Technique (newspaper)

[4] The paper publishes weekly throughout the regular school year and primarily covers news, events and issues specific to the Georgia Tech community.

The Georgia Tech published a "Commencement Issue" that reviewed sporting events and gave information about each class.

The Technique was founded in 1911; its first issue was published on November 17, 1911[8][9] by editors Albert Blohm and E. A. Turner,[8][10] and the content revolved around the upcoming rivalry football game against the University of Georgia.

[14] The Technique is generally between 16 and 40 pages long, the length of an issue being dependent upon the number of advertisements purchased for a given week.

The most well-known of the special issues the Technique publishes is a satire of the University of Georgia's (UGA) student newspaper (The Red and Black).

[16] In 2009, the THWGA issue was printed with an incorrect year in the masthead, though the date was corrected in the version posted online.

Popular targets for his scorn include Georgia Tech's Parking department and School of Physics, whereas he consistently praises the President Emeritus G. Wayne Clough, who he refers to as "Funk Masta G.

Slivers are subject to minimal censorship,[24] with only full names of non-public figures, personal information, and strong profanities typically removed or altered.

According to the paper, the Box is used to fill empty room left between advertisements[24] in order to maintain a modular layout style.

[24] Comments made on deadline night and opinions of editorial board members still occasionally find their way into the Sliver Box.

[citation needed] In 1995, Campus Crusade for Christ registered a complaint with the attorney general's office protesting the paper's refusal of its ad which included a picture of a young man captioned “a former homosexual, male prostitute and female impersonator."

The front page of the first issue of The Technique