I was born lucky. I didn’t have to fill out paperwork or take a test or hurdle red tape to become an American. I was just born on American soil. Should being born in this country guarantee you citizenship?I always thought so. The Constitution makes mention of a “natural born […]
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Nursing students react to ‘Josie’s Story’
A patient safety seminar was presented by Sigma Theta Tau, international nurses honor society, to Tech nursing students last Tuesday. Sorrel King, author of “Josie’s Story,” spoke about the death of her daughter because of medical error.Speakers prior to King highlighted issues mentioned in King’s speech. Joy Wachs’ presentation, “Culture […]
ScholarWeb now accepting applications
Many students don’t know that they can apply for 2011-2012 scholarships this early in the semester.Tech offers more than 400 different scholarships and awards millions of dollars to students each year. The deadline for scholarship applications is Dec. 15, but most students don’t know that they can apply today. Even […]
Tech students play influential role in success of Putnam County’s “Bark in the Park
The annual Friends of Cookeville/Putnam County Animals’ “Bark in the Park” is next Saturday, and Tech volunteers will once again play a major role in the success of the event.”Bark in the Park” is a big play day for dogs and their owners to converge on the Algood City Park […]
Gruwell teaches tolerance and development
Remember last week when I mentioned that our teachers don’t have to inspire us like Sandra Bullock in the movie, “Freedom Writers”? Well I have decided to retract that statement for two reasons. First, Hillary Swank, not Bullock, played the teacher in “Freedom Writers,” and second, teachers should inspire their […]
Spin Dat Record with Kyle Buckner
Justin Townes Earle isn’t exactly a household name.yet. Son of country hard-knock Steve Earle and named after country/folk troubadour Townes Van Zandt, Earle is just barely two years into his professional music career. After spending years battling drug and alcohol addiction, Earle decided it was time to get serious. Justin […]
Golden Eagles begin quest for OVC title
Richard Nixon was president the last time the Tennessee Tech football team won an outright Ohio Valley Conference championship (1972). The members of that championship team are now eligible to receive senior citizen discounts at Applebee’s. Some of them have children who have graduated from Tech and now have children […]
Rehearsals begin while renovations continue in the Backdoor Playhouse
The Tech Players began working on their production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” despite continued construction in the Backdoor Playhouse as part of a major renovation project.The play is a musical based on a book by the same named written by Burt Shevelove and […]
Tech football schedule ranks toughest in NCAA Division I
Watson Brown knew the schedule his team would face this season was tough.But just how tough is Tech’s 2010 slate, which began on the road at FBS No. 17 Arkansas followed by a trip to FBS No. 4 TCU in the first two weeks? Tougher than Tennessee. Tougher than Georgia. […]
Tech chorale performing with local high school choir Tuesday
Tech’s chorale will be performing alongside the Cookeville High School concert choir and the University orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in The Bryan Fine Arts Building’s Wattenbarger Auditorium. For the last four years, Choral Director Craig Zamer has combined forces with Cookeville High School concert choir Director Michael Choate and […]
