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Clough departs; Schuster begins interim presidency
Provost and vice president of academic affairs Gary Schuster will formally begin his term as interim institute president on July 1. Schusters appointment to the role of president comes after Institute President Wayne Cloughs announcement to step down from office in March to become the 12th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
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Dean Demillo resigns; Foley named interim
The dean of the College of Computing (CoC) Richard Demillo announced last week his resignation and intention to return to the faculty as a professor. Provost and Interim President Gary Schuster named as the interim dean James Foley, a professor in the School of Interactive Computing, effective July 1.
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Third Street Tunnel closes due to concerns
Due to rising concerns regarding criminal activity, Tech and the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) have decided to close the Third Street Tunnel.
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Campus pipe system undergoes rehabilitation
Techs current pipe work on campus is part of the city of Atlantas pipe assessment project. The pipe assessment project taking place in Midtown is part of an Atlanta-based program to rehabilitate old pipes. The specified area is bound by Tenth Street in the north, Marietta Boulevard in the south and west, and Interstates 75 and 85 on the east side. This region includes all of the Tech campus.
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From the files of the GTPD...
Midnight solicitor
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Tech considers demolishing historic building
As of June 25, approximately 445 students and supporters at Tech and across the nation joined the Facebook group to save the building at 771 Spring Street. The group was spurred after the Georgia Tech Foundation, which had recently acquired the building known as the Crum and Forester building, announced that it may face demolition, due to high costs of bringing it up to state and federal codes. The announcement was met with much opposition from Tech students, alumni, and other Atlanta residents.
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Students dedicate time to watch Euro Cup soccer
While the FIFA World Cup occurs every four years, the constituent continental soccer federations, or more appropriately, football associations, hold their tournaments within their own four year spectrum. Europe is by far the most distinguished continent for soccer, and it is the European championship, or Euro 2008, that has stirred the hearts of soccer fans across the world.
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Tech students meet with representatives in DC
Recently, two Tech students and a student from the University of Kentucky were selected to represent their employer, Jacobs Engineering of the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston in Washington, D.C. Tech co-op students Anthony Piplica and Chris Sanders traveled to D.C. on May 19th to speak with members of Congress about the importance of space exploration.
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Our Views
Well miss Clough
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Adapt, don't complain, over oil
Every week it seems gas prices continue soaring to heights never before seen, and every jump in the price is accompanied by a mixture of outrage and panic. What's surprising to me is not that prices continue to rise, but that many people are taking it so personally and displaying such angst when we've known for months, even years, that gas prices would be climbing, and we've been given plenty of advance notice to adjust our lifestyles to minimize the harm to ourselves.
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