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Tech Athletics restructures sports programs

Tennessee Tech University announced on Thursday a strategic restructuring of its intercollegiate sports programs. The move is an effort to maximize its financial resources and ensure sustained athletics competitiveness in the Ohio Valley Conference. Two athletic teams – rifle and women’s tennis – will be suspended effective July 1. In […]

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Backdoor Playhouse opens spring show: Hands Around (Reigen)

The Tech Players began their spring show last night, Hands Around (Reigen), before a crowded Backdoor Playhouse.Originally written in 1900 by Arthur Schnitzler, the play deals with sexual morals and class ideology. The action unfolds through a series of ten dialogues occurring before or after a sexual encounter between two […]

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Spin Dat: Clem Snide’s The Meat of Life

It’s so easy for an artist or band to be looked over these days. Thanks to Myspace, Youtube and blogs, gaining access to and endless amount of music is almost effortless. Everything is so accessible, so sometimes it’s tiring to sift through all of the junk while searching for a […]

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Weather affecting intramural softball

Softball season is back in swing intramural style and many students are wondering why the fields are not in better shape. According to Darren Gregory, Intramural coordinator it’s all because of the weather. “It doesn’t help the fields at all because when they get wet,” Gregory said. “They just hold […]

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Sci-fi convention tomorrow at RUC

Omni-Con, a science fiction and fantasy fan convention, will be held at Tech this weekend.Hosted by Alpha Psi Phi, Tech’s science fiction and fantasy club, Omni-Con will take place in the RUC on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. If the […]

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Oberacker slams Bison in eighth

Chad Oberacker hit his second career grand slam and earned the victory as Tennessee Tech defeated the Lipscomb Bison 12-8 Wednesday evening in Bush Stadium.It was the second time in as many nights that Tech (13-17) used a late rally to secure the victory over interstate rival Lipscomb (10-20). Home […]

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Heat got you down? Check out these movies while you chill inside

Waltz with BashirReleased in 2008, as the first Israeli animated feature in over 45 years, Waltz with Bashir tells the story of Ari Folman as he tries to recollect the events he endured during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. As the film progresses, he reconnects with those events leading […]

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Golden Eagles to host TTU Invite

The Tennessee Tech track team will be hosting the first Tennessee Tech Invitational in recent memory this Saturday. Five schools from across the nation will travel to Cookeville to compete at Tucker Stadium. With each meet this season Tech has steadily improved, shattering school records and making history. Junior Ashley […]

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Tech to host health fair in mid-April

The Health Fair returns to Tech April 13 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in both gymnasiums of the Fitness Center. “We are hoping with the new extended hours that more people will be able to fit it into their schedules,” Ramona Mahood-Pennington, health promotions coordinator, said. “This is a […]

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Tech football to play TCU, Arkansas in 2010

The Tennessee Tech football team will once again – make that twice again – take on a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent. The Golden Eagles will open their 2010 season with back-to-back games against Arkansas and Texas Christian University. The season kicks off in Fayetteville, Ark. on Sept. 4th with the […]