The Tennessee Tech soccer team will travel to Kentucky to face conference foe Morehead State as it begins its stint of Ohio Valley Conference road games. The Golden Eagles look to have a good showing in their conference match after finishing up their non-conference play with a hard-fought 1-0 overtime […]
Day: October 1, 2010
Brown up for Coach of the Year
To college football fans, pride and support for their team is everything – donning team colors; following favorite players as they reach milestones on the field; dedicating countless Saturdays to watching their alma mater do battle.Every season, fans commit time and energy into each game hoping for the win, the […]
Cross country holds Tech Invitational today
Runners from across the region are converging on Cookeville today to compete in the seventh-annual Tennessee Tech Cross Country Invitational. “We’re looking forward to it,” Tech coach Tony Cox said. “It should be a great day for it.” At deadline, three other teams have confirmed their participation including Alabama A&M, […]
Craft Center debuts new exhibit and prepares for annual Bacchanal
A furniture exhibitions and a wine tasting are in store for the Appalachian Center for Craft this month.Artist Chris Bowman’s Surface and Repurpose furniture exhibit is being presented at the Craft Center in Gallery Two. “[Bowman] translates his agricultural influence into wood and other materials making it shapely and colorful,” […]
Gender discrimination in workplace still real
Did you know that on average working women make 78 cents to every man’s dollar? In some cases, women who make less are not doing their job or have chosen not to get a degree. I am not talking about those women who have decided to be stay-at-home mothers (though […]
Personal choices create wage gap
The Equal Pay Act, passed in 1963, made it illegal to pay woman less than men based strictly on sex. So why, almost 50 years later, is there still a wage gap? It’s a fact that on average, men earn more than women, but no amount of legislating will change […]
Susan G. Komen race held at Tech
The international honor society of nursing, Sigma Theta Tau, was one of many participants in the Susan G. Komen race Sunday at the Hooper Eblen Center. The Race for the Cure is a 5K run and one-mile walk to raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer, celebrate […]
Greek organizations donate time, money
As a large part of the Tech population, greeks pride themselves on community service, and, through philanthropies, they help various charities better the world.All Tech sororities and fraternities hold their own style of fundraising events to raise money for their respective philanthropies. Philanthropies are national and local nonprofit organizations each […]
Ranger Club prepares to compete
Stranded on one side of the gap, the team’s goal was to get all nine cadets across the deep ravine safely. The problem: they could only use rope. “You have five minutes to tie your harness and pass inspection,” Cadet James Toliver shouted to the team. “HOOAH!” the cadets yelled […]
Flu shots available Monday
With students at Tech already wanting to know if the flu shot is available, they will be happy to hear that Monday is the first day to receive a flu shot at Health Services.This year, the flu vaccine is an all-in-one injection that protects against type A H1N1 influenza, influenza […]
