Alumni Magazine - Fall 2008 - (Page 5) VIEWPOINT Actively Involved Joseph P. Irwin, IM 80, Publisher Kimberly Link-Wills, Managing Editor Van Jensen, Assistant Editor Leslie Overman, Assistant Editor Paul Wong, Student Editorial Assistant Eric Turner, Student Photographer Athletics are great components of university life. At Tech, we have a bevy of terrific varsity sports stocked with great student athletes. And there are intramural and club sports as well. In each case, being a fan and a participant is an easy thing for a student at Tech. The benefits are clear, and the memories last a lifetime. For thousands of alumni and students, college football holds a special place in their hearts. And why not? This quintessentially American game continues to flavor fall in the United States with its competition and its pageantry. Here on The Flats, coach Paul Johnson has the faithful Yellow Jackets swarm excited about the future. Let me share a little more about the “physical fitness” of Tech today. The Georgia Tech Athletic Association has 17 sports — nine male, eight female. They are football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s baseball, women’s softball, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s golf, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving. There are 384 varsity athletes supported by the Association. For intramurals, we have 35 teams with hundreds of participants playing everything from ice hockey to rugby to stroking the oars for the crew squad. The Campus Recreation Center sees visits from about 3,200 students, faculty and staff on a daily basis. In other words, there are a lot of active people on campus today. With more than 9,000 of our students living here full time, the breadth of interests and talent is extraordinary. Homecoming is around the corner. Come on back and see the alma mater. And while you’re here, check out the CRC, one of the finest facilities of its kind in the country. Alumni Association Executive Committee William J. Todd, IM 71 Chair C. Meade Sutterfield, EE 72 Past Chair Joseph W. Evans, IM 71 Chair-elect/Finance Al Trujillo, AE 81 Vice Chair for Roll Call Scott Jennings, ME 89 LeShelle May, MS OR 89 Edward L. Underwood, IE 71 Members At Large Joseph P. Irwin, IM 80 President Advertising Holly Green (404) 894-0765 • E-mail: holly.green@alumni.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine (ISSN: 1061-9747) is published quarterly (Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring) for contributors to the annual Roll Call of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, 190 North Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313. Georgia Tech Alumni Association allocates $10 from a contribution toward a year’s subscription to its magazine. Periodical postage paid at Atlanta, GA and additional mailing offices. © 2008 Georgia Tech Alumni Association Main Number (404) 894-2391. Postmaster: Send address changes to Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, 190 North Ave. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313. Editorial phone (404) 894-0750/0761. Fax (404) 385-4637. E-mail: editor@alumni.gatech.edu; gtalumni.org. Joseph P. Irwin, President Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Fall 2008 5 http://www.gtalumni.org http://www.gtalumni.org
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