Month: September 2011

News

Safety concerns lead to vehicle-free main quad

University administration made the decision to block Quadrangle Drive from motor vehicle traffic effective fall 2010. This decision was based on recommendations from the University’s Master Plans from 2001 and 2010.  The two master planners agreed that the area should be closed off from personal vehicles for safety.   “A […]

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Annual Nashville Zombie Walk collects canned food, stares

What do we want?   BRAINS! What’s even better than just collecting brains?  Collecting canned goods for the needy while participating in a truly unique experience on Nashville’s streets. In two weeks, the streets of Nashville will be crowded with the walking dead for the annual Zombie Walk 2011. The Nashville […]

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Lonesome Road finishes New Vegas story

I know for most of you out there, the release of the fourth DLC for “Fallout: New Vegas” was not the biggest title to drop on Tuesday.  Don’t fret; we’ll take a look at “Gears of War 3” next week after I’ve had time to log enough hours to give […]

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Time-bending comic ‘Casanova’ begins third series: ‘Avaritia’

Continuing a very successful run, Matt Fraction and Gabriel Bá’s “Casanova” enters its third volume, “Avaritia,” with another memorable first book. Picking up the story after the climatic end to the second volume, “Gula,” the series continues down the trippy, time-bending road on which it started.  Bá’s artistic direction of […]

Sports

The Mailbag

Q: What’s wrong with Chris Johnson? A: Yes, the man who received a whopping $53.5 million dollar extension for the Titans has averaged a paltry 2.3 yard-per-carry average this season. Yes, he has run into the back of his linemen more than he has run for first downs. Yes, he’s […]

Sports

Weekly Roundup: This week’s sports at a glance

Cross Country Sets Records Again The Georgia State Invitational cross country race was a day of record breaking by the Tech Golden Eagles. Between the men’s and women’s teams, seven Tech runners set new personal best times for their distances. This landed both Golden Eagle teams a fifth place overall. […]

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Race for the Cure to be held Sunday afternoon

The Upper Cumberland Race for the Cure will be held Sunday, Sept. 25. The race is a sanctioned 5K event approved by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization. Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a global leader of the breast cancer awareness movement, having invested more than […]

News

New learning villages decided

Tech plans to have two new learning villages on campus by next fall.   Ellington and Warf Hall will be the home of the arts and media village while a global village will be located in M.S. Cooper.  The arts and media village is meant to appeal to students involved […]

Opinion

Enough with the tests

Is it just me, or is our society obsessed with test taking? It feels like every time I finish studying for supposedly the most important test of my life I turn around and start studying for an even more important test. In elementary school, it was all about the TCAP.  […]