Day: October 30, 2009

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Health screenings offered in November

The Campus Recreation and Fitness Center will host a Fall Health Check Nov. 4 and 5 from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The health check will take place in the Fitness Center. A blood screening will take place in Room 216, and a vascular screening will be in Room 214. […]

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New book club forms at Women’s Center

A new opportunity to read and discuss literature is available for book lovers at the Women’s Center. Students are invited to take part in a book club lead by Katey Perkins, a student worker at the Women’s Center.The club will meet at dead hour on Tuesday in the Women’s Center […]

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Tech partners with Operation Christmas Child this holiday season

The Residential Housing Association is teaming up with students, faculty and staff to engage in Operation Christmas Child. Titania Kerlegan is one of the volunteers who is assisting in the program, which has been in existence since 1993. “I think it’s an excellent program,” Kerlegan said. “We tend to take […]

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A linebacker’s mission: seek and destroy

Linebacker: (n) a rare breed of a man whose sole purpose is to inflict the upmost pain upon a ball carrier. In the mind of a linebacker, there exists no such thing as tackling an offensive player, only destroying him. What do you do when a 230 pound man is […]

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Football preview: Tech and Tennessee State on Haunted Homecoming 2009

The Tennessee Tech football team sets its sights on the Sergeant York Trophy this week as it hosts rival Tennessee State for homecoming on Saturday. The Sergeant York Trophy is the only travelling trophy in all of collegiate sports that involves more than three teams, including Austin Peay, TSU, Tech, […]

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Halloween is not an excuse to dress like a slut

Halloween: the season of candy corn and costumes. The fun of costumes does not end in elementary school, when we would dress as our hero or a spooky goblin. One of the best parts of fall as an adult is Halloween costume parties. Some may recall the holiday quote from […]

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Wanted: Fun, engaging graduation speakers

For my homecoming editorial, I decided to write about something with which our alumni can help the University. For upcoming graduations, we need more engaging, better speakers.I realize we all can’t have Stephen Colbert come give a commencement speech, but we need to get someone more engaging than Dolores Gresham, […]

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TTU Season Preview: Women’s Basketball

A new regime begins Thursday night in Cookeville as Coach Sytia Messer will patrol the sidelines for the first time as head coach of Tech’s women’s basketball team. “It’s time to get back to the tradition and heart we have had here,” Messer said. “Tech is a diamond in the […]

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Tech rugby falls to Lee University in tough match

In a controversial rugby match on Saturday, Tech fell to Lee University 19-10, but only after a tough fight to the end.Winger, Danny Hickman, and Fullback, Gerome Govero scored for Tech. After Hickman scored a try, Govero scored the extra point, as well as a penalty kick field goal. Junior, […]