Month: April 2011

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Anti-violence groups lack campus support

It seems that this week everyone was focused on the SOLO Concert. Students either couldn’t wait to see it or couldn’t stand the band choice. Whether you loved the concert or didn’t bother to go, chances are you talked about it.In all of the excitement, two annual Tech campus events […]

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Window on the World festival to return next week

Every spring, the RUC is adorned with dozens of flags from all over the globe. While the banners make for an eye-catching symbol, some students may wonder why they are there. The answer is an annual event known as Window on the World.This year’s festival begins in the RUC on […]

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Meal plan differences exist between Peay and Tech

Tech prides itself on being perennially named a “Best Value” school in the south. However, an in depth look at Chartwells’ services in Tennessee suggests this might not necessarily be true.Chartwells provides dining services for three Ohio Valley Universities: Southeast Missouri State, Austin Peay and Tech. Despite being under similar […]

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SOLO concert openers well-received by students

It was Goo Goo Dolls fans who filled the Hooper Eblen Center Tuesday night, but many of them left as new Jeff Leblanc and Vertical Horizon fans. Jeff Leblanc and Vertical Horizon were the opening acts at Tuesday night’s first SOLO concert. Although Vertical Horizon has opened for the Goo […]

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Cafeteria employees gain exercise area

A new storage room in the cafeteria frees up space in the Vista Room for an employee exercise area. In the past few weeks, the cafeteria has constructed a new storage room. This room will be used to store food sold in the Outtakes area in the cafeteria. The items […]

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‘Death of a Salesman’ opens in the Backdoor Playhouse

The Tech Players debuted their production of “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller last night at The Backdoor Playhouse. The tone of the play is a very somber one, based on the life of a traveling salesman with many issues at home and within his own mind. The players […]

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Bell named to all-tourney team

Sophomore Katherine Bell finished third individually to earn her first career all-tournament honor, helping the Tennessee Tech women’s golf squad tie for fourth place at the Belmont Invitational at Old Hickory Golf Club Tuesday afternoon. The teams got in part of one round Monday before rains halted play, and the […]

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Tennis seniors to play in final home matches this weekend

Lloyd Harris and Josh Girling have combined to travel nearly 10,000 miles to attend Tennessee Tech and play tennis for the Golden Eagles. This weekend, their journey reaches a milestone as they play their final matches on the TTU campus courts.Coach Kenny Doyle’s team hosts a pair of Ohio Valley […]

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Softball travels to face SIU-E

To finish off the week, the Tech softball team travels to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for a three game series.Tomorrow will mark the first time that the Golden Eagles have met the Cougars since 2009, in which the Cougars snagged wins for all three games played. “It was one of […]

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SGA executive officers, senators to be appointed this month

The elections for SGA executive officers and senators are quickly approaching. Along with the elections comes a new group of campus decision makers and leaders. Current SGA President Sean Ochsenbein is excited for the prospective new senators and executive members that will start campaigning next week. “I feel we have […]