting the difficulty of their classes around...

For the love of the game shows

Abigail Sara Mathews on March 11, 2022 in Opinions

Game shows used to occupy a special place in American pop culture. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, game shows like “Match Game” and “Family...

The mental health crisis

Allison Williams on March 11, 2022 in Opinions

COVID-19 has affected everyone over the past few years, but I believe one group of people deserves more public support, that group being the mentally...

SGA Executive Endorsement

The Technique Editorial Board on March 11, 2022 in Consensus Opinion, Opinions

In Technique tradition, the Editorial Board endorses a candidate as the opening of the polls nears on March 14. After extensive discussion, the Board has...

SGA’s Year in Review

The Technique Editorial Board on March 5, 2022 in Consensus Opinion, Opinions

As the elections for the undergraduate president and vice president of Student Government Association (SGA) begin, Sam Ellis and Ajanta Choudhury’s terms draw to an...

On grades and self-worth

Nithya Jameshenry on March 5, 2022 in Opinions

Going to a school like Tech can be described as a lot of things: tiring, difficult, exciting, intimidating and some other less PG terms. However,...

The death of reading and good franchises

Julia Balot on March 5, 2022 in Opinions

We are a somewhat spoiled generation of moviegoers. The biggest and most thrilling movie franchises have been created in the last twenty years, with the...

TV shows are more than fiction

Rish Desai on March 5, 2022 in Opinions

We have all been there: After a long week(s) filled with multiple assignments and assessments, we look forward to unwinding by catching up on our...

The harmful myth of the model minority

Nithya Jameshenry on February 25, 2022 in Opinions

White silence has always played a pivotal role in the perpetuation of systematic racism here in the United States. The sentiment of “it doesn’t affect...

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