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Opinion

Can we prevent 1.4 million by January?

We may be almost 5,000 miles away, but we’re still involved. Right now, at this very moment, I promise you’re better off than them: them being our fellow people of West Africa. The Ebola epidemic has reached a death toll of 2,917 as of last Thursday, according to the World […]

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October’s must see movies

The beginning of October means one thing to me: awards season movies are ready to hit the big screen. The last two years have provided some really great films during fall. I was skeptical of what kind of movies we would get this year. Not anymore. Below are my picks […]

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“The Equalizer” a cool action flick

First in box office dollars this weekend, Denzel Washington’s newest action-packed thriller is full of enough violence and Russian gangsters to satisfy any lingering Cold War animosity. Robert McCall (Washington) is a retired, quaint man working at a neighborhood home improvement store. He regularly helps the people he meets, including […]

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New artist’s work on display

Students will notice a few new splashes of color on the walls of Joan Derryberry Art Gallery as the new exhibit by Jim Graham opens. The pieces in the collection, “New Paintings for Exotic Tastes,” are “comparing things from two dissimilar categories, often focusing on the gap between the natural […]

News

Campus food pantry open for all students battling hunger problems

The TTU Food Pantry opened for food distributions to all Tech students and faculty this semester in Foundation Hall Cafeteria to combat hunger on campus. The distributions of food take place on Thursdays and Fridays, however there are volunteers at the pantry every day of the week so you can […]

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Tech police warn students of potential fraud attempts

Charles Yarbrough, a general curriculum student at Tennessee Tech, got an email from a business owner about a prospective job at the beginning of the semester, and the student received a check last week. But if he cashed the check, there would have been serious consequences. On Sept. 17, Yarbrough, […]

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Eat.Glow.Run 5K to help food pantry

Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting honor society at TTU, will host the Eat.Glow.Run. 5K at 8 p.m. Oct. 3 at Johnson Hall. Eat.Glow.Run. is a 5K-glow run/walk and food drive combined to promote education and assisting the TTU Food Pantry in fighting campus hunger. The registration fee is $30 plus […]

Sports

Volleyball hosts EIU and SIUE

After being on the road for several weeks, Tennessee Tech women’s volleyball team will finally get a chance to play on their home court. The Golden Eagles will take on Eastern Illinois Friday, followed by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Saturday. The match against Eastern Illinois will be held at 7 […]

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Football enters unfamiliar territory UNI

The Tennessee Tech Football team (1-2) will wrap up their three-game road stand with this weekend’s game as they face the Northern Iowa Panthers (1-2) in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Saturday. The Panthers are ranked 10th overall in the Football Championship Subdivision coaches’ poll and are coming off a 46-7 win […]