Monday, November 30, 2009

Get off campus and get to know the rest of Atlanta

Our good professor has posted a link to an editorial, written by our own president Peterson, on his blog. The editorial can be read here. It discusses Atlanta, mainly the areas surrounding Georgia Tech.

Now as we all know, Georgia Tech is a great campus, but the surrounding city is thriving with opportunities. Atlanta is the largest city in the southeast, containing the largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies. Major media companies such as CNN and TBS were also founded here. And not unexpected of our great school, graduates here largely have a hand in finding other companies.

Atlanta's a great place to soak in some culture. One might spend some time at the Atlanta History House, the Margaret Mitchell House, the Woodruff Arts Center which houses the Atlanta Symphony, High Museum of Art, the Alliance Theater, Fabulous Fox Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Martin Luther King Historic Center, and Carter Center are all within a small radius of campus.

If none of those suit your fancy, Atlanta also has a zoo and an aquarium. One can also watch the Hawks and the Falcons play.

So as you can see, Atlanta is a happening area with plenty to do, whenever we're not studying, of course.

Peihsun (Ben) Yeh

No comments:

Post a Comment