Present-day Publication
The Technique is published weekly during the Fall and Spring semesters, with the exceptions of "Dead Week," finals week and Spring Break and is published biweekly during the Summer semester. As of the 2005-2006 publication year, the paper has also taken a hiatus the week prior to Spring Break. General staff meetings are held on Tuesdays, when the majority of story assignments are made to a mostly volunteer writing staff. Deadline is on Wednesday nights during weeks when the paper is published, and the copy is sent to the printer on Thursday morning. The paper is then distributed around the campus on the Friday of that week. The Technique's office is located in the northwest corner of the Student Services Building.
The paper is operated by a staff of approximately 50 paid and unpaid students, as well as two permanent, paid, non-student staff members. As Georgia Tech has no journalism school, the Technique welcomes all students within the Institute to contribute to its content. The Technique is funded primarily by advertisements, and to a lesser extent by Tech's Student Government Association.
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