In the midst of tonight's CNN debate, moderators three times gave way to citizen questioners with sharp questions for the Republican candidates. And twice the Atlanta-based network went to Georgia Tech students for the queries.

The first was Josh Jacob, a student at Tech's Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, who asked about the candidates' strategy for attacking the Islamic State without threatening innocent civilians.

The second was Ashley Tofil, also a student at the Sam Nunn school, who asked Carly Fiorina if she believed it was "feasible" to cut off communications with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Techies gave themselves a pat on the back: