Day: November 20, 2009

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BlueCross Bowl to compromise commuter parking spots

Tech will host Tennessee’s high school state football championships Dec. 3-5. But while the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association BlueCross Bowl is a great way to showcase the University and surrounding community, its impending arrival has many scrambling.The biggest problem facing the University is parking. Event planners are expecting roughly […]

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Free AIDS testing available on World AIDS Day

Nashville Cares, a community-based AIDS service organization, will offer free HIV testing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3 in RUC Room 370. Testing is confidential and results can be given in an hour.The Women’s Center will be cosponsoring informational displays and red ribbon sales from 10 a.m. until […]

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Senior farewell: Mike Ford

I was a zoology student for two full years before switching to journalism. Today, there is no way I could tell you what made me change to journalism. I cannot seem to recall hearing anything about the program or some overlapping course I ended up taking that piqued my interest, […]

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Senior farewell: Chris Brooks

It’s kind of hard to believe that graduation is this close. It’s been a long, winding road to get here, and I definitely couldn’t have done it alone. I’ll miss this place, but I’m eager to move on to new things.First of all, I want to thank everybody in the […]

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Senior farewell: Amanda Russell

While I’m wonderfully excited about graduation, I’m also terribly sad to leave the place that harbors so many great memories. Daniel, thanks for introducing me to all this stuff I now love to do. Chris, thanks for all the times you just sat and listened. Alli and Sara, thank you […]

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Dismas House seeks community support

As the economy has slowed, service organizations that rely on grant funding and in-kind donations have begun to reach out for community support. Dismas House of the Upper Cumberland in Cookeville is no exception. “Our budget was cut $75,000 dollars this year,” Daisy Dodd of Dismas House of the Upper […]

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Tech police move to old Infirmary building

The University Police and Telecommunications Office relocated Tuesday to 90 W. 8th St., what was once home to the old infirmary. Tech Police and Telecommunications staff members spent the day transporting equipment to the new location. “We are more centrally located now,” Gay Shepherd, chief of police, said, “which is […]