SGA passed two bills Tuesday night that will affect both student parking and dining services. SGA passed the “Parking Lot Maintenance Act of Fall 2013” in order to better distinguish parking areas from non-parking zones for students and faculty. Senator Matthew Simpson proposed the bill in response to receiving a […]
Author: Melissa Edwards and Caitlin Jared
ABC Scores with New Comedies
Finally, ABC has a Tuesday night comedy hour that works. I am in love with its new comedies ‘The Goldbergs’ and ‘Trophy Wife’. These two shows fit and flow together wonderfully. Tuesday nights on ABC, beginning at 9/8 central, is an hour of television filled with laugh out loud fun […]
Guess Who’s Back?
John McGlone and his team of open-air preachers made their second appearance of the semester on South Patio Wednesday. This is the third time Pinpoint Evangelism has visited Tech’s campus in less than a year. For some students, it was the first time they had acknowledged the preachers and stopped […]
ROTC is Back in Action
Tech is one of 13 schools nationwide that will continue its ROTC program after being informed of program closures last month. Tech’s ROTC program was one of 13 programs across the nation that was identified for closure which appeared to be linked to a budget decision and the Army’s desire […]
Rocky Horror Sells Out Backdoor Playhouse
It was hard for those who came late to find a chair at the Rocky Horror Show. With lines out the door, excited playgoers scrambled to find a seat at the sold out show. The show kicked off on Halloween night with ushers in fishnets, heels, and makeup escorting individuals […]
‘The Counselor’ is a Disappointment
After coming in fourth in the box office this weekend with $7.8 million and scoring a depressingly low 34% on Rotten Tomatoes, things are looking pretty bleak for “The Counselor”. Directed by award-winning Ridley Scott and starring talents like Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt, […]
Will We Ever Know What the Fox Says?
If you’re a human, and you interact through forms of social media, I promise you have pondered in the last month this question: What does the fox say? Now, if you’re not part of the 169 million viewers who witnessed the original music video on the “TvNorge” page, then you, […]
November Looks to Offer Blockbusters, Potential Hits at the Movies
Coming out of October, ‘Gravity’, ‘Captain Phillips’, ’12 Years a Slave’, and ‘Bad Grandpa’ were the clear winners. Each sustained great critical acclaim, box office success, and, minus ‘Bad Grandpa’, they all are straight shots to plenty of nominations come award season this winter. November is not slowing down with […]
“Where are the topics that actually matter to us as future leaders?”
Each week, I wait with baited breath for the next Oracle to be printed and rush to feel the antiquated pulp between my hands, the smell that only independent print can offer, but most importantly the Opinion page. I love seeing how these authors, presumably the most articulate and distinguished […]
Bunching my Witch’s Britches
Forgive me, dear reader, I’m getting up on the coffin-shaped soapbox. I love Halloween. I sort of have to – it’s in the paperwork I signed as a child in order to grow up Goth (spoiler: not real paperwork). The Halloween-All Saints’ Day-Thanksgiving season is my favorite time of year. […]
