The Associated Scholars Guild Steering Committee has announced the creation of a new grant at Tech for current honors students and honors alumni. The Ginkgo Grant was created specifically for those who place the same emphasis on service, community and growth as the honors program. The project must be related […]
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Six responsible for newspaper disappearance
Tech police have confirmed that six men are responsible for the disappearance of the Feb. 5 issue of The Oracle. According to a Tech police report filed on Feb. 12, six men, one of whom was wearing Kappa Sigma letters, were captured by video surveillance on Feb. 7 at 3:03 […]
Mattingly brings conservation plan to Upper Cumberland
A Habitat Conservation Plan for the Upper Cumberland area is taking shape thanks to the work of Hayden Mattingly, Tech biology professor.An HCP is a plan that allows the Upper Cumberland’s to still use the resources while still conserving the habitat for endangered or threatened species. Mattingly is working to […]
Wing Watch
Cosmos Bar & Grill is one of the few restuarants in town to offer breaded chicken wings and none make them as well as Cosmos does. Cosmos offers the standard variety of flavors, but the one really worth checking out is their “Cosmic” flavor. “Cosmic” is drier than the other […]
Go inside the booth:
Recently, The Oracle had a chance to sit down with Andy Smith, one of WTTU 88.5 FM’s DJs. Smith hosts “Teacher on the Radio,”one of WTTU’s longest running shows. In addition to hosting his show on Monday nights at 9 p.m., Smith is an English professor at Tech.Q: Do you […]
Women’s golf swings into spring
The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team kicks off its spring season this weekend at the Birmingham Southern Invitational, the 36 hole event will be held at Timberline Golf Course.Tech will join 10 other teams to play 18 holes Sunday and a final round on Monday. Tech’s five player lineup for […]
SGA urges students to vote on SOLO fund
The campus-wide student vote on the Student Organization Life Opportunity Fund will be held Thursday. SOLO, championed by SGA administrators and executive officers, proposed a $20 tuition hike per semester for students. This money, for students and by students, would be placed into two accounts. A superfund containing 75 percent […]
Men’s golf opens in Mississippi
Second-year Tennessee Tech men’s golf coach Craig King will take his team to Mississippi this weekend to open the spring schedule at the Frito Lay-AT&T Invitational at the Azaleas Course of the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, part of the Pearl River Resort in Choctaw. A field as large as 15 […]
Events on the Horizon
February 19th:Fisk Jubilee Singers – 7 p.m. in Wattenbarger AuditoriumThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) – 8 p.m. in the Backdoor Playhouse Stephen James / Otherwize / Andrew Buckner – 7 p.m. at First and Cedar February 20th:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) – 2 & 8 p.m. […]
Get a bird’s-eye view of weather at Tech
News Channel 5 installed a SkyNet Camera at Tech, helping to put Cookeville on the map.Channel 5 considered installing the camera in Cookeville for several months but was unsure of the location. The station chose Tech because they saw the university as a symbol of the community. “The university will […]
