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  • Gearing Up for a Cannonball Run

    Gearing Up for a Cannonball Run

    Growing up, Ed Bolian, PP 08, loved the Cannonball Run movies, starring Burt Reynolds as a mechanic angling to win a cross-country car race. When Bolian learned about the real-life attempts to set the speed record, he decided that one day he’d make a go himself. In 2009, Bolian started planning his attempt at what’s more

  • At Issue: Who’s Watching You?

    Who’s watching you? When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents that revealed a vast spying operation by the NSA, he prompted a renewed debate over the balance of security and privacy. For insight on the topic, we turned to two Tech experts. Sy Goodman: Think Beyond ‘Big Brother’ In 1949, George Orwell published 1984, depicting a future more

  • Tech Hack: The Buzz Racing Stroller

    In 2012, Andrea Leber and her son, Marc, who had just been accepted as a Georgia Tech student, were taking part in the Wicked 10K race in Virginia Beach as part of Team Hoyt, a group of runners who push disabled participants in three-wheeled “strollers.” Thanks to a stiff breeze, though, they found themselves struggling more

  • Dollars & Sense: Pat Moriarty

    The career of Pat Moriarty, IM 77, has come full circle: He went from playing pro football with the Cleveland Browns to working in the banking industry for Society Management Services Company, only to end up back in the NFL. As senior vice president of football administration for the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens—and one of more

  • On the Job: Jessica Luza

    On the Job: Jessica Luza

    Jessica Luza, STC 07, was an actress long before she became a Ramblin’ Wreck. Growing up in Smyrna, Ga., she caught the showbiz bug early, appearing in commercials and TV movies as a teenager. Since getting out, she has appeared in TV shows including House M.D., Necessary Roughness and Men at Work. On the heels of more