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Is four an unlucky number?

While I was grazing through the Herald-Citizen, I noticed a particularly disturbing headline on Tuesday: “Cookeville man charged with 4th DUI”.How can someone get not one or even three DUIs, but four? This has to be one of the most inane things I’ve ever read about. I genuinely feel sorry […]

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Movie Talk: Kick-Ass

Every so often, a movie comes along that is taken from a comic and does the story justice. Kick-Ass manages that feat in spades.The story opens with Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a high school student and comic book fan, as he ponders why no one has tried being a super […]

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Tech focuses on three areas to boost retention

Now that Tennessee’s higher education funding formula is based on retention and graduation rates, Tech is increasing its focus on recruitment, advisement and alternative degree programs-the areas it thinks will most likely boost its numbers. “The first step is recruiting the right kind of student for Tech,” said President Bob […]

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Spring has swung once again

Finally. It is April. Small animals are coming out of hibernation, those spring showers are sure to bring May flowers and of course, Baseball season has started. America’s pastime has spread its proverbial wings and taken flight. Teams all over are full of excitement and for once, the biggest buzz […]

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Spin Dat Record: The Morning Benders’ “Big Echo

Like a symphony at a surf party, an orchestra on the beach, The Morning Benders’ new album Big Echo is just that. Pop/rock, surf, and classical music are all seamlessly combined until each genre cannot be distinguished from the others, a giant wave of sound, if you will.The Benders’ made […]

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Shame on who?

#8220;Shame on Tennessee Tech” reads a sign in bold, red letters visible from Dixie Avenue. The sign has been placed there by the Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council. The sign signifies a labor dispute between Tech and the organization. When approached, the persons behind the sign could not give out any […]

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ROTC wraps up successful year

Tech ROTC cadets have taken the opportunity to participate in prestigious opportunities since the beginning of the year.Over the Christmas break, Chris Rice, a junior, and Keven Franks, a senior, participated in a 3-week Army Airborne school. At Fort Benning, Ga., these two men participated in a rigorous testing of […]

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Twitter donates Tweet archive

Twitter is donating its digital archive of public tweets to the Library of Congress. Twitter is a leading social networking service that enables users to send and receive tweets, which consist of web messages of up to 140 characters. Twitter processes more than 50 million tweets per day from people […]

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Spring commencement ceremony approaches

After finishing their finals, this years graduation hopefuls will face one more test here at Tech-the graduation ceremony. A prospective graduate might want to keep these things in mind. The voluntary rehearsal ceremony will be at 4 p.m., May 6 in the Hooper Eblen Center. The Spring commencement ceremony will […]

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New trading room open to finance students

The new Heidtke Trading Room in Johnson Hall, made to help train aspiring finance students, is equipped with enough high-tech equipment to make any trading floor veteran green with envy.The room was funded through a number of private donations, most notably from Nashville investment manager L.O. “Buzz” Heidtke. The room […]