Hey everyone!

I'm a GT student and just launched Mellons.

It's a free app that helps you quickly figure out where to eat on campus. Instead of looking through outdated websites or panning around Google Maps, you can just use the Mellons app! It lets you check what's open on campus right now, and see more info (like the weekly hours).

It works for a lot of schools, but I wanted to share it with you all as something I built because of my own problem remembering what's open when.

You can check it out at mellons.app! I'd love to hear what you think about it, and hopefully it saves you all some time!

Will it be okay to drop a VIP I was registered for during the add/drop period? I just didn’t end up liking the idea of the vip once I went to a lecture. I know there’s this rule where you can’t join a differnet vip for the next semester if you switch teams, but it should be fine during the add/drop period no?

i wish this was a shitpost but today in clough i was on the fourth floor and i dropped my phone when i was on that bridge and it fell two floors down. i was so sure that it was gonna be broken but its ALIVE!! otterbox pulled through! after it fell i realized how many places in gt someone could drop a phone and it would fall multiple floors down. its rily good that it didnt hit anyone on its way down tho. im a freshman has this happened to other ppl?

According to the staff, Bento (a third party) backed out from working with Tech Dining this semester so Tech had to make their own brand which becomes Noodle Theory.

That said, this new brand's portion size is absolutely insane. It doesn't even cover the bottom of the bowl. Like sure it's 9.99 but it should at least be filling.

The beef is also completely different from what Bento served in the past. Seems like poke is also not coming back in the foreseeable future so I might just never eat there again.

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Hey all, Josh Ingersoll here (BS/MSAE 18/19, GT 40u40 2024, and Current GTAE Mentor in Residence). I currently am a Senior Product Manager at Amazon and got the first Project Kuiper University Info Session approved!

I’ll be on campus next week to walk through what Project Kuiper is, what new grad positions we have open, and collecting resumes! Stop by GUGG442 next Thursday to learn more or head here for a sneak peek: https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/devices-services/project-kuiper

If you can’t make it, happy to AMA in the comments here leading up to the event. Here is my LinkedIn for context: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josheingersoll

See y’all next week - Go Jackets! Josh

My CS 2200 prof said that they had to make the class hybrid this sem due to not enough big lecture halls for the class. Additionally, campus resources like housing just to name one are limited and don't seem to be increasing proportionally. GT's enrollment seems to keep increasing so I'm wondering if anybody knows what the GT administration is doing, if anything, to handle this issue since I remember last year them saying that they plan to significantly increase enrollment over the coming years. I'm also curious as to why they seem so eager to expand enrollment.

As an avid GT Stinger rider from east to west campus, these new bus routes STINK and I need to know the reasoning why they thought to change them. Some issues that I have:

1. I’ve only seen 1 circulator bus at a time. Why?? It’s the ONLY route that I would use (as I never have to go to willage/ nave anymore), but it took a good 30 minutes for it to circle all the way around. 1a. Why have they not labeled the physical circulator bus as “circulator”?? When I was waiting for the bus on Monday, it was labeled as “special”, so I skipped it, just to find out it WAS the circulator route. The next day? The label was just a fully colored bar.
2. These bus travel times are INSANELY long. I’ve seen someone say that it took them an hour to get from culc to the Marta station. Insane
3. Why did the gold route absolutely get nerfed? The loop near culc compared to the loop near the student center is so much smaller, and requires that the busses make tighter turns.
4. The intersection of ferst drive and techwood. I always turn right there to go to Publix/ I-75. They make it a no turn on red (???) and I kid you not, THE LIGHT ONLY STAYS GREEN FOR 5 SECONDS. There is an insane amount of traffic that piles up. 90% of people turn instead of going straight so this is confusing to me. 5.what on God’s green earth did they do to the means street drive and ferst drive intersection. They added a SUPER SHARP turn for busses and it just completely messed up how it looks and operates.

I was learning to deal with the bike lanes that no one uses, but now this is just being ridiculous. If anything, they made things WORSE. Has there really been an indication of pedestrian accidents to warrant no turn on red’s?

Literally impossible to drive through during the busy hours of classes through this light. IDK why its just constantly on flashing red like a stoplight (if that was the plan, why add a full light system) because it was on a timer, working like normal, during the summer.

Drivers are literally having to cut students off because otherwise there won't be an opening. Im concerned on both ends of this argument: drivers can't get to where they need to without like a 5-10 min delay and pedestrians are in more danger because drivers will start just going as their signal to let them through (it is ATL after all, we arent exactly known for peaceful driving)

Right now IM Soccer is set up as 11v11 with just one “mini-league” of 16 teams. Last year there were 3–4 leagues (Frat, Open, Co-Ed, etc.), and the Open League alone had around 50+ teams. Currently there are 41 teams on the waitlist (including us) so it's not looking too good.

I’ve heard some talk that this might just be a small preseason tournament before the actual season, but I haven’t been able to confirm that anywhere. My friends and I made it to the top 4 last season, so we were a little bummed to see such a big change.

Does anyone know what’s going on or have more info? I know a lot of people loved IM soccer last season, so hopefully we can still keep the energy going.

This image is a bit of an exaggeration, but holy shit ever since the semester started, CULC Wifi has been so bad. Is it just me?

Hey all. It sounds like GT is going to try to bring back a dodgeball team to compete at club level and play teams across the USA. Is anyone interested in playing this year? In a few weeks, practices will likely begin. Wanted to see if anyone wanted to be added to the groupme/is interested.

Anyone know of any active grad student pickup soccer groups? Or would people be interested in forming a group? I’m down to play with literally anyone you don’t have to be good lol. I’m pretty washed myself

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Make the buses more consistent ❌ Make new bus routes that are terrible ✅

Looking to buy tickets on third party sites. Want to be close to our fan section.

How is this acceptable route design? You need to take green, then red, then gold. Also GLC to campus center and Scheller to campus center are both now 2-route endeavors.

I get that the old routes had some problems like bunching up etc, but somehow the problems of the new routes are way more annoying...

The only thing I like about the new routes are late night hours and the new everyday Atlantic Station route. The rest of the design is patchwork

I'm having the craziest stomach aches and diarrhea after eating at Willage for the past few days. Is anyone else having the same issue or something similar? Any solutions?

So three intersections in total, lets group them in two types:

• Ferst/5th/Fowler and 5th/Techwood: The light patterns are now such that the crosswalks are almost setup to be scrambles. Except there is no signage, the freshly painted crosswalks are not for a scramble, cars are not blocked from a right-on-red, and the times are not extended for a scramble. The change means if you are driving you wait longer (other direction plus crosswalk time instead of just other direction) and if you are walking you wait longer (2-4 road cycles instead of 0-1 depending on crossing direction). Why? A lot more pedestrians crossing without the signal since the wait is obnoxiously long.

• 5th/Williams: I mean c'mon. You redo the whole streetscape and install a new bike path on the opposite side of the road for a single block?

Anyone have insight on if this is the final design? Are there more changes to come?

Getting a 504 Gateway Time-out.

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As context, I recently noticed a charge on my account for dining dollars (600) that I have no recollection of incurring, and I never saw the charge until after the deadline to cancel. If I did in fact select this option, it was by mistake. Personally, I feel like the response I got is dismissive and unreasonable — 600 dollars is a lot of money to spend unwillingly. Does anyone know if there is another place/office where I can appeal this?