Month: February 2016

Opinion

Apple stands firm against the government

FREE SPEECH – Apple CEO Tim Cook remains unyielding in his decision to withhold the technology required to break into an ISIS terrorist's iPhone. That phone in your pocket is such a big part of your daily life that it’s become almost an appendage. Perhaps more accurately, it has become your […]

Opinion

Co-writing rap songs gets an undeserved bad rap

HEAD TO HEAD – Rapping artists Meek Mill and Drake continue to feud over their collaborated song, R.I.C.O. Mill accuses Drake of not having written his portion of the lyrics. Ever since Drake dropped his Grammy–nominated diss track “Back to Back,” which was aimed at Meek Mill, the world has been […]

Opinion

Should Kesha be freed from her contract?

#FREEKESHA – The latest court ruling on February 19 determined that Kesha could not break her contract with Sony Music and her producer, Dr. Luke. Kesha fans began the #FreeKesha on social media to show their support. If you have been on any type of social media lately, you were probably bombarded […]

News

Tech adds three graduate programs for non-tradtional students

The School of Professional Studies at Tennessee Tech University has added three new graduate programs for non-traditional students. These programs are online and designed to cater to the needs of working adults. Interdisciplinary Studies’ program director, Joe Roberts, along with Melissa Geist, Ph.D., and Thad Perry, Ph.D., founded these programs. […]

News

University Orchestra begins season with first Spring concert

Thursday, Feb. 18, the department of music and art’s University Orchestra performed. The performance was held in the Bryan Fine Arts building located on Tech’s campus at 7:30 p.m. Dan Allcott, professor of music, was the orchestra’s conductor. This performance was the orchestra’s first performance of the spring semester. The […]

News

Spam messages bombard Tech email accounts posing as IT Help

This past week, Tech students’ email accounts received emails from spam accounts posing as Tech’s IT Help Desk. Emails from a person posing to be “Frances O. Thomas” from the IT Help Desk are sent to students telling them that their account needs to have a security update within 24 […]

Sports

Women’s golf eager to begin Spring season

The Tech’s women’s golf team is predicted to finish fourth in the OVC this spring season. Golf coach Polk Brown explained that all the OVC coaches vote on where they think the teams are going to finish, and they are not allowed to vote for themselves. Tech’s predicted ranking follows […]