All Stories

Uncategorized

10 honors students attend state conference

Ten Tech students presented research at the Tennessee Collegiate Honors Conference at Austin Peay State University on Feb. 14. One hundred participants represented 11 Tennessee schools.The conference provides honors students the opportunity to present issues they find important or display research while meeting honors students from across the state. This […]

Uncategorized

Regents Online Degree Program

Do you find it difficult to get up in the morning? Would you rather go to class on your own time? TBR schools may hold the key to your success with the Regents Online Degree Program. “Online classes through RODP are simply another way to take classes,” said Tammy Boles, […]

Uncategorized

Vagina Monologues Review

So what did you do this weekend? Catch a movie? Have a good time at Spankie’s? Me? I got initiated into a vagina warrior, compliments of my friends at the Backdoor Playhouse, of course.”The Vagina Monologues,” written by Eve Ensler, was directed and choreographed by Jennifer Dotson-Creter, along with co-choreographer […]

Uncategorized

Teaching from miles away: my perspective on the TBR budget cuts

On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, I have a routine. Get up early (a rarity for me), shower, dress, walk to the office (when weather permits), print out lesson plans, copy handouts, take a quick moment of Zen relaxation, and then I teach my class. Sounds mundane, perhaps, but I look […]

Uncategorized

Tennessee State hands Tech a pair of losses

After Thursday night’s doubleheader, the Golden Eagles saw their Ohio Valley Conference tournament pictures get a whole lot clearer.The Golden Eagle women suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Tigers of Tennessee State Thursday by a score of 67-57. Tech struggled to find the basket, making only 53.3 percent of their […]

Uncategorized

The importance of proper nutrition

Bulimia and anorexia aren’t the only eating disorders. Electing to miss meals, making poor dietary decisions and participating in excessive exercise are all current dieting problems that can lead to extreme nutritional deprivation. “I think these (dieting fads) are affecting younger high school students and college students,” NPC 2008 Southern […]

Uncategorized

The Oracle “Crazy Student-Fan” Winner

Senior mechanical engineering major Oren Yair from Oak Ridge, Tenn., won the Oracle’s “Crazy Student-Fan” competition at last night’s ESPN-U doubleheader. Yair received a six-month prize pack courtesy of Cookeville Chick-fil-A.

Uncategorized

Tech athletes get it done in the classroom as well

The 2008 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll featured 178 Tennessee Tech student-athletes in the fall of 2008, including 35 with perfect 4.0 GPA’s. The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll is made up of student-athletes from Tech’s 16 athletic teams, as well as student support staff, who had a 3.0 or better GPA […]

Uncategorized

Tech baseball kicks off this weekend

The excitement of college baseball begins today across the country, ending six months of anticipation. The Golden Eagles look to improve on a terrific 2008 campaign that netted 35 wins, the second most in school history. In his sixth season, Coach Matt Bragga finds himself in a unique position with […]