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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Cadets of the Golden Eagle Battalion are already facing the effects of the Army’s Oct. 2 announcement to close Tech’s ROTC program by the end of the 2014-2015 academic year. While the majority of current juniors and seniors will be able to complete the program, it is the freshmen and […]
For Tech students who did not receive the HOPE Scholarship this year, the hope of financial aid may seem grim. Fortunately, the Scholarship office offers approximately 550 scholarships to ease the fiscal burden. The requirements of Tennessee’s HOPE Scholarship are steep, according to the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation. Students […]
Thursday night, several organizations participated in Pep Rally, one of Homecoming’s biggest events. Teams performed practiced routines in a competition to earn points. These organizations spend hours of time preparing for this event. Lacey Renfro is a sophomore and captain of the pep rally squad for Phi Mu Fraternity and […]
Building plans for an $82 million science building on Tech’s campus have been set into motion. The structure will be more than 150,000 square feet, making it the largest structure on campus once completed. The total budget for this project is approximately $82 million dollars. Claire Stinson, Ph.D., is the […]
The Child Development Lab and daycare will be moving out of Matthews-Daniel Hall to its new location in Southwest Hall, formally the Regional Health Building. In past years, Matthews-Daniel Hall has had issues with the amount of space available for children. Angela Smith, the Child Development Lab director, said there […]
The TTU Golden Hippogriffs quidditch team defeated the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Thestrals 2-0 Sunday. The Golden Hippogriffs more than doubled the Blue Thestral’s score in their first home game of the season. Through the course of both games, Tech outscored the MTSU Blue Thestrals. In the “Muggle realm” […]
For the first time in 8 years Tennessee Tech’s marching band will be traveling to an away game with the football team on October 5. Last time the traveled was to MTSU and this year they will be taking over Murray state. Tech’s marching band hasn’t traveled in 8 years […]
Cookeville’s Haunted Half Marathon has been scheduled for Oct. 19 at 8 a.m. The Haunted Half begins on North Dixie in front of Tech’s RUC and winds down Maple Avenue and into Algood before crossing the finish line at Memorial Gym. “The Haunted Half continues to be the only half […]
Tech Wars held its first battle of the semester Monday night when residents raced to the finish line in The Cardboard Boat Race. Over 300 students came to the Fitness Center swimming pool to watch members of the residence halls race their cardboard boats across the water. All the boats […]
Elissa McLerran, a senior agribusiness management major from Hermitage Springs, Tenn., must never have heard the proverb that says “two wrongs don’t make a right.” McLerran dedicated herself to producing a positive outcome from two adverse events: the death of a close friend and budget cuts in her home county. […]
