Music Midtown 2015

Seeing that I really wouldn't want to talk about the game this weekend at South Bend......

And this post isn't really about Georgia Tech....

 But Deal with it.

So I made the decision to buy myself tickets to music midtown, The lineup this year was not qquuiittee on par with previous years. Nonetheless, I have never gone before and i just barely missed buying a ticket last year. So what the hell.

I never will regret the decision, Music Midtown really helped me connect with my new home, Atlanta. Yes, I did see many sides of it, the good and the bad, but still there is something magical about being able to go to such a great event that is practically right next door.

In the end I had a great time. I got a break from my hectic Tech schedule, spent quality time with friends and fraternity brothers, and got to see a lot of artists, Including ones that I would have wanted to see but wouldn't buy a concert ticket for JUST them.

 Like really, Sam Smith, Van Halen, Elton John, Vance Joy , Hall & Oates, X Ambassadors, Hozier all in one day

Like really. And fairly close too,

So basically my first weekend off campus was enjoyable. Midtown is definitely going to be one of my frequented spots for weekends.

So here's to beating Duke next week and as always THWg

First Game day As a Student

Game day is the pinnacle of any college student’s life each week. All of a sudden tons of old people, young people, families, tailgates and pop up tents show up on campus. Greek life really comes alive as this is a time to connect with alumni, and engage in.... other activities.

Anyways.

My first Tech Student game day started the best way any Tech kid would want to start theirs. In a Chem Lab.

That’s right. Tech students doing tailgate in the chem lab throwing back the ‘ol C2H6O. Just kidding the lab was actually awful I got points docked for safety violations and got out of lab only an hour an half before kickoff.

So my actual tailgate experience was poor. Ran to the dorm. Changed into something more attractive than a lab coat. Run back to Delta Upsilon for the small amount of tailgate that I could experience. Then onto the game!

And by the way. My blocked seat is spectacular.

Blocked on the second row of blocks in the Greek section (south end zone) but the block starts on seat row 3 so pprraccttiiiccalllyy on the field.

(taken from my seat) (excuse me for the snapchat)

The block in front is the Ramblin’ Wreck club. Keepers of the richest student traditions of any college and maintainers of one of the most beautiful cars ever.

Oh yeah and I want to be a part of Ramblin’ Wreck Club some day(this year????)

Anyways onto football.

Alcorn state is not even a state.

The Tech offence was quite impressive. The major losses (see: Smelter, Mason, Waller) did not hinder the team much as  Justin Thomas (for the approximate time of 4 seconds he was on the field) 69 to 6 is an impressive score even against a team that obviously prides themselves with their band equal to or more than the team. And at the very least it brought us up  one in the rankings from 16 to 15. And looking at the rankings we could easily be as high as 8^th.

Thanks for reading!

Move In Day/ The GT struggle

                I am convinced that the reason why orientations exist is because if move in day were to be a student’s first experience with a school, very bad things would happen

                However, I do give major props to Housing and GTPD for making move in relatively smooth given the fact that they have to close down major roads like Techwood to get the students moved in.

                Personally, I went into move with a game plan. I timed my arrival to be at a low traffic hours. All the move in parts fell into place. Record setting pace. In and out like Seal Team Six. Bam.

                So I was going to write my next blog post about move in but now I have to change the subject

                So that little bit up there I wrote about a week ago shortly after the actual move in day. Then a combination of writer’s block/GT craziness/homework/laziness set in. So far some of the Georgia Tech difficulty has lived up to the hype, but I got a few rants.

First.

We are the Georgia Institute of Technology. The finest institution when it comes to nerdy things and electronic gadgets. So you would think that when it comes to the online part of classes such as homework would be all internal, free, and easily accessible.

Nah.

I have way too many different locations that I go to do and submit homework. T-square Assignments, T-Square Tests, Pearson Mastering, Pearson MyMathLab, Owlv2, Late Nite Labs, TA's, Problem Sets from the Book, ect.

