Thursday, Feb. 4, fiction writer Tom Williams read selections from his works at the Talon Theatre in Tech’s Foundation Hall. Dr. Ted Pelton, organizer of the event and English department chair, started the evening by playing The Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird” to commemorate that this lecture is a part of the […]
Month: February 2016
Tech to offer more degree programs with new doctoral university classification
In 2015, Tennessee Tech celebrated its 100th year anniversary, but 2016 has already brought just as much celebration with another university milestone. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education now classifies Tech as a doctoral institution. “This new classification adds to the momentum we are experiencing toward adding tremendous […]
Softball begins season as OVC favorite
The reigning OVC softball tournament champions are set to hit the diamond for the first time Friday in Starkville, Mississippi. The Golden Eagles are predicted to place first in the OVC this season after finishing last season with a 33-28 overall record and making it to the NCAA Women’s College […]
Football adds 19 players in 2016 recruiting class
National Signing Day is one of the most anticipated days in the world of college football and the feeling was no different this year for Tech’s first-year head coach Marcus Satterfield and his recruiting coordinator and safeties coach, Chris Polizzi. The first time that Satterfield and Polizzi spoke on the […]
2015 year in review: Strong cinematography and adaptations become a common theme
THE BOX OFFICE AWAKENS – 2015 produced some of the highest-grossing movies of all time, including ‘Jurassic World,’ ‘Furious 7,’ ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ ‘Minions’ and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron.’ In the realm of film, 2015 was a year full of the expected. There were movies on various ends […]
‘The Boy’ disappoints
What can be said about The Boy? It's ostensibly a horror movie- the story of Greta, an American woman with a blandly haunted past who takes a nanny job in rural England. It's a nannying gig like any other: tuck the kid into bed, make sure he eats his vegetables, […]
Frist ‘Phantom Bodies’ exhibit draws to a close
Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts will conclude its exhibition “Phantom Bodies” Sunday, Feb. 14, offering visitors a last chance to immerse themselves in its diverse collection of works representing the human aura’s fleeting presence. “The exhibition includes artworks that indicate such presences through surrogates: shadows, imprints, or masks; […]
Fighting ISIS’ ideology requires learning from our past
In view of the current social commotion caused by the killing of innocents, the murdering of children and the enslaving of women, among many other ISIS barbarities, one may feel tempted to erroneously link these atrocities to Islam, assuming that the Qur’an is a book that tells Muslims around the […]
Practicing politics may be the new spectator sport
Last Sunday, an average of about 100 million Americans tuned their television sets to CBS to catch the most watched annual sporting event on TV. We grabbed the hot wings and pizza bites and celebrated the 50th annual Super Bowl. My family was among these. While none of us ever […]
