Violence on television seems to be the main topic of discussion among TV buffs these days, especially after the season five premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” The show is known for it’s graphic portrayal of violence on the undead, which seems to go unnoticed by most people, myself included. […]
Month: November 2014
Come on, Everyone! Make me look good!
Hello! Your friendly neighborhood Awesome Eagle here. It is Homecoming once again. This is always once of my most favorite times of the year. I always love seeing all of the alumni coming back as well as the extra scoop of school spirit added to campus life. There is one […]
Stop labeling: Video games are not just for men
Since the beginning of time, video games have mostly been geared toward men. But is it time for a change? Some people would say no. In the past few months, there have been death threats and hostility toward female video game journalists. Anytime someone decides to go against the status […]
Delta Phi Epsilon chapter to be added on Tech campus
A new sorority is coming to Tech early next semester, marking the first new sorority at Tech in 34 years. Tech will introduce its fifth sorority, Delta Phi Epsilon, with a new chapter of the National Panhellenic Conference organization. “We have a pretty large, healthy greek system as it is,” […]
Non-Traditional Student Organization involves older students on campus
For kids fresh out of high school, coming to college is a lot like summer camp- we move into our dorms, meet new friend and are generally tossed into the deep end of the social swimming pool. Unfortunately, older students often have a much harder time integrating into the society […]
Just keep swimming
There’s a lot more to college weight gain than the Freshman 15. By the time senior year rolls around, many of us get out of breath walking from the desk to the fridge. That makes it all the more impossible that senior exercise science major Jack LeMaire is training for […]
Spiegelman speaks in Derryberry auditorium
Spiegelman Pulitzer Prize-winning author and illustrator Art Spiegelman described comics as “a mixing together of words and pictures” during his lecture in the Derryberry Hall Auditorium this past Tuesday. Spiegelman came to Tech to discuss his previous work, the birth of comics and the reasons we should hold comics to […]
Phi Mu hosts Soups and Sweets fundraiser
Phi Mu will be holding a Soups and Sweets event that will be raising money for Children’s Miracle Network from 6 p.m. 9 p.m. Monday at 10th Washington Avenue Baptist Church. Soups and Sweets is an annual event in the greek life community. This event is held at a church […]
Michael Aurbach’s larger than life collection featured in Joan Derryberry Art Gallery
As you walk into the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, you’ll notice there aren’t as many pieces as the last exhibit, but the pieces there are much larger. Michael Aurbach, artist-educator at Vanderbilt University, says his art is basically about protest, and he uses a lot of art historical “formats” and […]
Yes we can: Students plan to collect cans for charity even past Homecoming events
The Society for Technical Communication is collecting cans for the TTU Food Pantry for the winter break and calling the food drive “Cans, Collection and Communication.” They began accepting donations for non-perishable food items on Nov. 3 and will continue to accept them through Dec. 9. There is a donation […]
