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WREK decides on transmitter
While other students went away for the holidays, WREK staff logged in close to 200 hours of work during the winter break in preparation for the new high definition (HD) transmitter that will be installed this spring.
Read More...OIT’s Cleanup secures private data
Lost laptops and poorly secured desktop machines can lead to costly data leaks. The Institute is taking steps towards preventing such outbreaks by locking down or eliminating sensitive private data stored on computer systems all over campus.
Read More...Alum Klaus speaks to students about latest endeavors
Fraternities hold voter registration drive with Super Tuesday looming
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Breaking the Bubble
sports
BATTLE OF ACES
Tech’s top ranked and defending national championship team improved their record to 2-0 on the season with 7-0 sweep over No. 29 South Florida. The Bulls were 6-0 before heading to Atlanta to face off against the Jackets. The win increases the Jackets consecutive winning streak to 18 dating back to last season and their home winning streak to 22 dating back to the 2006 season. With the second consecutive sweep, the Jackets have now won every single point they have played this season.
Read More...Women’s basketball comes up short against Duke
The women’s basketball team lost its second straight game against a ranked ACC foe, falling against Duke at home, 73-47.
Read More...Men’s tennis beats Lipscomb, Gardner-Webb
Men’s basketball wins in OT at Virginia
Swim team tops Vandy, Emory
Hockey sweeps UGA for first time since 2002
opinions
OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion
State legislatures nation-wide are currently considering versions of the Georgia House Bill 154, the “Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education Act”, a bill which claims to support the free exchange of ideas.
Read More...Learn issues first, be president later
Blogging by choice, not by necessity
Methodology matters when determining intelligence
YOUR VIEWS Letters to the Editor
focus
Students host blood drive with Red Cross
Last Thursday, Jan. 24, the American Red Cross Club held its annual January Blood Drive. Tech sponsors for the event included Mobilizing Opportunity for Volunteer Experience (MOVE), the American Red Cross Club and Delta Sigma Phi.
Read More...The ailing economy: Students discuss potential effects
Guest lectures on true hauntings
Tech plans to open new international campus in India
Frank Warren discusses his PostSecret project
entertainment
I’m Not There enchants
This film is not Walk the Line. It’s not Ray or Capote. It’s not even really a biopic, at least not in the usual sense of the word. I’m Not There gives us a film about Bob Dylan where the focus is not Bob Dylan—not his life, anyway. Instead, the film’s focus is a complexly structured examination of artistry. We get a dissection of the artistic mind, and we see the interactions of that mind with the outside world. The result of this bold experiment is a far richer film than its biopic predecessors.
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