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Thursday, April 25, 2024
American Sign Language has been recognized as its own language in the United States since the 1960s, and Tennessee passed legislation in 2017 recognizing it as a modern language that fulfills high school foreign language requirements; however, students at East Tennessee State University say that the institution has fallen behind […]
What happens when a bunch of thespians listen to true-crime podcasts? They make an infamous story of serial murders into a killer musical. The Backdoor Playhouse is working with playwright Jason Spraggins and composer Matt Glickstien to join the Backdoor Playhouse to premiere their original work Crawlspace: A True-Crime Musical […]
A photo of Walnut Park in Cookeville, a pleasant park for walking, biking, and picnics. Photo by Elliot Payne Despite its name, “social media” does not exist to facilitate social interaction. This is a disturbing concept for those of us who have grown up with platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and […]
Tech is ranked last among the state in library expenditures according to the recent budget advisory committee meeting shared by Dr. Lori Maxwell, president of the faculty senate. This issue raised questions for the campus community about what academic resources are deemed necessary for funding from the university. Dean of […]
Midterm elections will take place on Nov. 8. Due to early voting, the results are not in the Democrats’ favor as the majority is rather thin. The Senate is currently split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote giving them the advantage. The majority of midterm […]
Anxiety is rising among individuals and is doing so rapidly in the lives of young people ages 18 to 25. Even before COVID-19, anxiety in college-aged students nearly doubled across a 10-year period. The National Library of Medicine conducted an experiment evaluating anxiety across different age levels from 2008 to […]
While there were multiple high-profile releases Friday night, the album that caused the most online discourse was Drake and 21 Savage’s collaboration album “Her Loss.” An hour of material from two of the most acclaimed and discussed rappers of the last decade is bound to cause discussion and, in […]
Tech men’s basketball won 80-69 in their exhibition game against Cumberland University. Head coach John Pelphrey said, “We had 22 assists, and everyone was very impressed considering this is basically a brand new team.” On Monday, Nov. 8, Tech will play the Tennessee Volunteers at 6 p.m. The Vols are […]
The Faculty Senate has failed to publish meeting minutes and dates on the Tech website since April 18, 2022. To this day, there remains no update from the organization. This lack of “timely” updates is in direct violation of Tennessee’s open records code TCA 8-44-103 with failure to post a […]
A staircase leading down to the Roaden University Center expansion in 2020, prior to it being replaced with the current plaza area. Photo by Elliot Payne. The plaza behind the Roaden University Center under construction in 2021. Photo by Elliot Payne. A look through construction fencing of the plaza behind […]
