Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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FASET Introduces Freshmen to Campus So this is Tech. For most students, their first impression of this school develops during freshman orientation, known here by the acronym FASET (Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surrounding Environs of Tech) . FASET is a whirlwind two and half days of long lines, proficiency exams, more lines, parties, still more lines, touring Atlanta, more parties, more lines, parties . . . It is, at least, an experience. And it often does leave one in anticipation for the real college experience. Of course there are the unpleasantries — that first meal in a campus dining hall that doesn ' t quite look like Mom ' s, smell like Mom ' s or taste like Mom ' s; that first night in a cam- pus dorm that certainly doesn ' t feel, look or smell like the old homestead. But there are good things too. Besides the parties, and they are under indictment perenially for upsetting the emotional state of the impressionable incoming freshmen, there are the introductions to Atlanta, the lessons in the traditions and trivia of Georgia Tech, the new friends to be made. Without some form of new student orientation to this place, the adjustment process would be even worse than its present difficult status. That would make it nearly impossible to ever get to know this place. TOP. LEFT TO RIGHT: Yet another line teaches freshmen that patience is a virtue. A slow moving linen return line evokes indignation. Rick Seifert alerts incoming freshmen of Tech ' s pitfalls. 607- TOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: Borrowed pillows are return- ed to Field Lounge. FASET leaders clown around as they wait for their groups. FASET students cannot wait to tour the campus and learn about Georgia Tech. 20 FASET

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Three of the most important construc- tion projects at Georgia Tech in the last decade were in varying degrees of com- pletion this year. The new Arthur B. Edge Intercollegiate Athletic Complex ' s doors opened during the year. Phase one of the three-part construction of the COM ISYE building, the College of Management ' s new home, began across from the Stu- dent Athletic Center in West Campus. And groundbreaking for the new 500-bed dormitory West Campus dining hall was scheduled for late in the year. Also, the recently completed Architec- ture annex received a major landscaping overhaul with improved sidewalks, added greenery and an accent wall. In order to preserve the campus ' remaining green grass, sidewalks replaced the numerous student footpaths and small chain fences were placed strategically to force students to use the new sidewalks. Plans for Yellow Jacket Plaza were unveiled during the year. Scheduled for the project is, among other things, a par- ticipative fountain designed to encourage student swimming and wading during warm weather. Yet despite the construc- tion, the goal of many in campus planning remained to keep Georgia Tech an isle of green in Atlanta ' s concrete sea. TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT: Physical Plant builds an ac- cent wall for the Architecture Building. Students bypass Yellow Jacket Plaza construction. 807 - TOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: Heavy equipment is used in the construction of the management section of the three part COMISYE complex. Physical plant workers level off a new sidewalk. 22 Campus Construction