Month: February 2013

Opinion

The fallacy of ‘The government will take care of me’

What if a select group of Americans had the ability to decide whether you lived or were murdered, all unbeknownst to you? Further, there’s no proof of you committing any crime. Would you be OK with that? The reason I ask is, because the idea of a secret court to […]

Sports

Softball splits opening weekend tournament games

The Golden Eagle’s softball team went 2-2 in its opening weekend play at the Georgia Southern Classic. Despite losing their first game of the season 9-2 against Akron on Feb. 9, Tech was able to come back and get a win later in the day over St. John’s. Coach Bonnie […]

Sports

Men back on winning track

The Golden Eagles men’s basketball team got back on track after their 78-64 win over Jacksonville State University Saturday night. The victory improves the Golden Eagles’ OVC record to 3-8 and splits the season matchups with JSU after losing to the Gamecocks Dec. 29. “These are the kind of wins […]

Sports

Baseball to open the season with weekend series against Illinois

The Golden Eagle baseball team will open up their s¬eason with a home weekend series against Big Ten opponent Illinois starting Feb. 15. “They are talented,” Head Coach Matt Bragga said. “If you’re out of the Big Ten, you’re going to have some good players.” The Fighting Illini come into […]

Local

Legislation could allow guns on campus

On Feb. 13, a Tenn. House  subcomittee passed Bill 141, known as the “guns-in-parking lots” legislation in an attempt to allow gun permit carriers to have their weapons in their vehicles on campus. The legislation would allow permit holders to conceal their firearms in their cars at workplaces or on […]

Local

Student steals, crashes roomate’s car

A Tech student was reported to Ed Boucher, dean of students, for stealing his roommate’s car and crashing it at Eighth Street and Willow Avenue Feb. 2. According to Tony Nelson, Tech police officer, the student drove his roommate’s 2013 Volkswagen to class without permission. The student then drove around […]

Local

Oldham to host open discussion

President Phil Oldham will host an open forum for discussion Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. in the Tech Pride Room of the RUC. The forum is open to students, faculty, staff and members of the community. There is no agenda set for the meeting. “Something I started this last semester […]

Local

Senator proposes to raise program admissions standards

Tenn. Sen. Dolores Gresham proposed Senate Bill 664, which would require future teacher education program candidates to attain a composition score of 25 or higher on the ACT for program acceptance. If passed, Senate Bill 664 is projected to take effect statewide July 1. Gresham was a leader in the […]

Local

Students stand to gain from Facebook lawsuit

Students who received an email titled “LEGAL NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION” may still receive their share of the Facebook settlement. The email is one result of a lawsuit filed against Facebook involving its sponsored story ads in 2011, in which many users were used to promote products based […]