The Indian Association of Cookeville will host a dance concert evening from 5 to 7 p.m., Nov. 14, at Derry Berry Auditorium. Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam Indian classical dances will be performed.According to the Kuchipudi Academy of Dance, Kuchipudi “is a classical dance form that originated in the village of Kuchipudi, […]
Day: November 13, 2009
Deja-vu: vaccine for you
Following the letter to the editor regarding my previous article about the H1N1 vaccine, I feel I should elaborate my position a bit further.The first point of my article: educate yourself. Know what is going into your body. All the information about the vaccine is on the national Centers for […]
Coddling does not create critical thinking
When did college become a repeat of middle school? When Tech started learning communities. As I understand them, students in a learning community take most of their core classes together along with UNIV 1020, which is basically an introduction to Tech that you could learn in a campus tour. This […]
Golden Eagle soccer falls in conference final to Murray State
For the first time since 2000, the Golden Eagles made it to the conference finals before falling 4-0 to Murray State in the championship game. On top of Tech’s successful weekend, five players from Tech were recognized at the Ohio Valley Conference banquet last Thursday. The tournament kicked off last […]
Tech hopes to stay in OVC championship race Saturday at Jacksonville State
The Tennessee Tech football team puts its winning record on the line as it travels to Jacksonville, Ala. to take on the 15th-ranked Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The Golden Eagles (5-4, 4-2 OVC) are just one game behind Eastern Illinois in the Ohio Valley Conference standings with two weeks to play. […]
Fitness Center to host state doubles racquetball championships
The 2009 Tennessee State Doubles Racquetball Championships will be held at the Tech Fitness Center on Nov. 21. Racquetball players of all ages will be traveling from across the state to compete for the title. “This is the first time Tech has ever been able to host the tournament,” Suzann […]
Music department gets in the holiday spirit
Tech’s music department is gearing up for the holiday season with the annual candlelight Christmas concert.This semester has been eventful for the music department as they try to draw students in by having more concerts and recitals. From the Festival of Voices to the fall concert, students have had plenty […]
Spring 2010 French class to include trip to Morocco
The foreign language department at Tech is offering a class in the spring that will travel to Morocco. The class, taught by Debbie Barnard, will take the trip over spring break. The French 4910 class will focus on Francophone literature and will have at least two learning sessions to focus […]
Tech to host NASA downlink
Tech will host NASA’s Inflight Education Downlink for the STS-129 space shuttle mission. The downlink, scheduled for 10:53 next Sunday, will allow the Soaring Eagle Question Contest winners to ask International Space Station astronauts their winning questions. Those invited to attend will view it in the Nursing and Health Services […]
Engineering student awarded Tapman scholarship
A Tech civil engineering student was recently awarded The Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship. Lindsay Smith, a senior from Mount Juliet, received the $3,000 scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers based on activities within the ASCE, academic accomplishments and an essay in which she described her […]
