Day: September 17, 2017

News

10,000 flock to Tucker Stadium to witness eclipse totality

Photo by Kayla Lehman The total solar eclipse offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for thousands of people in Cookeville, but for one Tech University professor the event proved to be a childhood dream come true. Reading Childcraft encyclopedias hooked Dr. Mary Kidd on physics, but her ties to NASA prompted her […]

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Parking violations down from last year

Despite all of the construction and lack of parking space, students were more prepared this semester on the first day of classes. Many students contacted the parking office asking what the parking rules and violations are. Since the students were prepared, this led to less parking violations that last semesters […]

Opinion

Waking up from a DREAM

Photo by Steve Rhodes I would like to start by saying that I have no spoon in this messed up soup. I’m a legal immigrant that is here to get an education with all the benefits that come with it. I’m proud to share the ‘immigrant’ label with many people […]

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The Stolen Faces bring Grateful Dead to life

FACES – Jack Silverman (Left), Christian Grizzard (Center) and Will Harrison (Right) glance at the setlist during a song      Photo by Andrew Smith Familiar sounds of the Grateful Dead emerged on Wednesday from the Backdoor Playhouse, filling the cool air with a sense of community and comfort. In […]

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SGA takes SOLO concert vote

With the Fall semester underway, the Student Government Association is also in session, with the SOLO concert voting having wrapped up Thursday. Freshman and new senators have begun their office hours to allow students to meet their representatives. “The office hours [are] really a way that the senators can be […]

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Waking up from a DREAM

Photo by Steve Rhodes I would like to start by saying that I have no spoon in this messed up soup. I’m a legal immigrant that is here to get an education with all the benefits that come with it. I’m proud to share the ‘immigrant’ label with many people […]

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Backdoor Playhouse back in business

PLAYHOUSE – Mark Creter, artistic director of the Back Door Playhouse, in the newly remodeled theatre       Photo Courtesy of TN Tech Website   The theater had a great crowd, but the people involved all want to bring back the golden days of this hidden treasure. Stories were […]

Sports

Football season starting on a down note

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle football team opened their season with a crushing 41-14 loss at the hands of the Western Illinois Leathernecks. All off-season, the Golden Eagles talked business. Many of their players were fixated on one goal: win a championship. While this loss does not eliminate that goal, […]

News

Board appoints chief of staff

Lee Wray Tennessee Tech’s Board of Trustees has chosen Lee Wray for the role of a new executive position approved last month. The board unanimously approved Wray, a Tech alumnus, for chief of staff during a special executive meeting on Wednesday. Wray previously served at the Office of Communications and […]

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Changes to academic misconduct take place

Tech instructors are now required to file a misconduct charge against any student suspected of cheating, as the Board of Trustees reviewed Policy 217 at their latest meeting. “The policy was somewhat inconsistently applied, the faculty could just change the student’s grade. That meant that the only recourse for the […]