Georgia Tech: engineering a unique experience

Best place to eat on campus:
GT offers lots of options for dining on campus. They have the normal chain places such as Pizza Hut or Einstein bagels and vending machines that all colleges have, but inside their student union there is a treat to be found. The restaurant Jackets is located in the middle of the student union and offers all of the foods that college kids love. They also offer team trivia on Thursday nights for anyone that wants to match their wits in movies, television, or music against the tri lams.

Best off campus restaurant:
Here is the obligatory mention of The Varsity, which is located right across the highway from GT. If you like your hot dogs, fries, onion rings, chicken sandwiches and cups of soda nice and greasy then the varsity is the place for you. It is something to see once, but I wouldn't make a habit out of sampling the menu. If you must though get the #1, it's two chili dogs, switch the fries to an onion rings, and make the drink a Varsity orange. My recommendation would be to hit Fellini's for some delicious pizza. They offer a wide variety of toppings to make any type of pie that you might desire. If you like lots of toppings do yourself a favor and try the Fellini's special it comes with all of the good toppings any pizza fan will love.

Best waterin holes:
If you are traveling from across the pond to watch your favorite team take on GT, but still want a taste of Europe, then make sure you go to O'Terrill's for corned beef or Atlanta's best fish and chips. O'Terrill's offers a nice change of pace to other bars and they even offer travel arrangements if the Irish mood strikes deep within you. Another great bar is Rocky Mountain Pizza. I was tempted to put this under the food category, but with $5 pitchers of high life and $2 bottles, I decided it needed to get the bar recognition it deserved. That doesn't mean they didn't have good pizza, strazata, and muffalata's though because all three were delicious. With a back patio, a wide assortment of video games, and lots of TVs this is a must see on any tech bar crawl.

Athletic venues:
I really like Bobby Dodd stadium because of it's interesting layout and the fact that it is right on campus. It offers incentive in itself to join a fraternity, seeing as they all get tickets to the game no matter what and other students get tickets based on GPA, and that it is just across the street from frat row. I was able to take in a baseball game while I was on campus and I had a good time. The stadium is small, but very nice and for five bucks I couldn't really think of anything better to do on a nice spring night then sit 5 rows back on the third baseline. The cheerleaders on the dugout between innings was a nice touch too.
I know that this isn't in regards to D-1 sports, but I had a problem with the GT intramural fields. They were made out of this synthetic material that looked painful to even touch, however their sand volleyball courts right next door were excellent and very inviting.


Other activities:
Atlanta can offer plenty of things to anyone that comes to the city. The new aquarium, world of coke, the cyclorama, or any of the professional sports teams are all activities that every person can enjoy while in the dirty south. However, if we are focusing on the campus itself then I would make a stop off at the Tech Rec center back at the student union. It has air hockey and other games that all kids like no matter how old they are. The student union is good to find in itself because in my opinion it has the best bathrooms on campus.

Miscellaneous:
Georgia Tech is a tough place to review when it comes to specific bars or restaurants because the city of Atlanta has so much to offer and there are other colleges in the area. When visiting though take the time to enjoy the campus itself, it has lots of exposed brick buildings on tree lined streets and was a lot of fun to just walk around.