Perry can do a formula all by himself
October 26, 2009 • Hamdi Abdi
Filed under Columns
Unless you’ve been a GSMST student for the past five years, it’s likely that you’re already acquainted with Tyler Perry’s cast of characters, the most memorable being Madea, a gun-toting, trigger-happy, cigarette-smoking, child-devouring, adult-frightening, cussing woman who returns in Tyler... Read more »
Ramadan: The Holy Month of Islam
October 25, 2009 • Maham Syeda
Filed under Features
The word Ramadan means “The Month of Blessings” or the “The Month of Fasting” in which Muslims fast for 30 days. Every day during this month Muslims abstain from food and water to show devotion towards Allah. It strengthens one’s ties with Allah, and trains the soul to observe... Read more »
Students thrive in new GT Calc class
October 21, 2009 • Kelsey Duncan
Filed under Features
Have you ever taken a class where you are required to watch television every day? There is a class that does just that at GSMST. It is the Georgia Tech Calculus II/III class taught by Ms. Mullen in conjunction with a professor at Georgia Tech. The class is an actual college course taught over the... Read more »
GSMST juniors workin’ hard for the credit
October 21, 2009 • Jacob Mauceri
Filed under News
The shrill tone of the alarm wakens GSMST junior Brian Aguirre; the tall red letters glinting the time: 5:42 AM. “Dang it,” he thinks to himself. He’s overslept again. He knows he has to leave by 6:00 AM to get to his GSMST internship at Nordson, a one-hour drive in good traffic conditions. That... Read more »
Different sciences come full circle in genetics class
October 21, 2009 • Marissa McOmber
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Members of the junior class at GSMST have the opportunity to take career-focused classes this year, further enhancing their abilities and capabilities for both education and the workforce. Genetics, the study of genes, heredity, and inheritance, is a majors-level college course offered for the first... Read more »
This month in history: October
October 21, 2009 • Asma Javed
Filed under Columns
October 1, 1971- This date marks he opening of the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, Florida. The recreation park originally launched with the Magic Kingdom and featured the iconic Cinderella’s Castle at its center. Since then Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom have been added to increase... Read more »
Spread the word, not the flu
October 21, 2009 • Shakarr Wiggins
Filed under Features
Students this school year have another worry besides the next test or the next lab report due: the flu. Influenza spreads mainly through the coughing or sneezing of infected people. Currently 25% to 30% of individuals that are currently coming into the clinic are already complaining of flu-like symptoms... Read more »
Zero calories doesn’t mean zero consequences
October 21, 2009 • Dylan Orr
Filed under Features
Obesity has sky-rocketed in the last generation because of diet sodas. Drinks and foods that people think help them lose weight are actually helping them gain weight. The most known example is diet soda, and the schools’ vending machines are filled with it. Childhood obesity has doubled in the last... Read more »
Students at risk from overweight book bags
October 21, 2009 • Jessica Allison
Filed under Features
Laptops, textbooks, binders, and notebooks are mercilessly dragged from class to class by weighed-down GSMST students in order to face the daily onslaught of tests, essays, and endless homework assignments. Backpacks, amazingly useful inventions, transform students from ordinary people into carrying... Read more »
Imaginary friends: the cure to boredom?
October 21, 2009 • Michelle Partogi
Filed under Features
Official Bad Day: once again I left my textbook at home and got “the glare” from my teacher; I forgot about that physics test and got “whooped,” and now I’m sitting here with a pizza. A pizza! Right after spending more than half of my lunch time waiting in line for an eggroll, which ran... Read more »