Day: February 26, 2019

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Sign language club founded at Tech

American Sign Language president Ethan Baril signs to his friend. Photo by Logan Staley. Tech students founded the American Sign Language club this semester not only because of their passion, but also their desire to gather a community who share the same interest. President Ethan Baril and vice president Rebecca Sweeten […]

Sports

Baseball coach talks new strategies

Tennessee Tech’s baseball’s utility player Gavin Johns celebrates an inning at the game against Western Illinois on Feb. 16 at Quillen Field.  Photo by Kendyl Seals. Baseball coach Justin Holmes’ strategy this season is to repeat the successes but use a different formula to do it. Tech ended the season […]

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Bystander intervention training at Tech

A Nashville outreach and advocacy specialist spoke during a Feb. 19 event in the Tech Pride Room about four techniques a bystander could use to help prevent rapes. The Women’s Center at Tech sponsored the program and invited You Have the Power from Nashville to talk about bystander intervention.  One […]

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Chemical engineering wins

Mr. and Ms. Engineering Jacob Green and Anni Lowery celebrate Chemical Engineering winning the Best Darn Major Award.                         Photo by Zach Fowler. Members of the College of Engineering gathered at the annual engineers’ awards banquet on Thursday in the […]

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Tech students win debate championship

Two Tech underclassmen returned from Jefferson City last month with a championship title for the speech and debate team. The pair attended the Tennessee Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament, at Carson-Newman University. Sistina Hammonds, a freshman biology major and Sarah Stansbury, a sophomore criminal justice major, bested nine teams to […]

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New Netflix shows released

Spring break is only a week away and for the students without plans, a Netflix binge may be in their future. The good news? Netflix released a variety of television series and movies this year.  Netflix original “Russian Doll,” starring “Orange is the New Black” actress Natasha Lyonne, follows character […]

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Watch the fitness center’s construction

A crew works on the new fitness center. A webcam outside the new Recreational and Fitness Center allows viewers to see the construction progress.  The center is the second-largest building on campus, compared with the new Lab Sciences Building. Construction started in March and is expected to be completed next […]

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Student on the street: Spring break plans

With spring break a week away, many students look forward to the week-long vacation from classes. Tech students share their plans for the week. “I’m actually working on my senior thesis. It’s about clays from Kenya-clay minerals. We’re trying to figure out if there was a monsoon that affected apes […]

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Student on the street: Spring break plans

With spring break a week away, many students look forward to the week-long vacation from classes. Tech students share their plans for the week. “I’m actually working on my senior thesis. It’s about clays from Kenya-clay minerals. We’re trying to figure out if there was a monsoon that affected apes […]

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Tech pep band boosts morale

Percussion professor, Marco Schirripa heckles a Western Kentucky player at the game on Feb 21 at the Hooper Eblen Center.  Photo by Kendyl Seals. The Tech pep band heckles opposing teams this season at home games to boost morale.  The two dozen members create a crowd-pleasing shock factor at the […]