<p>[Officials:</a> Tech attacker got PhD in 2008 | ajc.com](<a href=“http://www.ajc.com/news/officials-tech-attacker-got-291288.html?imw=Y]Officials:”>http://www.ajc.com/news/officials-tech-attacker-got-291288.html?imw=Y)</p>
<p>I’m glad this wasn’t any worse than it was, Tech has had more than its share of incidents recently.</p>
<p>Yeah, I saw that. Who owns a Samurai sword? </p>
<p>It seems like an isolated incident - two former classmates that had some beef. I wonder what the motive was.</p>
<p>It was two postdocs. I speculate it was either girl-related or research-related.</p>
<p>I agree with G.P.Burdell, who owns a Samurai sword?</p>
<p>The article says he was into martial arts, and it’s not unusual for someone to have “practice” swords. Wierd that there’s a ad on the left side of this page for handmade swords including the statement “We Make The Finest Japanese Swords Available”. Context based advertising I guess.
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<p>Ding ding ding, we have a winner. The local news is reporting it was indeed over a woman. They are saying the assailant saw a girl he liked dancing with the victim…FIVE months ago! Jeesh, has he been stewing over a dance for that long???</p>
<p>[Tech</a> swordsman was upset about woman | ajc.com](<a href=“http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/tech-swordsman-was-upset-295336.html]Tech”>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/tech-swordsman-was-upset-295336.html)</p>
<p>It’s worse than that.</p>
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<li><p>Shrotri “liked” a girl. He wasn’t dating, wasn’t married to her, she had no interest in him and had Dean of Students tell Shrotri to leave her alone. According to her, Shrotri has been emailing her since 2005 but that she “really does not know him on a personal level”.</p></li>
<li><p>Tawfik danced with the girl. Didn’t date her, didn’t marry her, didn’t sleep with her. Apparently, just danced with her.</p></li>
<li><p>Shrotri attacked Tawfik for dancing with a girl he liked 5 months later and after driving from Delaware (where he lives). He was so mad about the dancing that he told officers to kill him as he stood over Tawfik with the sword.</p></li>
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<p>That is one troubled guy…</p>
<p>Only at Tech. When I saw this on the news, it didn’t surprise me at all. My first thought: someone done gone crazy after too much work.</p>
<p>GP, you asked “who owns a Samarai sword.” You have been to the campus lately, ya? It’s filled with manga nerds LOL. My roomate freshmen year had one in the room before his mom saw it and took it back home.</p>
<p>At first I thought this topic was about the weirdos at GT that have the plastic-duck taped- pvc swords. You know, when they see someone on campus from the opposing (insert something weird) they are compelled to duel each other at that moment. I experienced one plastic sword fight in my days. One too many.</p>
<p>I’m sure several kids on campus either own or want to own a Samurai sword…</p>
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<p>Yes, unfortunately there are. I hear there is even a wapanese frat on campus. There is also an anime convention on campus (as well as Dragoncon [?], which is in downtown every year). Not my cup of tea, but I have to admit some pretty funny stuff comes out of Japan that I would never have heard about if it weren’t for those guys.</p>
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<p>That’s a new word. Psi Upsilon? </p>
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<p>Have they moved some of that to campus? I thought that was usually in the World Congress Center. </p>
<p>Most major cities have an event like that. Here’s a list: [List</a> of science fiction conventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_conventions]List”>List of science fiction conventions - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>The only ones I’ve ever heard of (via news) are AOD (SF), ComicCon (SD and NYC), and DragonCon (ATL), so I assume those are the big 4. </p>
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<p>Surprisingly, that’s actually bigger at other campuses. Website: [Humans</a> vs. Zombies](<a href=“http://humansvszombies.org/]Humans”>http://humansvszombies.org/) There’s a 42 minute video explaining how big the game is on other campuses. At one point in my life I actually watched it. The documentary crew did a good job capturing some of the interesting psychological elements going on in the game.</p>
<p>lol, that zombie thing looks cool… <.<</p>
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<p>Dragoncon is still in GWCC, but there is a separate convention on campus that I think is coming up soon.</p>
<p>Edit: Found it: [MomoCon</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MomoCon]MomoCon”>MomoCon - Wikipedia)</p>