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

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Georgia Tech is an institutiong it has rich traditions, buildings and pavement, and an excellent faculty. But above anything else, Georgia Tech is its students. It is the students which give life to the classroom, give meaning to the traditions, keep the vitality of the Institute intact. If it is the student body which is the real heart and motivation force of the school, then it is surely the diversity of this population that gives Tech its unique character. People of all walks of life at- tend Georgia Tech - there are those for whom the school is a twelve hour plane flight, while for others, it is nothing more than a twelve minute ride down I-75. Rich and poor, different nationalities, different religions, different values - Tech is an amalgamation of them all. Textbooks, classrooms, and mechanical pencils - Tech is this, but it is also much more. Put to the test of time, the friendships fostered here will outlast the course material studied. Activities outside of the classroom are the ones which make life at Tech special, and vibrant. Georgia Tech is truly unique as a university. lts low tuition makes it accessi- ble, while its reputation and caliber make it covetable. As a result of these two fac- tors, people of tremendously varying backgrounds choose to attend Georgia Tech. The effects of this mixture are manifest in the unique quality of Tech's student life. These different exposures combine to create a unique atmosphere under which tomorrow's technologists and managers can mature. TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT: Members of the Fraternity of Kappa Alpha lay siege to the Dean of Students in celebration of their Old South Weekend. Fireworks highlight the end of a successful pep rally. BOT- TOM, LEFT TO RIGHT' Lynn Cassell lets a frisbee fly in the heart of Yellow Jacket Plaza. A barrage of balloons signals the beginning of the 1982 version of the ever-popular Fiamblin' Reck Parade. FASET holds a lunch.