“42” is a beautiful and heartbreaking look at a baseball icon’s journey to shatter racial stereotypes and forever change baseball. “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball. G...

2013 is shaping up and becoming a great year at the movies. This summer is jam packed with must-see movies. As an avid moviegoer, I am ecstatic to see what will happen at the movies this summer. “Iron Man 3” Set after the events that occurred in “T...

The Backdoor Playhouse will be performing “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charen...

Cars may not be welcome in the heart of campus if President Phil Oldham’s vision for a pedestrian greenway moves forward. “Increasing green space is just one element being considered as we look...

Kappa Sigma fraternity brother, John Cameron Null, 19, of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., was arrested Friday after allegedly being involved in a dispute with a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Null is c...

Potential graduating seniors are up by about 100 students, or 8.7 percent, this spring in comparison to last spring. “Including [graduate] students, there are about 1,325 potential graduating students this semester,” Denise Burgess, administrative as...

Facebook is testing a new feature in the United Kingdom that gives users the option to pay to send messages to celebrities. For a maximum price of £10.68, or $16.32, you can send messages to any celebrity on Facebook. The price varies from person ...

Student Government Association executive council candidates ran unopposed in the April 11 elections, making the elections unusually non-competitive compared to other universities. “I think that no one [running] against us is just kind of a sho...

The recent death of “America’s girl next door” Annette Funicello both saddened and angered me. As a fan of Annette’s beach blanket movies, saying goodbye to such an iconic piece of America...

The 2013 Boston Marathon runners had a love for running and a goal to finish the race. They did not expect to make history. They ran for the sheer adrenaline rush, for the ones who can no longer run, for the ones they love. Monday, April 15, 2013, al...

I must admit that reading the last batch of opinions by Sarah Dingwall has disappointed me. It seems that the standards of The Oracle have fallen in recent years, and 1.3031271 Opinion Dingwall has disappointed me. It seems that the standards of The Oracle have fallen in recent years, and Jacob M. Vidourek Opinion http://www.tntechoracle.com/a-e/42-no-foul-ball-for-audiences-1.3031266 Lindsey Gore
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“42” is a beautiful and heartbreaking look at a baseball icon’s journey to shatter racial stereotypes and forever change baseball. “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball. G...

2013 is shaping up and becoming a great year at the movies. This summer is jam packed with must-see movies. As an avid moviegoer, I am ecstatic to see what will happen at the movies this summer. “Iron Man 3” Set after the events that occurred in “T...

The Backdoor Playhouse will be performing “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charen...

Tech football will host its annual spring game tomorrow at 1 p.m. and wrap up its spring practice with an additional week of practice before putting away equipment until the fall. There was noticeable improvement in a lot of players from week one to ...

Tech’s men’s golf team ended its regular season schedule with a fifth place finish at the Big Blue Intercollegiate, hosted by Tennessee State University April 15 and 16. The fifth place finish was their best score of the spring semester, and Head Coa...

The feeling I’ve gotten from those around campus is people are surprised the Tech baseball team beat the No. 2 Vanderbilt University Commodores Tuesday night. They couldn’t be farther from the truth. The Golden Eagles have a very talen...

The Tech softball team went 3-2 this past week with wins over conference rivals Belmont University and Austin Peay State University. The Golden Eagles hosted the Bruins last weekend and pl...

Renovations that began at the Fit last year will end this semester. The Fit is getting a new roof this month, which allows replacement of the walking track located upstairs. Approximately 20 years after being built, the Fit began to undergo renovat...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its annual Crime on Campus Report April 3, which showed Tech’s crime rates are up from last year’s report. “Given that Tech has such a small department, I am very pleased with this year’s report,” said G...