Month: April 2016

Opinion

Music festival season is hallmark of summer

WARPED TOUR – Pierce the Veil performed during the 2015 Warped Tour. This music festival is held annually in Nashville. It’s almost that time of year again. School is about to let out, students are about to pack up and go home; others are planning the trip of a lifetime. It’s […]

Opinion

Campus safety relies on personal security

What were you doing at 9:30 Sunday night? Were you grabbing a snack out of the nearest vending machine before heading back to your room? Maybe you were with friends, cherishing the last few moments of the weekend before surrendering to sleep and Monday morning. Perhaps you were even studying, […]

Opinion

Nine-year-old reporter challenges status quo

A 9-year-old girl in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, is a reporter who runs her own newspaper called the Orange Street News. Hilde Kate Lysiak received a tip about a murder in her town, confirmed it with police then did some journalism and investigation. She interviewed neighbors and gathered other information before publishing […]

Sports

Tennis begins OVC play 5-0

The Tech Tennis team remained undefeated, at home and in conference play, last weekend against Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky. “It’s good to start the year like we have,” said Brazilian native and Tech sophomore tennis player Marcos Bernardes. “I love tennis and the competition we have faced this year.” […]

Sports

Women’s basketball introduces sixth coach in program history

A New Vision – Kim Rosamond addresses the media during a press conference March 31 in the Hooper Eblen Center. Rosamond takes over Tech’s women’s basketball team following Jim Davis’ retirement . Her previous job was as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt University. Photo by: Shea Haile The Tennessee Tech […]

News

Window on the World to host international event on campus

WOW – Ali Almansar (right) and Sam Almansar (left) attend the WOW festival during the 2015 spring celebration. Tennessee Technological University’s annual Window on the World (WOW) festival will fill the campus with all things international Friday, April 8 through Saturday, April 9. WOW is an international two-day festival and symposium […]