Friday, October 18, 2019
Through the end of this semester, students and community members can glimpse an exhibit featuring original items from the Varsity Cinema Theatre — a Cookeville icon for 32 years. The exhibit in Crawford Alumni Center, which is the theater’s home, features memorabilia from the original movie theater, iconic movie […]
Students needing professional clothes at affordable prices can look no further. This week Student to Career is conducting the second annual Suits2Cheap event giving students the opportunity to buy professional clothes at affordable prices. “We offer them to students at cheaper prices than they could find at a […]
The sixth annual “Heatin’ Up the Quad,” filled Tech’s main quad with students and community members to raise money and awareness for Tech’s Food Pantry. The event, sponsored by the provost office, is part of the Tech Togetherness Initiative. Attendees judge a cooking competition. “The goal of this […]
Tech’s population is expected to grow by hundreds this weekend as students and families celebrate the annual Family Weekend on campus. Organizers from Tech’s Office of New Student and Family Programs planned this event to give families a glimpse of their child’s college experience through several activities around town. “A […]
Augustana will replace Andy Grammer as the opening act for the upcoming S.O.L.O. concert. Grammer’s booking agent informed the Tech Activities Board of the cancellation on Friday, Sept. 20. “‘He’s got some personal issues’ is what we’re told,” said student activities coordinator Katie Williams. According to Williams, Grammer confirmed with […]
Tech’s family weekend will be Sept. 27-28. Most events are free to attend and are open to all Tech families. There will be a silent auction Friday, Sept. 27. The Golden Eagle women’s volleyball team will face Murray State in the same evening and a family movie will be shown […]
Due to a scheduling conflict, Aziz Ansari will perform on campus Tuesday, April 30, not April 4 as originally scheduled. Ansari has been invited to perform for a benefit for Hurricane Sandy relief. Preliminary damage estimates from the hurricane that destroyed large parts of New York and New Jersey in […]
February 25, Tech’s faculty senate discussed bill SB 514 prohibiting disciplinary or discriminatory action to be taken against anyone refusing to counsel or service a client with different religious beliefs. Jim Bitter, Chair, TBR faculty sub-council, East Tennessee State University representative and professor of counseling, emailed the senate asking them […]
At the start of a new semester, students often set resolutions to make themselves better. Most of the time those resolutions involve getting in shape and staying fit. On top of making resolutions, students are already preparing themselves for spring break. How to kill two birds with one stone? Goals […]
Break-ins late spring at the Memorial Gym pool have prompted campus officials to put up No Trespassing signs on the doors of the facility. “We have had the [trespassing] problem going back years,” John Steve Smith, interim chair of the department of exercise science, physical education and wellness, said. “Last […]