Not only would the Institute be just a little easier but maybe I could have just a little more time to actually do the assignments than always checking the various sources for assignments. Georgia tech has a section on T-square for assignments so why don’t they use it?

I’m hoping to up my blog posts in the week to cover a slight back log of blog-able things (Rush, First week of classes, Extra circulars, Tech life, Football ect.)

Till then. Go Jackets!

               

FASET

FASET. Orientation at Georgia Tech. One of Tech’s many acronyms.

FASET stands for “Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surroundings and Environs of Tech”

That’s a mouthful.

FASET is almost always listed among a student’s first few interactions with the Institute. It consists of learning about the basic traditions, practices, and features of Tech.

Basically, knowing almost no one, R.A.T.S. (or Recently Acquired Tech Students) attempt to awkwardly connect with the most people they can. This comes in the form of icebreaker games that probably lasted for at least half of the whole orientation.

And trust me with my awkwardness, I needed those icebreakers too. But at some point enough is enough.

Granted these icebreakers happened in a small group chosen at random with people you may actually have nothing in common with, looking at this from a practical perspective it actually may have been helpful for people who have issues with introductions. It was an interesting way in finding similarities among a group of people to talk about.  It may have even given people major confidence that they now know at least ONE person at Tech. Also, the groups now have an older FASET leader that the RATS could now look up too on campus as a mentor, adviser sort of role. And at the very least, at least everyone has one thing in common, you chose Georgia Tech the best freakin’ engineering and technology school ever to be your college.

But onto other things than awkward students.

The information given from the Institute during day one was broad and fast. Basically in a summary “If it deals with the school it’s on Buzzport somewhere”.

The day ended with one of the more significant events, a party on the top floor of the CRC. Yes, the same awkward kids as before were now gettin’ down to Pitbull in one of the packed side rooms in the campus recreation center, penthouse level.

Luckily, that’s only half of the story, or half of the RATS should I say. Personally, I was with the other half participating in sports such as volleyball, indoor soccer, and basketball on the top floor.

And, wearing an Atlanta Hawks shirt that day you know my 3 point game was fire (shout out to #26).

Day two’s primary focus was around a campus club fair, a very important aspect of life at a college where stress and Adderall overdoses are the two primary health concerns. In all seriousness, it is important to add free time activities to your schedule. In this case a busier schedule may actually help you study better by releasing stress through extracurriculars. The best touch to it all was an appearance of the Ramblin’ Wreck and Buzz. Got a selfie with Buzz and awesome pictures of the wreck (can be seen above the news on the right and left side)

After an hour in the Atlanta mid-day heat, Tech runs you over to the Barns and Noble, takes your everlasting picture for your Buzzcard, then sends you on your way back home till you return on campus during move in day.

I hope my hair at least looks good in my picture.

 This is gonna be quite a year.

Thanks for reading Ramblin’ on Georgia Tech and Go Jackets!

Welcome

So this is my first post. Shall we begin?

The journey into blogging has already begun for me. I'm sure as I learn this process more there will be some section that I can put this information in, but for now I am going to lay down the basic idea and guidelines that I will use for this blog.

1. This blog is based on a students (me) journey through the wonderful school that is the Georgia Institute of Technology. I have made this blog before I have moved in for the fall semester of my first year.

2. This blog will cover many aspects of Tech from a STUDENTS perspective. I will cover news, classes, sports events, regular events, fun activities, and so on as I encounter them as a student on a journey through college.

3. I intend this blog to be a mixture of a current events report and a personal diary. It will be used by me to look back on events and things that happen during my college years and potentially by the reader for multiple purposes such as nostalgia, as a first hand source for all things Tech, or even just to see how a certain life progressed through college/Georgia Tech

As a final note, this process will be changing for me. I have no blogging experience, and with that comes a learning curve. On top of that, like most engineers, my writing ability is definitely not on par with our liberal arts major friends. Hopefully in this process I will learn these two skills and improve my posts.

Here's to a good first semester.

THWg