In the most recent poll conducted by collegeinsider.com, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team has been ranked 17th in the nation in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Mid-Major Top 25 for the second consecutive week. Sporting a 19-5 record and currently sitting in first place in the Ohio Valley Conference, this […]
Day: February 18, 2011
Church should accept, not pressure
Driving through Cookeville, you can count churches upon churches of every denomination imaginable. I am not exactly what one might consider religious. However, I was raised Christian, like many people in the South. When I was a kid there was no question. Our family went to church every Sunday, and […]
New learning villages forming for this fall
Two new learning villages will join The Tree House and Service Station this fall.Crawford Hall will soon become the home of the new women’s learning village, while the new engineering village will be housed in Maddux Hall. “Renovations to the halls will be made this summer to accommodate a classroom […]
Domestic violence against men is no laughing matter
I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. I find they help me get my mind off of my homework procrastination. My guilty pleasure is cheesy romantic comedies. However, there’s one characteristic scene in this genre that has always bothered me. It’s the scene where the heroine catches her boyfriend […]
Plant food, bath salts spark concern for Tech, community
Tech is teaming up with Putnam County agencies to address a growing issue in the community-the use of dangerous, new, legal drugs. The widespread use of these new drugs, sold in gas stations and convenient stores as “bath salts” and “plant food,” has alarmed Tech officials and administrators, as well […]
Minority Affairs director stepping down in March
Robert L. Owens II will be stepping down as Tech’s Minority Affairs director. Owens has been a stable entity in the Black Cultural Center for the past five years. He has implemented several programs and revolutionized many others. Some of those programs include the Summer Scholars Program (a bridge program […]
Students face mandatory, non-mandatory fee increases
Along with the athletics fee, the health services portion and student success portion of the student activity fee will increase next school year.Tech requested three mandatory fees and six non-mandatory fees be increased for the 2011-2012 school year during Monday’s Tennessee Board of Regents Finance Committee meeting. Jan. 14 was […]
Tech Village renovations bring it up to code
Students living in Tech Village can’t deny its on-campus location is convenient, but they may argue that it hasn’t been the convenience lately that it usually is. Tech Village is currently under a complete renovation. These are the first renovations that have been done since the Tech Village facilities were […]
