The Fisk Jubilee Singers are scheduled to perform in Wattenbarger Auditorium in the Bryan Fine Arts Building at 7 p.m. Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, the group is from Fisk University in Nashville and performs worldwide. The Fisk Jubilee Singers have performed slave songs since 1871, […]
Month: February 2010
Events on the Horizon
February 19th:Fisk Jubilee Singers – 7 p.m. in Wattenbarger AuditoriumThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) – 8 p.m. in the Backdoor Playhouse Stephen James / Otherwize / Andrew Buckner – 7 p.m. at First and Cedar February 20th:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) – 2 & 8 p.m. […]
SGA urges students to vote on SOLO fund
The campus-wide student vote on the Student Organization Life Opportunity Fund will be held Thursday. SOLO, championed by SGA administrators and executive officers, proposed a $20 tuition hike per semester for students. This money, for students and by students, would be placed into two accounts. A superfund containing 75 percent […]
Go inside the booth:
Recently, The Oracle had a chance to sit down with Andy Smith, one of WTTU 88.5 FM’s DJs. Smith hosts “Teacher on the Radio,”one of WTTU’s longest running shows. In addition to hosting his show on Monday nights at 9 p.m., Smith is an English professor at Tech.Q: Do you […]
Wing Watch
Cosmos Bar & Grill is one of the few restuarants in town to offer breaded chicken wings and none make them as well as Cosmos does. Cosmos offers the standard variety of flavors, but the one really worth checking out is their “Cosmic” flavor. “Cosmic” is drier than the other […]
Mattingly brings conservation plan to Upper Cumberland
A Habitat Conservation Plan for the Upper Cumberland area is taking shape thanks to the work of Hayden Mattingly, Tech biology professor.An HCP is a plan that allows the Upper Cumberland’s to still use the resources while still conserving the habitat for endangered or threatened species. Mattingly is working to […]
Six responsible for newspaper disappearance
Tech police have confirmed that six men are responsible for the disappearance of the Feb. 5 issue of The Oracle. According to a Tech police report filed on Feb. 12, six men, one of whom was wearing Kappa Sigma letters, were captured by video surveillance on Feb. 7 at 3:03 […]
New grant open to service-minded honors students
The Associated Scholars Guild Steering Committee has announced the creation of a new grant at Tech for current honors students and honors alumni. The Ginkgo Grant was created specifically for those who place the same emphasis on service, community and growth as the honors program. The project must be related […]
Tech alumnus helps needy children
Tech’s Outstanding Alumni Award winner shares his school pride with the children of Knoxville.Kent Johnson works as a mentor to about 80 children at the Cecil Webb Center in Knoxville where he also serves as center director for the City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department. He started working there […]
Editor responds to ongoing investigation
In response to this week’s front page story by Will Housley (“Six responsible for newspaper disappearance”), I regret the omission of the names of the individuals responsible for the missing Oracles on Feb. 7. This omission was not a choice on behalf of The Oracle staff, but rather the decision […]
