Aleksa Jugovic, the only senior on Tech’s men’s basketball team who has played all four years without redshirting, is preparing for his final season as a Golden Eagle. Jugovic is from Serbia and during his junior and senior year of high school he started on Serbia’s U-18 national team that […]
Month: September 2017
Nintendo’s Metroid: Samus Returns remakes without replacing
With so much to offer, “Metroid: Samus Returns” offers a fantastic, if difficult, return to form that begs to played and completed many times over. “Metroid: Samus Returns” for the Nintendo 3DS is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy title “Metroid 2: Return of Samus.” While fans love the […]
Tech D&D Club takes flight
Dusty basements, beards, sweat and middle aged men still living with their parents – for years, this was the image stuck in the minds of most people anytime the words “Dungeons and Dragons” were mentioned, if they had ever even heard of Dungeons and Dragons before. However, a recent trend […]
Maysoon Zayid visits Tech, talks equality
Zayid Comedian and activist Maysoon Zayid spoke to a packed crowd Sept. 21 in Derryberry Hall Auditorium about her journey as a Muslim comedian with cerebral palsy. “I shake it like Taylor Swift, but she likes to shake where mine is involuntary,” Zayid said. The talk, which took the audience […]
Tech D&D Club takes flight
Dusty basements, beards, sweat and middle aged men still living with their parents – for years, this was the image stuck in the minds of most people anytime the words “Dungeons and Dragons” were mentioned, if they had ever even heard of Dungeons and Dragons before. However, a recent trend […]
Ongoing investigation for Greek Life organizations
Update: At time of writing, Oracle staff have been informed that both Kappa Sigma and ADPi have resumed normal operations and cleared of allegations. Editor’s Note: This is a developing story of ongoing investigations that wer brought to the attention of Oracle staff about two Greek Life organizations. Fraternity Kappa […]
Sports Wrap-up
Football: The Golden Eagles football team is returning to Cookeville for their first home game since the season-opening loss to Western Illinois. The team seeks its first win of the season, as well as its first victory over an OVC opponent. (Subject to change depending on the outcome of the […]
SGA decides SOLO artists
The award-nominated duo Dan + Shay is scheduled to perform for the fall SOLO concert Oct. 3. The duo received two ACM award nominations at this year’s ceremony, but did not win. The band is currently on tour promoting it’s second album “Obsessed.” John Pardi received the most votes by […]
Former professor sentenced to 12 years
Former College of Engineering associate dean Roy Loutzenheiser was sentenced to 12-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to one count of attempted aggravated sexual battery on Sept. 18. Sentecing- Wesley Bray (left), and Roy Loutzenheiser (right) in the Putnam County Criminal Court for his Monday Morning plea deal. Photo by […]
Daca not yet on SGA radar
Politics- SGA asked students their current political issues. Photo from TTU twitter Despite other Tennessee students government statements condemning the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Tech’s SGA president said that the issue isn’t […]
